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Wolcott family. Wolcott family papers II, 1754-1932.

Title: Wolcott family papers II, 1754-1932.

Papers of the interrelated Wolcott, Prescott, Huntington, and Hickling families, primarily genealogical materials and family and business papers of Joshua H. Wolcott, partner in the Boston merchant firm of A. & A. Lawrence. Also, Cornelia F. Wolcott's letterbook of letters to her family and in particular to her sister Harriet F. (later Wolcott); Huntington F. Wolcott's letters written home while a member of the 2nd Mass. Cavalry during the Civil War; papers of Mass. Gov. Roger Wolcott including letters to his son Roger while the latter was away at summer camps, and letters written home from a trip abroad with his new wife, Edith (Prescott); papers related to Wolcott funds at Harvard University; and a book of copied poetry. (Cont'd) Papers of other families include a typescript of the diary (1786-89) of Catherine G. Hickling (later Prescott) kept on the island of St. Michael in the Azores; a phrenological study; a group of sermons (1746-1811), including several by Rev. Phillips Payson of Chelsea, Mass.; a typescript of the diary of Thomas G. (U.S. Volunteers) and Robert H. (24th Mass. Infantry) Stevenson to their sister Hannah [Stevenson?]. Other Wolcott family members and additional correspondents include Frederick, Frederick H., and Oliver (1760-1833) Wolcott, John D. Long, Frederick T. Greenhalge, Phillips Brooks, Samuel C. Armstrong, and Henry C. Lodge.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes and 1 oversize container.

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Worcester, Alfred E., 1855-1951. Reminiscences of a country doctor, ca. 1918-1939.

Title: Reminiscences of a country doctor, ca. 1918-1939.

22-page annotated typescript by Alfred Worcester, a physician and professor of hygiene at Harvard who treated members of the Boston social elite and the wounded veterans of several wars. Memoir relates anecdotes about patients including Charles F. Adams and Henry Adams, reminiscences about Episcopal Bishop Phillips Brooks, and a brief description of the involvement of Alice M. Bacon and Gen. Samuel C. Armstrong in the Dixie Hospital's training school for Afro-American nurses. Also includes accounts told to Worcester of Civil War battles (including the attack on Ft. Wagner by the 54th Mass. Volunteers), the sinking of the Maine and the origins of the Spanish-American War.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38910973 View

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_216640 View

Lord, Elizabeth B., 1887-1976. Lord family Civil War photograph album [graphic], circa 1860-1865.

Title: Lord family Civil War photograph album [graphic], circa 1860-1865.

Photograph album owned by architect Elizabeth B. Lord (1887-1976) containing carte de visite portraits of military officers from the Civil War, dating from circa 1860-1865. Subjects include Lew Wallace, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, and Major William P. Lord, Elizabeth's father. There are also some photographs of members of other members of the Lord family, including Juliette Montague Lord. Most of the portraits are unidentified.

ArchivalResource: 0.03 cubic feet (34 photographs in 1 volume).

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Beale, George William, 1842-. Miscellaneous Virginia letters [manuscript] 1838-1877.

Title: Miscellaneous Virginia letters [manuscript] 1838-1877.

Two letters from William Fitzgerald to his brother John Fitzgerald, 1838, 1839, concern business in the House of Delegates, his desire to give up his position and attend to his family and property, particularly the necessity of increasing the amount of his lands or reducing the number of his hands. A letter from F. Converse to George W. Richards and The Board of Trustees, Leesburg Academy, 1841, regarding the $200 appropriated per year for the Academy. A letter from McDaniel & McCorkle to iron manufacturer W[illiam] W. Davis, 1844 July 24, transmits a copy of Davis's account noting that they have not been able to make any sale iron but may as the stocks reduce. A letter from Richard P. Walton, 1850 June 25, to Edward [S.?]Brown supports the latter's candidacy for office as a conservative and invites him to come to electioneer in Cumberland County. A letter from Thomas W. Sydnor to his wife Blanche, 1852 January 25, describes a trip by stage from Appomattox Court House to Lynchburg delayed four times by mud which ruined his boots, overshoes, pants and overcoat. Letters to John M. Orr of Leesburg, Va., 1853-1859, include a letter from his ward John Stephenson, 1853 April, concerning his current situation and his desire to go to college and a letter from Willoughby W. Tebbs of the Fauquier School, 1855 December 22, concerning money owed by Orr for Stephenson's education, together with an account for board and tuition. There is also a letter from B. P. Noland, 1859 February 24, about settling an undescribed matter involving a Mr. Lee other than by legal suit. Four letters from Congressman Lewis McKenzie to Orr, 1868-1877, discuss chesnut posts and rails, the end of carpet bag rule in Virginia, purchase of land along railroad lines, legal fees, and a railroad case in the Richmond Circuit Court and the possiblity of an injunction to prevent judgement against the road. A letter from A. T. Forbes to his mother, 1854 May 10, from school at Ridg[e]way, Charlottesville, Va., comments on family news and requests money for a pair of shoes. A letter from G[eorge?] W[illiam?] Beale to John W. Davis, 1855 December, discusses school holidays, Christmas celebrations, his new gun and bird shooting. A letter from S. Carson Bowers, 1859 December 27, inquires if James M. Scheckhise, would answer a call to a Lutheran Church in Rockingham County, Va. A letter from George E. Hamilton to his brother [?]John, 1868 June 12, written from George Town College, writes of end of year examinations and inquires after family, requesting they write. A letter from M. E. Kingsley to Hattie A. Judd of Springfield, Mass., 1869 May 25, requests some worsted, inquires about her teaching resignation, and discusses his future as a teacher at Hampton Institute, noting that the General [Samuel A. Armstrong] is encouraging him to stay but that he is drawn to come home.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166268201 View

Pease, William Barrett, 1844-1903. William Barrett Pease papers, 1877-1887 (inclusive).

Title: William Barrett Pease papers, 1877-1887 (inclusive).

Correspondence and financial records of William Barrett Pease, son of a New Haven bookseller and Civil War veteran. Most of the letters are from members of his wife's family and relate to Pease's real estate holdings in Brooklyn. A letter (1879 Jul 3) from Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the founder of the Hampton Institute, offers Pease a position at the Institute.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702165635 View

Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence

Title: Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence

Letters to American editor Horace Elisha Scudder from various correspondents.

ArchivalResource: 29 v. (3.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01458/catalog View

John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to the Governor of Kentucky August 28, 1835

Title: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to the Governor of Kentucky August 28, 1835

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193020 View

Robert C. Ogden Papers, 1843-1913, (bulk 1890-1913)

Title: Robert C. Ogden Papers 1843-1913 (bulk 1890-1913)

Businessman and philanthropist. Correspondence, memoranda, notes and drafts of articles and speeches, reports, and printed matter primarily concerned with Ogden's business career, his interests in philanthropy and religion, and his activities on behalf of education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 10,000 items; 30 containers; 12 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012139 View

Pratt, Richard Henry. Richard Henry Pratt papers. 1862-1972.

Title: Richard Henry Pratt papers

The collection includes letter-press books, writings, diaries, notes, photographs, and drawings. The papers largely relate to Pratt's work with and theories on the education of American Indians and his involvement with the Carlisle Indian School. Included is material relating to the controversies surrounding his work and much relating to Indians and Indian life in general. There are a group of Indian photographs and drawings, and papers relating to members of Pratt's family.

ArchivalResource: 23.18 Linear Feet ((102 boxes) + 3 broadsides)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.pratt View

Longstreth, Mary Anna. Collection, 1876-1878.

Title: Collection, 1876-1878.

A collection of biographical information gathered by Longstreth, a Philadelphia educator, about Emma Dean Walker Armstrong, wife of Samuel Chapman Armstrong, founder of the Hampton (Va.) Normal and Agricultural Institute. The materials are assembled in letterform for the Armstrong children, Louise and Edith, and contain considerable information about the early history of the Institute and the educational philosophy of its founder. Longstreth has included, as well, many letters from Mrs. Armstrong's female acquaintances, testifying as to her exemplary character. Three of the original four survive in the collection.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122616486 View

John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to Mrs. Howe and Deforert January 9, 1812

Title: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to Mrs. Howe and Deforert January 9, 1812

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193018 View

Huntington, Collis Potter, 1821-1900. Collis Potter Huntington biographical material for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, 1887-1890.

Title: Collis Potter Huntington biographical material for H.H. Bancroft's Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, 1887-1890.

Autobiographical sketches, notes and proofsheets (incomplete) of the published biography, prepared chiefly by David R. Sessions. Information on early life, journey to California via the Isthmus, experiences in San Francisco and Sacramento, merchandising, his associates in the railroads, political beliefs and character. Interview with W.H. Mills, letter from S.C. Armstrong concerning Huntington's interest in Hampton Institute and letter from A.N. Towne included. Notes concerning Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, received from E.O. Smith, 1932, with the above (folder 9).

