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  Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2022 - Special Bicentennial Edition

  Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library

  In this issue: Notice of retirement for USGA President Frank J. Williams and Executive Director John F. Marszalek; Anne Marshall named next Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Association; Rhode Island benefactors continue support at Mississippi State with endowed faculty chair; Grant Library staff in the History Channel!; Special exhibits for the Grant Bicentennial; Details for the USGA/Bicentennial kickoff; Donate!

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  Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2017 - Volume 5 Issue 1

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: A Letter from the Executive Director; The Grand Opening; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana; Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture Series; The Personal Memoirs of US Grant: Fully Annotated Edition; USG Bicentennial Commission; A Book Review of Ron Chernow’s “Grant” by Frank Williams

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  Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2016 - Volume 4 Issue 2

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Letter from the Executive Director; Pamplin Park and Richmond Host USGA Annual Meeting By Meg Henderson; New membership fee structure by John F. Marszalek, Executive Director; Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Update By John Marszalek; USGA To Lead National Grant Bicentennial Observance By John Marszalek; Recent Publications By USGA Members; From the Newsletter Archives: Vol.1 Issue 1, October 1963; Student Update: Bailey Powell By Meg Henderson; USGA Surveys; U.S. Grant Timeline 1876; USG Trivia

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  Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2016 - Volume 4 Issue 1

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Letter from the Executive Director; Did Appomattox End the Civil War? by Frank WilliamsProgress on the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Facility at Mississippi State University; Events and Announcements; Grant Library Staff Updates; U.S. Grant Library Co-Hosts Teachers’ Workshop with Mississippi Museum of Art By Meg Henderson; Staff Spotlight: Louis Gallo By Meg Henderson; Campbell to speak at 2016 Marszalek Lecture Series By Meg Henderson

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  Dispatches from Grant - Fall 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 4

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Letter from the Executive Director; Announcements; Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library hosts Voting Rights Symposium at Mississippi State University By Meg Henderson; “The President’s Face” Exhibit Brings Long-Hidden Views of Grant to the Public By Meg Henderson; Letter Rediscovered in Grant Archives By Meg Henderson; Ulysses S. Grant Information Center Website By Marie Kelsey; 2015 John Y. Simon Day Continues Simon’s Legacy of Grant Scholarship By John F. Marszalek; DC Church’s Touching Tribute to U.S. Grant By Linda Davenport; USGA Members Tour Grant Hall, Site of Lincoln Assassination Trial By Eileen Bradner; Hardscrabble: The House that Grant Built By John Samson

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  Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 2

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Letter from the Executive Director; Following in Grant's footsteps at 2015 annual meeting in Chattanooga by Meg Henderson; New membership fee structure by John F. Marszalek, Executive Director; Grant Library expansion to "break ground" Summer 2015 by Meg Henderson; Grant Library to host symposium on voting rights by Meg Henderson; My gift to the U.S. Grant Presidential Library by Ulysses Grant Dietz; Board Member Profile: Mike Devine by Meg Henderson; Recent Activity at the Grant Presidential Library; Interview with the author: G.L. Corum's Ulysses Underground by Meg Henderson

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  Dispatches from Grant - Summer 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 3

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Recent and Upcoming Events/Notices; Staff Updates; In Memoriam: Davic Payne; Grant Library receives NHPRC award for 2015-2016 by Meg Henderson; Together again: Grant and Twain on stage; McKinstry Collection donatedto Grant Library by Meg Henderson; Website give Starkville Civil War Arsenal a twenty-first century upgrade by Meg Henderson; rant Tannery opens doors to visitors by Lee Schweickart; General Grant at the Reagan Presidential Library by Edward W. Headington; Grant and Twain: an odd couple by Tom O'Keefe; How can you make a gift to the U.S. Grant Presidential Library?

