Edward Atkinson papers, 1836-1905, bulk: 1847-1905.

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Edward Atkinson papers, 1836-1905, bulk: 1847-1905.

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Correspondence and writings of Edward Atkinson, industrialist, insurance executive, and advocate for various social and political causes. Atkinson was a prolific letter-writer and he corresponded with many political, professional, and reform leaders, including Presidents Garfield and McKinley, George F. Hoar, Charles Eliot Norton, Robert Treat Paine, Ellen H. Richards, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, Samuel Gompers, John Daniel Runkle, Dr. Henry P. Bowditch, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Letters from Charles Nordhoff fill one box. The rest of Atkinson's incoming correspondence, and the letters he wrote before 1855, fill 43 more boxes. Beginning in 1855 Atkinson kept copies of the letters he wrote in letter-books, which number 82. Also included are clippings and pamphlets written by Atkinson in favor of sound money, free trade, pacifism, and nutrition reform. In addition, a typescript memoir of his early memories of Brookline, Massachusetts, is included.

35 cartons (stored offsite)and 4 index card boxes (stored onsite)

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Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907

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Runkle, John Daniel, 1822-1902

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Bowditch, H. P. (Henry Pickering), 1840-1911

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