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Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs., 1851-1934. Letter to My dear Sir, n.y. July 2.

Title: Letter to My dear Sir, n.y. July 2.

Letter to S.S. McClure, Esq, discusses a misunderstanding about publishing a series of her letters.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57936956 View

Century Company. Century Company records, 1870-1924.

Title: Century Company records, 1870-1924.

Records consist of correspondence, manuscripts, vouchers, proofs of articles and other materials concerning the publications of the Century Company.

ArchivalResource: 147 linear feet (151 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144652312 View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View

Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Title: Isabella Stewart Gardner papers

Letters, business records, diary, and photographs.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92b22555a-93d8-4bb4-84dc-7a55d64712db View

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Sketches by Joseph Pennell in Europe and New York.

Title: Sketches by Joseph Pennell in Europe and New York.

Collection of prints and Century Magazine articles (incl. vol. XXX, XXXI, XL, XLVI, XLIX, L, LI, LII, LIV, LVI, LXII) ; Munsey's Magazine, vol. XXXVIII, no. 1 (Oct. 1907) ; and other sources.

ArchivalResource: 1v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70288560 View

American Fund for French Wounded. American Fund for French Wounded records, 1915-1919.

Title: American Fund for French Wounded records, 1915-1919.

The collection consists of correspondence, administrative records, reports, circular letters, pamphlets, bulletins, and a few clippings and photographs. Much of the correspondence is between Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer, the New York president of the AFFW, and Anna Vail, the treasurer of the Paris Depot. There is additional correspondence of other members and volunteers. Most of these documents, along with circular letters, report on the delivery of supplies to French hospitals, often describing in detail the physical conditions of hospitals and other locations and the individual conditions of the wounded, and including lists of needed materials. There are some letters, mostly in French, from hospitals and other organizations thanking the AFFW for its services.

ArchivalResource: .83 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122485635 View

Richard Watson Gilder papers, 1855-1916

Title: Richard Watson Gilder papers 1855-1916

Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909), American poet and editor, served as editor-in-chief of Scribner's Monthly and its successor The Century Illustrated Monthly. He was active in many civic improvement and public service organizations. Collection consists of correspondence, 1861-1909; poetry and prose writings, 1856-1909; diaries, 1855-1909; contracts and royalty statements, 1896-1909; scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera, 1871-1913; and obituaries and other commemorative material. Correspondence includes 21 letter books, a small number of outgoing letters, and extensive incoming correspondence relating to Gilder's editorial work at Scribner's Monthly and Century and to his many public service and professional activities. Individual letter books contain Gilder's letters written for the New York Tenement House Commission, New York Kindergarten Association, the Washington Centennial Celebration, and the Committee for the Erection of the Washington Memorial Arch. Gilder's correspondents include his fellow editors as well as many of the most prominent figures in American literature, the arts, politics, and society. Writings include manuscripts, typescripts and published copies of his addresses, essays, poetry, editorials in the Century, and manuscripts and proofs of his biographies of Grover Cleveland and Abraham Lincoln. Scrapbooks contain articles about Gilder and clippings of his published poetry. Posthumous materials include letters of condolence and resolutions, 1909-1910, sent to his wife; items concerning memorial services and charitable funds established in Gilder's honor; poetic tributes; and scrapbooks of obituaries. Also, materials regarding efforts to publish his letters.

ArchivalResource: 22 linear feet (46 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1154 View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891. Benson John Lossing correspondence and flyleaf engraving, 1863-1887.

Title: Benson John Lossing correspondence and flyleaf engraving, 1863-1887.

ALS (1863 January 25; Willard's Hotel) from Lossing to his wife, Helen Sweet Lossing, regarding his discussion with Abraham Lincoln concerning the Emancipation Proclamation and Lossing's photograph of the proclamation; ALS (1865 November 11; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) to Thomas A. Emmet pertaining to social affairs; ALS (1867 January 12; Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) to Albert Wadhams regarding seals; ALS (1866 August 30; Dover Plains, N.Y.) to Edgar F. Gladwin pertaining to national politics and the Civil War; ALS (1887 January 14; Dover Plains, N.Y.) to Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer regarding a portrait of Mary Ball Washington and the controversy surrounding "Major" Walter and George Washington family portraits made by James Sharples; and an undated flyleaf engraving of Lossing.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71014968 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

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

American Fund for French Wounded records, 1915-1919

Title: American Fund for French Wounded records 1915-1919

The American Fund for French Wounded was founded by American women living abroad to provide relief to wounded soldiers in France during World War I. The collection consists of correspondence, administrative records, reports, circular letters, pamphlets, bulletins, and a few clippings and photographs. Much of the correspondence is between Mrs. Schuyler van Rensselaer, the New York president of the AFFW, and Anna Vail, the treasurer of the Paris Depot. There is additional correspondence of other members and volunteers. Most of these documents, along with circular letters, report on the delivery of supplies to French hospitals, often describing in detail the physical conditions of hospitals and other locations and the individual conditions of the wounded, and including lists of needed materials. There are some letters, mostly in French, from hospitals and other organizations thanking the AFFW for its services.

