Collectors and collecting -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Robert Fridenberg Collection of Portrait and Topographical Prints
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1000
Overview:
A collection of European and American portrait and topographical prints that includes work by printmakers Samuel Arlent Edwards, George Edward Perine, Eugène Sadoux, and others.
Dates:
1500-1945, bulk 1750-1900
James Gates Percival collection
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 703
Overview:
The James Gates Percival Collection consist of writings, notebooks, personal papers, correspondence, maps, and other papers that document Percival's life and work. Writings are autograph manuscripts of poetry and prose compositions on linguistics, geology, and geography, including several drafts of his Report on the Geology of Connecticut, as well as chemistry notes by West Point professor James Cutbush. Percival's notebooks contain writings and notes on a broad range of topics in addition to...
Dates:
1800-1944, bulk 1820-1850