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Sydney Howard Gay papers

Title
  1. Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886.
Author
  1. Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888

Collection information

Finding aid

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
  2. American Anti-Slavery Society
Description
  1. 3 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 v.)
Summary
  1. Collection consists of writings, correspondence, notes, account books, and reports.
Uniform title
  1. National anti-slavery standard.
Subject
  1. Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
  2. Slavery -- United States -- Periodicals
  3. Slavery -- United States -- Societies, etc
  4. Antislavery movements -- United States
  5. United States -- History
Call number
  1. MssCol 1130
Language
  1. English
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  1. Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist.
Author
  1. Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888.
Title
  1. Sydney Howard Gay papers, ca. 1837-1886.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
  1. 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
  1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
  2. Finding Aid
Occupation
  1. Abolitionists.
  2. Historians.
Added author
  1. Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
  2. American Anti-Slavery Society.
Added title
  1. National anti-slavery standard.
LCCN
  1. ms 69000867
Research call number
  1. MssCol 1130
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