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Allan Nevins paper written on Collis P. Huntington with his notes and clippings

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    Allan Nevins papers

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    Research papers and correspondence of Allan Nevins, chiefly those pertaining to his work at the Huntington Library. Included are research papers on the Civil War, drafts to the third and fourth volumes of the Ordeal of the Union, lectures, and shorthand books kept by his secretary at the Huntington, Lillian K. Bean. The correspondence deals chiefly with the publication of the last two volumes in the Ordeal of the Union and was conducted by Lillian Bean. Also included is correspondence between Allan Nevins and his wife Mary, and Lillian Bean. Significant correspondents represented in this collection are: James Truslow Adams; John Edwin Bakeless; Grayson Louis Kirk; Alfred A. Knopf; Archibald MacLeish; Fred Delbert Schwengel; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Charles Scribner's Sons; Adlai Ewing Stevenson; Irving Stone; and Arnold Toynbee.

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    Allan Nevins correspondence

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    Letters addressed to Allan Nevins during the period between 1934 and 1955, while he was the DeWitt Clinton Chair in American History at Columbia University.

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    Joseph Allan Nevins diary of a trip from Illinois to California

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    This manuscript is Nevins' account of his journey from Illinois to California via the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, and then by steamboat through the Panama Canal to New York. Much of it is description of the countryside, towns, and inhabitants he visits en route. He arrived in San Diego, CA, on February 21, 1874, and prospected for three weeks without success, then boarded the boat. Upon reaching Panama, there was a delay, as the ship Nevins was to take was being repaired; he writes "The waiting here is very irksome. I fear the folks at home will be anxious about us." Dated January 10 through April 1. Also included is 15-page typescript of the original.

    mssHM 26339

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    Nevins to others: A-Z

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    Research papers and correspondence of Allan Nevins, chiefly those pertaining to his work at the Huntington Library. Included are research papers on the Civil War, drafts to the third and fourth volumes of the Ordeal of the Union, lectures, and shorthand books kept by his secretary at the Huntington, Lillian K. Bean. The correspondence deals chiefly with the publication of the last two volumes in the Ordeal of the Union and was conducted by Lillian Bean. Also included is correspondence between Allan Nevins and his wife Mary, and Lillian Bean. Significant correspondents represented in this collection are: James Truslow Adams; John Edwin Bakeless; Grayson Louis Kirk; Alfred A. Knopf; Archibald MacLeish; Fred Delbert Schwengel; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Charles Scribner's Sons; Adlai Ewing Stevenson; Irving Stone; and Arnold Toynbee.

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    Addressed to Nevins: A-M

    Manuscripts

    Research papers and correspondence of Allan Nevins, chiefly those pertaining to his work at the Huntington Library. Included are research papers on the Civil War, drafts to the third and fourth volumes of the Ordeal of the Union, lectures, and shorthand books kept by his secretary at the Huntington, Lillian K. Bean. The correspondence deals chiefly with the publication of the last two volumes in the Ordeal of the Union and was conducted by Lillian Bean. Also included is correspondence between Allan Nevins and his wife Mary, and Lillian Bean. Significant correspondents represented in this collection are: James Truslow Adams; John Edwin Bakeless; Grayson Louis Kirk; Alfred A. Knopf; Archibald MacLeish; Fred Delbert Schwengel; Eunice Kennedy Shriver; Charles Scribner's Sons; Adlai Ewing Stevenson; Irving Stone; and Arnold Toynbee.

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    Reminiscences of Professor Allan Nevins at the Henry E. Huntington Library

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    A photocopy of a corrected typewritten manuscript. It is a memoir of Allan Nevins' time at the Huntington Library and was written by John Steadman, Nevins' contemporary during his years at the Huntington. The memoir includes trips to Mexico, and various places in California, including Death Valley and Idyllwild. He includes many humorous Huntington Library stories about witty lunches, walks on the grounds, and playing lawn-bowling. Notable people mentioned in the memoir include, among others: Robert O. Dugan, John F. Kennedy, Mary Elizabeth Massey, Cholmondeley M. Nelson, John E. Pomfret, and A. L. Rouse.

    mssHM 84055