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Sheahan, Daniel W., 1843-1911. Papers, 1849-1910.

Title: Papers, 1849-1910.

Diary, correspondence, legal papers, documents, memorabilia and one bound volume. The diary covers his years in the army and he writes about many of the people in his company and what is happening to and with them, day to day camp life, skirmishes around Nashville, Tennessee and the Atlanta Campaign including action at Chickamauga and Savannah. There is official correspondence from this time but the bulk is from 1870-1880's and covers his efforts to obtain a disability pension for himself. He also corresponds with several people who had been in his company for whom he wrote affidavits to help obtain a pension. There are three letters from Stephen F. Fleharty, Sergeant Major of the 102nd and fifteen from Edwin Hurd Conger, the Captain and later an Iowa Congressman and Minister to Brazil, China and Mexico. The documents are mostly copies of quartermaster reports. Deeds. Invitations and cards. The bound volume is an exercise ledger from Bryant's Business College.

ArchivalResource: .63 linear feet 1 1/2 boxes + 1 bound v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48034815 View

Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives, ca. 1871-1965, (bulk 1910s-1920s)

Title: Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives ca. 1871-1965 (bulk 1910s-1920s)

The Charles Francis and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives consists of 5826 black and white photographs, 68 glass plate negatives, 3832 film negatives, 10 photographs albums, 261 lantern slides, and related ephemera, ca. 1871-1965 (bulk 1910s-1920s), collected and created by Charles Francis Saunders, Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders, and Mira Culin Saunders. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of Charles Saunders' activities as a naturalist and travel writer.

ArchivalResource: 24.98 linear feet,; 58 boxes

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7v19r25p View

William Woodville Rockhill papers

Title: William Woodville Rockhill papers

Papers of American scholar-diplomat William Woodville Rockhill.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear feet (35 boxes, 6 card file boxes, and 8 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00411/catalog 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

Pike-McConnell-Donaldson Family Papers, 1770-1967, (bulk 1902-1909)

Title: Pike-McConnell-Donaldson Family Papers 1770-1967 (bulk 1902-1909)

American diplomats. Correspondence and diaries kept during the family’s involvement in China (1902-1909) and material relating to the estates of the McConnell, Pike, and Donaldson families.

ArchivalResource: 700 items; 10 containers; 4 linear feet; 5 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009062 View

Whiting, Jasper. Diary, 1900-1901.

Title: Diary, 1900-1901.

Travel journal kept by Jasper Whiting in Asia from 1900-1901. Extensive descriptions of social, historical, political and cultural conditions in Borneo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), China, Japan, Korea, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, Siam (Thailand), Singapore, and Vietnam. Whiting's commentary includes criticism of the U.S. consular corps in Asia; an account of time spent with General R.K. Hall and Edwin Hurd Conger, U.S. minister to China; and his perception that Admiral George Dewey's heralded naval victory at Manila Bay was not as spectacular a victory as believed. Includes photographs.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17987111 View

Conger, Edwin H. (Edwin Hurd), 1843-1907. Edwin Conger letters, 1869-1900.

Title: Edwin Conger letters, 1869-1900.

This collection includes three letters written by Conger dated August 1869, November 30, 1886 and September 18, 1900. The 1869 letter addressed to A.J. Faulk discusses crop devastation caused by a grasshopper infestation. The fourth item in the collection relates to the donation to the repository (1923).

ArchivalResource: 4 items (2 folders)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182556404 View

Pike-McConnell-Donaldson Family Papers, 1770-1967, (bulk 1902-1909)

Title: Pike-McConnell-Donaldson Family Papers 1770-1967 (bulk 1902-1909)

American diplomats. Correspondence and diaries kept during the family’s involvement in China (1902-1909) and material relating to the estates of the McConnell, Pike, and Donaldson families.

ArchivalResource: 700 items; 10 containers; 4 linear feet; 5 microfilm reels

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009062 View

Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Chamberlain" to "Cooke".

Title: Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Chamberlain" to "Cooke".

Includes letters to Hay and to members of his family.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 6,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122348883 View

Saunders, Charles Francis, 1859-1941. Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives [graphic], ca. 1871-1965 (bulk 1910s-1920s)

Title: Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives [graphic], ca. 1871-1965 (bulk 1910s-1920s)

The Charles Francis Saunders and Mira Culin Saunders Collection of Photographs and Negatives consists of 5826 black and white photographs, 68 glass plate negatives, 3832 film negatives, 10 photographs albums, 261 lantern slides, and related ephemera, ca. 1871-1965 (bulk 1910s-1920s), collected and created by Charles Francis Saunders, Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders, and Mira Culin Saunders. The collection provides a comprehensive overview of Charles Saunders' activities as a naturalist and travel writer.

ArchivalResource: 24.98 linear feet (58 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123502706 View

William Woodville Rockhill papers

Title: William Woodville Rockhill papers

Papers of American scholar-diplomat William Woodville Rockhill.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear feet (35 boxes, 6 card file boxes, and 8 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00411/catalog View

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter to William B. Allison. [Washington, DC.] 1905 Jan. 6.

Title: Letter to William B. Allison. [Washington, DC.] 1905 Jan. 6.

Agreeing to appoint Edwin H. Conger Ambassador to Mexico for six months so that he may resign with the title Ambassador.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/148529657 View

William Woodville Rockhill papers

Title: William Woodville Rockhill papers

Papers of American scholar-diplomat William Woodville Rockhill.

ArchivalResource: 18 linear feet (35 boxes, 6 card file boxes, and 8 volumes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00411/catalog View