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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 1885.
Sullivan County Manuscript Collection 0072
Archives and History Division
Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism
3425 Highway 126, Suite 100
Blountville, Tennessee 37617
TITLE
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 1885.
COLLECTION NUMBER
Sullivan County Manuscript Collection 0072.
EXTENT
1 Box.
CREATOR
Ulysses S. Grant.
LANGUAGE
Material in English.
REPOSITORY
Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism, Blountville, Tennessee.
PROVENANCE
The collection was donated by Bruce A. Carroll to the Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism in September 2009.
COPYRIGHT STATUS
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials.
PROCESSING HISTORY
Shelia Steele Hunt processed the collection and developed the finding aid in September 2009.
ACCESS AND RESTRICTIONS
Bible is very fragile and in very poor condition. Please ask staff about restrictions and limitations for copying. It is the responsibility of the individual user to ascertain copyright restrictions, obtain permissions and to prepare proper citation and credit statements. The researcher assumes all legal responsibility for observing laws of copyright and common law literary rights.
COLLECTION CITATION
This collection should be cited as:
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 1885. MSS 0072, Archives and History Division, Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism, Blountville, Tennessee.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Collection consists of two volumes, 1st edition, 1885, personally signed by Ulysses S. Grant. Grant began his autobiographical work in 1884 and completed the manuscript in eleven months; he died one week after the work was completed.
The memoirs tell the story of his boyhood days in Ohio and of his graduation from West Point. Also included are information about the military campaigns in the West and Mexico. During the War Between the States, he rose to fame as leader of the Union Armies.
SUBJECTS
Grant, Ulysses S.
Civil War.
Union Army.
BOX LIST
Box 1
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Vol. I, 1885.
- Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Vol. II, 1885.
Numerous other collections are currently "in processing".
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