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Maurice B. Cuba Research Papers on Robert Dale Owen, 1846-1939

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Call No.: MS#0311
Bib ID 4078671 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Cuba, Maurice B.
Title Maurice B. Cuba Research Papers on Robert Dale Owen, 1846-1939
Physical Description 2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)
Language(s) English .
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The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-5. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged.

Description

Summary

Materials gathered by Maurice B. Cuba for a projected doctoral dissertation at Columbia University on the life of Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877), social reformer, author, and spiritualist. The collection is composed of Mr. Cuba's correspondence about Owen, outlines and drafts for his thesis, many notes and copies of letters from Owen, and photostats of manuscript and printed materials from several libraries in Indiana where Owen helped to establish the utopian community of New Harmony. There are also eleven holograph letters from Owen to various people.

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Restrictions on 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.

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 2-5. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Maurice B. Cuba papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Existence and Location of Copies

Type of reproduction--Copies in part

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Cuba, Maurice B. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1972. Accession number--M-72.

Gift of Maurice B. Cuba, 1972.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.

Revision Description

2020-04-02 EAD finding aid created by CCR.

Subject Headings

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Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Social reformers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Spiritualists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Utopias Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

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Series I: Cataloged and Uncataloged Materials

Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1 Howe, Mark Anthony DeWolfe

Box 1 Owen, Robert Dale

Box 1 Ronzevalle, Charles Anthony

Box 1 Templeton, Rosamond Dale Owen Oliphant (Mrs. Murry)

Subseries I.2: Uncataloged Correspondence

Box 1 Columbia University--Library

Box 1 Fauntleroy, Jane Dale Owen (Mrs. Robert H.)—Photograph

Box 1 Fauntleroy, Mary E.--"The Old Fauntleroy Home"

Box 1 Heise Autographs (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Box 1 Indiana Historical Society--Smith Library

Box 1 Indiana State Library

Box 1 Indiana University

Box 1 Lindley, Harlow

Box 1 Purdue University—Library

Box 1 Record Film Corp.--J.Q. Kerrins

Box 1 Snedeker, Caroline Dale

Box 1 Stone, Grace Laring

Box 1 Templeton, Rosamond Dale Owen Oliphant (Mrs. Murry)--Photographs and Miscellaneous

Box 1 Workingmen's Institute (New Harmony, Ind.--Library

Box 1 Miscellaneous Correspondence

Series II: Drafts, Notes, and Outlines


Box 2 Drafts and Outlines a.ms

Box 2 Drafts and Outlines t.ms.

Box 2 Notes

Box 2 Notebooks--Copies of Letters

Box 2 Miscellaneous

Box 2 Newspaper Clippings

Box 2 Religion and Politics


Box 3 Notes, Index Cards and Microfilm

Series III: Photostats and Manuscript


Box 4 Inventory of the New Harmony Library Papers

Box 4 Owen Genealogy

Box 4 Robert Dale Owen Scrapbook

Box 4 Undated Correspondence and Manuscript

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1824

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1826

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1832

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1835

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1837

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1840

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1848

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1850

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1851

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1852

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1860

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1861

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1862

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1863

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1865

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1869

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1873

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1875

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1877

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1886

Box 4 Correspondence and Manuscript, 1888?

Series IV: Printed Materials


Box 5 Photostats of Printed Materials and Printed Materials