Charles Eliot Norton Collection 1885, 1904

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
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Restrictions:

Collections is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Charles Eliot Norton Collection, Accession 8381-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Charles Eliot Norton Collection, Accession 8381-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Expresses appreciation to author of "Pine Cone Stories" with "cordial good wishes" for the success of subsequent volumes.]

[Encloses a favorite photograph of self for his daughter; speaks of his son Richard Norton's studies "of the collections in St. Petersburgand Madrid, " and wishes he could be brought to New York; says on the eve of the national presidential election, "public opinion seems to me to become more and more unsatisfactory . . . the conscience and the good sense of our people alike seem dull and indifferent"; mentions Judge Alton Brooks Parkerfavorably; mentions [prominent Democrats] Carl Schurz, and Richard Olney. ]

Acquisition information:
Purchase 1962 Nov 29
Processing information:

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

Physical location:
Physical description:
2 items