Everett P. Wheeler papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 3307", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"3307", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Everett P. Wheeler papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1868-1925", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1868/1925"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3.5 linear feet (10 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1868

date_inclusive_end

1925

origination

{"value"=>"Wheeler, Everett Pepperrell, 1840-1925", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Everett Pepperell Wheeler (1840-1925) was an American lawyer and civil service reformer. He was a founder of the New York Bar Association and served for seventeen years as chairman of the executive committee of the New York Civil Service Reform Association. Other organizations he supported were the Citizens Union, the Committee of Seventy, the Reform Club, and the Man Suffrage Association.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, legal and real estate papers, articles, speeches, maps, photograph, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1882-1925, mainly concerns Wheeler's opinions on World War I, Armenian immigration, and womens suffrage. Other correspondence relates to the Citizens Union and the drive for efficient government for New York City, the American Bar Association, the League of Nations, tariff reform, and other topics of interest to Wheeler. Also, his speeches and articles, 1888-1924; maps of the New York area; photograph of Venice in 1882; and printed materials regarding the Citizens Union and political campaigns of 1880.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 59M65"}

{"date"=>"1963", "source"=>"Leona Rostenberg/Swann Galleries", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Leona Rostenberg/Swann Galleries, 1963"}

keydate

1868

prefercite

{"value"=>"Everett P. Wheeler papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Everett Pepperell Wheeler (1840-1925) was an American lawyer and civil service reformer. He was a founder of the New York Bar Association and served for seventeen years as chairman of the executive committee of the New York Civil Service Reform Association. Other organizations he supported were the Citizens Union, the Committee of Seventy, the Reform Club, and the Man Suffrage Association. Collection consists of correspondence, legal and real estate papers, articles, speeches, maps, photograph, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1882-1925, mainly concerns Wheeler's opinions on World War I, Armenian immigration, and womens suffrage. Other correspondence relates to the Citizens Union and the drive for efficient government for New York City, the American Bar Association, the League of Nations, tariff reform, and other topics of interest to Wheeler. Also, his speeches and articles, 1888-1924; maps of the New York area; photograph of Venice in 1882; and printed materials regarding the Citizens Union and political campaigns of 1880.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

3.5 linear feet (10 boxes)

date_start

1868

date_end

1925

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