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Joseph Clark Grew papers, 1904-1948

Title: Joseph Clark Grew papers

Contains letters, diaries, speeches, essays, transcripts of conversations, photographs, and clippings that cover Grew's entire diplomatic career. Included are minutes; correspondence and memos of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1918-1919; Grew's official report to Roosevelt upon his return to the U.S. from Japan, 1942; and a typescript of his book, Ten Years in Japan. "Letters," by far the largest series, are to family members and friends from his various posts overseas, as well as to many professional associates. Two volumes of letters for 1939 were destroyed by enemy action after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

ArchivalResource: 120 volumes and 39 boxes (34 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00366/catalog 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

Records relating to estate, real estate, and private investment management, 1765-1945 (inclusive).

Title: Records relating to estate, real estate, and private investment management, 1765-1945 (inclusive).

General investment records, chiefly account books and statements, of Seth Adams of Providence, R.I., 1823-1863; Robert A. Taylor of Baltimore, Md., 1830-1844; Samuel Sheafe of Portsmouth, N.H., 1835-1849; Henry Grew of Boston, Mass., 1851-1862; Milton Judd of Tyringham, Mass., 1855-1883; estate of Samuel P.P. Fay of Boston, 1857-1866; Samuel T. Morse and Henry Lee Morse of Boston, 1874-1894; Henry P. Bowditch of Brookline, Mass., 1890-1911; Ella Lyman Cabot of Cambridge, Mass., 1913-1936; and two volumes from Boston, 1854-1907, including a ledger of the Wigglesworth family. Records of real estate investments: letters of Robert Morris concerning the North American Land Company, 1789-1799; records of Kittredge and Maynard of Boston, 1831-1837; correspondence of Nathaniel Gordon of Exeter, N.H., 1847-1871; and correspondence and other papers of William H. Fernald of Davenport, Iowa, 1885-1945. Records of estate management, chiefly account books and legal papers: Hall family of Medford, Mass., 1765-1840; William Bant of Boston, 1776-1779; Edward Whitman of Henniker, N.H., 1808-1810; William Howland of New Bedford, Mass., 1833-1879; Emery family of Springfield, Mass. and later of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1841-1846 and 1902-1923; Henry Burroughs of Boston, 1846-1863; James Bolton of Richmond, Va., 1853-1861; estate of James K. Wyman, 1854-1877; and trustees under the will of Ebenezer Francis of Boston, 1858-1892. Also included are records of estates administered by Nathan Nichols of Malden, Mass., 1818-1837: Samuel Pain, Hannah Floyd, Captain Richard Williams, and John Nichols.

ArchivalResource: ca. 4 linear ft. (28 v., 13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17266796 View

Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881)

Title: Wendell Phillips papers, 1555-1882 (inclusive) 1833-1881 (bulk).

Correspondence, compositions, and other papers of American abolitionist Wendell Phillips.

ArchivalResource: 52 boxes (17.3 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00497/catalog View

Records relating to estate, real estate, and private investment management, 1765-1945 (inclusive) [microform].

Title: Records relating to estate, real estate, and private investment management, 1765-1945 (inclusive) [microform].

General investment records, chiefly account books and statements, of Robert A. Taylor of Baltimore, Md., 1830-1844; Samuel Sheafe of Portsmouth, N.H., 1835-1849; Henry Grew of Boston, Mass., 1851-1862; Milton Judd of Tyringham, Mass., 1855-1883; estate of Samuel P.P. Fay of Boston, 1857-1866; Samuel T. Morse and Henry Lee Morse of Boston, 1874-1894; Henry P. Bowditch of Brookline, Mass., 1890-1911; Ella Lyman Cabot of Cambridge, Mass., 1913-1936; and two volumes from Boston, 1854-1907, including a ledger of the Wigglesworth family. Records of real estate investments: letters of Robert Morris concerning the North American Land Company, 1789-1799; records of Kittredge and Maynard of Boston, 1831-1837; correspondence of Nathaniel Gordon of Exeter, N.H., 1847-1871; and correspondence and other papers of William H. Fernald of Davenport, Iowa, 1885-1945. Records of estate management, chiefly account books and legal papers: Hall family of Medford, Mass., 1765-1840; William Bant of Boston, 1776-1779; Edward Whitman of Henniker, N.H., 1808-1810; William Howland of New Bedford, Mass., 1833-1879; Emery family of Springfield, Mass. and later of Scarsdale, N.Y., 1841-1846 and 1902-1923; Henry Burroughs of Boston, 1846-1863; James Bolton of Richmond, Va., 1853-1861; estate of James K. Wyman, 1854-1877; and trustees under the will of Ebenezer Francis of Boston, 1858-1892. Also included are records of estates administered by Nathan Nichols of Malden, Mass., 1818-1837: Samuel Pain, Hannah Floyd, Captain Richard Williams, and John Nichols.

