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Skeel, Emily Ford, 1867-1958. Emily Ford Skeel papers, 1871-1958.

Title: Emily Ford Skeel papers, 1871-1958.

Collection consists of correspondence, notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter relating to Skeel's professional and personal activities.

ArchivalResource: 106 linear feet (150 boxes and 2 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122571116 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Autograph file, E, 1564-1961.

Title: Autograph file, E, 1564-1961.

The Autograph File is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times, and autograph collections, such as that of Evert J. Wendell, which were not kept together as a distinct collection. Items in this portion of the Autograph File include letters from Wilberforce Eames, Albert Einstein, Charles William Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Edward Everett.

ArchivalResource: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80931909 View

Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910. Henry Harrisse papers, 1853-1924.

Title: Henry Harrisse papers, 1853-1924.

Collection contains manuscripts of Harrisse's writings, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (8 boxes, 13 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122532655 View

Bourassa, Joseph N., 1810-1878. A vocabulary of the Po-da-wahd-mih language [manuscript] : with illustrative sentences and a translation of the first three chapters of the Gospel of Matthew, followed by a vocabulary of the Kaw language / by Joseph N. Bourassa, 1843.

Title: A vocabulary of the Po-da-wahd-mih language [manuscript] : with illustrative sentences and a translation of the first three chapters of the Gospel of Matthew, followed by a vocabulary of the Kaw language / by Joseph N. Bourassa, 1843. 1890?

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 150 p.) ; 24 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302419480 View

Letters of condolence and thanks, 1915.

Title: Letters of condolence and thanks, 1915.

Letters to Flora Virginia Milner Livingston expressing condolence on the death of her husband Harvard librarian, Luther S. Livingston.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01085/catalog View

Autograph File, E, 1564-1961.

Title: Autograph File, E, 1564-1961.

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: 5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01428/catalog View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Letters, 1890-1892.

Title: Letters, 1890-1892.

Correspondence, 1890-1892, of Eames with James Constantine Pilling (American ethnologist), William Frederick Poole (Newberry Library librarian), and an unknown addressee, regarding Indian-related writings.

ArchivalResource: 4 items (1 folder) ; 21 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37129598 View

Lenox Library records, 1866-1915

Title: Lenox Library records 1866-1915

NYPL Archives Record Group 2 consists of the records of the Lenox Library, a non-circulating research library founded by James Lenox (1800-1880) in New York City in 1870. In 1895 the Lenox Library was consolidated with the Astor Library and the Tilden Trust to form The New York Public Library.

ArchivalResource:

http://archives.nypl.org/nypla/4856 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Papers, 1937.

Title: Papers, 1937.

Bibliographer Wilberforce Eames is credited with locating John Eliot's Algonkin translation of the Book of Genesis, completed in 1655. This volume is Victor Paltsits's record of the presentation of Eames's work at the Annual Meeting of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Eames's report describes the 1655 imprint, remarks on the difficulties encountered in its printing and on Eliot's progress with translating the entire Bible, and the manner in which Eames located the imprint. In addition, this volume contains: the last letters of Eames to Paltsits; letters from Matt B. Jones to Paltsits concerning arrangements for the reading of Eames's findings; information on Jones's collection of early Americana books; a letter from Gerald D. MacDonald, Eames's associate; and Eames's obituary.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17625719 View

Bradford, William, 1590-1657. Publication papers, 1896-1912.

Title: Publication papers, 1896-1912.

Correspondence of Senator George Frisbie Hoar and others concerning the return of William Bradford's manuscript history "Of Plimoth Plantation" from the library of the Bishop of London to Massachusetts in 1897. The bulk of the collection is the correspondence of Worthington C. Ford of the Massachusetts Historical Society in regard to the publication of the history, of which Ford was the editor, by the Society and the Houghton Mifflin Company in 1912. Ford's correspondents include co-editor Arthur Lord, Wilberforce Eames, and Francis Jackson Garrison of Houghton Mifflin.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16015178 View

Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Title: Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers

Primarily professional correspondence of biographer and editor M. A. De Wolfe Howe.

