Walter Herbert Rankins papers, 1828-1954, 1828-1906 (bulk dates)
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Walter Herbert Rankins papers, 1828-1954, 1828-1906 (bulk dates)
- Creator
- Rankins, Walter Herbert, 1882-
- Extent
- 1 reel of microfilm.
- Subjects
- Rankins, Alberta.
- Rankins, Walter Herbert, 1882-
- Weimer, John, b. 1836.
- Augusta College (Augusta, Ky.)
- Jefferson Literary Society (Augusta, Ky.)
- United States.--Army.--Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, 18th.
- Historians.
- Cincinnati (Ohio)--Social life and customs.
- Lexington (Ky.)--Social life and customs.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations.
- Diaries.
- Minutes.
- Muster rolls.
- Scrapbooks.
- Manuscripts (for publication)
- Arrangement
- Arrangement undiscernible.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Weimer, John. The diary of a Union soldier, Published: Frankfort, Ky.: Roberts Print. Co, 1952.
- Scope and Content
- These are microfilmed copies of a variety of materials gathered by Walter Rankins in his capacities as a writer, editor and college professor. The papers include: muster rolls and supply lists for the 18th Kentucky Volunteers, United States Army (1861-1865); scrapbooks of musical programs in Cincinnati and Lexington (1889-1906) compiled by Alberta Rankins, a piano teacher; a typescript of a work Rankin edited, THE DIARY OF A UNION SOLDIER, by John Weimer, a member of the U.S. Navy (1864-1866); the minutes of the Jefferson Literary Society (1828-1849); and the minutes of the Union Literary Society of Augusta College, Augusta, Ky. (1846-1849).
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