Sydney Howard Gay papers, 1748-1931

Creator:: Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
Extent:: 43 linear feet (87 boxes)
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: 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.
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.

Acquisition information:: Source of acquisition--Bancroft. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1953. Accession number--M-53.
Processing information:: Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/1989.
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.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Related material:: 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).
Alternative form available:: Microfilm available.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

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.

Location of this collection:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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