James I. Robertson Jr.
A Guide to his papers, MS 94-021
Prepared by John M. Jackson
Encoded by John M. Jackson
2002
Content
Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Description of Series
Container List
Collection Summary
| Title: | James I. Robertson Jr. Papers |
| Span Dates: | 1862-2001 (bulk 1981-2001) |
| Creator: | Robertson, James I. Jr. |
| Size: | 36 containers; 22 cu. ft. |
| Repository: | Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries,Virginia Polytechnic Institute &State University |
| Abstract: | Research notes, manuscripts, typescript drafts, working copies and galley proofs for books and articles written by Virginia Tech's Alumni Distinguished Professor of History James I. Robertson Jr., 1982-2001. Also contains a small set of general materials which includes items related to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park. |
Administrative Information
Provenance: The Robertson Papers were donated by James I. and Elizabeth Robertson in two accessions: May 1996 and July 2002.
Processing History: Accession I was processed in May 1996 by Helen Harrison, student assistant, and Laura Katz Smith, manuscripts curator. Processing, arrangement and description of Accession II commenced in September 2002 and was completed in November 2002. The two accessions were merged at this time.
Transfers: The following books in Accession II were transferred to Special Collections' Rare Book Room:
- Barringer, Paul B. Narrative of Pilgrimage to Cedar Mountain and Manassas Battlefields, September 4-5, 1968 ([Richmond?: s.n., 1968?]) E472.183 N377 1968 Civil War Spec
- Johnston, J. Ambler. Echoes of 1861-1961 ([Richmond]: privately printed, 1970) F227 .J6 1970 c.3 Civil War Spec
- Johnston, J. Ambler. The Civil War 1861-1865 in Arkansas and Missouri: Notes on the April, 1967 Trip of the Chicago Civil War Round Table ([Richmond]: Distributed by the Virginia State Penitentiary, 1967) E470.4 .J647 1967 c.2 Civil War Spec
- Wilshin, Francis. Manassas (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park, Virginia (Washington D.C., 1957) Docs I 29.58:15/2 Civil War Spec
Preferred citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: James I. Robertson Jr. Papers, Ms 94-021, Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Biographical Note
James I. "Bud" Robertson Jr., Civil War historian, author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, was born in Danville, Virginia, in 1930. After graduating from Randolph-Macon College (B.A., 1955), Robertson obtained his M.A. (1956) and Ph.D. (1959) at Emory University and served as a teaching fellow (instructor in history) at Emory from 1958 to 1959. From 1959 to 1961, Robertson served as editor of Civil War History, a quarterly journal published by the University of Iowa. In 1961, he was appointed executive director of the National Civil War Centennial Commission by President John F. Kennedy and served until 1965, supervising the national observance of the Civil War centenary. Robertson served as professor of history at the University of Montana from 1965 until 1967, when he joined the faculty of Virginia Tech. He served as History Department head from 1969 to 1977, and was C. P. Miles Professor of History from 1977 to 1992. He became Alumni Distinguished Professor of History in 1992.
Robertson has authored many award-winning scholarly books on Civil War-related topics, including Soldiers Blue and Gray (1988) (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History), Civil War Virginia: Battleground for a Nation (1991), General A. P. Hill: The Story of a Confederate Warrior; and Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend (1997). He has also written two books for younger readers: Civil War! America Becomes One Nation (1992) and Standing Like a Stone Wall: the Life of General Thomas J. Jackson (2001). Robertson has been a contributing author and editor for several other works; his articles, too numerous to list here, have appeared in many encyclopedias, Civil War magazines and historical society journals.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of James I. Robertson Jr., Civil War historian, author and Alumni Distinguished Professor of History at Virginia Tech, span the dates 1862 to 2001 and are comprised of writings and general materials. The writings consist largely of materials (research notes, manuscript drafts, typescript drafts and galley proofs) related to the writing and publication of a portion of Robertson's books and articles between 1982 and 2001. The small number of general materials includes items related to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park and a few manuscript drafts for various speeches made by Robertson.
DESCRIPTION OF SERIES
| Box | Folder | Series |
| 1-34 | I. Writings, 1981-2001 This series contains research notes, manuscript and typescript drafts, edited working copies, master copies and galley proofs for 9 books and two articles published between 1982 and 2001. The series is arranged by the works' chronological order of publication.
