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Raffaëlli, Jean François, 1850-1924. Manuscripts and documents of Jean François Raffaëlli, 1878-1914.

Title: Manuscripts and documents of Jean François Raffaëlli, 1878-1914.

The collection comprises ca. 1150 leaves of original manuscripts and ca. 220 leaves of correspondence in photocopies. The latter are letters received between the late 1870s and 1914, along with fifteen copies of personal and family documents. Also included are ten drafts of letters Raffaëlli wrote in the same period. The collection of manuscripts comprises writings about most contemporary issues, from arts to philosophy, politics and sociology, including essays, speeches, literary texts, lectures and an unfinished treatise. Except for two typed copies of a lecture in English translation, all the texts are handwritten and, although heavily edited, are often signed or initialled. Raffaëlli's manuscripts reflect numerous ideas typical of the last quarter of the 19th century in France, such as the necessity of modernizing the schools' programs as well as the Jury and exhibition criteria for promoting the modern art; the role of women in society; the "Jewish question" in the context of the Dreyfus affair; the consequences of industrialization; the "péril jaune" and the danger of German invasions and the United States of Europe. The typical "isms" of the last half of 19th century - Naturalism, Impressionism, Positivism, Realism - and Barrès' cult of the self are eloquently illustrated in Raffaëlli's largely unpublished writings. reward of paintings in exhibitions, present the reforms advocated by the author for promoting the true art in France. Other manuscripts are incursions in art and religion, painting and literature, the artist and his profession and Raphäelli's opinion about the questionable originality of women in art. puissance, ou comme un appoint de jeu." The impact of American culture is obvious in the later writings. In 1899 he was invited as a member of the Jury at the International Exhibition of Pittsburgh. In the opening speech of his own exhibition he announced that he had abandoned his theory of "caractérisme" and changed most of his views of the world, embracing a self-confident optimism. He confesses in a letter: "C'est mon dernier voyage en Amérique qui eut cette heureuse influence sur moi." (cited in L. Puech, Le Figaro, 27 May, 1896.)

ArchivalResource: ca. 1 linear ft.(3 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82218580 View

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Papers of Henry James [manuscript], 1876-1915, 1930-1939.

Title: Papers of Henry James [manuscript], 1876-1915, 1930-1939.

The collection contains manuscripts of "Honoré Daumier," "Tourgueneff," and "The saloon" (typed by Forrest Reid.); a translation of Alphonse Daudet's article on Turgenev; chapters VII, VIII, IX of "The Europeans," the last page from "Glasses"; and book reviewsof Elizabeth Stoddard's "Two Men" and Emile Zola's "Nana"; corrections to a page of the printed edition of "Princess Casamassima" and his play "Saloon." The collection also contains proofs and drafts of works on James including "Henry James at Home," by H. Montgomery Hyde; "Lady Barberina and other tales" edited by Herbert Ruhm; "The master" by Ford Madox Ford and "To Henry James," by Max Beerbohm and Edmund Gosse. Subjects discussed at some length include his writing and the art of writing; publication; problems with copyright and book pirating; photographic illustrations; the literary or artistic work of his correspondents and other contemporaries; travels in France and Italy; dislike of the United States and opinions on various European countries; life in London and the country; the theater, including productions of his work; social engagements; health; friends and family. Topics of interest include his relationship with Violet Hunt, the mistress of Ford Madox Ford; his friendship with sculptor Hendrick C. Anderson; the precarious mental health of his sister Alice; opinion of Daudet, and his admiration and criticism of the works of Mrs. Humphrey Ward and the outbreak of World War I. In addition there are very brief mentions of many of the noted literary figures of the day and occasional references to national and world events such as the assassination of Umberto I, the loss of the Titanic, Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, and a 1911 railway strike. The collection also contains some correspondence of James scholars and collectors, 1930-1969, and some correspondence of James family members, particulalry Henry James, Sr., who comments in 1863 that Thucydides records an instance where an enemy's slaves were liberated and suggests Horace Greeley be told, and expounds on his theories of love, marriage, divorce and womanhood. There are also letters of William James, Sr. and William James, Jr., Henry's brother and nephew. The collection also contains numerous photographs and portraits of James, and Lamb House, Rye, England; cartoons of James by Max Beerbohm; and photographs of people and places associated with him.

ArchivalResource: 775 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647914888 View

Bowditch, Mary Orne, 1883-. Memoir, 1950.

