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Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Special Collections

Lyrasis Library
3390 Park Avenue
New York
NY
10024
USA
collections@lyrasis.org
The Lyrasis Special Collections showcase unique and rare materials curated to support research, education, and the preservation of cultural heritage across member institutions. (DEMO).

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Wayward Family papers, 1847-1963

2.0 Linear Feet 2 Box 2.0 Linear feet 2 record cartons

Scope and Contents note

The Wayward family papers includes material from several Wayward descedents living in the 19th and 20th centuries, and was collected by variou family members. Document types in the collection include correspondence, diaries, clippings, posters and audio tapes about the Wayward family and their various activities.

See the scope and content note for each series for more details about the collection contents.

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Asa Wellspring Wayard diaries, 1847-1862 0.25 Cassettes 20 Cubic Feet 0.25 Linear feet 20 diaries, each separately foldered. Box 1, Folder 1-20

 

Scope and Contents note

20 diaries written between 1847 and 1962 and providing insights into Wayward's activities. There is detailed informatin about abolitionist speakers and rallies in the Hudson Valley and New England, and about Underground Railroad activities.

  1. Sara Wayward Lewis journal and letters, 1849
  2. Letters, 1849

Wayward Family papers, 1847-1963 2.0 Linear Feet 2 Box 2.0 Linear feet 2 record cartons

 
Palmer, Russell

Scope and Contents note

The Wayward family papers includes material from several Wayward descedents living in the 19th and 20th centuries, and was collected by variou family members. Document types in the collection include correspondence, diaries, clippings, posters and audio tapes about the Wayward family and their various activities.

See the scope and content note for each series for more details about the collection contents.

Lyrasis Special Collections

Carry A. Nation collection, 1880s-1920s

2 Linear feet 3 boxes + 1 oversize box
Compiled collection of materials donated by and related to temperance organizer and women's rights activist Carry A. Nation.
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