- Creator
- Conant, Carlos Everett, 1870-1925
- Call number
- MssCol 620
- Physical description
- .6 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Language
- Some items are in Philippine languages (Malayo-Polynesian) and Spanish
- Preferred Citation
- Carlos Everett Conant papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Carlos Everett Conant (1870-1925) was an American philologist and scholar. He worked as a government translator and interpreter of Spanish and Philippine languages in Manila from 1904 to 1907 and taught philology at the University of Chattanooga, University of Chicago and Indiana University. Collection consists of Conant's writings, speeches and notes concerning his study of the languages of the Philippines (Malayo-Polynesian), correspondence, translations, photographs, and printed ephemera. Writings make up the bulk of his papers together with a few dictionaries in manuscript form. Correspondence, 1904-1917, relates to translations of materials in English. Also, English translations of dramas and poetical works, religious essays in Spanish, a few photographs, and printed ephemera.
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Source of acquisition
Gift, Williams College, 1951Key terms
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Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328