The materials for each work are arranged in chronological order, according to the dates supplied. (Where dates were unavailable, the sequence was determined by comparing the different drafts.) The drafts include revisions made by Robertson and others (identified in the individual folder descriptions, when possible). The series' holdings are not comprehensive and do not include every draft of every work. The subseries for Jackson & Lee, for example, contains only a typescript draft of a single chapter. |
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| 35 | II. General Materials, 1862-1996 All materials not directly related to the writing and publication of Robertson's works are assembled within this series, which includes items pertaining to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park, manuscript drafts for various speeches made by Robertson, a list of articles written by Robertson and assorted ephemera. Materials are arranged by fuction. |
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| 36 | III. Oversize Materials, 1982-1990 This series consists of oversize galley proofs which were too large to be filed in Series I. Items in this series are arranged according to the order in which they would have been filed had they remained in Series I. |
CONTAINER LIST
SERIES I. WRITINGS
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 1 | 1 | Typescript draft, n.d. [photocopy] |
| 2 | Final copy with publisher's comments, 1981 | |
| 3 | Master copy, [1982?] | |
| Galley proof, [1982?] (see Oversize Materials, Box 36) |
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 2-8 | Research notecards | |
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Introduction Pre-1848
Post-Mexican War
Coming of War
Williamsburg Promotion to Brigadier General
Mechanicsville
Gaines' Mill
Frayser's Farm End of Seven Days' Campaign
Cedar Mountain
Second Manassas
Antietam Creek Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Bristoe Station
Wilderness Petersburg
1865
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| 9 | 1 | Original typescript draft, [1985?] (2 folders) |
| 2 | Original typescript draft, [1985?] (2 folders) | |
| 3 | Preface - First draft (with corrections by Elizabeth Robertson, Beth Brown, Richard Harwell and Random House), [1985] | |
| 4-5 | Chapter 1 - working copies
First (with corrections by Richard Harwell), Dec 29 [1985]
Final, Apr 18 1986
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| 6 | Chapter 2 - First draft (with corrections by Richard Harwell), Jan 5 1986 | |
| 7-8 | Chapter 3
First working copy (with corrections by Beth Brown), Feb 12 1986
Final copy (with corrections by Richard Harwell), n.d.
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| 9-11 | Chapter 4
Copy of original typescript draft (with corrections by Ed Raus), n.d.
First draft (with corrections by Robert Krick and Ed Raus), Apr 8 1986
Third draft (with corrections by Richard Harwell), May 8 1986
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| 12-14 | Chapter 5
Typescript draft (with corrections by Dennis Frye), Apr 7 1986
First working copy, Mar 28 1986
Second draft (with corrections by Richard Harwell), Apr 11 1986
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| 15 | Chapter 6 - First draft (with corrections by author), Apr 24 1986 | |
| 10 | 1 | Chapter 7 - Copy of original typescript draft (with corrections by Elizabeth Robertson, Harry Pfanz and Beth Brown), [Apr 1986] |
| 2 | Chapter 8 - First draft (with corrections by Robert Krick), May 16 1986 (incomplete) | |
| 3-4 | Chapter 9
Copy of original typescript draft with corrections, n.d.
First draft (with corrections by Beth Brown and Chris Calkins), Jun 6 1986
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| 5-6 | Complete drafts
With author's final corrections, Jul 15 1986 (4 folders)
With publisher's corrections, Aug 29 1986 (2 folders)
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| 11 | 1 | Setting copy I, [1986] (4 folders) |
| 2 | Master galleys, Dec 15 [1986] (2 folders) | |
| 12 | 1 | Master copy, Jan 23 [1987] (2 folders) |
| 2 | Galley proof, [1987] (2 folders) | |
| 3 | Setting copy II, [1987] (2 folders) | |
| 4 | Unbound signatures, 1987 |
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 13 | 1-5 | Drafts
Outline, n.d.
Rough typescript, n.d. (2 folders)
First, 1987 (3 folders)
Revisions, 1987 (chapters 6, 8-9 only)
Second, [1987] (2 folders)
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| 14 | 1-2 | Drafts
Third (chapter 1 only), Sep 22 1987
Final (with publisher's comments), May 13 1988 (4 folders) |
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 14 | 3 | Original typescript draft with author's corrections, [1990] |
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 14 | 4-5 | Drafts
Outline, [1989?]
