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Onderdonk, Henry, 1804-1886. Papers, 1729-1895

Title: Henry Onderdonk papers 1729-1895

Henry Onderdonk (1804-1886) of Queens County, Long Island, New York, was an educator at Union Hall Academy, and an historian and author of many works based on his research among local records. The Onderdonk papers include manuscript versions of Onderdonk's historical works; notes and transcriptions taken by Onderdonk from private journals, church and local government records, and newspapers; correspondence from historians, genealogists and others often conveying information requested by Onderdonk; and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings covering the 1820s to 1868, with some earlier and later dated material. The bulk of the material concerns the geographic area encompassing present day Queens and Nassau counties, though the other two counties on Long Island, Kings and Suffolk, are also represented. The historical manuscripts, notes and extensive correspondence in the collection tend to center around Onderdonk's research into the American Revolution, Quakers, churches, agriculture/animal husbandry, and genealogies, all with a focus on Long Island. Perhaps the most prominent correspondent is James Fenimore Cooper, whose three letters concern Loyalist Oliver de Lancey. Among the many other correspondents are historians George Bancroft, E. F. Ellet, E. B. O'Callaghan, Jeptha Root Simms, and Jared Sparks. The several scrapbooks in the collection, also with a Long Island focus, concern a number of subjects, principally electoral and partisan politics, agriculture, temperance, announcements and public notices for a wide variety of events, such as school openings, church dedications, auctions, cultural talks, etc., crimes and accidents, court proceedings, Civil War recruitments and drafts, and railroad developments, among other matters.

ArchivalResource: 10.0 Linear feet; in 8 manuscript boxes and 4 flat boxes

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Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Correspondence with A. Hart, New York, Sept. 24, Laird Simons, Philadelphia, Dec. 1, Manager of the Adelphi, New York, Jan. 2, 1858, Messrs. Carey & Hart, New York, Dec. 26, Mr. Godey, New York, Dec. 5 ; 2 engraved portraits.

Title: Correspondence with A. Hart, New York, Sept. 24, Laird Simons, Philadelphia, Dec. 1, Manager of the Adelphi, New York, Jan. 2, 1858, Messrs. Carey & Hart, New York, Dec. 26, Mr. Godey, New York, Dec. 5 ; 2 engraved portraits. [18--?]-1869.

Mounted letter to A. Hart, publisher in Philadelphia, written in the third person, asking to write notices and reviews. Portrait cut out of a journal and mounted, engraving by J.W. Orr, N.Y. Letter to Simon Laird listing her later works, of which the latest mentioned is "The court circles of the Republic," first published in 1869. Letter to the manager of the Adelphi Theater discussing a London production of "The slave-actress" Second portrait of a younger age, mounted. ed. Letter to Messrs Carey & Hart with copies of review notices for 2 works of theirs she sent to newspapers. She also complains of the treatment of herself in Rufus Griswold's "Female Poets" because of Griswold's reaction to her lack of acknowledgement of his assistance with "The women of the Revolution" and wants her entry removed. Letter to Louis Godey about proofs of "Jane Gaston" and sending the manuscript of "Miss Moncrief."

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35206995 View

Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00355/catalog View

Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

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Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Letter : New York, N.Y., to Messrs. Carey & Hart, Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa., 1847 or 1848, Oct. 7.

Title: Letter : New York, N.Y., to Messrs. Carey & Hart, Publishers, Philadelphia, Pa., 1847 or 1848, Oct. 7.

A two page letter in which Ellet discusses the notices she has written for her new book, The Charm. Ellet also comments on the high price of the book. Accompanied is a contemporary biographical essay on Ellet and a brief review of her Women Artists in All Ages and Countries.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28612023 View

Ellet, Elizabeth Fries Lummis. Letters, 1846.

Title: Letters, 1846.

[1] [n.y.], Sept. 27, New York, to Messrs. Carey ? proposes writing a book on "traditions". [2] 1846, Dec. 26, Columbia, S.C., to Sir : Submitting a legend she has written; mentions her recent illness.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (5 p.).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122365810 View

Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894. Papers, 1793-1894 (bulk 1838-1894)

Title: Lewis Reeves Gibbes papers, 1793-1894

Scientist and professor. Chiefly correspondence along with specimen lists, resolutions, clippings, printed material, and other papers relating primarily to Gibbes's career as professor of astronomy, mathematics, and physics at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Includes his correspondence with other scientists on the subjects of astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, meteorology, physics, and zoology. Other subjects relate to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Smithsonian Institution.

ArchivalResource: 5,700 items; 16 containers; 3 linear feet; 8 microfilm reels

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Jeffrey family. Jeffrey family papers, 1818-1903, 1818-1893 (bulk dates).

Title: Jeffrey family papers, 1818-1903, 1818-1893 (bulk dates).

This collection consists of papers of the Jeffrey family and of Rosa Vertner Jeffrey, the author.

ArchivalResource: 1.35 cubic ft. (ca. 700 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13494614 View

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870. Papers of William Gilmore Simms [manuscript], 1839-1870.

Title: Papers of William Gilmore Simms [manuscript], 1839-1870.

The papers contain manuscripts of three poems by Simms : "The day after," "Dusk," and "Stanzas, written to a friend in despondency." Letters to publishers, authors and friends concern his writings and details of their publication, his home "Woodlands" at Midway, S.C., his life, and the works of others, including John Pendleton Kennedy, Peter Force, Charles Warren Stoddard, Elizabeth Ellet, George Munro, John Russell, and John Esten Cooke, and briefly Cornelius Mathews and Evert A. Duyckinck. Several letters introduce authors to publishers. Others are to autograph collectors. Letters discuss Simms' passion for the South and Southern literature as compared to the North and Northern literature. He offers both encouragement and criticism to writers and editors, and as the editor of several Southern periodicals he writes to obtain reviews and articles. Simms writes of his ill health, yellow fever in Charleston, S.C., his need for writing projects to support his family, and his efforts to publicize his books and the books of others including John Esten Cooke's "Wearing of the Gray." An autograph of Simms and three engravings are included.

