On the day of the Civil War Teach-In (March 10) the display in History of Science Collections will be open until 8pm.

During March the Civil War display can be viewed:  Mon-Fri  8 am-4:45 pm; Sat. 12 noon - 3:45 pm and by appointment (405-325-2741)

NOTE: THE 5th FLOOR COLLECTIONS ARE CLOSED DURING SPRING BREAK (Mar 15 - 22)

 

Scroll down the page to see which Civil War era books from the 5th floor Collections are currently on display in the History of Science Lobby. See "Additonal Reading" (panel on lower right) for a list of scholarly works relating to the Civil War currently on display in the Roller Reading Room.

CASE 1

Ulysses S. Grant, Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant, 1885-86  Nichols Collection  This copy is signed by U. S. Grant

 

 

George Brinton McClellan, Report on the organization and campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: to which is added an account of the campaign in western Virginia, with plans of battle-fields, 1864   Bass Business History Collection 

 

 

CASE 2

James B. Fry, New York and the conscription of 1863: a chapter in the history of the civil war, 1885   Nichols Collection

United States War Department, General orders affecting the volunteer force, 1862-65  Nichols Collection 

Roberts Bartholow,  A manual of instructions for enlisting and discharging soldiers : With special reference to the medical examination of recruits, and the detection of disqualifying and feigned diseases Nichols Collection, 1864  Nichols Collection

 

Junius Henri Browne, Four years in Secessia: adventures within and beyond the Union lines: embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war, 1865   Nichols Collection

 

 

   

 

Wendell Phillips, The Constitution a pro-slavery compact; or, Extracts from the Madison papers, 1856  Bass Business History Collection

Simon Newcomb, A critical examination of our financial policy during the Southern rebellion, 1865  Bass Business History Collection

Daniel Lord, The effect of secession upon the commercial relations between the North and South, and upon each section, 1861  Bass Business History Collection

William Whiting, The war powers of the President, and the legislative powers of Congress in relation to rebellion, treason and slavery, 1862   Nichols Collection 

Republican Congressional Committee, The Chicago Copperhead Convention, 1864  Nichols Collection 

Charles Leland, Ye book of copperheads, 1863  Nichols Collection

Journal of the Franklin Institute, volumes 39-50, 1860-65   History of Science Collections

Louis Agassiz, Principles of zoology, including the structure, development, distribution, and natural arrangement of the races of animals, living and extinct; for the use of schools and colleges, 1860   History of Science Collections

James Dwight Dana, Manual of geology : treating of the principles of the science, with special reference to American geological history, for the use of colleges, academies, and schools of science, 1864  History of Science Collections

Katharine Prescott Wormeley, The United States sanitary commission. A sketch of its purposes and its work, 1863   History of Science Collections

Elizabeth Blackwell, Pioneer work in opening the medical profession to women, 1895   History of Science Collections  This copy is signed by Elizabeth Blackwell, and includes photographs and newspaper clippings.

United States. Army. Quartermaster's Dept., Tabular statements showing the names of commanders of army corps, divisions and brigades, United States Army, during the War of 1861 to 1866, 1887    Nichols Collection

   

   

 

Here is a select list of supplementary works on science, medicine, technology and the Civil War. These are currently on display in the Roller Reading Room, in the History of Science Collections.