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Richard H. Rickard papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 416

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, financial papers, maps, and photographs of Richard H. Rickard, a mining agent and broker in Michigan, South Carolina, and other states, 1863-1885.

Dates

  • 1849-1927
  • Majority of material found within 1863 - 1885

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection are in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Edward Eberstadt, 1957.

Arrangement

Arranged in two series: I. Correspondence. II. Volumes and Miscellanea.

Related Materials

Approximately 25 historical maps were separated from the collection and transferred to the Map Library at the time of processing. These maps are now held by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and are individually cataloged with an ownership name tracing for Rickard, Richard H.

Extent

10 Linear Feet (14 boxes, 1 folio)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0416

Additional Description

Overview

Correspondence, financial papers, maps, and photographs of Richard H. Rickard, a mining agent and broker in Michigan, South Carolina, and other states, 1863-1885.

Biographical / Historical

Mining agent and broker; an obituary described him as "a pioneer broker and mining man of New York and the Michigan copper district"; he is listed in Trow's New York City Directory from 1859-1884 with his occupations variously listed as mining agent, treasurer, secretary, broker, banker; his office was on Nassau St., and later on Pine St.; his residence in Brooklyn, and later in Stamford, Ct.

Subjects

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Richard H. Rickard Papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by William E. Brown, Jr.
Date
November 1986
Description rules
Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa/
Contact:
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)

Location

Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

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