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Goodwin, Paul,. Goodwin family papers, 1802-1913.

Title: Goodwin family papers, 1802-1913.

Correspondence and some professional and financial records of the Goodwin family, 1802-1913.

ArchivalResource: 0.4 linear feet (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52907134 View

Burr, E. F. (Enoch Fitch), 1818-1907. Enoch Fitch Burr papers, 1842-1888 (inclusive).

Title: Enoch Fitch Burr papers, 1842-1888 (inclusive).

Letters to Enoch Fitch Burr of Lyme, Conn., Yale 1839, clergyman, author, and lecturer on religion and science. The Reverend Dr. Burr was a direct descendant of Nathaniel Burr of Fairfield, Conn., a brother of Jehue Burr from Aaron Burr, the vice-president, was descended. Correspondents include William Cullen Bryant, Horace Bushnell, James Dwight Dana, William Gladstone, Mark Hopkins, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Denison Olmsted, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey. The correspondence consists mostly of routine acknowledgements and letters of introduction.

ArchivalResource: .25 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702167533 View

Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943.

Title: Dickinson family library

Books that were collected by the poet Emily Dickinson and her family.

ArchivalResource: 50 linear feet (591 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00321/catalog View

James, William, 1797-1868. James family papers and sermons, 1808-1888.

Title: James family papers and sermons, 1808-1888.

Family correspondence and sermons documenting the family and career of William James as a Presbyterian minister in New York State. The collection includes correspondence among James' brothers and sisters concerning the amputation of the leg of his half-brother Henry James (1811-1882); also, correspondence from Catherine Barber James Prince to Elizabeth Tillman James Seelye concerning mental health and its cures. Other correspondents include Marcia Ames James, Anna Hawley Seelye Emerson, Marcia Lucretia Ames James and William Henry Prince.

ArchivalResource: 5 archives boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49701939 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216647 View

Walker, George Leon, 1830-1900. George Leon Walker and Williston Walker papers, 1722-1922.

Title: George Leon Walker and Williston Walker papers, 1722-1922.

Material documents the activities of a typical New England clergyman during the second half of the 19th century and provide information on national news, political events, the Civil War, the slavery issue, financial news on currency and taxes, and daily weather conditions. Correspondence, diaries, notes and writings of George Leon and Williston Walker form the core of the collection and provide extensive biographical information. Also included are records of sermons preached and pastoral records.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet (9 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702179293 View

Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884. Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983 (inclusive), 1809-1941 (bulk).

Title: Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983 (inclusive), 1809-1941 (bulk).

The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), journals, manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, and an annotated copy of the 1848 edition of his The Middle Kingdom, themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S. W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and with James Dwight Dana and Matthew C. Perry, whom Williams accompanied on his mission to open Japan and on his return visit in 1854. Williams's letters to friends and family comment on progress made and their reception in Japan. In 1856 Williams became secretary and interpreter to the American Legation in China and many of the letters refer to Chinese problems of the following twenty years. His correspondents include, in addition to Dana and Perry, Anson Burlingame, Hamilton Fish, Asa Gray, Frederick Low, William Bradford Reed, and William Henry Seward. The remaining correspondence covers the period 1885 to 1939, encompassing the correspondence of F. W. Williams, Yale professor, and Wayland Wells Williams, writer.

ArchivalResource: 22.25 linear feet (33 boxes)

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/3840 View

Seelye Papers, 1824-1898

Title: Seelye Papers 1824-1898

The Julius Hawley Seeyle Collection contains correspondence, sermons, notes, journals, speeches and articles. The bulk of the collection is family and other correspondence, although it also includes many sermons and writings by Seeyle.

ArchivalResource: 16 archives boxes; (8 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma31.html View

Seelye, Julius H. (Julius Hawley), 1824-1895. Autograph letter signed J.H. Seelye to: My Dear Dea Kimball December 19, 1874.

Title: Autograph letter signed J.H. Seelye to: My Dear Dea Kimball December 19, 1874.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. +e envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70814727 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

George Leon Walker and Williston Walker Papers, 1722-1922

Title: George Leon Walker and Williston Walker Papers, 1722-1922

Correspondence, diaries, notes and writings ofGeorge Leon and Williston Walker form the core of the collection and provideextensive biographical information. They detail the activities of a typical NewEngland clergyman during the second half of the 19th century and provideinformation on national news, political events, the Civil War, the slaveryissue, financial news on currency and taxes, and daily weather conditions. Alsoincluded are records of sermons preached and pastoral records. George LeonWalker (1830-1900) was a Congregational clergyman in Portland, Maine(1858-1867), New Haven, Connecticut (1868-1873), and Hartford, Connecticut(1879-1892). He was a corporate member of the American Board of Commissionersfor Foreign Missions and served on the commission to prepare the Congregationalcreed. His son, Williston Walker (1860-1922) was professor of history/churchhistory at Bryn Mawr College (1888-1889), Hartford Theological Seminary(1889-1901) and Yale University (1901-1922). He also served as a trustee ofAmherst College (1896-1922), acting dean of Yale Graduate School (1916-1917)and provost of Yale University (1919-1922).

