Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 3147", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"3147", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1873-1885", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1873/1885"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".15 linear foot (1 v.)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1873

date_inclusive_end

1885

origination

{"value"=>"Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1794-1877", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a steamship and railroad promoter and financier.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of typewritten transcripts of correspondence of Vanderbilt and his son, William Henry Vanderbilt, with Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire, relating to the founding of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 36M?"}

{"date"=>"1936", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, 1936"}

keydate

1873

prefercite

{"value"=>"Cornelius Vanderbilt correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a steamship and railroad promoter and financier. Collection consists of typewritten transcripts of correspondence of Vanderbilt and his son, William Henry Vanderbilt, with Bishop Holland Nimmons McTyeire, relating to the founding of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.15 linear feet (1 v.)

date_start

1873

date_end

1885

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