Research Catalog
Charles Alexander Nelson papers
- Title
- Charles Alexander Nelson papers, 1850s-1930s.
- Author
- Nelson, Charles Alexander, 1839-1933.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.
- Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933.
- Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931.
- Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947.
- Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937.
- Rudge, William Edwin, 1876-1931.
- Saunders, Frederick, 1807-1902.
- Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944.
- American Library Association.
- Astor Library.
- Bibliographical Society of America.
- Columbia University. Library.
- Howard Memorial Library.
- New York Library Club.
- Newberry Library.
- Twilight Club (New York, N.Y.)
- United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
- Description
- 5 linear feet (12 boxes).
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, legal and financial documents, reports, organizational records, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter that document Nelson's career.
- Subjects
- Librarians
- Indexers
- Bibliographers
- Scrapbooks
- Photographs
- Waltham (Mass.) > History
- United States > History > 1865-1898
- Southern States > History > 1865-1951
- New Bern (N.C.) > History
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > North Carolina
- Library administration > United States
- Bibliography > Societies, etc
- Harvard University Alumni and alumnae
- Nelson family
- Nelson, Charles Alexander, 1839-1933
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Wetzel, Reinhard A., Mrs.
- Biography (note)
- Charles Alexander Nelson (1839-1933), librarian and bibliographer, was a Reconstruction administrator in New Bern, North Carolina, for a decade following the U.S. Civil War. He returned to the North in 1875 and worked until 1909 in various libraries. He published bibliographies, indexed books and organizational records, wrote articles, and was a founding member in 1876 of the American Library Association.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 2114
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A75
- Author
- Nelson, Charles Alexander, 1839-1933.
- Title
- Charles Alexander Nelson papers, 1850s-1930s.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Charles Alexander Nelson (1839-1933), librarian and bibliographer, was a Reconstruction administrator in New Bern, North Carolina, for a decade following the U.S. Civil War. He returned to the North in 1875 and worked until 1909 in various libraries. He published bibliographies, indexed books and organizational records, wrote articles, and was a founding member in 1876 of the American Library Association.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Bibliographers.Indexers.Librarians.
- Added Author
- Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904.Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933.Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931.Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947.Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860-1937.Rudge, William Edwin, 1876-1931.Saunders, Frederick, 1807-1902.Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944.American Library Association.Astor Library.Bibliographical Society of America.Columbia University. Library.Howard Memorial Library.New York Library Club.Newberry Library.Twilight Club (New York, N.Y.)United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
- LCCN
- ms 73000681
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 2114