Papers of the Carter-White family, 1818-1944 (inclusive).

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Papers of the Carter-White family, 1818-1944 (inclusive).

Correspondence, wills, drawings, writings, and clippings of the family members mentioned above and some of their children comprise the collection. Most letters concern family news: children, illnesses, engagements, travel, social events, and household matters. The Susan Nichols Carter papers concern her administration at Cooper Union and include correspondence from Charles Anderson Dana, Helena de Kay Gilder, Richard Watson Gilder, Julian Hawthorne, Charles Eliot Norton, and Robert Dale Owen, as well as articles by Susan Carter.

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Dana, Charles A. (Charles Anderson), 1819-1897

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Charles Anderson Dana (August 8, 1819 – October 17, 1897) was an American journalist, author, and senior government official. He was a top aide to Horace Greeley as the managing editor of the powerful Republican newspaper New-York Tribune until 1862. During the American Civil War, he served as Assistant Secretary of War, playing especially the role of the liaison between the War Department and General Ulysses S. Grant. In 1868 he became the editor and part-owner of the New York Sun. He at first ...

Gray family.

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White, Marjorie G. Carter.

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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...

Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

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Gilder authored the book, THE NEW DAY, A POEM IN SONGS AND SONNETS... (New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1876) in which this is tipped in. It contains the bookplate of Brainerd. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, [1876?] Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398276 Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909), American poet and editor, served as editor-in-chief of Scribner's Monthly and its successor The Century Illustrated Monthly...

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

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Peter Cooper (1791-1883) was a manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, and founder of Cooper Union. Cooper's son-in-law Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903) was a manufacturer, philanthropist, U.S. Representative from New York, and mayor of New York. From the description of Cooper-Hewitt collection, [ca. 1783-1953] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155472943 Art museum, N.Y., N.Y. Founded 1897. Name changed to Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Housed in the Carnegie Mansion...

Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

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Son of American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was also a writer of short stories and novels. From the description of Essays : manuscripts, undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612756082 Second child and only son of Nathaniel and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, Julian Hawthorne was a writer of reviews, articles, and late 19th century American popular fiction. From the description of ALS, 1886 September 16 : Sag Harbor, N.Y., to J.D. Holmes...

White family.

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Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908

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Charles Eliot Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard. Eliot Norton was his son. From the guide to the Charles Eliot Norton letters to Eliot Norton, 1867-1908., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) American author, editor, and educator. From the description of Letter to Edwin D. Mead [manuscript], 1881 May 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814472 ...

Carter, Susan Nichols.

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Carter, Robert, 1819-1879

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Carter was an editor and author and an active figure in the Free Soil and Republican parties in Massachusetts in the 1850's. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1851-1898 (inclusive), 1851-1862 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122505758 From the guide to the Robert Carter letters from various correspondents, 1851-1898 (inclusive), 1851-1862 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) From the gui...

Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931

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Nichols family.

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Carter family.

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The Carter, Gray, Nichols, and White families were related by marriage. Members include Ann Augusta Gray, an artist and writer of children's books; her husband, Robert Carter, author and newspaper editor; and his second wife Susan Nichols Carter, author, editor, and for twenty years the head of the Art Department of Cooper Union in New York City. Susan Carter's sister Lucy married John E. White, a captain in the 99th N.Y. Infantry. From the description of Papers of the Carter-White f...

Gilder, Helena de Kay, -1916

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Wife of Richard Watson Gilder, editor of SCRIBNER'S MONTHLY and CENTURY magazines. Good friend and long-time correspondent of Mary Hallock Foote. From the description of Incoming correspondence, 1876-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500321 ...