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Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Title: Frederick M. Dearborn collection of military and political Americana, Part I: The Revolution and the Administration, 1669-1958.

Autograph letters and documents of American political and military leaders collected by Frederick Myers Dearborn.

ArchivalResource: 28 boxes (14 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01499/catalog View

Smalley, P. J. (Palemon Jared), 1842-1912. P.J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Title: P.J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Autobiographical memoirs ([1900-1902]), correspondence (1863-1912), articles and addresses ([1894-1911]), scrapbooks of editorial columns (1887-1906), obituaries and news clippings (1912 and 1944), and additional papers of a Union soldier, lawyer, newspaper publisher, editorialist, and secretary of the Minnesota Democratic State Central Committee related to his service in the Civil War, party politics and national economic policy during the 1890s, and his thought as an editorial columnist.

ArchivalResource: 2.0 cu. ft. (2 boxes and 1 oversize folder).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313835934 View

Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

Shanahan, M. Letter, Oct. 13, 1861.

Title: Letter, Oct. 13, 1861.

Letter to James Hamm mailed from Camp Esau, Pensacola, Florida giving an exultant account of the raid at Santa Rosa and on "the camp of Billy Wilsons famous Zouaves."

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54801928 View

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

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Letter: Buzzards Bay, [Mass.], to [William L.] Wilson, 1895 July 20.

Title: Letter: Buzzards Bay, [Mass.], to [William L.] Wilson, 1895 July 20.

Letter to Postmaster General Wilson approves suggestions for postmaster appointments, with the exception of Fred K. Bastian of Fulton, Illinois, whom Cleveland does not favor.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (4 p.) ; 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28397908 View

Henry Villard papers, 1604-1948 (inclusive), 1863-1900 (bulk).

Title: Henry Villard papers, 1604-1948 (inclusive), 1863-1900 (bulk).

Personal and professional papers, as well as family papers of Henry Villard, the German-born American journalist, financier and railway promoter.

ArchivalResource: 15 boxes (6.25 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00295/catalog View

P. J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Title: P. J. Smalley papers, 1863-1944 (bulk 1887-1912).

Autobiographical memoirs ([1900-1902]), correspondence (1863-1912), articles and addresses ([1894-1911]), scrapbooks of editorial columns (1887-1906), obituaries and news clippings (1912 and 1944), and additional papers of a Union soldier, lawyer, newspaper publisher, editorialist, and secretary of the Minnesota Democratic State Central Committee related to his service in the Civil War, party politics and economic policy during the 1890s, and his thought as an editorial columnist.

ArchivalResource:

http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00520.xml View

Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900. Papers, 1862-1980.

Title: Papers, 1862-1980.

Includes three manuscript diaries, 1862-1863, which were written while Wilson was serving in the 12th Virginia Cavalry. Also includes reviews of books about Wilson, correspondence about Wilson by his biographers and descendants, genealogy information on Wilson's mother, and eight xeroxed letters from Wilson to Waitman Barbe, 1891-1899.

ArchivalResource: .4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39039977 View

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. Letters, 1891-1892.

Title: Letters, 1891-1892.

Includes a letter, 1891 Mar. 18, to Henry Watterson; a letter, 1892 May 11, to William L. Wilson, stating that "Watterson knows less about the politics of the country in a broad way, than any one who talks any thing like so much as he about the subject." A third letter, 1892 Nov. 11, discusses the date of a dinner.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49199058 View

Russell, William E. (William Eustis), 1857-1896. William Eustis Russell papers, 1846-1920; bulk: 1888-1896.

Title: William Eustis Russell papers, 1846-1920; bulk: 1888-1896.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes, 22 vols., and 10 extra tall vols.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8440801 View

Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Title: Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period

Letters from various correspondents to American editor and diplomat Walter Hines Page concerning his editorial work and his interest in education in the South.

ArchivalResource: 24 boxes (8 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01471/catalog View

Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900. Correspondence, 1894-1900.

Title: Correspondence, 1894-1900.

Items of W.L. Wilson with Isidor Straus concerning politics and events at Washington and Lee; includes 4 letters from J.A. Lapham to her sister, Amelia H. Scorah, 1874-5.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23535052 View

Rice, Edmund, 1819-1889. Edmund Rice and family papers, 1845-1966.

Title: Edmund Rice and family papers, 1845-1966.

Correspondence, a scrapbook (1889-1959), clippings, genealogies, and other materials concerning the related families of Edmund Rice, William H. Acker, William Dawson, and Charles T. Miller, dating primarily from 1845 to 1916. Includes originals and photocopies.

ArchivalResource: 0.5 cu. ft. (1 box) and 3 oversize items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122390918 View

Howe, James Lewis, 1859-1955. Papers, 1893-1951.

Title: Papers, 1893-1951.

Papers of James Lewis Howe, professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee University (1894-1938), including correspondence concerning the Presbyterian Church and foreign missions, the Washington and Lee University chemistry department, the American Chemical Society and philately; notes on archival material for and typescript of (9 vols.) "Annals of Washington and Lee University during the administration of George Washington Custis Lee, 1871-1896" and addendum on the administration of William Lyne Wilson (1897-1900) and of acting president Henry St. George Tucker (1900-1901).

ArchivalResource: 5.4 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77131280 View

McLaughlin, William, 1828-1898. Papers, 1851-1898.

Title: Papers, 1851-1898.

Items of Judge William McLaughlin, including letters from miscellaneous correspondents. Many concern awarding of honorary degrees and elections to the Board of Trustees of Washington and Lee, of which McLaughlin was rector (1888-1898); legal certificates and papers.

ArchivalResource: ca. 38 items (5 folders).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23674038 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

Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900. Autograph on card, 1895 Apr. 26.

Title: Autograph on card, 1895 Apr. 26.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.) ; (32mo)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270588901 View

Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900. Papers, 1852-1901.

Title: Papers, 1852-1901.

Includes letters from the Civil War period; correspondence of Wilson while he was Congressman from West Virginia, Postmaster General under Cleveland, and President of Washington and Lee University; 3 bound, indexed volumes of Wilson's official correspondence (copies) as Postmaster General; 6 diaries; miscellaneous papers and printed speeches; 38 letters from the University of West Virginia collection (microfilm); photograph.

ArchivalResource: ca. 550 items (40 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23441979 View