Identity elements
Reference code
P1996.11
Level of description
Collection
Title
Shorthill Civil War Diary
Date(s)
- 1862 (Creation)
Extent
1 Folder.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Handwritten transcribed version of diary and typescript of Civil War diary belonging largely to T.T. Shorthill with a few scattered entries indicated by previous owner of material to be R.S. Shorthilll's, brother to T.T. Shorthill. T.T. Shorthill served… read more
System of arrangement
Handwritten transcribed version of diary is in front, type script behind. Transcribed by Prof. Bower Sageser, KSU, 1973.
T.T. Shorthill's entries are chronological, with R.S. Shorthill's sets of entries interspersed.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Previous owner Leslie Eddy. Route 8, Topeka KS. Collection appears to have been purchased.
Description control element
Archivist's note
Finding Aid written by Helena Egbert, November 2022.