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Correspondence, 1850-1877, 1863-1867 (bulk)

Title: Correspondence, 1850-1877, 1863-1867 (bulk)

Thirty original letters by Hale and typescript copies of letters to and from Hale found in other Vassar College collections concerning the inclusion of the word "female" in Vassar Female College, women's education, other business of Vassar College, missionary work, and women in the church. Other correspondents include Milo P. Jewett, Benson J. Lossing, John H. Raymond, and Matthew Vassar.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155519084 View

McLoughlin Bros., inc. Mary and her lamb, [ca. 1880] / McLoughlin Bros., New York.

Title: Mary and her lamb, [ca. 1880] / McLoughlin Bros., New York.

Ink and watercolor manuscript, possibly a mock up for publication, consisting of eight leaves with an illustration at the top of each page with a verse below. "Mary's little lamb" is drawn as a billygoat dressed with a blue shirt and red checked pants, red striped collar, who wears glasses when he attends school, where the chalkboard features the word "goat." The last image ("'Why, Mary Loves the Lamb, you know,' The Teacher did reply") depicts Mary carrying the billygoat past a building with a "S.P.C.A." sign on it and a flyer for "Fair. S.P.C.A." on a wall. Attributed to McLoughlin Bros. artist William Bruton, who was active between 1875 and 1885.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (8 l.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702162874 View

May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive).

Title: Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive).

This collection includes correspondence, diaries, financial papers, photographs, and other documents of the two families and their relations. The bulk of the collection is Abigail's papers, including letters from prominent abolitionists, suffragists, and authors, and the papers of Samuel and Mehetable Goddard, with letters they wrote home during their residence in England from 1818 to 1827. Other persons represented are Frederick May, his daughter Eleanor, Abigail May (1775-1800), Samuel J. May (1797-1871), Samuel May of Leicester, Mass., Louisa May Alcott, Ednah Dow Cheney, Lydia Maria Child, Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122656920 View

Buchanan, James L. Letter : London, to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, [Philadelphia], 1853 Sept. 23.

Title: Letter : London, to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, [Philadelphia], 1853 Sept. 23.

Autograph letter signed. Buchanan wrote that he had given a copy of "Woman's Record" to Lord Clarendon who would deliver it to Queen Victoria.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52246149 View

Sarah Josepha Hale papers, 1850-1877, 1863-1867 (bulk).

Title: Sarah Josepha Hale papers, 1850-1877, 1863-1867 (bulk).

Thirty original letters by Hale and typescript copies of letters to and from Hale found in other Vassar College collections concerning the inclusion of the word "female" in Vassar Female College, women's education, other business of Vassar College, missionary work, and women in the church. Other correspondents include Milo P. Jewett, Benson J. Lossing, John H. Raymond, and Matthew Vassar.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 cubic ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51576495 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Autograph, 1864 Feb.

Title: Autograph, 1864 Feb.

Signature of Hale, Philadelphia, Feb. 1864.

ArchivalResource: (0.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57560646 View

Autograph File, C

Title: Autograph File, C

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: 14.5 linear feet (29 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01426/catalog View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Autograph letters signed (31) and letters signed (2) : Philadelphia, to Harper & Brothers, 1847 Apr. 9-1878 Mar. 2.

Title: Autograph letters signed (31) and letters signed (2) : Philadelphia, to Harper & Brothers, 1847 Apr. 9-1878 Mar. 2.

On literary matters.

ArchivalResource: 33 items (57 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270507477 View

Hart, John S. (John Seely), 1810-1877. John S. Hart letters, 1834-1877.

Title: John S. Hart letters, 1834-1877.

Consists mainly of letters to Hart from a variety of correspondents, including school and college teachers and administrators, clergymen, and authors. Many letters provide biographical and bibliographical information on authors, including authors of religious works, for a book Hart was compiling on American literature, probably his Manual of American Literature (Philadelphia, 1873). Also included is considerable correspondence from fellow editors evaluating poems submitted to Sartain's Union Magazine. Other letters discuss matters of school or college administration, including student admissions and employment openings for teachers; evaluations of recently published books and articles on a variety of subjects, including Hart's own publications; pedagogical theory; and church history. Correspondents include Henry M. Alexander, George Henry Boker, Frederika Bremer, Hiram Corson, Erastus Wollcott Ellsworth, Caroline Chesebro, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Mary Botham Howitt, William Henry Hurlburt, Margaret Junkin, Daniel Parrish Kidder, James R. Gilmore (pseudonym: Edmund Kirke), Caroline Matilda Stansbury Kirkland, Messrs. Sartain & Co., Chloe Lankton, John Malam, Edith May, Joseph Parker Norris, William Henry Odenheimer, Lydia Howard Sigourney, Anna Bartlett Warner, Moses Coit Tyler, Richard Grant White, and Mark Twain.

ArchivalResource: 1.3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63937104 View

Poems and correspondence, 1824-1851 and undated.

Title: Poems and correspondence, 1824-1851 and undated.

Poems and correspondence of the Massachusetts poet Hannah FlaggGould.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01850/catalog View

Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

Title: Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982

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: 18.5 linear feet (37 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01425/catalog View

Buchanan, James L. Letter : London, to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, [Philadelphia], 1853 Sept. 23.

Title: Letter : London, to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, [Philadelphia], 1853 Sept. 23.

Autograph letter signed. Buchanan wrote that he had given a copy of "Woman's Record" to Lord Clarendon who would deliver it to Queen Victoria.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82201486 View

Davis, John Brazer, 1798-1832. Letters, 1819-1832.

Title: Letters, 1819-1832.

Letters sent to John Brazer Davis, Boston lawyer, editor of the Boston Patriot, and advocate for the National Republican Party. Most of the letters concern state and national politics, including the election of John Quincy Adams in 1824 and his defeat by Andrew Jackson in 1828; also Massachusetts elections from 1828 to 1831, including the campaign of antimasonic candidate Samuel Lathrop against National Republican Governor Levi Lincoln in 1831. The campaigns of Daniel Webster for U.S. Senate and Henry Clay for President are also discussed. Correspondents include Lincoln, Joseph Story, Congressman John Bailey, publishers Isaac Munroe and Samuel Bowles, and many prominent Mass. politicians. Letters from John Hills briefly describe events in the War of Independence in Peru; a letter from editor Sarah Josepha Buell Hale requests Davis's help in the campaign for a Bunker Hill monument.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17486696 View

Warren, George Washington, 1813-1883. Papers, 1853-1880.

