A Guide to the James I. Robertson, Jr. Papers 1862-2001 (bulk 1981-2001)
A Collection in
the Special Collections
Collection Number Ms 94-021
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Processed by: Special Collections Staff
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
James I. Robertson Jr. Papers, Accession #Ms 94-021. Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Robertson Papers were donated by James I. and Elizabeth Robertson in two accessions: May 1996 and July 2002.
Processing Information
Accession I was processed in May 1996 by Helen Harrison, student assistant, and Laura Katz Smith, manuscripts curator. Processing, arrangement and description of Accession II commenced in September 2002 and was completed in November 2002. The two accessions were merged at this time.
Biographical/Historical Information
James I. "Bud" Robertson Jr., Civil War historian, author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, was born in Danville, Virginia, in 1930. After graduating from Randolph-Macon College (B.A., 1955), Robertson obtained his M.A. (1956) and Ph.D. (1959) at Emory University and served as a teaching fellow (instructor in history) at Emory from 1958 to 1959. From 1959 to 1961, Robertson served as editor of Civil War History, a quarterly journal published by the University of Iowa. In 1961, he was appointed executive director of the National Civil War Centennial Commission by President John F. Kennedy and served until 1965, supervising the national observance of the Civil War centenary. Robertson served as professor of history at the University of Montana from 1965 until 1967, when he joined the faculty of Virginia Tech. He served as History Department head from 1969 to 1977, and was C. P. Miles Professor of History from 1977 to 1992. He became Alumni Distinguished Professor of History in 1992.
Robertson has authored many award-winning scholarly books on Civil War-related topics, including Soldiers Blue and Gray (1988) (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History), Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation (1991), General A. P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior; and Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend (1997). He has also written two books for younger readers: Civil War! America Becomes One Nation (1992) and Standing Like a Stone Wall: the Life of General Thomas J. Jackson (2001). Robertson has been a contributing author and editor for several other works; his articles, too numerous to list here, have appeared in many encyclopedias, Civil War magazines and historical society journals.
Scope and Content
The papers of James I. Robertson Jr., Civil War historian, author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, span the dates 1862 to 2001 and are comprised of writings and general materials. The writings consist largely of materials (research notes, manuscript drafts, typescript drafts and galley proofs) related to the writing and publication of a portion of Robertson's books and articles between 1982 and 2001. The small number of general materials includes items related to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park and a few manuscript drafts for various speeches made by Robertson.
Arrangement
Series I: Writings, 1981-2001, Boxes 1-34
This series contains research notes, manuscript and typescript drafts, edited working copies, master copies and galley proofs
for 9
books and two articles published between 1982 and 2001. The series is arranged by the works' chronological order of publication.
The materials for each work are arranged in chronological order, according to the
dates supplied. (Where dates were unavailable, the sequence was determined by comparing the different drafts.) The drafts
include revisions made by Robertson and others (identified in the individual folder
descriptions, when possible). The series' holdings are not comprehensive and do not include every draft of every work. The
subseries for Jackson & Lee, for example, contains only
a typescript draft of a single chapter.
Series II: General Materials, 1862-1996, Box 35
All materials not directly related to the writing and publication of Robertson's works are assembled within this series,
which
includes items pertaining to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park, manuscript drafts for
various speeches made by Robertson, a list of articles written by Robertson and assorted
ephemera. Materials are arranged by function.
Series III: Oversize Materials, 1982-1990, Box 36
This series consists of oversize galley proofs which were too large to be filed in Series I. Items in this series are arranged
according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in Series I.
Separated Material
The following books in Accession II were transferred to Special Collections' Rare Book Room:
Contents List
- Civil War Sites in Virginia: A Tour Guide (1982)
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Box-folder 1:1Typescript draft n.d.Photocopy
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Box-folder 1:2Final copy with publisher's comments 1981
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Box-folder 1:3Master copy [1982?]
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Galley proof [1982?]
