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Frost family. Frost family papers, 1710-1923 (inclusive).

Title: Frost family papers, 1710-1923 (inclusive).

The papers contain correspondence, account books, and other material documenting the personal lives and professional careers of members of the Frost family. Correspondence of William Frost details his political activity in the Maine Territory, Jeffersonian politics in Massachusetts, and the Embargo Act. Material relating to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's Civil War duties is scarce. His years as Bowdoin College president and his role in the election riot of 1880 are documented more fully. Other material details Chamberlain's business interests.

ArchivalResource: 2.5 linear ft. (6 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702206053 View

Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940. Papers of Robert Baylor Tunstall and Virginia Hunter Lyne Tunstall [manuscript], 1803-1972, bulk 1868-1972.

Title: Papers of Robert Baylor Tunstall and Virginia Hunter Lyne Tunstall [manuscript], 1803-1972, bulk 1868-1972.

Papers of the Tunstalls contain correspondence, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks and memorabilia. Topics include the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk; the Pewter Platter Club; St. Paul's Church, Norfolk; trips abroad; the University of Virginia law class of 1902; the legal firm of Grimball and Tunstall; poetry; and Norfolk in 1796. Correspondents include men who replied to invitations for the Pewter Platter Club "Old Colony" dinners, 1910-1912.

ArchivalResource: 265 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647826814 View

Schaff, Morris, 1840-1929. Poem, 1889 April 12, Pittsfield [Massachusetts].

Title: Poem, 1889 April 12, Pittsfield [Massachusetts].

Pastoral poem.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/7960142 View

Webb, Alexander S. (Alexander Stewart), 1835-1911. Alexander Stewart Webb papers, 1818-1930 (inclusive).

Title: Alexander Stewart Webb papers, 1818-1930 (inclusive).

Correspondence and papers of Alexander Stewart Webb which detail his personal, military, and academic activities. Webb's military service at Fort Pickens, Florida; as a member of the Army of the Potomac, and with General George Meade during the Civil War is documented, as is his tenure as president of the College of the City of New York.

ArchivalResource: 6.5 linear ft. (10 boxes, 2 folios)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/614520 View

Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Title: Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk).

Contracts (with associated materials) of the Houghton Mifflin Company publishing house of Boston, Massachusetts.

ArchivalResource: 36 boxes (48 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00239/catalog View

Dearing family. Papers, 1810-1927.

Title: Papers, 1810-1927.

Collection consists primarily of letters, 1861-1864, from James Dearing, a general in the Confederate States Army, to his wife, Roxanna (Birchett) Dearing, while he served in Virginia and North Carolina. There are also letters, ca. 1920-1924, from Morris Schaff, biographer of Jefferson Davis and former roommate of James Dearing, to his daughter, Mary Lucretia (Dearing) Christian concerning her father and the South. Also included is a small amount of correspondence of other Birchett, Dearing, and Christian family members.

ArchivalResource: 132 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31632531 View