Research Catalog
John Brown manuscripts
- Title
- John Brown manuscripts, 1839-1943
- Author
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledger of Owen Brown 1819-1856 | Mixed material | Use in library | F d 8235 Ledger of Owen Brown 1819-1856 | Off-site |
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- Summary
- Material gathered by Oswald Garrison Villard in the researches for his biography JOHN BROWN, 1800-1859: A BIOGRAPHY FIFTY YEARS AFTER. A large part of the materials is copies of correspondence both contemporary and of a later period, concerning John Brown and his associates, especially in the Kansas Territory and at the Harper's Ferry raid. Of the original letters in the collection, many are from descendants and family of John Brown and the men who accompanied him on his raid. There are clippings, pamphlets, proof sheets, and other printed matter. Photographs number 181 items.
- Subjects
- Authors
- Abolitionists
- Proofs (printed matter)
- Poems
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) > History > John Brown's Raid, 1859
- Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922
- Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941
- Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943
- Redpath, James, 1833-1891
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
- Hill, Frederick Trevor, 1866-1930
- MacDonald, William, 1863-1938
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
- White, Horace, 1834-1916
- Brown, John, 1800-1859
- Realf, Richard, 1834-1878
- Lamont, Hammond, 1864-1909
- Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933
- Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916
- Kansas > History
- Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937
- Andrew, John A, 1818-1867 (John Albion)
- Dodd, William E, 1869-1940 (William Edward)
- Leupp, Francis E, 1849-1918 (Francis Ellington)
- Sanborn, F. B, 1831-1917 (Franklin Benjamin)
- Antislavery movements
- Scrapbooks
- Poets
- Articles
- Drafts (documents)
- Interviews
- Ledgers (account books)
- Notes (documents)
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Genre/Form
- Articles
- Drafts (documents)
- Interviews
- Ledgers (account books)
- Notes (documents)
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Poems
- Proofs (printed matter)
- Access (note)
- The collection has no restrictions.
- The entire collection is located on-site except for the microfilm of the Owen Brown ledger.
- Cite As (note)
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Brown manuscripts; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- Original Location (note)
- Owen Brown ledger is only available on microfilm. The microfilm of the Owen Brown ledger is located off-site.
- Richard Realf letters and manuscripts available on: microfilm.
- Type of reproduction--Copies in part
- Terms of Use (note)
- Readers must use microfilm of Owen Brown ledger.
- Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- Source (note)
- Source of acquisition--Villard, Oswald Garrison. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--01/10/1947. Accession number--M-47-01-10.
- Provenance (note)
- Many, if not most of these copies were made by Mr. Villard's secretarial staff from originals in various parts of the United States.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/12/1989.
- OCLC
- 299029211
- ocn299029211
- SCSB-4798062
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries