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William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)

Title: William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)

Correspondence (chiefly letters received), articles, poems, speeches, book reviews, diaries and journals, miscellaneous notebooks, scrapbooks, clippings, and other printed material. Correspondence concerns Thayer's writings, particularly in the area of Italian history, and his connections with Harvard as editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine and later as an overseer. Also included are some miscellaneous papers of William Warland Clapp, a Boston journalist; and some papers of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, chiefly from a European trip made by Higginson in 1872.

ArchivalResource: 48 linear feet (96 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00563/catalog View

American Copyright League. Letter to Henry Charles Lea, 1888.

Title: Letter to Henry Charles Lea, 1888.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63552640 View

Green, George W., 1850. Green diary, 1850.

Title: Green diary, 1850.

Diary and transcript titled "Journal of a Voyage from New York via the Horn to California. May-August by George W. Green, 1850". Describes the author's journey from Lowell, Mass. by ship to California and relates his experiences with sea travel and in several Latin American countries.

ArchivalResource: .1 linear ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37857346 View

Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931,. Papers of the Harrison, Smith and Tucker families:, 1790-1936.

Title: Papers of the Harrison, Smith and Tucker families:, 1790-1936.

Correspondence, diaries, account books, notebooks, lecture notes, literary manuscripts, and other papers, of three faculty families of the University of Virginia. Much of the correspondence deals with university life and personalities. Includes Professor Gessner Harrison's lecture notes and an account of his estate; Professor Francis Henry Smith's account books and natural philosophy notes; manuscript of Professor George Tucker's unpublished novel, "A Centry Hence" (1841), and his autobiography (1858); letters of Professor Charles W. Kent from Woodrow Wilson; and correspondence relating to the unveiling of a portrait of John R. Thompson and to Kent's position as literary editor of the Library of southern literature. Also prominent in the collection are Gessner Harrison's father, Dr. Peachey Harrison, and wife, Elizabeth Lewis Carter Tucker Harrison; their daughter, Mary Harrison Smith; and Betty Lewis Carter. Other topics include a survey of General Alexander Brown's lands in Nelson County, Va; a University of Virginia program for athletic events; an article by D.G. Harrison praising John E. Massey's stand on Virginia political issues; and an article concerning the life of Robert Emmet.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48840511 View