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- Call number
- MssCol 86
- Physical description
- 1.5 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- American nineteenth-century commonplace books collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Collection of commonplace books consists of volumes containing entries written by the owners of the books, their friends, families, and acquaintances. Collected by young American women and one man in the 19th century, entries consist chiefly of quotations, poems, drawings, or autographs. Most entries are signed and dated and the place is often noted. Some books contain insertions, such as dried flowers, drawings or letters.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Purchase, Wormser, 1936Using the collection
Location
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