Henry A. Stimson papers, 1858-1935.

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Stimson, Henry A. (Henry Albert), 1842-1936. Henry A. Stimson papers, 1858-1935.

Henry A. Stimson papers, 1858-1935.

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Papers, 1858-1935, including notebooks, account books, and diaries. There are also two guest books and an address book belonging to Stimson's wife, Alice Bartlett Stimson. The collection consists of a Bible with annotations by Stimson; two volumes of notes on lectures by Austin Phelps, dating from Stimson's time as a student at Andover Theological Seminary; four notebooks, containing anecdotes, excerpts from his reading, etc.; a book of envelopes filled with notes for speeches, receipts, etc.; a record of baptisms, marriages and funerals performed between 1893 and 1932; and two account books. In addition, there are two boxes containing numerous smaller volumes. One contains fourteen account books, 1862-1935. The other contains 23 pocket diaries, 1858-1862, 1891, 1917-1935; the 1891 diary was kept on a European tour. It also contains a notebook with a chronology of Stimson's life, a clergyman's visiting list, a list of contributors to the Manhattan Congregations Church, 1900-1901, three address books, five miscellaneous notebooks, two notebooks belonging to Alice Bartlett Stimson, and a notebook recording Stimson's visit in 1872 to Ojibwa Indians at White Earth and Red Lake, both in Minnesota. Clippings are laid or pasted in to some volumes.

15 v.0.8 linear feet (2 boxes).

New-York Historical Society