William Chauncy Langdon papers, (Record no. 39417)
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| control field | DLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | mm 76051094 |
| NUCMC control number | ms 77001541 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
| 072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | N |
| Source | lcmd |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Langdon, William Chauncy, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1831-1895. |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | William Chauncy Langdon papers, |
| Inclusive dates | 1600-1903 |
| Bulk dates | (bulk 1846-1863). |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 800 |
| Type of unit | items. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 3 |
| Type of unit | containers. |
| 506 0# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Open to research. |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Correspondence, diary (1865), journals (1850-1856), subject files, printed material, Langdon (Langston) family genealogical records, and other papers concerning Langdon's invention of card games (1846-1847), his work as professor of astronomy at Shelby College, Ky., and in the U.S. Patent Office (1851-1856), his long career as an Episcopal clergyman, his role in the founding of the Y.M.C.A. movement, especially in Washington, D.C., travels in Europe, Civil War, Clay-Webster debates, and the administrations of Millard Fillmore and Franklin Pierce. Correspondents include Langdon family members, A. D. Bache, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Breckinridge, Phillips Brooks, Benjamin R. Curtis, George T. Curtis, George M. Dallas, Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Joseph Henry, Caroline Lee Hentz, Reverdy Johnson, Amos Kendall, Matthew F. Maury, Thaddeus Stevens, and George Ticknor. |
| 545 0# - BIOGRAPHICAL OR HISTORICAL DATA | |
| Biographical or historical data | Astronomer, clergyman, and patent lawyer. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Collection material in English. |
| 555 8# - CUMULATIVE INDEX/FINDING AIDS NOTE | |
| Cumulative index/finding aids note | Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bache, A. D. |
| Fuller form of name | (Alexander Dallas), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1806-1867 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Benton, Thomas Hart, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1782-1858 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Breckinridge, John C. |
| Fuller form of name | (John Cabell), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1821-1875 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Brooks, Phillips, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1835-1893 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Clay, Henry, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1777-1852. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Curtis, Benjamin Robbins, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1809-1874 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Curtis, George Ticknor, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1812-1894 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dallas, George Mifflin, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1792-1864 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fillmore, Millard, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1800-1874. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Goodrich, Samuel G. |
| Fuller form of name | (Samuel Griswold), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1793-1860 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1824-1896 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Henry, Joseph, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1797-1878 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hentz, Caroline Lee Whiting, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1800-1856 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Johnson, Reverdy, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1796-1876 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kendall, Amos, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1789-1869 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Maury, Matthew Fontaine, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1806-1873 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pierce, Franklin, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1804-1869. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Stevens, Thaddeus, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1792-1868 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ticknor, George, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1791-1871 |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Webster, Daniel, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1782-1852. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Langston family. |
| 600 30 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Langston family |
| Form subdivision | Correspondence. |
| 610 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | United States. |
| Subordinate unit | Patent Office. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Episcopal Church. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Shelby College. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Young Men's Christian Association (Washington, D.C.) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Young Men's Christian associations. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Astronomy. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Card games. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Universities and colleges |
| Geographic subdivision | Kentucky |
| -- | Shelbyville. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Europe |
| General subdivision | Description and travel. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | Civil War, 1861-1865. |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Astronomers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Clergy. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
| 656 #7 - INDEX TERM--OCCUPATION | |
| Occupation | Lawyers. |
| Source of term | itoamc |
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