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Emerson, George B. (George Barrell), 1797-1881. Papers, 1709-1904

Title: George B. Emerson papers, 1709-1904.

Primarily family correspondence of George B. Emerson with his future and later wife, including courtship letters, Olivia Buckminster Emerson; with his father Samuel Emerson; his brothers Ralph and William S. Emerson; and his children, Lucy Buckminster Emerson (later Lowell) and George S. Emerson. Additional correspondence in the collection includes letters to Olivia Buckminster; and letters among three generations of Lowells: John Lowell (1769-1840), John Amory Lowell (1824-1897), and John Lowell (1824-1897, Lucy B. Emerson's husband). Additional correspondents include Emerson's cousin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jared Sparks, Thornton K. Lothrop, Samuel K. Lothrop, Mary F. Curtis, John T. Kirkland, Louis Agassiz, William Sullivan, and Henry W. Longfellow. (Cont.) Bound volumes include George B. Emerson's diaries kept while a teacher at Lancaster, Mass., a tutor at Harvard, and a principal in Boston (1819-1820); in Boston and on a trip (his travel letters written home are also included) to Europe (1849-1859). Also, Emerson's notebooks relating to his studies of trees and shrubs in Massachusetts; commonplace-books of Lucy M. Buckminster and Lucy B. Lowell; Olivia Buckminster's personal account book (1824) and commonplace-book; and letterbooks of Rebecca Lowell and Anna C. Lowell. George S. Emerson papers include his diaries (1841-1845) and essays written while a student at Harvard and his diaries kept while in Cuba (1845), Paris (1847), and Rome (1848).

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes and 1 folder.

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Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893. ALS : Hampton, Va. to Mr. [George Barrell] Emerson, 1871 Mar. 19.

Title: ALS : Hampton, Va. to Mr. [George Barrell] Emerson, 1871 Mar. 19.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35650298 View

Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00083/catalog View

Parkman family papers, 1793-1896

Title: Parkman family papers, 1793-1896

Correspondence, poems, journals, and other compositions by members of the Parkman family of Boston, Massachusetts. Contains correspondence of the various members of the Parkman family, primarily of Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman. Correspondents include: Elizabeth Dwight Cabot, Edmund Dwight, Mary Harrison Eliot Dwight, Anna Cabot Lowell, Anna Cabot Lowell Dwight Mills, Catherine Eliot Norton, Henry Parkman, Mary B. Parkman, Samuel Parkman, Margarett Searle, Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton, Ellen Dwight Twisleton, and Ellen Twisleton Parkman Vaughan. Letters discuss family, social engagements, and the events of daily life. Elizabeth Dwight Cabot's letters describe London and its tourist sites, society, social customs, and fashions. Edward Twisleton letters discuss Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, whom he and his wife became friendly with in London, and his one meeting with Charlotte Brontë. There are commonplace books, essays, and journals of Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman, as well as compositions by Ellen Dwight Twisleton. Additionally, there are many unidentified poems. Francis Parkman material consists of four letters to Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman.

ArchivalResource: 25 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00486/catalog View

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel Joseph May diary, 1868.

Title: Samuel Joseph May diary, 1868.

May is in weakening health but until April pursues his duties as Unitarian Minister in Syracuse, N.Y. He is President of the Board of Education. He continues with writing a series of articles recalling his memories of the anti-slavery movement. In April he retires as pastor of his church, but accepts engagements to visit and preach at regional churches. He assists in organizing new church in Ithaca, N.Y. He maintains his correspondence with activist leaders in several national movements.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 cm.

http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/m/mayantislavery/collection.html View

Books from the library of Amos Bronson Alcott, 1579-1893.

Title: Books from the library of Amos Bronson Alcott, 1579-1893.

Library of Amos Bronson Alcott, the American philosopher of the NewEngland Transcendentalist group.

ArchivalResource: 599 v.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01478/catalog View

Eichhorn, Johann Gottfried, 1752-1827. Letters, 1816 August 9 and 1824 May 20, Gottingen, to George Ticknor, [Gottingen] and Boston.

