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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

Title: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts Civil War collection, 1724-1933 (inclusive); 1861-1912 (bulk).

A collection of images, manuscripts, and printed material, mostly relating to the Massachusetts soldiers and regiments in the American Civil War. Some material relates to other Union regiments and the Confederate States of America.

ArchivalResource: 47 linear feet (143 boxes, 2 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00124/catalog View

Salisbury, Edward Elbridge, 1814-1901. Papers, 1876-1906.

Title: Papers, 1876-1906.

Genealogical correspondence; correspondents include Charles W. Baird, Elizabeth H. Colt, Montague Fowler, David R. Jack, George B. Loring, Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Alfred Scott-Gatty, Richard H. Stoddard and James H. Trumbull.

ArchivalResource: 1 envelope ; 31 x 26 x 3 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31686904 View

Brainard, Charles Henry, 1817-1885. Papers, 1795-1884 and undated

Title: Charles Henry Brainard papers, 1795-1884 and undated

Autograph album (1858-1884), a letter book (1855-1883), and a scrapbook of letters and autographs (1795-1857 and undated) of American print dealer, publisher, and historian, Charles Henry Brainard.

ArchivalResource: 4 volumes (.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01547/catalog View

Loring, George Bailey, 1817-1891. George Bailey Loring Papers, 1831-1904.

Title: George Bailey Loring Papers, 1831-1904.

The collection contains descriptive patient records, kept while Loring was a surgeon at the United States Marine Hospital in Chelsea, and many of his dedicatory, political, and agricultural address. In addition, the collection includes political, personal, and estate papers of George B. Loring, and correspondence, diaries, and legal papers of family members.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (4.25 linear feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/641676773 View

James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Title: James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Papers of American author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat James Russell Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00365/catalog View

Autograph File, L, 1641-1976.

Title: Autograph File, L, 1641-1976.

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01435/catalog View

Davis, Timothy, 1821-1888. Papers of Timothy Davis, 1856-1885 (bulk 1856-1859).

Title: Papers of Timothy Davis, 1856-1885 (bulk 1856-1859).

Scrapbook containing correspondence, clippings, pamphlets, and other papers, chiefly 1856-1859, relating to Davis' congressional career. Correspondents include George Coggeshall, Caleb Cushing, William Pitt Fessenden, and George B. Loring.

ArchivalResource: 100 items.1 container.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81681463 View

Williams, Ennion, 1752-1830. Ennion Williams Papers, 1875-1876.

Title: Ennion Williams Papers, 1875-1876.

Handwritten extracts from a pass book "Memorandum of Ennion Williams on his Journey to the American camp at Cambridge in New England", made for Dr. George B. Loring, June 21, 1875. Dated October 22-25, 1775. Includes copy of a letter to the Essex Institute from Dr. Loring (1876).

ArchivalResource: 1 envelope.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695999208 View

Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942.

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q.

Index to ownership/provenance information primarily from printed books at Houghton Library.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990120831020203941/catalog View

Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891.

Title: Correspondence and other papers, 1831-1891.

Correspondence of American author and biographer James Parton withfamily members, professional associates, and personal friends as well as financialaccounts, photographs, genealogies, and printed material.

ArchivalResource: 8 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01317/catalog View

Additional papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1805-1963, 1832-1908

Title: Additional papers, (inclusive), (bulk) 1805-1963 1832-1908

Addenda to the papers (MC 298) of the Albert Gallatin Browne family from New England, including correspondence, journals, account books, and business papers.

ArchivalResource: 1.21 linear ft.; (1 carton, 1/2 file box, 3 folio folders, 3 oversize folders)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/sch00162/catalog View

Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874

Title: Charles Sumner correspondence, 1829-1874

Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.

ArchivalResource: 33 cartons (43.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00232/catalog View

James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Title: James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Papers of American author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat James Russell Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00365/catalog View

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Title: James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

The bulk of the collection is correspondence, both personal and professional, between Lowell and many of his prominent contemporaries, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Dean Howells, Thomas Hughes, George Bailey Loring, Charles Eliot Norton, Thomas William Parsons, Edgar Allan Poe, Edmund Quincy, and Richard Grant White. Also include poems, addresses, lectures and other manuscripts, some unpublished, by Lowell as well as notebooks with various notes and drafts, and commonplace books that he kept. In addition, collection contains Norton's correspondence concerning the publication of Lowell's letters, miscellaneous manuscripts and correspondence of third parties, and clippings about Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612372056 View

Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915.

Title: Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915.

Correspondence and manuscripts of American writer and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier and his American biographer Samuel Thomas Pickard.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (5.7 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00386/catalog 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

Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Ru 60: Meteorological Project, 1849 1875.

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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

George, John H. (John Hatch), 1824-1888. Correspondence, 1840-1873.

Title: Correspondence, 1840-1873.

Correspondence concerning Democratic Party politics, presidential possibilities, and state and national election campaigns, especially the nomination and election of Franklin Pierce in 1852 when George was chairman of the Democratic State Committee, and showing the decline of the Democratic Party in New Hampshire, defeat by Know-Nothing (American) Party in 1855, and by Republican Party in 1856 and 1860. Earlier family correspondence includes George's description of life at Dartmouth College (1840-1842) and, in letters of George's half-brother, Paul Rolfe George (1807-1864), who was quartermaster under Caleb Cushing in the Mexican War, material on St. Croix Falls, Wis.

