Hello Everyone,

I'm forwarding this query to the listserve in the hope that someone 
will be able to help. If you can, please reply directly to Shaun at 
<[log in to unmask]>.

Thanks Bob S.



>Subject: The Read Family Papers
>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:34:04 -0400
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>Dear Mr. Schmidt,
>
>I tried posting this directly to the listserv, but access was 
>denied.  So I am writing you.
>
>The Indiana Historical Society is preparing a comprehensive 
>microfilm and electronic edition of the papers of Lew and Susan 
>Wallace.  Lew Wallace is best-known as the author of Ben-Hur.  I've 
>been working acquiring permissions to publish Wallace documents, and 
>have reached a snag which I hope your listserv may be able to help.
>
>We have photocopies of four documents that we wish to include in The 
>Papers of Lew and Susan Wallace.  We found these documents on a 
>research-only microfilm from the Smithsonian Institute's Archives of 
>American Art, and are trying to locate the actual manuscript 
>collection from which the microfilm was produced.  Judy Throm at the 
>Archives of American Art informed me that the Read family papers 
>were filmed as a loan in 1972 from Denison Laws Burton.  Mr. Burton 
>died in 1996, and Ms. Throm believed that the Read family papers 
>might have been donated to Drew University.  Consequently, I 
>contacted Cheryl Oestreicher, Drew University archivist, and the 
>Read Family collection was not to be found there.
>
>I'm hoping the Archives listserv may help us in finding the 
>whereabouts of the Read Family papers.  The Reads in question would 
>include Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872) and his wife Harriet Denison Read.
>
>The specific documents we are seeking to publish are:
>
>01/21/1887, Susan Wallace to [Harriet Denison] Read
>
>01/29/1887, Susan Wallace to [Harriet Denison] Read
>
>09/03/1862, Wallace to John B. Purcell
>
>09/26/1862, Lew Wallace, Special Order No. 5
>
>Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.
>
>Mr. Shaun Chandler Lighty
>Volunteer Editorial Assistant
>Indiana Historical Society
>450 West Ohio Street
>Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269
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>

Bob Schmidt
Archives Listserve Coordinator
Miami University Archives
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