Volume 8
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Meigs, Montgomery C., 1816-1892
label: Collection Photographer
content: Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902
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content: Montgomery C. Meigs Papers
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content: Montgomery C. Meigs Papers / Series 1: Scrapbooks
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content: 1881 March 1 to 1881 July 1
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content: Box 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Text
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content: Volume 8 is a bound scrapbook with numbered pages and an index. The contents include newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on the following topics: the Afghan War, the inauguration and assassination of President James Garfield, the assassination of Czar Alexander II of Russia, and stories about Civil War battles and commanders.

Volume 8, much like the other scrapbooks, was listed as "Miscellaneous" by Meigs. It includes a wide variety of topics and cut-out illustrations. The inauguration and assassination of James Garfield figures heavily in this volume. In addition to the stories directly related to Garfield himself, there are also numerous stories about Charles Guiteau, the assassin, and Garfield's wife. There are also stories about the Afghan conflict, including accounts of campaigns, reports and plans from British officials, and illustrations of Afghanistan and the battles being fought there. Meigs followed debates over Civil War battles and leaders and many of the articles and clippings were assembled here. 

Some of the publications represented in Volume 8 areThe Daily Graphic, The Evening Star, The Sentinel, the Army and Navy Journal, the The New-York Daily Tribune, and The Times Weekly Edition.