Archer, Edward R., fl. 1830-1917 Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works [decimalized .001-.206]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896 Author/Creator: Archer, Edward R., fl. 1830-1917 Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1856-1900 Pagination: 206 items Order a Copy
Overall dates 1817-1907 but bulk is 1856-1900. Includes Archer and Jeffery Family papers (100 and 57 items, respectively). The prime parts of this archive concern the service in the U.S. Navy before the Civil War, and the Volunteer Virginia [Confederate] Navy and Tredegar Iron Works [Richmond] during and after the Civil War [Archer was Assistant Supervisor of Tredegar. Archer sought to implement the Volunteer Navy from London (some of his correspondence and his diary are in London). This wide-ranging archive includes materials on the Archer and Jeffreys families (with photographs, letters and the Jeffreys family seal). There is also considerable material relating to Archer's travel in Europe, with his carbon copy letter books (complete with instructions), and his interest in Mozart (Richmond Mozart Association).
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