Collection Overview Collection summary derived from "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: Most of the papers deal with Gunn's service in Co. "F" of the 30th Wisconsin Volunteers. One item is a ledger-type book with records of some accounts, a journal kept on board the Steamer "Effie Deans" near Nebraska City, Nebraska, and a personal diary. Lorenzo Dow Gunn (n. d.) was a native of Iowa and there are certificates of his appointment and subsequent promotions in the "Wisconsin Volunteers." One unusual document is from...