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
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
43 linear feet (87 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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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.

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.

Using the Collection

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.

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.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Accounts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Agreements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Albums (books) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bills CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bills of exchange CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Contracts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Diaries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dispatches CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drafts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fiction (general genre) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Financial records CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Genealogies (histories) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Insurance policies CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Inventories CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Invitations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Leases CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lectures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mortgages CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notebooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Petitions CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Promissory notes CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Receipts (financial records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Releases CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reports CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Resolutions (administrative records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reviews (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sermons CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Speeches (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wills CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
minutes (administrative records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chicago Tribune (Firm) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gay, Elizabeth Neall CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gay, Jotham, 1764-1785 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gay, Sarah CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gay, Walter CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hill, Adams Sherman, 1833-1910 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lowell, Josephine Shaw, 1843-1905 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Powell, Aaron M (Aaron Macy), 1832-1899 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pugh, Sarah, 1800-1884 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Richardson, Albert D (Albert Deane), 1833-1869 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Abolitionists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
African Americans -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Antislavery movements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Deeds CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Editors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journalism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journalists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Quaker abolitionists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soldiers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Suffragists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Translations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women -- Suffrage CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women abolitionists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID