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Index to Joshua L. Chamberlain Research Files (last updated March 2010)

Each document in these files shows the collection or repository from which it was copied.

Information from the following collections/repositories may NOT be copied by

researchers:

Bowdoin College

Yale University

Radcliffe-Schlesinger Library

Pennsylvania Historical Society

Huntington Library Collection.

All other information may be copied for 25¢ per page.

FIRST DRAWER

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Biographical sketches

World Chamberlain Society – Chamberlain Key

Adams-Chamberlain Genealogical Material and Family Life (includes Adams & Allen)

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Brewer years, 1828-1847

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Bowdoin College student, 1848-1852

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Bangor Theological Seminary, 1852-1855

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Bowdoin College Professor, 1856-1862

Joshua L. Chamberlain – General Military Career

SECOND DRAWER

20th

Maine Regiment

20th

Maine – Adelbert Ames, Col.

20th

Maine – Thomas D. Chamberlain

20th

Maine – Stephen P. Curtis

20th

Maine – A.E. Fernald

20th

Maine – Charles Gilmore

20th

Maine – Samuel Keene

20th

Maine – John Lenfest

20th

Maine –Hezekiah Long

20th

Maine – Josiah Lunt

20th

Maine – Ellis Spear

20th

Maine – Uranus & Shadrach Stacy

Flag 20th

Maine/Miscellaneous

THIRD DRAWER

John Chamberlain Journal

Charlemagne

Antietam

Fredericksburg

Gettysburg – Battle of Little Round Top

Gettysburg – Joshua L. Chamberlain at Little Round Top

Gettysburg – First person accounts

Gettysburg National Military Park

Petersburg

Petersburg – Joshua L. Chamberlain’s wound

Petersburg – Joshua L. Chamberlain’s promotion to Brigadier General

Petersburg – Patrick DeLacy, 143rd

Pennsylvania

Appomattox Campaign – Quaker Road, White Oak Road, Five Forks

Appomattox Campaign – Excerpts from William T. Livermore Diary, 20th

Maine Five

Forks Map

FOURTH DRAWER

Appomattox – Surrender

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Promotion to Brevet Major General

Joshua L. Chamberlain, 1866

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Military Service and Pension Records

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Medal of Honor

Joshua L. Chamberlain and GAR / MOLLUS / SUV

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Years as Governor, 1867-1870

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Presidency of Bowdoin, 1871-1883

Joshua L. Chamberlain – 12 Day Rebellion, 1880

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Domhegan

Joshua L. Chamberlain and Bowdoin College, 1884-1914

Joshua L. Chamberlain – First Parish Church

FIFTH DRAWER

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Late in Life, 1883-1914

Joshua L. Chamberlain – 1884 Diary

Joshua L. Chamberlain – Death and Funeral

Letter Index (incomplete)

Correspondence - “Personnel File” Microfilm

Correspondence – 1837-1853

Correspondence – 1854-1856

Correspondence – 1857-1861

Correspondence – 1862

Correspondence – 1863

Correspondence – 1864

Correspondence – 1865

Correspondence – 1866-1868

Correspondence – 1869-1870

SECOND CABINET, FIRST DRAWER

Correspondence – 1871-1877

Correspondence – 1878-1879

Correspondence – 1880

Correspondence – 1881-1884

Correspondence – 1885-1889

Correspondence – 1890-1894

Correspondence – 1895-1899

Correspondence – 1900-1903

Correspondence – 1904-1905

Correspondence – 1906-1910

Correspondence – 1911-1915

Correspondence – undated

SECOND CABINET, SECOND DRAWER

Chamberlain’s Financial Records

Correspondence – post-1914, probate, etc.

Correspondence – between E. Spear, D.W. Norton & B. Vincent re: JLC & Passing of

Armies

Articles/Speeches by Joshua L. Chamberlain

Warren Court of Inquiry – Opinion of Court

Warren Court of Inquiry – Testimony of those with initials A-E

Warren Court of Inquiry – Testimony of those with initials F-H

Warren Court of Inquiry – Testimony of those with initials K-M

Warren Court of Inquiry – Testimony of those with initials N-R

Warren Court of Inquiry – Testimony of those with initial S

Warren Court of Inquiry – Testimony of those with initial T-W

Warren Court of Inquiry – Testimony of G.K. Warren

Excerpts from Maine Adjutant General’s Report

Civil War Participants – Maine Regiments (other than the 20th

Maine)

Civil War Participants – Brunswick Area

Civil War Participants – Bowdoin College

Civil War Participants – 5th

Corp

Civil War Participants – Other

Other JLC Collections – Bangor Historical Society, Bangor Public Library, Bangor

Theological Seminary, Brewer Historical Society, Brewer Historical Society,

Brewer Public Library

Other JLC Collections – Bowdoin College Library

Other Collections – Connecticut Historical Society

Other Collections – Gettysburg National Park

Other Collections – Library of Congress / National Archives

Other Collections – Maine Historical Society

SECOND CABINET, THIRD DRAWER

Other Collections – Maine State Archives / Maine State Museum

Other Collections – MOLLUS

Other Collections – Pennsylvania Historical Society

Other Collections – Radcliffe College (Schlesinger Library)

Other Collections – Abbott Spear

Other Collections – Yale University (Frost Family Collection)

Other Collections – Misc. Collections

Private Collectors

Anniversary Bracelet 1865

Misc. Correspondence – Trulocks /Rosamund Allen

Misc. Correspondence – Trulocks / Bette Copeland

Misc. Correspondence – Trulock Fan Mail

Adams Family Homes

Chamberlain’s Real Estate Holdings (other than 226 Maine St.)

Chamberlain House

Chamberlain House – Occupants (other than Chamberlain)

Chamberlain House – PHS Purchase and Museum Development

Chamberlain House – Historic Structure Preservation Report, March 1988

Chamberlain House – Blueprints, Plot Plan

Chamberlain House – Exterior Paint Studies

Chamberlain House – Interior Paint Studies and Restoration

Chamberlain House – Wallpaper in Library + Dining Room

Chamberlain House – Restoration Photos

Walking Tour – “The Path of Joshua L. Chamberlain”

Film – The Civil War, PBS 1990

Film – Gettysburg, TBS 1993

Films/Other

Media Magic Documentation

SECOND CABINET, FOURTH DRAWER

JLC Dramatic Productions

Books – 20th

Maine, Soul of the Lion, Killer Angels, In the Hands of Providence

JLC Memorials – Brewer – Bangor Bridge

Joshua L. Chamberlain Memorials – Fort Gordon (GA) Chamberlain Avenue

Joshua L. Chamberlain Memorials – Brunswick Junior High School

Joshua L. Chamberlain Memorials – Statues, Monuments, Historical Markers,

Joshua L. Chamberlain Memorials – Coins and Stamps

Joshua L. Chamberlain Memorials – Symposiums

JLC Commemorative Art Work

Chamberlain Days 1996

Following Glory’s Road Tour – Maps, Brochures

Following Glory’s Road Tour – Correspondence, Evaluations, Addresses

Summer of 1994

Chamberlain’s Renaissance – “He’s My Hero!”

Catherine T. Smith Papers

Isabel Whittier Collection

Civil War Round Tables

Re-enactors

Tracing One’s Civil War Ancestry