William Allan Neilson personal papers, 1852-1946.

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William Allan Neilson personal papers, 1852-1946.

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Contains Neilson's personal papers with extensive family materials. Includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, press releases, lecture notes, texts of speeches, photographs and miscellaneous documents. Also has papers from his tenure at Harvard University and Radcliffe College (1906-1917) as Professor of English. Includes writings of Elisabeth Muser Neilson and Muser, Neilson and Allan family papers. Also notes, typescripts and correspondence for Margaret Farrand Thorp's 1956 biography, Neilson of Smith.

25 linear ft. (47 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7635896

Smith College, Neilson Library

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