Research Catalog
Elizabeth Van Lew papers
- Title
- Elizabeth Van Lew papers, 1862-1901.
- Author
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Moving image | Permit needed | *ZL-323 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- .3 linear foot (1 box).
- 1 microfilm reel.
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, Van Lew's personal narrative, notes, photographs, artifacts, and clippings.
- Subjects
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
- Photographic prints
- Espionage
- Richmond (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- Abolitionists
- Spies
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Secret service
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Prisoners and prisons
- Van Lew family
- Genre/Form
- Photographic prints.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.
- Access to artifacts requires advance permission of the Curator of Manuscripts.
- Additional Formats (note)
- available on microfilm;
- Biography (note)
- Elizabeth L. Van Lew (1818-1900) was an American abolitionist and federal agent during the U.S. Civil War.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 3135
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A376
- Author
- Van Lew, Elizabeth L., 1818-1900.
- Title
- Elizabeth Van Lew papers, 1862-1901.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Access
- Microfilm must be used in lieu of originals.Access to artifacts requires advance permission of the Curator of Manuscripts.
- Additional Formats
- Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-323
- Biography
- Elizabeth L. Van Lew (1818-1900) was an American abolitionist and federal agent during the U.S. Civil War. She aided the Union cause by providing intelligence reports from Richmond, Virginia, where she lived. She helped Union prisoners escape from their captors and also was involved in the "underground railroad". After the war, President Grant appointed her Postmaster of Richmond; then in 1877 she went to Washington, D.C. to work in the U.S. Post Office Department. She returned to Richmond during the Cleveland administration and spent her remaining years working for women's rights.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Abolitionists.Spies.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3135*ZL-323