The collection consists of a scrapbook assembled to celebrate the 80th birthday of Robert Collyer. It includes a program for the celebration held at the Church of the Messiah (34th Street and Park Avenue, NYC) and congratulatory letters from numerous individuals (including Mark Twain and Andrew Carnegie, among others).
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Robert Collyer (December 8, 1823 – November 30, 1912) was an American Unitarian clergyman.
[Source: Wikipedia]
0.25 Cubic Feet (1 box)
English
Gift of John Mayfield, sometime after 1978.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository