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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Robert Maclay Widney correspondence
    Creator: Widney, R. M. (Robert Maclay), 1838-1929
    Identifier/Call Number: 5005
    Physical Description: 0.21 Linear Feet 1 box
    Date: 1886
    Abstract: This collection consists of two letters written by American lawyer, judge, and founding member of the University of Southern California Robert Maclay Widney to Rev. John Dickenson in 1886.
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1

    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of two letters written by American lawyer, judge, and founding member of the University of Southern California Robert Maclay Widney to Rev. John Dickenson in 1886. The first letter is informing Dickenson of his professorship of Mineralogy and Geology and his position as curator of the museum. In the second letter Widney urges Dickenson to be present on campus for the beginning of the 1886 fall semester.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Robert Mclay Widney correspondence, Collection no. 5005, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    Collection is fully processed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Correspondence
    Universities and colleges -- California -- Los Angeles -- Administration -- Archival resources
    Widney, R. M. (Robert Maclay), 1838-1929 -- Archives