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Description
Collection consists mainly of 18th-20th century autographs, with the bulk from the mid-19th to 20th centuries, representing both primary and secondary figures from diverse fields including literature, music, education, politics, and royalty. Names include Susan B. Anthony, John Bigelow, Edwin Booth, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, H.L. Mencken, Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Margaret Sanger, Philip Schuyler, and Daniel Webster. Figures represented are mainly Americans. Many letters are to Anthony. Following the name file is a subject file consisting of miscellaneous autograph letters arranged by profession or institution. Also, two boxes of unsorted material, including photographs usually relating to individuals whose autographs are contained in the collection; an autograph fan; and a glass plate negative.
Names
Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939 (Creator)
Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939 (Correspondent)
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906 (Correspondent)
Bigelow, John, 1854-1936 (Correspondent)
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893 (Correspondent)
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (Correspondent)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Correspondent)
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 (Correspondent)
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (Correspondent)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 (Correspondent)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Correspondent)
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907 (Correspondent)
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966 (Correspondent)
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 (Correspondent)
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 (Correspondent)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1679 - 1944
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 115
Genres
Correspondence
Photographs
Autographs
Notes
Biographical/historical: Alfred Anthony Williams (1860- ), theologian, author and educator, was an executive and administrator of the Committee of the Federal Council of Christ, founder of the Federation Committee of Good Will Between Jews and Christians, and treasurer of the General Conference of Free Baptists.
Acquisition: Gift of Alfred Williams Anthony, 1940
Content: Readers must use copies of fragile letters.
Physical Description
Extent: 19 linear feet (48 boxes)
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12060513
MSS Unit ID: 115
RLIN/OCLC: NYPW89-A286
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 17cc3ad0-7484-0139-eaf7-0242ac110002
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