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- catalog abstract "The bulk of this collection centers around the life of Civil War veteran and statesman John Read. Some materials concern the extended Read family, especially Read's son, William Read (b.1872) who attended Harvard College's Lawrence Scientific School. The collection includes: personal and family correspondence and letters to naval Paymaster Read from the Auditor for the US Navy; Read's Civil War diaries (some are copies only); autograph compositions (mostly speeches and poems) by Read; visual materials including photographs, cartes-de-visite, and drawings; Civil War artifacts (caps, mess kit); medals; Read's Bibles; printed biographical materials by and about Read; genealogical materials on the Read family; and scrapbooks relating to Harvard College (covering the years 1856-1897) and to the political career of JR in Cambridge and Massachusetts. Also includes 2 drawings by Civil War artist Charles Wellington Reed.".
- catalog contributor b12267533.
- catalog contributor b12267534.
- catalog contributor b12267535.
- catalog contributor b12267536.
- catalog contributor b12267537.
- catalog coverage "Cambridge (Mass.) Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog coverage "Cambridge (Mass.) Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog coverage "Groce (Camp, Tex.).".
- catalog coverage "Massachusetts Politics and government 1865-1950.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons Texas.".
- catalog date "1853".
- catalog description "Electronic finding aid available http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00136".
- catalog description "John Read (H.C. 1862) was a Union Civil War naval officer, prisoner-of-war in the Texas prison camps (Camp Groce), Massachusetts State Senator and Representative, and partner in the family firm of William Read & Sons. He lived the majority of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts and served on many local boards and commissons.".
- catalog description "John Read Papers (MS Am 2111). Houghton Library, Harvard University.".
- catalog description "The bulk of this collection centers around the life of Civil War veteran and statesman John Read. Some materials concern the extended Read family, especially Read's son, William Read (b.1872) who attended Harvard College's Lawrence Scientific School. The collection includes: personal and family correspondence and letters to naval Paymaster Read from the Auditor for the US Navy; Read's Civil War diaries (some are copies only); autograph compositions (mostly speeches and poems) by Read; visual materials including photographs, cartes-de-visite, and drawings; Civil War artifacts (caps, mess kit); medals; Read's Bibles; printed biographical materials by and about Read; genealogical materials on the Read family; and scrapbooks relating to Harvard College (covering the years 1856-1897) and to the political career of JR in Cambridge and Massachusetts. Also includes 2 drawings by Civil War artist Charles Wellington Reed.".
- catalog description "Unpublished printed finding aid available in the Houghton Accessions Records, 2000-2001, under *2000M-60.".
- catalog extent "10 boxes (3.5 linear ft.)".
- catalog issued "1853".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog spatial "Cambridge (Mass.) Social life and customs 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "Cambridge (Mass.) Social life and customs 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "Groce (Camp, Tex.).".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Politics and government 1865-1950.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons Texas.".
- catalog subject "Harvard College (1780-)".
- catalog subject "Read, John, 1840-1915.".
- catalog subject "Read, William, 1872-".
- catalog subject "Reed family.".
- catalog subject "William Read & Sons.".
- catalog title "John Read papers, 1853-1915.".
- catalog type "Artifacts. aat".
- catalog type "Cartes-de-visite (card photographs). aat".
- catalog type "Diaries. aat".
- catalog type "Drawings. aat".
- catalog type "Harvard graduates' papers. local".
- catalog type "Photographs. aat".
- catalog type "Poems. aat".
- catalog type "Scrapbooks. aat".
- catalog type "Speeches. aat".
- catalog type "text".