Manuscripts
Correspondence
You might also be interested in
Image not available
Correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection primarily consists of letters received by Marvin H. Bovee regarding the abolition of capital punishment and Democratic politics, dating from 1850 to 1887. Correspondents include James Buchanan (three autograph letters signed), Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Horatio Seymour, Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, William Cullen Bryant, Charles Sumner, Henry Whitney Bellows, John Greenleaf Whittier, Salmon P. Chase, Morgan Dix, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Theodore Tilton, Fernando Wood, and others; in addition, there is some Bovee family correspondence including two letters from Marvin H. Bovee to his wife. Also present are contemporary copies of four poems, Bovee family obituaries, and a carte-de-visite of Horace Greeley.
mssBV
Image not available
Poetry, obituaries, photograph
Manuscripts
The collection primarily consists of letters received by Marvin H. Bovee regarding the abolition of capital punishment and Democratic politics, dating from 1850 to 1887. Correspondents include James Buchanan (three autograph letters signed), Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Horatio Seymour, Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, William Cullen Bryant, Charles Sumner, Henry Whitney Bellows, John Greenleaf Whittier, Salmon P. Chase, Morgan Dix, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Theodore Tilton, Fernando Wood, and others; in addition, there is some Bovee family correspondence including two letters from Marvin H. Bovee to his wife. Also present are contemporary copies of four poems, Bovee family obituaries, and a carte-de-visite of Horace Greeley.
mssBV
Image not available
Marvin H. Bovee correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection primarily consists of letters received by Marvin H. Bovee regarding the abolition of capital punishment and Democratic politics, dating from 1850 to 1887. Correspondents include James Buchanan, Horace Greeley, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Horatio Seymour, Gerrit Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, William Cullen Bryant, Charles Sumner, Henry Whitney Bellows, John Greenleaf Whittier, Salmon P. Chase, Morgan Dix, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Theodore Tilton, Fernando Wood, and others; in addition, there is some Bovee family correspondence including two letters from Marvin H. Bovee to his wife. Also present are contemporary copies of four poems, Bovee family obituaries, and a carte-de-visite of Horace Greeley. The three autograph letters signed from James Buchanan to Marvin H. Bovee are dated 1864 October 18 (BV 9), 1867 December 9 (BV 10), and 1868 February 10 (BV 11).
mssBV
Image not available
Correspondence and Ephemera
Manuscripts
The majority of the collection is related to Marvin Sanford and his work in socialism, labor unions, and communism. The collection is comprised of 72 manuscripts, most of which are typescripts of articles by various socialist writers including Daniel De Leon, Samuel A. DeWitt, Edward Keating, Gustavus Myers, Emil Seidel, and Norman Thomas. Also included are articles and research notes written by Marvin Sanford. There are 88 pieces of correspondence, most of which are written to Marvin Sanford and chiefly deal with socialism and politics in California. Authors of correspondence include DeForest Sanford, Charles Pierce LeWarne and the World Socialist Party of the United States. The ephemera is comprised of newspaper clippings, and copies of Sanford's publications "Free Society," "The Searchlight," and "The Voice of Militant Labor." The entire collection covers socialism, communism, and union and labor issues, but more specifically the following topics and people are discussed: Edward Bellamy, cooperative societies including the Llano Colony, Eugene V. Debs, Ricardo Flores Magón, the Industrial Workers of the World, Jack London, and Thomas Mooney.
mssSanford
Image not available
Portraits
Visual Materials
Consists of ten photographs. Portrait sitters include John C. Fremont and Jessie Benton Fremont at the Freemont Tree, Benjamin West (of Rochelle, Illinois), General Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley, Ole Bull, Paul du Chaillu, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Daniel Boone, Henry Durant, and George Stoneman.
photPF 80-89
Image not available
Marvin Sanford papers
Manuscripts
The majority of the collection is related to Marvin Sanford and his work in socialism, labor unions, and communism. The collection is comprised of 72 manuscripts, most of which are typescripts of articles by various socialist writers including Daniel De Leon, Samuel A. DeWitt, Edward Keating, Gustavus Myers, Emil Seidel, and Norman Thomas. Also included are articles and research notes written by Marvin Sanford. There are 88 pieces of correspondence, most of which are written to Marvin Sanford and chiefly deal with socialism and politics in California. Authors of correspondence include Charles Pierce LeWarne and the World Socialist Party of the United States. The correspondence also includes 44 letters from DeForest Sanford to his son Marvin; these letters, which are written from the Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where DeForest spent the last years of his life, include some of DeForest's memories of his involvement with the socialist movement, labor unions, and the Llano Colony. The ephemera is comprised of newspaper clippings, and copies of Sanford's publications "Free Society," "The Searchlight," and "The Voice of Militant Labor." The entire collection covers socialism, communism, and union and labor issues, but more specifically the following topics and people are discussed: Edward Bellamy, cooperative societies including the Llano Colony, Eugene V. Debs, Ricardo Flores Magón, the Industrial Workers of the World, Jack London, and Thomas Mooney.
mssSanford