Edmund Booth papers
Description
The papers of Edmund Booth contain journals, personal letters, photographs, clippings and printed material. The material documents his early life at the Hartford, Connecticut School for the Deaf and his career as a forty-niner to California. Family correspondence and photographs as well as material related to a book about Booth entitled, "Edmund Booth: Forty-Niner" is also included.
Dates
- 1831 - 1972
- Majority of material found within 1844 - 1905
Creator
- Booth, Edmund, 1810-1905 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission from Dartmouth College required for publication or reproduction.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Additional Description
Abstract
Edmund W. Booth (1810-1905), printer and advocate for the deaf. The collection consists of journals, correspondence and photographs relating to his career as a forty-niner to California, a newspaper editor, and his work with the education of the deaf.
Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository