DePauw University
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chittenden family collection
Collection
Identifier: L031
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the correspondence between George F. and Amanda Chittenden during their engagement and during the U.S. Civil War. The letters written during the Civil War discuss health conditions, army life, the siege of Vicksburg, life and politics in Indiana, and Confederate prisoners at Camp Morton. Also included are letters to Amanda Chittenden from family members and to George Chittenden regarding Republican politics, his work with the Indiana Hospital for the Insane, and other...
Dates:
1837-1913
Elijah Evan Edwards collection
Collection
Identifier: L049
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of copies of the journal of Elijah Evan Edwards while a student at Indiana Asbury University (now DePauw University) at Greencastle, Indiana. Within the journal, Edwards describes life as a student and the cost, societies, and activities while there.
Dates:
1846-1850
Eliza "Bessie" Osgood collection
Collection
Identifier: L461
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and personal documents of Elizabeth "Bessie" Osgood. The bulk of the collection contains letters Bessie received from her friend, Mary "Puss" Allen, and describe her teaching experiences, family activities, friends, social events, church activities, marriages, new babies and illnesses (1885-1892). Additional correspondence from her future husband, Jerome Strain (1890-1892), her father (1890), her sisters (1890-1893), her...
Dates:
1833-1950
