Galt Papers (III-A), 1848/1917

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Galt Papers (III-A), Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Summary

Extent:
1.75 Linear Feet
Creator:
Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Galt Papers (III-A), Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Alexander Galt, Jr. and his family. Mostly correspondence but also includes contracts, financial records, diaries, notebooks, sculptures and ephemera. Most items written to, or by, Alexander Galt, Jr. when he was living in Florence, Italy. Alexander Galt's sketchbook which includes photograph of Galt's sketch of General Stonewall Jackson.

Letters to and from members of the Galt Family, including Alexander Galt, Mary J. Galt, James D. Galt and William R. Galt.

Letters to and from Galt Family members, including Alexander Galt, Alexander Galt, Sr., Mary A. Galt, James D. Galt, Elizabeth J. Galt, William R. Galt and others.

Diaries, notebooks, account books and journal. Includes two small books, Book of Psalms and Prayer Book, belonging to Alexander Galt.

2 3/4 X 4 1/4 " Book of Psalms, published 1861. Inside cover signature "Galt"; 2/34 X 4 1/4" Book of Common Prayer, published 1848. Inside cover "To Alexander Galt A token of love from his sisters"

90 pages of journal and newspaper clippings. Turned upside down miscellaneous account.

journal and newspaper clipplings

1859-1861 account book; 1859 notebook; 1860 notebook; photo of unidentified woman; July-Sept 1862 notebook referring to Civil War, mentions that he is "(...) now working on GOv Letcher's bust."

1861 diary with some pages marked as 1862

3 pocket diaries with sketches

Letters to and from Galt Family members, including Alexander Galt, John M. Galt, Mary A. Galt and others. Includes two glass plate negatives re. a sketch of Thomas J. Jackson (from 1861-1862 diary).

Three sketch books of Alexander Galt (1826-1863). One includes a photograph of his sketch of Stonewall Jackson. Sketch book 1, sketch book 2 and sketchbook 3.

Sketchbook 1 includes a photograph of his sketch of Stonewall Jackson. See his diary for the original sketch.

Alexander Galt (1827-1863) diary. Among other entries, contains a sketch of Stonewall Jackson.

Acquisition information:
On loan to UVA by Mary Meares Galt and later a gift to Swem Library.
Arrangement:

Mostly chronological within each box.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard