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United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870

Title: United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives 1861-1870

The United States Sanitary Commission established the Army and Navy Claim Agency (ANCA) in Washington, D.C. on April 1, 1864 to serve as the USSC’s central office to assist Union soldiers, sailors, and their families in prosecuting claims on the federal government for pensions, back pay, bounty, commutation of rations, prize money, and other benefits, without cost. The Army and Navy Claim Agency Archives comprise the records of the Army and Navy Claim Agency; the records of the Pension Agency, its predecessor organization; the registers and cash books of its subsidiary local agencies; and the records of two quasi-independent USSC claim agencies whose origins predate the establishment of the Army and Navy Claim Agency: the Protective War Claim Association of the State of New York, located in New York City, and the Protective War Claim and Pension Agency, located in Philadelphia.

ArchivalResource: 506.37 linear feet; 1190 boxes, 46 volumes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18809 View

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934. Letters, 1908 & 1912 [manuscript].

Title: Letters, 1908 & 1912 [manuscript].

In a letter, 1908 October 1, Hawthorne, New York City, writes to Dr. Theodore F. Wolfe, Succasunna, New Jersey, promoting the sale of stock for his Canadian mining venture. In a letter fragment, 1912 February 6, Wolfe explains that the sending of letters such as the one above resulted in Hawthorne's subsequent indictment by the New York Grand Jury.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647812920 View

Habberton, John, 1842-1921. Letter to Dr. T.F. Wolfe. New Rochelle, NY. 1897 Feb. 27.

Title: Letter to Dr. T.F. Wolfe. New Rochelle, NY. 1897 Feb. 27.

Informing Wolfe that he wrote Helen's Babies in no special location and thus will be of no help for Wolfe's book on literary locations.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233100373 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

Theodore F. Wolfe Papers, 1866-1914.

Title: Theodore F. Wolfe Papers 1866-1914.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet (4 boxes)

http://findingaids.cul.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079493 View

Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen), 1847-1915. Papers, 1866-1914.

Title: Papers, 1866-1914.

Dr. Wolfe drew upon many of the letters and books he collected in writing his books LITERARY SHRINES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS, 1895; A LITERARY PILGRIMAGE AMONG HAUNTS OF BRITISH AUTHORS, 1896; LITERARY HAUNTS AND HOMES, AMERICAN AUTHORS, 1898; and ITERARY RAMBLES AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1900. There is also a miscellaneous file of clippings, notes, and photographs about authors, and a large group of stereoptican slides collected during Wolfe's travels in the northeast states.

ArchivalResource: ca. 390 items (4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298686868 View