Providing Public Access to the Collections of John H. James and Samuel Fulton Covington
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Title
Providing Public Access to the Collections of John H. James and Samuel Fulton Covington
Description
Two significant collections within the Walter Havighurst Special Collections at the Miami University Libraries provide information about the early history of communities west of the Alleghenies. The collections of John H. James (1800-1881) and Samuel Fulton Covington (1819-1889) reflect those individuals’ involvement in local, state and national politics; trade and commerce; banking; and inland navigation. Both collections reflect these men’s commitment to and concerns for the growth and development of the nation in which they lived.
Program
Date
Temporal Coverage
1820 - 1899
Spatial Coverage
Development of banking, transportation of the inland waterways, politics as a delegate to the 1831 National Republican Convention
Extent
302 linear feet
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Primary Contact
Janet Stuckey