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{"type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1853/1924", "value"=>"1853-1924"}
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1853
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1924
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1853
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1853
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1924
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{"value"=>"Henry Harrisse papers"}
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{"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>"}
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{"value"=>"Henry Harrisse (1829-1910) was a lawyer, bibliographer and historian who specialized in the American explorations of Columbus and others. He was born in Paris but studied and worked as a lawyer in the U.S. He returned to Paris in 1869 where he set up a law practice representing American clients, continued his scholarly work, and joined French literary circles. His works included many books, pamphlets, articles, and bibliographies on explorations in America. Collection contains manuscripts of Harrisse's writings, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials. Writings include manuscripts and proofs of his historical works, essays and memorials. Correspondence consists of letters concerning Harrisse's research on Columbus, his legal practice, and his library and other bibliographic matters. Also, biographical materials, documents, notes, writings by others, photographs, and clippings."}
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{"value"=>"Some manuscripts in French"}
{"value"=>"Correspondence is in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and some German"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Henry Harrisse papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910", "type"=>"persname"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Henry Harrisse, a lawyer, and a bibliographer and historian who specialized in the American explorations of Columbus and others, was born Henri Harrisse in Paris, 1829. Harrisse came to the United States and acquired American citizenship as a young man. He received an M. A. at the University of South Carolina, then spent 1853-1856 at the University of North Carolina teaching French and studying law. After short periods in Chicago and Washington D. C., Harrisse went to New York where he met lawyer and book-collector Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow with whom he began his study of early American explorations. Harrisse returned to Paris in approximately 1866. There he set up a law practice representing American clients, continued his scholarly work, and moved in French literary circles where he met, among others, George Sand*. Harrisse died in France in 1910. Harrisse was the author of many books, pamphlets, and articles on his subject. His works included: <em>Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima</em>, 1866, a bibliography of books about America published between 1492 and 1551; <em>Christophe Colombo</em>, 1884-85, and other works on Columbus; <em>The Discovery of North America</em>, 1892; <em>John Cabot, the Discoverer of North America and Sebastian, his Son</em>, 1896; <em>Découverte et Evolution Cartographique de Terre-Nueve et des Pays Circonvoisins, 1497-1501-1769</em>, 1900; and others.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Harrisse's papers consist of manuscripts of some of his writings, and correspondence, documents, and printed material dating from his early years in the United States to the end of his life. Included are: the manuscript of his <em>Discovery of North America</em> mounted in ten large volumes; seven boxes containing the manuscript and proof of his <em>Découverte...</em> (in French); and the manuscript of his <em>Epistola</em>. The <em>Epistola</em> is a series of autobiographical letters to his old friend Samuel Barlow written from his vacation spot in Divonne, France, August, 1883 (<em>published, New York Public Library Bulletin</em>, June, 1967).</p> <p>A group of manuscript and printed items are bound in a volume titled <em>Essays, memorials, etc., 1854-1857</em>. Included are two essays by Harrisse, one published in pamphlet form titled \"An essay on the literary institution best adapted to the present wants and interests of our country\", 1857, and a manuscript of \"An essay on the organization, regulation, and management of a literary institution best adapted to the wants and interests of North Carolina\", 1854, with related clippings and correspondence. Also included is Harrisse's memorial submitted to the trustees of the University of North Carolina \"Does the internal condition of the institution correspond to its external prosperity\", 1856, and clippings documenting the controversy that resulted in the dismissal of Professor B. S. Hedrick of the University of North Carolina for being a \"Black Republican\" (a member of the Republican Party who aided the freedmen).</p> <p>The correspondence is in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and some German. Included are 34 letters to Harrisse, 1878, from correspondents in Santo Domingo, Cuba, France, and Spain relating to his investigations into the site of Columbus' burial place, and 74 letters from correspondents in Italy, France, and Spain, 1885, about his research concerning the Columbine Library (Bibliotheca Columbina) which was founded by the bequest of Columbus' son, Fernando. Also included is correspondence, 1860s-1910s, between Harrisse, Samuel Barlow, bibliographer Henry Stevens, bookseller James Osborne Wright, and Wilberforce Eames concerning Barlow's library (including its sale) and other bibliographical matters, Harrisse's research, and, to a smaller extent, his legal practice. Of note are two nineteenth century carte de visite portrait photographs. One is of a Duke of Veragua (a descendent of Christopher Columbus), the other is probably of Barlow.</p> <p>One group of items comes from Professor E. V. Howell of the University of North Carolina. Included are Howell's transcripts of letters by or about Harrisse, 1853-1856, and transcripts of letters received by Howell, apparently in response to his questions about Harrisse, 1922-1924, from former students and others who knew Harrisse at the University of North Carolina. Howell also made photostats of Harrisse's letters (to Barlow and others), printed articles, notes, and other documents, ca. 1850s-1880s.</p> <p>A few additional printed and manuscript items are included. Of note among these are a typescript biographical sketch of Harrisse by Henry Vignaud; a book, <em>John Cabot's Landfall in 1497 and the Site of Norumbega</em> by Eben Norton Horsford, with Harrisse's notes, and letters and clippings pasted in; and a notebook of \"cartographical memoranda\", notes and sketches of the new world made by Harrisse in Paris during the Paris Commune, 1870-1871.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>1910, 1928, 1937, Received from I. N. Phelps Stokes, E. V. Howell, Celestino Bencomo, gifts; J. O. Wright, purchase; possibly others.</p>"}
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by JM, August 26, 1988</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Cartographical Memoranda Nouvelle France, Louisanne; available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}
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5 linear feet (8 boxes, 13 v.)