Harry Harkness Flagler collection of letters and photographs, 1781-1948

Creator:

Extent:

0.5 Linear Feet (1 manuscript box)

Language:

English

Scope and content:

The collection consists of letters from celebrities in various fields, collected by Harry Harkness Flagler, including some addressed to him. Included are letters of Ambrose Bierce, Thomas A. Edison, Edwin Forrest, Andrew Jackson, Rudyard Kipling, Richard Mansfield, John D. Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Ruskin, Constantin Stanislavsky, and George Washington.

The collection includes a bound volume of five Dickens letters, titled "Charles Dickens A Most Interesting Series of Five Autograph Letters To his American Friends, Mr. and Mrs. David C. Colder 1842-1854."

Catalog record:: View in CLIO
Local call number:: MS#0431
Processing information:: Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
Acquisition information:: Source of acquisition--Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1969. Accession number--M-69.
Arrangement:: Cataloged.
Accruals:: Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Alternative form available:: John Ruskin letter is on: microfilm.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Harry Harkness Flagler letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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