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James Anderson Slover Collection

 Item
Identifier: WHC-M-1769

Scope and Contents

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A photocopy of the autobiography of James Slover, a missionary to the Cherokee Nation during the Civil War, and chaplain of the 1st Regiment, Cherokee Mounted Volunteers, under Stand Watie. The diary includes an account of post-war difficulties in Arkansas due to a depressed economy, race relations and the reconstruction government, and of Slover's subsequent decision to move to California.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1907

Restrictions on Access

On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.

Restricted.

Extent

1 item (1 item)

Language of Materials

English

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Zella Weeks.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Autobiography: Source of acquisition--Weeks, Zella. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1981.

Description rules
Appm
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Western History Collections Repository

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