Series 1. Biographical, n.d.

Box 1

Photocopy of a portrait of Rufus Cleveland Hovey. (See also Alumni Records, RG 28, for additional biographical material)

Series 2. Rufus Cleveland Hovey Civil War Correspondence, 25 December 1857 to 30 September 1866, originals

(A transcript of all items except #6 can be found in Series 3. Originals have been encapsulated and the transcriptions should be used.)

Box 2 (oversize)

1) Letter from Rufus looking for teaching position and intent to attend Oberlin, to parents from Horicon, WI, 12/25/1857
2) Letter to brother and sister (a poem), from Mosel, WI, 11/8/1858
3) Letter to brother about looking for teaching position, from LaPorte, IN, 11/18/1860
4) Poem to sister regarding his thoughts upon enlisting in the war, 7/3/1861 — (original not in this collection, see Series 3 for transcript)
5) Civil War Journal, 1/1/1862 – 2/18/1862
6) Handwriting practice
7) Letter to brother (Alvan Seabury Hovey) with envelope, from Camp Thompkins, VA, 11/2/1861
8) Letter to A.S. Hovey with envelope, from Fayetteville, VA, 11/19/1861
9) Letter to A.S. Hovey with envelope, from Wheeling, VA, 1/21/1862
10) Letter to A.S. Hovey with envelope, from Camp Franklin, VA, 5/19/1862
11) Letter without envelope to parents, from battlefield, 6/8/1862
12) Letter without envelope to parents, from Newmarket, VA, 6/11/1862
13) Letter without envelope to brother & family, from Middletown, VA, 7/1/1862
14) Letter without envelope to parents, from Sperryville, VA, 7/17/1862
15) Letter without envelope from Judge Advocate Gains recommending R.C. Hovey be promoted to commissioned officer, from Washington, D.C.
16) Letter without envelope from Geo. Lyon certifying service of R.C. Hovey, from Washington, D.C., 3/20/1863
17) Letter without envelope from Rufus to A.S. Hovey, from camp near Brook’s Station, VA, 5/24/1863
18) Letter without envelope to cousin, from camp near Brook’s Station, VA, 5/29/1863
19) Letter without envelope from B.F. Eldridge with information on Rufus as missing, from Alexandria, VA, 8/11/1863
20) Letter without envelope from Edw. F. Hebb about belongings of Rufus (two identical copies), from Glymont Landing, MD, 4/28/1864
21) Letter without envelope from E.W. Chadwick about circumstances of death of Rufus, 9/30/1866

Series 3. Rufus Cleveland Hovey Civil War Correspondence, 25 December 1857 to 30 September 1866, transcriptions

Box 1 (cont.)

1) Transcript of letter from Rufus looking for teaching position and intent to attend Oberlin, to parents from Horicon, WI, 12/25/1857
2) Transcript of letter to brother and sister (a poem), from Mosel, WI, 11/8/1858
3) Transcript of letter to brother about looking for teaching position, from LaPorte, IN, 11/18/1860
4) Transcript of poem to sister regarding his thoughts upon enlisting in the war, 7/3/1861 — (transcript only, no original exists)
5) Transcript of Civil War Journal, 1/1/1862 – 2/18/1862
6) Handwriting practice — no transcript
7) Transcript of letter to brother (Alvan Seabury Hovey) with envelope, from Camp Thompkins, VA, 11/2/1861
8) Transcript of letter to A.S. Hovey with envelope, from Fayetteville, VA, 11/19/1861
9) Transcript of letter to A.S. Hovey with envelope, from Wheeling, VA, 1/21/1862
10) Transcript of letter to A.S. Hovey with envelope, from Camp Franklin, VA, 5/19/1862
11) Transcript of letter without envelope to parents, from battlefield, 6/8/1862
12) Transcript of letter without envelope to parents, from Newmarket, VA, 6/11/1862
13) Transcript of letter without envelope to brother & family, from Middletown, VA, 7/1/1862
14) Transcript of letter without envelope to parents, from Sperryville, VA, 7/17/1862
15) Transcript of letter without envelope from Judge Advocate Gains recommending R.C. Hovey be promoted to commissioned officer, from Washington, D.C.
16) Transcript of letter without envelope from Geo. Lyon certifying service of R.C. Hovey, from Washington, D.C., 3/20/1863
17) Transcript of letter without envelope from Rufus to A.S. Hovey, from camp near Brook’s Station, VA, 5/24/1863
18) Transcript of letter without envelope to cousin, from camp near Brook’s Station, VA, 5/29/1863
19) Transcript of letter without envelope from B.F. Eldridge with information on Rufus as missing, from Alexandria, VA, 8/11/1863
20) Transcript of letter without envelope from Edw. F. Hebb about belongings of Rufus (two identical copies), from Glymont Landing, MD, 4/28/1864
21) Transcript of letter without envelope from E.W. Chadwick about circumstances of death of Rufus, 9/30/1866