[Each month we feature a "creator" or one of the SHC's manuscript collections. In archival terms, a creator is defined as an individual, group, or organization that is responsible for a collection's production, accumulation, or formation.]
John Charles Campbell and Olive D. Campbell were missionary teachers in Appalachian Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama at [...]
We recently uncovered a single-item collection with this intriguing title: “Sailor’s Journal, 30 March-24 April 1847″ (#5219-z). Although not completely unheard of, this is a bit of a strange one in that it’s totally unattributed.
Normally, our collections are tied to a definite creator (a person, or perhaps an organization), but here we have an example [...]
Mahlon D. Cushman Diary (#5379-z)
Mahlon D. Cushman, a Union soldier during the Civil War, served as a private in Company I of the 16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 1862-1864. As part of the Union garrison at Plymouth, N.C., the 16th Connecticut, with the 18th Army Corps, defended against a Confederate land and naval attack, 17-20 April [...]
Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Records (#4687)
The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (Knight Commission) was established in 1989 with the purpose of drafting a reform agenda for the administration of intercollegiate sports. The Commission was dissolved in February 1996.
Karen L. Parker Diary, Letter, and Clippings (#5275-z)
The first African-American woman undergraduate to attend the [...]