Title: Papers, 1853-1880.

A small collection of letters received by George W. Warren, most from Edward Everett. The letters pertain to a variety of subjects including the proposed annexation of Charlestown, Mass. by Boston (1860) and Everett's speeches and writings. The collection also contains two letters from Phillips Brooks and one from Sarah J. Hale enlisting Warren's help in making Thanksgiving a national holiday.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32435031 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Correspondence, 1830-1855.

Title: Correspondence, 1830-1855.

Contains three letters to various correspondents, two holograph manuscripts, one untitled and the other identified as "The Way to become a Christian", and an engraved image of Sarah Josepha Hale.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30542160 View

Holden, Austin Wells, 1819-1891. Holden papers, 1820-1918.

Title: Holden papers, 1820-1918.

The most extensive part of Holden Papers is the papers written and collected by Austin Wells Holden. They contain his articles, speeches, correspondence, and numerous newspaper clippings compiled by him in scrapbooks. Most of his correspondence and speeches concern historical subjects, especially the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War (particularly the death of Jane McCrea), Glens Falls, and the preparation and publication of his book, A History of the Town of Queensbury (1874). Of particular importance is his correspondence describing his service in the 22nd Regiment of New York Volunteers in the Union army during the Civil War. There are also family letters dating back to 1820, along with genealogical information on the following families: Atherton, Austin, Buell, Holden, McGregor, and Vanderwerker.

ArchivalResource: 10 cubic ft. (20 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155432997 View

Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts, 1666-1990

Title: Free Library of Philadelphia Collection of Literary Manuscripts 1666-1990

This collection contains letters, manuscript fragments, autographs, and other documents by famous authors. The material dates from 1666 to 1990. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by the authors to various friends with some letters to editors or critics. There is an even mix of American and European authors present.

ArchivalResource: 23 Linear feet

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/FLP_FLPRBDLITERARY 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

Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847. Autograph letter : Roxbury, Mass., to Mrs. S.J. Hale, [18--] Nov. 16.

Title: Autograph letter : Roxbury, Mass., to Mrs. S.J. Hale, [18--] Nov. 16.

Declining an invitation.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/709583814 View

Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Papers, 1795-1884 and undated

Title: Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 and undated

Autograph album (1858-1884), a letter book (1855-1883), and a scrapbook of letters and autographs (1795-1857 and undated) of American print dealer, publisher, and historian, Charles Henry Brainard.

ArchivalResource: 4 volumes (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01547/catalog View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letter and portraits [manuscript], n.d.

Title: Letter and portraits [manuscript], n.d.

In a letter to Samuel G. Goodrich, ca. 1837, Hale explains that she has "just sent the poem to my publisher for the mag. I have recalled it and return it to you - but I think the 'Amulet' the best. However you may insert the one which is most convenient." With the letter are are three pictures of Sarah Hale, an engraving and two magazine prints.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647899701 View

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. Letter, 1830 Feb. 25, to Sarah J. Hale

Title: Letter, 1830 Feb. 25, to Sarah J. Hale

Webster declines an apparent invitation to aid in completing the Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, MA.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 sheet) ; 25 x 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79658060 View

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Facsimiles of Poe letters [manuscript] 1841-1849.

Title: Facsimiles of Poe letters [manuscript] 1841-1849.

The collection contains photoprints of sale catalog facsimile including letters to F.W. Thomas, Mrs. S.J. Hale, C.A. Bristed, Mrs. Jane Ermina Locke, Mrs. Annie L. Richmond, and Mrs. S. Anna Lewis; as well as Poe's critique of William Gilmore Simms, and Poe's rationale of verse.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647967014 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letter of Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, 1856.

Title: Letter of Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, 1856.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79450705 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Sarah J. Hale letters, 1850-1855.

Title: Sarah J. Hale letters, 1850-1855.

Hale writes to an unidentified man, 29 April 1850, regarding biographical essays for her publication, Woman's record, or sketches of distinguished women (1853); to the astronomer William Mitchell, 18 December 1850, thanking him for a biographical essay he has sent about his daughter for inclusion in Woman's record; and to Mr. Slauffer, 13 April 1855, critiquing his poem, "The Well of Isadore," for The Lady's book. Also, includes an engraving of Hale and one of Louis Antoine Godey, publisher of The Lady's book.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38508988 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. ALS, [18]35 Apr. 17, Boston, to Carey & Hart, Philadelphia.

Title: ALS, [18]35 Apr. 17, Boston, to Carey & Hart, Philadelphia.

Submits several sketches for her book Traits of American life, and can send the rest in a month or six weeks; proposes financial terms.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122525058 View

Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864. Benjamin Park papers, 1645-1925.

Title: Benjamin Park papers, 1645-1925.

Correspondence, manuscripts of poems, and manuscripts of lectures by Benjamin. The correspondence consists of original letters of Benjamin, typescript and photostatic copies of Benjamin letters in other libraries, and letters to Benjamin from some of his literary contemporaries including Paul Hamilton Hayne, Willis Gaylord Clark, John Lothrop Motley, and Fitz-Greene Halleck. Many of the letters relate to Park Benjamin's lecture tours. There are other family letters and many documents relating to the Benjamin family,and two letterbooks of John Lothrop Motley. Also, a large amount of genealogical material of the Benjamin family, and its related families from the 16th century to the present day. There are also financial records, monographs, clippings, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear ft ( 15 document boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/467178434 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Autograph letter signed : to Bayard Taylor, 1847 April 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : to Bayard Taylor, 1847 April 30.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 1/2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270504368 View

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866.

Title: Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866.

