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Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. Letter, Oct. 8, 1868.

Title: Letter, Oct. 8, 1868.

Letter from Mead to Morrill telling him of the acceptance of his design and asking the possibility of the state donating a cannon for use in the monument. Noting the large amounts of granite and metal to be used, he states the cannon would help with the metal and that a lot of the granite would come from eastern states. Addressed envelope included.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52751224 View

Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Title: Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Correspondence, compositions, and diaries of American novelist William Dean Howells as well as papers of his wife and children.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 portfolio boxes (26 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01480/catalog View

Bessie Potter Vonnoh papers

Title: Bessie Potter Vonnoh papers

The papers of sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh measure 3.1 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1991, with the bulk of material dating from 1890 to 1955. The scattered papers document the personal life and career of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, and, to a lesser degree, her husband, painter Robert William Vonnoh. Found within the papers are Vonnoh family correspondence, including letters between Bessie and Robert, and primarily Bessie's professional and personal correspondence. There is one folder of correspondence of Robert William Vonnoh. Bessie's correspondents include Daniel Chester French, Hamlin Garland, Rupert Hughes, Archer Huntington, Larkin G. Mead, Jean Francois Raffaelli, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and others. Robert's correspondents include Charles M. Carter, Daniel Chester French, William M. R. French, and Charles Vezin. The collection also contains scattered biographical materials, photographs of Bessie Potter Vonnoh and Robert William Vonnoh, a photograph album, photographs of artwork, clippings, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material.There is a 2.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes typescripts of Vonnoh's journals; scrapbooks; photographs of Vonnoh, works of art and events and photograph albums; letters to Vonnoh; exhibition catalogs and other printed material; and biographical material including marriage certificate and Last Will and Testament. Materials date from circa 1875-1991.

ArchivalResource: 3.1 linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90691b7dd-4558-4461-9d58-25f11a247363 View

Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. Lincoln's Tomb [model] : Springfield, Ill.

Title: Lincoln's Tomb [model] : Springfield, Ill. [between 1945 and 1955]

ArchivalResource: 1 model : metal, felt ; 10 x 7 x 7 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/468413745 View

Portrait file: Guide.

Title: Portrait file: Guide.

The Portrait File is an alphabetically arranged collection of portait images of individuals, groups of individuals, and views and miscellany, received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01675/catalog View

Bessie Potter Vonnoh papers

Title: Bessie Potter Vonnoh papers

The papers of sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh measure 3.1 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1991, with the bulk of material dating from 1890 to 1955. The scattered papers document the personal life and career of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, and, to a lesser degree, her husband, painter Robert William Vonnoh. Found within the papers are Vonnoh family correspondence, including letters between Bessie and Robert, and primarily Bessie's professional and personal correspondence. There is one folder of correspondence of Robert William Vonnoh. Bessie's correspondents include Daniel Chester French, Hamlin Garland, Rupert Hughes, Archer Huntington, Larkin G. Mead, Jean Francois Raffaelli, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and others. Robert's correspondents include Charles M. Carter, Daniel Chester French, William M. R. French, and Charles Vezin. The collection also contains scattered biographical materials, photographs of Bessie Potter Vonnoh and Robert William Vonnoh, a photograph album, photographs of artwork, clippings, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material.There is a 2.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes typescripts of Vonnoh's journals; scrapbooks; photographs of Vonnoh, works of art and events and photograph albums; letters to Vonnoh; exhibition catalogs and other printed material; and biographical material including marriage certificate and Last Will and Testament. Materials date from circa 1875-1991.

ArchivalResource: 3.1 linear feet

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Marshall, Augustus,. Howells family photographs, ca. 1850-1925.

Title: Howells family photographs, ca. 1850-1925.

This collection consists mostly of portrait photographs of various members of the Howells family, as well as relatives from the Mead and Hayes families. Subjects include novelist William Dean Howells, his wife Elinor Mead Howells, sculptor Larkin Goldsmith Mead, and Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of Rutherford B. Hayes, among many others. Photographers include Augustus Marshall and George Kendall Warren of Boston, Mass., as well as Pach Bros.. of Cambridge, Mass., among others. Includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and other paper-based photographs.

