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Stedman, Francis Dana. Letter of Francis Dana Stedman, undated.

Title: Letter of Francis Dana Stedman, undated.

ALS (undated) from Stedman to Nathaniel Paine concerning a guest list for a celebration commemorating the War of 1812.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Autograph File, P, 1554-2005.

Title: Autograph File, P, 1554-2005.

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: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

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Worcester Art Society. Records, 1878-1914.

Title: Records, 1878-1914.

This collection of seven volumes, for the period 1878 to 1914, includes a membership record volume, treasurer's records, advisory committee records, and a journal containing descriptions of porcelain and china exhibit items. The treasurer's records include annual fees, bank deposits, exhibition costs and insurance costs. There is also a detailed Record of Activities, 1887 to 1914, which contains the minutes of each annual and special meeting of the Society. The volume includes newspaper clippings on lectures delivered, printed announcements and list of portraits exhibited, attendance records, several treasurer's reports, and the constitution and bylaws.

ArchivalResource: 7 v. ; octavo.

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Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves. Records, 1795-1976.

Title: Records, 1795-1976.

The records of the Worcester Association of Mutual Aid in Detecting Thieves, 1795-1976, consist of three volumes containing minutes of meetings, and two folders of miscellaneous material. The minutes span the period 1795-1938 and detail the annual gathering of members for the purposes of electing members to the Standing and Pursuing Committees and attending to the Treasurer's Reports. Included are the constitution and bylaws, directories of members, continually revised rules of admission to the organization. The volumes are largely concerned with financial matters, and contain only infrequent mention of the actual pursuit of thieves and recovery of property. The later meetings were held for social purposes at the Worcester Club. The miscellaneous papers, 1795-1976, include copies of the constitution, both mss. and printed; several membership lists; five bank deposit books; the Act of Incorporation of 1905; printed dinner menus; and a lengthy typescript poem, 1920, by Samuel Bayard Woodward (1853-1946) concerning the leadership of Eben Francis Thompson. There is also an address delivered by Nathaniel Paine (1832-1917) in 1906 containing brief biographies of early members and a history of the organization; a group of letters written by several members, 1940-1941, in answer to a questionnaire (also included) pertaining to a proposed disbandment of the Association; and a document officially transferring funds to the American Antiquarian Society in 1976.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. ; octavo.2 folders (55 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259858 View

David McNeely Stauffer papers

Title: David McNeely Stauffer papers

Letters, 1850-1910, biographical data, and miscellany pertaining to Stauffer's study of early American printmakers.

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Worcester Natural History Society. Records, 1825-1926.

Title: Records, 1825-1926.

The materials in this collection are the records of the Society from 1825 to 1926. There are also photographs of the Natural History camp and camp participants, 1886-1888, 1890, 1892, and 1906. See the Contents List for a description of the manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.3 v. ; folio.27 v. ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207182861 View

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909. Papers, 1855-1906.

Title: Papers, 1855-1906.

This collection of papers consists mostly of miscellaneous letters reflecting the various interests of Hale. Several of the letters are to Nathaniel Paine (1832-1917) and some of these and others concern the American Antiquarian Society. There is also a scrapbook containing memorabilia of a trip as far west as Chicago in 1865 and a trip to Florida in 1887. The scrapbook also contains journal entries describing the western trip.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (32 items)1 v. ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259401 View

Paine family. Papers, c. 1721-c. 1918.

Title: Papers, c. 1721-c. 1918.

