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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Séances in the archives
Well, not exactly. Just to be clear: we’re not conducting the séances…just preserving records of some that were conducted by other people, in the late 19th century! Perhaps one of the most unusual groups of manuscripts that we have here … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, SC&A
Tagged MS-147, seances, spiritualism
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New Collection: Louis P. Christman Drawings
Upon creating Carillon Park in the early 1940s, Colonel Edward Deeds wished to reconstruct the original Wright Brothers’ 1905 Flyer in one of the park’s buildings. As Orville and Wilbur Wright had never produced a complete set of drawings or … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections, SC&A
Tagged aviation, aviation history, MS-477, news, Orville Wright, Wright 1903 Flyer, Wright Brothers
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Rosecrans Dismissed
On October 17, 1863, Union Major General William Rosecrans was relieved of command of the Army of the Cumberland and replaced by Major General Ulysses S. Grant. General Grant ordered Major General George H. Thomas to replace General Rosecrans until Grant’s arrival … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Collections, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Civil War, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, Robert Patterson
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