- Creator
- Lion, Oscar
- Call number
- MssCol 1767
- Physical description
- .8 linear feet (3 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Oscar Lion papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
Oscar Lion was a businessman of New York City. Collection consists of Lion's correspondence with Anne Montgomerie Traubel, of Germantown, Pa., relating to personal matters, American poet Walt Whitman, Lion's collection of Whitmaniana, and Traubel's work as an advertising consultant to the Lion Ribbon Company in New York City. Includes a few letters by Lion to others and some miscellaneous papers.
Digital Assets
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Lion, Oscar, 1965Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328