ArchivalResource: 32 photographs in 1 narrow box and 1 oversize box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54494657 View

[Larkin G. Mead, Jr.] [graphic].

Title: [Larkin G. Mead, Jr.] [graphic]. [1862]

Mead standing in front of a bannister with cap in hand. Inscribed in an unknown hand on reverse "Larkin G. Mead, Jr., the Vermont Sculptor, September 1862, Brattleboro." Photographer unknown.

ArchivalResource: 1 photographic print on carte-de-visite mount: b&w ; 10 x 6 cm., on board 11 x 7 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78430893 View

Mead family. Mead family letters, 1845-1911.

Title: Mead family letters, 1845-1911.

Correspondence written between 1845 and 1911, transcribed and photocopied.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/748578804 View

Houghton-Mead exhibit.

Title: Houghton-Mead exhibit.

Photographs, press release, and other information about "Civil War Perspectives", an exhibition held at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center made up of works by photographer George H. Houghton and artist Larkin Mead.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (24 items) : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741754124 View

Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. Professore Larkin G Meads visitors book at studio : manuscript, 1889-1907.

Title: Professore Larkin G Meads visitors book at studio : manuscript, 1889-1907.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (55 leaves) 33cm. + 15 cut fragments and photograph.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612200165 View

Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. [Lincoln Tomb] [model].

Title: [Lincoln Tomb] [model]. [1950]

ArchivalResource: 1 model : metal ; 11 x 7 x 10 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/462112645 View

Bessie Potter Vonnoh papers

Title: Bessie Potter Vonnoh papers

The papers of sculptor Bessie Potter Vonnoh measure 3.1 linear feet and date from circa 1860 to 1991, with the bulk of material dating from 1890 to 1955. The scattered papers document the personal life and career of Bessie Potter Vonnoh, and, to a lesser degree, her husband, painter Robert William Vonnoh. Found within the papers are Vonnoh family correspondence, including letters between Bessie and Robert, and primarily Bessie's professional and personal correspondence. There is one folder of correspondence of Robert William Vonnoh. Bessie's correspondents include Daniel Chester French, Hamlin Garland, Rupert Hughes, Archer Huntington, Larkin G. Mead, Jean Francois Raffaelli, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and others. Robert's correspondents include Charles M. Carter, Daniel Chester French, William M. R. French, and Charles Vezin. The collection also contains scattered biographical materials, photographs of Bessie Potter Vonnoh and Robert William Vonnoh, a photograph album, photographs of artwork, clippings, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material.There is a 2.3 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2022 that includes typescripts of Vonnoh's journals; scrapbooks; photographs of Vonnoh, works of art and events and photograph albums; letters to Vonnoh; exhibition catalogs and other printed material; and biographical material including marriage certificate and Last Will and Testament. Materials date from circa 1875-1991.

ArchivalResource: 3.1 linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90691b7dd-4558-4461-9d58-25f11a247363 View

Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. Letter, January 25, 1866.

Title: Letter, January 25, 1866.

Letter written from Venice, Italy, to Vermont senator Solomon Foot, sending a photo of Mead's tomb design (not included), and urging Foot to lobby members of Congress to approve the design and thus pressure the committee to choose it.

ArchivalResource: 3 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695996415 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

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Marsh" to "Mills".

Title: Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Marsh" to "Mills".

Includes letters to Hay and to members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 6,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86167683 View

Mead, Larkin G. (Larkin Goldsmith), 1835-1910. Artist file.

Title: Artist file.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/431573261 View

Stillman, William James, 1828-1901. Letters to William James Stillman and John Durand from artists, 1854-1861.

Title: Letters to William James Stillman and John Durand from artists, 1854-1861.

