Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Edmund Cody Burnett papers, 1765-1967 |
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Span Dates | 1765-1967 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1907-1936) |
ID No. | MSS14399 |
Creator | Burnett, Edmund Cody, 1864-1949 |
Extent | 21,550 items ; 63 containers ; 25.2 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Historian, editor, and educator. Correspondence, memoranda, drafts of writings, speeches, notes, research material, financial records, legal papers, and a project file from Burnett's work as editor of Letters of Members of the Continental Congress, published from 1921 to 1936; including also material on the Burnett family and farm in Tennessee, original and edited Civil War correspondence of the Burnett, Cody, Lightfoot, and McGarity families; and a translation of a cipher used by the Lee family of Virginia. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009146 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm88014399 |