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Records of the Harvard College Library: Borrowing privileges correspondence
This collection contains correspondence to the Harvard College librarian asking for book borrowing privileges, primarily from faculty and other individuals with a connection to the college, dated 1775 to circa 1826, and a 20th century dealer catalog entry for a 1764 letter related to donated volumes. The records include the borrower's name, the titles of the books borrowed, the date of loans, and in some cases, the return of books.
Benjamin Peirce personal archive
Benjamin Peirce (1778-1831), a Harvard historian and librarian, was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He earned his AB from Harvard in 1801, and was a merchant and state legislator prior to his appointment as college librarian in 1826. This collection contains personal correspondence, student papers, political writings, and manuscripts, notes, and letters relating to Peirce's work on the history of Harvard University, dated 1787-1832.
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- Creator
- Harvard College Library 1
- Peirce, Benjamin, 1778-1831 1
- Subject
- Charging systems (Libraries) 1
- College students -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Books and reading 1
- Correspondence 1
- Harvard students' essays. 1
- Harvard students' letters 1
- Intellectuals -- Books and reading 1
- Legislators -- Massachusetts -- 19th century 1
- Libraries--Massachusetts--Cambridge 1
- Library charging lists -- 18th century 1
- Library charging lists -- 19th century 1
- Library circulation and loans -- 18th century 1
- Library circulation and loans -- 19th century 1
- Manuscripts for publication 1
- Massachusetts -- Politics and government -- 19th century 1
- Research Notes 1
- United States--History--War of 1812 1
- Universities and colleges -- Libraries -- 19th century 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Gardiner, John, 1737-1793 1
- Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1801 1
- Harvard College Library 1
- Harvard University -- History -- Research 1
- Harvard University -- Libraries -- Benefactors 1