Alfred Williams Anthony collection

id
244
origination
Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939
date statement
1679-1944
key date
1679
identifier (local_mss)
115
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 115
b-number
b12060513
total components
2245
total series
2
max depth
4
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 14:58:51 UTC
updated
2026-08-14 02:01:50 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitid
{"value"=>"115", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 115", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1679-1944", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1679/1944"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Alfred Williams Anthony collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"19 linear feet (48 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Alfred Anthony Williams (1860- ), theologian, author and educator, was an executive and administrator of the Committee of the Federal Council of Christ, founder of the Federation Committee of Good Will Between Jews and Christians, and treasurer of the General Conference of Free Baptists. Collection consists mainly of 18th-20th century autographs, with the bulk from the mid-19th to 20th centuries, representing both primary and secondary figures from diverse fields including literature, music, education, politics, and royalty. Names include Susan B. Anthony, John Bigelow, Edwin Booth, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, H.L. Mencken, Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Margaret Sanger, Philip Schuyler, and Daniel Webster. Figures represented are mainly Americans. Many letters are to Anthony. Following the name file is a subject file consisting of miscellaneous autograph letters arranged by profession or institution. Also, two boxes of unsorted material, including photographs usually relating to individuals whose autographs are contained in the collection; an autograph fan; and a glass plate negative."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Alfred Williams Anthony collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Anthony, Alfred Williams, 1860-1939", "type"=>"persname"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Gift of Alfred Williams Anthony, 1940</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Valerie Wingfield.</p>"}
date_start
1679
keydate
1679
date_end
1944
date_inclusive_start
1679
date_inclusive_end
1944
extent_statement
19 linear feet (48 boxes)
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Alfred Williams Anthony collection is arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/115#c1344089'>I. Prominent Correspondents</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>circa 1600-1930 [bulk 1800-1930]</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The manuscripts are primarily 19th-20th century autographs of individuals from diverse professions, representative of primary and secondary figures. Prominent individuals represented include Susan B. Anthony, John Bigelow, Edwin Booth, Frederick Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, H.L. Menken, Franklin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Margaret Sanger, Philip Schuyler, and Daniel Webster. Occasionally, there are poems, photographs and holograph manuscripts of poetry. Representative subjects include actors, businessmen, churches and institutions, genealogists and miscellaneous organizations.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/115#c1346245'>II. Subjects</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

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