The Nathaniel Parker Willis collection consists of letters, manuscripts, photographs, and printed ephemera related to Nathaniel Parker Willis. Series I, Owen Franklin Aldis Gift, is organized into three subseries: Correspondence, Writings, and Other Papers. Correspondence includes original letters from Willis to Rufus Wilmont Griswold, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Brantz Mayer, George Pope Morris, William Henry Seward, and others. There is a holograph manuscript of "To a Picture of "Genevieve" by Alexander" and a written agreement with Samuel G. Goodrich regarding editorial work on The Token in 1829. Series II, James H. Penniman Gift, includes original letters to William Henry Seward and Charles West Thomson, as well as a letter from Nathaniel Willis (1780-1870) to Horatio Southgate. Series III, Material from Other Sources, is organized into three subseries: Correspondence, Writings, and Other Papers. Correspondence includes letters to Henry James, Frederick Marryat, Jane Porter, Sir Robert Ker Porter, and others. There is also a letter to Willis from Martin Farquhar Tupper and several third-party letters, including one from Lord Aberdeen to Jane Porter. Of note are the two volumes of correspondence from Willis to Jane Porter. There are original holograph manuscripts for "Hannah and Samuel" and "A Poem Delivered by N. P. Willis". A third volume of material includes letters and manuscript notes chiefly in Jane Porter's hand. In addition, there are two photographs of Willis.

ArchivalResource: 0.63 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702139125 View

Benjamin Bussey collection 1767-1872 1800-1847 Bussey, Benjamin collection

Title: Benjamin Bussey collection 1767-1872 1800-1847 Bussey, Benjamin collection

The Benjamin Bussey collection contains letters and financial records related to Bussey's shipping endeavors, loans and philanthropy, land holdings in Massachusetts and Maine, and his estate in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Though the collection reveals little about Bussey's personal life, it is a great source of information on his diverse business interests and his far-reaching network of friends and colleagues such as Henry A. S. Dearborn, Josiah Quincy, William H. Sumner, and Samuel Thatcher.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-1016bus?rgn=main;view=text View

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Letters to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, [1829?-ca. 1848].

Title: Letters to Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, [1829?-ca. 1848].

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122369310 View

Godey's Lady's Book Historic Landmark Project. Papers : , 1970-1973.

Title: Papers : , 1970-1973.

Newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear inches.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32047676 View

Sara Josepha Hale Collection, 1889-1931

Title: Sara Josepha Hale Collection 1889-1931

ArchivalResource:

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-sc/viu00879.xml View

Osterud, Nancy Grey, 1948-. Papers, 1969-1975 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1969-1975 (inclusive).

The collection contains articles by Osterud and others, leaflets, pamphlets, newsletters, minutes, notes, speeches, proposals, essays, poems, letters, posters, photographs, and founding documents of women's liberation organizations in Cambridge and Boston, Mass., Seattle, Wash., Berkeley, Calif, and Providence, R.I. Also protest materials against the Vietnam war and Osterud's undergraduate honors thesis, "Sarah Josepha Hale: A Study in the History of Women in Nineteenth Century America," 1971.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122471138 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letter and portraits, n.d.

Title: Letter and portraits, n.d.

In a letter to Samuel G. Goodrich, ca. 1837, Hale explains that she has "just sent the poem to my publisher for the mag. I have recalled it and return it to you - but I think the 'Amulet' the best. However you may insert the one which is most convenient." With the letter are are three pictures of Sarah Hale, an engraving and two magazine prints.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54097484 View

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866.

Title: Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866.

The Nathaniel Parker Willis collection consists of letters, manuscripts, photographs, and printed ephemera related to Nathaniel Parker Willis. Series I, Owen Franklin Aldis Gift, is organized into three subseries: Correspondence, Writings, and Other Papers. Correspondence includes original letters from Willis to Rufus Wilmont Griswold, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Brantz Mayer, George Pope Morris, William Henry Seward, and others. There is a holograph manuscript of "To a Picture of "Genevieve" by Alexander" and a written agreement with Samuel G. Goodrich regarding editorial work on The Token in 1829. Series II, James H. Penniman Gift, includes original letters to William Henry Seward and Charles West Thomson, as well as a letter from Nathaniel Willis (1780-1870) to Horatio Southgate. Series III, Material from Other Sources, is organized into three subseries: Correspondence, Writings, and Other Papers. Correspondence includes letters to Henry James, Frederick Marryat, Jane Porter, Sir Robert Ker Porter, and others. There is also a letter to Willis from Martin Farquhar Tupper and several third-party letters, including one from Lord Aberdeen to Jane Porter. Of note are the two volumes of correspondence from Willis to Jane Porter. There are original holograph manuscripts for "Hannah and Samuel" and "A Poem Delivered by N. P. Willis". A third volume of material includes letters and manuscript notes chiefly in Jane Porter's hand. In addition, there are two photographs of Willis.

ArchivalResource: 0.63 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60366628 View

Beecher-Stowe family papers, 1798-1956

Title: Beecher-Stowe family papers, 1798-1956

Correspondence, writings, etc., of a New England family, including Lyman Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Calvin Stowe, Isabella Beecher Hooker, et al.

ArchivalResource: 7.1 linear ft.; (17 file boxes, 1 supersize folder, 1 oversize folder, 1 folio+ folder)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00049/catalog View

Soulé, Pierre, 1801-1870,. Autograph letter signed from Pierre Soulé, Washington, to Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, Philadelphia [manuscript], 1852-1853.

Title: Autograph letter signed from Pierre Soulé, Washington, to Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, Philadelphia [manuscript], 1852-1853.

(1) Dated May 17, 1852; Soulé finds merit in Hale's plan of education and shall give it an attentive consideration when the matter comes up before Congress; (2) Dated April 18, 1853; Regarding a book to be presented to the Queen of Spain.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 25 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/428976757 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Philanthropy [manuscript] : poem, 1851 Dec. 22.

Title: Philanthropy [manuscript] : poem, 1851 Dec. 22.

Letter, 1851 Jan. 16, Philadelphia, Pa. to Mrs. Welles enclosing a poem [Philanthropy?] copied in memory of Mrs. Welles's child [1 l. holograph signed 22 cm.].

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647942709 View

McLoughlin Bros., inc. Mary and her lamb, [ca. 1880] / McLoughlin Bros., New York.

Title: Mary and her lamb, [ca. 1880] / McLoughlin Bros., New York.

Ink and watercolor manuscript, possibly a mock up for publication, consisting of eight leaves with an illustration at the top of each page with a verse below. "Mary's little lamb" is drawn as a billygoat dressed with a blue shirt and red checked pants, red striped collar, who wears glasses when he attends school, where the chalkboard features the word "goat." The last image ("'Why, Mary Loves the Lamb, you know,' The Teacher did reply") depicts Mary carrying the billygoat past a building with a "S.P.C.A." sign on it and a flyer for "Fair. S.P.C.A." on a wall. Attributed to McLoughlin Bros. artist William Bruton, who was active between 1875 and 1885.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (8 l.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78994115 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

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

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1848 Mar. 31.

