Malseed Family Papers
Scope and Contents
This collection includes paper photocopies and electronic copies (on a CD-ROM) of family letters and other documents collected or copied by Robert A. Malseed of Albuquerque, New Mexico, great-great-grandson of Andrew Malseed. These documents include a contract for army boots given to John Malseed by the Republic of Texas in 1839; letters from Andrew Malseed to his wife Eliza Shubert Malseed while in the Union army in 1861; orders and letters to Andrew Malseed during his service as a Union officer in 1863-1864, together with a muster-out role for Malseed's battalion in 1864; Civil War letters from Garrett Shubert to his sisters Eliza Malseed and Georgianna Gillit; and several letters addressed to Georgiana Gillitt from before and after the Civil War, including an 1853 letter from the noted abolitionist Samuel D. Hastings.
Dates
- Creation: 1839 - 1892
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Biographical / Historical
John Malseed (1790-1861), a shoemaker, immigrated to the United States from Ireland in 1821. His son, Andrew Malseed (1825-1872), served two terms in the Union army during the Civil War as a 90-day volunteer in 1861 and as a first lieutenant and aide-de-camp to major General Franz Sigel in Pennsylvania for six months in 1863-1864. Andrew Malseed married Eliza Shubert (1832-1882). Eliza Shubert Malseed's brother Garrett Shubert (1829-1906) served as a Union home guard and state militia member in Missouri during the war, and her brother Henry Shubert (1831-1895) served as a Union soldier in a Missouri regiment. Eliza Shubert Malseed also had a sister, Georgianna Shubert Grillitt (1835-1924).
Full Extent
0.25 Cubic Feet (1/2 doc box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This finding aid is organized by accessions. Each accession represents an addition to the collection. Each accession also represents a transfer of physical and legal custody of archival materials from the donor(s) to Auburn University Special Collections and Archives.
Other Finding Aids
A digitized version of this collection's letters, including transcriptions, is available online in Auburn University Libraries Digital Collections: Civil War Letters. A donor-provided listing of the collection's documents is also available in the physical copy of the finding aid.
Processing Information
Accession 12-019 processed by David McRae 08/01/2012. Finding aid entered into ArchivesSpace by Abbott Kleiner and Joanna Ashley 09/2026.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Malseed Family Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- Record Group #1126
- Author
- David McRae
- Date
- 08/01/2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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
