William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf
Overview
Letters of the American librarian William A. (William Alexander) Jackson to the director of the Harvard University Library Keyes DeWitt Metcalf.
Dates
- Creation: 1945
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Consists of 18 letters from Jackson to Keyes Metcalf, director of the Harvard University Library, written during a trip in April and May of 1945 to Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. The letters discuss libraries and book collectors in these countries and include information on possible acquisitions for the Harvard library. Also includes notes taken in Lima, Peru and a small amount of other correspondence.
Biographical / Historical
Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*77M-33. Gift of Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 68 Fairmont, Belmont, Massachusetts; received: 1978.
Creator
- Title
- Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964. William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00527
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
Houghton Library is Harvard College's principal repository for rare books and manuscripts, archives, and more. Houghton Library's collections represent the scope of human experience from ancient Egypt to twenty-first century Cambridge. With strengths primarily in North American and European history, literature, and culture, collections range in media from printed books and handwritten manuscripts to maps, drawings and paintings, prints, posters, photographs, film and audio recordings, and digital media, as well as costumes, theater props, and a wide range of other objects. Houghton Library has historically focused on collecting the written record of European and Eurocentric North American culture, yet it holds a large and diverse number of primary sources valuable for research on the languages, culture and history of indigenous peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania.
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