ArchivalResource: 2 ft. (ca. 1600 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70961465 View

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers of Julia Ward Howe, 1858-1908.

Title: Papers of Julia Ward Howe, 1858-1908.

Manuscripts include a fair copy of "The battle hymn of the republic," 1904; a tribute to Thomas Bailey Aldrich; a poem "The nation's holiday"; three untitled poems; a quotation; and a transcript of a poem by William Dean Howells. Letters to editors and friends discuss her work, particularly for "Harper's magazine" and "The critic," lecture engagements, social life, philanthropies, especially the New England Woman's Club, family and friends. Specific topics include disturst of James Fields, admiration for Edwin Booth, the death of Robert Gould Shaw, New York City draft riots, the role of women in society, and a tour of Brittany in 1878. Portraits include a photograph by her son Henry Morton Howe and a pencil sketch by her son-in-law John Elliott. Printed items include a tribute on her 70th birthday, a contract for the sale of a play, two printed copies of the "Battle Hymn," one used for recruiting Afro-American troops, and acknowledgement of condolences on her death.

ArchivalResource: 105 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30793438 View

Brown family. Additional papers, 1805-1963 (inclusive), 1832-1908 (bulk).

Title: Additional papers, 1805-1963 (inclusive), 1832-1908 (bulk).

Collection consists primarily of business papers, including account books, of Albert Gallatin Browne, Sr., and Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr., with some additional family correspondence, and several cookbooks of Sarah Smith Cox Browne. Also included are Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr.'s articles describing his travels to South America.

ArchivalResource: 1.21 linear ft. (1 carton, 1/2 file box, 3 folio folders, 1 oversize folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/542825670 View

Brown family. Papers, 1802-1963 (inclusive), 1833-1908 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1802-1963 (inclusive), 1833-1908 (bulk).

Correspondence between family members, diaries, genealogical materials, writings, and photographs. The letters between husband and wife portray their marriage and give a detailed account of their daily lives when apart in the 1860s. The diaries, 1858-1884, of Sarah Cox Browne reflect on family, religion, health, weather, and domestic and foreign affairs. Those of Albert Browne, Sr., record his Civil War service and those of Albert Browne, Jr., cover the Utah expedition of 1857 against the Mormons and his travels in South America. Addenda consist primarily of business papers of Albert Gallatin Browne, Sr., and Albert Gallatin Browne, Jr., with some additional family correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 3.25 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122471107 View

Loring, George Bailey, 1817-1891,. Autograph letter signed from George B. Loring, Lisbon, to Moncure D. Conway, Rome [manuscript], 1890 January 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed from George B. Loring, Lisbon, to Moncure D. Conway, Rome [manuscript], 1890 January 30.

Loring offers suggestions for how to phrase the criticism of Hawthorne on American poets. Includes a comment that "he criticized them kindly but with great scrutiny - somewhat as I should suppose Shakspear might have criticized Ben Jonson." On letterhead of the Legation of the United States of America, Lisbon.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 20 x 13 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435495512 View

Derby, Henry. Henry Derby Papers, 1852-1862.

Title: Henry Derby Papers, 1852-1862.

Collection includes documents appointing Henry Derby of Salem, Massachussetts to various positions within Essex County, such as Justice of the Peace, Deputy Collections of Customs for Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts, and Coroner of Essex County. Collection also includes bills for services as Inspector of Customs in Salem, Massachusetts and a mortgage document between Derby and Andrew Haraden for the sale of a home and the contents therein.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/771018395 View

Whiting Griswold Correspondence, 1843-1874

Title: Whiting Griswold Correspondence 1843-1874

Lawyer and politician. Letters to Griswold from various prominent figures relating to such topics as the Whig, Free Soil, and American parties, the Democratic Party, his legal practice, Massachusetts politics, patronage, the Hoosac Tunnel, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Civil War, and the 1853 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.

ArchivalResource: 210 items; 1 container; .2 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013020 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

Cogswell, William, 1838-1895. William Cogswell Papers, 1861-1894.

Title: William Cogswell Papers, 1861-1894.

Salem (Mass.) politician and brigadier-general. Collection contains military papers of work as quartermaster in Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and political correspondence and speeches.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/642902768 View

Smithsonian Archives. Spencer F. Baird Papers (Mc 2000.11).

Title: Smithsonian Archives. Spencer F. Baird Papers (Mc 2000.11).

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Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Title: Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.

Letters from colleagues and friends to American Transcendentalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (12 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00123/catalog View

James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Title: James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919.

Papers of American author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat James Russell Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00365/catalog View

Loring, Short & Harmon. Catalogue.

Title: Catalogue.

Catalogue of books in lending library of Georg B. Loring, Leonard O. Short, and Charles C. Harmon in Portland Maine, 1867-1872. Manuscript on lined double column ledges paper, 24 leaves, 30 lines per column, written and maintained primarily in a single cursive hand in red, brown and blue inks, marginal markings (books lost or not returned) of inventories of 1869 and 1872. Ca. 1755 book titles plus those on inserted sheets (100?).

ArchivalResource: [24] leaves ; 34 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83645594 View