Miscellaneous papers, 1859-1918.

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Miscellaneous papers, 1859-1918.

Primarily letters from the American historian and author Henry Adams.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384464

Houghton Library

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Adams, Henry, 1838-1918

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Henry Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, was educated at Harvard and served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, when he was Minister to England. He rejected a political career to teach history at Harvard and edit The North American review, 1870-1877, then returned to Washington. He wrote prolifically on many subjects and is best known for his Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1904) and The education of Henry Adams (1907). From the description of Henry Adam...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

Taylor, Henry Osborn, 1856-1941

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Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x00012a ...

Rae, Charles Whitesides, 1847-1908

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Naval officer. From the description of Papers of Charles Whitesides Rae, 1870-1871. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449354 ...

James, Henry

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00012f Epithet: Baron James of Hereford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000331 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000361 Epithet: Capta...

Mrs. Henry Higginson

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Mrs. Ward Thoron

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Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902

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Godkin was an editor and political writer. He was founder and first editor of The Nation (founded in 1865) and later also editor of the New York Evening Post. From the description of Edwin Lawrence Godkin papers, 1845-1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612368182 American journalist and essayist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, Wednesday 12th. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269587330 Edwin Lawrence Godkin was an author, journ...

Holt, Florence Taber

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Henry Hobson Richardson.

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H. O. Taylor

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Sir Henry Maine

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George Harvey

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Howe, Letitia T., collector.

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Collector. From the description of Letitia T. Howe collection, 1822-1876 (bulk 1840-1865). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981216 ...

Mrs. Lawrence S. Mayo

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Mayo, Lawrence Shaw, 1888-1947

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Mayo graduated from Harvard in 1910 and served as Assistant Dean of Harvard College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. From the description of Papers of Lawrence Shaw Mayo, 1913-1928 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972812 From the description of Student notes, 1906-1912. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074781 Mayo earned his Harvard AB in 1910 and his AM in 1911. He served as Assistant Dean of Harvard College and Graduate ...

Fanny (Dixwell) Holmes

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Mrs. Lippitt

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Henry Lee Higginson; n. p.

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Rebecca (Dodge) Rae

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Mrs. Russell Law

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Laski, Harold J.

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Adams, Henry, 1949-....

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Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919

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Higginson was a Boston banker and philantropist; he donated Soldiers Field and Harvard Union to Harvard University. From the description of Papers relating to the gift of Soldiers Field, Harvard University, 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82295797 Higginson was a Boston banker and philanthropist. Higginson attended Harvard (1851-1852), but left because of poor eyesight. In 1856 he went to Vienna intending to make music his life work, but he returned to Boston...

Justin Winsor

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Mrs. E. J. Holmes

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Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923

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Thayer was a biographer and historian. From 1892 to 1915 he was editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine. From the description of Additional papers, 1796-1927 (inclusive), 1877-1927 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505841 From the description of Papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive) 1872-1921 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505824 From the guide to the William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk)., (Houghton...

W. B. Clarke

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F H Paine

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Mr & Mrs E. J. Holmes.

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