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Leavens, Dickson Hammond, 1887-. Dickson H. and Marjorie B. Leavens papers, 1904-1972 (inclusive).

Title: Dickson H. and Marjorie B. Leavens papers, 1904-1972 (inclusive).

The major portion of the papers of Dickson H. Leavens, economist and faculty member of the Yale Mission College in China, is made up of family and business correspondence. In the family correspondence, conducted regularly over nearly two decades (1909-1922), Leavens reports on the activities of the College and on political events in China, particularly in Changsha and Hunan. With his business correspondents, who were largely members of the Yale-in-China staff, the main subject is mission activities. The papers also include Leavens' writings on the economics of silver and essays on the history of Yale-in-China. The subject files largely concern the administration and finances of the mission (1902-1940). Marjorie Leavens's correspondence with her family and friends from 1915 and 1927 contains accounts of domestic affairs and her observations on Chinese life. Also in the collection are newspaper clippings and photographs of Changsha during the riots of 1910, Java, and Hong Kong.

ArchivalResource: 5.25 linear ft. (14 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702206548 View

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Surveys of and receipt for surveying woodlot land owned by John Hosmer and John B. Moore, [1850]-1851.

Title: Surveys of and receipt for surveying woodlot land owned by John Hosmer and John B. Moore, [1850]-1851.

Two manuscript Thoreau surveys (ink on paper, with pencil additions) of woodlot land in Concord, plus Thoreau's receipt for payment from the Abel Moore estate for surveying work. The two surveys bear no captions and are identifiable only by comparison with an item in the collection of Thoreau surveys bequeathed by Sophia Thoreau (Henry's sister) to the Concord Free Public Library (1876) and by referring to Thoreau's notes in his manuscript field book, also in the Concord Free Public Library. The survey collection item--a less finished version (primarily in pencil) of one of the. (Cont.) Moore estate surveys--is labelled (in Thoreau's hand) on the verso: "Moore & Hosmer woodlot by Walden." The field notes for this survey read: "John Moore & John Hosmer's woodlots--on and near the railroad in Walden Woods ... winter of '49-50." Thoreau's receipt for $1.50 (dated 1851 Jan. 22) is made out to "N. Brooks, Executor to A. Moore's Estate." John Brooks Moore was a son of Abel Moore, who was associated with John Hosmer in the sale of standing and cut wood. Abel Moore died in 1848; Concord lawyer Nathan Brooks administered his estate.

ArchivalResource: 3 items ; 40 cm. or smaller.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34552701 View

Moore, Abel, 1777-1848. Abel Moore business papers, 1810-1854 (bulk 1835-1848).

Title: Abel Moore business papers, 1810-1854 (bulk 1835-1848).

Papers include: accounts, bills, and receipts for expenses related to Moore's association with John Hosmer in the sale of standing and cut wood; records of the Concord Steam Mill Company (corporation owning shares in sawmill in Concord); legal papers relating to the case of Barrett v. LeGross (which concerned a dispute about a property line of a piece of land conveyed by Moore and Hosmer to Timothy Prescott and by Prescott to John LeGross); documents (deeds, etc.) relating to woodlots in Concord; and correspondence.

ArchivalResource: .375 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34458499 View

Lafrinier, Ira. Kate Williams.

Title: Kate Williams.

ArchivalResource: items in folder : ill., photos. ; 22 x 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19979322 View