Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Sir Francis Joseph Campbell papers,

Title

• Sir Francis Joseph Campbell papers,

Summary

• Correspondence, speeches, writings, articles, biographical material, family papers, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Campbell's work for the education of the blind and to the Royal Normal College and Academy for the Blind, London, England. Papers of Campbell's wife, Sophia Faulkner Campbell, include a manuscript of her biography of Campbell. Also includes papers of a son, Charles Francis Faulkner Campbell, and of various members of the family identified with the college. Correspondents include Sir Rutherford Alcock; Thomas Rhodes Armitage; William Arrol; John P. Coldstream; Charles Eden; Henry Fawcett; Richardson Gardner; Carl C. Fitzroy; Edward Hopkins; John MacDonald; Lyon Playfair, Baron Playfair; John Presland; Dudley R. Smith; William Tebb; and Henry J. Wilson.

Names

• Campbell, Francis Joseph, Sir, 1834-1914
• Campbell, Charles Francis Faulkner, 1876-
• Campbell, Sophia Faulkner

Headings

• -  Alcock, Rutherford,--Sir,--1809-1897--Correspondence
• -  Armitage, Thomas Rhodes,--1824-1890--Correspondence
• -  Arrol, William,--1839-1913
• -  Fawcett, Henry,--1833-1884
• -  Playfair, Lyon Playfair,--Baron,--1818-1898
• -  Presland, John,--1839 or 1840-1897
• -  Tebb, William,--1830-1918--Correspondence
• -  Wilson, Henry J.--Correspondence
• -  Campbell family
• -  Royal Normal College and Academy for the Blind
• -  Blind--Education
• -  Education--England--London
• -  Music for the blind
• -  Coldstream, John P.,--1806-1863
• -  Eden, Charles
• -  Fitzroy, Carl C
• -  Gardner, Richardson
• -  Hopkins, Edward
• -  MacDonald, John
• -  Smith, Dudley R

Notes

• -  Arranged in four series. Series 1: Letters Sent, 1879-1909; Series 2: Letters Received, 1870-1905; Series 3: Family Papers, 1875-1935; and Series 4: Subject File, 1871-1926.
• -  American-born musician, educator, and advocate for the blind.
• -  Collection material in English, with braille.
• -  Gift, Edna Irwin Davis and Mary Dranga Campbell, 1952-1953.
• -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms014078

Medium

• 10,500 items.
• 35 containers.
• 14 linear feet.

Repository

• Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home

Library of Congress Control Number

• mm78014860

Access Advisory

• Open to research.

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78014860

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• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record