Sydney Howard Gay papers

id
5855
origination
Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888
date statement
ca. 1837-1886
key date
1837
identifier (local_mss)
1130
org unit
Manuscripts and Archives Division
call number
MssCol 1130
b-number
b11848388
total components
24
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:05:26 UTC
updated
2026-08-16 02:01:24 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"1130", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 1130", "type"=>"local_call"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"ca. 1837-1886", "type"=>"inclusive", "certainty"=>"approximate", "normal"=>"1837/1886"}
date_inclusive_start
1837
date_inclusive_end
1886
keydate
1837
date_start
1837
date_end
1886
unittitle
{"value"=>"Sydney Howard Gay papers"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 v.)"}], "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"=>"Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist. He was an editor at the Anti-Slavery Standard, the New York Tribune, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Evening Post. His other activities included lecturing for the American Anti-Slavery Society and writing biographies and the multi-volume History of the United States (with William Cullen Bryant). Collection consists of writings, correspondence, notes, account books, and reports. Writings include manuscripts of the History of the United States and his biographies and other works. Correspondence, notes, reports, and account books are from the American Anti-Slavery Society and the Anti-Slavery Standard."}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>Sydney Howard Gay papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Gay, Sydney Howard, 1814-1888", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Sydney Howard Gay (1814-1888) was an American journalist, author and abolitionist. He was an editor at the <em>Anti-Slavery Standar</em>d, the <em>New York Tribune</em>, the <em>Chicago Tribune</em>, and the <em>New York Evening Post</em>. His other activities included lecturing for the American Anti-Slavery Society and writing biographies and the multi-volume <em>History of the United States</em> (with William Cullen Bryant).</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of manuscripts of works by Gay, correspondence, notes, account books, and reports. Gay's writings include manuscripts of the <em>History of the United States</em>, his biographies and other works. Also included are correspondence, notes, reports, and account books from the American Anti-Slavery Society and the <em>Anti-Slavery Standard</em>.</p>"}
extent_statement
3 linear feet (6 boxes, 4 v.)

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