Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hubbard Family
- Extent:
- 2 boxes and 2 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Hubbard family letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Domestic correspondence of Lucius Lee Hubbard (1849-1933), and that of his wife, Frances Johnson Lambard Hubbard (1852-1927), their three daughters, and other relatives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Houghton, Michigan. Most of the letters are addressed to Hubbard's daughter Frances Hubbard Flaherty, the wife and co-worker of Robert J. Flaherty, the film director. There is also correspondence of the parents and relatives of Frances Hubbard, the Lambard family of Georgia.
- Biographical / Historical:
Author, geologist.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Flaherty, Mrs. Robert. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1966. Accession number--M-66.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.
- Arrangement:
Arranged.
- 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 -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Families -- Michigan -- Houghton
Families -- Georgia
Authors, American
Geologists - Names:
- Hubbard, Lucius L (Lucius Lee), 1849-1933
Flaherty, Frances Hubbard
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951 - Places:
- Cambridge (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
Houghton (Mich.) -- Social life and customs
Georgia -- Social life and customs
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
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); Hubbard family 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