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- Creator
- Leonowens, Anna Harriette, 1831-1915
- Call number
- MssCol 3453
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- Anna Harriette Leonowens papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Anna Leonowens (1831-1915), born Anna Harriett Emma Edwards, was an Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist. The papers consist mainly of letters from Leonowens to prominent businessman and lawyer Gordon Lester Ford and his daughter, Kathleen. Other items include announcements for lectures presented by Leonowens, announcements for the 1876 opening of Avis Leonowens' kindergarten and her marriage to Canadian banker Thomas Fyshe, and newspaper clippings
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Subjects
- Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century
- Women teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
Occupations
Using 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