Title: Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1848 Mar. 31.

Asking for a contribution for the Opal of 1849, sending a book, and commenting on the success of charity fairs.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270503332 View

Biographical essays of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1975-ca. 1978

Title: Biographical essays of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1975-ca. 1978

Photocopies of biographies of approximately 100 women who lived in the U.S. in the 17th through the early 20th centuries of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, a social service, genealogical, and historical organization.

ArchivalResource: 1 carton, 1 folio folder

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00821/catalog View

Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-1980. Papers, 1799-1995 and undated

Title: Edwin Way Teale Papers undated, 1799-1995

Edwin Way Teale, Connecticut-based naturalist, was the author of thirty-two books. His papers include field notes and drafts for each of his books, early childhood writings, professional writings for magazines, newspapers and book reviews, correspondence- both personal and professional, personal and family documents, scrapbooks, and memorabilia, as well as his photographs (prints, negatives, and transparencies) and his personal library. There is also one box of original John Burroughs material Teale collected over the years.

ArchivalResource: 238.0 Linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860134418 View

Ambler, W. E., fl. 1889,. Correspondence pertaining to Sarah Josepha Hale's authorship of Mary had a little lamb, 1889-1931.

Title: Correspondence pertaining to Sarah Josepha Hale's authorship of Mary had a little lamb, 1889-1931.

In an 1889 letter Mary E. Tyler writes to Judge W.E. Ambler about a childhood playmate, declines the offer of a lamb picture, and refuses to send a photograph of herself. In a series of eight letters, 1930-1931, Carroll A. Wilson, Richard W. Hale, and Ruth E. Finley discuss Sarah Josepha Hale as the true author of "Mary's little lamb" and the disputed claim by Mary E. Tyler.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647874618 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letter to Margaret Bayard Smith [manuscript], 1841 February 10.

Title: Letter to Margaret Bayard Smith [manuscript], 1841 February 10.

Hale, Boston, writes to Mrs. Harrison Smith [Margaret Baynard Smith ?] Washington D.C., about her son on the Wilkes expedition, the inauguration of William Henry Harrison which Smith should describe for Godey's Lady's Book, and friends and family.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647882383 View

Jacob Bailey Moore papers, 1811-1851.

Title: Jacob Bailey Moore papers, 1811-1851.

Correspondence, manuscripts, journals, notes, and reseach materials of Americanjournalist, printer, and historian, Jacob Bailey Moore.

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01615/catalog View

Janvier, Francis De Haes, 1817-1885. Letter to Sarah Josepha Hale [manuscript], 1857 June 21.

Title: Letter to Sarah Josepha Hale [manuscript], 1857 June 21.

Janvier thanks Hale for compliments, describes the composition and prospective publication of his new poem, "The Skeleton Monk" and asks if she can put him in touch with Senators R. M. T. Hunter or John J. Crittenden.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647845443 View

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Papers of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [manuscript], 1764-1934 (bulk 1830-1881).

Title: Papers of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow [manuscript], 1764-1934 (bulk 1830-1881).

Collection contains portions or fragments of manuscripts, early drafts and fair copies of a variety of prose and verse. Correspondents, chiefly recipients, include George L. Austin, Arlo Bates, Charlottes Fiske Bates, Richard Bentley, D. Bogue, Robert Bonner, Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen, George W. Childs, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Frederic S. Cozzens, Charles Deane, Theodore S. Fay, W. P. Fessenden, J. T. Fields, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Sara Josepha Hale, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Dean Howells, John Keese, Fanny Kemble, Edith Longfellow, Fanny Longfellow, James R. Lowell, H. H. Milman, John Neal, Charles Eliot Norton, J. W. Palmer, Epes Sargent, Minot J. Savage, Horace E. Scudder, Ann S. Stephens, Charles Sumner, W. W. Follett Synge, George G. Ticknor, Osmond Tiffany, [Henry T.?] Tuckerman, Samuel Ward, John F. Weir, and William A. Wheeler. The collection also contains some miscellaneous items including a court order in favor of Stephen Longfellow; and photographs of Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: ca. 290 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647976795 View

Mulligan, James A., 1830-1864. James A. Mulligan papers, 1849-1900.

Title: James A. Mulligan papers, 1849-1900.

Correspondence, telegrams, student notebook, letterpress copy book, account books, journal (1862-1863), order books, and other papers by, to, or about James A. Mulligan, a Civil War army officer, Chicago lawyer, and journalist. Topics include Irish Americans, Catholics, Democratic politics, Mulligan's fellow students from the University of St. Mary's on the Lake, friendship with Henry S. Fitch, Mulligan's Chicago Catholic newspaper, the Western Tablet, cholera in Chicago (in 1854 letters), lawyers (Mulligan studied with Isaac N. Arnold), administration of the Irish Brigade (Illinois Infantry 23rd Regiment), administration of Camp Douglas, social scene in Washington, D.C. (in 1862 journal), family matters, camp life at New Creek, West Virginia, and Mulligan's command of the 5th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. Includes ca. 875 letters to Mulligan (1851-1864) and personal and family correspondence of Mulligan's wife, Marian Nugent Mulligan, particularly letters from school friends at St. Agatha's and letters to her mother from Miss S. J. Hale's school in Philadelphia. Writers to Mulligan include his brother-in-law Lt. James Nugent, schoolmate and law partner Henry S. Fitch, Isaac N. Arnold, Thomas Brenan, Thomas B. Bryan, Thaddeus J. Butler, Robert H. Clarkson, James Duggan (Catholic Bishop of Chicago), F. A. Eastman, Maj. Gen. Allen C. Fuller, Melville Fuller, Charles H. Ham, Henry S. Monroe, Martin James Russell, F. C. Sherman, O. H. Tiffany, and Philip Wadsworth. Papers arranged chronologically; also volumes: (1) student notebook 1849; (2) letterpress copy book of 105 Mulligan letters 1854-1855; (3) Mulligan and Fitch law firm account book 1855-1857; (4) Coburn, Mulligan and Fitch law firm account book 1857-1858; (5) Irish Brigade Executive Committee records 1861 April-June and later miscellany; (6) Irish Brigade Descriptive Book 1861 (with Miss Mulligan's wedding guest list and a few poems); (7) Mulligan's diary or journal 1862 Oct.-1863 July; (8) Order book 1862 June 22-1863 July 3; (9) Records of the Military Examining Board of the District of Western Virginia, presided over by Mulligan in Cumberland, Maryland, 1862 Dec.-1863 March; (10) Cases before the Military Court, New Creek, W. Va., 1863; (11) Order book, New Creek, W. Va., 1863 Oct. 27-1864 April 3; also Mulligan's commission as Brevet Brig. General, signed by Edwin M. Stanton 1864 July 23 (Oversize). Also available is a typed transcript of Mulligan's diary or journal, 1862 Oct-1863 July.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (4 boxes and 3 v.).1 oversize folder. (1864 July 23).

