Smallpox--1862; Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862
A letter to Milroy's wife, Mary, detailing his movements in the past week. His men have been skirmishing with the rebels, and they came across an area dealing with a smallpox epidemic. He's on his way to Cumberland, Maryland, to help General...
This autograph album was started by Mary Catherine “Kate” Hiestand on 2 August 1884. This is five months after her son Harry died at the age of 10. Page 25 contains a poem about dying written by Harry. Friends and family wrote poems and well...
A poem written in loving remembrance of Alice Coombes [Coombs], who died in September 1897, by Rebecka Raulerson of Lakeland, Florida. This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate" Hiestand of Memphis and...
Poetry; Fashion--History--19th century; Clothing & dress--United States
This is a poem about lady’s fashion in the 19th century. It describes the changing styles and how dressing in the fashion of the day was not always comfortable. This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate"...
Portrait of a woman is a loose photo found in the Hiestand Photograph Album - black. This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate" Hiestand of Memphis and Sellersburg area in Indiana.
This is a poem written by Kate Hiestand on stationary of her husband J.T. Hiestand, proprietor of Saw and Planing Mill in Sellersburg, Indiana. Poem is signed by Kate in Maplewood, Lebanon, Ohio. On the back of the paper, there is a list of names...
A postcard sent from Mrs Coleman to Mrs James Hiestand in 1912. This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate" Hiestand of Memphis and Sellersburg area in Indiana.
This picture of James Hiestand with horse and buggy is in Kate Hiestand's autograph album. This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate" Hiestand of Memphis and Sellersburg area in Indiana.
This series of pictures of James Hiestand is in Kate Hiestand's autograph album. This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate" Hiestand of Memphis and Sellersburg area in Indiana.
Portrait of a woman is a loose photo found in the Hiestand Photograph Album - black.This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate" Hiestand of Memphis and Sellersburg area in Indiana.
Portrait of a young boy is a loose photo found in the Hiestand Photograph Album - black. This is part of a larger collection of objects belonging to Mary Catherine "Kate" Hiestand of Memphis and Sellersburg area in Indiana.
This photographs in this album are not labeled or dated. The images were probably made in the late 1800s through the early 1900s. These photographs are everyday pictures of life including buildings, animals, people, and tombstones. This is part of...
