Research Catalog

Title

Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886.

Author

Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
• American Anti-Slavery Society.

Description

3 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 v.)

Summary

Collection consists of writings, correspondence, notes, account books, and reports.

Uniform Title

National anti-slavery standard.

Subjects

• Historians
• Abolitionists
• United States > History
• Antislavery movements > United States
• Slavery > United States > Societies, etc
• Slavery > United States > Periodicals
• Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist.

Call Number

MssCol 1130

Author

Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888.

Title

Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist. He was an editor at the Anti-Slavery Standard, the New York Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Evening Post. His other activities included lecturing for the American Anti-Slavery Society and writing biographies and the multi-volume History of the United States (with William Cullen Bryant).

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Abolitionists.

Historians.

Added Author

Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.

American Anti-Slavery Society.

Added Title

National anti-slavery standard.

LCCN

ms 69000867

Research Call Number

MssCol 1130