Edward Eggleston papers, 1804-1939.
Collection Number: 110

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Edward Eggleston papers, 1804-1939.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
110
Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, notes for books, accounts, outlines and notes for sermons, newspaper clippings of book reviews and obituaries. Includes correspondence with publishers concerning royalties, copyrights, and related matters; letters concerning historical and genealogical research, and real estate, mortgage, and security investments; also, 48 letters to Robert Underwood Johnson, secretary of the American Copyright League concerning Eggleston's lobbying activities on behalf of the International copyright law; also letters from George Cary Eggleston to his brother Edward.
Creator:
Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902.
Quanitities:
8.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Author, historian, and clergyman.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, manuscripts of books and articles, notes for books, accounts, outlines and notes for sermons, newspaper clippings of book reviews and obituaries. Includes correspondence with publishers concerning royalties, copyrights, and related matters; letters concerning historical and genealogical research, and real estate, mortgage, and security investments; also, 48 letters to Robert Underwood Johnson, secretary of the American Copyright League concerning Eggleston's lobbying activities on behalf of the International copyright law; also letters from George Cary Eggleston to his brother Edward.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Edward Eggleston papers, #110. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937.
Eggleston, George Cary.
American Copyright League
Subjects:
Investments.
Real property.
Genealogy.
Sermons.
Mortgage.
Royalties.
Copyright law.
Form and Genre Terms:
Accounts.

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