ArchivalResource: Originals : 9 folders in portfolio.Copies : partial microfilm reel (212 exposures) : negative (Rich. 98:4) and positive.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26631964 View

Wetherell, Annie H. Diary, 1887-1919, bulk 1887-1893.

Title: Diary, 1887-1919, bulk 1887-1893.

Accounts of pleasure trips taken throughout the Northeast and mid-Atlantic including Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and Canada. Extensive descriptions of Civil War sites, Luray Caverns, an Indian school in Carlisle, Pa., and the funeral of Gen. Samuel Armstrong, founder of the Hampton Institute.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (291 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17158362 View

John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to W. Dickerson May 4, 1835

Title: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to W. Dickerson May 4, 1835

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193019 View

Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893. Autographed sentiment.

Title: Autographed sentiment.

Detached from letter.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6134451 View

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909,. Autograph letters signed and initialled from Edward Everett Hale, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to various people, 1857-1898.

Title: Autograph letters signed and initialled from Edward Everett Hale, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to various people, 1857-1898.

Correspondents: [Cyrus Augustus] Bartol, [Noah] Brooks, [Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow, Judge Lowell, Mumford, [Alfred Porter] Putnam, [George Edward] Ellis and others. Letters (2-3) to Brooks discuss Thomas Starr King. Letter (8) to Putnam and Ellis introduces General Armstrong, head of Hampton Institute for educating black teachers.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/281480963 View

Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893. [Letters, 1887].

Title: [Letters, 1887].

ArchivalResource: 2 letters.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12394023 View

Pratt, Richard Henry. Richard Henry Pratt papers. 1862-1972.

Title: Richard Henry Pratt papers

The collection includes letter-press books, writings, diaries, notes, photographs, and drawings. The papers largely relate to Pratt's work with and theories on the education of American Indians and his involvement with the Carlisle Indian School. Included is material relating to the controversies surrounding his work and much relating to Indians and Indian life in general. There are a group of Indian photographs and drawings, and papers relating to members of Pratt's family.

ArchivalResource: 23.18 Linear Feet ((102 boxes) + 3 broadsides)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.pratt View

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. John Greenleaf Whittier Papers, 1808-1940.

Title: John Greenleaf Whittier Papers, 1808-1940.

