• Home
  • Search
  • Browse Collections
  • My Account
  • About
  • DC Network Digital Commons Network™
Skip to main content

Marshall Digital Scholar

  • My Account
  • Contact
  • FAQ
  • About
  • Home

Home > Libraries > Special Collections > Digital Collections > Digitized Manuscript Collections > 0703: Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000

0703: Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000

 

This collection consists of manuscript and other paper items collected by Rosanna A. Blake. Included are letters, diaries, correspondence, unit rosters, Confederate imprint forms and currency, 1860-1865. Also included are 3D items including firearms, edged weapons, tin soldiers, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, and Southern periodicals relating to the Civil War. Notably, the collection includes 3 original Robert E. Lee letters, 1 Jefferson Davis letter, and 2 general orders dictated by Lee. The O'Brien sub-collection contains Civil War pamphlets and booklets, over 300 monographs and books, photos, CDV's, original Civil War art work, the Volck shield, ambrotypes and tintypes, one original Robert E. Lee letter, original Civil War sketches and etchings, and other 3D items. Most materials are Confederate related.

The digitized items here do not represent the entirety of the Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000. To view what other materials are in this collection but not yet digitized and available online, search the guide to the Rosanna Blake Collection, 1818-2000.

Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing.

Follow

Switch View to Grid View Slideshow
 
  • Roger Atkinson Pryor Carte de visite

    Roger Atkinson Pryor Carte de visite

    Carte de visite of Confederate General and Congressman Roger Atkinson Pryor. Probably from a pre-Civil War image.

  • Two unidentified boys in Confederate uniforms

    Two unidentified boys in Confederate uniforms

    Two unidentified boys in Confederate uniforms, hand colorized, col. Backprint of E.J. Rees & Co., Richmond, Va.

  • Rev. Richard Vincent Whelan, Bishop of Wheeling

    Rev. Richard Vincent Whelan, Bishop of Wheeling

    Ambrotype on glass of Right Rev. Richard Vincent Whelan, Catholic Bishop of Wheeling, W.Va. Cased in standard "Union" frame case.

  • Robert A. Toombs Carte de visite

    Robert A. Toombs Carte de visite

    Carte de visite of Confederate General David Emanuel Twiggs. In his Mexican War (1848) uniform. Made before 1862. Twiggs fought in the War of 1812, Mexican War of 1848, and Civil War. Original image in the Library of Congress.

  • Robert E. Lee Carte de visite

    Robert E. Lee Carte de visite

    Carte de visite of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. No backplate. This is from a steel engraving that appeared in Frank Leslie's weekly publication. Supposedly from a daguerreotype made during the Mexican War.

  • Stonewall Jackson Carte de visite

    Stonewall Jackson Carte de visite

    Carte de visite of Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson. From a pre-Civil War image, in his Mexican War uniform. Image is of Jackson in his Mexican War uniform.

  • "A New map of Alabama with its Roads and distances," in small pocket book form, 1853, col.

    "A New map of Alabama with its Roads and distances," in small pocket book form, 1853, col.

    "A New map of Alabama with its Roads and distances," in small pocket book form, 1853, col. Map folds into pocket size, glued to hard cover.

  • Unidentified U.S. soldier in pre-Civil War uniform with epaulets and Shako style hat.

    Unidentified U.S. soldier in pre-Civil War uniform with epaulets and Shako style hat.

    Cased tintype of unidentified soldier in pre-Civil War uniform, with epaulets. Shako style hat. Possibly an older ferrotype. Large, ornate letter "C" on his belt buckle.

 

Page 14 of 14

  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
 
 

Advanced Search

  • Notify me via email or RSS

Browse

  • Collections
  • Disciplines
  • Authors

Author Corner

  • Author FAQ
 
Elsevier - Digital Commons

Home | About | FAQ | My Account | Accessibility Statement

Privacy Copyright

Trademarked and copyrighted images and insignia are the exclusive property of Marshall University.