Title: Memoir, 1950.

Bound, typescript memoir of childhood life in the late 1800s on Moss Hill in the Roxbury/Jamaica Plain section of Boston. Includes descriptions of Jamaica Plain; relationships with family, friends, and servants; and commentary on daily life, schooling, customs, holiday ceremonies, and current events. Visitors to the household included Abbott Thayer, Ernest W. Longfellow, Paul Bourget, Adelaide C. Chase, Oliver W. Holmes, and Truman H. Bartlett. Mary O. Bowditch was the daughter of Alfred Bowditch, and the grand-daughter of Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch. Her sisters were Margaret (Bowditch) Hallowell and Rosamond (Bowditch) Loring.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/15925508 View

Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935. Alfred de Musset : manuscript, undated.

Title: Alfred de Musset : manuscript, undated.

ArchivalResource: 6 leaves ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612777039 View

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)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01421/catalog View

Jesse Shepard Papers, 1868-1959

Title: Jesse Shepard Papers 1868-1959

The collection contains materials related to the musical and literary activities of Jesse Shepard, who wrote under the pen name Francis Grierson, and his long-time friend and assistant Waldemar Tonner.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 Linear feet; (3 boxes)

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/c837773r View

Montesquiou-Fézensac, Robert, comte de, 1855-1921. Le mort remontant : autograph manuscript, [n.d.].

Title: Le mort remontant : autograph manuscript, [n.d.].

ArchivalResource: 1 item (76 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270935515 View

Académie française autograph album, 1722-1891.

Title: Académie française autograph album, 1722-1891.

Autographs of members of the French Academy, Paris.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00984/catalog View

Marguerite Noël Willaume Coudet autograph album, 1903-1921.

Title: Marguerite Noël Willaume Coudet autograph album, 1903-1921.

Autograph album of early twentieth-century writers and poets, collected by Marguerite Noël Willaume Coudet.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume (.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00654/catalog View

Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935. Soir d'été : manuscript poem, 1891.

Title: Soir d'été : manuscript poem, 1891.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79451155 View

Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935. The luxury of the others (La luxe des autres)

Title: The luxury of the others (La luxe des autres) [19--]

ArchivalResource: 37, 27, 21 l. 27 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44426346 View

French Literature mss., ca. 1750-1977

Title: French Literature mss., ca.1750-1977

Consists of individual items acquiredseparately either as a gift or purchased from a variety of sources, relating to orby French literary figures. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource:

http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAA1255 View

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Letters to Urbain Mengin, 1887-1909.

Title: Letters to Urbain Mengin, 1887-1909.

Includes forty-one letters from James to Mengin concerning their friendship, James' encouragement of Mengin to read and understand English, their visits to each other in London and in Paris, Mengin's trip to Edinburgh, their mutual acquaintance of Paul Bourget and his wife, and Mengin's writings. Also includes volume of photostats of letters.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. (.2 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78375070 View

Letters to William James from various correspondents and photograph album, 1865-1929.

Title: Letters to William James from various correspondents and photograph album, 1865-1929.

Letters to American philosopher and psychologist William James and some to his wife, Alice Howe Gibbens James. Also includes a James family photograph album.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00109/catalog View

Correspondence and journals of Henry James Jr, 1855-1916 .

Title: Correspondence and journals of Henry James Jr, 1855-1916 .

Correspondence of the American writer Henry James Jr. and that of his sister, the American diarist, Alice James. Also includes his diaries, appointment books, and James family photograph albums.

ArchivalResource: 20 boxes and 16 volumes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00300/catalog View

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Correspondence and journals of Henry James Jr., 1855-1916.

Title: Correspondence and journals of Henry James Jr., 1855-1916.

Includes letters to James from various literary and social friends and acquaintances, including Paul Bourget, George Du Maurier, William Dean Howells, James Russell Lowell, Robert Louis Stevenson, and many others. There are several long runs of letters by James, including letters to Elizabeth Boott, Mary Cadwalader Jones, Grace Norton, Henrietta Reubel, and Howard Overing Sturgis. Also includes many letters by James to his parents, his brother William, his nephew Henry James 2nd, his sister Alice, and his sister-in-law Alice Howe Gibbens James. Also includes correspondence to and from his sister, Alice James. With 16 volumes of Henry James Jr.'s diaries and appointment books, 1878-1915 (also known as his "journals").

ArchivalResource: 20 boxes and 16 v. (8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78374781 View