Collection ID: C429
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Summary

Abstract:
William Wylie Blair entered Indiana University in 1845. He attended through the 1848 school year, but did not graduate. This small collection consists of six essays written by Blair while he was a student at IU as well as an 1848 letter written to Blair and friend Jonathan Dixon Wylie by former classmate James Strean, who was an IU student at the time of writing.
Extent:
.1 cubic foot (2 legal sized folders)
Language:
Materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Item], William Wylie Blair essays and correspondence, Collection C429, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.

Background

Biographical / Historical:

William Wylie Blair was born on August 6, 1827 to James and Jane Blair. He entered Indiana University in 1845. He attended through the 1848 school year, but did not graduate. After studies elsewhere, he became a physician and practiced in Princeton, Indiana his entire career, with the exception of his Civil War service. In 1861, he began his war service as surgeon with the 58th Indiana Regiment. Within a few months time, however, he was appointed medical director of the division commanded by General Thomas J. Wood in Tennessee. He served in this capacity for the remainder of the war. Blair died on January 2, 1916.

Scope and Content:

This small collection includes six essays written by Blair while a student at Indiana University. Only two are dated (1847); the remaining essays would have been written between 1845 and 1848.

Also included is an 1848 letter written by former classmate James Strean (AB 1850) to both Blair and Jonathan Dixon Wylie. At the time of writing, Strean was still a student at IU and Blair and Wylie had moved on to studies in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to the contents of the letter. Strean provides updates on the happenings in Bloomington and details a recent trip to Iowa and his travels by river.

Acquisition information:
Accession Information: 2010/108
Custodial history:

These materials were found in a reference file (Students, Early). Included was a circa 1966 envelope addressed to IU's Donald Carmony from Blair's grandson, W. Steele Gilmore.

Processing information:

Processed by Dina M. Kellams.

Completed in 2011

Arrangement:

Essays and 1 letter, arranged chronologically.

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Collection is in the public domain. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item], William Wylie Blair essays and correspondence, Collection C429, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.

CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
Herman B Wells Library E460
1320 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
CAMPUS:
Indiana University Bloomington
CONTACT:
812-855-1127
archives@indiana.edu