John Brown manuscripts, 1839-1943

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1294
Bib ID:
4079506 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
11 linear feet (22 boxes numbered 1, 1A, and 2-21)
Language(s):
English .
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.

The collection has no restrictions.

The entire collection is located on-site except for the microfilm of the Owen Brown ledger.

Description

Summary

Material gathered by Oswald Garrison Villard in the researches for his biography JOHN BROWN, 1800-1859: A BIOGRAPHY FIFTY YEARS AFTER. A large part of the materials is copies of correspondence both contemporary and of a later period, concerning John Brown and his associates, especially in the Kansas Territory and at the Harper's Ferry raid. Of the original letters in the collection, many are from descendants and family of John Brown and the men who accompanied him on his raid. There are clippings, pamphlets, proof sheets, and other printed matter. Photographs number 181 items.

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged: remainder arranged.

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.

The collection has no restrictions.

The entire collection is located on-site except for the microfilm of the Owen Brown ledger.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Readers must use microfilm of Owen Brown ledger.

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); John Brown manuscripts; 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.

Alternate Form Available

Owen Brown ledger is only available on microfilm. The microfilm of the Owen Brown ledger is located off-site.

Richard Realf letters and manuscripts available on: microfilm.

Type of reproduction--Copies in part

Ownership and Custodial History

Many, if not most of these copies were made by Mr. Villard's secretarial staff from originals in various parts of the United States.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Villard, Oswald Garrison. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--01/10/1947. Accession number--M-47-01-10.

Publications About Described Materials

Villard, Oswald Garrison. John Brown, 1800-1859. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1911.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/12/1989.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2013-09-16 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Articles CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drafts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Interviews CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ledgers (account books) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Proofs (printed matter) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Andrew, John A (John Albion), 1818-1867 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brown, John, 1800-1859 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dodd, William E (William Edward), 1869-1940 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Garrison, Francis Jackson, 1848-1916 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Hill, Frederick Trevor, 1866-1930 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lamont, Hammond, 1864-1909 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Leupp, Francis E (Francis Ellington), 1849-1918 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
MacDonald, William, 1863-1938 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Realf, Richard, 1834-1878 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Redpath, James, 1833-1891 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sanborn, F. B (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Thwing, Charles Franklin, 1853-1937 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
White, Horace, 1834-1916 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History -- John Brown's Raid, 1859 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kansas -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Abolitionists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Antislavery movements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID