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Collection material in English
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The Amory Austin Collection Relating to Heraldry was given to the Library of Congress by Catherine Austin in 1920.
The collection was processed in 1973. The finding aid was revised in 2010.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Amory Austin is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The Amory Austin Collection Relating to Heraldry is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Amory Austin Collection Relating to Heraldry, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Amory Austin was born to Ivers James Austin and Elizabeth Turner Amory Austin on July 24, 1849, in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1871 and an S. B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, also in Cambridge, in 1873. He worked in analytical chemistry. In 1890, Austin was appointed expert compiler in the Statistical Division of the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He died on January 4, 1920, in Newport, Rhode Island.
The Amory Austin Collection Relating to Heraldry spans the years circa 1865-1917 and consists of notes, notebooks, and other papers relating to heraldry collected by Austin. Included also is an obituary of Ivers James Austin, a Massachusetts politician, and a letter to him.
This collection is arranged by name of person or type of material.