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Dwight, Theodore Frelinghuysen, 1846-1917. Papers II, 1734-1869, bulk: 1800-1864.

Title: Papers II, 1734-1869, bulk: 1800-1864.

Miscellaneous papers and autographs collected by Theodore F. Dwight, librarian and literary secretary to Henry Adams. Correspondents include Jacob De la Montagnie, a New York State legislator; and Reverend Samuel and Caroline Gilman, who as writers and editors had frequent contact with contemporary religious and secular writers. Other papers include: a letter from Lyman Beecher professing the importance of his writing to his ministry; reformer Elihu Burritt's plan to bring unemployed laborers and landless farmers from Britain to the U.S.; Virgil Maxcy's description of a meeting with Admiral John Warren, commander of the British fleet in the War of 1812; and a letter from Josiah Quincy decrying the factionalization of politics. (Cont) Also a cover letter from Gulian Verplanck to newspaper publishers explaining his stance against the proposed tariff of 1825. Other letters that Dwight collected are written by Lord Jeffrey Amherst, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Joseph Hume, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, George Francis Train, Daniel Webster, and Noah Webster.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letter to Mrs Mary Judson. [s.l.]. [18--] Mar. 9.

Title: Letter to Mrs Mary Judson. [s.l.]. [18--] Mar. 9.

Expressing sympathy to Mary Judson on the death of her son and to his widowed wife; mentioning that Sarah Hale will go to see Mary Judson soon.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311057210 View

Kellers, Edward Henry, 1836-1906. Edward Henry Kellers papers, 1852-1893.

Title: Edward Henry Kellers papers, 1852-1893.

Consists chiefly of autographs, 1852-1893, including those of presidents, cabinet officials, and teachers; letter, 9 Feb. 1856, from Sarah J[osepha Buell] Hale, giving information on the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association; letter, 13 Feb. 1856, from Horace Greeley in reply to Keller's request for his autograph; and letter, 7 June 1860, from I[saac] Toucey, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, sending copy of regulation for admission and promotion in the Medical Department of the Navy. Includes Kellers' student diary, April-May 1853, while enrolled at South Carolina College; volume, 1849-1859, containing notes on lectures by Francis Lieber, Maximillian LaBorde, and [Eli] Geddings. Journal, 24 May 1864 - 16 Feb. 1865, re Kellers' work as a Confederate surgeon stationed at Charleston, S.C., including description of shelling of the hospital and removal of patients to area churches on 16 Aug. 1864, comments on patients and treatments, fellow officers, personal affairs, trip to Pocataligo, S.C., with a Georgia unit, transportation, supplies, service at Fort Sumter, and preparations for evacuation of the city, "My old home is to be left in the hands of strangers and they my enemies. What a sad thing...."; and 2 volumes, 1878 and 1883 medicinal and other recipes. Also includes photocopies of Edward H. Kellers' student and Civil War journals, transcribed by Frances Crutchfield Kellers, 1986.

ArchivalResource: 38 items and 4 v.

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Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K.

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K.

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01530/catalog View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Papers of Sarah Josepha Buell [manuscript] 1827-79.

Title: Papers of Sarah Josepha Buell [manuscript] 1827-79.

Poem, To Miss Sophia Cheney [1 l. holograph signed]--Letters, 1843-73, to Ulysses Simpson Grant, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Benson John Lossing and others concern social engagements, Mrs. Hale's rejection of poems for publication, and engravings for and publication of her own works [10 items. holograph signed]--Newspaper clipping, 1879, obituary of Mrs. Hale [1 item. printed].

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

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Benjamin, Park, 1809-1864. Papers, 1645-1925

Title: Park Benjamin papers, 1645-1925

Correspondence, manuscripts of poems, and manuscripts of lectures by Benjamin. The correspondence consists of original letters of Benjamin, typescript and photostatic copies of Benjamin letters in other libraries, and letters to Benjamin from some of his literary contemporaries including Paul Hamilton Hayne, Willis Gaylord Clark, John Lothrop Motley, and Fitz-Greene Halleck. Many of the letters relate to Park Benjamin's lecture tours. There are other family letters and many documents relating to the Benjamin family,and two letterbooks of John Lothrop Motley. Also, a large amount of genealogical material of the Benjamin family, and its related families from the 16th century to the present day. There are also financial records, monographs, clippings, and photographs.

ArchivalResource: 9.24 linear ft (in 22 boxes).

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George Pope Morris collection of papers, 1830-1863

Title: George Pope Morris collection of papers 1830-1863

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 33 items

http://archives.nypl.org/brg/19318 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letter : Boston, to Alonzo Lewis, Lynn, Mass., 1831 February 7.

Title: Letter : Boston, to Alonzo Lewis, Lynn, Mass., 1831 February 7.

Hale praises Lewis's work which she intends to recommend in the Ladies' Magazine and adds that she wishes more authors devoted their talents to writing about the United States.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Sara Josepha Hale Collection, 1831 Feb 7

Title: Sara Josepha Hale Collection 1831 Feb 7

ArchivalResource:

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Letters, 1870-1876, to Edward Everett Hale and Sarah Josepha Buell Hale.

Title: Letters, 1870-1876, to Edward Everett Hale and Sarah Josepha Buell Hale.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (2 l.).

