Research Catalog
Alexander Anderson papers
- Title
- Alexander Anderson papers, circa 1775-1870.
- Author
- Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 98 Box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .2 linear ft.
- Summary
- Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) was a New York engraver and physician. His papers consist of 38 letters to Anderson from his mother while he was serving as a physician at Bellevue Hospital during the yellow fever epidemic in 1795, a letter from his father to his mother, circa 1775, and two of his notebooks, one containing a chronological list of Roman emperors, the other his notes on botany, nosology, and stenography, 1795. In addition, the collection contains Evert A. Duyckinck's papers on Anderson, including reminiscences, transcripts from Anderson's diaries, and letters from Benson J. Lossing concerning the invitation he received to deliver a memorial of Anderson at the New-York Historical Society.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Notebooks.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Alexander Anderson correspondence available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Language (note)
- English and Latin.
- Call Number
- MssCol 98
- OCLC
- NYPW89-A279
- Author
- Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870.
- Title
- Alexander Anderson papers, circa 1775-1870.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.Digital images must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats
- Alexander Anderson correspondence available as digital images.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Language
- English and Latin.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Physicians.Wood-engravers.
- Added Author
- Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878.Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John), 1813-1891.
- LCCN
- ms 68001028
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 98