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Vanderbilt, Cornelius - Manuscript Material List, 1940-02-07

 File — Container: Folder 84

Scope and Contents

Letter from Watkinson Library librarian to Wheaton J. Lane of the Nassau Club, Princeton University containing a list of Cornelius Vanderbilt manuscript material at the Watkinson.

[Of note, Lane's major work was "Commodore Vanderbilt, an Epic of the Steam Age," a definitive biography of the railroad pioneer. Published in 1942, the book won the Knopf Prize.]

Dates

  • Creation: 1940-02-07

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Folder(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository

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