Noah Hart Papers Digital Collection
Noah Hart Papers Digital Collection
(This link takes you away from the Dominican University web site and into the CARLI Digital Collections web site.)
The Noah Hart Papers consist mainly of correspondence during the Civil War from Captain Noah Hart (1813-1891) to his wife Emily Julia Peck Hart(1824-1884.) Hart enlisted in the 10th Michigan Infantry in 1862 and remained in the service until 1865, moving through Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
The letters provide information on the everyday life of the regiment including health and nutrition, supplies, sleeping conditions, weather, pay, and matters back home in Michigan. Of particular note are the letters of July and August 1864 regarding General Sherman’s siege of Atlanta.
The papers also contain Hart’s military records, a portion of his diary, correspondence from Noah and Emily to their son Clarence in the 1880s, a Hart family genealogy beginning in 1605, clippings and publications about Hart family members, and a small selection of photographs.
Annia Hart (maiden name Keating), a 1927 graduate of Rosary College donated the materials in 1967 as the “Stephen Hart Genealogy.” Annia’s husband, Stephen Hart, was Noah Hart’s grandson. Annia’s son, Patrick, later authorized the digitization of the collection.
Watch a short video on
the collection here.
Please direct questions about this digital collection to digital@dom.edu or 708-524-6884.
Thank you to Emily Compton, Marshall Garcia, Steven Szegedi, Sr. Jeanne Crapo and Heather Parisi.
“As a student I wanted an intimate community. As an aspiring journalist I wanted a big city. Dominican gave me both—and so much more.”
Tracie Samantha
Schmidt
2005
TIME Magazine
Apply to DU
Applying online is fast, easy and secure. Go ahead - get started!
Contact Us
Have questions? Want more information? We're happy to help.