CAPTAIN OLIVER C. GARVIN PAPERS

Finding Aid

Size: 0.25 linear feet

Literary rights:
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.

Restrictions: None

Content note:
The Captain Oliver C. Garvin Papers contain a specially bound book entitled "Letters to His Parents: From Captain Oliver C. Garvin 1861-1862." Garvin served with the 52nd New York Regiment at various locales in Virginia and Maryland and these letters give us glimpses of what camp life and combat was like from a Union officer during the Civil War.

Acquisition: Purchased from Swann Galleries

Processed by: LTM, 10-29-1987; JEF, 2-16-1998