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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79035014
Collection material in English and French
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of E. B. O'Callaghan, physician and historian, were purchased by the Library of Congress in 1904.
The papers of E. B. O'Callaghan were arranged and described in 1977. The finding aid was expanded and revised in 2012.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of E. B. O'Callaghan is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of E. B. O'Callaghan are 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, E. B. O'Callaghan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1797-1830), span the years 1830-1876, with the bulk of the material falling between 1845 and 1860. The papers consist of correspondence, a partial draft of O'Callaghan's
O'Callaghan's diversified career as historian, bibliographer, legislator, physician, and journalist is only partially documented by this collection. After emigrating from Ireland in 1823, O'Callaghan became prominent in Canadian politics and was associated with the revolutionary party. At the same time he was active in the founding of the Society of the Friends of Ireland and was editor of the
O'Callaghan's first years in the United States were taken up with the practice of medicine and with editing the
As a result of this work O'Callaghan was commissioned to edit the
Prominent correspondents include Solomon Alofsen, Edward G. Allen, Edward Armstrong, George Bancroft, Elizabeth T. Porter Beach, Theodric Romeyn Beck, John Romeyn Brodhead, John Carter Brown (1797-1874), Charles Deane, Samuel Gardner Drake, Lyman Copeland Draper, Thomas Ewbank, Édouard Raymond Fabre, Hector Fabre, F.-X. Garneau, William Gowans, Thaddeus William Harris, Samuel F. Haven, Charles J. Hoadly, James Lenox, George Livermore, William Lyons MacKenzie, Benj. N. Martin, Gregory Henry Moore, Henry Cruse Murphy, Francis Parkman, Louis Joseph Papineau, Louis Perrault, Charles Benjamin Richardson, John Gilmary Shea, Alpheus Todd, D. T. Valentine, Townsend Ward, and William A. Whitehead.
This collection is organized chronologically with drafts of the
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79035014