Administrative Information
Provenance
The papers of William Sydney Thayer, newspaper correspondent, editor, and United States consul general in Egypt, were given to the Library of Congress by David Rankin Barbee in 1952.
Processing History
The collection was processed in 1952. The finding aid was revised in 2009.
Other Repositories
The main portion of the Thayer collection, dated 1835-1895, has been microfilmed by the University of Virginia Libraries, Charlottesville, Va.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Sydney Thayer Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.