Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 and Morse, Leila Livingston, 1878-1977
- Extent:
- 3 boxes and 4 scrapbooks in 3 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Samuel Finley Breese Morse papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Letters, photographs, clippings, and printed materials relating to Morse, collected by his granddaughter, Leila Livingston Morse. Much of the material, including the two hundred letters in the collection, relate to the Morse Centennial in 1944.
- Biographical / Historical:
American artist, inventor.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--319700. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1960. Accession number--M-60.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.
- 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:
- Artists
Inventors
Photographic prints
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); Samuel Finley Breese Morse papers; 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