See Oversize Materials, Box 36
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- General A.P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior (1987)
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Boxes 2-8Research notecards
Introduction; Pre-1848; Post-Mexican War; Coming of War; Williamsburg; Promotion to Brigadier General; Mechanicsville; Gaines' Mill; Frayser's Farm; End of Seven Days' Campaign; Cedar Mountain; Second Manassas; Antietam Creek; Fredericksburg; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Bristoe Station; Wilderness; Petersburg; 1865
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Box-folder 9:1Original typescript draft [1985?]2 folders
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Box-folder 9:2Original typescript draft [1985?]2 folders
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Box-folder 9:3Preface - First draft [1985]
with corrections by Elizabeth Robertson, Beth Brown, Richard Harwell and Random House
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Box-folder 9:4Chapter 1 - First working copy Dec 29 [1985]
with corrections by Richard Harwell
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Box-folder 9:5Chapter 1 - Final working copy Apr 18 1986
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Box-folder 9:6Chapter 2 - First draft Jan 5 1986
with corrections by Richard Harwell
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Box-folder 9:7Chapter 3 - First working copy Feb 12 1986
with corrections by Beth Brown
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Box-folder 9:8Chapter 3 - Final copy n.d.
with corrections by Richard Harwell
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Box-folder 9:9Chapter 4 - Copy of original typescript draft n.d.
with corrections by Ed Raus
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Box-folder 9:10Chapter 4 - First draft Apr 8 1986
with corrections by Robert Krick and Ed Raus
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Box-folder 9:11Chapter 4 - Third draft May 8 1986
with corrections by Richard Harwell
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Box-folder 9:12Chapter 5 - Typescript draft Apr 7 1986
with corrections by Dennis Frye
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Box-folder 9:13Chapter 5 - First working copy Mar 28 1986
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Box-folder 9:14Chapter 5 - Second draft Apr 11 1986
with corrections by Richard Harwell
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Box-folder 9:15Chapter 6 - First draft Apr 24 1986
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 10:1Chapter 7 - Copy of original typescript draft [Apr 1986]
with corrections by Elizabeth Robertson, Harry Pfanz and Beth Brown
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Box-folder 10:2Chapter 8 - First draft (incomplete) May 16 1986with corrections by Robert Krick
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Box-folder 10:3Chapter 9 - Copy of original typescript draft with corrections n.d.
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Box-folder 10:4Chapter 9 - First draft Jun 6 1986
with corrections by Beth Brown and Chris Calkins
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Box-folder 10:5Complete draft Jul 15 1986
with author's final corrections; 4 folders
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Box-folder 10:6Complete draft Aug 29 1986
with publisher's final corrections; 2 folders
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Box-folder 11:1Setting copy I [1986]4 folders
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Box-folder 11:2Master galleys Dec 15 [1986]2 folders
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Box-folder 12:1Master copy Jan 23 [1987]2 folders
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Box-folder 12:2Galley proof [1987]2 folders
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Box-folder 12:3Setting copy II [1987]2 folders
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Box-folder 12:4Unbound signatures 1987
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- Soldiers Blue and Gray (1988)
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Box-folder 13:1Outline n.d.
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Box-folder 13:2Rough typescript n.d.2 folders
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Box-folder 13:3First draft 19873 folders
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Box-folder 13:4Revisions (chapters 6, 8-9 only) 1987
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Box-folder 13:5Second draft [1987]2 folders
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Box-folder 14:1Third draft (chapter 1 only) Sep 22 1987
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Box-folder 14:2Final draft May 13 1988
with publisher's comments
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- "The Boy Artillerist: Letters of Colonel William Pegram" (1990)
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Box-folder 14:3Original typescript draft with author's corrections [1990]
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- Civil War Virginia: Battleground For a Nation (1991)
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Box-folder 14:4Outline [1989?]
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Box-folder 14:5Original draft 19892 folders
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Box-folder 15:1First draft 1989
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 15:2First draft 1989
with corrections by Ludwell Johnson (chapters 1-5 only)
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Box-folder 15:3First draft 1989
with corrections by Charles Roland
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Box-folder 15:4Second draft 1990
with corrections by Gary Gallagher
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Box-folder 15:5Third draft 1990
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Box-folder 15:6Final draft 1990
with publisher's comments; 2 folders
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Box-folder 15:7Final draft [1990]
incorporating publisher's revisions
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Box-folder 15:8First galley proofs May 15 1990
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Final galley proofs Aug 24 1990
see Oversize Materials, Box 36
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- "Stonewall Jackson: Molding the Man and Making a General" (1992)
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Box-folder 16:1Typescript draft n.d.
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Box-folder 16:2Publisher's layouts 1992
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- Civil War! America Becomes One Nation (1992)
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Box-folder 16:3Typescript text of The Civil War (published 1963) n.d.
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Box-folder 16:4Original manuscript n.d.
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Box-folder 16:5Original typescript draft n.d.
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Box-folder 16:6First draft - Original version Nov 13 19882 folders
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Box-folder 16:7First draft - Revised version Dec 8 1988
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Box-folder 16:8Working copy [Feb 1989?]
