Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: GTM-0035
The Roosevelt Civil War Envelopes Collection contains 370 envelopes illustrated with American Civil war themes. Bound together in one album, the envelopes often depict the American flag, patriotic slogans, and satirical portrayals. Representations include Lady Liberty, Abraham Lincoln, Winfield Scott, and Elmer E. Ellsworth, to name a few. Also, slavery is addressed in some of the envelopes. Moreover, references to the American Revolution are presented. While most of the envelopes focus on Northern people and perspectives, there are some Southern images, focusing mainly on Jefferson Davis.
Assembled around 1880, possibly by William C. Ireland of Boston (according to penciled inscriptions on a couple of the envelopes). Ireland was also the designer of some of the envelopes. Given to Archibald Roosevelt in Boston in 1924.
This collection has been digitized and is available to view online in DigitalGeorgetown.
Materials in this collection contain references to slavery, slaveholding, and enslaved individuals.
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Materials in this collection are in the public domain. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
0.25 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
Gift of Archibald B. Roosevelt, Jr., possibly in 1986.
The collection has been rehoused in an acid-free box.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository