Edwin P. Kilroe Collection of Tammaniana Books, 1698-1962

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
15373640 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Kilroe, Edwin P.
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
2500 Volumes
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

All books in this collection are cataloged, and should be requested individually in CLIO. This record is for informational purposes only.

Description

Scope and Contents

In 1942 Edwin Patrick Kilroe gave the Library his collection of 104,338 items on the history and activities of the Society of Tammany, or Columbian Order in the City of New York (popularly known as Tammany Hall). This record describes the book and periodical part of this collection, which consists of about 2,500 volumes. A special Kilroe classification scheme organizes the books by date of publication.

General

Books are classed individually under: KILROE then by date of publication then by author alphabetically

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

All books in this collection are cataloged, and should be requested individually in CLIO. This record is for informational purposes only.

Related Materials

Clippings, posters, cartoons, campaign literature, badges, books, pamphlets, ephemera, and Kilroe's own manuscripts on the history of Tammany Hall and his correspondence in assembling the collection are treated as a separate manuscript collection, the Edwin Patrick Kilroe papers (https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/4078986).

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Name
Tammany Hall CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tammany Society, or Columbian Order (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID