Dore Schary collection of letters by Confederate soldiers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 2687", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"2687", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Dore Schary collection of letters by Confederate soldiers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1861-1864", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1861/1864"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".4 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1861

date_inclusive_end

1864

origination

{"value"=>"Schary, Dore", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Collector", "role_code"=>"col"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Dore Schary (1905-1980) was an American motion picture producer and playwright.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of letters written by Confederate Army soldiers in the U.S. Civil War. Most of the forty-one letters are from Henry Higginbotham, a private in the Confederate Army, to his brother and sister. He describes the effects of the siege of Mobile and writes about military movements and fears of soldiers and their families. Also, copies of Army muster rolls and a few other military documents.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 61M129"}

{"date"=>"1961", "source"=>"Schary, Dore", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Schary, Dore, 1961"}

keydate

1861

prefercite

{"value"=>"Dore Schary collection of letters by Confederate soldiers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Dore Schary (1905-1980) was an American motion picture producer and playwright. Collection consists of letters written by Confederate Army soldiers in the U.S. Civil War. Most of the forty-one letters are from Henry Higginbotham, a private in the Confederate Army, to his brother and sister. He describes the effects of the siege of Mobile and writes about military movements and fears of soldiers and their families. Also, copies of Army muster rolls and a few other military documents.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.4 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1861

date_end

1864

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