The Griffith Letters Collection (Sandwich), 1861-2004

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

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