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Letters and Documents Collection
- Creator
- Bryn Mawr College Library
- Date
- majority from the 19th into the mid-20th century. (inclusive)
- Extent
- ongoing linear ft.
- Call Number
- M146
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Scope and Content
The Letters and Documents Collection is mainly composed of individual, unrelated cards and letters, but also includes some manuscripts, autographs, and other small ephemera that are not part of other manuscript collections at Bryn Mawr College. Some of the letters have been removed from or are tipped into books in the Rare Book collection. Some letters that have been in the Library since the early years of the College have unknown provenance. Occasionally, letters of note from unprocessed manuscript collections have been included in the Letter File, with an explanation of their original provenance.
Arrangement
Letters are indexed by the family name (or single name) of the writer.
Other Descriptive Data
ADS: Autograph Document Signed (entirely in the hand of the author)
AL: Autograph Letter Unsigned (in the hand of the author)
ALS: Autograph Letter Signed (entirely in the hand of the author)
AMs: Autograph Manuscript Unsigned (in the hand of the author)
AMsS: Autograph Manuscript Signed (entirely in the hand of the author)
ANS: Autograph Note Signed (a very brief message entirely in the hand of the author)
APcS: Autograph Postcard Signed (entirely in the hand of the author)
DS: Document Signed (text in the hand of another person; signature in the hand of the author)
LS: Letter Signed (text in the hand of another person; signature in the hand of the author)
MsS: Manuscript Signed (text in the hand of another person; signature in the hand of the author)
n.d.: No date
n.y.: No year
TDS: Typed Document Signed (signature in the hand of the author)
TL: Typed Letter Unsigned
TLS: Typed Letter Signed (signature in the hand of the author)
TMs: Typed Manuscript Unsigned
TMsS: Typed Manuscript Signed (signature in the hand of the author)
Rights and citation
- Use
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The Letters and Documents Collection is the physical property of the Special Collections Department, Bryn Mawr College Library. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors of each document or their legal heirs and assigns.
- Publisher
- Bryn Mawr College
Subjects and headings
- Creator
- Bryn Mawr College Library
- Language
- English
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
A-B
C-E
F-H
I-L
M-O
P-R
S-Z
Contact
These materials are held by Bryn Mawr College. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr 19010
- SpecColl@brynmawr.edu
- Website
- https://resolver.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/ark:/37966/b1d507028d-f52d-4d98-8cdb-dde820918435