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Autograph File, H

Title: Autograph File, H

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: 11 linear feet (22 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01431/catalog View

May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive).

Title: Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive).

This collection includes correspondence, diaries, financial papers, photographs, and other documents of the two families and their relations. The bulk of the collection is Abigail's papers, including letters from prominent abolitionists, suffragists, and authors, and the papers of Samuel and Mehetable Goddard, with letters they wrote home during their residence in England from 1818 to 1827. Other persons represented are Frederick May, his daughter Eleanor, Abigail May (1775-1800), Samuel J. May (1797-1871), Samuel May of Leicester, Mass., Louisa May Alcott, Ednah Dow Cheney, Lydia Maria Child, Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.

ArchivalResource: 1.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232006852 View

Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839. Mathew Carey letters, 1802-1832.

Title: Mathew Carey letters, 1802-1832.

The collection consists of fifteen letters, 1802-1832, chiefly about Carey's Philadelphia publishing concerns or writing, including three letters to Nicholas Biddle, and letters to Nicholas LeFavre, about the financial strain felt in publishing the 1802 edition of his Bible; to John M. O'Conner, including a statement of accounts; to bookseller Joseph Robinson, including an invoice; to Sarah Josepha Hale, about a drama; to Joseph R. Chandler, asking for a loan of $750.000; to Thomas H. White, about an article he had written and expected to have been published; to W.W. Woodward, about printing school Bibles with Psalms; to his son Henry C. Carey, about his expenses; two letters to Webster & Skinners describe a statement of accounts and an exchange of stock; a letter to Joseph O'Connor is written on Carey's list of books for sale, No. 3, 1 July 1817. Many include integral envelopes.

ArchivalResource: 15 items.

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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Papers, 1841-1879 (inclusive).

Title: Papers, 1841-1879 (inclusive).

Nine letters from Hale re: her writings, and one from Andrew Dickson White, president of Cornell University, re: women's education.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232007376 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. What might a single mind may wield : poem, 1861, "Feby." 19, Philadelphia.

Title: What might a single mind may wield : poem, 1861, "Feby." 19, Philadelphia.

Verse with printed biographical notes.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 18 cm.

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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letters, 1828-1868.

Title: Letters, 1828-1868.

[1] 1828, May 21, to John W. Whitman : Asks him to influence "Helen" [Sarah Helen Whitman] to contribute to the Ladies' Magazine. [2] 1840, March 14, to J. T. Fields : Accepts Field's offer to procure tickets for her for lectures on botany. [3] 1868, March 25, to Messrs. Editors : Has received January number and commends it. Forwarding copy of her new work on manners at Mr. Tilton's request.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122543914 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Autograph letter signed : [Boston], to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1837 June 26.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [Boston], to the Rev. John Pierpont, 1837 June 26.

Asking him to review An examination of phrenology, by Thomas Sewall, for her Lady's book.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p.) ; (16mo)

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Davis, William, d. 1826. Letters, 1816-1884, bulk: 1816-1819.

Title: Letters, 1816-1884, bulk: 1816-1819.

Letters of William Davis of Plymouth, Mass., to his daughter Betsy (Elizabeth Davis, later Mrs. George Bancroft) while she was a student in Hingham, Mass., 1816-1819. The letters concern family matters and social events, including brief descriptions of a wedding (Sep. 1818) and several parties. Also included are letters written to Elizabeth and George Bancroft in 1845, many requesting favors of Bancroft, newly appointed Secretary of the Navy. A letter from Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (Oct. 1845) and two from European friends (1884) are included.

ArchivalResource: 1 small case.

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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Papers, 1798-1893 (bulk 1827-1887)

Title: Dorothea Lynde Dix papers, 1798-1893 (inclusive), 1827-1887 (bulk).

Correspondence and manuscripts of American educator, social reformer, and humanitarian, Dorothea Dix.

ArchivalResource: 29 boxes (9.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00078/catalog View

Papers, 1969-1975

Title: Papers, 1969-1975

Pamphlets, newsletters, minutes, etc., of Nancy Grey Osterud, feminist activist.

ArchivalResource: 1 file box, 1 folio folder+

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James Thomas Fields collection of autographs and portraits of distinguished women, 1814-1907.

Title: James Thomas Fields collection of autographs and portraits of distinguished women, 1814-1907.

Letters and portraits collected by the American publisher James Thomas Fields.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01490/catalog View

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Letters from Poe and article about him [manuscript] 1836-1847.

Title: Letters from Poe and article about him [manuscript] 1836-1847.

Letters to L. J. Cist, Philip Cooke, Thomas W. Field, Mrs. Sarah Hale, and to J. P. Kennedy and a manuscript "Reviewer reviewed," by Walter Bowen, ca. 1847, submitted to Graham's Magazine, regarding Poe's literary criticism.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

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Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Correspondence with Rev. Dr. Prince, Dec. 23, 1874, 1413 Locust St, Philadelphia, Messrs. Carey and Hart, January 27, 1835, Boston, Dr. James Rush, Philadelphia, Oct. 23, 1865, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Mason, Jan. 9, 1865, Philadelphia ; from J. R. Thomson, May 10, 1867, Shanghai and D. E. Wilson, Nov. 2, 1846, Allentown / Sarah Josepha Hale.

Title: Correspondence with Rev. Dr. Prince, Dec. 23, 1874, 1413 Locust St, Philadelphia, Messrs. Carey and Hart, January 27, 1835, Boston, Dr. James Rush, Philadelphia, Oct. 23, 1865, Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Mason, Jan. 9, 1865, Philadelphia ; from J. R. Thomson, May 10, 1867, Shanghai and D. E. Wilson, Nov. 2, 1846, Allentown / Sarah Josepha Hale. 1835-1874.

Brief letter to Rev. Dr. Prince sending postage for 1875 for the "Observer." Letter to Carey & Hart, suggesting a number of works Hale would like them to publish in Philadelphia, including "Traits of American life" and others. She discusses reasons for publishing in Philadelphia instead of other regions. Lengthy religious and philosophical letter to Dr. James Rush on his book: Brief outline of an analysis of the human intellect. Letter appears to be a draft or copy with corrections in Hale's hand. Letter from Lydia Sigourney to Hale, with Sigourney's letters in Cairns Collection. Two lengthy personal and religious letters to Dr. and Mrs. Mason, Baptist missionaries to the Karen tribes of Tavoy, Burma , discussing her own religious, political, and personal beliefs on woman's roles on society, lack of funds for their missionary work, fundraising, and a discussion of Mrs. Mason's "God Language." Letter from [Mrs.] J. R. Thomson, thanking Hale for a Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine sent to China and discussing her missionary work. Lengthy letter from D. E. Wilson discussing the state of American iron work and the 1846 tariff, describing his "mansion" just built, and discussing "old maids" and bachelors, among other topics.