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Box-folder 17:1Draft sent to publisher Feb 16 19902 folders
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Box-folder 17:2Final draft May 1991
with publisher's comments; 2 folders
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Box-folder 17:3First galley proofs Oct 1991
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Box-folder 17:4Second galley proofs Nov 1991
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Map labels n.d.
see Oversize Materials, Box 36
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- The Civil War's Common Soldiers (1994)
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Box-folder 17:5First draft 1993
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Box-folder 17:6Second draft 1993
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Box-folder 17:7Final draft 1993
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- Jackson & Lee: Legends in Gray (1995)
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Box-folder 17:8Typescript draft of chapter 3 ("Virginia Orphan") n.d.
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- Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Soldier, The Legend (1997)
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Box-folder 18:1Original working draft - Introduction 1993
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Box-folder 18:2Original working draft - Chapter 1 1993
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Box-folder 18:3Original working draft - Chapter 2 1993
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Box-folder 18:4Original working draft - Chapter 3 1993
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Box-folder 18:5Original working draft - Chapter 4 1993
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Box-folder 18:6Original working draft - Chapter 5 1993
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Box-folder 18:7Original working draft - Chapter 6 1993
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Box-folder 19:1Original working draft - Chapter 7 1993
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Box-folder 19:2Original working draft - Chapter 8 1993
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Box-folder 19:3Original working draft - Chapter 9 1993
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Box-folder 19:4Original working draft - Chapter 10 1993
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Box-folder 19:5Original working draft - Chapter 11 1993
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Box-folder 19:6Original working draft - Chapter 12 1993
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Box-folder 20:1Original working draft - Chapter 13 1993
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Box-folder 20:2Original working draft - Chapter 14 1993
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Box-folder 20:3Original working draft - Chapter 15 1993
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Box-folder 20:4Original working draft - Chapter 16 1993
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Box-folder 20:5Original working draft - Chapter 17 1993
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Box-folder 20:6Original working draft - Chapter 18 1993
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Box-folder 20:7Original working draft - Chapter 19 1993
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Box-folder 20:8Original working draft - Chapter 20 19932 folders
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Box-folder 21:1Original working draft - Chapter 21 1993
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Box-folder 21:2Original working draft - Chapter 22 1993
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Box-folder 21:3Original working draft - Chapter 23 1993
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Box-folder 21:4Original working draft - Chapter 24 1993
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Box-folder 21:5Original working draft - Chapter 25 1993
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Box-folder 21:6Working draft - Chapter 3 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 21:7Working draft - Chapters 5-7 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 21:8Working draft - Chapters 8-9 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 21:9Working draft - Chapter 10 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 21:10Working draft - Chapter 11 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:1Working draft - Chapter 12 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:2Working draft - Chapter 13 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:3Working draft - Chapter 14 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:4Working draft - Chapter 15 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:5Working draft - Chapter 16-17 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:6Working draft - Chapter 18 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:7Working draft - Chapter 19 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:8Working draft - Chapter 20 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:9Working draft - Chapter 21 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 22:10Working draft - Chapter 23 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 23:1Working draft - Chapter 23 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 23:2Working draft - Chapters 24-25 1993-1994
with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh
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Box-folder 23:3First draft - Chapters 1-2
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 23:4First draft - Chapters 3-4
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 23:5First draft - Chapters 5-6
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 23:6First draft - Chapters 7-8
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 23:7First draft - Chapter 9
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 23:8First draft - Chapter 10
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 23:9First draft - Chapter 11
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:1First draft - Chapter 12
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:2First draft - Chapter 13
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:3First draft - Chapters 14-15
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:4First draft - Chapters 16-17
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:5First draft - Chapter 18
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:6First draft - Chapter 19
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:7First draft - Chapter 20
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:8First draft - Chapter 21
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 24:9First draft - Chapter 22
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 25:1First draft - Chapter 23-24
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 25:2First draft - Chapter 25, Abbreviations and Bibliography
with corrections by author
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Box-folder 25:3First draft - Chapters 5-6
with corrections by unidentified person
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Box-folder 25:4First draft - Chapters 7-8
with corrections by unidentified person
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Box-folder 25:5Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 1-2 n.d.
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Box-folder 25:6Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 3-4 n.d.
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Box-folder 25:7Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 5-6 n.d.
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Box-folder 25:8Draft submitted to publisher - Chapter 7 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:1Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 8-9 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:2Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 10-11 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:3Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 12-13 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:4Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 14-15 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:5Draft submitted to publisher - Chapter 16 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:6Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 17-18 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:7Draft submitted to publisher - Chapter 19 n.d.
