Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884
- Extent:
- 1 box and 1 box (21 items)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Fenno Hoffman letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Letters of Hoffman to his family. There are seventeen letters to his niece, Matilda Nicholas Whitman, and one letter to his half-sister, Ann Hoffman Nicholas. The correspondence deals with the literary and social life in New York and with the Hoffman family. Two of the letters have notes added by his father, Josiah Ogden Hoffman. Also, an engraved portrait of Charles Fenno Hoffman.
- Biographical / Historical:
Editor, poet, novelist. Hoffman's father was Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766-1837), a lawyer and political leader in New York.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--491. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--11/19/82. Accession number--M-82-11-19.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
- Arrangement:
Cataloged.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Families -- New York (State) -- New York
Arts -- New York (State) -- New York
Portraits
Poets, American
Authors, American
Editors
Engravings (prints) - Names:
- Hoffman family
Whitman, Matilda Nicholas
Nicholas, Ann Hoffman
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 1766-1837 - Places:
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
New York (N.Y.) -- Intellectual life
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Fenno Hoffman letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu