Manuscripts
Landor-Forster papers
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Walter Savage Landor correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection consists of 110 letters from Walter Savage Landor; 95 are to his sister, Elizabeth Landor, and 15 are to his niece, Sophy Landor. There are also 35 letters from Elizabeth Landor to Walter Savage Landor and three from Sophy Landor to Walter Savage Landor. The collection also contains correspondence to and from Sophy Landor and others (98 pieces) about the affairs of Walter Savage Landor from 1858 and after. There are also a few manuscripts, and press clippings of Landor's poems and about the libel case, Yescombe v. Landor in 1858.
mssHM 31656-31909
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Landor's letter to Emerson : with an appendix containing Emerson's paper on Landor from the Dial
Rare Books
7854
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Speed Family Papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of 305 letters, indentures, announcements, and receipts. There are also 19 pieces of ephemera and 39 albumen, tintype, and daguerreotype photographs. The majority of the correspondence in the collection (179 letters) was sent to John James Speed (1803-1867) from business associates and family members. George James Pumpelly wrote more letters than any other associate, sending 99 letters to Speed between 1853-1863. He talks about business finances, owing and collecting money, and various business ventures that Speed is involved in at the time. Some of his letters discuss investigating the purchase of coal mines and Speed's attempt to build a telegraph line from St. Louis, Missouri, to the West coast. Several of the letters sent by various people during 1832 congratulate Speed on his appointment to the New York State legislature. Ann Speed (d. 1881) writes 5 letters to her husband during the period while he is in the legislature and living in Albany, New York. Her family also corresponds with her husband, and her father, Charles Horton Morrell, wrote 13 of these letters. Morrell and his son, Lewis H. Morrell (Ann's brother who sends 2 letters) refer to Speed as "Son" and "Brother," respectively. Speed receives 5 letters from his cousin, Joshua J. Speed; he also receives a few letters from his children. Most of these letters discuss family matters, travel plans, and the weather. Perhaps the most noteworthy item in the collection is an unsigned speech made by John James Speed (1803-1867) at the National Republican Convention in June 1864 in Baltimore, Maryland. He touches on several subjects including President Abraham Lincoln, Vice-Presidential nominee Andrew Johnson, and the Civil War. He also mentions the death of his son, William Johnson Speed (1832-1863) at Gettysburg. The collection also includes 29 indentures written during the early 1800s between John James Speed (d. 1860) and others. Three folders containing ephemera include invitations to a Fourth of July celebration (June 1822) and a New Year's Day (Dec. 1822) party. The collection also contains 39 photographs (Boxes 6-7). A few of the Speed family members have been identified including John James Speed (1803-1867), Cornelia Speed (1847-1884) and Frederic Speed (b. 1841). There is also a photograph of Ezra Cornell (1807-1874) and one of Mrs. Cornell in Box 7. Note: The maiden name of Ann Speed, the wife of John James Speed (1803-1867), was Anne Sophia Morrell, and she signed each of her letters using her married name. She appears in this collection as: Ann Speed, d. 1881.
mssHM 61156-61460
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Anderson Family Papers
Manuscripts
This collection primarily contains letters and some manuscripts concerning William Marshall Anderson and the Anderson family, mainly for the period of 1838-1938. It covers family affairs, legal practices and business affairs of William Marshall Anderson, including his involvement in the McArthur lawsuit; the Catholic Church and its financial involvement in Ohio; the northwest United States in 1830s, archeological mounds; Mexico in 1865, civil engineering, bounty land grants to Virginia revolutionary soldiers; Richard Clough Anderson and George Rogers Clark, also William Marshall Anderson's diaries, including his trips to the Rocky Mountains (1834), Mexico (1865), and Mississippi (1871); family and business correspondence of Robert Marshall Anderson, including letters re: construction of Robert M. Anderson's home in Circleville, Ohio, designed by Charles S. Keefe. Anderson family members represented in the collection include Larz Anderson, Charles Anderson, Robert Anderson, Thomas McArthur Anderson, Richard Clough Anderson, Robert Marshall Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan Anderson, and Mary Anderson Olds. Anderson, Charles, 1814-1895. As author: 10 pieces; as addressee: 4 pieces Anderson, Ellen Columba Ryan. As author: 16 pieces (1858-1898); as addressee: 30 (1858-1891) Anderson, Larz, 1803-1878. As author: 13 pieces (1856-1877); as addressee: none Anderson, Richard Clough, 1829-1878. As author: 6 pieces (1864-1878); as addressee: none Anderson, Robert, 1805-1871. As author: 8 pieces (1825-1871); as addressee: 2 pieces (1842-1843) Anderson, Robert Marshall, 1862-1939. As author: 22 pieces (1872-1939); as addressee: 87 pieces (1879-1939) Anderson, Thomas McArthur, 1836-1917. As author 5 pieces (1864-1901); as addressee 7 pieces (1876-1901) Anderson, William Marshall, 1807-1881. As author: 53 pieces (1838-1880); as addressee: 115 pieces (1837-1880) Clarke, Powhatan Henry, 1862-1893. As author: 6 pieces (1875-1893); as addressee: none Draper, Lyman Copeland, 1815-1891. As author: 7 pieces (1843-1867); as addressee: none Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894. As author: 1 piece (1865); as addressee: none Ellison, Robert Spurrier. As author: 11 pieces (1935-1939); as addressee: 22 pieces (1935-1941) Juncker, Henry Damian, 1810-1868. As author: 1 piece (1855); as addressee: none Longworth, Nicholas, 1782-1863. As author: 1 piece (1851); as addressee: none McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839. As author: 2 pieces; as addressee: 1817 and 1837 Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871. As author: 1 piece (1866); as addressee: none Olds, Joseph. As author: 12 pieces (1885-1901); as addressee: 8 pieces (1866-1903) Olds, Mary Anderson, b. 1846. As author: 12 pieces (1877-1896); as addressee: 1 piece (1885) Purcell, John Baptist, 1800-1883. As author: 4 pieces (1855-1868); as addressee: 1 piece (1868) Piatt, Donn 1819-1892. As author: 5 pieces (1884-1891); as addressee: none Sherman, Ellen Boyle Ewing, 1824-1888. As author: 1 piece (1872); as addressee: none Thurman, Allen Granbery, 1813-1895. As author: 1 piece (1875); as addressee: 1 piece (1851) The Rocky Mountain diary of William Marshall Anderson was published on various occasions in 1838-1967. His Mexican diary has been published in: An American in Maximilian's Mexico, 1865-1866: the diaries of William Marshall Anderson / edited by Ramon Eduardo Ruiz. (San Marino, Calif. : Huntington Library, 1959).
mssAD 1-454
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Howell Family Papers
Manuscripts
The entire collection spans 240 years of American history and includes seven generations of the Howell and Taylor families starting with Ebenezer Howell, who was born at sea en route to Delaware from Wales in 1725, and ending with William Henry Taylor born in Pomona, California in 1912. The collection covers land ownership in the New Jersey colony, the Revolutionary War, the Mexican War, the Civil War and Jefferson Davis, the removal of the Pawnees to their new reservation in Indian Territory, farming in early 20th century southern California, the Gila River Relocation Center, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and refugees in post-World War II Europe, and life in late 20th century southern California. More detailed scope and content notes are below: Manuscripts The inclusive dates for the 13 manuscripts are c.1776-1949. They include a note by A. N. Burgess regarding lumber prices; a journal, memorandum, and notebook by Joseph Burr Howell; four diaries of Phoebe Sutton Howell (1897-1901); the Constitution, By-laws, and Meeting Minutes of the Mount Laurel Lyceum; a report to the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration by William Henry Taylor (1945); a notebook regarding Engle family genealogy; and an obituary for George F. Howell, 1878-1949. There is also a list of evidence in a possible court-martial against James Matthews (c.1776), written to Major Richard Howell by an unknown author. The manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by author. Correspondence There are 1,077 pieces of correspondence in the collection with the inclusive dates of 1776-1985. The majority of the correspondence is written by members of the Howell and Taylor families. The subjects range from the Revolutionary War to post-World War II Europe and California in the late 20th century. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author and addressee. A detailed description of the correspondence, by family member (the number in parentheses, following each name, is the number of letters by that individual): Howell, Richard, 1754-1802 (4) Subject in Letter (1776, Sep. 26) to his twin brother Lewis Howell, 1754-1778, and a letter by Lewis Howell (1776, June 26) to his father, Ebenezer Howell, discuss the Howell brothers' experience in the Revolutionary War. Howell, Joseph Burr, 1794-1874 (26) Subject in Letters (1853-1871) regarding family-owned fisheries, land, business, etc., in New Jersey. Howell, William Burr, 1796-1863 (26) Subject in Letters (1832-1861) to brother Joseph B. Howell regarding his move to New Orleans, and his family's participation in the Mexican War and the Civil War, and his son-in-law Jefferson Davis. Gläser, Beulah Howell (4) Subject in Letters (1837-1862) from Germany and New York. Twenty-four letters by her son, Franklin Gläser, containing family news, and comments on European opinion of Civil War. Agnew, Sarah Howell (18) Subject in Letters from Sarah Howell Agnew (1835-1867) discuss the Civil War, Jefferson Davis, slaves, and cholera breakout in Pittsburgh. Also 4 letters (1839-1866) by her daughter Mary Agnew Allen, mention war conditions in Batesville, Arkansas, and escaped slaves. Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 (2) Subject in Letters (1850-1858) to her uncle Joseph B. Howell. Also 2 letters (1853-1858) by Jefferson Davis to Joseph B. Howell. Added note: Letters by Jefferson Davis Howell (Varina's brother) mention Jefferson Davis. Howell, George F., 1844-1909 (146) Subject in Letters (1837-1905) to his parents and his wife, Phoebe Sutton Howell. Letters discuss his work with the Pawnee in Nebraska and Oklahoma. There are many other letters that talk about the reservation and a scandal involving payroll records; the authors of those letters are William D. Bishop, William Burgess, Stacy Matlack and Charles H. Searing. Also 78 letters (1870-1898) by Phoebe Sutton Howell, chiefly regarding family news. Taylor, Mary Howell (11) Subject in Letters (1883-1926) to family from Pasadena and San Dimas. Also 24 letters by her husband, Levi Shoemaker Taylor. These letters mainly contain family news, but also provide a look at life in early 20th century southern California. Taylor, William Henry (157) Subject in Letters (1921-1946) to different family members; largest group of letters are written to his wife, Jean Engle Taylor, while he was in Arizona and Europe (1942- 1946). He was working at the Gila River Relocation Center and in Europe with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNNRA); he was stationed in Egypt, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Austria and France. William spent a lot of time in Belgrade, Serbia, and several of his letters describe the conditions of the city. There are also 31 letters (1938-1965) by Jean Engle Taylor to her mother and friends regarding her life in Pasadena, her work in the Pasadena Playhouse, and art school. Ephemera There are 680 pieces of ephemera with the inclusive dates of 1750-1990. The ephemera includes albums, certificates, court documents, diplomas, empty envelopes, financial records, genealogy notes regarding the Howell, Taylor and Engle families, land deeds, land surveys and maps, leases, marriage records, pamphlets, wills, tracts, notes, and newspaper clippings. There are over 300 photographs, which include daguerreotypes, cyanotypes, photograph albums, and portraits of individual family members and friends, as well as group and candid shots. Also included are fifteen stereographs of Pawnee Indians by William Henry Jackson [c.1868-1871] and two issues of The Indian Herald (1876). There is also ephemera related to the Howell family-owned Gloucester Fishery and the Engle family-owned Engleside resort, both of which were in New Jersey. Some notable items contained in the Miscellaneous Ephemera folders are: two tracts regarding the "slavery question" [c.1860]; a map of New York [c.1861]; pamphlet "Irving's Rip Van Winkle" with an insert regarding Edwin Booth and Booth's Theater (1870); published version of the will of George Washington (1876); pamphlet entitled "Major Richard Howell of New Jersey: A Centennial Sketch" (1876); map of Pasadena [c.1902]; dissertation by Levi Shoemaker Taylor entitled "An Electrical Method for the Combustion of Organic Compounds" (1905); and a map of Oklahoma Territory [before 1907]. The oversize ephemera contains photographs, diplomas, and marriage records; the ephemera also includes several monographs that belonged to the families.
