Henry Harrisse papers, 1853-1924.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d54b72 (corporateBody)

Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g15xtb (person)

Henry Stevens was born on August, 24, 1819, in Barnet, Vermont. He attended Middlebury College for a year, but graduated from Yale College in 1843 with the degree of B.A. Upon graduating, he attended Harvard Law School for a year. In 1840, he worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. for the the treasury department of the United States Senate. He also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress and was an early advocate for the use of photography as a means of supplementing bi...

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hx1hvk (person)

Author and librarian at the New York Public Library in New York City. From the description of Letter, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497443 Wilberforce Eames (1855-1937), son of Nelson and Harriet Phoebe (Crane) Eames, was born in Newark, N.J. In 1885, George Henry Moore (1823-1892), superintendent of the Lenox Library in New York City, appointed Eames as his personal assistant. He became a regular member of the library staff in 1888, assistant librarian upon Moore'...

Columbus, Chris

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x28fk (person)

Epithet: of Genoa British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000367.0x000120 Italian explorer and navigator commissioned by Spain. Italian name was Cristoforo Colombo. Known in Spain as Cristóbal Colón. Born 1451; died 1506. From the description of Collection concerning Christopher Columbus, 1488-1515. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067622 ...

Howell, E. V. (Eric Vail)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v773j2 (person)

Vignaud, Henry, 1830-1922

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68s57ts (person)

Henry Vignaud, born in New Orleans, La., was a newspaper editor before the Civil War. Commissioned a captain in the 6th Louisiana Regiment, he was taken prisoner when Union forces captured New Orleans in 1862 but escaped to Paris, where he assisted in John Slidell's Confederate mission. Vignaud contined to live in Paris, serving as secretary of the American legation from 1875 until his retirement in 1909. A scholar and book collector, Vignaud built an extensive library of Americana and gained an...

Barlow, Samuel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s46tgt (person)

American composer, concert impresario, and writer. From the description of Interview conducted by Oliver Daniel, Sept. 5, 1978 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155861671 ...

Hedrick, B.S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sj93zp (person)

Wright, James Osborne.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62g55xb (person)

Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65q53s2 (person)

Harrisse, native of France, bibliographer, historian, and author of books, pamphlets, and articles mostly relating to early American history and exploration, came to America in the 1840s, taught in South Carolina and at the University of North Carolina, practiced law in Chicago and New York until 1870, and then returned to France. From the description of Henry Harrisse papers, 1855-1910 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24864145 Henry Harrisse (1829-1910), native of France, ...