Original, 1989 (2 folders)
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| 15 | 1-7 | Drafts
First, 1989
With corrections by author
With corrections by Ludwell Johnson (chapters 1-5 only)
With corrections by Charles Roland
Second (with corrections by Gary Gallagher), 1990
Third, 1990
Fourth (with publisher's comments), 1990 (2 folders)
Final (incorporating publisher's revisions), [1990]
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| 8 | Galley proofs
First, May 15 1990
Final, Aug 24 1990 (see Oversize Materials, Box 36)
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| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 16 | 1 | Typescript draft, n.d. |
| 2 | Publisher's layouts, 1992 [1992] |
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 16 | 3 | Typescript text of The Civil War (published 1963), n.d. |
| 4 | Original manuscript, n.d. | |
| 5 | Original typescript draft, n.d. | |
| 6-7 | First draft
Original version, Nov 13 1988 (2 folders)
Revised version, Dec 8 1988
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| 8 | Working copy, [Feb 1989?] | |
| 17 | 1 | Draft sent to publisher, Feb 16 1990 (2 folders) |
| 2 | Final draft with publisher's comments, May 1991 (2 folders) | |
| 3-4 | Galley proofs
First, Oct 1991
Second, Nov 1991
Map labels, n.d. (see Oversize Materials, Box 36)
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| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 17 | 5-7 | Drafts
First, 1993
Second, 1993
Final, 1993
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| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 17 | 8 | Typescript draft of chapter 3 ("Virginia Orphan"), n.d. |
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 18 | 1-7 | Original working drafts, 1993
Introduction
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
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| 19 | 1-6 | Original working drafts, 1993
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
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| 20 | 1-8 | Original working drafts, 1993
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20 (2 folders)
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| 21 | 1-5 | Original working drafts, 1993
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
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| 21 | 6-10 | Working drafts (with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh), 1993-1994
Chapter 3
Chapters 5-7
Chapters 8-9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
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| 22 | 1-10 | Working drafts (with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh), 1993-1994
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapters 16-17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
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| 23 | 1-2 | Working drafts (with corrections by Lowell Reidenbaugh), 1993-1994
Chapter 23
Chapters 24-25
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| 3-9 | First draft (with corrections by author)
Chapters 1-2
Chapters 3-4
Chapters 5-6
Chapters 7-8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
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| 24 | 1-9 | First draft (with corrections by author)
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapters 14-15
Chapters 16-17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
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| 25 | 1-2 | First draft (with corrections by author)
Chapters 23-24
Chapter 25, Abbreviations and Bibliography
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| 3-4 | First draft (with corrections by unidentified person)
Chapters 5-6
Chapters 7-8
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| 5-8 | Draft submitted to publisher, n.d.
Chapters 1-2
Chapters 3-4
Chapters 5-6
Chapter 7
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| 26 | 1-8 | Draft submitted to publisher, n.d.
Chapters 8-9
Chapters 10-11
Chapters 12-13
Chapters 14-15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17-18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
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| 27 | 1-4 | Draft submitted to publisher, n.d.
Chapters 21-22
Chapter 23
Endnotes
Foreword-Chapter 12
Chapters 13-25
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| 5-7 | Publisher's laser proof with corrections, Feb 1996
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
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| 28 | 1-8 | Publisher's laser proof with corrections, Feb 1996
Chapters 4-5
Chapters 6-7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
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| 29 | 1-9 | Publisher's laser proof with corrections, FEb 1996
Chapter 14
Chapters 15-16
Chapters 17-18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapters 23-25
Bibliography
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| 30 | 1-6 | Working proof[?], [1996]
Chapters 1-2
Chapters 3-5
Chapters 6-8
Chapters 9-11
Chapters 12-14
Chapters 15-17
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| 31 | 1-6 | Working proof[?], [1996]
Chapters 18-19
Chapters 20-21
Chapters 22-24
Chapter 25, Abbreviations and Bibliography
Endnotes
Chapters 1-13
Chapters 14-25
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| 7 | Working copies for Abbreviations and Bibliography sections, [1996] | |
| 32 | 1-6 | Galley proof (author's copy), Jul 15 1996
Chapters 1-5
Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-14
Chapters 15-19
Chapters 20-23
Chapters 24-25, Bibliography and End Notes
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| 32 | 7 | Galley proof (master copy) - Chapters 1-5, Jul 15 1996 |
| 33 | 1-5 | Galley proof (master copy), Jul 15 1996
Chapters 6-10
Chapters 11-14
Chapters 15-19
Chapters 20-23
Chapters 24-25, Bibliography and End Notes
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| 6-8 | Revisions to galley proof
First set, Sep 25 1996
Second set, Dec 3 1996
Final set, Dec 23 1996
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| 34 | 1 | Index draft with corrections, Oct 21 1996 (2 folders) |
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 34 | 2-3 | Manuscript (with publisher's revisions), [2001?]
Chapters 1-7
Chapters 8-end
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SERIES II. GENERAL MATERIALS
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 35 | 1 | Manassas Battlefield Park Preservation, 1988 (2 folders) |
| 2 | Drafts of assorted speeches by Robertson, n.d. | |
| 3 | List of articles by Robertson, 1957-1991 | |
| 4 | Ephemera ("La Mode Illustree" prints (1862) [2 items]; assorted postcards from Abingdon, Virginia and envelopes addressed to Vicki Heilig (1989-1996)) |
SERIES III. OVERSIZE MATERIALS
| Box | Folder | Contents |
| 36 | 1 | Civil War Sites in Virginia: a Tour Guide - galley proofs, [1982?] |
| 2 | Civil War in Virginia: Battleground for a Nation - final galley proof, 1990 | |
| 3 | Civil War! America Becomes One Nation - galley map labels, n.d. | |
| 37 | 1 | "Bold Reconnaissance: General Stonewall Jackson at Brawner's Farm, Battle of Second Manassas, August 28, 1862" - limited edition signed print by Brian Kraus, 2000 |
