Manuscript Collection
Honoring Fallen Soldiers: America's First Memorial Day - Accession 1181 - M549 (602)
Files
Download Honoring Fallen Soldiers: America's First Memorial Day - Table of Contents and Preface (994 KB)
Identifier
Accession 1181 - M549 (602)
Inclusive Dates
1831-1985
Restrictions
Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections
Collection Size
13 pieces
Language
English
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of a program of remembrance held on May3-4, 2002 honoring the first Memorial Day observed in Charleston, SC on May 1st, 1865 to honor those that fought and died in the American Civil War. This 48 page program was edited by Catherine Clinton and consists of several articles and typescript copies of period newspaper articles from 1865-1867. The program contains a Preface titled “Keep Their Memory Green” by Catherine Clinton, an excerpt titled “Decoration Days” from David Blight’s Race And Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory published in 2001, and an article titled “Sites and Rites of Civil War Memory by Thomas Brown. Also included is a section titled “Selected Sources” which includes typescript copies of “The Martyrs of the Race Course” published in the Charleston Courier, May 2, 1865, “Martyrs of the Racecourse” published in Harper’s weekly, May 18, 1867, an excerpt from A Woman Doctor’s Civil War: Esther Hill Hawks’ Diary which was edited by Gerald Schwartz (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1985), an article by Rev. Richard H. Cain which was published in the A.M.E. Christian Recorder, April 21, 1866, and an excerpt from Frances Rollin, Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1868.
Provenance
The Honoring Fallen Soldiers: America's First Memorial Day were given to the Archives in 202 by South Carolina Humanities Council.
Copyright
For information concerning copyright please contact the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University.
Finding Aid Citation
Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Honoring Fallen Soldiers: America's First Memorial Day - Accession 1181 - M549 (602)". Finding Aid 1342.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1342
LC Subject Headings
Confederate Memorial Day
