Photographs - Dolton family, approximately 1870s-1890s
Scope and Content of the Collection
Dolton's Civil War letters to his German immigrant wife Wilhelmina (Minnie) Christliebe Nietzsche and diaries provide detailed and highly descriptive information about daily military life, the people and scenes he encountered, politics, and the need for and consequences of the war.
Postwar family and business correspondence, diaries, and printed ephemera from Illinois, and after 1871 from St. Louis, document Dolton's wholesale merchandising business, his difficult family relationships, and involvement in Veterans and political organizations.
Includes correspondence, diaries, printed ephemera, photographs, artifacts, and research materials and transcriptions for "The Path of Patriotism: Civil War Letters of George Edwin Dolton" by Theodore A. Dolton. Transcriptions have been interfiled with original letters.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1870s-1890s
Creator
- From the Collection: Dolton, G. E. (George Edwin), 1840-1906 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The George Edwin Dolton papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org