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Horace Howard Furness collection on the Great Central Fair
Best known as a prominent nineteenth-century Shakespearean scholar, Horace Howard Furness served an active role in the United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. This collection contains Furness' papers and ephemera from the U.S. Sanitary Commission's Great Central Fair held i...
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| Collection: | Horace Howard Furness Collection On the Great Central Fair |
| Collection Number: | 0224 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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Processing Information: Box 10 contains ribbons that require more appropriate housing. Boxes 7, 8, and 9 and volumes 1 and 11 require treatment for mold. |
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3.7 Linear feet ; 10 boxes, 13 volumes, 1 flat file |
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This collection is open to researchers. |
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Best known as a prominent nineteenth-century Shakespearean scholar, Horace Howard Furness served an active role in the United States Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. This collection contains Furness' papers and ephemera from the U.S. Sanitary Commission's Great Central Fair held in Philadelphia in June 1864, as well as other materials from the Sanitary Commission and related aid organizations. The collection includes correspondence, meeting minutes, receipts, ticket vouchers, circulars, broadsides, ribbons, tickets, stamps, photographs, ephemera, pamphlets, newspapers, and reports, and offers insights into the planning and implementation of the Great Central Fair, women's aid efforts during the Civil War, and medical practices and sanitation in the 1860s. This collection contains papers and ephemera from the Great Central Fair held by the U.S. Sanitary Commission in Philadelphia in June 1864, as well as other materials from the U.S. Sanitary Commission and related aid organizations. The collection offers insights into the planning and implementation of the Great Central Fair, women's aid efforts during the Civil War, and medical practices and sanitation in the 1860s. Series 1 contains materials relating to the Great Central Fair, including correspondence, meeting minutes, receipts, ticket vouchers, circulars, broadsides, ribbons, tickets, stamps, newspaper clippings, and other miscellaneous records and ephemera from the fair. Series 2 contains miscellaneous materials from the U.S. Sanitary Commission and related aid efforts, including correspondence, circulars, photographs, ephemera, pamphlets, newspapers, and reports. Both series are arranged alphabetically by folder, with pamphlets grouped in boxes 6-8 and oversize materials grouped in Box 9 and Flat File 1. Volumes are arranged by size. |