Overview
Primarily scrapbooks relating to the German-born American journalist Henry Villard.
Dates
- Creation: 1876-1905
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
2 linear feet (7 volumes and 1 box)Collection is mainly composed of scrapbooks containing: reviews of the publication of the memoirs of Henry Villard, death notices of HV, material concerning HV's resignation from Northern Pacific Railway, sympathy letters on his death, clippings on his life, and other miscellaneous papers and ephemera.
Biographical / Historical
Villard was a German-born American journalist, railway promoter, financier. Hilgard was a UC Berkeley professor of agriculture, geology and natural history.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Scrapbooks
- II. Correspondence with Hilgard
- III. Miscellaneous papers
Physical Location
f, b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
46M-408F; 46M-409F; 46M-410F; 46M-411F; 46M-412F; 46M-413F; 46M-417F. Gift of Oswald Garrison Villard, Esq., New York, NY; received: 1946 December 30.
- Title
- Villard, Henry, 1835-1900. Henry Villard additional papers, 1876-1905: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01405
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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