Oswald Garrison Villard interview transcripts (Ohio) on John Brown
Collection
Identifier: MS B81v
Abstract
Copies of interviews (transcripts) of Ohio (and Hudson) citizens conducted by Oswald Garrison Villard in 1908 for research for his book John Brown: A Biography Fifty Years After. Originals are owned by Columbia University.
Dates
- Creation: 1908-1909
Creator
- Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 (Interviewer, Person)
- Bartshe, Flora Eva Brown, 1858-1932 (Interviewee, Person)
- Buss, Charles, 1845-1911 (Interviewee, Person)
- Cackler, Christian C., III, 1836-1932 (Interviewee, Person)
- Caldwell, Abner, 1839-1916 (Interviewee, Person)
- Griswold, George Abraham, 1814-1910 (Interviewee, Person)
- Hall, Mary Hinsdale, 1825-1922 (Interviewee, Person)
- Hobart, Amelia Elizabeth Blakesley, 1820-1915 (Interviewee, Person)
- Lusk, Charles M., 1832-1914 (Interviewee, Person)
- Myers, Henry (Interviewee, Person)
- Myers, Daniel Woodruff, 1859-1915 (Interviewee, Person)
- Randall, E. O. (Emilius Oviatt), 1850-1919 (Interviewee, Person)
- Sanford, Ransom, 1830-1912 (Interviewee, Person)
- Thompson, Robert W., 1833-1911 (Interviewee, Person)
- Waite, Benjamin K. (Kent), 1816-1913 (Interviewee, Person)
- Whedon, John, Jr., 1836-1916 (Interviewee, Person)
- Willson, Andrew (Interviewee, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Oswald Garrison Villard was the editor of the New York Evening Post and grandson of William Lloyd Garrison.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals are owned by Columbia University: John Brown Manuscripts, 1839-1943 (https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079506)
General
Adapted from legacy finding aid, all interview scope/content summaries are from an old finding aid.
Subject
- Brown, John, 1800-1859 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the Oswald Garrison Villard interview transcripts (Ohio) on John Brown
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Hudson Library & Historical Society Repository