Material Concerning a Newberry Eighteenth Century Manuscript Variously Titled, "The Englishman Returned from Paris" or "The Englishman from Paris" (Case MS Y 135.m9562)
Scope and Contents
Papers include lists, reports, and translations created by Miss Durkee during her employment at the Newberry; sketches, notes, cards, and poetry of fellow Library employee, Mary L. Watson; several poems, cards, and articles by acquaintance Edith Franklin Wyatt, 1931-1934; and a Durkee family letterpress copybook, 1855-1934, signed in part by Harvey Durkee, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Papers originally item catalogued by Midwest Manuscripts Curator Amy Nyholm. Catalogue cards are filed in the Newberry Manuscript Catalogue.
Creator
- From the Series: Durkee, Cara Dana (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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