Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Burton Norvell Harrison family papers, 1812-1926 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1812-1926 |
| Bulk Dates | 1913-1921 |
| ID No. | MSS25080 |
| Creator | Harrison, Burton Norvell, 1838-1904 |
| Extent | 18,600 items |
| Extent | 54 containers plus 3 oversize |
| Extent | 22 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003060 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78025080 |
| Summary | Lawyer and private secretary to Jefferson Davis. Correspondence, diaries, reports, memoranda, manuscripts of articles, speeches, and books, and other papers of Harrison; of J. B. Harrison, lawyer and newspaper editor; Samuel Jordan Harrison, merchant; Constance Cary Harrison (Mrs. Burton Harrison), author; Fairfax Harrison, lawyer and president of the Southern Railway; and of Francis Burton Harrison, lawyer, United States representative from New York, and governor general of the Philippines. |