Scope and Contents
The Abernethy manuscript miscellany collection is comprised of 19 boxes (18 regular and 1 oversize) organized alphabetically by author last name. This collection includes original manuscript and typescript letters and writings from American authors throughout the 19th and 21st centuries. Transcriptions of original manuscript letters are available for some items.
Dates
- 1835 - 2000
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
For permission to publish materials, contact: Special Collections & Archives Middlebury College Phone: (802) 443-2387 Email: specialcollections@middlebury.edu
Extent
20 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Detailed inventories available for some authors in the Abernethy manuscript miscellany collection, including Robert Frost, Thomas Higginson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Dean Howells, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edward Arlington, William Bronk, Richard Henry Dana, and Nicolas Delbanco. Contact specialcollections@middlebury.edu for more information.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of these items have been digitized and can be viewed via Digital Collections at Middlebury College and the Internet Archive.
- Title
- Abernethy manuscript miscellany collection
- Author
- Middlebury Special Collections staff
- Date
- August 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Middlebury College Special Collections & Archives Repository
Middlebury College
Davis Family Library
110 Storrs Avenue
Middlebury Vermont 05753 United States
specialcollections@middlebury.edu