mssHM 66800-67889, mssHM 69632-69644
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T. E. Lawrence Papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of manuscripts (by and about Lawrence), correspondence (including over 150 letters by Lawrence), photographs, drawings, reproductions and ephemera. Also included in the collection is research material of various Lawrence collectors and scholars. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Tom W. Beaumont, Brian Carter, Sir Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Doubleday and Company, inc.,Theodora Duncan, David Garnett, Robert Graves, H. Montgomery Hyde, Augustus John, Jonathan Cape (Firm), Phillip Knightley, Pat T. Knowles, A.W. Lawrence, Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart, John Mack, Edwards H. Metcalf, Jeffrey Meyers, Robert Payne, Raymond Savage, Bernard Shaw, Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend Shaw, Clare Sydney Smith, Sir Ronald Storrs, Lowell Thomas, and Jeremy Wilson. Significant language represented other than English: French. Strengths of the collection: This collection has several strong points for the purpose of research. The collection contains over 150 letters by T.E. Lawrence, and approximately, 30 letters addressed to him. The collection also contains a typewritten draft of The Mint and various pages from his translation of The Odyssey. The real strength of the collection lies in the manuscripts and correspondence relating to Lawrence, his writing, the people who knew him, the Arab Revolt, and the Middle East. The collection contains very little early Lawrence manuscripts or letters, nor family or personal material. The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-8) are arranged alphabetically by author and title. This series includes one box of Lawrence manuscripts (Box 4), which includes a bound diary for 1911-1912, an early typewritten draft of The Mint, and several items relating to Lawrence's translation of The Odyssey. The majority of the manuscripts are about Lawrence, his life and writing, or were written by others about events relating to Lawrence. Included in this series are articles, essays, lectures, publishers' material, R.A.F. certificates and forms, book reviews, and interviews. The series includes manuscripts by other authors, most notably, Richard Aldington, Gertrude Lowthian Bell, E.M. Forster, Golden Cockerel Press, Robert Graves, Augustus John, Basil Liddell Hart, John Mack, Clare Sydney Smith, and Walter Stirling. 2. Correspondence (Boxes 9-28) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes some personal and business letters of T.E. Lawrence, including letters to and from his agent, illustrator, and publishers concerning the publication of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and Revolt in the Desert. Also included in this series are letters by Lawrence written from Clouds Hill, London, Cairo, and India, as well as from Bovington, Cranwell, Plymouth and Southampton. This series also includes a large number of letters by other people, many of whom knew or worked with Lawrence; among others are Tom W. Beaumont, Sir Sydney Cockerell, Doubleday and Company, Robert Graves, H. Montgomery Hyde, Augustus John, Jonathan Cape (Firm), Eric Kennington, Pat T. Knowles, Basil Liddell Hart, Federic Manning, Robert Payne, Raymond Savage, Charlotte Shaw, Clare Sydney Smith, Ronald Storrs, and Lowell Thomas. There is also a small number of family letters from A.W. Lawrence and M.R. Lawrence. 3. Photographs, Prints, Drawings, Reproductions (Boxes 29-31) are arranged alphabetically by subject. Box 29 contains photographs and prints of Lawrence, as well as of people and places associated with Lawrence, including the Knowles family, Basil and Kathleen Liddell Hart, Clare Sydney Smith, and Clouds Hill. Box 30 contains photographs and negatives of the Carchemish Expedition ([1911-1914]). Box 31 contains original drawings and illustrations by Eric Kennington, Theodora Duncan, and Joan Hassall; also prints and reproductions by Augustus John, William Roberts, and Eric Kennington. 4. Other Scholars Material (Boxes 32-75) is arranged alphabetically by author and title. These boxes contain the manuscripts and correspondence of Lawrence collectors and scholars, which Edwards Metcalf either purchased or received. Included in this series is material from, among others, Doubleday & Co., Theodora Duncan, Phillip Knightley, John Mack, Jeffery Meyers, Desmond Stewart, and Jeremy Wilson; also included are Edwards Metcalf's Lawrence-related correspondence, bibliographies and lists. 5. Ephemera (Boxes 76-81) is arranged by subject, then alphabetically by author and title. Boxes 76-79 contain photocopies collected by Metcalf for his Lawrence research; these photocopies cannot be copied, reproduced or quoted. Also included in Boxes 79-81, are printed material, book reviews, and clippings. 6. Coin & Fine Art, Manuscript & Rare Book Dealers (Boxes 82-86) are arranged alphabetically by individual name or company name; these boxes are restricted to staff use only. Included in these boxes are provenance, price and sale information for many of Metcalf's areas of collecting, including Lawrence, Sir Richard Burton, and to a lesser extent, camellias, fine printing and presses, and travel.
mssTEL 1-1277