Manuscripts

Theodore Van Soelen letters

Description: The collection consists of 180 letters from 1950 to 1963, from more than eighty persons to Theodore Van Soelen. The letters are from artists, writers, and prominent men in public life; the subject matter focuses on art, New Mexico government, and politics. Correspondents include: Paul Horgan, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Paul Manship, Edwin L. Mechem, Nicholas Roosevelt, Paul Sample, Allan Shivers, John F. Simms, Edward Streeter, Robert Lewis Taylor, and Paul Dudley White.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1950-1963
Call number: mssHM 36435-36614
Creator: Van Soelen, Theodore (1890-1964)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Theodore Van Soelen, September 1963.
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Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Horgan, Paul, (1903-1995.); Hurd, Peter, (1904-1984.); Lea, Tom, (1907-2001.); Manship, Paul, (1885-1966.); Mechem, E. L. (1912-2002.); Roosevelt, Nicholas, (1893-1982.); Sample, Paul, (1896-1974.); Shivers, Allan, (1907-1985.); Simms, John F. (1891-1976.); Streeter, Edward, (1886-1973.); Taylor, Robert Lewis.; White, Paul Dudley,
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1957-1963

Manuscripts

The collection consists of 180 letters from 1950 to 1963, from more than eighty persons to Theodore Van Soelen. The letters are from artists, writers, and prominent men in public life; the subject matter focuses on art, New Mexico government, and politics. Correspondents include: Paul Horgan, Peter Hurd, Tom Lea, Paul Manship, Edwin L. Mechem, Nicholas Roosevelt, Paul Sample, Allan Shivers, John F. Simms, Edward Streeter, Robert Lewis Taylor, and Paul Dudley White.

mssHM 36435-36614

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1950-1956

Manuscripts

mssHM 36435-36614

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Theodore Barrell commonplace book

Manuscripts

Commonplace book that Theodore Barrell put together between 1804 and 1846. The bulk of the manuscript is written in the same hand, most likely Theodore Barrell. Included are copies of letters (1775-1778) addressed to Colburn Barrell; devotional prose and poetry (1780-1781) including those by Dr. George Newbern Barrell; miscellaneous writings of Robert Sandeman; a plan of the Paul Alley Sandemanian church in the Barbican in London; and copies of letters (1780-1783) by Walter Newbern Barrell. The poetry and prose provide an insight into the devotional culture of the Sandemanian churches in New England and in Britain, especially in London and Perthshire, Scotland. The letters cover the events in Boston and Halifax during the American Revolution from a loyalist perspective. Walter Newbern Barrell's correspondence relates news from London, including those of the Gordon riots and their immediate aftermath.

mssHM 83496

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Peter Hurd letters to Mrs. June S. Lewis

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The letters discuss various arrangements for the selection and purchase of a painting by Hurd as well as how Hurd worked in the course of a year

mssHM 56922-56926

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Theodore Roosevelt correspondence with William M. Van der Weyde concerning Thomas Paine

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Volume contains correspondence between Theodore Roosevelt and William M. Van der Weyde regarding Roosevelt's reference to Thomas Paine as a "filthy little atheist" in his publication Gouverneur Morris (1888). Roosevelt alleged his description of Paine was partly based on a quote from statesman Gouverneur Morris's journal. The letters discuss the origin of the Morris quote and histories of Paine by authors Jared Sparks and Moncure Daniel Conway. Roosevelt expounds upon the definitions of "atheist" and "deist" in several letters. The final Roosevelt letter is sent by his secretary on his behalf (1918 September 4, mssHM 6026). Roosevelt's letters to Van der Weyde are all signed typescripts; most contain autograph edits. In addition, the volume contains typescript and facsimile copies of a letter from Roosevelt to "Mr. Hartmann," 1917 October 23 (FAC 50). Van der Weyde's letters are typescript signed copies. An introduction to the correspondence by Van der Weyde and images of Paine, Morris, Roosevelt, Van der Weyde, and others are also present in the volume. Two images are original photographs of Roosevelt, one a portrait and the other at his desk, taken by Van der Weyde and signed by him (undated). Items were bound together by Van Der Weyde for preservation purposes; title on binding is "Roosevelt - Van der Weyde Correspondnce concerning Thomas Paine." Volume contains five Theodore Roosevelt typescript letters signed dated: 1918 April 4 (mssHM 6015), 1918 April 19 (mssHM 6016), 1918 July 1 (mssHM 6019), 1918 July 9 (mssHM 6021), and 1918 August 21 (mssHM 6024).

mssHM 6014-6026

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Theodore Johnson letter to "Dear Sir,"

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Johnson requests the carte de visite of the unnamed recipient and his fellow office workers, and describes an intended office Photograph Album. He also describes the schooner Sacramento and asks after mutual acquaintances.

mssHM 72268

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