Samuel Johnson papers, 1710-1971, bulk 1710-1772

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0679
Bib ID:
4079546 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
6.5 linear feet (1 box 85 volumes 2 card file boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Additional Description:
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/scans/pdfs/26_J-KAI_20.pdf
Access:
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Description

Summary

Three volumes of correspondence, including some letterbook copies; many sermons, individually bound; prayers; and other manuscript materials. Correspondenbce is with many of his well known contemporaries and deals largely with matters pertaining to his church or to King's College. Shelved with the collection are two card file boxes containing an old handwritten calendar with abstracts, 1710-1914, a set of cross reference entries, and a calendar of material not at Columbia, 1715-1785. Additional letters have been added

Arrangement

Cataloged.

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

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); Samuel Johnson 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.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift, ca.1914.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1914. Accession number--M-1914.

Various items: Source of acquisition--Columbiana. Method of acquisition--Transfer; Date of acquisition--1978. Accession number--M-1978.

SJ manuscript: Source of acquisition--6341B, 6192B& 2293B. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--02/10/1993. Accession number--M-93-02-10.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed BRC 11/--/1984.

Various items Cataloged HR 1978.

SJ manuscript Cataloged HR 12/09/1996.

Biographical / Historical

First President of King's College (1754-1763), Anglican minister& philosopher.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Abstracts (summaries) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Accounts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Addresses CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bibliographies CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Calendars (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Card files CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
First drafts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Journals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Letterpress copybooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Licenses CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notebooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Orations CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Prayers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Questionnaires CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Samplers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sermons CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wills CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Writs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
indexes (reference sources) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Antill, Edward, 1742-1789 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Auchmuty, Samuel, 1722-1777 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Barclay, Henry, 1712-1764 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bearcroft, Philip, 1697-1761 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Berkeley, George, 1685-1753 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bostwick, David, 1721-1763 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chandler, Thomas Bradbury, 1726-1790 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Colman, Benjamin, 1673-1747 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Columbia University CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cooper, Myles, 1737-1785 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Foxcroft, Thomas, 1697-1769 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Horsmanden, Daniel, 1694-1778 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
King's College (New York, N.Y.) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Monis, Judah, 1683-1764 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Parkhurst, John, 1728-1797 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Peters, Richard, 1704-1776 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sewall, Stephen, 1734-1804 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stuyvesant, Nicholas William, -1780 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Watts, John, 1715-1789 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wheelock, Eleazar, 1711-1779 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Catalogs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Clergy CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
College presidents -- 18th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Deeds CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Missionaries -- 18th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philosophers -- 18th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID