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Creator
Kohns, Lee, 1864-1927
Call number
MssCol 645
Physical description
6 linear feet (19 boxes, 3 v.)
Language
Materials in English
Preferred Citation

Lee Kohns collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Location
MssCol 1663
Access to materials
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Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.

Collection consists of letters and documents, ca. 15th-19th centuries, collected by Lee Kohns. American and European historical, literary, artistic, and scientific figures are represented.

Scope and arrangement

Approximately two thousand letters and documents, circa 15th-19th centuries collected by Lee Kohns (1864-1927). Includes manuscripts of American, British, and European historical, literary, artistic, musical, and scientific figures, and royalty, are represented. Individuals represented include John Quincy Adams, Hector Berlioz, Lord Byron, DeWitt Clinton, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Douglass, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, Benjamin Franklin, Victor Hugo, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Emile Zola, and others.

Administrative information

Source of acquisition

Gift of Paul Kohns and Robert Lee Kohns (sons of Lee Kohns), 1956

Processing information

Manuscripts Division Staff, 2005

Accessioned by Julie Miller, July 1989

Using the collection

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328

Alternative form available

John C. and Jessie B. Fremont manuscripts available on microfilm; New York Public Library