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Additional authors

1. Deane, Charles, 1813-1889
2. Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891
3. Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902
4. Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941
5. Jewett, Charles C. (Charles Coffin), 1816-1868
6. Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892
7. Munsell, Joel, 1808-1880
8. Ford Collection

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. Justin Winsor (1831-1897) was an American librarian and historian. He was superintendent of the Boston Public Library from 1868 to 1877, and librarian of Harvard University from 1877 until his death. The collection contains letters to Justin Winsor, as Superintendent of the Boston Public Library, from other librarians and Albany publisher Joel Munsell, relative to the purchase and exchange of listed books and periodicals, 1869-1874, with two letters to his predecessor Charles Coffin Jewett on the same subject, 1866-1867. Winsor's letters to Gordon L. Ford, Worthington C. Ford, and Paul L. Ford, 1887-1892, concern historical and bibliographical matters, as does a copy of Charles Deane's letter to Justin Winsor of 1877 March 10, with Winsor's related note to George Henry Moore (1823-1892) copied below it. A few invoices and receipts for publications, and Winsor's completed questionnaire for Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1888, are also present.

Subject

1. Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897.
2. Boston Public Library.
3. Historians -- United States -- Correspondence.
4. Librarians -- United States -- Correspondence.
5. Public libraries -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

Genre/Form

1. Invoices.
2. Receipts (financial records)

Call number

1. MssCol 4048

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref

Source (note)

1. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford Collection, and various gifts and purchases.

Author

1. Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897, creator.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Historians.
2. Librarians.

Added author

1. Deane, Charles, 1813-1889, correspondent.
2. Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891, correspondent.
3. Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902, correspondent.
4. Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941, correspondent.
5. Jewett, Charles C. (Charles Coffin), 1816-1868, correspondent.
6. Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892, correspondent.
7. Munsell, Joel, 1808-1880, correspondent.
8. Ford Collection.