Letters to Luther S. Livingston : manuscript, 1912-[1914].

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Letters to Luther S. Livingston : manuscript, 1912-[1914].

The letters concern Harry Elkins Widener's book collection, and Livingston's prospective appointment (made just before his death in 1914) to be librarian of the Widener collection at Harvard.

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Harvard university library

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The University Library consists of all the collections of books in the possession of the University. It originated in 1638 with books left to the college by John Harvard. The library system currently consists of over 100 separate facilities, ranging from very small specialized collections to Widener Library, with its 5 million volumes. Each of the faculties within the University maintains one or more libraries serving its special constituency. The largest unit is the Harvard College Library (inc...

Widener, Eleanor Elkins.

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Eleanor Elkins Widener (after 1915, Mrs. Rice) was the donor of Widener Library. From the description of Letters to Eleanor Elkins Widener and A. Hamilton Rice : manuscript, 1915-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80523411 ...

Livingston, Luther Samuel, 1864-1914

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Luther Samuel Livingston was the first curator of the Harry Elkins Widener Collection in the Harvard College Library. In 1912 Livingston published a set of "Verses" by Robert Louis Stevenson, said to have never been published in the 1885 issue of "A Child's Garden of Verses." From the description of Letters sent to Luther Samuel Livingston, 1900-1912. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612840031 American bookseller and bibliographer. From the description o...