ArchivalResource: 30.33 linear ft. (26 v., 13 boxes)Copies: 2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269597200 View

Additional papers, 1793-1949.

Title: Additional papers, 1793-1949.

Correspondence, poems, andfamily records of the Grew family.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01094/catalog View

Mrs. Frank S. Churchill portrait collection of abolitionists, [18--].

Title: Mrs. Frank S. Churchill portrait collection of abolitionists, [18--].

Photographic portraits of abolitionists, assembled by American collector Mrs. FrankS. Churchill.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.1 linear ft.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01086/catalog View

Plummer, Charles Henry, Reverend. Papers, [ca. 1835-1866], Philadelphia and other places.

Title: Papers, [ca. 1835-1866], Philadelphia and other places.

Correspondence and verse exchanged among Plummer and his relatives and friends. Include poems written by Plummer and his wife, Anna Britton. Includes letters to Plummer from Elizabeth Buffum Chace, James Kennedy, and Henry Grew.

ArchivalResource: 65 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122544464 View

Grew family. Additional papers, 1793-1949.

Title: Additional papers, 1793-1949.

Includes correspondence, wills, poems, and genealogical data relating to the Grew family, including Henry and Mary Grew of Philadelphia. Two letters from Mary Grew celebrate the recent abolition of slavery.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder (.1 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80779420 View

Grew family. Grew Family Papers, 1767-1904; bulk=1815-1866.

Title: Grew Family Papers, 1767-1904; bulk=1815-1866.

This collection contains the personal letters and business documents of several members of the Grew family, as well as some relating to the Wigglesworth, Greene, Phillips, Williams, and Crosby families. Series I: The Grew Family contains correspondence of members of the immediate and extended family, including Henry Grew, John Grew, Anna C. (Grew) Alvord, Henry Sturgis Grew, Jane Norton (Wigglesworth) Grew, Mary Coltman, Elizabeth Coltman, George Sturgis, Anne Terry (Greene) Phillips, and Wendell Phillips. Also included are letters patent (land documents) pertaining to Ebenezer Young; John and Mary (Coltman) Grews marriage settlement; a note inviting Wendell Phillips to serve as the delegate from the Massachusetts to the American Anti-Slavery Society; photographs sent from China by Henry Sturgis Grew; a scrapbook containing Civil War newspaper clippings compiled by either Anne or Thomas Wigglesworth; and a travel journal kept by Jane Norton (Wigglesworth) Grew. Series II: The Crosby Family contains letters written to William Bedloe Crosby, including some from his uncle Henry Rutgers; a lease agreement from 1767; a reference letter for Doctor Peter S. Townsend; and letters to John Schuyler Crosby. Also included are letters pertaining to Sir William Johnson and Governor John Tayler, and a manuscript detailing the history of the Burr/Hamilton dueling pistols, written by Major Richard Church. Series III: The Williams Family contains letters written by Franklin Delano Williams to his family in Greenfield, MA during his time in China, as well as shipping invoices and other business documents. Also included are letters written to Mary (Nelson) Williams after her husband died.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes (6 linear feet).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647785166 View

First Unitarian Society (Hyde Park, Mass.) Records

Title: First Unitarian Society (Hyde Park, Mass.) Records

Church constitution; membership lists and certificates; churchcorrespondence; minister's records; church financial records; miscellaneous churchrecords.

ArchivalResource: 1.4 c.f.; (4 boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/div00006/catalog View

Grew, Henry, 1781-1862. Papers, 1801-1891.

Title: Papers, 1801-1891.

Loose papers of Rev. Henry Grew and other family members include some business and personal papers of Boston merchant John Grew (1780-1821) regarding his firm Grew and Burditt. Most of the correspondence concerns Henry Grew's executorship of his brother John Grew's estate and his guardianship of John Grew's children, Anna Grew Alvord, Sarah Grew Potts, Charles, Edward, Henry, and John Grew (1805-21). Papers consist of dividend statements, receipts of distributed and earned income, and yearly financial statements for each of the Grew children. Also included are school exercise books of Edward S. Grew. Bound vols. include account books of family and household expenses (1810-19); of the administration of John Grew's estate (1821-67); of the Boston dry goods firms of Chace and Grew, Grew and Perkins, and Perkins, Doe, and Co. (1838-60) with which Henry Grew (b. 1808) was involved; and other misc. account books (1831-91), including some textile shipping records (1849).

ArchivalResource: 7 boxes and 32 v. in 13 cases and 4 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18132143 View