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Box-folder 26:8Draft submitted to publisher - Chapter 20 n.d.
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Box-folder 27:1Draft submitted to publisher - Chapters 21-22 n.d.
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Box-folder 27:2Draft submitted to publisher - Chapter 23 n.d.
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Box-folder 27:3Draft submitted to publisher - Endnotes, Foreward-Chapter 12 n.d.
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Box-folder 27:4Draft submitted to publisher - Endnotes, Chapters 13-25 n.d.
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Box-folder 27:5Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 1 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 27:6Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 2 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 27:7Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 3 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:1Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapters 4-5 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:2Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapters 6-7 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:3Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 8 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:4Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 9 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:5Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 10 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:6Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 11 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:7Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 12 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 28:8Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 13 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:1Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 14 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:2Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapters 15-16 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:3Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapters 17-18 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:4Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 19 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:5Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 20 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:6Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 21 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:7Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapter 22 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:8Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Chapters 23-25 Feb 1996
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Box-folder 29:9Publisher's laser proof with corrections - Bibliography Feb 1996
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Box-folder 30:1Working proof [?] - Chapters 1-2 [1996]
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Box-folder 30:2Working proof [?] - Chapters 3-5 [1996]
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Box-folder 30:3Working proof [?] - Chapters 6-8 [1996]
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Box-folder 30:4Working proof [?] - Chapters 9-11 [1996]
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Box-folder 30:5Working proof [?] - Chapters 12-14 [1996]
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Box-folder 30:6Working proof [?] - Chapters 15-17 [1996]
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Box-folder 31:1Working proof [?] - Chapters 18-19 [1996]
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Box-folder 31:2Working proof [?] - Chapters 20-21 [1996]
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Box-folder 31:3Working proof [?] - Chapters 22-24 [1996]
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Box-folder 31:4Working proof [?] - Chapters 25, Abbreviations and Bibliography [1996]
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Box-folder 31:5Working proof [?] - Endnotes, Chapters 1-13 [1996]
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Box-folder 31:6Working proof [?] - Endnotes, Chapters 14-25 [1996]
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Box-folder 31:6Working copies for Abbreviations and Bibliography sections [1996]
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Box-folder 32:1Galley proof (author's copy) - Chapters 1-5 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 32:2Galley proof (author's copy) - Chapters 6-10 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 32:3Galley proof (author's copy) - Chapters 11-14 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 32:4Galley proof (author's copy) - Chapters 15-19 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 32:5Galley proof (author's copy) - Chapters 20-23 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 32:6Galley proof (author's copy) - Chapters 24-25, Bibliography and End Notes Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 32:7Galley proof (master copy) - Chapters 1-5 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 33:1Galley proof (master copy) - Chapters 6-10 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 33:2Galley proof (master copy) - Chapters 11-15 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 33:3Galley proof (master copy) - Chapters 15-19 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 33:4Galley proof (master copy) - Chapters 20-23 Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 33:5Galley proof (master copy) - Chapters 24-25, Bibliography and End Notes Jul 15 1996
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Box-folder 33:6Revisions to galley proof - First set Sep 25 1996
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Box-folder 33:7Revisions to galley proof - Second set Dec 3 1996
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Box-folder 33:8Revisions to galley proof - Third set Dec 23 1996
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Box-folder 34:1Index draft with corrections Oct 21 19962 folders
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- Standing Like a Stone Wall: The Life of General Thomas J. Jackson (2001)
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Box-folder 34:2Manuscript (with publisher's revisions) - Chapters 1-7 [2001?]
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Box-folder 34:3Manuscript (with publisher's revisions) - Chapters 8-end [2001?]
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Box-folder 35:1Manassas Battlefield Park Preservation 19882 folders
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Box-folder 35:2Drafts of assorted speeches by Robertson n.d.
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Box-folder 35:3List of articles by Robertson 1957-1991
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Box-folder 35:4Ephemera - "La Mode Illustree" prints 18622 items
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Box-folder 35:4Ephemera - assorted postcards from Abingdon, Virginia and envelopes addressed to Vicki Heilig 1989-1996
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Box-folder 36:1Civil War Sites in Virginia: a Tour Guide - galley proofs [1982?]
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Box-folder 36:2Civil War in Virginia: Battleground for a Nation - final galley proof 1990
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Box-folder 36:3Civil War! America Becomes One Nation - galley map labels n.d.
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Box-folder 37:1"Bold Reconnaissance: General Stonewall Jackson at Brawner's Farm, Battle of Second Manassas, August 28, 1862" 2000
limited edition signed print by Brian Kraus
