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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843

Title: Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843.

The Sparks collection consists of original and transcribed historical documents and correspondence, chiefly concerning the American colonies and the original thirteen states, collected or transcribed beginning in 1819 by Jared Sparks. The collection includes the papers of Sir Francis Bernard and George Chalmers, letters of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, the Marquis de Lafayette, and George Washington, the journals of Thomas Ainslie, the Board of Trade, the New York Provincial Congress and Conventions, as well as the papers and records from state public offices, among many others. The Sparks collection also contains his own historical essays and compositions, published articles, letter books, diaries, account books related to his college days, professional research, and material documenting his tenure as College president.

ArchivalResource: 252 volumes, 10 env., 2 folders, 3 cases, 57 boxes (31.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01965/catalog View

Warren, Winslow, 1838-1930. Winslow Warren papers, 1691-1898.

Title: Winslow Warren papers, 1691-1898.

Scrapbook, 1893-98, of clippings related to Warren's role as the (U.S.) Collector of the Port of Boston from 1894-98, including his appointment, other positions in the Customs House, his enforcement of regulations, some of which were controversial, and the political nature of his position. The collection also includes original documents collected by Warren and written by many of the collectors in Boston from 1691-1898, some written during their terms in Boston. Correspondents include Henry Dearborn, Henry A.S. Dearborn, Levi Lincoln, and Hannibal Hamlin.

ArchivalResource: 1 narrow box and 1 v. in a case.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32530766 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

Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926.

Title: Thomas Bailey Aldrich papers, 1837-1926.

Correspondence and other papers of the American writer Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

ArchivalResource: 19 boxes (7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00327/catalog View

Warren, Winslow, 1838-1930. Letters to Winslow Warren, 1886-1908.

Title: Letters to Winslow Warren, 1886-1908.

Four letters, from John G. Carlisle (1886) and Thomas F. Bayard (1892) concerning speaking engagements, and from attorney generals Richard Olney (1894) and Charles J. Bonaparte (1908) concerning legal cases in which Warren was interested.

ArchivalResource: 4 sheets (6 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/235163235 View

Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814. Mercy Otis Warren papers, 1709-1814 (inclusive), [microform].

Title: Mercy Otis Warren papers, 1709-1814 (inclusive), [microform].

The papers include correspondence, poetry, and writings of Mercy Otis Warren, historian, poet, and dramatist.

ArchivalResource: 2 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145079137 View

Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 13 -- Miscellaneous Franklin Materials, 1640-1791

Title: Benjamin Franklin Papers Part 13 -- Miscellaneous Franklin Materials 1640-1791

This is part of the large inventory for the Benjamin Franklin Papers (Mss B F85). For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.F85inventory13-ead.xml View

Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part II: The Civil War and the Confederacy, 1832-1915.

Autograph letters and documents of officers and statesmen associated with the Confederacy in the Civil War, collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01500/catalog 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

Armsby, James H., 1809-1875,. American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1787-1914.

Title: American and English literary and historical papers collected by Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1787-1914.

Material collected by Hench, some as an autograph collection and others for use in his classes at the University of Virginia with examples of various periods. Modern autographs collected by Hench include letters by associates of Edgar Allan Poe; Civil War letters; papers relating to Virginia history; correspondence of writers and politicians, particularly from the Victorian era; and other miscellaneous correspondence with literary or histocial interest. Gerald Massey writes to Osgood & Co. and [James T.?] Fields on book sales, a publishing venture and American lectures. Dabney Herndon Maury sends an autograph and writes to the Piedmont & Arlington Life Insurance Company on a business matter and expressing concern on the business situation in New Orleans. Matthew Fontaine Maury to James H. Armsby, Bond & Son, and John D. Simms accepts an invitation to visit the Dudley Observator and Meet O. M. Mitchell, reports on the trial of varaious chronometers and recommends an appointment. Letters of Mary Russell Mitford to William Cox Bennett, Frances Trollop and others criticize the work of Henry Chorley and John Hughes, discusses her "Recollections of a literary life...."; solicit the patronage of Lord Nugent; recommends Bennett to Mrs. Acton Tindal, describes a packet containing work by John Greenleaf Whittier and Oliver Wendell Holmes; a bad fall suffered by Elizabeth Barrett Browning; a production of her play by [Charles?] Kemble; and mentioning Digby Starkey, the widow of Eliot Warburton, Joseph Hume. Letters of John S. Mosby to Eben Swift and Marcus J. Wright discuss Civil War incidents including his "closest call" and the objective of Pleasonton's attacks on Stuart at Brandy Station together with an autograph and a signed photograph. Also a letter of John Ware Mosby to George S. Palmer arranging a safe conduct pass for Mosby in May of 1865 so he can obtain a parole from General Halleck. Letters of his sister Victoria P. Mosby convey Richmond social news of 1842. Letters of Charles Eliot Norton to Dana Estes, C. C. Hazewell, Oliver Johnson, Andrew P. Peabody, Winslow Warren and others are chiefly brief social and business notes but include a letter about an archaelogical dig in Cotrone, Italy, conducted by Berlingieri and Clarke. Single letters of interest include Miles D. McAlester to Erasmus D. Keyes, 1862 August 25 concerning work parties for fortifications at Yorktown; W. Gordon McCabe to John Esten Cooke on a literary notice for a novel; Henry McKenzie to [Thomas?] Cadell on sales of "The Lounger"; Katharine Sarah Gadsden Macquoid to Roberts Brothers on the publication of "Dolly's grandfathers" in the U. S.; William H. McGuffey declining a request. Also William C. Macready to Mary Russell Mitford on publishing her play and his performance in "Julian"; Richard Kidder Meade to Samuel Pickens on the sale of Alabama land; James Montgomery sending thanks for a musical composition; Samuel McDowell Moore to John Letcher, 1861 September 3, on poor condition of roads which will hinder army transport and volunteering to supervise repair if given supplies and slave labor. Robert Nares to Thomas Cadell the Younger and reply on proofs for the completion of Macklin's Bible, together with engraving of Nares; and Yoné Noguchi to Madison Cawein on an evening with Joaquin Miller. The collection also contains an autograph of Joaquin Miller; a fragment by James Monroe on the acquisition of Florida.

