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Sydney Howard Gay papers, 1748-1931

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0475
Bib ID 4078801 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
Title Sydney Howard Gay papers, 1748-1931
Physical Description 43 linear feet (87 boxes)
Language(s) English .
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Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged by category. Boxes 1-71: Cataloged correspondence; Boxes 72-76: Manuscripts and documents; Box 77: Genealogical materials and photographs; Boxes 78-79: Printed materials.

Description

Summary

Letters written to Gay from political and literary contemporaries such as Horace Greeley, Charles Sumner, and William Bryant; reports in letter form from his reporters at the front during the Civil War; and personal correspondence including many letters from his wife, Elizabeth Neall Gay. Letters written to Mrs. Gay from family friends and business associates including many from her husband. Correspondence of other members of the Gay family including Walter Gay, Sarah Gay, and Allan Gay. Diaries, notebooks, and journals of Sydney Howard Gay.

Using the Collection

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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.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reader must use microfilm for incoming and outgoing correspondence for the years 1862-1865, and for correspondence with Maria W. Chapman; Lydis Maria Child; Mary Grew; Edmund Quincy; and Anne, Caroline, Deborah, Lucia, and Emma Weston.

Single reproductions may be made for research purposes. It is the responsibility of the user to secure permission for publication or use from the appropriate copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Sydney Howard Gay papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

See https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/fugitives for additional contextual information. For Record of Fugitives, see digitized item at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11391560_001 (Vol 1); https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11391560_002 (Vol 2).

Alternate Form Available

Microfilm available.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Bancroft. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953. Accession number--M-53.

Publications About Described Materials

Starr, Louis. Bohemian Brigades. New York, Knopf, 1954. (Columbia University Thesis).

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/1989.

Revision Description

2009-07-07 File created.

2011-11-22 EAD created by PTL

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

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Accounts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Agreements Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Albums (books) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bills Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
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Contracts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Diaries Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dispatches Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Drafts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Essays Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fiction (general genre) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Financial records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Genealogies (histories) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Insurance policies Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Inventories Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Invitations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journals Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Leases Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lectures Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
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Mortgages Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
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Subject

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Abolitionists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
African Americans -- History Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Antislavery movements Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Authors, American Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chicago Tribune (Firm) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Deeds Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Editors Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gay, Elizabeth Neall Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gay, Jotham, 1764-1785 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gay, Sarah Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Gay, Walter Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hill, Adams Sherman, 1833-1910 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journalism Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Journalists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1843-1905 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Powell, Aaron M (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Quaker abolitionists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Richardson, Albert D (Albert Deane), 1833-1869 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soldiers Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Suffragists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Translations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women -- Suffrage Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Women abolitionists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Journalist, author. Gay, the son of Ebenezer and Mary Alleyne Otis Gay, was an active abolitionist before and during the Civil War. He edited the ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD and during the Civil War was managing editor of the NEW YORK TRIBUNE. In 1867 he became managing editor of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and served on the editorial board of the SATURDAY EVENING POST. He was the author of several books. In 1845 he married Elizabeth Neall of Philadelphia, who was also active in abolitionist work and the woman's rights movement.