Accession 8-22-79: Initial Deposit, 1854 - 1968
Scope and Contents
This accession consists of various papers, letters, commissions, clippings, photographs, and reports to General James H. Lane relating to his service in the Confederate Army (1861-65) and association with academic institutions, principally Alabama A and M (1882-1907). Civil War documents consist of prodivison returns, orders, reports, and correspondence related to Lane's Brigade of North Carolina Troops, and is supplemented with much post-war correspondence on the wartime actions of the Brigade, especially Chancellorsville. One portion deals with the George L. Petrie family and financial papers relating to Lane's Estate.
Dates
- 1854 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access
Open except for box 8 which restricts use of an original copy of a twenty-two page holograph manuscript.
Extent
3.75 Cubic Feet (Seven document boxes and one half document box.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Custodial History
Roughly 170 photographs that were originally from this accession were separated from the collection and moved into the numbered photographs. However, around 1995 they were put back in with the collection under accession 95-156 and are presently in box 3 of said accession.
Existence and Location of Copies
The Civil War and Post War materials are also available on microfilm on the first floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library. microfilm F 326 .L3664 A2
Separated Materials
Photographs separated into the Numbered Photographs Collection:
IV. C. 175 - Colonel Walter Gardner Lane, Mathews Court House, Virginia. ca. 1867, Father of James H, Lane. (oversize)
IV. B. 3070 B. General James H, Lane, C.S.A., 1864
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
