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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 2216

Thomas A. Janvier additional papers

Overview

Correspondence from various persons, compositions, and business records of American journalist Thomas Allibone Janvier.

Dates

  • Creation: 1870-1912

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

1 linear feet (2 boxes)

Correspondence of Janvier discusses topics such as publishing his papers, letters of introduction for Janvier, letters from Charles Scribner's sons, a letter from Archbishop John M. Farley concerning a newspaper article, and a United States Department of State letter of safe passage for Janvier. Collection also contains a poem that appeared in the Dublin University Magazine, Ballad of Eleanore; an article, Captain Kidd Not a Pirate by John D. Champlin, Jr.; pencil sketches; various literary manuscripts; newspaper clippings; and a recipe for pudding.

Biographical / Historical

Janvier was an American journalist and author.

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

45M-595 and 45M-322. Gift of Dr. Cecil Kent Drinker, 64 Colbourne Crescent Brookline, Massachusetts; received: 1946 February 19.

Title
Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913. Thomas A. Janvier additional papers, 1870-1912: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01497

Repository Details

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