A Guide to the Charles Anderson Dana Collection Dana, Charles Anderson. 7003-b

A Guide to the Charles Anderson Dana Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7003-b


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7003-b
Title
Charles Anderson Dana Collection 1844-1881
Extent
2 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Charles Anderson Dana Collection, Accession 7003-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit, 1964 Mar 28

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Albert Haller Tracy
  • Amelia Russell
  • Charles Anderson Dana
  • Charles Norton
  • George Ripley
  • George William Curtis
  • Georgiana Bruce
  • John Sullivan Dwight
  • Octavius Brooks Frothingham

Item Listing

Letters
  • Charles Anderson Dana to Albert Haller Tracy
    1844 Aug 5
    ALS, 3 p.

    [Requests an address and the extent of indebtedness of his uncle who contracted debts in his name; mentions Charles Norton might know address; discusses Brook Farm experiment.]

  • Charles Anderson Dana to Octavius Brooks Frothingham
    1881 Nov 17
    ALS, 4 p.

    [Responds to request for information for publication on George Ripley and Brook Farm ; will reply to specific questions; discusses Ripley briefly and "the Fourier propaganda"; suggests as other sources Amelia Russell (articles in Atlantic Monthly ) and Georgiana Bruce (writing in the Galaxy ); mentions George William Curtis and John Sullivan Dwight as possible help.]