Preparation of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant

FAIN: RQ-50618-12

Ulysses S. Grant Association (Starkville, MS 39759-4112)
John F. Marszalek (Project Director: December 2011 to May 2016)

The preparation for publication of the last volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), Civil War general and United States president, and to prepare an index and digital version of the entire edition. (36 months)

The Ulysses S. Grant Association has published 31 volumes of the Papers of Ulysses S. Grant with the 32nd volume in press at the Southern Illinois University Press. To complete the project successfully, we need to publish the first scholarly edition of the two volume Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. We plan to publish the Memoirs in letterpress edition, and we will digitize and place them on our website. Finally, we will prepare a cumulative index of all the publications.

Media Coverage

The Ghost that Haunts Grant's Memoirs (Review)
Author(s): T.J. Stiles
Publication: The New York Times
Date: 10/13/2017
Abstract: Review of Grant's Memoirs.
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/books/review/john-marszalek-personal-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbook-review&action=click&contentCollection=review®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfronthttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/books/review/john-marszalek-personal-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbook-review&action=click&contentCollection=review®ion=rank&module=package&versi

Associated Products

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 32: Supplementary Materials (Book)
Title: The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, Volume 32: Supplementary Materials
Author: Ulysses S. Grant
Editor: Elizabeth F. Coggins, Editorial Assistant
Editor: John F. Marszalek, Editor
Editor: Michael B. Ballard, Associate Editor
Editor: Aaron Scott Crawford, Assistant Editor
Abstract: The publication of the Ulysses S. Grant Papers concludes with Volume 32, Supplementary Documents, with selected letters and documents discovered too late to be included in the earlier thirty-one volumes. The materials span Grant's adult life, from his time at West Point in 1840 to his final years in New York City, shedding light on his personal, military, and political life. Whether dealing with family, fellow leaders, or job seekers, Grant and his correspondents offer information about race, gender, leadership, and everyday life in nineteenth-century America.
Year: 2012
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/papers-of-ulysses-s-grant-supplementary-materials/oclc/773672115&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.siupress.com/product/Papers-of-Ulysses-S-Grant-Vol-32,5692.aspx
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Access Model: Book
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780809330911

Ulysses Grant Association (Web Resource)
Title: Ulysses Grant Association
Author: John Marszalek
Abstract: The mission of the Ulysses S. Grant Association is to conduct research into the life of Ulysses S. Grant and preserve the knowledge of his importance in American history. The Association, with the cooperation of the Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University, and other interested public and private entities, will edit and publish Grant's writings both in hardcover and digital format
Year: 2012
Primary URL: http://library.msstate.edu/usgrantassociation

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Annotated Edition (Book)
Title: The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Annotated Edition
Author: Ulysses S. Grant
Editor: John F. Marszalek
Editor: Louie P. Gallo
Editor: David S. Nolen
Abstract: President Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) was one of the most esteemed individuals of the nineteenth century. His two-volume memoirs, sold door-to-door by former Union soldiers, have never gone out of print and were once as ubiquitous in American households as the Bible. Mark Twain, Gertrude Stein, Matthew Arnold, Henry James, and Edmund Wilson hailed these works as great literature, and Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush both credit Grant with influencing their own writing. Yet a judiciously annotated clarifying edition of these memoirs has never been produced until now. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant is the first comprehensively annotated edition of Grant’s memoirs, fully representing the great military leader’s thoughts on his life and times through the end of the Civil War and his invaluable perspective on battlefield decision making. An introduction contextualizes Grant’s life and significance, and lucid editorial commentary allows the president’s voice and narrative to shine through. With annotations compiled by the editors of the Ulysses S. Grant Association’s Presidential Library, this definitive edition enriches our understanding of the antebellum era, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. Grant provides insight into how rigorously these events tested America’s democratic institutions and the cohesion of its social order. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant preserves and extends a work of profound political, historical, and literary significance and serves as the gateway for modern readers of all backgrounds to an American classic.
Year: 2017
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/personal-memoirs-of-ulysses-s-grant-the-complete-annotated-edition/oclc/1012304933&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674976290
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing
Publisher: Cambridge, MA and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9780674976290
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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