Harris, C. Fiske

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Born in Rhode Island; son of Stephen and Eliza (Greene) Harris; through both the Harris and Greene families descended from the earliest settlers in Rhode Island; Brown class of 1838. After a twenty-year career in the commission business in New York he retired to Providence and collected books, manuscripts, and art. The Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays of the Brown University Library is named for him.

From the description of Papers, 1867-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122615703
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referencedIn Bartlett, John Russell, 1805-1886. Letter, 1883, Providence, to William F. Channing. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Harris, Caleb Fiske, 1818-1881. [Manuscripts concerning John Maylem of Newport, R.I. and some of his poems : also correspondence between C. Fiske Harris and Joseph J. Cooke concerning John Crowne]. Brown University, Brown University Library
referencedIn Stockbridge, John C. Letter, 1886, November 22, Providence, R.I., to Jacob Klein. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Channing, William Francis, 1820-1901. Letters, 1878-1900, Providence and Boston. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Sarah Helen Whitman papers, Whitman (Sarah Helen) papers, 1816-1878, 1816-1878 Brown University Library, Special Collections
creatorOf Poore, Benjamin Perley, 1820-1887. Inscriptions, to C. Fiske Harris with signature. Providence, [R.I.], [n.d.]. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
referencedIn Stone, Edwin M. Letters, 1875, March 10-12, Providence, R.I., to Caleb Fiske Harris. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Harris, Caleb Fiske, 1818-1881. [Manuscripts concerning John Maylem of Newport, R.I. and some of his poems] [microform] : [also correspondence between C. Fiske Harris and Joseph J. Cooke concerning John Crowne]. Brown University, Brown University Library
creatorOf Harris, Caleb Fiske, 1818-1881. Papers, 1867-1881. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
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associatedWith Greene, Albert G. (Albert Gorton), 1802-1868. person
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