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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
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A. Edward Newton Letters, 1928-1937
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Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940 |
| Title | A. Edward Newton Letters |
| Dates | 1928-1937 |
| Extent | 0.1 linear feet (1 folder) |
| Abstract | Fifteen letters written by author, businessman and book collector A. Edward Newton. Two are to Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Ames Ballard and thirteen are to Mrs. James W. Thorne. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS 170 |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 35 3 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
A. Edward Newton Letters, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Mrs. James Ward Thorne.
Processed by
Virginia Hay Smith, 2008.
Access
The A. Edward Newton Letters are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The A. Edward Newton Letters are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of A. Edward Newton
American author, businessman and book collector.
Born in Philadelphia in 1864, Newton was a renowned collector of rare books. He wrote entertaining books about his activities, and is best remembered for his Amenities of Book Collecting (1918). Acquiring nearly 10,000 volumes, collecting was a serious pastime he could pursue, as he was a shrewd businessman in the manufacturing of electrical equipment.
Newton died in 1940.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Fifteen letters written by A. Edward Newton. Two are to a fellow book collector Ellis Ames Ballard and his wife, and thirteen are to Mrs. James Ward Thorne, (a.k.a. Narissa Niblack Thorne) of Chicago, mostly regarding social activities and the exchange of books and pamphlets.
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Names
- Ballard, Ellis Ames, 1861-1938
- Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940 -- Correspondence
- Thorne, James Ward, Mrs.
Subjects
- Book collecting -- United States
- Book collectors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Correspondence
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950
- Manuscripts, American
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