Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Harkness, Mary Stillman, -1950.
2. Brooks, Shirley, 1815-1874.
3. Burnett, Frances Hawks Cameron.
4. Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
5. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
6. Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
7. Crane, Walter, 1845-1915.
8. Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
9. Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851.
10. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
11. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
12. Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847.
13. Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
14. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
15. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
16. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
17. Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
18. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
19. Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
20. Woods, Isaac.

Description

1. 3.3 linear feet (29 v.).

Summary

1. Collection consists of holograph manuscripts, autograph letters, documents, and signatures representing artists and literary and historical figures.

Subject

1. Photographs
2. Autographs
3. Presidents > United States > Autographs
4. Manuscripts > Collectors and collecting

Genre/Form

1. Autographs.
2. Photographs.

Call number

1. MssCol 1318

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Source (note)

1. Harkness, Edward Stephen and Mary S.

Biography (note)

1. Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940) was a trustee of the New York Public Library.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Author

1. Harkness, Edward Stephen, 1874-1940. Collector

Title

1. Edward S. and Mary Stillman Harkness collection, ca. 1400-1945.

Restricted access

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

Biography

1. Edward Stephen Harkness (1874-1940) was a trustee of the New York Public Library. His wife and co-collector, Mary Stillman Harkness, died in 1950.

Finding aids

1. Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Harkness, Mary Stillman, -1950. Collector
2. Brooks, Shirley, 1815-1874.
3. Burnett, Frances Hawks Cameron.
4. Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881.
5. Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
6. Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
7. Crane, Walter, 1845-1915.
8. Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
9. Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851.
10. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
11. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
12. Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847.
13. Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587.
14. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.
15. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
16. Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
17. Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
18. Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
19. Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
20. Woods, Isaac.

LCCN

1. ms 70001732

Research call number

1. MssCol 1318