Notes from interviews concerning Ulysses S. Grant, circa 1897
Scope and Contents
Accounts of interviews with acquaintances and associates of General Grant. Includes incomplete list of interviewees, original questionnaires, statements, corrections, etc. of some of the interviewees. Typed and holograph, partly revised, many with carbon copies. Approximately 425 leaves.
Includes notes and partial transcripts from two interviews with General James Longstreet. One of the Longstreet transcripts, dated March 20, 1897, was corrected by Longstreet himself and then sent back to Garland. Garland wrote a note in the margin of this transcript: "I wrote this at once after our talk and sent it to the General for correction. He returned it in this form. It is a valuable historical document.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1897
Creator
- From the Collection: Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940 (Person)
Access
Advance notice required for access.
Extent
From the Collection: 78 Linear Feet (143 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
Hamlin Garland checklist no. 543
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
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