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- Creator
- Beach family
- Call number
- MssCol 232
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (2 boxes)
- Preferred Citation
- Beach family papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
The Beach family included Joseph Wickliff Beach (1822-1891), his wife Mary A. Walkley Beach (1824-1897), and their children David Nelson Beach, Lucy W. Beach, Harlan Page Beach, and Anna S. Beach. Collection consists of correspondence and other papers of Joseph Wickliff Beach, his wife, their children, and other members of the Beach and Walkley families. Correspondence deals mainly with family and personal affairs, and reflects everyday life in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine, and Colorado. Also, letters concerning life of soldiers in the U.S. Civil War, and poetry written and collected by Mary Beach.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Beach, John T, 1958Using 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