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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1603-1603.3

B. A. G. Fuller autograph collection

Overview

Letters and autographs collected by Harvard University philosophy professor B.A.G. Fuller.

Dates

  • Creation: 1620-1920

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English and German.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Volume 3 (MS Am 1603.3) is not on shelf, 3/12/2024

Conditions Governing Use

Images linked to the finding aid describing this collection are intended for public access and educational use. This material is owned and/or held by the Houghton Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires the permission of the curator.

Extent

1 linear feet (3 volumes and 1 box)

Autographs, engravings, and broadsides collected by the Fullers along with some letters to Fuller from Harvard professors and colleagues in philosophy. Autographs include John Quincy Adams, Wilkie Collins, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harrison Gray Otis, George Santayana, and Daniel Webster as well as those of British kings and European nobles, among others.

Biographical / Historical

Fuller was a philosophy professor and author.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. fMS Am 1603: I. Album I
  2. fMS Am 1603.1: II. Album II
  3. MS Am 1603.2: III. Album III
  4. bMS Am 1603.3: IV. Album IV

Physical Location

b, f

Immediate Source of Acquisition

45M-577-580. Purchased from Mrs. Genevieve M. Fuller, 376 Fuller Avenue, Milton, Massachusetts; received: 1945 March 15.

Title
Fuller, B. A. G. (Benjamin Apthorp Gould), 1879-1956, collector. B. A. G. Fuller autograph collection, 1620-1920: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00985

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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