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Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895. Papers of Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen [manuscript], 1867-1895.

Title: Papers of Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen [manuscript], 1867-1895.

The collection contains four poems and sonnets by Boyesen, correspondence with admirers, publishers, other authors and friends, and a photograph. The centerpiece of the collection is a group of 13 letters in German by author Friedrich Spielhagen of Berlin, known to Boyesen from his years in Germany. The friends help one another with the translation and publication of their literary output in either America or Germany and discuss a wide variety of subjects and problems, particularly political, social, and health. Other correspondence includes two letters from Louise d'Alq, a French translator, regarding Boyesen's "Gunnar" and the possibility of future translations, and two letters from Archbiship Michael Augustine Corrigan concerning charges of Tammany Hall connections made and retracted by Boyesen. Specific topics in the correspondence include thoughts on evolution, travels to Russia, the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, Goethe, realism and naturalism in literature particularly in the works of Ibsen and Zola, and Spielhagen's friendship with Carl Schurz. In addition there are 45 letters and fragments in Norwegian.

ArchivalResource: 110 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833514 View

Sewall, Frank. Papers, 1872 Dec. 28.

Title: Papers, 1872 Dec. 28.

Letter, Dec. 28, 1872, from Frank Sewall, President of Urbana University, to K.A. Ferris, requesting more information about Ferris' treatise "A New Theory of the Design of Space."

ArchivalResource: 1 item, 4 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6312604 View

Sewall, Frank, 1837-1915. Sketches, 1891-1892.

Title: Sketches, 1891-1892.

These sketches document the appearance of several eighteenth-century buildings in Williamsburg prior to their restoration in the 1930s. They consist of one framed sketch and a sketchbook featuring scenes of Williamsburg and the James River drawn by Frank Sewall between 1891 and 1892. The sketchbook is titled: "Williamsburg, Va. The Potomac, the James, and the Canal, 1891." It includes pen, pencil, and watercolor sketches of interior and exterior views of Bruton Parish Church, the Courthouse and Market Square, the Wren building, and various unidentified houses, as well as views of boats along the James and Potomac rivers. The framed sketch is a view of the tower and steeple of Bruton Parish Church.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51024978 View

Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Correspondence, 1882-1898, bulk 1838-1932.

Title: Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) Correspondence, 1882-1898, bulk 1838-1932.

Correspondence files of Roberts Brothers, pertaining to all departments, editorial, production, advertising, and sales. Also, some miscellaneous letters and documents, unrelated to Roberts Brothers, which deal with various legal matters, including those of Frederick D. Ely and of William A. Dunn, from 1838 until 1932, and letters to the Secretary of Harvard University from 1900 to 1907.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (ca. 2,000 items in 5 boxes).

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_4079266/ View

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel Joseph May diary, 1859.

Title: Samuel Joseph May diary, 1859.

Diary describing May's 1859 travels, including: meetings with anti-slavery advocates in England, visits to France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, & Holland, descriptions of preparations for war in Italy, accounts of various artists and studios in Rome, details of travel arrangements to a number of ancient sites, memoranda pages list 1859 addresses of a number of people including William and Ellen Craft. He returns to Syracuse in November and resumes his work as a Unitarian clergyman there.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64758474 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930.

Title: Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930.

Correspondence of American author Sarah Orne Jewett.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00384/catalog View

King, Marquis Fayette, 1835-1904. Photographic album, ca. 1800?-1900?.

Title: Photographic album, ca. 1800?-1900?.

Includes portraits of various adults and children done by various photographers such as: portraits of Nancy Deering (daughter of Col. Waite), Rene Noyes, Mrs. Sherwood, Helen Sherwood, George Sherwood, Mr. Harry Anderson and Mrs Alice Anderson (Preble), Andrew Scott and wife, Edward Ilsley and wife, Henry Scott, Miss Ilsley, Kate Libby, Augustus Libby, Ada Carter, Lizzie Shaw, Frank Barrett, Alice Anderson, George Barrett, Tyng Smith, Frank Sewall, Harriet Simonton, Mrs. Bartol, Mrs Motley, Mary Anderson, Barber, Edward Preble (son of Commodore Preble), Frank Noyes, Dr. Daveis and his father. Photographers include M.F. King, George M. Howe, B.F. Smith & Co., B.F. Smith & Son, T.R. Burnham, and Joseph H. Lamson, all of Portland, and Heinrich Bucker of Dresden, Me.

ArchivalResource: 1 album ; 15 x 24 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/231622834 View