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Guide to the Harrison Allspaugh Diaries Collection

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Collection Overview
Date Span:1861-1865
Creator:Allspaugh, Harrison
Extent:.50 linear feet.
Collection Number:MSC0008
Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Summary:Diaries of the Civil War experiences of a member of the 31st Regiment of Ohio Infantry.

Diaries recounting the Civil War experiences of Jacob Harrison Allspaugh of the 31st Ohio Infantry regiment. Primarily describing the war in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia. Allspaugh was a resident of Rock Rapids, Iowa, in his later years.

Access: This collection is open for research.

Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Acquisition: This collection was a gift of Lucy Shelton Stewart and Helen S. Claassen, 1954.

Preferred Citation: Harrison Allspaugh Diaries Collection, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.

Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Address:Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:319-335-5921
Curator:Greg Prickman
Email:lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Website:http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/

Browse by Series:
Series 1: GENERAL
Series 2: DIGITIZED DIARIES

  • Series 1: GENERAL
  • Box 1:
  • Diary with 36 page transcript, September 13, September 13 - 1861-1862
  • Diary with 37 page transcript, September 14, January 27 - 1862-1863
  • Diary with 38 page transcript, Jaunary 27, July 14 - 1862-1863
  • Diary with 15 page transcript, July 15-October 12 - 1863
  • Diary with 14 page transcript, October 13, January 5 - 1863-1864
  • Diary with 10 page transcript, January 17-July 12 - 1864
  • Diary, July 12-November 5 - 1864
  • Diary, November 8, January 15 - 1864-1865
  • Diary, January 16-August 2 - 1865
  • Typescript of poem "Moonlight Burial" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
  • Tribute to Ira Marsh by Allspaugh
  • Series 2: DIGITIZED DIARIES

This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.


Corporate Names:
United States Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 31st (1861-1865)

Dates:
19th century

Topics:
American Civil War, 1861-1865
American Civil War, 1861-1865
Military life

Geographic Names:
Ohio

Genre/Form of Materials:
Diaries
Diaries
Diaries
Diaries
Personal narratives
Personal narratives
Personal narratives

Browse:
Civil War