Memorial to Dr. Robert Stevens, approximately 1832
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 8.00 items 2 Folders
- 0 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Memorial to Dr. Robert Stevens, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida.
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection consists of memorial items for Dr. Robert Stevens of Ely, Cambridge, England. The majority of the memorial materials are in the form of a poem, reading, "Lines addressed to Dr. Robert Stevens, on the Presentation of a Silver Cup by the poor of Ely, on Wednesday the 23rd of May, 1832, in Grateful Rememberance of his Unwearied Exertion to their Recovery and Comfort During the Fatal Epidemic in that Year." Printed by "Hills, Printer, Ely." Photocopies of the ten pages of information originating from the Cambridgeshire Record Office at Cambridge were obtained by Miss Frances F. Haynes of Darien, Georgia, with the cooperation of Mr. R. Holmes and Mrs. Christine Sindell of the Public Library at Ely. The book in this collection is entitled, That alarming malady, by Reginald Holmes, 1974. It is inscribed and signed by Reg Holmes.
- Processing information:
MSS 0-237 processed December 1971. MSS 0-237a processed January 1985.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Authors, English
Commemoratives
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
This collection is in an offsite storage location. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu with requests for access or for more information.
- Terms of access:
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], Memorial to Dr. Robert Stevens, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
