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Inventory for MSA SC 684-7



MSA SC 684-7 contains 8 unit(s). Showing results 1 to 8.

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MSA SC 684-7-1
Fragile materials. Contact department of Special Collections for access.
Dates
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/S8
Description
Scrapbook containing correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning the financing, construction, and dedication of the War Correspondents Monument at Gapland, Md. Includes:
  • letters to Townsend from Henry M. Stanley, Edmund C. Stedman, A.R. Spofford, John R. McLean, Crosby S. Noyes, Maryland Governor Lloyd Lowndes, and John Russell Young.
  • a memorandum written by Townsend on the history of the War Correspondents Memorial.
  • sketches by Townsend and J. L. Smithmeyer for the War Correspondents Memorial.
  • a poem written by Townsend, "Army Correspondent's Last Ride."
  • materials about the Battle of South Mountain, fought in 1862 near Gapland.
MSA SC 684-7-2
Fragile materials. Contact department of Special Collections for access.
Dates
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/24
Description
Architectural drawings of Townsend's house (Gapland Hall) in Gapland, Md.
MSA SC 684-7-3
Fragile materials. Contact department of Special Collections for access.
Dates
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/24
Description
Miscellaneous materials on Gapland, Md. Includes:
  • photographs of the War Correspondents Monument and Gapland Hall.
  • sketches by Townsend for his tomb at Gapland Hall.
  • plat of Gapland.
  • account by Townsend of how he came to acquire Gapland.
  • newspaper clippings, including obituaries of Henry M. Stanley.
  • letters from various individuals, including John Russell Young and Crosby S. Noyes.
MSA SC 684-7-4
NO RESTRICTIONS
Dates1872
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/24
Description
"Information about the State of Arkansas, and a description of the Troubles and Lawlessness in Pope County during the Summer and Autumn of the year 1872." A collection of Townsend's newspaper articles on this subject.
MSA SC 684-7-5
NO RESTRICTIONS
Dates
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/24
Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on President Chester A. Arthur.
MSA SC 684-7-6
NO RESTRICTIONS
Dates
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/24
Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on the Beecher trial.
MSA SC 684-7-7
NO RESTRICTIONS
Dates
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/24
Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on James G. Blaine.
MSA SC 684-7-8
NO RESTRICTIONS
Dates
MediumOriginal.
Storage00/09/07/24
Description
Handwritten manuscript by Townsend on the "Carpet Bag Period" and the Civil War.

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