Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Lyman Potter Spencer papers, 1856-1914 |
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Span Dates | 1856-1914 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1863-1896) |
ID No. | MSS40915 |
Creator | Spencer, Lyman Potter, 1840-1915 |
Extent | 250 items |
Extent | 11 containers |
Extent | 4.4 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.ms007059 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81040915 |
Summary | Artist, soldier, and calligrapher. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, account books, genealogical file, penmanship file, and other papers documenting Spencer's Civil War service and his efforts to continue the publication of the copybooks by his father, Platt R. Spencer, who developed the Spencerian style of handwriting. |