Manuscripts include: poem beginning, "Another hand is beckoning us ..." n.d.; a note beginning, "The approach of Mr. Whittier's seventieth birthday..," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson ca. 1877; a quotation from a poem, "Barbara Frietchie" 1882 June 4; a quotation from a poem beginning, "The beauty which old Greece or Rome ..." 1886 February 5; a page proof with auto corrections and signed of a poem beginning, "church to reverend memories dear ..." n.d. Also a poem entitled, "Criticisms on the Poems in the North Star ..." by Elizabeth Lloyd ca. 1840; a quotation from a poem beginning, "Do thou thy work ..." 1877 December 22; a poem entitled, "Dr. Ross" 1879 December; a quotation from a poem entitled, "Emerson" n.d.; a quotation from a poem beginning, "Faith shares the Future's promise ...," with ANS, [1865 May 25], J.G.W. 1865 August 17; essays, "The First Anti-Slavery Meeting in the United States," n.d. Also an essay "The poetry of Heart and Home-Wm. H. Burleigh" n.d.; essay "Deem not the loved" n.d.; a quotation from a poem beginning, "God pity them both ..." n.d.; a quotation beginning "God's ways seem dark ..." 1874 March 22; a quotation from a poem beginning, "The highest good ..." 1881 January 4; a quotation from a poem beginning, "If for the age to come..," [1862 January 24] J.G.W. to B. Mayer 1862 January 24; a poem, "In the Old South Church" n.d. Also a page proof with auto. corr. "John Greenleaf Whittier, a Biography" by Francis Underwood, with ANS by F.U. and J.G.W. on first page 1884; notes re: poem, "The King's Missive," with explanatory ANS by Samuel Thomas Pickard ca. 1880; a poem, "A Lay of the Olden Time" in an unknown hand n.d.; a poem, "Lydia Wardwell in the 'Old South'" 1877 November 29; a poem, "A Memorial. M.A.C." [Moses Austin Cartland] with letter from J.G.W. to unknown recipient on last page of manuscript n.d.; a poem, "The Memory of Burns" n.d. Also a poem beginning, "O, God of Peace. now o'er the world ...," by Bayard Taylor, enclosed with letter 1876 March 23 B.T. to J.G.W. in bound volume 1876 March 23; a poem, "Oak Knoll," in an unknown hand 1888 July 4; a poem beginning, "Oh, Freedom. if to me belong ..." 1857 July 20; a poem, "On Whittier's Eightieth Birthday" by Frances L. Mace 1887; a poem beginning, "Our social joys are more than fame..," in bound volume with photo n.d., J.G.W., head and shoulders 1882 January 16; poem, "The Poet and the Children" n.d.; essay, "The Poetry of Heart and Home-Wm. H. Burleigh" filed with "The First Anti-Slavery Meeting in the United States" n.d. Also a poem, "The Prophecy of Samuel Sewall; A.D. 1697," with letter 1858 December J.G.W. to Theodore Tiller 1858; poem, "The River Path" 1871 March 21; quotation from part of poem beginning, "Shine Light of God. make broad thy scope..," with envelope addressed to Mrs. B.R. Cowen 1885 June 5; poem beginning, "Somebody loves you, or somebody ought to ...," with 2 p. manuscript explanation and clipping, re: J.G.W. ca. 1861; poem, "Sumner" 1874; poem, "The Swan Song of Parson Avery. 1635," with letter, 1866 May 5, J.G.W. to Francis Underwood on last page 1866 May 5. Also a poem beginning, "To Cousin Margaret Wendell" 1839 December 12; poem, To George B. Cheever" 1860 September 1; poem, "To the Emperor of Brazil" [unused dedication for In War Time] ca. 1864; poem beginning, "What is the service ..." 1882 May 8; part of poem beginning, "Who calls thy service ...," with envelope addressed to Alice Hedge Holmes, in bound volume 1888 February 14; and part of poem beginning, "With warning hand ..." with letter, 1857 August 27, J.G.W. to unknown recipient at bottom of leaf [1857 August 27]. Letter correspondents and recipients include: J.G.W., Sarah J. Hale, Elizabeth Whittier, Charles Torry, Joseph Sturge, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Williamson Palmer, Theodore Tiller, Salmon Portland Chase, A.C. Fisk, B. Mayer, George Morrill, William A., Wheeler, Edward W. Hooper, Lydia Maria Child, S.C. Griggs, Mrs. Sargent, Charles H. Bell, Kilham, Committee of Colored Voters in Brooklyn, New York, Burlingame, Celia Thaxter, Mrs. Kinsey, Robert Underwood Johnson, M. Merrill, William Howell Reed, William and Mary Howitt, Crocker, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bayard Taylor, Mrs. Horace E. Smith, Lucy Larcom, Henry Oscar Houghton, Editor of Forest and Stream, William Dean Howells, Darwin C. Pusey, Houghton, Osgood & Co., Helen Colcord, Editor of The Literary World, A. McClean & Co., Mary Shepard, William A. Beene, Epes Sargent, Miss Carpenter, D.M. Crowley, D.P. Livermore, Lilliam Carpenter, Garrison, James R. Nichols, Longfellow Association, William Sloane Kennedy, Millekin, Phebe J. Woodman, John Peaslee, Henry Oscar Houghton, Emma Taylor, Hayne, Harlan Ballard, Emory H. Jones, Wentworth, Fanny, Herbert D. Ward, C.E.F. Wingate, R.M. Johnston, Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Abby J. Woodman, George W. Cate, F.W. Merrill, Appleton, Bill Heath, Robert W. Lull, John D. Philbrick, Mary Shepard, Julian Allen, Horace Currier, James Thomas Fields, Manning, Elizabeth Neall Wendell, and Ann Wendell. Photographs and prints include: an engraving by George E. Perine of John Greenleaf Whittier's head and shoulders 1873 November; group of ten magazine photos and drawings (3 photos of J.G.W., 6 drawings and photos of places associated with J.G.W., and 1 facsimile of a verse in J.G.W.'s hand) 1855-1892; a photo signed of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; a photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; an engraving by F.T. Stuart of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, with engraved signature of J.G.W. n.d.; photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, n.d.; photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, in bound volume with manuscript poem beginning, "Our social joys are more than fame ..." n.d.; a photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders with printed signature of J.G.W. n.d., photo of J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, n.d.; photo J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; photo of kitchen and bedroom, in house where J.G.W. was born n.d.; photo of group of people, including J.G.W. on porch of house 1885; photo J.G.W.'s head and shoulders n.d.; 2 engravings of J.G.W., middle-agd and young, head and shoulders, in bound volume n.d.; engraving J.G.W.'s head and shoulders, with printed signature of J.G.W. n.d.; photo funeral of J.G.W. 1892 September 10; and a photo of Elizabeth Whittier, enclosed in letter, n.d., J.G.W. to Manning n.d. Miscellaneous items in collection include: 2 certifications of approval signed by the selectmen of Haverhill, Massachusetts, including John Whittier, father of J.G.W. 1808 October 5; receipt signed by J.G.W., for money received from Fields, Osgood, and Co. 1869 May 7; autograph of J.G.W., with envelope addressed to Edwin Champlin 1880 October 8; printed program for commemoration of the eightieth birthday of J.G.W. 1887 December 18; reprint "John Greenleaf Whittier in Philadelphia" by Vincent B. Brecht, from Philadelphia History, Vol. IV, No. 1 1934; collar and tie belonging to J.G.W. n.d.; and a newspaper clipping "The Poet Whittier," an autobiography, in bound volume n.d.

