Photographs
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
From the Accession: 3.75 Cubic Feet (Seven document boxes and one half document box.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Separated Materials
Identified photos, approximately 170, have been removed and placed into the numbered photographs collection. The majority of these were added back. See accession 95-156.
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
