John Fiske Addenda

The majority of the collection is made of up correspondence by John Fiske and his family. It includes letters by his mother Mary Fiske Bound Green Stoughton. There are several letters written to Fiske's step-father E. W. Stoughton. Prominent participants in the collection include: editor George S. Hellman, writer and literary critic William Dean Howells, U.S. Senator and Secretary of State Daniel Webster, Charles Francis Adams, artist James E. Taylor, Reverend Samuel Longfellow, artist Carl L. Brandt, and artist Albert Bierstadt. There are letters by Secretary of State William M. Evarts appointing Edwin Stoughton as minister to Russia (1877) and the letter accepting Stoughton's resignation from that position (1879). Subjects include: Fiske and his work and writings, Ignatius Donnelly, Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, Prince Kropotkin, and the assassination of Alexander II in 1881. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author.

There are several folders of ephemera relating to both E. W. Stoughton and John Fiske. Stoughton's ephemera relates to his time as minister to Russia including his passport and invitations to events. The "Photographs" folder contains five photographic items related to Russia as well. Fiske's ephemera includes copies of publications with articles by Fiske in them (including Appleton's Journal).