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Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926.

Title: Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926.

Correspondence and other papers of the American writer Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes (7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00327/catalog View

Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. Louise Chandler Moulton letters, 1854-1896.

Title: Louise Chandler Moulton letters, 1854-1896.

The collection contains letters from Moulton to Mr. Ford, 26 July (no year), thanking him for payment for two stories and remarking that she has more of a "home feeling [in London] than is usual to my life;" to her cousin Horace P. Chandler, 188-; to Dr. Griffis, Monday [13 Feb. n.y.], inviting him to meet Mr. Von Eltz; to Editor, Who's who, 15 August n.y., returning a proof; at sea to Oswald Crawfurd, 7 Nov. (no year), requesting the true story behind the novel, Grace Tolmar; to Phillips, Sampson & Co., 21 February 1854, about publishing her book, This, that, and the other; to My dear friend, Sunday, 27 August [1893], stating that she has never printed anything unkind about anyone, her ill health, and desire to see Hereford and Tewkesbury; to Mr. Bowen, Wednesday, about the Independent rejecting love poems and noting that several people have written to her about "The Rose She Wore in Winter." Also, to Olea Bull, 3 September 1882, thanking her for her note; a four-line poem, "Why?," inscribed to Olea, 8 January 1884; to Ticknor & Company, 2 May 1887, requesting Carpenter's Liber amoris to review; 27 August 1893, about coming to England for her health, travels, and cutting remarks; to Dr. Ward, 25 February n.y., enclosing her tribute to Stevenson [not included] and the enthusiastic reception of her Sonnet sequence in the Independent; to Ben. W. Austin, 5 November n.y., about her election to an honorary membership in the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society; in Paris to Mrs. Darling, 24 Sept. 1896, accepting her invitation to speak in Boston on 20 Jan. if she is well, and notes her travel plans; to Mr. Bridgman, 2 Feb. n.y., questioning why he does not like her poem; to Mr. Braithwaite, 9 May n.y., thanking him for flowers and hoping he'll visit before she sails to Europe in two weeks if she is well enough.

ArchivalResource: 16 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33928989 View

Carpenter, Henry Bernard, 1840-1890. Poem, n.d.

Title: Poem, n.d.

Poem begins "O toil in vain without surcease!"

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54674207 View

Carpenter, Henry B. Letters (photocopies), 1864-1865.

Title: Letters (photocopies), 1864-1865.

Letters addressed to his wife, Celestia, concerning mostly personal and family matters. There is some mention of his soldiering experiences when the regiment was engaged in the seige of Petersburg, Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122583098 View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Barnes, Mary Sheldon, 1850-1898. Papers, 1857-1948 (bulk 1880-1898).

Title: Papers, 1857-1948 (bulk 1880-1898).

The Mary Sheldon Barnes Papers consist of correspondence, creative and professional writings, artwork, juvenilia, line-a-day diaries, notes, teaching materials, memorabilia, scrapbooks, and photographs. The bulk of the material dates from 1880 to 1898 and is rich in personal and professional correspondence which, along with her journals provide insight into the coming of age and later professional academic life of a woman historian of the late 19th century. They also are a valuable source of information on the development of historiography. Personal correspondence includes travel descriptions, courtship letters and intimate letters between Mary Barnes and her friend Mary Alling which provide a valuable insight into female friendships of that period. Other correspondents include academics and fellow historians of the period such as Katherine Lee Bates, George Lincoln Burr, Henry Bernard Carpenter, Martin Luther Maynard Salmon, Calvin Thomas, Moses Coit Tylor, and Andrew Dickson White.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft. (21 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47883890 View

Robert Grant papers

Title: Robert Grant papers

Papers of Robert Grant (Harvard AB 1873), an American novelist and lawyer.

ArchivalResource: 18 boxes and 7 volumes (7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00080/catalog View

Barrows family papers, 1861-1931.

Title: Barrows family papers, 1861-1931.

Letters and manuscripts of the Barrows family of New York.

ArchivalResource: 53 boxes (26 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00494/catalog View

Mary Sheldon Barnes Papers MS 217., 1857-1948, 1880-1898

Title: Mary Sheldon Barnes Papers 1857-1948 1880-1898

Professor and historian. Papers include creative and professional writings, artwork, diaries, teaching materials, scrapbooks, and photographs. The material provides insight into the coming of age and later professional academic life of a woman historian of the late 19th century. They are also a valuable source of information on the development of historiography. Correspondents include academics and fellow historians of the period.

ArchivalResource: 21 boxes; (8 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/sophiasmith/mnsss2.html View