This extensive collection of papers illustrates the varied interests and careers of Paine family members as outlined above in the biographical sketches. The papers of Timothy Paine (1730-1793) include a diary for the year 1785, as well as two volumes of estate records for the periods 1793 to 1795 and 1793 to 1807. The papers of Dr. William Paine (1750-1833) include medical notes and tracts, diaries, accounts, records of the Paine farm lands in Worcester, and journals of two trips: one from Halifax, N.S., to Passamaquoddy Bay, in Maine, 1784, and the other from Portugal as personal physician to Lord Winchelsea, 1781. There are papers relating to Paine's service at His Majesty's General Hospital in Halifax. There are correspondence and records pertaining to Paine's medical education, as well as commissions and diplomas. Also in the collection, along with his on Frederick William Paine, is a catalog of their books. Four of Paine's diaries and one account book were kept in various almanacs. His 1794 diary was kept in Robert Bailey Thomas' _The Farmer's Almanack ... 1794 ..._ ([Boston]: Belknap and Hall, [1793]); his 1795, 1796, and 1797 diaries were kept in _Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Newhampshire & Vermont Almanack ..._ (Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, [1794-1796]) for the corresponding years. Also the account book for the period 1810 to 1817 was kept in Isaiah Thomas, Junior's _Massachusetts ... Almanack ... 1810 ..._ (Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, Jun., [1809]). The papers of Samuel Paine (1754-1807) include account books and diaries, business notes, and a notebook containing medical prescriptions, recipes, poetry, and extracts of letters. The collection also includes his 1786 Harvard diploma (see oversize folder). The papers of Nathaniel Paine (1759-1840) include diaries for the years 1798 and 1811, as well as justice of the peace records. These records include two volumes of "Confessions of Debt," for the periods 1788 to 1790 and 1790 to 1796, as well as a certificate of guardianship of Edmund Howe's children. The papers of Anthony Paine (1760-1788) include an account book, for the period 1788 to 1793, which records the settlement of his estate. The papers of William Fitz Paine (1783-1834 or 1837) include descriptions of Penang, Canton and Isle of France (Mauritius), trade records, diary entries, travel descriptions, letterbook entries, legal documents, and "Desultory Remarks on Canton." The papers of Frederick William Paine (1788-1869) include account books, miscellaneous papers, and "table of altitudes." Also in the collection, along with his father, Dr. William Paine, is a catalog of their books. The papers of Elizabeth Sturgis (1788-1873) include poetry, essays, obituaries, and sermon notes. The papers of George Sturgis Paine (1833-1908) include many undated and incomplete letters to him from his mother (for the rest of his correspondence, see manuscript boxes three and four). The collection also contains a travel visa issued to Paine in 1853 (see oversize folder). The papers of Elizabeth Orne Paine Sturgis (1826- ) include two notebooks of recollections of the Paine family and one pamphlet. The papers of Nathaniel Paine (1832-1917) include a catalog of his library, a catalog of his pamphlets, _Genealogical Notes on the Paine Family of Worcester, Mass._ by Nathaniel Paine A.M. (two volumes), _Paine Family Register, or Genealogical Notes and Queries_ (one volume), _Signers of the Declaration of Independence_ (two volumes), _Life of George Washington_ (ten volumes), and _The Home of Washington and Its Associations_ (one volume), certificates of membership in honorary socieites and tributes, a notebook on American engravers, and a diary. In association with Paine's papers is a three volume set, _Pictorial History of the Civil War_ by Benson John Lossing, (Hartford: T. Belknap, 1868), which is filed in the AAS library stacks (call # E510 L881 P868), which contains several interleaved, unindexed letters pertaining to the Civil War. The collection also contains four manuscript boxes of correspondence of Paine family members including correspondence of members of the Sturgis, Chandler, Perkins, and Rose families, who married into the Paine family. Some of the correspondence concerns business and trading interests of various family members and should be used in conjunction with the business records in box five. There is also personal correspondence between members of the family and correspondence of family members with friends. There is correspondence from female members of the family and also from younger members of the family to aunts, uncles, and parents. correspondence. The collection also contains a manuscript box of miscellaneous items including papers pertaining to French spoliations claims, papers pertaining to Charles Sandos, poetry and songs, miscellaneous miscellaneous papers, legal records and land surveys, sermons, eulogies and tributes, newspaper clippings, and genealogical records. Included also in the oversize folder is "... a piece of poetry, wrote at Halifax N.S. by the late Dr. M. Byles as a satire on the Directors of the School ...," 1786.

ArchivalResource: 50 v. ; octavo.20 v. ; folio.9 boxes.1 folder (3 items) ; oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259588 View

Benson John Lossing Collection, 1843-1917

Title: Benson John Lossing Collection, 1843-1917

The Benson John Lossing Collection is an assortment of correspondence, drawings, writings, and memorabilia relating to the 19th century historian, illustrator, and editor of The American Historical Review (1813-1891). Predominantly correspondence, the collection centers around Lossing's information gathering for his popularizations of American history, while it also illuminates the early publishing industry in the United States.

