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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