ArchivalResource: circa 52 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648014586 View

Warren, Charles, 1868-1954. Reminiscences of Charles Warren : transcript, 1952.

Title: Reminiscences of Charles Warren : transcript, 1952.

Education: teaching; law practice; important law cases in which he was involved. The manuscript includes 17 pp. of impressions of Grover Cleveland written in 1919 by Mr. Warren's father, Winslow Warren (1838-1930).

ArchivalResource: Transcript: 67 leaves.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309735506 View

Charles Eliot Norton papers

Title: Charles Eliot Norton papers

This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives. From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review). In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index. Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear feet (45 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00083/catalog View

Wendell family papers

Title: Wendell family papers

Correspondence, business papers, and compositions by members of the Wendell family, a prominent merchant family from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear feet (93 boxes and 1 folder)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01421/catalog View

Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814. Mercy Otis Warren papers, 1709-1814 (inclusive) [microform].

Title: Mercy Otis Warren papers, 1709-1814 (inclusive) [microform].

The papers include correspondence, poetry, and writings of Mercy Otis Warren, historian, poet, and dramatist.

ArchivalResource: 2 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38673724 View

Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Title: Oswald Garrison Villard papers

Papers of American author, journalist, editor, and social reformer Oswald Garrison Villard. Includes materials that are unsorted and uncataloged.

ArchivalResource: 37 linear feet (169 boxes and 9 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00082/catalog View

Massachusetts Reform Club. Massachusetts Reform Club records, 1896-1913; bulk: 1896-1903.

Title: Massachusetts Reform Club records, 1896-1913; bulk: 1896-1903.

ArchivalResource: 3 boxes and 1 narrow box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8268109 View

Williams, George Fred, 1852-1932. George Fred Williams papers, 1869-1898.

Title: George Fred Williams papers, 1869-1898.

Dedham, Massachusetts schoolteacher, reporter, lawyer and congressman. Six boxes of correspondence and sixteen boxes of newspaper clippings and miscellaneous printed matter relating to Williams' political career as state representative, congressman and Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Subjects discussed or described include: Grover Cleveland, James G. Blaine and the 1884 presidential campaign, the Massachusetts Committee of One Hundred, free coinage of silver, tariff and civil service reform, investigation of Boston's West End Railway Company, and the 1891 speakership contest between Charles F. Crisp and Roger Q. Mills in the House of Representatives. Among the correspondents are: Edward Atkinson, Samuel Bowles, Charles R. Codman, Charles P. Greenough, Charles S. Hamlin, Nathan Matthews, Josiah Quincy, Carl Schurz, Moorfield Storey, Winslow Warren and Henry M. Whitney.

ArchivalResource: 9 cartons (stored offsite)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9891014 View

Belcher, Frederick E. Material relating to the Memorial history of Boston, ca. 1878-1930.

Title: Material relating to the Memorial history of Boston, ca. 1878-1930.

Material relates to the unpublished 5th v. of Winsor's original history, in 4 v., published in 1880. The 5th v., covering the years 1880-1898, was to be edited by Frederick E. Goodrich and Wm. H. Whitmore and published by Tichnor & Fields. Belcher, who had secured the publication rights to the original series of essays, published by James Osgood & Co. as well as the subscription list, electrotype plates (not in the coll.) and other materials, presented them to the Athenaeum in 1930, coinciding with the tercentenary publication Fifty Years of Boston. Collection includes (relating to the Memorial history), the original circular, some proof sheets, with corrections, instructions to the printer, the agreement with the engraver (S.S. Kilburn) with lists of the engravings and their cost, and correspondence with the binder (Wm. J. Wilson). Relating to the 5th v. are agreements & contracts, correspondence with contributors (Sylvester Baxter, Edward Everett Hale) and between the editors, information on copyright, corrected typescripts of unpublished essays by William H. Lincoln, C.W. Ernst, Baxter, Hale, Winslow Warren and Horace G. Wadlin, and other material.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. + 1 box ; 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29987803 View

Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Title: Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of Boston lawyer Henry M. Rogers, with an emphasis on the theater and the Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 21.5 linear feet (39 boxes, 2 portfolio boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01508/catalog View