Research Catalog

Title

Thomas Kelah Wharton diaries and sketchbook, 1830-1862.

Author

Wharton, Thomas Kelah, 1814-1862.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Description

1 linear foot (8 v.)

Summary

Collection consists of seven volumes of diaries describing Wharton's activities in the social, educational, literary, and artistic life of New Orleans.

Subjects

• Architects
• Architectural drawings
• Sketches
• Diaries
• New Orleans (La.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• New Orleans (La.) > Social life and customs
• Confederate States of America > History
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives
• Yellow fever > Louisiana > New Orleans
• Art > Collectors and collecting
• Wharton, Thomas Kelah, 1814-1862

Genre/Form

• Diaries.
• Sketches.
• Architectural drawings.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Additional Formats (note)

• Entire collection available on microfilm;

Biography (note)

• Thomas Kelah Wharton (1814-1862), architect, was superintendent of construction of the Customs House in New Orleans, La.

Processing Action (note)

• Surveyed
• Cataloging updated

Call Number

MssCol 3306

OCLC

NYPW89-A781

Author

Wharton, Thomas Kelah, 1814-1862.

Title

Thomas Kelah Wharton diaries and sketchbook, 1830-1862.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Additional Formats

Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Biography

Thomas Kelah Wharton (1814-1862), architect, was superintendent of construction of the Customs House in New Orleans, La.

Finding Aids

Collection guide available in repository and on internet.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Finding Aid

Occupation

Architects.

Research Call Number

MssCol 3306