Collection of miscellaneous American manuscripts
Overview
Collection of manuscripts, primarily created in New England, including a series of instructional materials.
Dates
- 1747-1884
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
4.5 linear feet (6 boxes, 37 volumes)Most of the items in this collection were created in New England, though there are a few from Michigan, New York, New Jersey and other locations. Series I includes: account books; cashbooks; commonplace book; composition books; copy books; daybooks; diaries; essays; grade book; lecture notes; notes; printed fliers and reports; receipts; records; and other items. Series II includes materials created as copies of textbooks (copybooks) or notes, and all are of a numerical nature. Subjects include: surveying, arithmetic, geometry, and navigation.
Biographical / Historical
These volumes were transferred to Houghton Library from the New England Deposit Library (NEDL) at the time that NEDL was being closed. The volumes all were owned by the Harvard College Library and were classed in the call-number range of "XT 7" or "Educ".
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Miscellaneous American manuscripts
- II. "Numerical" instructional manuscripts
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2004M-45. Transferred from the New England Deposit Library; received: 2004 September 29, November 10.
2004M-57. Transferred from the New England Deposit Library; received: 2004 September 29.
The acquisition information listed with each item below, pertains to how the Harvard College Library first acquired the volume.
Separated Materials
The manuscript volumes that were in the German language and were formerly part of this collection (2004M-45) have been removed and have been cataloged as MS Ger 319. The Italian language materials have been cataloged as MS Ital 200.
For similar manuscripts transferred from the NEDL that are as yet uncataloged as of February 2015. see: 2004M-52 - 2004M-56, 2004M-59, 2004M-64, and 2004M-78.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Collection of miscellaneous American manuscripts, 1747-1884: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02556
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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