Autograph File, O, 1706-1966.

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Autograph File, O, 1706-1966.

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01438/catalog

Abstract

The Autograph File is an alphabetically arranged collection of single letters, manuscripts, and drawings received from various sources at various times. Additions continue to be made.

Extent

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

Holding Repository

Houghton Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6384563

Houghton Library

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Orton, Arthur, calling himself Sir Richard Charles Doughty-Tichborne, bart., 1834-1898

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Mrs Wilkin

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Hackney

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José Francisco Carret

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Elisha E. Morgan

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M. Victor Deseglise

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Florence (Cushing) Milner

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T.B. Aldrich Trustees

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O'Gorman, James Aloysius, 1860-1943

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Odell, Jonathan, 1737-1818

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American poet, loyalist. From the description of Papers of Jonathan Odell [manuscript], 1768, 1776, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813273 From the description of Collection, 1768-1776, and undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 122529898 Jonathan Odell, a clergyman, was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of John Odell and Temperance, a daughter of ...

Oakey, Alexander F., 1850-

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Lane

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Ørsted, Hans-Christian, 1777-1851

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J. G. Locke

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W. J. McCormick

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John Sullivan Dwight

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Stephen Van Rensselaer

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Oldham, John

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000357.0x00025b ...

Orioli, Francesco, 1783-1856

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Owen, Edward T. (Edward Thomas), 1850-1931

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Trevelyan, Walter Calverley, Sir, 1797-1879

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Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935

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Paleontologist, professor of biology at Columbia University, President of Trustees 1908-1933, American Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontologist. From the description of Henry Fairfield Osborn letter to W. Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1925 April 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468939 Henry Fairfield Osborn was a member of the Princeton class of 1877, one of the earliest graduates of the School of Science. He returned to Princeton in 1883 after gr...

Burden, William A. M.

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Olin, Stephen, 1797-1851

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Methodist clergyman of Abbeville District, S.C. [at a site now in Greenwood County, S.C.]; president of Randolph-Macon College (1834-1837), and Weslyan University (1842-1851). From the description of Letter, 1823 Apr. 11, Tabernacle, S.C., to Marcus T.C. Wing. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 34307045 Methodist clergyman, president of Weslyan University, 1842-1851. From the description of Letter : New York, to Thomas Sewall, Baltimore, Md., 184...

Smith, J. E. A. (Joseph Edward Adams), 1822-1896

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Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853

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Opie was an English Quaker author. From the description of ALS, [18]52 May 26 : Norwich [Eng.] to "Dear friend" / A. Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46956520 Amelia Opie was an English Quaker. From the description of ALS, 1824 September 29, Norwich, [Eng.] / Amelia Opie. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 262363074 Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. From the guide to the Amelia Opie man...

Graham, George R.

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Amelia Greenwood

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William? Gowans

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Olson, Charles, 1910-1970

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Charles Olson, the leading voice of the Black Mountain poets, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and was a notable student at Wesleyan University, where his groundbreaking work on Herman Melville evolved into the highly praised monograph, Call Me Ishmael. Inspired by Franklin Roosevelt, Olson worked his way up through the Democratic Party, but quit after Roosevelt's death, and began a brilliant career as a writer and educator. His manifesto, Projective Verse, influenced a generation of poets ...

O'Faoláin, Seán, 1900-

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Irish author Seán O'Faoláin was born John Francis Whelanon February 22, 1900, in County Cork, Ireland. In 1918, while a student at University College at Cork of National University of Ireland, O'Faoláin embraced Irish nationalism, joined the Irish Volunteers, and changed his name to its Gaelic equivalent. O'Faoláin fought in the Irish Revolution from 1918–1921, and served as the director of publicity for the Irish Republican Army in 1923. Dur...

Osburn, Eliza W

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Otis, Eliza Henderson (Bordman) 1796-1873

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Lucy Ormsby

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Ulrich Zwingli.

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Ortiz, Reyna.

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O'Conor, Norreys Jephson, 1885-

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Norreys Jephson O'Conor (1885-1958) was an American poet and author. From the description of Papers of Norreys Jephson O'Conor, 1890-1964 (bulk 1940-1958). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228718380 O'Conor and Brooks were friends at Harvard. From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1937-1958. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 182789136 American author. ...

Osbourne, Lloyd, 1868-

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Dr. Walter Grossmann

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Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928

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Richard Felton Outcault (1863-1928) was an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strips The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown . From the guide to the R. F. Outcault Cartoons, 1923, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) American comic artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, N.Y., to John Kendrick Bangs of "Harper's Magazine", 1892 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610613 American cartoon...

Oliver, Benjamin Lynde, 1760-1835.

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George Thacher

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Lewis Paton

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Hubert A. McNally

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Coyle, John F.

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Child fund

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Charles Ollier

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Corporation of Harvard College

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O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847

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Irish politician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and annotated documents signed (2) : London and various places, to various recipients, 1826 June 1-1840 Sept. 23 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270860058 Irish national leader. From the description of Order signed : to Mr. Dike, 1831 Aug. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612583 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dublin, to Edward Wyer, 1829 Feb. 5. (Un...

Mrs. Norman Himes

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O'Hagan, Thomas O'Hagan, baron, 1812-1885

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Watson, ...

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d'Auney

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Margaret Morris

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Ormsby, E. E.

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Odenheimer, William Henry, 1817-1879

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey. From the description of William Henry Odenheimer papers, 1841-1875. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 662580080 ...

Mr. Hawley's

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Orrery, Roger Boyle, 1st earl of, 1621-1679

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Finlay

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Obermüller, Paul, 1899-1961

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Offor, George, 1787-1864

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Calkins, Norman A. (Norman Allison), 1822-1895

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May O'Connor

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Oecolampadius, Johann, 1482-1531

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O'Beirne, James R.

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Author and journalist. From the description of Letter of James R. O'Beirne, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454767 ...

Oakley, Richard, 1727? -1820

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Benjamin, Walter R.

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Sir Charles Kay-Shuttleworth, bart.

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Mr. Toppan's

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O'Callaghan, E. B. (Edmund Bailey), 1797-1880

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Physician, historian and bibliographer. From the description of Papers of E. B. O'Callaghan, 1830-1879 (bulk 1845-1860). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131658 Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, historian, was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1797. He emigrated to Quebec in 1823 and was admitted to medical school in 1827. In 1834 O'Callaghan became the editor of "The Vindicator." He was elected a member of the assembly of Lower Canada, but moved to Albany, New York, after the insur...

Oeder, Georg Christian, 1728-1791

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Marsh, Jeannie S.

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Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877

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Politician, reformer, and author Robert Dale Owen was born in Scotland; influenced by his father, he developed a strong interest in social reform. He moved to New Harmony, Indiana, where he joined the socialist community his father founded there, and he was active as an educator, editor, and author, including the first birth control pamphlet published in America. He next became active in politics, serving in the Indiana House of Representatives and later in the United States House, wh...

Margaret (Hill) Morris

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Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897

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Scottish novelist and historial writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Windsor, to Mr. Grove, 1877 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270611471 Margaret Oliphant was born in Scotland, and published her first novel at age twenty-one. After the death of her husband, she took to writing to support her young family, and showed remarkable industry, ultimately publishing more than one hundred books and more than two hundred articles, chiefly in Blackwood's E...

Olney, Stephen, 1756-1832

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Mrs Oxford

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James, Henry

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