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Title: Collection of Individual Manuscript Items, 1774-1945

Predominant Dates: 1808-1865

ID: MSS ManuscriptItems

Primary Creator: Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873)

Extent: 0.35 cubic feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by author.

Languages of Materials: German [ger], French [fre], Spanish;Castilian [spa], English [eng]

The Collection of Individual Manuscript Items is an artifical collection of handwritten and typed manuscripts pulled together from a number of miscellaneous sources. The provenance of many items is unknown.

This collection is comprised of individual letters, notes, and other manuscript items deriving from multiple authors. Letters from prominent individuals, such as John Jacob Astor and Louis Agassiz, appear in the collection, along with anonymous creators. Notable items include the deed to a slave and her son, dated 1829; a typescript fragment of a speech from Albert Einstein, and a letter from Washington Territory governor Isaac Stevens. Several items were found tucked in rare books; where this is the case, the call number of origin has been noted. Other items were formerly cataloged manuscripts appearing in the library catalog; where this is the case, the original call number has been noted.

Accruals: Additions to the collection are expected as manuscript items are discovered.

More Extent Information: 1 box; 1 map folder

Statement on Access: The collection is open for research.

Acquisition Source: Manuscripts were found in rare books, removed from cataloged print collections, or purchased

Other Note: Item 1.21, Letter from James Watt, is missing as of August 2016.

Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873)
Astor, John Jacob (1763-1848)
Borglum, Gutzon (1867-1941)
Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878)
Chadwick, James (1891-1974)
Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
Roosevelt, Theodore (1887-1944)
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (1818-1862)
Sutter, John Augustus (1803-1880)
Watt, James (1736-1819)

Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873--Correspondence.
Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848--Correspondence.
Atomic bomb--Japan--History.
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941--Correspondence.
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878--Correspondence.
Death--Poetry.
Land grants--Virginia--Northern Neck.
Land grants--West Virginia.
Radium industry--History.
Slaves--Virginia--History.
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862--Correspondence.
Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880--Correspondence.
Tonics (Medicinal preparations)
Watt, James, 1736-1819--Correspondence.

Correspondence.