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Bridge, Hudson E. Hudson E. Bridge correspondence, 1863-1871.

Title: Hudson E. Bridge correspondence, 1863-1871.

Collection of 9 letters relating to Bridge's activities as a member of Washington University's board of trustees, including correspondence from William Greenleaf Eliot and James Yeatman, and as a benefactor of the Mary Institute.

ArchivalResource: 9 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33950865 View

Bixby, George H. (George Holmes), ca. 1838-fl. 1900. Papers, 1858-1866, 1878.

Title: Papers, 1858-1866, 1878.

Letters to Bixby pertaining to supplies for and operation of the Red Rover.

ArchivalResource: 22 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145746015 View

Peale-Sellers family collection, 1686-1963

Title: Peale-Sellers Family Collection, 1686-1963

The collection, divided into seven series, represents the careers and interests of the members of the Peale-Sellers family from the 1670s to 1960s. More than half is correspondence among various members of the families. The Peale family is best known as a family of artists; however, family interests and activities were much more wide-ranging. The best known Peale is Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827, APS 1786), who produced more than one thousand paintings, including hundreds of portraits of leading Americans during the colonial and early national periods. Peale was married three times, to Rachel Brewster (1744-1790), Elizabeth de Peyster (1765-1804), and Hannah More (1755-1821). He had eighteen children, eleven of whom reached adulthood. Three of Charles Willson Peale’s sons became artists: Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), and Rubens Peale (1784-1865). A fourth son, Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1885, APS 1833), was a naturalist (who made drawings on the exploring expeditions he accompanied) and pioneer in photography, and another son, Benjamin Franklin Peale (1795-1870), became a naturalist and paleontologist. Peale’s daughter Sophonisba Angusciola was married to Coleman Sellers (1781-1834), an inventor and manufacturer of machinery, including locomotives. Two of their sons, George Escol Sellers (1808-1899) and Coleman Sellers (1827-1907, APS 1872), were inventors and engineers. The latter served as director of the construction of the hydro-electric power development at Niagara Falls. He was married to Cornelia Wells Sellers (1831-1909). One of their grandsons was Charles Coleman Sellers (1903-1980, APS 1979), a librarian and historian and the author of several studies of the Peale family, including a Charles Willson Peale biography.

ArchivalResource: 19.0 Linear feet; 38 Boxes; 147 Volumes

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P31-ead.xml View

Wiswall, Harriet (Hattie), 1833-1880. Letters, November 14, 1863-March 29, 1865.

Title: Letters, November 14, 1863-March 29, 1865.

31 letters to her stepmother and brother Charles describe her activities feeding and caring for the soldiers, her relationships with coworkers including Mrs. Cordelia Harvey (later Chester) and Newton Mann, her distribution of tracts and other papers to prisoners, and her observations about the conditions of refugee blacks. Includes copy of photo of her brother Edward who died at Vicksburg, July 27, 1863.

ArchivalResource: 32 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156877847 View

Loring, Charles G. (Charles Greely), 1794-1867. Papers, 1768-1866

Title: Charles G. Loring papers, 1768-1866

Papers of Boston lawyer and state senator Charles Greely Loring primarily relating to the American Civil War.

ArchivalResource: 17 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01452/catalog View

Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Papers, 1798-1893 (bulk 1827-1887)

Title: Dorothea Lynde Dix papers, 1798-1893 (inclusive), 1827-1887 (bulk).

Correspondence and manuscripts of American educator, social reformer, and humanitarian, Dorothea Dix.

ArchivalResource: 29 boxes (9.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00078/catalog View