Edward Morse Shepard papers, 1837-1914
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- Ms Coll\Shepard
- Bib ID:
- 4079332 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Shepard, Edward Morse, 1850-1911
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 26000 items (2 volumes, 79 boxes)
- 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.
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Boxes 58, 61-63, 67-70 are missing. Letters for the years 1887, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1896, and 1900 are missing.
The following boxes are located off-site: 20-83. 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.
Boxes 1-19, catalogued correspondence, are located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Description
Summary
Correspondence, legal papers, and letter books of Shepard. The correspondence, which comprises the largest part of the collection, is rich in information about New York politics and social activities at the turn of the century. The letter books cover the years 1890-1911. The collection also contains legal papers, drafts of speeches, clippings, and memorabilia. Correspondents with Shepard include Felix Adler, Thomas Willing Balch, Frederic Bancroft, Bernard Baruch, Richard Rogers Bowker, William Jennings Bryan, Alfred Clark Chapin, Grover Cleveland, Hamlin Garland, Richard Watson Gilder, Edward Everett Hale, Fletcher Harper, Abram S. Hewitt, Charles Evans Hughes, John La Farge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Josephine Shaw Lowell, Hamilton Mabie, Walter H. Page, Alton B. Parker, George Foster Peabody, Bliss Perry, Joseph Pulitzer, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Carl Schurz, Kate Nichols Trask, Oswald Garrison Villard, and Booker T. Washington.
Arrangement
- Catalogued Correspondence
- Uncatalogued Correspondence, 1837, 1856-1914
- Letterbooks, 1896-1911
- Legal Papers
- Clippings
- Memorabilia
- Printed Materials
- Account Books Cipher Books
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.
Boxes 58, 61-63, 67-70 are missing. Letters for the years 1887, 1888, 1892, 1893, 1896, and 1900 are missing.
The following boxes are located off-site: 20-83. 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.
Boxes 1-19, catalogued correspondence, are located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Reproductions 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); Edward Morse Shepard 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Pulling, Mrs. Edward. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1973. Accession number--M-73.
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.
Separated Materials
Some letter books were removed from the collection due to water damage.
Revision Description
2009-06-26 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Biographical / Historical
New York lawyer, prominent reform Democrat from Brooklyn.
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