Scope and Contents 10 diaries, these diaries were created by Rev. Winthrop H. Phelps and cover from 1858 through 1867. The first diary is from 1858, the second from 1859, the third from 1860, the fourth from 1861, the fifth from 1862, the sixth from 1863, the seventh and eighth from 1864, the ninth from 1865, and the tenth from 1866 to 1867. Each of the diaries, except for the tenth, contains at the end some records of purchases and other finances. The first through part way into the sixth, and the tenth...

Scope and Contents 1 book entitled [i]A Chaplain’s Life in the Civil War[/i]; this book was created in 1945 by Ethel Lowerre Phelps, Winthrop Phelps’s granddaughter. It is a transcribed and edited compilation of diary entries written by Reverend Winthrop H. Phelps from 1864 through 1865. It contains 16 photographs, which include those of Winthrop H. Phelps, the 2nd Connecicut Volunteer Regiment, Col. Kellogg, Lieutenant B. Lee, and Lucy Robinson Phelps as well as 2 maps, which show locations mentioned in the...

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3 photographs, one is of Senator Henry Clay, another is of Colonel Elisha Kellogg, and the third is of Lieutenant Robert A. Potter.

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Two letters, each from Chloe R. May Phelps to her son Winthrop H. Phelps. The first is decribing her trip to Albany and her subsequent return home due to illness. She also mentions some news about other family members and asks Winthrop to write to them. In the second letter, Chole mentions various family members visiting her home and the health of other family members. She also includes news of other family members' weddings.

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3 clippings, each is a list of casualties which is divided by company and tells which men were killed or wounded. The first lists casualties from a battle near a place called Winchester on September 19, 1864. The second lists casualties from a fight near Strasburg on September 21 and 22, 1864. The third list casualties from the battle of Cedar Creek, on in October 1864. Each clipping cites Rev. Winthrop H. Phelps as the person who sent the reports in.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Phelps Family Papers consist primarily of correspondence. Most of the letters date from 1854-1865 and were written to or from Rev. Winthrop Henry Phelps, who served as chaplain to the 2nd Connecticut Heavy Artillery during the Civil War and from his wife Lucy F. Robinson Phelps. Among the most noteworthy of the papers are a series of diaries maintained by Rev. Phelps. Several of these were edited by his granddaughter Ethel Lowerre Phelps in 1945 and published as limited editions titled...

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The advertisement has an image of the saloon on the front. On the second page there is a list of officers, committee members, and a list of those in the committee of ladies. On the third page there is a short history of the saloon and why it was created. The last page contains a paragraph welcoming the Soldiers of the Union to Philadelphia.

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This receipt is acknowledging the grant of five thousand pages of something to be distributed by Reverend Winthrop H. Phelps “in a way most likely to promote the eternal welfare of those in whom you take an interest.”

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Notes on when some engagements of the 2[sup]nd[/sup] Connecticut Volunteer Artillery took place and two calendars, hand written for 1863, with marks on it for some events in Winthrop’s life.

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2 pages of notes, the first is a recipe for two homemade dyes. One is for a Scarlet dye and the other is for a Slight Red dye. The other is an essay by Lucy entitled “On the Order of our time.” The main subject is about time management and not wasting time. On the back of it is a poem about love and dreaming.