Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Brockhoff, Adele C. and Keller, Helen, 1880-1968
- Extent:
- 0.5 linear feet and 1 box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Adele C. Brockhoff letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence including twenty letters from Helen Keller and her companion Polly Thomson, letters from Pauline Hemingway and her son Patrick M. Hemingway, from Patricia Nixon, Nancy Reagan, and from Harry Emerson Fosdick. These are all of a personal nature. There are also several books by and about Helen Keller and by Ernest Hemingway, some of which are first editions and some inscribed by the author.
- Acquisition information:
Source of acquisition--Brockhoff, Adele C. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1984. Accession number--M-84.
Gift of Adele C. Brockhoff, 1984.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/12/89.
- Arrangement:
Selected materials cataloged; remainder 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
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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The books are cataloged in the Rare Book Collection.
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); Adele C. Brockhoff 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