Frederic Jesup Stimson papers, 1802-1943 (bulk 1884-1936)

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Frederic Jesup Stimson papers, 1802-1943 (bulk 1884-1936)

1802-1943 (bulk 1884-1936)

Lawyer, author and diplomat. Papers relate primarily to his teaching and scholastic activities at Harvard, 1903-1914, his career as Ambassador to Argentina, 1914-1921, and his literary endeavors and writings for Scribner's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly and other journals. Subjects in the papers include Argentinian politics, diplomacy and society; Japanese society; World War I; and the Democratic Party. Correspondents include William Jennings Bryan, Louis Brandeis, James Bryce, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Charles Evenas Hughes, Robert Lansing, A. Lawrence Lowell, John Boyle O'Reilly, Charles Scribner, Charles Warren and Barrett Wendell. The collection also includes a large volume of family letters between Mrs. Stimson (Mabel Ashhurst Stimson) and their daughters, Mildred and Lorna Stimson.

13 document boxes, 1 narrow box, and 2 oversize boxes

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SNAC Resource ID: 6670272

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

O’Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890

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Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

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Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

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Scribner, Charles, 1854-1930

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Stimson, Lorna.

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Democratic Party (Mass.)

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Stimson, Mabel Asshurst.

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Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921

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Wendell graduated from Harvard in 1877 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Barrett Wendell, 1873-1921 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972920 From the description of Lecture notes in Comparative Literature 1, 1905-1917. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074707 Harvard English professor. From the description of Ralegh in Guiana, 1897. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172663314 ...

Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928

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United States secretary of state, 1915-1920. From the description of Robert Lansing miscellaneous papers, 1916-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866993 Robert Lansing (b. Oct. 17, 1864, Watertown, New York-d. Oct. 30, 1928, New York, New York) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Legal Advisor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson from 1915 to 1920. He was married to Eleanor ...

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922

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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, was a British writer, historian and statesman. Born in Belfast, he was educated at Glasgow University and later Oxford, he practiced law briefly, but returned to Oxford as a professor of civil law. He served in Parliament for many years, and held several government positions, including Ambassador to the United States. A renowned historian, he was also a productive writer of travel books, law tracts, and political theory. Universally admired and liked, an obituary...

Lowell, A. Lawrence (Abbott Lawrence), 1856-1943

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Nicola Sacco (1891-1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927) were Italian immigrants who were tried and executed for robbery and murder of payroll guards Frederick Albert Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli. The case of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Sacco and Vanzetti quickly became one of America's most complicated and notorious political trials. They were found guilty on July 14, 1921, but the legal struggle to save them extended until 1927. By April 9, 1927, all appeals in the Massachu...

Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941

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Louis Brandeis (b. November 13, 1856, Louisville, Kentucky – d. October 5, 1941, Washington D.C.) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1916 until 1939. Brandeis was the Court’s 67th justice and its first Jewish-American justice. He was the son of immigrants from Bohemia, who came to Kentucky from Prague, then part of the Austrian Empire. He received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1877, and before becoming a judge, served as a lawyer at Warren & B...

Warren, Charles, 1868-1954

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Lawyer and historian. From the description of Papers of Charles Warren, 1874-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82466495 Charles Warren graduated from Harvard in 1889. From the description of Forensics, 1887-1888. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77073347 Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Charles Warren : transcript, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309735506 Warren gr...

Stimson, Mildred.

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Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943

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Stimson was assistant attorney-general of Massachusetts (1884-1885) and wrote many novels about and reference works on the law. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1915-1924. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79617709 From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1915-1924., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Stimson graduated from Harvard in 1876, and taught law at Harvard. From ...