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Harvey T. Phillips photograph

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS22

Scope and Content

This collection consists of one daguerreotype, taken approximately 1850, of Harvey T. Phillips while attending Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Dates

  • approximately 1850

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.

Administrative/Biographical History

Harvey T. Phillips (1824-1899) was born in New York state and moved with his family to Chattanooga, Tennessee, when a young man. He attended Dartmouth College and served as a tutor on the Dr. W. S. Stratham plantation in Grenada, Mississippi; the plantation consisted of 1300 acres and sixty slaves. In 1865 Phillips moved to Atlanta where he edited a religious newspaper and joined Benjamin B. Crew in founding a book and music store (1866) later known as Phillips & Crew Piano Co. In 1868 Phillips & Crew undertook publishing an existing magazine, Scott's Monthly Magazine, edited by Reverend W. J. Scott, and for which Phillips served as the assistant editor.

Extent

1 photographic print(s) (1 daguerreotype)

Language

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift, 1989

Related Archival Materials

H. T. Phillips letter, MSS 77f, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center

Title
Harvey T. Phillips photograph
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository

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