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Hall, Bolton, 1854-1938. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1905-1940, n.d.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1905-1940, n.d.

Consists of letters to Bolton Hall from a number of correspondents. Also includes 2 letters to Gerard P. Herrick, one of which is from Katharine B. (Mrs. Clarence) Day; 2 letters to Mrs. Herrick from Poultney Bigelow; one card to Harold Brown from Amar Singh; and one letter to Mrs. Lois Bolton Hall from Porter Emerson Browne. The collection includes 1 postcard, 2 postal cards and 8 clipped autographs of several of Hall's correspondents.

ArchivalResource: 43 items (46 leaves)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155885844 View

Barrère, Camille, 1851-1940,. Meredith Johnson autograph collection, 1920-1934.

Title: Meredith Johnson autograph collection, 1920-1934.

The collection contains autographed cards or letters to Meredith Johnson or Robert Underwood Johnson.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50211224 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Sumner, William Graham, 1840-1910. William Graham Sumner papers, 1863-1946 (inclusive).

Title: William Graham Sumner papers, 1863-1946 (inclusive).

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes and research materials, clippings, memorabilia, photographs and financial records of William Graham Sumner, a sociologist, professor at Yale University, and advocate of free trade and the gold standard. The correspondence (over 13,000 items) documents many of Sumner's interests including the Yale College curriculum and economic and political issues. It also includes substantive accounts from friends in the South about Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the Tilden-Hayes election. Family correspondence spans the years 1863-1908. There are over 100 letters written by Sumner during the last years of his life to Albert Galloway Keller. Writings in the papers include manuscripts of published and unpublished works, among which are two unpublished books on paper currency. Essays, both complete and fragments, sermons from his service as an Episcopal minister, drafts of lectures, addresses, and several items of fiction are also included. Sumner's exhaustive notes cover a variety of topics on American and European history. The largest set is made up of 250,000 note cards, catalogued and used in the preparation of Science of Society. Among his major correspondents are E. S. Dana, Timothy Dwight, Morton Easton, Irving Fisher, Edwin Godkin, Charles Hines, Alfred Bishop Mason, Simon Newcomb, Joseph Sumner and David Ames Wells. These papers previously formed part of the Sumner-Keller collection.

ArchivalResource: 60.25 linear ft. (123 boxes, 3 folios, 1 file cabinet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122390604 View