ArchivalResource: 1.75 linear ft.

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Paine, Nathaniel, 1832-1917,. Autograph letter signed from Nathaniel Paine, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [18]97 December 22.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Nathaniel Paine, Worcester, Massachusetts, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], [18]97 December 22.

Mentions Agnes Robertson as Jessie Brown in ["Jessie Brown, or, The relief of Lucknow"] and D. Douglass [David Douglass] and his company.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Terry, James, 1844-1912. Papers, 1733-c. 1910.

Title: Papers, 1733-c. 1910.

The first five boxes of the collection contain Terry's correspondence, arranged in alphabetical order by writer, c. 1880s-c. 1910. There are some drafts of responses by Terry and a series of notes he kept on a trip to Alaska. Most of the correspondence pertains either to bookplates or to the history of various New England libraries. Some of the letters pertain to Terry's book, to his four "Ex Libris Leaflets," and to his 1906 "open letter" attacking Albert C. Bates, the Librarian of the Connecticut Historical Society. Correspondents include: Charles Dexter Allen (1865-1926); William Elliott Baillie (1848-1931); Albert Carlos Bates (1865-1954); Charles E. Cameron ( - ); Charles Edward Clark (1850-1911); Patrick Kevin Foley (1856-1937); Susan Denison Gallaudet, Mrs. Edward Miner ( - ); Louis Pope Gratacap (1851-1917); William Fowler Hopson (1849-1935); Frederick James Libbie (1866-1927); and Nathaniel Paine (1832-1917). Many of the persons who corresponded with Terry also wrote to the engraver Edwin Davis French (1851-1906) and letters from them are included in the Society's Edwin Davis French Papers. Letters from persons with information on libraries are often filed under the name of the library or the town in which it was located, not the personal name of the writer. Folders 3, 4, and 5 in Box 5 contain miscellaneous correspondence and random notes on libraries and bookplates. Folder 6 contains a 1733 land deed of one of Terry's ancestors and twenty-two pencil drawings by Terry. Box 6 includes notes by Terry on early American engravers, arranged in alphabetical order by engraver's name; his notes on engravers Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) and Abner Reed (1771-1866); his bookplate exchange list and address book of collectors, dealers, and others; his notebook list of libraries in New Hampshire; and his notebook on Indian relics and other antiquarian matters. Box 7 includes Terry's notebook on early Connecticut libraries; a folder with three items of the Bedford, New Hampshire, Library, 1848; and a folder with the 1738/39 deed of covenant of the Philogrammatican Society (a library) in Lebanon, Connecticut. There are also orignial record books of the following Connecticut libraries: Union Harwinton Library, four volumes, 1798-1850s; Warren, one volume, 1791-c. 1809; Friendship Library in West Symsbury, one volume, c. 1793-c. 1805; North Killingworth, one volume, 1825-1850s; Plymouth First Parish Sunday School Library, one volume, 1860s?; Apprentices Literary Association and Young Mechanics Institute in New Haven, one volume, 1826-1830s; Hadlyme Library, one volume, 1789-1830s; and Woodbridge, one volume, 1787-1790s. The first two boxes on the octavo shelf contain Terry's cardfile of notes on early American libraries, arranged in alphabetical order, and the third box holds his cardfile of notes on early American bookplates.

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes.3 v. ; octavo.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207174469 View

Quinsigamond Boat Club (Worcester, Mass.). Records, c. 1859-c. 1937; 1953.

Title: Records, c. 1859-c. 1937; 1953.

This collection includes organizational records of the club (constitution and bylaws, minutes of meetings, membership lists, financial accounts), materials and photographs pertaining to the club's theatrical productions, photographs of members, notices of meetings, menus, correspondence, two brief histories of the club, and humorous speeches delivered at club gatherings.

ArchivalResource: 15 v. ; octavo.10 v. ; folio.3 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191259677 View