Tibbetts, Melvan, Letters, 1862-1864, Date acquired: 00/00/1986
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Tibbetts, Melvan
- Extent:
- 50.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Union soldier from Maine.
Summary: Civil War letters (1862-1864) from Tibbetts, Company K, 15th Maine Infantry, while stationed in Pensacola, Fla., describing daily camp life, routines of chores, picket duty, and incidents in and around Pensacola; together with research materials about Tibbetts provided by Elizabeth D. Vickers.
- Acquisition information:
- purchase, Fall 1986
- Processing information:
Cataloged 07/25/1987
- Arrangement:
Chronological
- Accruals:
Additional gifts of Elizabeth D. Vickers, Pensacola, Fla., July 1987
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
- Terms of access:
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
