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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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New York, NY 10027, USA
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The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.
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Eleanor Joy papers, 1882-1891

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Eleven diaries which reveal a sensitive and perceptive young woman. With her family, she traveled extensively in England, the United States, and most countries of the Continent. Her diaries describe her reactions to foreign scenes and places, and contain numerous references to her father and to her visit to Columbia University early in 1889. Also, a typewritten description of the diaries of Eleanor Joy's son, Sir Douglas Busk; and a copy of THE ANCESTORS OF PATRICK AND PERONELLE KINNEL, compiled by Sir Douglas Busk in 1970.

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James Harvey Robinson papers, 1888-1911

1 box

A collection of diaries and journals relating to Robinson's years at the University of Freiburg, where he took his doctorate, and to his subsequent European travels before his return to America. Also, several volumes bearing Robinson's marginal notes.

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