ArchivalResource: 35 boxes (9 linear feet)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00489/catalog View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg, 1887-1891

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg 1887-1891

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIg-ead.xml View

Rosenbach Company. Correspondence, 1903-1953

Title: Correspondence

ArchivalResource: 186 boxes (ca. 153,750 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122633728 View

Moore, George Henry, 1823-1892. George Henry Moore papers, 1851-1891.

Title: George Henry Moore papers, 1851-1891.

Collection consists of correspondence, writings and printed matter mainly concerning American history during the colonial and revolutionary periods.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86164335 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Wilberforce Eames papers, 1899-1952.

Title: Wilberforce Eames papers, 1899-1952.

Correspondence, notes, biographical material, obituary notices, portraits, etc., 1899-1952, by or pertaining to Wilberforce Eames of New York City.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear ft. (1 box)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58781805 View

George Washington papers, 1694-1932

Title: George Washington papers 1694-1932

George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the U.S. Collection contains general correspondence, official and personal papers, family papers, volumes, and miscellaneous papers concerning Washington. Collection covers the significant years of his life and includes original manuscripts, facsimiles and photostatic copies of originals not belonging to the New York Public Library. Correspondence, 1754-1799, consists of letters to, from and about Washington and relate to military and political matters as well as to the upkeep of Mount Vernon. His official and personal papers, 1750-1803, contain land surveys, receipts and estate papers. Family papers, 1694-1894, pertain to various members of the families of both Washington and his wife. Volumes include Washington's 1757 notebook (which contains his recipe for beer); orderly book for 1778; letterbooks, 1768-1799; surveys; typewritten unpublished manuscript entitled "Washington's Secret of 1782"; Washington's war map of New York and New Jersey, 1777; and 1750-1774 ledger. Miscellany series consists largely of papers pertaining to his Farewell Address as President to the citizens of the United States, including the original manuscript of the address, 1796. Some other items are photocopies of papers about Washington belonging to private individuals and institutions.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet (5 boxes, 20 v.); 6 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3231 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Papers, 1898-1916.

Title: Papers, 1898-1916.

This collection consists of papers relating to the publication _John Eliot and the Indians, 1652-1657, Being Letters Addressed to Rev. Jonathan Hanmer of Barnstaple, England_ (1915). The letters were reproduced from the original manuscripts in the possession of Theodore N. Vail and edited by Eames in 1915. The papers include typed and photostatic copies of the letters from John Eliot (1604-1690) to Jonathan Hanmer (1606-1687), correspondence mostly between Eames and the Adams & Grace Company concerning the printing of the work, and three printer's proofs of the work.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (31 items)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207131767 View

Lenox Library. Lenox Library records, 1866-1915.

Title: Lenox Library records, 1866-1915.

The records of the Lenox Library span the years 1866-1915, with the bulk dating from 1870-1895. They document the founding and operation of the Library, including rare book purchases from Europe and America, reader's statistics, and general library administration. Records include annual reports, by-laws, clippings, correspondence, contracts, acquisition records, booksellers catalogs, meeting minutes, and financial records. A small number of items date from after the 1895 consolidation of the Lenox Library with the Astor Library and Tilden Trust to form The New York Public Library.

ArchivalResource: 35 linear feet (86 boxes, 20 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122626293 View

Lenox Library. Librarian. Lenox Library Librarian records, 1879-1915, 1893-1915 (bulk).

Title: Lenox Library Librarian records, 1879-1915, 1893-1915 (bulk).

The material in this collection spans the years 1879 to 1915, with the bulk of it falling into the period of Eames' term as Librarian, 1893-1915.