ArchivalResource: 7 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180190332 View

Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection of American children's literature, 1640-2001

Title: Betsy Beinecke Shirley collection of American children's literature 1640-2001

Collection consists of manuscripts (correspondence and drafts of writings), illustration material (drawings in all media, photographs, book dummies, and printing blocks and plates), and publication proofs by various authors and artists including Louisa May Alcott, Alexander Anderson, Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel, Gelett Burgess, Harrison Cady, Palmer Cox, F. O. C. Darley, W. W. Denslow, Jo Mora, Peter Newell, and Symeon Shimin, as well as work produced for the McLoughlin Brothers publishing house. Also present are penmanship exercise books, samplers, and other school work produced by American children including John Hancock and his brother Ebenezer, letters of advice written to children by prominent figures such as Samuel Clemens, Charles Dodgson, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington, and writings created by and for Native American children.

ArchivalResource: 19.5 linear feet (53 boxes) + 3 broadside folders + 7 art objects

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Bussey, Benjamin, 1757-1842. Benjamin Bussey collection, 1767-1872, bulk 1800-1847.

Title: Benjamin Bussey collection, 1767-1872, bulk 1800-1847.

The Benjamin Bussey collection contains letters and financial records related to Bussey's shipping endeavors, loans and philanthropy, land holdings in Massachusetts and Maine, and his estate in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Though the collection reveals little about Bussey's personal life, it is a great source of information on his diverse business interests and his far-reaching network of friends and colleagues such as Henry A. S. Dearborn, Josiah Quincy, William H. Sumner, and Samuel Thatcher.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 linear feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/707972718 View

Sarah Helen Whitman papers, Whitman (Sarah Helen) papers, 1816-1878, 1816-1878

Title: Sarah Helen Whitman papers Whitman (Sarah Helen) papers 1816-1878 1816-1878

Sarah Helen (Power) Whitman (1803-1878) was a Rhode Island poet and essayist best known for her brief engagement to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848. Whitman hosted a salon in Providence that attracted many (including George William Curtis, John Neal, and John Hay) and corresponded with a number of literary luminaries. While living in Boston, Whitman became interested in Transcendentalism and other movements of the period, including woman's rights, spiritualism, mesmerism, Fourierism, and the progressive educational methods of Bronson Alcott. The papers include correspondence, poetry, genealogical information, and legal documents.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft. (5 legal size clamshell boxes)

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DePaola, Tomie, 1934-. Mary had a little lamb : production material.

Title: Mary had a little lamb : production material.

Holograph, typescripts, front matter, correspondence, corrected galley proof, research material, pencil study for jacket, pencil studies, watercolor samplers, pencil, ink & watercolor study, proofs, photocopies, photographs (research material). The famous nineteenth-century nursery rhyme about the school- going lamb is accompanied by the music later written for it.

ArchivalResource: Illustrations: 1 items.Manuscripts: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62403545 View

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. John Greenleaf Whittier Papers, 1808-1940.

Title: John Greenleaf Whittier Papers, 1808-1940.