ArchivalResource: ca. 130 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647977923 View

John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to W. Dickerson May 4, 1835

Title: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to W. Dickerson May 4, 1835

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193019 View

Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893. ALS : Hampton, Va. to Mr. [George Barrell] Emerson, 1871 Mar. 19.

Title: ALS : Hampton, Va. to Mr. [George Barrell] Emerson, 1871 Mar. 19.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35650298 View

Arthur Howe Jr. papers, 1857-1997

Title: Arthur Howe Jr. papers 1857-1997

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and general files that document Arthur Howe Jr.'s tenure on the Board of Directors of Hampton Institute and family history. The collection includes an unpublished history of Hampton Institute by Edward Kidder Graham, and unpublished autobiographical writings and correspondence by Howe's grandfather, Samuel Chapman Armstrong.

ArchivalResource: 7 linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1755 View

Cleveland Abbe papers, 1851-1952.

Title: Cleveland Abbe papers, 1851-1952.

Collection consists of papers (1851-1952) of meteorologist and astronomer, Cleveland Abbe.

ArchivalResource: 4.4 linear ft. (9 document boxes, 3 flat boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48394883 View

Armstrong, S. C. (Samuel Chapman), 1839-1893. Letter: to Martin I. Townsend /by S. C. Armstrong, 1877 Dec 3.

Title: Letter: to Martin I. Townsend /by S. C. Armstrong, 1877 Dec 3.

Letter asking Martin Townsend to draft and present a bill to Congress providing for the education of Nez Percé prisoners at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute at government expense.

ArchivalResource: 4 p.; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128465 View

Thorpe, Margaret Newland, d. 1907. Life in Virginia and North Carolina, 1866-1881.

Title: Life in Virginia and North Carolina, 1866-1881.

Account of a white northern-born school teacher working with southern blacks, first at Ft. Magruder, Virginia, then in Warrenton, North Carolina. She describes the progress of the students in their studies, the hardships they endure, and the injustices committed against them by whites. Also included are descriptions of African-American customs, and accounts of her trips to Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (197 p.) ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14138633 View

John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to the Governor of Kentucky August 28, 1835

Title: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to the Governor of Kentucky August 28, 1835

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193020 View

Louise Gilman papers 1866-1869 Gilman, Louise

Title: Louise Gilman papers 1866-1869 Gilman, Louise

The Louise Gilman papers consist of letters written by Louise Gilman while serving as a teacher at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Viriginia, a school set up to educate freed slaves. The letters describe Gilman's activities as a teacher and her thoughts about the black students.

ArchivalResource: 30 items

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsead/umich-wcl-M-3067gil?rgn=main;view=text View

Walker, George, d. 1860. Samuel Chapman Armstrong collection, 1826-1947.

Title: Samuel Chapman Armstrong collection, 1826-1947.

The collection contains photographs, account books and receipts, legal papers, letters, recipes, programs and literature relating to Armstrong, his wives Emma Walker Armstrong and Mary Alice Ford Armstrong, their children and extended Walker, Williams, Davis and Adam families. The collection provides an opportunity for scholars to examine the life of a leading figure in 19th-century educational philosophy within the context and influence of the community in which he was reared. Contains information on the business life of George Walker, a dry goods merchant, and Daniel Williams, a banker; also insights into Richard Armstrong's early Hawaiian missionary activities.

