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Collection Data
- Description
- Collection consists of letters and documents, ca. 15th-19th centuries, collected by Lee Kohns. American and European historical, literary, artistic, and scientific figures are represented.
- Names
- Kohns, Lee, 1864-1927 (Creator)
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Contributor)
- Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869 (Contributor)
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Contributor)
- Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828 (Contributor)
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834 (Contributor)
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 (Contributor)
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 (Contributor)
- Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 (Contributor)
- Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 (Contributor)
- Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 (Contributor)
- Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516 (Contributor)
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Contributor)
- Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902 (Contributor)
- Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890 (Contributor)
- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 (Contributor)
- Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504 (Contributor)
- Kohns, Lee, 1864-1927 (Collector)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 (Contributor)
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Contributor)
- Zola, Émile, 1840-1902 (Contributor)
- Dates / Origin
- Date Created: 1400 - 1900 (Approximate)
- Library locations
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Shelf locator: MssCol 645
- Topics
- American literature
- Art, American
- Art, European
- European literature
- Science -- Europe
- Science -- United States
- Europe -- History
- United States -- History
- Genres
- Correspondence
- Documents
- Notes
- Content: Approximately two thousand letters and documents, circa 15th-19th centuries collected by Lee Kohns (1864-1927). Includes manuscripts of American, British, and European historical, literary, artistic, musical, and scientific figures, and royalty, are represented. Individuals represented include John Quincy Adams, Hector Berlioz, Lord Byron, DeWitt Clinton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Douglass, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, Benjamin Franklin, Victor Hugo, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Emile Zola, and others.
- Physical Description
- Extent: 6 linear feet (19 boxes, 3 v.)
- Type of Resource
- Text
- Identifiers
- NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11883989
- MSS Unit ID: 1663
- Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): bc90ed10-45b8-0137-28c6-037631633e69
