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Letters by Anna Robeson Burr: Mrs. Thomas Leaming, 1916
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of selected correspondence, passports, and calling cards of the Burr family of Philadelphia. The collection contains letters by Anna Robeson Burr in England (1916-1918) to her mother, Mrs. Thomas Leaming, including observations on World War I; letters by Edward Holton James, Katharine P. Loring, and Ralph Barton Perry about Burr's book Alice James, Her Brothers--Her Journals (1934); letters by Harrison Smith Morris, Simon Flexner, and Agnes Repplier regarding her book Weir Mitchell, His LIfe and Letters (1930); letters to her daughter Pamela Burr; correspondence of her husband, Charles H. Burr, including letters to him by Lord Southborough; and letters by her daughters, Pamela and Dorothy Burr. In addition, there is an extract of a letter (1773) by Frederica Planta regarding George III's children.
Collection History
- Archival Appraisal Information:
No appraisal information is available.
Access & Use
- Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions for Reproduction and Use:
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Letters by Anna Robeson Burr: Mrs. Thomas Leaming; Burr Family Papers, C0618, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1
