Research Catalog
Noah Webster papers
- Title
- Noah Webster papers, 1764-1843.
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3258 Box 5 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3258 Box 4 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3258 Box 3 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3258 Box 2 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3258 Box 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 5.65 linear feet (10 boxes, 15 v.)
- Summary
- Collection consists of correspondence, writings by Webster on various topics, diaries, and miscellaneous papers.
- Uniform Title
- American magazine (New York, N.Y. : 1787)
- New-York commercial advertiser (New York, N.Y. : 1804)
- Subjects
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 > American dictionary of the English language
- English language > Etymology
- Editors
- Diaries
- Political parties > History
- Constitutional amendments > United States
- Suffrage
- Lexicographers
- Banks and banking > United States
- Commonplace books
- United States > Politics and government > 1783-1809
- Educators
- English language > Lexicography
- Connecticut > Politics and government > 1775-1865
- Epidemics
- Amherst College History > Sources
- Federal government
- Lawyers
- Genre/Form
- Commonplace books.
- Diaries.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Entire collection available on microfilm;
- available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Biography (note)
- Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, educator, lawyer, and editor.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 3258
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A414
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843.
- Title
- Noah Webster papers, 1764-1843.
- Additional Formats
- Entire collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-443Selected items available as digital images.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Access
- Surrogates must be used in lieu of originals.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Related collections include the William Greenleaf Webster Papers and the Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel Papers; Manuscripts and Archives Division; New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Noah Webster (1758-1843) was an American lexicographer, educator, lawyer, and editor. His first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, was published in 1806. He is best known for the more comprehensive American Dictionary of the English Language, finished in 1825 and published in 1828.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Editors.Educators.Lawyers.Lexicographers.
- Added Author
- Greenleaf family.Webster family.Jay, John, 1745-1829.King, Rufus, 1755-1827.Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.Webster, Rebecca Greenleaf, 1760-1842.
- Added Title
- American magazine (New York, N.Y. : 1787)New-York commercial advertiser (New York, N.Y. : 1804)
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3258