Title: Letters, 1816 August 9 and 1824 May 20, Gottingen, to George Ticknor, [Gottingen] and Boston.

Notes by Eichhorn; thanks Ticknor for his continued friendship and correspondence; mentions Calvert and [G.B.?] Emerson.

ArchivalResource: 3 items. 19-23 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4696553 View

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel J. May diary, 1867.

Title: Samuel J. May diary, 1867.

Diary of Samuel May gives account of daily life of a 19th century clergyman: weddings, funerals, services to the poor, sermons, correspondence, publications, visits, etc. In this year, his 70th, he asks his church to begin searching for his successor. He continues to perform his regular duties along with writing, traveling to other churches, and attending meetings related to temperance, freedmen's aid, and women's rights. He writes of his daily life which is one of intense networking. He maintains a large correspondence and spends part of every day in making and receiving calls. He is active on city committees for planning a hospital and he is president of the Board of Education.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64691611 View

George B. Emerson [photograph], [ca. 1854-1860].

Title: George B. Emerson [photograph], [ca. 1854-1860].

Ninth-plate daguerreotype in leather case of educator George B. Emerson (1791-1881), taken ca. 1854-1860 by an unknown photographer. Enclosed is a note in an unknown hand that identifies the photograph.

ArchivalResource: 1 photograph : daguerreotype, b&w ; visible oval image 5 x 4 cm. (ninth-plate), in case 7 1/2 x 6 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51570242 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

John Thomas Codman Brook Farm collection, 1840-1901.

Title: John Thomas Codman Brook Farm collection, 1840-1901.

Papers and records relating to the Brook Farm community and also to residentJohn Thomas Codman.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (2 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou02188/catalog View

Emerson, George B. (George Barrell), 1797-1881. [Letter, 1874].

Title: [Letter, 1874].

ArchivalResource: 1 letter.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12955192 View

Phillips Brooks and Brooks family papers, 1750-1917.

Title: Phillips Brooks and Brooks family papers, 1750-1917.

Correspondence and other papers of Massachusetts clergyman Phillip Brooksand his family.

ArchivalResource: 12 boxes (6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00459/catalog View

May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Samuel J. May diary, 1860.

Title: Samuel J. May diary, 1860.

Diary of Samuel May gives account of daily life of a 19th Century clergyman: weddings, funerals, services to the poor, sermons, correspondence, publications, visits, etc. along with May's special interests which include activity with the Underground Railroad in October, August, and November.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64758004 View

Edward William Hooper letters, 1862-1892 (inclusive), 1862-1865 (bulk).

Title: Edward William Hooper letters, 1862-1892 (inclusive), 1862-1865 (bulk).

Letters of Edward William Hooper, chiefly to his father and sisters, detailing his Civil War experiences in South Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01178/catalog View

Goodale, Caroline N., 1831-. Diary, 1849-1850.

Title: Diary, 1849-1850.

Diary of Caroline N. Goodale kept at the West Newton (Mass.) State Teachers College where she trained to be a teacher. Goodale described each day's lessons, her peers, teachers, and special visitors, many of whom were educators from other states. Among the visitors were George B. Emerson and Horace Mann.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18036509 View

Alcott family additional papers, 1707-1904 (inclusive), 1821-1888 (bulk).

Title: Alcott family additional papers, 1707-1904 (inclusive), 1821-1888 (bulk).

Part of the family papers of the Alcott family of Concord (Mass.). This family included the writer Louisa May Alcott, and the New England transcendentalist Amos Bronson Alcott. Papers include diaries, compositions, correspondence, business papers, and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00029/catalog View

Samuel Joseph May Diary, 1866.

Title: Samuel Joseph May Diary, 1866.

Diary describing the life of a Unitarian clergyman of Syracuse, New York with connections to national organizations related to Anti-slavery, Temperance, and Woman's Rights causes among others. Gives account of the daily life of a 19th Century clergyman: weddings, funerals, services to the poor, sermons, correspondence, publications, visits, etc. along with May's special interests. He is president of the Syracuse Board of Education. He attends conventions and other events related to his interests.

ArchivalResource: 1v.; 17cm.

https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/4034218 View