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  Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2015 - Volume 3 Issue 1

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Letter from the Executive Director; Did Appomattox End the Civil War? by Frank Williams; Grant Library Co-hosts Teachers' Workshop by Meg Henderson; Graduate Student Interns Assist Staff at Grant Library by Bailey Powell; Board Member Profile: Harold Holzer by Meg Henderson; Top Ten Ways that Canada Fought the American Civil War by John Boyko; Galena to Commemorate Sesquicentennial of Surrender at Appomattox in April 2015 (Submitted by Nancy Breed, Executive Director, Galena-Jo Daviess County Historical Society); USGA 2015 Set for Cattanooga by Meg Henderson

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  Dispatches from Grant - Fall 2014 - Volume 2 Issue 4

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Editing Grant's Memoirsby John F. Marszalek; Grant in Mississippi by John F. Marszalek; New Face at the Grant Library by Meg Henderson; A Ball, a Beard, and a Bulldog by Meg Henderson; Restoring Grant's Detroit Home by Meg Henderson; In Brief: News from USGPL; The Canadian Connection by Keith Cross; Student Workers at the Grant Library and CPRC by Bailey Powell; Board Member Profile: Interview with Edna Greene Medford by Meg Henderson; The Organizations Behind USGA's Publications by John Marszalek

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  Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2014 - Volume 2 Issue 2

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: USGA Members Gathered in St. Louis for Annual Meeting; Education and Entertainment at Contraband Camp Symposium; Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Hosted Exclusive Documentary Screening; Presidential Exhibit at Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library; Historian and Editor Hubbell Spoke at Marszalek Lecture; Board Member Profile: Jim Bultema; Grant Family Collection Added to Presidential Library; Scapegoat of Shiloh by Kevin Getchell (book review); A Journey to Nineteenth-Century Gettysburg

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  Dispatches from Grant - Summer 2014 - Volume 2 Issue 3

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Editing Grant at His Library by John F. Marszalek; Historic Monument's Uncertain Future by John F. Marszalek; Aboard the American Queen from New Orleans to Memphis by Frank J. Williams, Ulysses S. Grant Association President; Is the National Park Service Necessary? by Timothy S. Good; Board Member Profile: Claire Telecki by Meg Henderson; General Grant in the Far East: April 30-September 3 1879 by Joseph Prezio, M.D., USGA Member; The Mountain Cottage That Made History by Tim Welch, President, Board of Trustees, Friends of Grant Cottage; Eicher Gives Large Book Collection to Grant Library by Meg Henderson; USG III Furniture Donated to Grant Library by John F. Marszalek

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  Dispatches from Grant - Winter 2014 - Volume 1 Issue 4

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: Julia Grant's World Tour Photographs; Ida Honoré Grant Correspondence; Ulysses S. Grant Association Honore with Lincoln Forum's 2013 Wendy Allen Award; From the Grant Library Archives: Frederick Douglass's Hair; Board Member Profile: Harriet Furst Simon; History and Genealogy at the Denver Public Library; Pulitzer Prize winning biographer digs into Grant collection for forthcoming book; The Meridian Campaign, February 1864; Welcome New Staff Writer, Bailey Powell; 2014 USGA Annual Meeting May 2-4; A Look Ahead; Updating our Records

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  Dispatches from Grant - Fall 2013 - Volume 1 Issue 3

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: "Lincoln: The Movie and the Man" Symposium; Grant Library Welcomes New Staff; Grant Library Associate Editor On Leave for Fellowship; Board Member Profile: Frank Williams; Historical Marker (re)Dedicated; New play "Grant & Twain" to premiere at Salt Lake Acting Company in February; Julia Grant World Tour Images Digitized; he Civil War 150 Years later aboard the Grand American Queen; Congratulations!; A Look Ahead

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  Dispatches from Grant - Spring 2013 - Volume 1 Issue 1

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: A Note From the Director; Look who's visiting us!; Meet Our Staff; Moving on...; Marszalek Lecture Series; Upcoming Events

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  Dispatches from Grant - Summer 2013 - Volume 1 Issue 2

  Mississippi State University

  In this issue: 2013 USGA Annual Meeting Held in Georgetown, OH; Board Profile: Ulysses Grant Dietz; Donors Expand USGPL Collection; British Writer Visits Grant Presidential Library; Updates on the USGPL Staff: Publications, New Members, and a Fellowship; Recent Publication: Grant at Vicksburg: The General and the Siege; Book Review: The Union Forever: Lincoln, Grant and the Civil War; A Look Ahead: Upcoming USGA Events