Warden Family Papers
c.00118

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Warden family, (Robert Warden, 1815-)
Title
Warden family papers
ID
c.00118
Date [inclusive]
1832-1886
Extent
0.1 Cubic feet , 7 folders
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

Robert Warden immigrated to America from Scotland in 1832, settling in Michigan. He purchased land in Green Oak, Livingston County, in partnership with a kinsman, Kinsley Bingham, who later became Governor of Michigan and a U.S. Senator.

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Scope and Contents note

The Warden family papers include correspondence (1832-1831), personal diaries (1876-1886), poetry, a teaching certificate (1874), and a brief family tree.

The earliest correspondence in the collection includes a number of letters (1832-1835) to Warden from friends in Scotland. The remainder of the letters are mostly from family members living in various places in Michigan. Civil War period correspondence includes letters to Warden from Major Dean, a family friend serving with the 22nd Michigan Infantry. Dean comments on army politics and Kentucky's Southern sympathies (November 30, 1862); expresses his views on "Copperhead" feeling in the North and the advisability of a "Negro Army" (January 30, 1863); and comments on the condition of the western army at what he hoped would be the final offensive (May 2, 1864).

Post-bellum correspondence includes a letter describing a journey from Acapulco to California, by way of Cape Horn (June 11, 1868).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections February 1965

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  February 2000

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Gift of Janet Warden, date unknown. Transferred by Michigan State University Museum.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1865).

Genre(s)

  • Certificates
  • Diaries
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Poetry

Geographic Name(s)

  • Acapulco (Mexico)
  • California
  • California --Description and travel
  • Green Oak (Mich. : Township)
  • Livingston County (Mich.)
  • Mexico -- Description and travel
  • Scotland
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Personal Name(s)

  • Bingham, Kinsley S., (Kinsley Scott), 1808-1861
  • Dean, Henry
  • Warden, Janet
  • Warden, Robert, 1815-

Subject(s)

  • Agriculture -- Michigan

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Collection Inventory

Papers 
Folder

 1832-1833 

 1

 1834-1835 

 2

 1849-1860 

 3

 1862-1867 

 4

 1868-1881, Undated 

 5

 1832-1886 

 6

Diary 1876 

 7