Grant Memorial Cards, 1885-07

File — Box: 2, Folder: 032

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

This collection consists of thirteen boxes of correspondence, ephemera, photographs, and scrapbooks related to Ulysses S. Grant, Julia Dent Grant, their acquaintances, and family members. It is arranged in three series: Correspondence and Ephemera; Photographs, and Scrapbooks. The first two series have additional Sub-Series that break the material down into specific types which are then arranged either chronologically or alphabetically by topic.

Correspondents in this collection include:

Ulysses S. Grant; Julia D. Grant; Frederick Dent Grant; Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.; Jesse Root Grant; William T. Sherman; Philip Sheridan; John Schofield; Orville E. Babcock; B. F. Butler; W. W. Smith; J. M. Schofield; John Rawlins; Horace Porter; William McKinley; Mary Todd Lincoln; Adam Badeau; Rama V / Chulalongkorn

Dates

Other: 1885-07

Extent

From the Sub-Series: 0.5 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Note

This folder contains photocopies of memorial cards made for Grant's funeral. Some of the cards have writing from the family on them. There is also writing on the reproduction paper itself in an unknown hand, made at the time of reproduction.