ArchivalResource: 20 cubic feet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122378717 View

Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Title: Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes and transcripts, student notes and notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1862-1938, is between Ford and historians, librarians, scholars, writers, publishers, booksellers, and lawyers, including extensive correspondence with Charles Francis Adams, Henry Cabot Lodge, James Ford Rhodes, and John Franklin Jameson. Family correspondence, 1870-1935, is chiefly incoming letters from many members of Ford's family. Most of the writings are drafts or hand-written manuscripts for works which Ford authored or edited and are concerned with American history and economics. Notes and transcripts are comprised of numerous transcripts of historical letters and other documents with research notes, annotated printed matter, and notebooks (some from Ford's student days.) Diaries, 1873-1918, contain brief entries concerning Ford's activities, and scrapbooks, ca. 1898-1931, consist mostly of clippings and other materials on a particular subject. Photographs are of Ford family members and of various personal and public subjects. Miscellaneous papers include personal papers, writings by individuals other than Ford, records of organizations with which he was affiliated, genealogical documents and biographical sketches of the Fowler and Chauncey families, financial accounts, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 75 linear feet (130 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1044 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. [Notes for a bibliography of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1899)], 1898-1928.

Title: [Notes for a bibliography of Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1899)], 1898-1928.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (90 sheets) ; 24 x 19 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177269 View

Lenox Library. Lenox Library Agency History.

Title: Lenox Library Agency History.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122607971 View

Joaquín García Icazbalceta papers, 1883-1894.

Title: Joaquín García Icazbalceta papers, 1883-1894.

Collection consists of correspondence and introduction written by García Icazbalceta.

ArchivalResource: .15 linear foot (1 v.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122517509 View

Gookin, Daniel, 1612-1687. An historical account of the doings and sufferings of the Christian Indians in N. England in the years 1675, 1676, 1677

Title: An historical account of the doings and sufferings of the Christian Indians in N. England in the years 1675, 1676, 1677

In the fall of 1677 Daniel Gookin wrote his Historical account ... as a vindication of the Praying or Christian Indians role during King Philip's War (1675-1676). T.p. also includes Jared Sparks's account of how Gookin's manuscript was obtained and Samuel Drake's reasons for making a second copy of the manuscript.

ArchivalResource: 128, 13, [16] p. ; 21 cm.

https://i-share-nby.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_NBY/i5mcb2/alma991327588805867 View

Lydenberg, Harry Miller, 1874-1960. Harry Miller Lydenberg papers, 1923-1958.

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg papers, 1923-1958.

Collection consists of Lydenberg's correspondence, writings, speeches, personal assorted papers, and printed matter.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear feet (50 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122466279 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Wilberforce Eames letters to Samuel P. Avery, 1899.

Title: Wilberforce Eames letters to Samuel P. Avery, 1899.

Concerns Gabriel Naudé, first librarian of the Bibliothèque Mazarine.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/750152866 View

Harry Miller Lydenberg papers, 1923-1958

Title: Harry Miller Lydenberg papers 1923-1958

Harry Miller Lydenberg (1874-1960) was the third director of the New York Public Library, from 1934 to 1941. Prior to becoming director, he worked at the Library for nearly forty years including serving as the administrative assistant to John Shaw Billings, the first director, in 1899, Chief Reference Librarian from 1908 to 1927, and assistant director from 1928 to 1934. He was active in various professional organizations and continued to work with international library groups after his retirement from the Library. He was director of the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City from 1941 to 1943, director of the American Library Association's Board on International Relations from 1943 to 1946 and was a member of the Library of Congress Purchasing Mission to Germany after World War II. His other professional activities included serving as president of the American Library Association, the Bibliographical Society of America and the New York Library Club. He also published numerous books and articles. Collection consists of Lydenberg's correspondence, writings, speeches, personal assorted papers, and printed matter. General correspondence is mainly incoming letters and concerns the Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin in Mexico City, conservation of library materials and business and personal matters. Subject correspondence also relates to these issues and to the effect of World War II on libraries. Prominent correspondents include authors, librarians and publishers. Organizational correspondence contains materials concerning professional organizations, publishing companies and libraries (the New York Public Library correspondence dates from the period after Lydenberg's retirement.) Writings and speeches series consists of typescripts, correspondence, notes, and printed matter relating to his writings. Personal assorted papers include genealogical information, personal correspondence, family papers, photographs of family, friends and libraries, and correspondence from Lydenberg's trip to Europe in 1923-1924 to establish contacts for the acquisition of library materials.

