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I received this at work and thought some may be interested here:
Hamilton College Library is pleased to announce the availability of its
digital resources website: http://library.hamilton.edu/collections/
The resources currently available are Civil War materials, largely
related to the 117th N.Y.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, one of four
from Oneida County.
The contents include the following:
* 925 enlistment papers from 1862 covering about half of the members
of the 117th N.Y.S. regiment.
* A collection of 57 letters written by George W. Pearl, a private
in the 117th N.Y.S. Infantry Regiment, who parents lived in
Clinton, New York, written from 1862 to 1865 while serving in the
117th, Company F.
* The journal of private John Humphrey, of Utica, New York, written
from 1863 to 1865 while serving in the 117th, Company B.
* Thirteen reunion invitations issued by the 117th Regiment N.Y.S.V.
Association to attend annual reunions of the 117th between 1899
and 1918. The invitations typically included a message from a
member of the reunion committee, a list of association officers,
order of program, a mortuary report, and directions to the venue.
* A collection of 23 colorful silk ribbons issued at annual reunions
of the 117th. They usually showed the regiment name, town and date
of the reunion.
* A collection of 67 letters written by Henry Welch of North Hebron,
Washington Co., N.Y., a corporal in the 123rd New York Infantry
Regiment, written from 1862-1865. The letters are written to
father (Mr. Luther Welch), mother (Mrs. Phoebe Welch), his brother
and sisters, and an uncle and aunt (Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tanner
of South Granville, Washington, Co., N.Y.
* An additional 240 letters will be added by Fall 2004.
The enlistment forms are searchable by name; town, state, and country of
birth; occupation; place of enlistment; consentor; and company.
The letters have been both digitized and transcribed. They can be
browsed chronologically and are keyword searchable on the full text.
The journal has also been digitized and transcribed. It can be browsed
page by page. We anticipate making it keyword searchable in the future.
It is our hope that anyone interested in the Civil War will find these
resources useful. We see potential applications not only for
researchers, but also for high school students, genealogists, local
history enthusiasts, and those with a curiosity about the Civil War,
especially as depicted by local soldiers.
This work has been funded in part by grants from the Central New York
Library Resources Council (CLRC) through the Regional Bibliographic Data
Bases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program of the State of New York.
Hamilton College Library owes a special note of thanks to the children
of Edward M. and Doris Alberding Turley, of Clayville, N.Y., who donated
the 117th enlistment forms to the Library in 2001.
Anna Worden
I received this at work and thought some may be interested here:
Hamilton College Library is pleased to announce the availability of its
digital resources website: http://library.hamilton.edu/collections/
The resources currently available are Civil War materials, largely
related to the 117th N.Y.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, one of four
from Oneida County.
The contents include the following:
* 925 enlistment papers from 1862 covering about half of the members
of the 117th N.Y.S. regiment.
* A collection of 57 letters written by George W. Pearl, a private
in the 117th N.Y.S. Infantry Regiment, who parents lived in
Clinton, New York, written from 1862 to 1865 while serving in the
117th, Company F.
* The journal of private John Humphrey, of Utica, New York, written
from 1863 to 1865 while serving in the 117th, Company B.
* Thirteen reunion invitations issued by the 117th Regiment N.Y.S.V.
Association to attend annual reunions of the 117th between 1899
and 1918. The invitations typically included a message from a
member of the reunion committee, a list of association officers,
order of program, a mortuary report, and directions to the venue.
* A collection of 23 colorful silk ribbons issued at annual reunions
of the 117th. They usually showed the regiment name, town and date
of the reunion.
* A collection of 67 letters written by Henry Welch of North Hebron,
Washington Co., N.Y., a corporal in the 123rd New York Infantry
Regiment, written from 1862-1865. The letters are written to
father (Mr. Luther Welch), mother (Mrs. Phoebe Welch), his brother
and sisters, and an uncle and aunt (Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tanner
of South Granville, Washington, Co., N.Y.
* An additional 240 letters will be added by Fall 2004.
The enlistment forms are searchable by name; town, state, and country of
birth; occupation; place of enlistment; consentor; and company.
The letters have been both digitized and transcribed. They can be
browsed chronologically and are keyword searchable on the full text.
The journal has also been digitized and transcribed. It can be browsed
page by page. We anticipate making it keyword searchable in the future.
It is our hope that anyone interested in the Civil War will find these
resources useful. We see potential applications not only for
researchers, but also for high school students, genealogists, local
history enthusiasts, and those with a curiosity about the Civil War,
especially as depicted by local soldiers.
This work has been funded in part by grants from the Central New York
Library Resources Council (CLRC) through the Regional Bibliographic Data
Bases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program of the State of New York.
Hamilton College Library owes a special note of thanks to the children
of Edward M. and Doris Alberding Turley, of Clayville, N.Y., who donated
the 117th enlistment forms to the Library in 2001.
Anna Worden