Charlemagne Tower papers, 1830-1889
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- MS#1251
- Bib ID:
- 4079409 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Tower, Charlemagne, 1809-1889
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 64 Linear Feet (153 boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Other Finding Aids
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Legacy PDF finding aid: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/44_TI-TY_07.pdf
- 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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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.
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.
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
Using the Collection
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.
Biographical / Historical
Charlemagne Tower (1809-1889) was an American lawyer, a businessman, a Civil War Union captain, a railroad shareholder, and a land owner.
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