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Columbiana Manuscripts, 1572-1986, bulk 1850-1920
39.25 linear feetAbraham Alstyne Slover papers, 1812-1877
2 boxesPapers of Abraham Alstyne Slover, consisting mostly of his undergraduate writings and memorabilia. Included in this material are one volume of notes on Prof. John McVickar's lectures on "The History of Literature" March-July 1825, seven notebooks of Slover's verse and prose, and the manuscripts of several public lectures with newspaper accounts of them. There is also a family Bible containing genealogical records, chiefly births, marriages, and deaths in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Robert Bage Canfield manuscripts, 1858-1929
0.42 linear feetLecture notes and essays of Canfield while a student at Columbia College. A number of subjects are covered including Richard Sears McCulloh's lectures on physics, on optics, and on pneumatics, Francis Lieber's lectures on history, and John McVickar's lectures on religion. Also, Canfield's graduation thesis "The Dignity of Labor."
John McVickar letters, 1812-1901
1 boxThe McVickar letters consist of photostatic copies of autograph letters written by famous people, primarily to John McVickar or members of his family. Among the personages represented in this collection are Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, and Charles Dickens.