Elliott Coues Papers, 1820-1914
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Title: Elliott Coues Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1820-1914

Creator:
  • Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899
Call Number: U.S. Mss AZ; Micro 457

Quantity: 0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) and 1 reel of microfilm (35mm)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Elliott Coues, an ornithologist, author, and founder of the American branch of the Gnostic Theosophical Society, including correspondence, 1863-1898, relating to the society and to Helena Blavatsky and Henry Olcott, founders of the Theosophical movement. The collection also includes correspondence, 1820-1829, of Coues' mother, Charlotte Ladd Coues, and of his father, Samuel Elliott Coues, 1832-1860, relating to the establishment of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane and to his work as president of the American Peace Society.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0000az
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