Letters primarily concern subscriptions to the "Crayon," a journal devoted to the graphic arts and related literature edited by Durand and published by Stillman and Durand, New York. Writing to Stillman are Christopher Pearse Cranch, James William Glass, and Richard Saltonstall Greenough; to Durand are Albert Bierstadt, George Fuller, James McDougal Hart (2), Frank Blackwell Mayer, Larkin Mead, Erastus Dow Palmer, Leonard Wells Volk, and John Quincy Adams Ward; and to both Durand and Stillman are Jervis McEntee, Thomas Prichard Rossiter, and James Suydam.

ArchivalResource: 15 items (on partial microfilm reel)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122566338 View

Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Title: Howells family papers, 1850-1954 (inclusive).

Correspondence, compositions, and diaries of American novelist William Dean Howells as well as papers of his wife and children.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 portfolio boxes (26 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01480/catalog View

Cate, Weston A., 1921-2010. Weston A. Cate, Jr. Vermont history radio broadcasts, ca. 1978-1983.

Title: Weston A. Cate, Jr. Vermont history radio broadcasts, ca. 1978-1983.

This collection consists of recordings of radio broadcasts made by Weston A. Cate, Jr., during his tenure as director of the Vermont Historical Society. These broadcasts were part of a historical radio program called "The Voice of the Vermont Historical Society," which first aired over station WNCS-FM in Montpelier in June, 1977. This program, described in a VHS newsletter from November - December 1977 as a fifteen minute broadcast on historical topics, first aired on Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm and covered a wide range of topics related to Vermont's history. The specific subjects discussed in all recordings included in the collection are listed in an inventory attached to this record. Weston A. Cate's original radio broadcasts were preserved on 68 reel-to-reel tapes (5") numbered from RA3.1 to RA3.68. These tapes were later transferred onto 14 cassette tapes numbered 378.1 to 378.14. These cassette tapes have, in turn, been recorded onto 25 compact discs. While the majority of the original reel-to-reel tapes are undated, dated broadcasts span from July 1978 to April 1983 with the bulk dating from 1980.

ArchivalResource: 68 sound tape reels + 14 sound cassettes + 25 sound discs.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/698090451 View

Hall, Hiland, 1795-1885. Papers, 1786-1885 (bulk 1832-1881)

Title: Hiland Hall papers, 1786-1885 (bulk 1832-1881)

Correspondence of Hiland Hall, chiefly relating to his political career and to his historical research.

ArchivalResource: 7 folders.

https://bennington.pastperfectonline.com/archive/CC6FB91C-C9ED-4A20-8BD7-096585355492 View

Smith, George Walter Vincent, 1832-1923. Letters, 1882-1922.

Title: Letters, 1882-1922.

Letters received by Smith, relating to the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, its acquisitions, and the resulting social relationships.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70958582 View

Francis, Julius E. (Julius Edward), 1822-1881. Papers, 1844-1881.

Title: Papers, 1844-1881.

Letters received from family members, 1844-1880, and undated, and from business associates, 1852-1870, including Charles Coleman and Norman Stearns; letters received, and several written by Francis, regarding the Lincoln Birthday Association, including letters from Lyman K. Bass, sculptor Larkin Mead, photographer C.L. Pond and authors William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and others, 1871-1880; business, financial and other personal papers, including agreements relating to Francis' drugstore, 1854-1877; minutes, reports, addresses, notes, songs, poems, and receipts documenting Francis' efforts to memorialize Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1880; and newspaper clippings concerning Wethersfield, Conn., musical events, the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln and the Lincoln Birthday Association.

ArchivalResource: (2.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34178358 View

Springer, William M. Papers, 1874-1891.

Title: Papers, 1874-1891.

Copy of Springer's letter, 1874, to the editor of the Illinois Register refuting allegations that Larkin G. Mead did not design and construct the Lincoln monument at Springfield. Two letters to McClernand, Oct. 24 and Dec. 26, 1888 discuss a request for a West Point appointment and Mexican affairs. Four Letters to Charles A. Keyes, Jan. 6, March 8, May 22, & June 21, 1888 discuss his efforts to obtain a territorial judgeship for Keyes. Letter, Nov. 1891, to Ashbel P. Fitch in New York re: a dinner invitation.

ArchivalResource: 8 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55620928 View