Papers, 1838-1969 (bulk 1862-1893).

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Papers, 1838-1969 (bulk 1862-1893).

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The Martha Lamb Papers consist of extensive personal and some professional correspondence; copies of all major articles and published books by Lamb and others--15 volumes; research notes and reviews for History of New York; copies of her Magazine of American History; biographical material including genealogical material compiled by curator of Northampton Historic Society, ca. 1950s; diaries; and organization files with printed material and correspondence regarding numerous historical societies, etc., in NY and elsewhere. Topics of her writings include women's rights, social reform, politics, and personal remembrances. Also included is source material for Susan Lyman's biography, Lady Historian Martha J. Lamb. Notable correspondents include Louisa May Alcott, Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and Theodore Roosevelt, and John Jay.

4.5 linear ft. (12 boxes)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the for her novel Little Women (1868) and the sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Born in Germantown (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, Louisa May Alcott was the daughter of transcendentalist and educator Amos Bronson Alcott and social worker Abby May. Like her famous literary counterpart, Jo March, she was the second of four daughters. The eldest, Anna Bronson (Al...

Lyman, Susan Elizabeth

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Historian; Curator. Born New York City, 1905; graduated Smith College 1929; M.A. Columbia University, 1933. Curator of manuscripts, Museum of the City of New York (1939-46), and member of Educational Department of the museum from 1949-59, where she developed the "Please Touch" room for children. As a New York City historian and writer, she published The Face of New York (1955); Here is New York; Young Folks New York (1960); and The Story of New York (1966). Also Lady His...

Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893

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American historian, author, owner and editor of Magazine of American History. From the description of Martha J. Lamb letters [manuscript], 1887-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 212376748 Historian, author, and magazine editor, New York City. From the description of Letterbooks, 1884-1895. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58670246 From the description of Papers, 1756-1892 (bulk 1876-1892). (New York University...

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1831-1878

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Family members represented include Theodore Roosevelt (merchant); his wife, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt; his father, Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt; his mother, Margaret Barnhill Roosevelt; his uncles, John Redman Barnhill and Nicholas Roosevelt; his brothers, James Alfred Roosevelt and Robert Barnwell Roosevelt; and his children, Anna Roosevelt Cowles and President Theodore Roosevelt. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt family papers, 1810-1919 (bulk 1849-1877). (Unknown). Worl...