Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Slover, Abraham Alstyne, 1806-1877
- Extent:
- 2 boxes and 2 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abraham Alstyne Slover papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Papers of Abraham Alstyne Slover, consisting mostly of his undergraduate writings and memorabilia. Included in this material are one volume of notes on Prof. John McVickar's lectures on "The History of Literature" March-July 1825, seven notebooks of Slover's verse and prose, and the manuscripts of several public lectures with newspaper accounts of them. There is also a family Bible containing genealogical records, chiefly births, marriages, and deaths in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Biographical / Historical:
Teacher, popular lecturer, author.
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--Cooper, Charlotte F. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1932. Accession number--M-32.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/89.
- Arrangement:
Cataloged and 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
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); Abraham Alstyne Slover 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