This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held in the Research Library at the Nantucket Historical Association. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available through the internet.
Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS42
- Title:
- The Miscellany Collection
- Date(s):
- circa 1890s
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in The Miscellany Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.
Sensitive Materials Statement:Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual’s private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Nantucket Historical Association assumes no responsibility.
Subject Headings
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Topical Terms
- Newspapers--Massachusetts--East Dennis.
Biographical Information
The Miscellany was a weekly Democratic, Freesoil, and Whig journal published in East Dennis, Mass.
Scope and Content
Collection includes letters to the editor and editorials in the weekly newspaper devoted to reforms, morals, education, temperance, and politics.
Contents
Folder 1: Letters to the editor, circa 1890s
Folder 2: Editorials, circa 1890s
Processing Information
Finding aid by Abbie Minard and Amelia Holmes, July 2018 with additional description by Sarah Lerner in September 2018 and Teddy Leane in June 2021.