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- Creator
- McNicol, Donald Monroe, 1875-
- Call number
- MssCol 1947
- Physical description
- .5 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Donald Monroe McNicol papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Collection consists of McNicol's correspondence, 1911-1948, and other papers he collected relating to the history of telegraphy. Includes applications for membership, 1908-1925, in the Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association; collection of telegraph forms, 1910-1940; official logbook, 1861, of the Washington, D.C. Telegraph Office; recording messages sent to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York newspapers giving statistics of words sent, weather conditions, technical difficulties, and mentioning events of the Civil War; and articles, photographs, clippings, and other papers relating to the Civil War.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, McNicol, Donald Monroe, 1956Key terms
Names
- McNicol, Donald Monroe, 1875-
- McNicol, Donald Monroe, b.1875
- Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association
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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