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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

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Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881)

Title: Wendell Phillips papers, 1555-1882 (inclusive) 1833-1881 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of American abolitionist Wendell Phillips.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes (17.3 linear ft.)

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Underwood, Warner Lewis,. Rogers family genealogical notes.

Title: Rogers family genealogical notes. Compiled circa 1898.

Includes information on the descendants of Giles Rogers of King and Queen County, Virginia. There is also a copy of a manuscript concerning the John Rogers and Mary Byrd marriage in 1716, written by John Cox Underwood circa 1910. Also contains an affidavit, 19 October 1833, by Edmund Rogers (1762-1843) of Barren County, Kentucky, attesting to his services during the American Revolution.

ArchivalResource: 29 leaves.

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Underwood, Oscar W. (Oscar Wilder), 1862-1929. Papers of Oscar Wilder Underwood [manuscript] 1810-1955.

Title: Papers of Oscar Wilder Underwood [manuscript] 1810-1955.

The collection contains correspondence of Underwood and his family about personal business & family news. There are occasional references to political events. Copies of the Congressional speeches of Joseph Rogers Underwood are included as well as articles or speeches by John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Arthur Stanley Link, Albert Burton Moore, Charles Willis Thompson, Eliza M. Trotter Underwood, Eugene Underwood, John Cox Underwood, Shelby S. Walker, & Daniel Webster. Lewis Underwood, & Oscar Wilder Underwood, Jr. Of special interest are letters from Thomas E. Massie to Thomas Massie about pioneer life in California in the 1850s, and T.E. Massie's diary & sketchbook, 1855-61, of sheep-driving in Colorado. A large segment of the papers contain newsclippings, photographs, & genealogical material. Among the correspondents are Calvin Coolidge, R.W. Massie, Nita Underwood Patterson, William Mynn Thornton, Bertha Woodward Underwood, Eugenia Massie Underwood, Frederica Virginia Smith Wilder Underwood, Joseph. The papers also contain a copy of the Rotunda Fire photograph of Holsinger.

ArchivalResource: 830 items.

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