ArchivalResource: Totalarchival boxes 9; total linear footage 4'

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/divinity.051 View

Seelye Julius H. (Julius Hawley), 1824-1895. [Sermons, etc. / Julius H. Seelye].

Title: [Sermons, etc. / Julius H. Seelye]. [between 1870-1874]

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35959677 View

James Family Papers and Sermons, 1808-1888

Title: James Family Papers and Sermons 1808-1888

Family correspondence and sermons documenting the family and career of William James as a Presbyterian minister in New York State.

ArchivalResource: 5 archives boxes; (2.5 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma95.html View

Seelye, Julius H. (Julius Hawley), 1824-1895. Seelye papers, 1824-1898.

Title: Seelye papers, 1824-1898.

Correspondence, travel diaries, genealogical information, sermons, lectures, notes, clippings, business records, photographs and other materials documenting the personal and professional life of Julius Hawley Seelye and the Seelye family. Topics covered in correspondence include Andover Theological Seminary and Christian missions in Japan and China; correspondents include Joseph H. Neesima and Kanzo Uchimura. Series 3 documents Seelye's education at Amherst College, Auburn Theological Seminary and Halle, Germany; his tenure as a faculty member and later 5th president of Amherst College, 1856-1895; and term as member of U.S. Congress, 1875-1877. Seelye's 1872 trip to India is documented in journals and clippings. Family correspondence includes letters of Seelye's uncle Laurens P. Hickok, father Seth Seelye, mother Abigail Taylor Seelye, wife Elizabeth T. James Seelye, brothers Henry E. and Laurenus Clark Seelye, and children Anna H. Seelye Emerson, Mabel Seelye Bixler, Elizabeth J. Seelye Bixler, and William James Seelye.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48934679 View

Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1809-1983, 1809-1941

Title: Samuel Wells Williams family papers 1809-1983 1809-1941

The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's , themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S.W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and with James Dwight Dana and Matthew C. Perry, whom Williams accompanied on his mission to open Japan and on his return visit in 1854. Williams's letters to friends and family comment on progress made and their reception in Japan. In 1856 Williams became secretary and interpreter to the American Legation in China and many of the letters refer to Chinese problems of the following 20 years. His correspondents include, in addition to Dana and Perry, Anson Burlingame, Hamilton Fish, Asa Gray, Frederick Low, William Bradford Reed, and William Henry Seward. The remaining correspondence covers the period 1885 to 1939, encompassing the correspondence of F.W. Williams, Yale professor, and Wayland Wells Williams, writer. Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language

ArchivalResource: 22.25 linear feet (33 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0547 View

Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

Title: Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.

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: 15.5 boxes (7.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01442/catalog View

Williams, S. Wells (Samuel Wells), 1812-1884. Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1824-1936 (inclusive).

Title: Samuel Wells Williams family papers, 1824-1936 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence (comprising over half of the collection), manuscripts of Samuel Wells Williams's Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language, themes and lecture notes by Frederick Wells Williams, diaries, newspaper clippings, articles on China, maps, and pictures. The bulk of the correspondence relates to S.W. Williams, missionary, diplomat, and Sinologue. The period between 1845 and 1855 has extensive correspondence with missionaries and with James Dwight Dana and Matthew C. Perry, whom Williams accompanied on his mission to open Japan and on his return visit in 1854. Williams's letters to friends and family comment on progress made and their reception in Japan. In 1856 Williams became secretary and interpreter to the American Legation in China and many of the letters refer to Chinese problems of the following 20 years. His correspondents include, in addition to Dana and Perry, Anson Burlingame, Hamilton Fish, Asa Gray, Frederick Low, William Bradford Reed, and William Henry Seward. The remaining correspondence covers the period 1885 to 1939, encompassing the correspondence of F.W. Williams, Yale professor, and Wayland Wells Williams, writer.

ArchivalResource: 23.83 Linear Feet (36 boxes)

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/3840 View

Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891)

Title: William Warland Clapp correspondence, 1790-1891 (inclusive), 1840-1891 (bulk)

Letters to American journalist and author William Warland Clapp Jr. from his friends, colleagues, and family. Also includes some other papers.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01878/catalog View

Bowles, Samuel, 1826-1878. Samuel Bowles papers, 1852-1893 (inclusive).

Title: Samuel Bowles papers, 1852-1893 (inclusive).

The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4105 View

Amherst College Inaugurations Collection, 1821-present

Title: Amherst College Inaugurations Collection 1821-present

Speeches, notes, newsclippings, photographs, invitations, tickets, programs,, and guest lists from various Amherst College Inauguration ceremonies dating from 1821 to present.

ArchivalResource: 3 records storage boxes, 1 archives box; (3.5 linear ft.)

http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/amherst/ma94.html View

Amherst College. Inaugurations collection, 1821-[ongoing] / Amherst College.

Title: Inaugurations collection, 1821-[ongoing] / Amherst College.

Inaugural addresses, programs, invitations, news clippings, photographs, schedules and other materials related to the inauguration ceremonies for incoming Amherst College presidents.

ArchivalResource: 3 records storage boxes, 1 archives box (3.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51775516 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View