American Committee of the Statue of Liberty correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 69", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"69", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"American Committee of the Statue of Liberty correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1881-1901", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1881/1901"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".3 linear foot (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1881

date_inclusive_end

1901

origination

{"value"=>"American Committee of the Statue of Liberty", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The American Committee of the Statue of Liberty was an ad hoc organization formed to raise financial support for the siting and erection in New York harbor of Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Bartholdi gave Richard Butler, secretary of the Committee, power of attorney in the United States to handle his affairs regarding the statue.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of letters, chiefly from Bartholdi to Butler, relating to the design, construction, and financing of the statue and its pedestal. Bartholdi's letters up to 1885 are in French, and thereafter mostly in English. Other correspondents include Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New York World; Levi P. Morton, Governor of New York State, who accepted the statue on behalf of the people of the United States; Senator William H. Evarts, chairman of the Committee; and Henry F. Spaulding, treasurer of the Committee.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 86M19"}

{"date"=>"1934", "source"=>"Goodspeed's", "method"=>"Purchase", "value"=>"Purchase, Goodspeed's, 1934"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

langmaterial_code

fre

eng

keydate

1881

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Correspondence in French and English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"American Committee of the Statue of Liberty correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"The American Committee of the Statue of Liberty was an ad hoc organization formed to raise financial support for the siting and erection in New York harbor of Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. Bartholdi gave Richard Butler, secretary of the Committee, power of attorney in the United States to handle his affairs regarding the statue. Collection consists of letters, chiefly from Bartholdi to Butler, relating to the design, construction, and financing of the statue and its pedestal. Bartholdi's letters up to 1885 are in French, and thereafter mostly in English. Other correspondents include Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New York World; Levi P. Morton, Governor of New York State, who accepted the statue on behalf of the people of the United States; Senator William H. Evarts, chairman of the Committee; and Henry F. Spaulding, treasurer of the Committee.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.3 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1881

date_end

1901

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