Jay S. Hoar Civil War veterans list, 1980-1982
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Processing Information: Collection processing completed on 1998/11/30 by Phillip N. Williams. Collection reprocessing completed on 2024/02/10 by A.J. Chrapliwy. EAD finding aid created on 2024/02/12 by A.J. Chrapliwy.

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This collection includes a three-page typed list of Indiana Civil War veterans collected by Jay S. Hoar in 1980, and a photocopied clipping showing Jay Hoar presenting his book on Civil War veterans. The list contains the names of fifty veterans and their hometown, military unit, "last sunset," and age at death. Hoar states that fully detailed human interest biographical essays may be found in his book: The South's Last Boys in Gray: An Epic Prose Elegy: A Substudy of Sunset and Dusk of the Blue and the Gray. .

Jay S. Hoar Civil War veterans list, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library.

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Jay Sherman Hoar was born on May 15, 1933 in Sandy River Plantation, Maine, to Joel and Harriet Batson-Calor Hoar. He lived in Maine most of his life, graduating from Rangeley High in 1952, the University of Maine in 1956 with a B.A. in English, and Middlebury College with an M.A. in English in 1964. Hoar served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1960, with 33 months of sea duty aboard the U.S.S. Macon (CA-132). He married Arline M. Keene of West Auburn in June 1959 and they moved around Maine while Hoar worked at several high schools and the Maine Maritime Academy. They had a daughter, Sheryl, and settled in Temple, Maine.Hoar became a member of the English Department of the University of Maine at Farmington in 1980. Having conducted a national study on the lives of the remaining Civil War personalities of the 1940s and 1950s, Hoar authored the book, The South's Last Boys in Gray: An Epic Prose Elegy: A Substudy of Sunset and Dusk of the Blue and the Gray, published in 1986. During his 33-year career with the university, he was known for his eccentric bowties, dancing on books in the classroom, and humorous and warm presence. He was a strong presence in the town of Temple, Maine, where he lived next to the town hall. Hoar died on April 12, 2023 and was buried in North Auburn Cemetery in Auburn, Maine.Sources:Items in the collectionFindagrave.com. "Jay Sherman Hoar." Find a Grave Memorial. Accessed March 22, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252335218/jay-sherman-hoar.Wiles Remembrance Centers. "Jay Hoar." Obituary. Accessed February 10, 2024. https://www.wilescremationcare.com/memorials/jay-hoar/5174559.

This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Jay S. Hoar on 1982/06/12.

No further additions are expected.