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Abram P. T. Elder Papers, 1890-1916, (bulk 1903-1916)

Title: Abram P. T. Elder Papers 1890-1916 (bulk 1903-1916)

Biographer and publisher. Correspondence, biographical files, business records of the National Biographical Society, illustrated materials, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Elder's creation and publication of biographical directories for the society.

ArchivalResource: 3,280 items; 11 containers plus 1 oversize; 5 linear feet

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Elder, Abram P. T. (Abram Peter Turner). Papers, 1890-1916 (bulk 1903-1916).

Title: Papers, 1890-1916 (bulk 1903-1916).

Correspondence, biographical files, business records of the National Biographical Society, illustrated materials, photographs, and other papers, relating primarily to Elder's creation and publication of biographical directories for the society. Includes research and publication materials for Charles Henry Grosvenor's Book of the presidents with biographical sketches (1902) and other biographical directories. Biographical files contain correspondence, biographical entries, clippings, printed materials, and photographs, regarding prominent local, state, and national politicians, capitalists, and philanthropists. Individuals represented include Charles F. Chickering, W.W. Corcoran, Moody Currier, H.A. Du Pont, Mary Baker Eddy, Isaac E. Emerson, Charles W. Fairbanks, Marshall Field, Julius Fleischmann, Ulysses S. Grant II, Solomon R. Guggenheim, William Guggenheim, Edward Everett Hale, Marcus Alonzo Hana, David N. Hershey, Christian Heurich, Henry Edwards Huntington, Charles Kellogg, Henry Miles Knowles, Daniel Scott Lamont, Craige Lippincott, Nicholas Longworth, Cyrus Hall McCormick, Darius O. Mills, J. Pierpont Morgan, Levi P. Morton, Gottlieb Muhlhauser, Francis G. Newlands, George Mortimer Pullman, and Matthew Stanley Quay. Also includes material relating to sales of a directory at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915-1916. Correspondents include National Biographical Society officials Lucy S. Bahnsen, Robert E. Doan, Charles Henry Grosvenor, R.E.C. Montague, and Richard R. McMahon.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft.

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Richardson, Nathan, 1827-1859. Nathan Richardson papers, 1849-1859.

Title: Nathan Richardson papers, 1849-1859.

Includes three albums belonging to Richardson: (1) A "Music album" compiled by Richardson including autograph signatures and letters sent to him from prominent persons, especially musicians, including, Franz Liszt, members of the Mason family, John Charles Frémont, James Buchanan, John Greenleaf Whittier, and others; (2) A diary from 1853-1859 documenting his travels, expenses, and with a few clippings and reviews of his works. Diary is especially rich in travel in Europe, including meetings with musicians. Also includes clippings of letters Richardson sent to the Boston Transcript documenting his travels; and (3) An autograph manuscript record book kept by Richardson as secretary of the "Managing Committee," a group of prominent men from the Boston area, who in 1855-1856, organized a subscription series of concerts held at the Boston Music Hall, conducted by Carl Zerrahn. Group included Charles Callahan Perkins as chairman, and Charles F. Chickering as treasurer.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes (.3 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612800679 View

Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891)

Title: William Warland Clapp correspondence, 1790-1891 (inclusive), 1840-1891 (bulk)

Letters to American journalist and author William Warland Clapp Jr. from his friends, colleagues, and family. Also includes some other papers.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (4.5 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01878/catalog View

Nathan Richardson papers, 1849-1859.

Title: Nathan Richardson papers, 1849-1859.

Diary, autograph book, and Boston concert record book of Americanmusician, Nathan Richardson.

ArchivalResource: 2 volumes (.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01899/catalog View