Archives and Special Collections

Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of the library (621 volumes) of Absalom Harris Chappell. This library reflects the varied legal and literary (classical and contemporary) interests of a scholarly antebellum attorney. Almost all of them were published before 1860, including a biography of Louis IX from 1668 and an edition of Diogenes from 1562. The collection also contains pamphlets (38, 7 written by A.H. Chappell) dealing with state and national politics, and family correspondence (14...

Scope and Contents The Loretto Chappell Collection consists of 12.5 liner feet of material housed in thirteen separate boxes which consists of primarily vertical file type material that Miss Chappell collected at her home; it should not be confused with her vertical file in the Reference Room of the Bradley Library, even though they probably should be viewed as companion collections.Boxes 1 through 4 (4 linear feet) contain a mix of newspaper and magazine clippings that deal with general...