Manuscripts
James Clyman papers
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James Clyman papers
Manuscripts
The collection contains nine diary volumes (mssHM 3900, 1844 May 14-1846 July 21), a book of verse (mssHM 3901, 1878-1881), and correspondence, receipts, documents, invoices, notes, accounts, and manuscripts (mssHM 3902-3951, 1827-1845).
mssHM 3900-3951
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James D. Hague papers
Manuscripts
The James D. Hague papers consist of correspondence, 46 letter books, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, field books, documents, photographs, maps and drawings. Subject matter includes the family and business affairs of James D. Hague and mining, including the South Sea Expedition of 1858 to 1861, the Calumet and Hecla copper mines in Michigan from 1863 to 1914, and other mining companies in the Western U.S. and in Mexico. Also included in the collection are a few drawings and letters of Mary Hallock Foote; materials related to James D. Hague's father, Rev. William Hague (1808-1887); and Prince Heinrich of Prussia's visit to the United States in 1902. Persons represented in the collection include: Henry Adams, Ellsworth Daggett, William Earl Dodge, Samuel Franklin Emmons, Stuyvesant Fish, James T. Gardiner, James Ben Ali Haggin, Arnold Hague, Edward Everett Hale, Edward Henry Harriman, Henry Holt, Edwin J. Hulbert, Henry Janin, Louis Janin, John La Farge, Raphael Pumpelly, George Haven Putnam, Rossiter W. Raymond, Edmund Clarence Stedman, John Tyndall, Henry Villard, and Stanford White. Mining companies represented in the collection include the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company, the New Almaden Mining Company, and the North Star Mines Company.
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Teleautograph papers, James D. Hague business papers
Manuscripts
The James D. Hague papers consist of correspondence, 46 letter books, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, field books, documents, photographs, maps and drawings. Subject matter includes the family and business affairs of James D. Hague and mining, including the South Sea Expedition of 1858 to 1861, the Calumet and Hecla copper mines in Michigan from 1863 to 1914, and other mining companies in the Western U.S. and in Mexico. Also included in the collection are a few drawings and letters of Mary Hallock Foote; materials related to James D. Hague's father, Rev. William Hague (1808-1887); and Prince Heinrich of Prussia's visit to the United States in 1902. Persons represented in the collection include: Henry Adams, Ellsworth Daggett, William Earl Dodge, Samuel Franklin Emmons, Stuyvesant Fish, James T. Gardiner, James Ben Ali Haggin, Arnold Hague, Edward Everett Hale, Edward Henry Harriman, Henry Holt, Edwin J. Hulbert, Henry Janin, Louis Janin, John La Farge, Raphael Pumpelly, George Haven Putnam, Rossiter W. Raymond, Edmund Clarence Stedman, John Tyndall, Henry Villard, and Stanford White. Mining companies represented in the collection include the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company, the New Almaden Mining Company, and the North Star Mines Company.
mssHague
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Goff-Williams papers
Manuscripts
The letters from Robert H. Williams to his parents and fiancée Elizabeth Goff contain detailed accounts of duty at Muddy Branch, Maryland; military operations at Berryville Pike, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and expeditions to Danville and Petersburg, Virginia; camp life, promotions; discussion of war politics and commanding officers, especially Philip Henry Sheridan and William Tecumseh Sherman; and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The collection also contains a letter to Robert H. Williams from his father regarding the Pike's Peak gold rush, a letter to him from Elizabeth Goff, and a letter from his brother Richard describing Tennessee at the end of the war. James M. Goff's letters to his father and younger brother Oscar in Delavan, Wisconsin describe camp life, the march from Kentucky to Tennessee, and life in Libby prison. There is also one photograph album, loose photographs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings.
mssHM 28864-28884
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James D. Hague business papers
Manuscripts
The James D. Hague papers consist of correspondence, 46 letter books, manuscripts, diaries, notebooks, field books, documents, photographs, maps and drawings. Subject matter includes the family and business affairs of James D. Hague and mining, including the South Sea Expedition of 1858 to 1861, the Calumet and Hecla copper mines in Michigan from 1863 to 1914, and other mining companies in the Western U.S. and in Mexico. Also included in the collection are a few drawings and letters of Mary Hallock Foote; materials related to James D. Hague's father, Rev. William Hague (1808-1887); and Prince Heinrich of Prussia's visit to the United States in 1902. Persons represented in the collection include: Henry Adams, Ellsworth Daggett, William Earl Dodge, Samuel Franklin Emmons, Stuyvesant Fish, James T. Gardiner, James Ben Ali Haggin, Arnold Hague, Edward Everett Hale, Edward Henry Harriman, Henry Holt, Edwin J. Hulbert, Henry Janin, Louis Janin, John La Farge, Raphael Pumpelly, George Haven Putnam, Rossiter W. Raymond, Edmund Clarence Stedman, John Tyndall, Henry Villard, and Stanford White. Mining companies represented in the collection include the Calumet and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company, the New Almaden Mining Company, and the North Star Mines Company.
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James Alvin Bell papers addenda
Manuscripts
This small collection contains 14 letters between James Alvin Bell and Augusta Anna Hallock Elliott and two notes by Bell. Most of the correspondence is personal in nature and Augusta Elliott talks about her teaching job and personal activities. The correspondence does have brief mentions of the Civil War, and in one letter by James Bell, dated 1862 November 28, written from Belle Plains, Virginia, he goes into more detail about his life as a soldier, and talks about General George B. McClellan, General Ambrose Burnside, and President Abraham Lincoln. Many of Augusta Elliott’s letters have poems and watercolors in them. Also included are tintypes of James Alvin Bell and Augusta Anna Hallock Elliott, a letter by Elliott to "Mr. Cooper," a comb, and empty addressed envelopes.
mssHM 82523-82540