Manuscripts include: poem beginning, "Another hand is beckoning us ..." n.d.; a note beginning, "The approach of Mr. Whittier's seventieth birthday..," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson ca. 1877; a quotation from a poem, "Barbara Frietchie" 1882 June 4; a quotation from a poem beginning, "The beauty which old Greece or Rome ..." 1886 February 5; a page proof with auto corrections and signed of a poem beginning, "church to reverend memories dear ..." n.d. Also a poem entitled, "Criticisms on the Poems in the North Star ..." by Elizabeth Lloyd ca. 1840; a quotation from a poem beginning, "Do thou thy work ..." 1877 December 22; a poem entitled, "Dr. Ross" 1879 December; a quotation from a poem entitled, "Emerson" n.d.; a quotation from a poem beginning, "Faith shares the Future's promise ...," with ANS, [1865 May 25], J.G.W. 1865 August 17; essays, "The First Anti-Slavery Meeting in the United States," n.d. Also an essay "The poetry of Heart and Home-Wm. H. Burleigh" n.d.; essay "Deem not the loved" n.d.; a quotation from a poem beginning, "God pity them both ..." n.d.; a quotation beginning "God's ways seem dark ..." 1874 March 22; a quotation from a poem beginning, "The highest good ..." 1881 January 4; a quotation from a poem beginning, "If for the age to come..," [1862 January 24] J.G.W. to B. Mayer 1862 January 24; a poem, "In the Old South Church" n.d. Also a page proof with auto. corr. "John Greenleaf Whittier, a Biography" by Francis Underwood, with ANS by F.U. and J.G.W. on first page 1884; notes re: poem, "The King's Missive," with explanatory ANS by Samuel Thomas Pickard ca. 1880; a poem, "A Lay of the Olden Time" in an unknown hand n.d.; a poem, "Lydia Wardwell in the 'Old South'" 1877 November 29; a poem, "A Memorial. M.A.C." [Moses Austin Cartland] with letter from J.G.W. to unknown recipient on last page of manuscript n.d.; a poem, "The Memory of Burns" n.d. Also a poem beginning, "O, God of Peace. now o'er the world ...," by Bayard Taylor, enclosed with letter 1876 March 23 B.T. to J.G.W. in bound volume 1876 March 23; a poem, "Oak Knoll," in an unknown hand 1888 July 4; a poem beginning, "Oh, Freedom. if to me belong ..." 1857 July 20; a poem, "On Whittier's Eightieth Birthday" by Frances L. Mace 1887; a poem beginning, "Our social joys are more than fame..," in bound volume with photo n.d., J.G.W., head and shoulders 1882 January 16; poem, "The Poet and the Children" n.d.; essay, "The Poetry of Heart and Home-Wm. H. Burleigh" filed with "The First Anti-Slavery Meeting in the United States" n.d. Also a poem, "The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall; A.D. 1697," with letter 1858 December J.G.W. to Theodore Tiller 1858; poem, "The River Path" 1871 March 21; quotation from part of poem beginning, "Shine Light of God. make broad thy scope..," with envelope addressed to Mrs. B.R. Cowen 1885 June 5; poem beginning, "Somebody loves you, or somebody ought to ...," with 2 p. manuscript explanation and clipping, re: J.G.W. ca. 1861; poem, "Sumner" 1874; poem, "The Swan Song of Parson Avery. 1635," with letter, 1866 May 5, J.G.W. to Francis Underwood on last page 1866 May 5. Also a poem beginning, "To Cousin Margaret Wendell" 1839 December 12; poem, To George B. Cheever" 1860 September 1; poem, "To the Emperor of Brazil" [unused dedication for In War Time] ca. 1864; poem beginning, "What is the service ..." 1882 May 8; part of poem beginning, "Who calls thy service ...," with envelope addressed to Alice Hedge Holmes, in bound volume 1888 February 14; and part of poem beginning, "With warning hand ..." with letter, 1857 August 27, J.G.W. to unknown recipient at bottom of leaf [1857 August 27]. Letter correspondents and recipients include: J.G.W., Sarah J. Hale, Elizabeth Whittier, Charles Torry, Joseph Sturge, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Williamson Palmer, Theodore Tiller, Salmon Portland Chase, A.C. Fisk, B. Mayer, George Morrill, William A., Wheeler, Edward W. Hooper, Lydia Maria Child, S.C. Griggs, Mrs. Sargent, Charles H. Bell, Kilham, Committee of Colored Voters in Brooklyn, New York, Burlingame, Celia Thaxter, Mrs. Kinsey, Robert Underwood Johnson, M. Merrill, William Howell Reed, William and Mary Howitt, Crocker, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bayard Taylor, Mrs. Horace E. Smith, Lucy Larcom, Henry Oscar Houghton, Editor of Forest and Stream, William Dean Howells, Darwin C. Pusey, Houghton, Osgood & Co., Helen Colcord, Editor of The Literary World, A. McClean & Co., Mary Shepard, William A. Beene, Epes Sargent, Miss Carpenter, D.M. Crowley, D.P. Livermore, Lilliam Carpenter, Garrison, James R. Nichols, Longfellow Association, William Sloane Kennedy, Millekin, Phebe J. Woodman, John Peaslee, Henry Oscar Houghton, Emma Taylor, Hayne, Harlan Ballard, Emory H. Jones, Wentworth, Fanny, Herbert D. Ward, C.E.F. Wingate, R.M. Johnston, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Abby J. Woodman, George W. Cate, F.W. Merrill, Appleton, Bill Heath, Robert W. Lull, John D. Philbrick, Mary Shepard, Julian Allen, Horace Currier, James Thomas Fields, Manning, Elizabeth Neall Wendell, and Ann Wendell. Photographs and prints include: an engraving by George E. Perine of John Greenleaf Whittier's head and shoulders 1873 November; group of ten magazine photos and drawings (3 photos of J.G.W., 6 drawings and photos of places associated with J.G.W., and 1 facsimile of a verse in J.G.W.'s hand) 1855-1892; a photo signed of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; a photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; an engraving by F.T. Stuart of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, with engraved signature of J.G.W. n.d.; photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, n.d.; photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, in bound volume with manuscript poem beginning, "Our social joys are more than fame ..." n.d.; a photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders with printed signature of J.G.W. n.d., photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, n.d.; photo J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; photo of kitchen and bedroom, in house where J.G.W. was born n.d.; photo of group of people, including J.G.W. on porch of house 1885; photo J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; 2 engravings of J.G.W., middle-agd and young, head and shoulders, in bound volume n.d.; engraving J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, with printed signature of J.G.W. n.d.; photo funeral of J.G.W. 1892 September 10; and a photo of Elizabeth Whittier, enclosed in letter, n.d., J.G.W. to Manning n.d. Miscellaneous items in collection include: 2 certifications of approval signed by the selectmen of Haverhill, Massachusetts, including John Whittier, father of J.G.W. 1808 October 5; receipt signed by J.G.W., for money received from Fields, Osgood, and Co. 1869 May 7; autograph of J.G.W., with envelope addressed to Edwin Champlin 1880 October 8; printed program for commemoration of the eightieth birthday of J.G.W. 1887 December 18; reprint "John Greenleaf Whittier in Philadelphia" by Vincent B. Brecht, from Philadelphia History, Vol. IV, No. 1 1934; collar and tie belonging to J.G.W. n.d.; and a newspaper clipping "The Poet Whittier," an autobiography, in bound volume n.d.

ArchivalResource: ca. 130 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647977923 View

Embury, Emma C. (Emma Catherine), 1806-1863. Emma C. Embury salon album, 1825-1870.

Title: Emma C. Embury salon album, 1825-1870.

An album comprising 122 autograph items, drawings, portraits, clippings and extracts relating to the development of an important American literary salon in New York. The correspondence addressed to Emma and Daniel Embury focuses primarily on literature, writing, and publishing. Subjects include American poetry, its relation to English poetry, criticism, publishing, literary annuals and magazines, women writers, literary circles, and social affairs. Correspondents include: George W. Bethune, William Cullen Bryant, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Thomas Seir Cummings, Samuel Goodrich, Hannah Flagg Gould, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Daniel Huntington, Henry Inman, Catharine Sedgewick, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, L.H. Sigourney, Ann Sophia W. Stephens, John Trumbull and Alaric Watts. Includes a autograph address panel in the hand of George Gordon, Lord Byron.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/64032068 View

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879. Letter to Alonzo Lewis [manuscript], 1831 February 7.

Title: Letter to Alonzo Lewis [manuscript], 1831 February 7.

Hale praises Lewis's work which she intends to recommend in the Ladies' Magazine and adds that she wishes more authors devoted their talents to writing about the United States.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647846116 View

May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912

Title: Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912

Photographs, correspondence, diaries, financial papers, etc., of the May and Goddard families, of New England, including social reformer Abigail Williams May.

ArchivalResource: 2 file boxes, 2 oversize volumes

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