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Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910. Letter, 1859, Dec. 19, No. 61, Wall Street, New York, to Hon. C. M. Clay.

Title: Letter, 1859, Dec. 19, No. 61, Wall Street, New York, to Hon. C. M. Clay.

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ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p. on 1 fold. leaf); 21 x 26 cm. folded to 21 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39862884 View

Robert McBurney papers., 1864-1937

Title: Robert McBurney papers. 1864-1937

Collection contains primarily correspondence of McBurney with other YMCA leaders. Also included are manuscripts of biographies of McBurney.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/yusa0021.xml View

Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910. Cephas Brainerd letter press book, 1898-1899.

Title: Cephas Brainerd letter press book, 1898-1899.

Brainerd was born in Haddam, Connecticut, and studied law in New York City. He joined the New York firm of Ebenezer Seely and Truman Smith. This volume contains copies of letters he wrote, mostly on financial and insurance matters.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/722850821 View

Cephas Brainerd papers., 1865-1947, (bulk 1880-1890).

Title: Cephas Brainerd papers. 1865-1947 (bulk 1880-1890).

Correspondence, speeches, writings and biographies of Cephas Brainerd, secretary general of the YMCA International Committee from 1867-1892.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/yusa0015.xml View

Weidensall, Robert, 1836-1922. Robert Weidensall papers, 1844-1940 (bulk 1960-1920).

Title: Robert Weidensall papers, 1844-1940 (bulk 1960-1920).

Papers, primarily correspondence, diaries, and travelogs, of Robert Weidensall documenting his 54 year career organizing YMCAs, including state, county, college and railroad work. Also included are mementos, clippings, Weidensall's will and other records concerning his funeral and the disposition of his estate, and considerable material preserved in conjunction with Weidensall's 50th and 80th birthday celebrations. The collection includes correspondence from Weidensall's brother, Jacob, who was involved in the Civil War; as well as many local YMCA leaders documenting the evolution of state, county and college work of the YMCA.

ArchivalResource: 23.9 cu. ft. (59 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62702004 View

Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910. Cephas Brainerd papers, 1865-1947 (bulk 1880-1890).

Title: Cephas Brainerd papers, 1865-1947 (bulk 1880-1890).

The bulk of the collection consists of speeches and writings of Brainerd delivered during the later years of his tenure as secretary general of the International Committee of the YMCA. Also included are copies of manuscripts of biographies of Brainerd written by family members, including his son and wife.

ArchivalResource: 1.0 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62699344 View

Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910. Letter signed : New York, to [President Lincoln], 1861 Feb. 28.

Title: Letter signed : New York, to [President Lincoln], 1861 Feb. 28.

Recommending Charles C. Nott as U.S. District Attorney for the New York district.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270134742 View

Ober, Charles K. (Charles Kellogg), b. 1856. Charles K. Ober papers, 1882-1948 (bulk 1882-1890).

Title: Charles K. Ober papers, 1882-1948 (bulk 1882-1890).

Ober's papers contain a variety of materials relating to his Association work. There is considerable material, primarily correspondence, relating to the student movement. Other materials relate to the recruiting and training of secretaries and correspondence from state committees concerning finances, personnel and conventions. There are also files for each state containing correspondence relating to the work of state committees in matters of finance, personnel and conventions.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62699146 View

Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York. Records of the YMCA of the City of New York 1852-1980s (bulk 1852-1925).

Title: Records of the YMCA of the City of New York 1852-1980s (bulk 1852-1925).

Minutes, account books, scrapbooks, ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets, journals, committee reports and other materials primarily related to the operations of the YMCA in Manhattan before the New York organization merged with the Brooklyn and Queens YMCA in 1957 and include later publications that document the role of the association in the history of the city. The collection also documents the work of the New York YMCA during the Civil War. There is material related to the US Christian Commission and the Sanitary Commission as well as correspondence with and about individual soldiers and their families. Also included in the collection are materials related to other organizations, especially the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, founded in New York in 1876. The New York YMCA supported this organization in numerous ways until the 1880s, when the relationship became less institutional, although individual members continued to participate.

ArchivalResource: 24 cubic feet (58 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/406116059 View

Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth Munson, 1838-1912. My lady's fan : holograph poem on 4 leaves, Sorry, a man's plea, letter to "My dear friend," June 30,1891, note to Mr. DuBois, 12 Nov. 1886, a letter to Miss Booth, Jan. 25, 1887, to Mr. Cephes[sic] Brainerd, November 9, 1895, Dr. Vernon, May 10, 1894 with poem, Mrs. Smith, New York, October 21, 1889, and "Corresponding Editor," Glen Ridge, New Jersey, May 4, 1904.

Title: My lady's fan : holograph poem on 4 leaves, Sorry, a man's plea, letter to "My dear friend," June 30,1891, note to Mr. DuBois, 12 Nov. 1886, a letter to Miss Booth, Jan. 25, 1887, to Mr. Cephes[sic] Brainerd, November 9, 1895, Dr. Vernon, May 10, 1894 with poem, Mrs. Smith, New York, October 21, 1889, and "Corresponding Editor," Glen Ridge, New Jersey, May 4, 1904. 1887-1904.

