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Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867. Papers, 1798-1908.

Title: Papers, 1798-1908.

Includes Papers I-III of author Catharine M. Sedgwick. Primarily contains correspondence with Sedgwick family members, most notably her niece Katharine S. Minot, Sedgwick's parents Theodore and Pamela D. Sedgwick, and her brothers Charles, Robert, and Henry D. (1785-1831); and with contemporary literary figures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, John G. Whittier, and Julia W. Howe. The subjects of the correspondence include her career as a writer, her works, family matters, the abolitionist movement, Unitarianism, and her social position as a single woman. The papers also include her volumes of reminiscences; diaries (1811-12, 1826-39, 1849-54, and 1857-63) kept in New York City, Stockbridge, and Lenox, Mass. and on trips to New York and Canada (1821) and Europe (1839-40). (Cont'd) Additional correspondents include William Minot, Samuel G. Howe, Elizabeth P. Peabody, Henry W. Bellows, Orville Dewey, William C. Bryant, Susan H. Channing, William E. Channing, Eliza L.C. Follen, Charles Follen, and Anna M. Jameson.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes and 10 cases.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21188932 View

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. Ralph Waldo Emerson letters, 1816-1871.

Title: Ralph Waldo Emerson letters, 1816-1871.

The collection includes: letter to Eliza Cabot Follen, 7 March 1847, discussing Danish author Harro Harring's problems with a New York publishing house; to My dear sir, 13 March 1848, containing news of his travels in the British Isles; to My dear Miss Carpenter, 6 May 1848, discussing his travels and his hope of seeing her in Bristol; to Dear sir, 9 March 1852, acknowledging a letter and invitation from S.B. Butheley, includes envelope; to Rev. M.D. Conway, 21 June 1853, arranging to meet. Also, to Mr. Bovee, 12 October 1858, thanking him for a gift and making arrangements to meet; to My dear cousin, Edward A. Washburn, 6 Dec. 1868, thanking him for an invitation and relating news which leads him to decline; to My dear sir, Rev. Mr. Dall, 15 Dec. 1862, regretting that they can not meet as planned; to My dear sir, 2 March, acknowledging receipt of a note; facsimile of a letter to My dear aunt, 28 Feb. 1816, in which the 12-year-old Emerson comments on preaching. Also, in the Allison-Shelley manuscript collection are letters to Hon. George Bancroft, 5 Sept. 1871, introducing Anna L. Folsom; to Thomas Carlyle, 19 Mar. 1839, full of friendly news; and a fragmentary note, titled The most ancient Church.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49890785 View

Atkinson, William Parsons. Letters received, 1850-1874.

Title: Letters received, 1850-1874.

Sent to William Parsons Atkinson, Harvard Class of 1838 and an educator, the collection contains three letters from Emerson commenting on his busy schedule of lectures, one from Wendell Phillips in praise of Atkinson's latest book, and a poem by Anne I.N. Byron in homage to the author Eliza Lee Cabot Follen.

ArchivalResource: 5 items, in folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11534534 View

Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Title: Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Letters from colleagues and friends to American Transcendentalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (12 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00123/catalog View

Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860. Letters, 1843-1846 (inclusive).

Title: Letters, 1843-1846 (inclusive).

Two letters: one to Follen's publisher, and one to Joseph Congdon of New Bedford, requesting his presence at the rural (anti-slavery) fair in Dedham, Mass., and contributions of fruit and flowers for the fair.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232007293 View

Loring, Ellis Gray, 1803-1858. Ellis Gray Loring Family papers, 1828-1923 (inclusive).

Title: Ellis Gray Loring Family papers, 1828-1923 (inclusive).

Collection contains genealogical information, poems, and correspondence among three generations of the Loring family. Also included are more than 150 letters from Lydia Maria Francis Child (1802-1880) to the Lorings, correspondence of John Glen King and his children, and correspondence of Loring friends in the antislavery movement, Boston society, as well as literary figures and European musical personages.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122471048 View

Poetry manuscripts [1850s-1880s] Poetry manuscripts

Title: Poetry manuscripts [1850s-1880s] Poetry manuscripts

This collection is made up of 2 collections of manuscript poems and 2 printed items. Many of the poems are elegies about loved ones' deaths, and many were copied from publications.

ArchivalResource: 4 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-2855poe?rgn=main;view=text View

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881)

Title: Wendell Phillips papers, 1555-1882 (inclusive) 1833-1881 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of American abolitionist Wendell Phillips.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes (17.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00497/catalog View

Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960)

Title: Lewis Gannett papers, 1681-1966 (inclusive) 1900-1960 (bulk).

Correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, journals, notebooks, legal and business papers, memorabilia, photos, and other papers, together with Gannett family papers. Includes correspondence of Gannett's grandfather and father, Unitarian clergymen Ezra Stiles Gannett of Boston and William Channing Gannett; 91 letters, 1796-1817, from Gannett's great-grandfather Caleb Gannett to John Mico Gannett, and journals of his grandmother Anna Tilden Gannett.

ArchivalResource: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00670/catalog View

James Freeman Clarke additional papers, 1806-1936.

Title: James Freeman Clarke additional papers, 1806-1936.

Includes letters and papers of Unitarian clergyman and author James Freeman Clarke.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00714/catalog View

Richardson family. Papers of the Richardson family, 1824-1999 (inclusive), 1900-1976 (bulk).

Title: Papers of the Richardson family, 1824-1999 (inclusive), 1900-1976 (bulk).

Collection contains correspondence, diaries, financial records, photographs, etc., documenting the lives of John and Hope Hemenway Richardson, their daughter, Hope Richardson, and other members of the Richardson family. Also included are letters to Charles and Eliza Follen from Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Marquis de Lafayette, Anna Thaxter, Lydia Maria Child; and letters to other family members from William L. Garrison and Booker T. Washington.

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft. (33 + 1/2 file boxes) plus 1 folio box, 1 folio+ box, 2 supersize folders, 18 photograph folders, 5 folio photograph folders, 3 folio+ photograph folders, 1 supersize photograph folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663371962 View

Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot 1787-1860. Eliza Lee Cabot Follen correspondence, 1859.

Title: Eliza Lee Cabot Follen correspondence, 1859.

Letter (1859) of Eliza Follan to Mrs. (?) Stearns regarding the approaching execution of John Brown.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79450292 View

Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860. Papers of Eliza Lee Cabot Follen [manuscript], 1811-1848.

Title: Papers of Eliza Lee Cabot Follen [manuscript], 1811-1848.

The collection consists of an album Follen compiled containing fair copies of her poems, 1811-1827, with an index; and a note to "Sir" inscribed by Follen on the envelope requesting that the enclosed letter be given to Mr. Weston.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647817349 View

James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Title: James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Papers of American author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat James Russell Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00365/catalog View

Dorr, Julia C. R. (Julia Caroline Ripley), 1825-1913. Papers of 47 women authors, chiefly American [manuscript] 1847-1949, 1970.

Title: Papers of 47 women authors, chiefly American [manuscript] 1847-1949, 1970.

The collection consists primarily of social notes and brief replies to queries. Several are addresed to Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin. Included is a tribute to Edward Everett Hale by Julia Caroline Ripley Dorr, The lover by Theodosia Pickering Garrison, an untitled verse by Sarah Jane Clarke Lippincott and several quotations. Of interest is a letter from Ella Wheeler Wilcox which mentions Jack London, and describes her efforts to contact her deceased husband through mediums. In addition to the above, the following women are represented: Elizabeth Chase Taylor Akers Allen, Jan Goodwin Austin, Mary Hunter Austin, Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon, Clara Barrus, Mary L.B. Branch, Grace MacGowan Cooke, Faith Baldwin, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, Alice Morse Earle, Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, Mary Hallock Foote, Margaret Witter Fuller, Anna Maria Hall, Olive Harper, Beatrice Harraden, Constance Cary Harrison, Mary Jane Hawes Holmes, Margaret Briscoe Hopkins, Julia Ward Howe, Martha Joanna Reade Nash Lamb, Eliza Leslie, Octavia W. LeVert, Kate Lewis, Alice M. Longfellow, Julia Magruder, Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Edna Dean Proctor, Corrine Roosevelt Robinson, Alice Marland Wellington Rollins, Adele Ruenzler, Katharine Abbott Sanborn, Molly Elliot Seawell, Lydia Huntley Sigourney, Isabella Caroline Somerset, Louise Stocton, Margaret M'Nair Stokes, Adeline Trafton, Mary Alden Ward, Lilian Whiting, Phyllis Ayame Whitney, and Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin.

ArchivalResource: 57 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647951513 View

Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot, 1787-1860. Correspondence with a "Dear Friend", August 22, 1847 / E.L. Follen.

Title: Correspondence with a "Dear Friend", August 22, 1847 / E.L. Follen. 1847.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 14 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35653978 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

Papers, 1819-1852.

Title: Papers, 1819-1852.

Papers of American Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01265/catalog View

Cabot, Sarah, 1835-1917. Book of poetry, 1850-1856.

Title: Book of poetry, 1850-1856.

Poems by Robert Browning, William Cullen Bryant, Mrs. Butler, Longfellow, Mrs. Parkman, Shelley, (Sarah Cabot's aunt) Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, and others, copied and illustrated with pen and ink drawings and decorations (and one watercolor). Some of the poems may be original.

ArchivalResource: 2 v : ill. ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71257905 View