Found 6 collections related to Collectors.

Louis D. Carman (1860-1936) was a medical examiner in the United States Bureau of Pensions and a collector of Lincolniana. His father, Ezra Ayer Carman, was a Civil War officer. The Louis D. Carman collection dates from 1828 to 1923 and consists of items accumulated by Louis D. Carman, specifically correspondence and autographs; a friendship album containing poetry; and handwritten excerpts transcribed from books about fishing. A variety of documents bear the signatures of politicians and federal government officials; military generals; and businessmen. Some of the letters reference the Civil War and government and politics during the Reconstruction period. Other correspondence pertains to the Cosmos Club in Washington D.C. less

Horace Traubel (1858-1919) was an American writer, publisher, editor, and literary executor and biographer of the American poet Walt Whitman. His scrapbook, dating from 1888 to 1917, consists of autograph notes from his conversations with Walt Whitman, as well as a laid-in letter, dated 1917, by his friend William Gable. less

Charles Nathan Elliot (1873-?) was a researcher and collector of Walt Whitman manuscripts, printed matter, and artifacts. The Sylvan Notes manuscript journal, dated 1896 to 1897, holds Elliot's writing on natural history and Whitman as well as a photograph. less

Dan Langan (1935-2018) was a press agent who represented theatrical performers and works of musical theatre. He was also an avid collector of recordings of musical theatre performances. The Dan Langan collection includes a selection of these audio and video recordings and files relating to his public relations work. less

Louise Kerz Hirschfeld is the founder and former president of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, and has worked as a historian, research consultant, production assistant, and curator in the film and theatre industries. Her collection contains artwork, posters, photographs, and memorabilia from film and theatre productions in Austria, Germany, Poland, and the United States. less