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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Medals awarded to Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), for their work toward the improvement of Scottish lighthouses, 1842-1875.

Title: Medals awarded to Thomas Stevenson (1818-1887), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), for their work toward the improvement of Scottish lighthouses, 1842-1875.

ArchivalResource: 11 medals, mounted in a single frame.

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Beatty-Quisenberry family. Beaty-Quisenberry familty papers, 1798-1962.

Title: Beaty-Quisenberry familty papers, 1798-1962.

Papers of Adam Beatty and his descendants in the Beatty and Quisenberry families. The papers of Adam Beatty include correspondence, legal papers, and business papers detailing agriculture, politics, slavery, the Episcopal Church, and other aspects of life in Kentucky from the turn of the nineteenth century through Beatty's death in 1858. Correspondents include Robert J. Breckinridge, Leslie Combs, John J. Crittenden, Garrett Davis, Richard Hawes, Richard M. Johnson, Thomas Metcalfe, B. B. Smith, Thomas B. Stevenson, J. R. Underwood, Charles A. Wickliffe, Robert Wickliffe, and numerous other prominent political and religious figures. Letters from family members in California, Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas discuss life in those states. Also included are letters written to Beatty's wife, Sarah, mostly concerning daily life. A small group of Ormond Beatty's papers contain material related to the Civil War, Centre College, the Caldwell Institute, and real estate in Danville, Kentucky. Letters from Ormond Beatty are included in the papers of his parents. Ormond Beatty's daughter, Pattie, grew up in Danville, following the Civil War. Her papers mostly concern social life in postbellum Kentucky, although they also include references to politics and major events. Correspondence to and from Pattie Beatty describes traveling and vacationing in numerous parts of the eastern United States. She was also involved with Presbyterian missionary groups and some related material is included in the collection. In 1882, she married John A. Quisenberry. His papers relate to agriculture, politics, social life, business, and real estate in Kentucky and Texas. Thomas E. Quisenberry, the son of John A. and Pattie Quisenberry, moved to Evanston, Illinois. His papers reflect business, politics, social life, and other aspects of life in Illinois in the mid-twentieth century. Included are copies of his letters to politicians, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, offering Quisenberry's opinions on various issues. The correspondence of his wife Quinlan Hanna Quisenberry (nee Agnes Quinlan Hanna) details social life and travel.

ArchivalResource: 6 cubic feet.

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Wendell family papers

Title: Wendell family papers

Correspondence, business papers, and compositions by members of the Wendell family, a prominent merchant family from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear feet (93 boxes and 1 folder)

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Vol. VI (ff. 231). Sir A. Quiller-Couch-Benjamin Vogt.includes:ff. 1-25 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, author; d.1944: Letters to W. Archer: 1892-1902.ff. 27, 28 Marchesa Adelaide del Grillo, née Ristori; Italian actress: Letters to W. Archer: ...

Title: Vol. VI (ff. 231). Sir A. Quiller-Couch-Benjamin Vogt.includes:ff. 1-25 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, author; d.1944: Letters to W. Archer: 1892-1902.ff. 27, 28 Marchesa Adelaide del Grillo, née Ristori; Italian actress: Letters to W. Archer: ... Unspecified

ArchivalResource: 1 item

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, R-Z and unidentified

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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Robert Louis Stevenson Collection, 1765-1983, 1852-1931

Title: Robert Louis StevensonCollection 1765-1983 1852-1931

The Robert Louis Stevenson Collection consists ofcorrespondence, writings, photographs, artwork, and other material documentingthe life, work, and remembrance of Robert Louis Stevenson.

ArchivalResource: 15.2 linear feet (22boxes)

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Edwin J. Beinecke Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson, 1828-1970, 1870-1940

Title: Edwin J. Beinecke Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson 1828-1970 1870-1940

The Edwin J. Beinecke Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson contains correspondence, manuscripts, personal papers, and research files by, about, and relating to Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.

ArchivalResource: 54.4 linear feet (134 boxes, including 51 oversize boxes)

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Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850. [Stevenson Collection. : A collection of 619 items in 244 volumes from the Stevenson engineering firm.].

Title: [Stevenson Collection. : A collection of 619 items in 244 volumes from the Stevenson engineering firm.]. [1710-1969]

From the archive of the civil engineering firm of Robert Stevenson, his three sons Alan, David and Thomas, and later generations of the family. It comprises important works, mainly of the nineteenth century, on aspects of engineering, navigation, transport and lighthouses.

ArchivalResource: 249 v.

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Baxter, Charles, 1848-1919,. Letters by and about Robert Louis Stevenson, 1872-1904.

Title: Letters by and about Robert Louis Stevenson, 1872-1904.

Stevenson writes to his father, Thomas Stevenson, giving a description of Frankfurt where he is studying with his friend, Walter Simpson; reporting on the progress of his books and their publication, including a story in French, a "memoir" of Fleeming Jenkin, and problems with "Kidnapped"; and inquiring into his parents' activities, including an engineering paper his father is writing. He frequently mentions family, friends and his desire to come home to Scotland and occasionally alludes to his health. Charles Baxter writes to James Nicol Dunn, 1889-1904, concerning research and publications about Stevenson.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

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Stevenson, Robert, 1772-1850. [Stevenson Collection. : A collection of 619 items in 244 volumes from the Stevenson engineering firm.].

Title: [Stevenson Collection. : A collection of 619 items in 244 volumes from the Stevenson engineering firm.]. [1710-1969]

From the archive of the civil engineering firm of Robert Stevenson, his three sons Alan, David and Thomas, and later generations of the family. It comprises important works, mainly of the nineteenth century, on aspects of engineering, navigation, transport and lighthouses.

ArchivalResource: 244 v.

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Stevenson, Thomas, 1818-1887. Journal, 1835-1836.

Title: Journal, 1835-1836.

Journal kept by "Thomas Stevenson, Civil Engineer, 1838." pertaining to woodwork, masonry, ironwork, etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 cm.

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United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870

Title: United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives 1861-1870

The United States Sanitary Commission established the Army and Navy Claim Agency (ANCA) in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 1864 to serve as the USSC’s central office to assist Union soldiers, sailors, and their families in prosecuting claims on the federal government for pensions, back pay, bounty, commutation of rations, prize money, and other benefits, without cost. The Army and Navy Claim Agency Archives comprise the records of the Army and Navy Claim Agency; the records of the Pension Agency, its predecessor organization; the registers and cash books of its subsidiary local agencies; and the records of two quasi-independent USSC claim agencies whose origins predate the establishment of the Army and Navy Claim Agency: the Protective War Claim Association of the State of New York, located in New York City, and the Protective War Claim and Pension Agency, located in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 506.37 linear feet; 1190 boxes, 46 volumes

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Stevenson, Thomas, 1818-1887. Letter: 1874 May 6, 17 Heriot Row [Edinburgh] to David Laing / T. Stevenson.

Title: Letter: 1874 May 6, 17 Heriot Row [Edinburgh] to David Laing / T. Stevenson. 1874.

Introducing his son, Robert Louis Stevenson.

ArchivalResource: [2]p.

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