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Barnard Family Papers, 1807-1969, bulk 1850-1911
20 linear feetBarnard, Frederick A. P: Manuscripts [microform], 9999
2 ReelsSermons (5 volumes); Autobiography; Account of a trip from Oxford to Labrador.
Columbia College papers, 1703-1964, bulk 1754-1920
67.08 linear feetColumbia University Manuscripts Collection, 1655-1912
4.59 Linear FeetAutograph letters, official and private documents, and accounts, which were previously mounted in eleven volumes. Most of these relate to Columbia University or people associated with the University.
Cornelius Rea Agnew papers, 1851-1924
16 linear feetCorrespondence, notes, and manuscripts including items that relate to most of Agnew's professional activities, are especially rich in materials that deal with the treatment of eye diseases during the latter half of the 19th century. An interesting sidelight of the collection is a group of finely detailed woodblocks and steel plates that Agnew used to illustrate his published articles.
Diplomas and Certificates Collection, 1714-2003, bulk 1800-1959
56.87 linear feetFrederick A.P. Barnard Papers, 1830-1944, bulk circa 1855-1889
7 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscripts, and printed material by and about Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809-1889), spanning his adult life from 1831 to 1889. The majority of the correspondence covers his positions as President of the University of Mississippi, 1856-1861, and President of Columbia College, 1864-1889.
Gouverneur Morris Ogden letters, 1866-1877
1.67 linear feetThe collection consists of Columbia College Treasurer Gouverneur M. Ogden's correspondence and deals chiefly with routine matters of college business and finance. The letters are tipped and mounted onto the blank pages of 7 volumes. There are three volumes of letters from F.A.P. Barnard, President of the College, 1 volume of letters from trustees and members of the faculty, and 3 volumes of College business letters. A letterbook of outgoing correspondence was added in 1984.
Hamilton Fish letters, 1820-1917
5 linear feetThis group of approximately 1,000 letters from the papers of Hamilton Fish, Sr. relates to the business, functioning, and activities of Columbia College in the 19th century. The letters include those addressed to Fish and those written by him. The earliest material bears on Fish's activities and interests at about the time he graduated from Columbia, but the majority of the letters fall into the latter part of his life, many being written by and to Fish as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Columbia College. The collection includes correspondence with presidents Charles King, F.A.P. Barnard, and Seth Low of Columbia College, also with Edmund Bailey, Charles Davies, Charles W. Harper, William M. Sloan, William C. Schermerhorn, and others. The majority of the letters are original manuscripts and typescripts, but many of the letters from Fish are photostatic and typed copies. Most of the letters are tipped onto manila sheets. Included are two diaries of Mr. Fish's European travels, 1856-1857. There is also a box of printed materials relating primarily to the settlement of the Alabama Claims.