Note to Mr. DuBois about returning some books. Fragment of a letter to Miss [Mary Louise] Booth, reluctantly, declining a position at Harper's Bazaar. Letter to Brainerd asking for advice and an interview in seeking a position for her nephew, Charles C. Brainerd. Reply to Dr. Vernon sending an autograph with a holograph copy of her poem "Vale Kearsarge" for his University collection. Letter to Mrs. Smith regretting sending back a poem but glad a sonnet is being published on Harper's letterhead. Letter to a "Corresponding Editor" about sending 3 college stories for girls and hoping he can use all three.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18010319 View

Records of the YMCA of the City of New York., 1852-1980s, (bulk 1852-1925)

Title: Records of the YMCA of the City of New York. 1852-1980s (bulk 1852-1925)

Includes minutes, account books, scrapbooks, ephemera, correspondence, newspaper clippings, brochures and pamphlets, journals, committee reports and other materials that document the early history of the YMCA in New York City.

ArchivalResource: 24 cubic feet (58 boxes)

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/ygny0020.xml View

Letters from various correspondents, 1854-1897.

Title: Letters from various correspondents, 1854-1897.

Letters toMassachusetts lawyer Edward Lillie Pierce from Charles Francis Adams, Samuel PortlandChase, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Carl Schurz, and many other correspondents.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01482/catalog View

Charles K. Ober papers., 1882-1948, (bulk 1882-1890).

Title: Charles K. Ober papers. 1882-1948 (bulk 1882-1890).

Papers of Charles Kellogg Ober, documenting his work in the student movement of the YMCA.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes).

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/yusa0014.xml View

Evarts family papers, 1753-1960 (bulk 1798-1901)

Title: Evarts family papers 1753-1960

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for the American Board of Foreign Missions, and his efforts on behalf of American Indians. His correspondents include family members, fellow members of the Yale Class of 1802, and many well-known clergymen, lawyers, statesmen, and missionaries.

ArchivalResource: 24.25 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0200 View

Robert Weidensall papers., 1844-1940, (bulk 1860-1920).

Title: Robert Weidensall papers. 1844-1940 (bulk 1860-1920).

Papers, primarily correspondence, diaries, and travelogs, of Robert Weidensall documenting his 54 year career organizing YMCAs, including state, county, college and railroad work. The collection includes correspondence from Weidensall's brother, Jacob, who was involved in the Civil War; as well as many local YMCA leaders documenting the evolution of state, county and college work of the YMCA.

ArchivalResource: 23.9 cu. ft. (59 boxes)

http://special.lib.umn.edu/findaid/xml/yusa0023.xml View

McBurney, Robert Ross, 1837-1898. Robert McBurney papers, 1864-1937.

Title: Robert McBurney papers, 1864-1937.

Papers include biographical sketches, articles, and reminiscences. There are also two lengthy biographical manuscripts, one by L.L. Doggett, and one by John Morse. Also included are papers and addresses by McBurney on a variety of topics, as well as correspondence regarding local and national administrative matters with Thomas Cree, William Dodge, Rochard Morse, Dwight Moody, and other YMCA leaders.

ArchivalResource: 1.2 cu. ft. (3 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62700480 View

Butler, William Allen, 1825-1902. Papers of William Allen Butler, 1854-1894.

Title: Papers of William Allen Butler, 1854-1894.

Butler discusses publication plans and his writing; responds to autograph hunters; and discusses legal matters, particularly regarding the "Somers" mutiny case. Daniel E. Sickels, his father Benjamin Franklin Butler, and Charles O'Conor are mentioned. There is also a letter from D. Appleton & Co., discussing financial matters, written on a prospectus for "Two millions." Correspondents include Cephas Brainerd, John M. [Bush?], F.K. Howell, George E. Jardine, Henry Paret, Joseph H. Richards, Howard M. Ticknor.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50248777 View

Elihu Root Correspondence, 1874-1935

Title: Elihu Root Correspondence 1874-1935

Papers of the American lawyer, politician, U.S. Secretary of War under President McKinley, U.S. Secretary of State under Theodore Roosevelt, following the death of John Hay, and United States Senator from New York. Letters, 125 of which are outgoing, which include discussions concerning national and state Republican Party politics. Several letters are responses to speaking and/or dinner invitations as well as recommendations for various appointments. Correspondents include Cephas Brainerd, Henry Billings Brown, Charles Butler, Julius Chambers, Henry J. Cookinham, William E. Curtis, Charles B. Elliott, Robert Ely, John H. Finley, Henry W. Fishel, Jacob Gallinger, Paul Hickok, Frank Wayland Higgins, Willis Johnson, Adrian Joline, John Knox, Samuel Koenig, Chester Lord, Isabel Lord, William McAdoo, Richard McCurdy, Martin McMahon, Charles Miller, Benjamin B. Odell, William C. Osborn, Ellis Robb, Arthur Saunders, and others.

ArchivalResource: 127 items

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/r/root_e.htm View

Charles Sumner. Slavery and the Rebellion, 1864-1940.

Title: Charles Sumner. Slavery and the Rebellion, 1864-1940.

Volume containing both printed and holograph versions of a speech entitled "Slavery and the Rebellion" given by Charles Sumner before the New York Men's Republican Union at Cooper Union, November 5, 1864. Also contains a letter from Sumner to Cephas Brainerd, October 29, 1864 (?) and a letter from Brainerd's daughter Eveline to Dr. Lydenberg, giving him the volume, 1940.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122570774 View

Charles Sumner. Slavery and the Rebellion, 1864-1940.

Title: Charles Sumner. Slavery and the Rebellion, 1864-1940.

Volume containing both printed and holograph versions of a speech entitled "Slavery and the Rebellion" given by Charles Sumner before the New York Men's Republican Union at Cooper Union, November 5, 1864. Also contains a letter from Sumner to Cephas Brainerd, October 29, 1864 (?) and a letter from Brainerd's daughter Eveline to Dr. Lydenberg, giving him the volume, 1940.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122570774 View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View