Collection Overview
Title: The Griffith Letters Collection (Sandwich), 1861-2004
ID: RHC/RC/270
Extent: 2.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 01/25/2005
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Griffith Letters collection consists of research files created by the author, Joan Metzger, while writing her book entitled, The Griffith Letters: The Story of Frank Griffith and the 116th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. The records consist of nine series created by the author: Book and Drafts, Griffith Family Research, 116th NYSV Research, New York Research, Louisiana Research, Washington D.C. Research, Correspondence, Miscellaneous Research, and Questions. Metzgerās research files complement the original Griffith Family letters held by the Regional History Center. The original letters are located in the F.E. Griffith Family Correspondence (RC 89).
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on access to the collection
Use Restrictions:
Property rights in the collection belong to the Regional History Center; literary rights are dedicated to the public.
Acquisition Source:
Joan Metzger
Acquisition Method:
Joan Metzger, author of The Griffith Letters: The Story of Frank Griffith and the 116th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, donated her book research files to the Regional History Center on January 28, 2005.
Related Materials:
The original letters are located in the F.E. Griffith Family Correspondence (RC 89).
Box and Folder Listing
- Series I.: Book and Drafts
- Box 1
- Folder 1: The Griffith Letters: The Story of Frank Griffith and the 116th New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War , Joan Metzger, 2004
- Folder 2-4: First Draft of Book
- Folder 5-6: Second Draft of Book
- Series II.: Griffith Family Research
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Research Pertaining to the Book and Genealogy of Griffith Family
- Folder 2: Frank Griffith Military Records, 1862-1921
- Folder 3: Harriet M. "Hattie" Griffith Bernard Information, 1914
- Folder 4: Sandwich, Illinois
- Folder 5: Albert Myers, Frank Griffith's Brother-in-law, 1886-1922
- Folder 6: Griffith-Myers, Legal Documents, (Regional Collection 89/1/12)
- Folder 7: Griffith Family Descendants
- Folder 8: Griffith Family Collection Research, Glen Gildemeister
- Series III.: 116th NYSV Research
- Box 2
- Folder 9: 116th Regiment of New York State Volunteers , Orton S. Clark, 1868
- Folder 10: Adjutant General Reports , Civil War Rosters, New York, 1903
- Folder 11: Adjutant General's Annual Report , New York (aka Register of Officers), 1869
- Folder 12: 116th Chronology, [u]Memorial Service, Ira Ayer, 1889
- Folder 13: 116th, Souvenir ; ]Roster , 1887; 1895
- Folder 14: A Record of ... the Regiments Which Were Organized in Ne York , 1868
- Folder 15: Acil (Ashael) E. Ames, 1862-1916
- Folder 16: Letters of James F. Ryther, 116th, Company H., 1862-1865)
- Folder 17: Miscellaneous, 116th
- Folder 18: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion , Frederick Dyer (116th, 78th and 112nd - Albert Myers), 1959
- Folder 19: War of the Rebellion (info on Pleasant Hill), 1891
- Folder 20: 114th Regiment NYSV , Dr. Harris H. Beecher, 1866
- Series IV.: New York Research
- Box 2
- Folder 21: Census, New York,, 1790-1920
- Folder 22: New York, Miscellaneous
- Folder 23: Centennial History of Erie County , Crisfield Johnson, 1876
- Folder 24: Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Materials and Photo
- Folder 25: Buffalo and Erie County Public Library
- Folder 26: Erie County and Civil War , Richard C. Brown, 1973
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Gazetteer of New York , J.H. French, 1861 and Other NY Place Materials
- Folder 2: History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County , H. Percy Smith, 1884
- Folder 3: History of Concord, NY and Map from 1866 Atlas, 1882, 1992
- Folder 4: Honors of the Empire State , Thomas Townsend, 1889
- Folder 5: New York in the War of the Rebellion , Frederick Phisterer, 1912
- Folder 6: Our County and Its People... Erie County, New York , Truman C. White, 1898
- Series V.: Louisiana Research
- Box 3
- Folder 7: Louisiana, Miscellaneous
- Folder 8: Marine Hospital (drawing)
- Folder 9: Disaster in Damp Sand , Curt Anders, 1997
- Folder 10: Historical Atlas of Louisiana , Charles Robert Goins and John Michael Caldwell, 1995
- Folder 11: Occupied City: New Orleans , Gerald M. Capers, 1965
- Folder 12: Portraits of Conflict , Carl Moneyhon and Bobby Roberts, 1990
- Folder 13: Pretense of Glory (Bio. of Banks - Red River Camp), 1998
- Folder 14: Red River Campaign , Ludwell Johnson, 1993
- Folder 15: Touched by Fire (Mostly LA, except Belle Island and Washington D.C.), 1985
- Folder 16: Twelve Years a Slave , Solomon Northrup "Root, The Experience of a Federal Soldier in Louisiana", 1968; 1936
- Folder 17: A Volunteer's Adventures , John William De Forest (has some comments on places such as Ship Island, Port Hudson), 1946
- Folder 18: War Along the Bayous , William Riley Brooksher, 1998
- Folder 19: War on the Frontier , Alvin M. Josephy, Junior (Red River), 1986
- Folder 20: The Civil War in Louisiana , John D. Winters, 1963
- Series VI.: Washington D.C. Research
- Box 3
- Folder 21: Washington D.C., Miscellaneous
- Folder 22: Reveille in Washington, Margaret Leech, 1941
- Folder 23: Arthur L. Wilkinson
- Series VII.: Correspondence
- Box 4
- Folder 1: My Correspondence Regarding Griffith, 1997-2003
- Folder 2: Use Letters, 1999-2004
- Folder 3: Joan Hardekopf, Sandwich Historical Society, 1999-2003
- Folder 4: Medical, Jane Kenamore, 1999-2000
- Folder 5: Maps, Andy Serak, 2000-2004
- Folder 6: Esther Williams, 1999-2003
- Series VIII.: Miscellaneous Research
- Box 4
- Folder 7: Miscellaneous Research
- Folder 8: Encyclopedia of the American Civil War (Bell Isle), 2000
- Folder 9: John C. Heenan, 2003
- Folder 10: Maps, Washington D.C. South
- Folder 11: Medical and Other Terms
- Folder 12: Photo Sources
- Folder 13: Buffalo Express , Heacock's Sermon, Regarding Letter December 19, 1863, 1863
- Folder 14: The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac , E.B. Long, 1971
- Folder 15: The Civil War Dictionary , Mary Mayo Boatner III, 1973
- Folder 16: Encyclopedia of Historic Forts , Robert B. Roberts, 1988
- Folder 17: Everyday Life During the Civil War , Michael J. Varhola, 1999
- Folder 18: "Mitigating the Sins of Humanity", Gregory M. Benshoof (H491 Paper), 1996
- Folder 19: Patriotic Toil , Jeanie Attie, 1998
- Folder 20: The Photographic History of the Civil War (Prisons- Hospitals), 1987
- Folder 21: Southern Sons, Northern Soldiers , Julie Holcomb, 2004
- Folder 22: We Need Men: The Union Draft in the Civil War , James W. Geary, 1991
- Folder 23: While God is Marching On , Steven E. Woodworth, 2001
- Folder 24: Writing Hints, Documentary Editing
- Folder 25: Possible Sources
- Folder 26: Sources of More Information
- Series IX.: Questions
- Box 4
- Folder 27: Questions