ArchivalResource: 25 linear feet (50 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1821 View

Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Title: Worthington Chauncey Ford papers, 1858-1938, 1880-1925 [bulk]

Collection consists of correspondence, writings, notes and transcripts, student notes and notebooks, diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, miscellaneous papers, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1862-1938, is between Ford and historians, librarians, scholars, writers, publishers, booksellers, and lawyers, including extensive correspondence with Charles Francis Adams, Henry Cabot Lodge, James Ford Rhodes, and John Franklin Jameson. Family correspondence, 1870-1935, is chiefly incoming letters from many members of Ford's family. Most of the writings are drafts or hand-written manuscripts for works which Ford authored or edited and are concerned with American history and economics. Notes and transcripts are comprised of numerous transcripts of historical letters and other documents with research notes, annotated printed matter, and notebooks (some from Ford's student days.) Diaries, 1873-1918, contain brief entries concerning Ford's activities, and scrapbooks, ca. 1898-1931, consist mostly of clippings and other materials on a particular subject. Photographs are of Ford family members and of various personal and public subjects. Miscellaneous papers include personal papers, writings by individuals other than Ford, records of organizations with which he was affiliated, genealogical documents and biographical sketches of the Fowler and Chauncey families, financial accounts, and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 75 linear feet (130 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1044 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. New Orleans printing.

Title: New Orleans printing. [1926]

ArchivalResource: 4 ℓ. ; 26 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82075670 View

American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj, 1898-1988

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIj 1898-1988

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives.IIj-ead.xml View

Sherman, Roger. A caveat against injustice, or An enquiry into the evil consequences of a fluctuating medium of exchange : wherein is considered, whether the bills of credit on the neighboring governments, are a legal tender in payments of money, in the colony of Connecticut, for debts due by book, and otherwise, where the contract mentions only old-tenor money / by Philoeunomos : manuscript, 1898.

Title: A caveat against injustice, or An enquiry into the evil consequences of a fluctuating medium of exchange : wherein is considered, whether the bills of credit on the neighboring governments, are a legal tender in payments of money, in the colony of Connecticut, for debts due by book, and otherwise, where the contract mentions only old-tenor money / by Philoeunomos : manuscript, 1898.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (46 leaves) ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612840097 View

David McNeely Stauffer papers

Title: David McNeely Stauffer papers

Letters, 1850-1910, biographical data, and miscellany pertaining to Stauffer's study of early American printmakers.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bdd09de8-0a01-495f-b0ee-1bb3e76a9348 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Letter, 1921.

Title: Letter, 1921.

Handwritten and signed letter dated 17 Oct. 1921 and addressed to a Mr. Knight. Eames informs Knight that he has already purchased a copy of Salter Nelson's "Fruits of Mormonism" for the library.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 page)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122497443 View

Livingston, Luther Samuel, 1864-1914. Correspondence, ca. 1897-1935 (inclusive), 1900-1914 (bulk).

Title: Correspondence, ca. 1897-1935 (inclusive), 1900-1914 (bulk).

Letters to Livingston from book collectors, rare book dealers, and bibliographers. Includes material concerning the Chamberlain Bibliographies of Longfellow and Lowell, as well as other writings by Livingston. Also includes some letters to Livingston's wife, Flora V. Livingston.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122520964 View

Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel papers, 1871-1958

Title: Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel papers 1871-1958

Emily Ford Skeel (1867-1958) was a bibliographer, editor and philanthropist. Her parents were Gordon Lester Ford (1823-1891), a railroad and real-estate magnate and collector of Americana, and Emily Fowler Ford (1826-1893), a poet. Like her older brothers Worthington Chauncey Ford (1858-1941) and Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902), Skeel did historical research and compiled bibliographies on Parson Weems and Noah Webster. She and her husband, Roswell Skeel, Jr. (1866-1922), contributed time and money to various organizations and causes concerned with social reform or environmental conservation. Collection consists of correspondence, notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter relating to Skeel's professional and personal activities. General correspondence, 1871-1958, includes letters about her bibliographic and editorial work as well as letters of Skeel and her husband with family and friends, librarians, archivists, and academics. There is correspondence with various organizations and societies concerned with social and educational issues and with the Single Tax measures of Henry George. Personal and family correspondence, 1871-1950, contains correspondence with family members, relatives and personal friends, and other correspondence that is personal in nature. Financial and household correspondence, 1913-1946, consists of letters with banks and stockbrokers, general business letters and correspondence from Skeel's years in Martha's Vineyard. Bibliographic notes are made up of material Skeel gathered for her work on Webster and original manuscript of the Webster bibliography. Minor series includes notes about Weems, memoranda, writings, student notebooks, personal and family papers with genealogical information, commonplace books, accounts and account books, and maps. Also, scrapbooks compiled by Emily and Roswell Skeel; photographs of family members and residences, prominent people and various other subjects; and printed matter, such as clippings, pamphlets, prints and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 106 linear feet (150 boxes and 2 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2766 View

Henry Harrisse papers, 1853-1924

Title: Henry Harrisse papers 1853-1924

Henry Harrisse (1829-1910) was a lawyer, bibliographer and historian who specialized in the American explorations of Columbus and others. He was born in Paris but studied and worked as a lawyer in the U.S. He returned to Paris in 1869 where he set up a law practice representing American clients, continued his scholarly work, and joined French literary circles. His works included many books, pamphlets, articles, and bibliographies on explorations in America. Collection contains manuscripts of Harrisse's writings, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials. Writings include manuscripts and proofs of his historical works, essays and memorials. Correspondence consists of letters concerning Harrisse's research on Columbus, his legal practice, and his library and other bibliographic matters. Also, biographical materials, documents, notes, writings by others, photographs, and clippings.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (8 boxes, 13 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1334 View

Paul Leicester Ford papers, 1869-1902 [bulk 1885-1895]

Title: Paul Leicester Ford papers, 1869-1902 [bulk 1885-1895]

Paul Leicester Ford (1865-1902) was a historian, novelist and playwright. The bulk of the collection consists of general and family correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of Ford's writings.

ArchivalResource: 15 linear ft. (39 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1043 View

Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K.

Title: Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K.

Index to ownership/provenance information, primarily from printed books, held by Houghton Library.

ArchivalResource:

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01530/catalog View

Brandebury, Lemuel A., 1843-fl. 1900. Letters, February 15 and 25, 1895.

Title: Letters, February 15 and 25, 1895.

Letters to Brandebury from Wilberforce Eames of the Lenox Library in New York and Thomas W. Cridler of the State Department, responding to inquiries from Brandebury about an 1820 edition of the Secret Journals of Congress.

ArchivalResource: 2 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/124509810 View

Bibliographical Society of America Sabin Committee records, 1923-1948, 1929-1936

Title: Bibliographical Society of America Sabin Committee records 1923-1948 1929-1936

The Bibliographical Society of America's Sabin Committee was formed in 1925 to complete A Dictionary of Books Relating to America which had been compiled by Joseph Sabin from 1867 to 1881. The dictionary was completed in 1936. Collection consists of correspondence, reports, bibliographical notes, and other papers relating to Sabin's A Dictionary of Books Relating to America. Bulk of the correspondence and reports was written by H.M. Lydenberg, chairman of the committee that had the responsibility for completing publication of the unfinished volumes.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear feet (11 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/293 View