ArchivalResource: 24.5 linear ft. (16 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300029466 View

John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Photograph

Title: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Photograph

ArchivalResource:

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193021 View

Cooper, James Wesley, 1842-1916. James Wesley Cooper papers, 1787-1925 (inclusive), 1787-1916 (bulk).

Title: James Wesley Cooper papers, 1787-1925 (inclusive), 1787-1916 (bulk).

Chiefly correspondence and diaries of James Wesley Cooper documenting his career as a Congregational minister, and his service as a Fellow of Yale University (1886-1916). The only personal correspondence are forty-four letters from Cooper to his fiancée in 1865 and fourteen additional letters (1877-1905).

ArchivalResource: 2 linear ft. (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702206462 View

Terry family. Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Title: Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Papers of five family members, the children and daughter-in-law of Alfred and Clarissa Terry, make up the major part of the collection. The most prominent figure is Alfred Howe Terry, a Civil War general in the Union army, whose correspondence and military papers relate to the Fitz-John Porter case, the Indian campaigns (1870s) and reminiscences of military service and the Civil War. Included are orders for the court martial of General Custer and drawings supposedly given to Terry by Sitting Bull. Other family members include his brother, Adrian, who also served in the Civil War, and Adrian's wife, Isadore Wright Terry, whose correspondence includes letters from her husband during the war describing his experiences. The papers of Elizabeth Howe Terry include a diary (1875) kept on an ocean voyage to Europe, while the papers of Harriet Wadsworth Terry, the second lady principal of Vassar College, are largely made up of family correspondence. Papers of other family members and memorabilia, including Civil War mementos and a prescription for the cure of cholera make up the remainder of the papers.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153523 View

Bacon Family., 1824-1879. Papers. Letters. 1824-1879.

Title: Papers. Letters. 1824-1879.

Photocopies of selected correspondence from the Bacon papers, Yale University Library. Correspondence between Bacon family members is included. Major correspondents also include members of the American Missionary Association.

ArchivalResource: 300 items. box. (0.4 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18859546 View

John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to Mrs. Howe and Deforert January 9, 1812

Title: John F. Kennedy Personal Papers. 1917 - 1963. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection. 1642 - 1918. John F. Kennedy Personal Papers: Historical Documents Collection: Sam Armstrong. 1/9/1812 - 8/28/1835. Samuel Armstrong Letter to Mrs. Howe and Deforert January 9, 1812

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193018 View

Collis Potter Huntington Papers, 1797-1904

Title: Collis Potter Huntington Papers 1797-1904

Papers of the American railroad magnate and capitalist, whose financial interests included steamship, manufacturing, construction, and land companies. Philanthropist, trustee of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and supporter of Tuskegee Institute. Collection includes incoming correspondence (1856-1904); letterpress copybooks (1868-1901); legal and financial (including real estate) records (1797-1901); amd personal papers (1862-1901). Notable among the real estate records are documents relating to the furnishing and household expenses of Huntington's San Francisco residence, and records relating to the design, construction, decoration, furnishing, and maintenance of Huntington's palatial home on 57th St. in New York City.

ArchivalResource: 120 linear ft.

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Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879. ALS : Rockledge, [Mass.] to Mrs. Bush, 1871 Nov. 22.

Title: ALS : Rockledge, [Mass.] to Mrs. Bush, 1871 Nov. 22.

Thanks Mrs. Bush for an invitation to meet Gen. Armstrong but regrets that he cannot accept.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p. in folder) ; 25 x 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48785969 View

Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups. 1930 - 1953. HAMPTON INSTITUTE PRESENTS ITS PROGRAM OF EDUCATION FOR LIFE

Title: Harmon Foundation Collection. 1922 - 1967. Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups. 1930 - 1953. HAMPTON INSTITUTE PRESENTS ITS PROGRAM OF EDUCATION FOR LIFE

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Gilman, Louise Lane, 1838-1922. Louise Gilman papers, 1866-1869.

Title: Louise Gilman papers, 1866-1869.

The Louise Gilman papers consist of letters written by Louise Gilman while serving as a teacher at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Viriginia, a school set up to educate freed slaves. The letters describe Gilman's activities as a teacher and her thoughts about the black students.

ArchivalResource: 30 items.

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