Charlemagne Tower papers, 1830-1889

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged and listed.

• Series I: Correspondence
• Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence
• Subseries I.2: Uncataloged Correspondence
• Subseries I.3: Corporation Correspondence
• Series II: Telegrams
• Series III: Letterbooks
• Series IV: Manuscripts
• Subseries IV.1: Manuscript Books
• Subseries IV.2: Tower Family Manuscripts
• Subseries IV.3: C. Tower, 1809-1889, at Harvard
• Series V: Documents
• Subseries V.1: Tower Family
• Subseries V.2: Dated
• Subseries V.3: Miscellaneous
• Subseries V.4: Corporations
• Subseries V.5: Real Estate
• Subseries V.6: Receipts, Bills, Etc.
• Series VI: Maps
• Series VII: Printed Matter
• Series VIII: Memorabilia
• Series IX: Miscellaneous

Description

Summary

Correspondence and letter books, 1845-1889, of Charlemagne Tower, as well as legal and business papers related to real estate transactions, coal and iron lands in Pennsylvania, and the family affairs of the Tower family.

• Series I: Correspondence

• Series II: Telegrams

• Series III: Letterbooks

• Series IV: Manuscripts

• Series V: Documents

• Series VI: Maps

• Series VII: Printed Matter

• Series VIII: Memorabilia

• Series IX: Miscellaneous

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Other Finding Aids

Legacy PDF finding aid: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/44_TI-TY_07.pdf

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.

Box CC1-CC53 is located on site. Box CC19 is missing.

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-100. You will need to request this material 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); Charlemagne Tower 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--Tower, Lawrence Phelps. Method of acquisition--Permanent loan; Date of acquisition--1948. Accession number--M-48.

Bibliography

CHARLEMAGNE TOWER: AN AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY by BRIDGES, LEONARD HAL. Columbia University Ph.D Dissertations, 1950.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.

Revision Description

2023-03 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Charlemagne Tower (1809-1889) was an American lawyer, a businessman, a Civil War Union captain, a railroad shareholder, and a land owner.