Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers
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Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers
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Richard Yates Sr. (1815-1873) was governor of Illinois (1861-1865) and U.S. Senator from the state (1865-1871).
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, letterpress books, miscellaneous documents, and newspaper clippings, primarily 1834-1869. Material mainly relates to Yates’s tenures as governor and U.S. Senator, with a few pre-Civil War business papers. Also includes biographies of Yates written by Richard Yates Jr. and Winfred A. Harbison, as well as a little undated post-Civil War correspondence from Dorothea Dix.
Collection referred to as “Wabash Yates” to distinguish it from the Yates Family Papers.
Richard Yates Sr. (1815-1873) was governor of Illinois (1861-1865) and U.S. Senator from the state (1865-1871).
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, letterpress books, miscellaneous documents, and newspaper clippings, primarily 1834-1869. Material mainly relates to Yates’s tenures as governor and U.S. Senator, with a few pre-Civil War business papers. Also includes biographies of Yates written by Richard Yates Jr. and Winfred A. Harbison, as well as a little undated post-Civil War correspondence from Dorothea Dix.
Collection referred to as “Wabash Yates” to distinguish it from the Yates Family Papers.
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- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (Applications for Passes, Discharges, Furloughs, and Transfers, February 17, 1863 to June 25, 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (Letter book C, April 1863 to October 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (Letter book D, October 7, 1863 to April 7, 1864)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (Letter book E, April 13, 1864 to May 4, 1864)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (Letter book F, May 5, 1864-July 22, 1864)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (Letter book G, August 30, 1864 to November 23, 1864)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (Letter book H, November 10, 1864 to January 16, 1865)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers (List of Promotions and Appointments, 1861-1871)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 1 (March 1-10, 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 10 (October 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 11 (November 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 12 (December 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 13 (January 1864)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 14 (February 1-14, 1864)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 15 (February 15-28, 1864)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 2 (March 11-31, 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 3 (April 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 4 (May 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 5 (June 1-15, 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 6 (June 15-30, 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 7 (July 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 8 (August 1863)
- Richard Yates (Wabash College) Papers, Box 2, Folder 9 (September 1863)