ArchivalResource: .83 linear feet (2 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/73 View

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926. Papers of Joseph and Elizabeth R. Pennell, 1832-1951 (bulk, 1854-1936).

Title: Papers of Joseph and Elizabeth R. Pennell, 1832-1951 (bulk, 1854-1936).

The Pennell papers comprise the correspondence, diaries, appointment books, photographs and other materials documenting the lives of one of America's most significant illustrators and his author-critic wife. Series I of the Pennell papers includes the correspondence and personal papers of Joseph Pennell. The correspondence covers the period 1854 to 1934, with the majority dating from 1854 to 1887 and 1917 to 1926. The earlier correspondence is largely personal or family-related, while the later generally deals with commissions for periodicals and publishers, art exhibitions, and other professional matters. Correspondents include Martha C. Barton, George Washington Cable, the Century Company, Edmund Gosse, Philip G. Hamerton, Andrew Lang, Vernon Lee, A. Mary F. Robinson, Seeley and Co., Bram Stoker, and Mariana Van Rensselaer. The personal papers are fragmentary, including some probate materials, and a group of passports and identity cards. Series II embraces the correspondence and personal papers of Elizabeth R. Pennell. The correspondence subseries represents the years 1912 to 1936 and is primarily concerned with professional and business matters, especially exhibitions and donations of Pennell material and the publication of Elizabeth Pennell's Life and Letters of Joseph Pennell and Whistler, the Friend. Letters from Germaine Bertin, the Library of Congress, Little Brown and Company, Modern Library Inc., Harrison S. Morris, Agnes Repplier, and Louis A. Wuerth are included. The personal papers most significantly contain Elizabeth Pennell's diaries for the years 1884 to 1917, together with appointment books from 1904 to 1935, several notebooks, estate materials, and miscellaneous documents.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (10 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122385713 View

Fuller, George, 1822-1884. George Fuller letter to Mrs. Rensselaer with transcription, [ca. 1883].

Title: George Fuller letter to Mrs. Rensselaer with transcription, [ca. 1883].

ArchivalResource: 2 sheets.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/750153218 View

Quackenboss, Sybrant. Sybrant Quackenboss letter to Maria and Robert S. Van Rensselaer, 1798.

Title: Sybrant Quackenboss letter to Maria and Robert S. Van Rensselaer, 1798.

Autograph letter, signed, from Sybrant Quackenboss to Maria Van Rensselaer and Robert S. Van Rensselaer of Bethlehem, Cherry Hill, dated Cambridge, September 22, 1798. Letter regards Quackenboss's inability to make timely payment on a note to Maria Van Rensselaer.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/725099770 View

Historic Cherry Hill. Wills and Estate Papers, 1707-1956.

Title: Wills and Estate Papers, 1707-1956.

This series contains wills, inventories, testimentary letters, maps and other papers associated with the bequeathment and settlement of estates of residents of Historic Cherry Hill and their relatives. These papers provide inventories of furnishings, interesting personal references, and documentation of the succession of ownership of the real and personal property of Historic Cherry Hill. Some documents are in the Dutch language, but have been translated.

ArchivalResource: 38 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155402498 View

Richard Watson Gilder papers, 1855-1916.

Title: Richard Watson Gilder papers, 1855-1916.

Collection consists of correspondence, 1861-1909; poetry and prose writings, 1856-1909; diaries, 1855-1909; contracts and royalty statements, 1896-1909; scrapbooks of clippings and ephemera, 1871-1913; and obituaries and other commemorative material.

ArchivalResource: 22 linear feet (46 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122615862 View

Joseph and Elizabeth R. Pennell Papers TXRC97-A16., 1832-1951

Title: Joseph and Elizabeth R. Pennell Papers 1832-1951

The collection contains correspondence, diaries, appointment books, documents, photographs, notebooks, clippings, and some artwork (not by Joseph Pennell). Nothing of signficance relating to the published works of the Pennells is present, nor are there any examples of Joseph Pennell's graphic art.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00225/00225-P.html View