Information: The first column shows data points from Wister, Sarah, 1761-1804 in red. The third column shows data points from Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908 in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
Sarah Butler Wister (1835-1906), daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble, married Dr. Owen Jones Wister of Grumblethorpe in 1859. According to her granddaughter, Fanny Kemble Wister Stokes, "Sarah was fine looking, nearly beautiful... She is remembered as regal when she received at the Philadelphia assemblies... She was the great lady of her neighborhood.
Sarah a writer, published travel writing, translations of French poetry, and a volume entitled Worthy Women of Our Century. She also journal, as her mother did, and her Civil War diary was published by her daughter in The Philadelphia Magazine of History, in 1978. Her original diaries are preserved at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
La Salle Library Entry for Sarah Butler Wister, viewed 6/21/21
Sarah Butler Wister (1835-1906), daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny Kemble, married Dr. Owen Jones Wister of Grumblethorpe in 1859. According to her granddaughter, Fanny Kemble Wister Stokes, "Sarah was fine looking, nearly beautiful... She is remembered as regal when she received at the Philadelphia assemblies... She was the great lady of her neighborhood.<p>
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Sarah a writer, published travel writing, translations of French poetry, and a volume entitled Worthy Women of Our Century. She also journal, as her mother did, and her Civil War diary was published by her daughter in The Philadelphia Magazine of History, in 1978. Her original diaries are preserved at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
This collection includes letters, diaries, notebooks, and early photographs, relating primarily to the Wister family of Germantown and Philadelphia. Much of the correspondence concerns domestic news and consists of letters from or to Sarah Wister. These include interesting observations on Germantown and Philadelphia society from other families as well, such as the Bayntons and Bullocks. There are numerous letters from various Wisters, including Casper, Charles Jones, Elizabeth (including a journal of a trip to Bristol, 1783), Hannah, John, Owen Jones, and others. There is also poetry by Sarah.
This collection includes letters, diaries, notebooks, and early photographs, relating primarily to the Wister family of Germantown and Philadelphia. Much of the correspondence concerns domestic news and consists of letters from or to Sarah Wister. These include interesting observations on Germantown and Philadelphia society from other families as well, such as the Bayntons and Bullocks. There are numerous letters from various Wisters, including Casper, Charles Jones, Elizabeth (including a journal of a trip to Bristol, 1783), Hannah, John, Owen Jones, and others. There is also poetry by Sarah.
These are financial papers of trustees and agents of the Pierce Butler estate. The principal beneficiaries represented are estate of John Butler, his widow Gabriella M. Butler, Pierce (Mease) Butler, and his daughters Sara Butler Wister and Frances Butler Leigh. Among the papers are: receipted bills and accounts 1810, 1847-1891, for the management of Philadelphia real estate; Butler's Island, Georgia, receipted bills and accounts, 1846-1860, 1881-1884, for crops, goods shipped from Philadelphia, and payroll; Gabriella M. Butler receipted bills, 1846-1861; John Butler estate letterbook, 1859-1868, journal and ledger, 1862-1870.
Morris, Anna Wharton, 1868-1957. Papers, 1729-1957.
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Papers, 1729-1957.
The collection includes her diaries and journals, maintained almost continuously from 1884 to 1956, correspondence received, her manuscript writings, and other miscellaneous materials. Of particular interest is material on the prison reform movement, particularly the correspondence of Thomas Mott Osborne.
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Materials relating to Owen Wister's books [manuscript], ca.1896-1950.
Chiefly correspondence and royalty statements regarding Wister's books, from publications including the Atlantic Monthly, Saturday Evening Post, Macmillan Co., and Harper and Brothers. Also included are 3 manuscripts: an undated English translation of Alfred de Musset's "The May Night by Sarah B. Wister, Owen Wister's mother; a poem titled "To Our Senators," dated 1896 March 24; and undated notes in French in an unknown hand.
Autograph letters signed from Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge, England, to various people [manuscript], 1870-1871.
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873,. Autograph letters signed from Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge, England, to various people [manuscript], 1870-1871.
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Autograph letters signed from Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge, England, to various people [manuscript], 1870-1871.
(p. 321) to Harriet St. Leger asks for Mrs. Kemble's and her daughter, Mrs. Wister's addresses. He also discusses Fanny's talents as an actress and as a reader of Shakespeare. On the back is an autograph letter initialed from Harriet St. Leger to Fanny Kemble, Jan. 5, 1871, referring to Adam Sedgwick's letter on the front.
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873,. Autograph letters signed from Adam Sedgwick, Cambridge, England, to various people [manuscript], 1870-1871.
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Century Company records
Century Company records
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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.
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Russell, Xanthus, and Mary Smith family papers
The Russell, Xanthus, and Mary Smith family papers comprise 5.12 linear feet and are dated 1793-1977, bulk 1826-1977. Correspondence, writings, artwork, financial records, printed material, miscellaneous items and photographs provide documentation of the lives and works of painter, illustrator and poet, Russell Smith, and his son, painter Xanthus Smith, and scattered documentation of the lives of his wife, painter and educator Mary Priscilla Smith, and daughter and painter Mary Russell Smith.
Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive) 1820-1888 (bulk).
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Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908
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Papers, 1771-1900.
Butler family. Papers, 1771-1900.
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Papers, 1771-1900.
These papers concern Major Pierce Butler, his estate, and his heirs. The family members represented include: Sir Thomas Butler, Sir Richard Butler, Sarah Middleton Guerard, Benjamin Guerard, Mary Izard Brewton, Miles Brewton, Mary Brandford Bull, Elizabeth Izard Blake, Mary Middleton Butler, Thomas Butler, Pierce [Mease] Butler, Sarah Butler Wister, Owen J. Wister, Frances Butler Leigh, and James W. Leigh. The papers include South Carolina legislature papers, 1775-1805; U.S. Congressional papers, 1789-1800; Bank of the United States papers, 1801-1819; Georgia plantation managers' correspondence, including George Hooper, 1786-1803, Roswell King, 1802-1830, Roswell King, Jr., 1815-1854, Alexander Blue, 1847-1859, and James M. Couper, 1879-1885; plantation crop and livestock reports, 1800-1884; shipping agents' correspondence and accounts, including Harrison ? slave lists, 1775-1815; birth and death lists, 1800-1834; transactions, 1780-1804; wills and estate papers for above-mentioned family members, 1771-1860; deeds and leases, 1782-1786, 1801-1812, 1833-1840, 1865-1886; Pennsylvania property correspondence and receipts, including Armstrong County, 1818-1838, Bedford and Cumberland Counties, 1804-1821, Huntington County, 1766-1819, Indiana County, 1815-1821, Jefferson County, 1824-1836, Lycoming County, 1797-1818, and Northumberland County, 1802-1809; Georgia property correspondence, including St. Simon's Island, 1891, Hampton, 1894, and General's Island, 1895-1900; and lawsuits involving Major Pierce Butler, 1780-1830, 1864-1881.
Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).
Ward, Samuel Gray. Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).
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Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).
Chiefly letters to the Wards from relatives, friends, and business associates; also some letters by them, a few poems by Samuel Ward, and a diary, 1845-1852, and commonplace book of Anna Ward. The chief correspondent represented is Ralph Waldo Emerson. Others include Joshua Bates, John Murray Forbes, Margaret Fuller, Otto and Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, Augustine Heard, Henry James (the father), Fanny Kemble, Charles Eliot Norton, Elizabeth Peabody, Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Charles Sedgwick, Elizabeth Buckminster Dwight Sedgwick, Celia Laighton Thaxter, and Sarah Butler Wister. Also includes 1 watercolor drawing by Julian Hawthorne, [Floral design], [1859], inscribed by Anna Hazard Barker Ward, "Painted by Julian Hawthorne and given me by him in Rome. 1859." Anna Ward's commonplace book includes 18 pencil, watercolor, and pen and ink drawings by Ward and others, of birds, children, ships, County Sligo (Ireland), and the Rhone River.
Ward, Samuel Gray. Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward papers, 1823-1934 (inclusive) 1837-1900 (bulk).
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Parkman family papers, 1793-1896
Parkman family papers, 1793-1896
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Parkman family papers, 1793-1896
Correspondence, poems, journals, and other compositions by members of the Parkman family of Boston, Massachusetts. Contains correspondence of the various members of the Parkman family, primarily of Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman. Correspondents include: Elizabeth Dwight Cabot, Edmund Dwight, Mary Harrison Eliot Dwight, Anna Cabot Lowell, Anna Cabot Lowell Dwight Mills, Catherine Eliot Norton, Henry Parkman, Mary B. Parkman, Samuel Parkman, Margarett Searle, Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton, Ellen Dwight Twisleton, and Ellen Twisleton Parkman Vaughan. Letters discuss family, social engagements, and the events of daily life. Elizabeth Dwight Cabot's letters describe London and its tourist sites, society, social customs, and fashions. Edward Twisleton letters discuss Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, whom he and his wife became friendly with in London, and his one meeting with Charlotte Brontë. There are commonplace books, essays, and journals of Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman, as well as compositions by Ellen Dwight Twisleton. Additionally, there are many unidentified poems. Francis Parkman material consists of four letters to Mary Eliot Dwight Parkman.
Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).
Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).
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Edward Sanford Martin correspondence and compositions, 1882-1939 (inclusive), 1900-1938 (bulk).
Correspondence and compositions of the American writer Edward Sandford Martin, documenting his socio-political interests and his interest in spiritualism.
Author and writer of western novels. Correspondence, diaries and journals, family papers, drafts of articles, poems, novels, short stories, speeches, and other writings and papers; includes partial ms. and dramatizations of Wister's and his libretto for "Villon; a Romantic Opera in Four Acts." Family correspondents include Fanny Kemble (Wister's grandmother), Sarah Butler Wister (his mother), Mary Channing Wister (his wife), and his cousins, S. Weir Mitchell and Langdon Elwyn Mitchell. The Virginian
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26,130 items; 103 containers; 41 linear feet
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