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Douglas, Adelaide L. Guest book : Cragston, 1874-1924.

Title: Guest book : Cragston, 1874-1924.

Contains the signatures of guests and the dates of their visits to Cragston, the Morgan's home in Highland Falls, New York. Frequent visitors include members of the following familes: Morgan, Tracy, Pierpont, Goodwin, Sturges, Boardman, Crosby, Satterlee, and Grew. Guests of note include Anthony J. Drexel, Egisto P. Fabbri, Charles Lanier, William S. Rainsford, and Adelaide L. Douglas.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 200 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270931060 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

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

John Jay Chapman papers

Title: John Jay Chapman papers

Correspondence between American essayist John Jay Chapman and his family and friends, as well as compositions by him.

ArchivalResource: 51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00932/catalog View

Rainsford, W. S. (William Stephen), 1850-1933,. Autograph letter signed from William Stephen Rainsford, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1899 May 1.

Title: Autograph letter signed from William Stephen Rainsford, New York, to Augustin Daly [manuscript], 1899 May 1.

Recommends theatrical talents of Miss Marguerite Doster.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/311264094 View

Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895. Papers of Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen [manuscript], 1867-1895.

Title: Papers of Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen [manuscript], 1867-1895.

The collection contains four poems and sonnets by Boyesen, correspondence with admirers, publishers, other authors and friends, and a photograph. The centerpiece of the collection is a group of 13 letters in German by author Friedrich Spielhagen of Berlin, known to Boyesen from his years in Germany. The friends help one another with the translation and publication of their literary output in either America or Germany and discuss a wide variety of subjects and problems, particularly political, social, and health. Other correspondence includes two letters from Louise d'Alq, a French translator, regarding Boyesen's "Gunnar" and the possibility of future translations, and two letters from Archbiship Michael Augustine Corrigan concerning charges of Tammany Hall connections made and retracted by Boyesen. Specific topics in the correspondence include thoughts on evolution, travels to Russia, the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, Goethe, realism and naturalism in literature particularly in the works of Ibsen and Zola, and Spielhagen's friendship with Carl Schurz. In addition there are 45 letters and fragments in Norwegian.

ArchivalResource: 110 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647833514 View

Phillips Brooks papers

Title: Phillips Brooks papers

Primarily correspondence of Episcopal clergyman Phillips Brooks with hisfamily and others, as well as diaries, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, andphotographs.

ArchivalResource: 29 boxes (14.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01311/catalog View

Rainsford, William Stephen, 1850-1933. Autograph letter signed (2) : Aix-les-Bains, to Dr. Baldwin, [n.d.].

Title: Autograph letter signed (2) : Aix-les-Bains, to Dr. Baldwin, [n.d.].

On the treatment of his friend, Jack Morgan.

ArchivalResource: 2 items (4 p.) ; (8vo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270860221 View

Morgan, Frances Tracy, 1842-1924. Correspondence, 1853-1902.

Title: Correspondence, 1853-1902.

Consists of mainly incoming letters from family and friends including: Charles Tracy, Louisa Kirkland Tracy, Charles Edward Tracy, Mary Tracy, Clara Hoppin, Junius Spencer Morgan, J.P. Morgan, Jr., Juliet Morgan, Louisa Morgan, and W.S. Rainsford. Letter from her son, J.P. Morgan, Jr., dated Oct. 1891 describes the family's new yacht, Corsair. Outgoing letters are addressed to her sister, Mary Kirkland Tracy. Also contains a letter from Junius Spencer Morgan to J. Pierpont Morgan.

ArchivalResource: 1.55 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270936455 View