Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Descriptive Summary
Title: Owen Lovejoy Collection,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1859
Collection Number: SC 179
Creator:
Lovejoy (Owen)
Extent:
.02 linear feet
(1 folder)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Vault
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Owen Lovejoy Collection. SC 179. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains an undated note and a printed speech, "The Fanaticism of the Democratic Party," delivered by the Hon.
Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, to the U.S. House of Representatives, Feb. 21, 1859, in which he takes a strong abolitionist stand
and states that he has indeed harbored fugitive slaves.