William Wylie Blair essays and correspondence, 1847-1848
A Guide to his papers at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Dina M. Kellams.
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
Blair, William Wylie,
1827-1916.
TitleWilliam Wylie Blair essays and
correspondence, 1847-1848
Collection No.
C429
Extent
.1 cubic foot (2 legal sized folders)
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
William Wylie Blair entered Indiana
University in 1845. He attended through the 1848 school year, but did not graduate.
This small collection consists of six essays written by Blair while he was a student
at IU as well as an 1848 letter written to Blair and friend Jonathan Dixon Wylie by
former classmate James Strean, who was an IU student at the time of
writing.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.
Biographical Note
William Wylie Blair entered Indiana University in 1845. He attended through the 1848
school year, but did not graduate. After studies elsewhere, he became a physician
and practiced in Princeton, Indiana his entire career, with the exception of his
Civil War service. In 1861, he began his war service as surgeon with the 58th
Indiana Regiment. Within a few months time, however, he was appointed medical
director of the division commanded by General Thomas J. Wood in Tennessee. He served
in this capacity for the remainder of the war. Blair died on January 2, 1916.
Arrangement
Essays and 1 letter, arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
This small collection includes six essays written by Blair while a student at Indiana
University. Only two are dated (1847); the remaining essays would have been written
between 1845 and 1848.
Also included is an 1848 letter written by former classmate James Strean (AB 1850) to
both Blair and Jonathan Dixon Wylie. At the time of writing, Strean was still a
student at IU and Blair and Wylie had moved on to studies in Cincinnati, Ohio,
according to the contents of the letter. Strean provides updates on the happenings
in Bloomington and details a recent trip to Iowa and his travels by river.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Related Material
Others papers of Blair's are held by the Indiana Historical Society:
http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/manuscript-and-visual-collections/cgs/william-wylie-blair-papers-1848-1909.pdf
and within the Indiana Sesquicentennial manuscripts at IU’s Lilly Library:
http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/lilly/InU-Li-VAB9371
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession Information: 2010/108
Usage Restrictions
Collection is in the public domain. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
Preferred Citation
[Item], William Wylie Blair essays and correspondence, Collection C429, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
These materials were found in a reference file (Students, Early). Included was a
circa 1966 envelope addressed to IU’s Donald Carmony from Blair’s grandson, W.
Steele Gilmore.
Processing InformationProcessed by Dina M. Kellams.
Completed in 2011
Folder List
Essays, 1847,
undated
James Strean to WWB and Jonathan Dixon Wylie, 27 Dec. 1848
