Papers, 1796-1840.

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Papers, 1796-1840.

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Most of the collection is correspondence to Lancaster, either the original letters or transcripts of the letters made by Joseph Burlingham in preparation for his unfinished biography of Lancaster. The materials in the first three manuscript boxes are arranged in the order in which Burlingham planned to use them for his book and an index to this arrangement is in Box 3. Most of the letters concern education and schools but there are some personal letters from family members and friends. The rest of the collection includes lecture notes, school notes, essays, autobiographical sketches, printed announcements, and annotated pamphlets. There are some items pertaining to Lancaster's experience as Superintendent of National Education in Caracas, Venezuela--a position to which he was appointed by Simón Bolívar. In addition to the transcripts of correspondence, Burlingham also copied school reports, notes, lecture outlines, etc. Many of these transcripts appear to have been copied on the back of school papers and school reports. The collection also includes twenty-six chapters of the manuscript draft of Lancaster's autobiography which details his career to 1808. The remaining miscellaneous manuscripts have been divided into three categories: dated, undated, and titled. The box of undated materials includes testimonials to Lancaster and a small collection of poems, a few of which were composed in Lancaster's honor. The other poems may have been collected by Lancaster. The box of dated manuscripts includes a folder of broadsides, many of them announcements of lectures by Lancaster and proposals for the establishment of schools. The titled manuscripts are primarily Lancaster's lectures and reports written by him for publication. There is a list of these items in Box 16. Some of the manuscripts on that list could not be located, but those that are included in Boxes 16 & 17 are designated with a check.

17 boxes.2 folders ; oversize.

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