Anna Harriette Leonowens papers
- Title
- Anna Harriette Leonowens papers, 1872-1888.
- Author
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328. Please for assistance. | FormatArchival Mix | AccessRequest in advance | Call numberMssCol 3453 | Item locationSchwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder)
- Summary
- Anna Leonowens (1831-1915), born Anna Harriett Emma Edwards, was an Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist. The papers consist mainly of letters from Leonowens to prominent businessman and lawyer Gordon Lester Ford and his daughter, Kathleen. Other items include announcements for lectures presented by Leonowens, announcements for the 1876 opening of Avis Leonowens' kindergarten and her marriage to Canadian banker Thomas Fyshe, and newspaper clippings.
- Subject
- Call number
- MssCol 3453
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Author
- Leonowens, Anna Harriette, 1831-1915.
- Title
- Anna Harriette Leonowens papers, 1872-1888.
- Restricted access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Occupation
- Educators.
- Lecturers.
- Added author
- Ford, Gordon Lester, 1823-1891. Addressee
- Research call number
- MssCol 3453