Root family papers, 1828-1970.
Collection Number: 3894
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Root family papers, 1828-1970.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3894
Abstract:
Civil War letters and daily journals of William Harrison Root, a lieutenant in Company
B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers. Also a notebook of Root's, clippings, and his
account book of Company B, 1861. Also, letters and reminiscences, between Helen Isabel
Root and her parents. Additional material includes account books, clippings, correspondence
and transcripts, pamphlets, genealogical charts, deeds and other legal documents,
and photographs of the Shepard and Osborn families.
Creator:
Root family.
Quanitities:
.9 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
William Harrison Root of Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York, was the father of Helen
Isabel Root. A lieutenant in Company B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers, he was
captured in action at Sabine Pass, Texas in September 1863, and exchanged in July
1864. He was present at every battle of his regiment, being released from enemy prison
in time to fight in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek.
Civil War letters and daily journals of William Harrison Root, a lieutenant in Company
B, 75th Regiment, New York Volunteers. The letters between Root, his parents, sister
and brothers document daily life in camp, battles and the administration of the army,
including his capture and subsequent imprisionment at Camp Grace, Texas in 1863. Also
a notebook of Root's, clippings, and his account book of Company B, 1861. Also, letters,
and typescripts of selected letters and reminiscences, between Helen Isabel Root (Cornell
University Class of 1896) and her parents. Helen I. Root, the daughter of William
Root was a missionary in Ceylon and India and this correspondence documents her daily
life as a missionary and records information about the cultures in which she lived.
She was also editor of "The Missionary Tidings" a publication of the Women's Missionary
Society Free Methodist Church. Additional material includes account books, clippings,
correspondence and transcripts, pamphlets, genealogical charts, deeds and other legal
documents, and photographs of the Shepard and Osborn families. Material concerns areas
of Fort Byron, Cayuga County; Virgil, Cortland County; and Spencer, Tioga County,
New York.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Root Family. Papers, #3894. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University
Library.
Names:
Root, William Harrison, 1841-
Root, Helen Isabel, 1873-1945.
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 75th (1861-1865)
Places:
Virgil (N.Y.)
Tioga County (N.Y.)
Spencer (N.Y.)
Cayuga County (N.Y.)
Fort Byron (N.Y.)
Cortland County (N.Y.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Subjects:
Missions -- India.
Missions -- Ceylon.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Genealogies.
Diaries.
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