RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

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Cortazzo autograph collection (RLC.Ms.027)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Collection Overview

Title: Cortazzo autograph collection
Date range: 1656-1916 and undated, (bulk 1880-1900)
Creator: Cortazzo, Emma Cullum, 1842-1918
Extent: 0.83 linear feet (2 document cases)
Abstract: Autographs, letters and letter fragments, postcards, notes, calling cards, poems, military orders, and other official documents collected by Emma Cullum Cortazzo and her daughter, Katherine Cortazzo, from various literary, historical, and royal figures.
Language of materials: English.
Repository: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection number: RLC.Ms.027