Galt-Papers-III-AGalt Papers  (III-A)Guide to the Galt Papers (III-A) Mss. 78 G13 (III-A)Special Collections Research Center

2013-12-03

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-05-15 12:50:06 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard Special Collections Research Center Galt Papers (III-A) Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 Mss. 78 G13 (III-A) /repositories/2/resources/730 1.75 Linear Feet 1848-1917 English Acquisition Information:

On loan to UVA by Mary Meares Galt and later a gift to Swem Library.

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

 Related Materials:

Mss. 78 G13 Galt Papers (1)(II) (IV) and Mss. 78 G73 Galt Papers (III) (V), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Microfilm M-1855-1857, Papers of Alexander Galt, 1840-1918, Accession #7894, -a, -b, -c, -d, -e, -g, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

 Arrangement of Materials:

Mostly chronological within each box.

 Scope and Contents

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.

 Art (sketches) Cartoons Correspondence Diaries Financial records Notebooks Italy--Description and travel--19th century Sculptors--United States Sculptors, American--19th century Yellow fever--Virginia--Norfolk Galt family Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 Box 1: Correspondence and Loose Papersid227123/repositories/2/archival_objects/635031848-1917 and undated1Scope and Contents

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

Box 2: Correspondence and Loose Papersid227124/repositories/2/archival_objects/635041851 - 1890 and undated2Scope and Contents

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.

Box 3: Bound Volumes and Booksid227125/repositories/2/archival_objects/635051848 - 18623Scope and Contents

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

Book of Psalms and Prayer Bookid233255/repositories/2/archival_objects/6350931Scope and Contents

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"

Journal/Account Bookid233256/repositories/2/archival_objects/635101848-186032Scope and Contents

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

Journalid233257/repositories/2/archival_objects/635111858-186033Scope and Contents

journal and newspaper clipplings

Notebooksid233258/repositories/2/archival_objects/635121859-186234Scope and Contents

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."

Diaryid233259/repositories/2/archival_objects/63515186134Scope and Contents

1861 diary with some pages marked as 1862

Diariesid233260/repositories/2/archival_objects/635131856-186035Scope and Contents

3 pocket diaries with sketches

Box 4: Correspondence and Loose Papersid227126/repositories/2/archival_objects/635061857 - 18904Scope and Contents

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).

Box 5: Alexander Galt Sketch Books 1-3id227127/repositories/2/archival_objects/635075Scope and Contents

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.

Alexander Galt Sketchbook 1id228452/repositories/2/archival_objects/6351451Scope and Contents

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

Box 6: Alexander Galt Diaryid307417/repositories/2/archival_objects/635081862-18636Scope and Contents

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