Collections : [University of Richmond]

University of Richmond

Rare Books and Special Collections
Boatwright Library
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Primary Collecting Areas:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
Description:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
POC: Lynda Kachurek
Phone: (804) 289-8458
Fax: (804) 287-1840
Start Over Repository University of Richmond Date range 1863

Archive of Civil War Era Naval Correspondence, 1860/1868 1.5 Linear Feet 1 clam shell box.

This collection contains 47 letters concerning naval matters during the American Civil War. Largely addressed to Captain (eventually Commodore) John R. Goldsborough, the letters are signed by high-ranking Union officers like Admiral Samuel Lee, Rear Admiral H. H. Bell, Admiral David Farragut, Admiral A. H. Foote, and Commodore R. B. Hitchcock. Topics covered by the letters include politics, the needs and movements of ships on blockade duty along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, illness at sea, the use of African Americans to replenish dwindling manpower, and more.
  1. University of Richmond

Charles Meredith Civil War Imprint Collection, 1861/1865 0.5 Linear Feet

A. Meredith, John, 1814-1882
This collection contains more than 100 broadsides published in the Confederacy between 1861 and 1865 from the Meredith Confederate Imprint Collection. The materials contain primarily official publications of the Confederate Government, most of which were printed in Richmond, VA.
  1. University of Richmond

Civil War Collection, 1860/2012 1.5 Linear Feet

This collection contains a sampling of Civil War correspondence referencing both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting throughout Virginia at various points during the Civil War. Individually acquired, the collection was created by a private collector, so the items were brought together as a collection by his design.
  1. University of Richmond

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