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Daniel G. Siegel Collection
Daniel G. Siegel (Brown University, Class of 1957) donated to the John Hay Library a collection comprising over 3,000 books and 200 manuscripts in various installments between 1999-2019. The items focus mainly on American literature, American history, and the history of science, but also encompass a broad range of other subjects including alcohol and addiction studies, the development of the American West, the history of technology and its uses, natural history and materia medica, the Civil War era, women’s rights, religion, and social reforms of all kinds. The collection also includes association copies, which document the various ways in which intellectuals and activists interacted with ideas and with one another.Format(s): Books, Serials, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Broadsides, Maps, Letters, Documents
Library: John John Hay
NOTE: Portions of this collection are housed off-site. Prior notice is needed for retrieval
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