George Henry Moore papers, 1851-1891

Title: George Henry Moore papers 1851-1891

George Henry Moore (1823-1892) was an American librarian, historian and bibliographer. He was librarian at the New York Historical Society from 1850 to 1876. He also was elected superintendent and trustee for the Lenox Library in 1872 and became administrator for the library in 1876. As a historian he concentrated on the colonial and revolutionary periods of American history. Collection consists of correspondence, writings and printed matter mainly concerning American history during the colonial and revolutionary periods. General correspondence, 1851-1891, pertains to Moore's tenure as librarian of the New York Historical Society and the Lenox Library. Subject correspondence, 1865-1885, relates to monographs on Native American languages in the Lenox Library and Moore's acquisition of 18th century Massachusetts government journals. Writings are primarily Moore's notes on the history of printing in New York and transcripts copied from historical documents relating to 17th and 18th century New York.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2050 View

Joaquín García Icazbalceta papers, 1883-1894

Title: Joaquín García Icazbalceta papers 1883-1894

Collection consists of correspondence and introduction written by García Icazbalceta. Correspondence includes letters to Wilberforce Eames primarily concerning bibliographies of Mexican history; and correspondence, 1891-1893, with Thomas Janvier. Also, unfinished introduction to Nueva Colección de Documentos para Historia de México, 1886-1892.

ArchivalResource: .15 linear foot (1 v.)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1111 View

George Washington papers, 1694-1932

Title: George Washington papers 1694-1932

George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president of the U.S. Collection contains general correspondence, official and personal papers, family papers, volumes, and miscellaneous papers concerning Washington. Collection covers the significant years of his life and includes original manuscripts, facsimiles and photostatic copies of originals not belonging to the New York Public Library. Correspondence, 1754-1799, consists of letters to, from and about Washington and relate to military and political matters as well as to the upkeep of Mount Vernon. His official and personal papers, 1750-1803, contain land surveys, receipts and estate papers. Family papers, 1694-1894, pertain to various members of the families of both Washington and his wife. Volumes include Washington's 1757 notebook (which contains his recipe for beer); orderly book for 1778; letterbooks, 1768-1799; surveys; typewritten unpublished manuscript entitled "Washington's Secret of 1782"; Washington's war map of New York and New Jersey, 1777; and 1750-1774 ledger. Miscellany series consists largely of papers pertaining to his Farewell Address as President to the citizens of the United States, including the original manuscript of the address, 1796. Some other items are photocopies of papers about Washington belonging to private individuals and institutions.

ArchivalResource: 4 linear feet (5 boxes, 20 v.); 6 microfilm reels

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/3231 View

Eames, Wilberforce, 1855-1937. Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1894.

Title: Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1894.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226044170 View

Wilberforce Eames papers, 1850-1937, 1900-1937

Title: Wilberforce Eames papers 1850-1937 1900-1937

Collection consists of materials reflecting Eames's interests and scholarly achievements in the fields of bibliography and librarianship. Correspondence, 1866-1937, includes both business and personal correspondence, mostly incoming, with librarians, booksellers and bibliographers regarding bibliographic questions, sales information, exchange of photostats, and comparisons of editions. Writings and research files include manuscripts of Eames's work, research notes, correspondence, and printed matter relating to subject areas and to works by Eames. Bibliographic notes contain cut and pasted titles, typed citations, handwritten notes, correspondence and clippings. Booksellers series, ca. 1879-1937, reflects Eames's long and varied involvement in the book trade with materials such as correspondence, bills, sales catalogs, booklists, and publication notices. New York Public Library/Lenox Library papers, ca. 1883-1935, include lists of holdings (rare books, maps, etc.) prepared by Eames, reports on Library activities by Eames, Library printed matter, clippings, and miscellaneous papers. Personal/family papers, 1850-1937, contain diaries, expense books, legal and estate papers, papers relating to Eames's private library, biographical and genealogical information, family correspondence, and memorabilia. Photographs, ca. 1870s-1930s, document Eames's camping trips in the Adirondacks and travels in Canada in addition to some studio portraits of Eames and others.

ArchivalResource: 90.5 linear feet (113 boxes)

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/878 View