ArchivalResource: 63 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647883960 View

Bowen, Francis, 1811-1890. Autograph letter signed : Cambridge [Mass.], to [Mrs. Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet], 1848 Nov. 28.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Cambridge [Mass.], to [Mrs. Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet], 1848 Nov. 28.

About an article on female poets of America, and mentioning her The women of the Revolution.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (12mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270910826 View

Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice, 1820-1905. Letter to [?]. Melrose, MA. 1894 Dec. 10.

Title: Letter to [?]. Melrose, MA. 1894 Dec. 10.

Referring the correspondent to the three volumes of Mrs. Ellet's entitled The Women of the Revolution; commenting about Mrs. Ellet and her works.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122561376 View

Thompson, Ruth, 1880-1950. Ruth Gage Thompson papers, 1909-1949.

Title: Ruth Gage Thompson papers, 1909-1949.

Thompson's compositions commenting on the history of Lake Minnetonka, St. Anthony, and Minneapolis, and Rosendale, Wisconsin. They include quotes from Elizabeth Fries Ellet, one of the first white women to see Lake Minnetonka (1852), and Swedish novelist Frederika Bremer, who visited St. Anthony in 1850. There is information on the Minneapolis park system and schools, early settlers of Lake Minnetonka's Birch Bluff, and Thompson's family. There is also a bibliography of contemporary architecture sources in Twin Cities libraries (1931), and a letter from Edward E. Gillam recalling Governor John S. Pillsbury's role in the 1870s grasshopper plagues.

ArchivalResource: 6 items (1 folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122390873 View

Elizabeth Fries Ellet papers, 1838-1858

Title: Elizabeth Fries Ellet papers 1838-1858

Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1818-1877) was an American writer, historian and poet. She is remembered as the first writer to record the lives of women who contributed to the American Revolutionary War. The papers consist predominantly of letters written between 1838-1858, and additional undated letters. Letters are both personal and professional in nature, with many relating to her work on The Women of the American Revolution. Also included is a draft or alternate version of her poem Sodus Bay, and undated notes relating to publications

ArchivalResource: .1 linear foot (1 folder)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/9786 View

Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Papers of E.F. Ellet, 1818-1877.

Title: Papers of E.F. Ellet, 1818-1877.

A letter, 1875 February 11, to Caroline Howard Gilman, indicates her intention to contribute pieces on foreign poets to Gilman's "Oracles from the poets" and mentions a mesmerist, Dr. Webster. Letters, n.y., January 27 and September 11 to a Mrs. Bryant and Carey and Hart discuss a literary class and an order for books. The collection also contains an engraving of Mrs. Ellet, two autographs, and an obituary.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49243528 View

Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Miscellaneous periodical extracts / E.F. Ellet.

Title: Miscellaneous periodical extracts / E.F. Ellet. 1842-1849.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (15 items) ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/40591396 View

Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Letter, 1856.

Title: Letter, 1856.

Letter (April 25, 1856) to O.H. Peck, secretary of the Tri-Mount Library Association, N.Y., re: her autograph.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232007250 View

Griswold, Rufus W. (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857. Rufus W. Griswold papers, 1785-1897 year (Bulk: 1834-1857)

Title: Rufus W. Griswold papers, 1785-1897 year (Bulk: 1834-1857)

This collection contains the letters of Rufus Griswold (1815-1857), editor of Graham's Magazine and publisher of American literature and poetry in the mid 19th century. The letters document his relationships -- both business and personal -- with his contemporaries. Most notable in the collection is the correspondence between Griswold and Edgar Allan Poe. Also included are manuscripts of poems, articles, and newspaper clippings.

ArchivalResource: 1267 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/767863985 View

Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Autograph letter signed : to Mr. Simms, Feb. 11.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Mr. Simms, Feb. 11.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 1/4 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270614010 View

Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Autograph letter signed : to Mr. Ackerman, Sept. 18.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Mr. Ackerman, Sept. 18.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 1/2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270614007 View

North American Review papers, 1831-1843

Title: North American Review papers, 1831-1843

These papers are primarily manuscripts of, and materials relating to, articles published in the magazine during the editorship of John Gorham Palfrey. North American Review

ArchivalResource: 7 linear feet (20 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00073/catalog View

Autograph File, E, 1564-1961.

Title: Autograph File, E, 1564-1961.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01428/catalog View

Ellet, E. F. (Elizabeth Fries), 1818-1877. Autograph letter signed : to Mrs. Balmanno.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Mrs. Balmanno.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270614013 View

Rogers Memorial Collection: Papers of James R. Osgood and A. V. S. Anthony, 1853-1912.

Title: Rogers Memorial Collection: Papers of James R. Osgood and A. V. S. Anthony, 1853-1912.

Primarily letters sent to the Boston publisher James R. Osgood and his associate A. V. S. Anthony.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01510/catalog View

Neal, John, 1793-1876. Papers, 1803-1880

Title: John Neal papers, 1803-1880

Letters to Neal from Park Benjamin, Sir John Bowring, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Pierpont, Ann S. Stephens, and others concern authors and writing, payment for Neal's work, health concerns, slavery in the south, interpretations of poetry, comments about Portland, Maine, and thank-you letters. In addition, correspondence from the Sun Times in New York, the Boston Literary Gazette, and other publications write to Neal soliciting submissions. Also included in the collection are two dime novels written by Neal: Little Moccasin and the White-Faced Pacer, and several bound scrapbooks containing clippings of his work.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01698/catalog View