Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Berkey family papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Berkey family papers
- Date
- 1858-1867, undated
- Extent
- 1.9 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Antietam, Battle of, Md, 1862.
- Assassination--United States
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
- Civil War in the North
- Families of military personnel--United States
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
- Presidents--United States--Election--1864
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social life and customs.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged into four series: James J. Berkey papers, Mary A. Berkey correspondence, John Marihugh correspondence, and Assorted papers.
- Preferred Citation
- 2009ms132.0104 : [identification of item], Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Berkey family papers, 1858-1867, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Berkey family lived in Iowa and participated in the Civil War either as soldiers or on the home front. Jameson J. Berkey (1835-1925), son of Roswell Berkey and Elizabeth Faith, fought for the Union army in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and practiced law in Iowa. Mary Ann Berkey (1835-1900), Jameson's wife, remained on the home front in Iowa caring for their son, relatives, and home. John Marihugh (1858-1917), Mary's brother, fought as a soldier in two separate regiments for the Union army and after the war raised sheep in Kansas.
- American Letters collector Wade Hall is a native of Union Springs, Alabama. Since 1962, he has lived in Louisville, where he has taught English and chaired the English and Humanities/Arts programs at Kentucky Southern College and Bellarmine University. He has also taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Florida. He holds degrees from Troy State University (B.S.), the University of Alabama (M.A.), and the University of Illinois (Ph.D.). He served for two years in the U.S. Army in the mid-fifties. Dr. Hall is the author of books, monographs, articles, plays, and reviews relating to Kentucky, Alabama, and Southern history and literature. His most recent books include A Visit with Harlan Hubbard; High Upon a Hill: A History of Bellarmine College; A Song in Native Pastures: Randy Atcher’s Life in Country Music; and Waters of Life from Conecuh Ridge.
- Scope and Content
- The Wade Hall Collection of American Letters: Berkey family papers (dated 1856-1867, undated; 1.9 cubic feet; 3 boxes) comprises correspondence, quartermaster papers, a receipt, and newspaper clippings which document the Berkey family. The papers detail the daily activities of a soldier in the Civil War; the conditions and feeling of family and friends on the home front; and opinions on politics, religion, and war during this period.
- The collection primarily contains correspondence between Jameson Berkey, Mary Berkey, and John Marihugh. Other materials include Jameson's quartermaster inventories, accounts, and invoices; the correspondence of a relative, Lewis Berkey; and assorted materials. Prominent persons mentioned include Confederate president Jefferson Davis, Senator Stephen Douglas, General Ulysses S. Grant, General Robert E. Lee, Union General Thomas West Sherman, General William Tecumseh Sherman, John Wilkes Booth, Union General Robert Anderson, George B. McClellan, Union General John McAllister Schofield, Confederate General James Longstreet, Union General Nathaniel P. Banks, and President Abraham Lincoln (including his 1864 reelection and 1865 assassination). Important battles and campaigns mentioned include Antietam, Gettysburg, New Orleans, Vicksburg, and Sherman's march through Georgia.
- The Berkey family papers are part of the Wade Hall Collection of American letters, which includes correspondence and diaries from all over North America covering the time period of the Civil to Korean Wars. The materials were collected by Wade Hall and document everyday men and women.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Conditions Governing Access note Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Jameson J. Berkey papers, 1858-1865
Correspondence, 1859-1865
Quartermaster papers, 1864
Jameson J. Berkey quartermaster oversized papers, 1864
Jameson J. Berky postage receipt, 1858
Mary A. Berkey correspondence, 1861-1866
John Marihugh correspondence, 1861-1867
- Box 163, Folder 10
Assorted papers, 1866, undated
Discharge form, undated
Metal box, undated
Music sheet fragment, undated
Newspaper clippings, undated
Paper cut-outs, undated
Swatches of cloth, undated
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