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Barrett, Joseph H. (Joseph Hartwell), 1824-1910. Papers of Joseph H. Barrett, 1845-1910.

Title: Papers of Joseph H. Barrett, 1845-1910.

The correspondence of Joseph H. Barrett and his extended family. The bulk of the collection (354 letters) consists of Barrett's own personal and professional correspondence, both incoming and outgoing letters. The letters cover Barrett's his entire life and career, especially his studies at Middlebury College (class of 1845); teaching at various private schools in Vermont and New Hampshire (1845-1848); association with the American Whig Review and various New England newspapers (1848-1851); service in the Vermont House of Representatives (1851-1853); the courtship and marriage, intense religious soul-searching that led him from Congregationalism, to Universalism and finally to the Episcopal Church, covering politics for the Cincinnati Gazette (1857-1861), editorship of the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle (1868-1892), and his literary work, particularly his 1888, 1902, and 1904 biographies of Lincoln. Also included letters to the editor received by Barrett as the editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle and Times. Correspondents include Mrs. Barrett, Samuel Mills Conant (1820-1855), a fellow Middlebury alumnus and publisher of the Vermont Union Whig; Park Benjamin (1809-1864), Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904), William H. Herndon, Benjamin Labaree (1801-1883), Edward McPherson, (1830-1895), Alfred Bult Mullett (1834-1890), William Frederick Poole (1821-1894), James Reed Spalding (1821-1872), and others. Also included correspondence of Barrett's extended family scattered from New England to California. This portion includes the letters of George H. Hilton, a Barrett's in-law, for whom he had procured a clerical position at the Navy Dept. Hilton's letter cover the period of the Civil War and describe the inner workings of the Navy Department and the young man's life in the war-time Washington. Also included is the miscelleanous correspondence of the Hilton and Lowell families and the letters to Barrett from his kinswoman M. Lowell Elliot of Santa Barbara, Calif. (1904-1910), detaling the life in Southern California.

ArchivalResource: 426 letters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228770255 View

Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers

Title: Douglas Volk and Leonard Wells Volk papers

The papers of painter and teacher Douglas Volk (1856-1935) and his father, sculptor Leonard Wells Volk (1828-1895), measure 12.4 linear feet and date from circa 1858-1965, 2008, with the bulk of the material dating from circa 1870-1935. Douglas Volk's papers document his life and career through biographical material, family and professional correspondence, writings and notes, diaries and journals, financial records, printed material, scrapbooks, artwork and sketchbooks, and photographs of the artist, his family, friends, and artwork. The papers also provide documentation of the formation and operations of the Sabatos Handicraft Society established with Marion Volk from the Volk's summer home, Hewnoaks, in Center Lovell, Maine. Scattered documentation of the life and work of Leonard Wells Volk, is found in biographical material, land records, letters, memoirs, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 12.4 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90e52e701-7c1c-4c0f-9ae4-c5d298350d94 View

General Records of the Department of the Treasury. 1775 - 2005. Personnel Files of Notable Treasury Employees

Title: General Records of the Department of the Treasury. 1775 - 2005. Personnel Files of Notable Treasury Employees

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/569677 View

McCullough, Samuel, b. 1826. Papers of Samuel McCullough, 1854-1886.

Title: Papers of Samuel McCullough, 1854-1886.

The collection consists of letters, documents and 2 bound volumes related to the personal and business activities of Samuel McCullough. Most relate to the construction of federal buildings in San Francisco from 1873-78. There are also materials about the Sutter New Helvetia title and a trip to the Fraser River mines.

ArchivalResource: 72 pieces.1 box.2 bound volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122443635 View

Baird, Joseph Armstrong. Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. papers [manuscripts], 1963.

Title: Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. papers [manuscripts], 1963.

Historical and architectural research notes on early Portland, Oregon buildings, 1963, by Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. of Fairfax, California, including the Pioneer Post Office (architect Mullet), the New Market Block (architect W. W. Piper), and the Dekum Block.

ArchivalResource: .04 cubic feet (3 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/680043518 View

Taylor and Lazarus (Firm),. Pioneer Courthouse plans [manuscript], 1869-1907.

Title: Pioneer Courthouse plans [manuscript], 1869-1907.

Collection includes: 563 plans, elevations, sections and details on 111 sheets of the Pioneer Courthouse at SW 5th Ave. and SW Yamhill St. in Portland, Oregon, scales 1/4" : 1' to 1:1, original plans by A. B. Mullett, 1869 and plans for a remodel by Taylor & Lazarus, 1904-1907.

ArchivalResource: 63 x 93 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/703255310 View