Manuscripts

Fanny Kemble Papers

Description

The collection consists of manuscript poems, documents, and correspondence by and related to English actor and author Fanny Kemble. Correspondents include: Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Charles John Kean, John Mitchell Kemble, John Poole, Adelaide Kemble Sartoris, and Charles Mayne Young.

Manuscript include:

Kemble, Frances Anne - poems: Autumn - written after a ride by the Schuylkill (HM 45058) "Silence - instead of thy sweet song my Bird" (HM 45059) Lines Written by the Sea Side (HM 45060) Morning by the Sea (HM 45060) To Shakespeare (HM 45060) Written at Trenton (last ten lines only, HM 45061)

Documents include:

Kemble, Frances Anne: Ticket of admission for Readings from Shakespeare for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, [1849] (HM 45062)

Correspondence (notable persons and those represented by 3 or more pieces):

Coutts, Angela Georgina (Baroness Burdett-Coutts): 3 pieces, 1858-1872, to Mary Harness; 1 piece, 1867, Mar. 26, to William Harness Kean, Charles John: 3 pieces, 1842-1857, to William Harness Kean, Ellen (Tree): 1 piece, 1866, June 5, to William Harness Kean, Mary (Chambers): 1 piece, 1840, Dec. 9, to Mary Harness Kemble, Frances Anne 6 pieces, 1858-before 1893, to [Unidentified] 1 piece, 1858, Dec. 25, to Bellows 2 pieces, 1869-1877, to Ellen M. Camac 1 piece, 1884, Mar. 3, to Frances Power Cobbe 1 piece, 1853, July 28, to Anna (Shaw) Curtis 3 pieces, 1857-1858, to George William Curtis 15 pieces, 1877-1889, to Blanche Donne 2 pieces, 1877, to Valentia Donne 2 pieces, 1858-1862, to William Bodham Donne 1 piece, 1853, Dec. 25, to Mrs. Filsbee 1 piece, 1844, Apr. 27, to James H. Hackett 5 pieces, 1841-1879, to Mary Harness 25 pieces, 1863-1892, to Polly Hogge 1 piece, 1876, June 20, to William Dean Howells 1 piece, 1865, to Miss Mitchell 1 piece, 1869, to T. B. Pugh 4 pieces, 1862, to Dora Sedgwick 1 piece, 1849, Feb. 8, to George H. Whitney Kemble, Harry: 1 piece, 1859, Jan. 31, to Mary Harness Kemble, John Mitchell: 1 piece, 1840, to William Harness Poole, John: 1 piece, 1856, Apr. 18, to William Harness Sartoris, Adelaide (Kemble): 3 pieces, 1873->1879, to Mary Harness Sartoris, Edward John: 2 pieces, 1873->1879, to Mary Harness Young, Charles Mayne: 1 piece, 1824, Dec. 23, to Charles Kemble

Type

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Date

1824-1892

Call number

mssHM 45049-45144

Creator

Kemble, Fanny (1809-1893)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased from Doris E. Harris, 3/14/1966.

Acquired from Mrs. Fraser Bonnell, 11/8/1976.

Associated people

Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, (1814-1906.)

Kean, Charles John, (1811?-1868.)

Kemble, John M. (1807-1857.)

Poole, John, (1786?-1872.)

Kemble, Adelaide. (1777-1856.)

Young, Charles Mayne,

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mssHM 45049-45144

Manuscripts

The collection consists of manuscript poems, documents, and correspondence by and related to Fanny Kemble. Correspondents include: Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, Charles John Kean, John Mitchell Kemble, John Poole, Adelaide Kemble Sartoris, and Charles Mayne Young.

mssHM 45049-45144

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Fanny Kemble letter to [Mr. Heath?]

Manuscripts

mssHM 63349

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Milton Frank Kemble Papers

Manuscripts

The bulk of the collection consists of the diaries, account books, weather diaries, and notebooks of Milton Frank Kemble (1829-1888). Of particular interest is the diary Kemble wrote while traveling by train from Iowa to California in 1873. The rest of the collection is of materials from other members of the Kemble family.

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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).

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Dane Family Papers

Manuscripts

This collection contains the papers of the Dane family who settled in California during the Gold Rush period. The bulk of the papers consist primarily of personal correspondence written by and to members of the Dane family. Many of the letters discuss family matters, and the largest group of letters were written by Ada Nutting Baker, the sister of Lois Nutting Dane, in Decatur, Michigan. There are also letters (1863-64) by James W. Nutting which discuss the Civil War. The collection also includes business papers, as well as notes and source material used by George Ezra Dane in editing A Sojourn with Royalty and Other Sketches by "Old Block" (San Francisco: G. Fields, 1936). Some notable items include: Champney, Jessie. Letter to Beatrice J. Dane ref erring to experiences of A. D. Champney with Pres. James K. Polk. December 12, 1935. Dane, R. M.Letter concerning his opinion of President Lincoln. March 30, 1861. Nutting, James W. Letters to members of his family written during the Civil War period. May 15, 1861 to November 1, 1864. List of Correspondents Adams, A. (1 pieces), 1889 Adams, Alden (1 piece), 1866 Backus, Mrs. E. (1 piece), 1884 Baker, Ada (Nutting) (414 pieces), 1854-1902 Baker, Charles T. (4 pieces), 1858-1887 Bardwell, J. L. (1 piece), 1893 Barmenter, Ann R. (1 piece), 1856 Barnum, Mary (1 piece), 1897 Bartle, W. T. (1 piece), 1893 Bell, James (15 pieces), 1893-1896 Bell, Lucy (Nutting) (21 pieces), 1859-1894 Berger, Dollie (2 pieces), 1890-1891 Berlin, Joseph F. (3 pieces), 1894-1901 Beushoff, Claudine (Stevens) (2 pieces), 1895 Bidwell, Jennie H. (2 pieces), 1881-1900 Blackface, Josephine H. (1 piece), 1896 Brodrick, H. M. (1 piece), 1897 Burke, Nell (Nutting) (22 pieces), 1859-1883 Chadwick, Marie (1 piece), 1898 Champney, Jessie (11 pieces), 1876-1935 Champney, Mary E. (2 pieces), 1890-1891 Champney, Ruth E. (11 pieces), 1885-1889 Crook, Enola L. (1 piece), 1869 Dane, Alice Bell (3 pieces), 1880-1881 Dane, Ezra (10 pieces), 1872-1884 Dane, George (1 piece), 1854 Dane, James Rufus (16 pieces), 1884-1885 Dane, Lois (Nutting) (26 pieces), 1864-1884 Dane, Lucius Nutting (17 pieces), 1883-1885 Dane, Lucy A. (1 piece), 1866 Dane, Myron Ben (4 pieces), 1860-1870 Dane, R. M. [Roxanne, wife of Rufus Dane] (4 pieces), 1861-1896 Dane, Rufus (3 pieces), 1861-1876 Dawson, Lucy (2 pieces), 1882-1883 Day, Marion W. (1 piece), 1893 Dibble, Bessie (2 pieces), 1898-1899 Dodge (2 pieces), 1866 Dryer, W. H. (1 piece), 1884 Eastman, E. P. (1 piece), 1864 Elsbree, Susie (1 piece), 1898 Field, Anna M. (2 pieces), 1869-1870 Field, Mrs. Ralph A. (1 piece), 1880 Fitts, Carrie L. (1 piece), 1873 Frary?, F. (1 piece), 1859 Grantz, Mary J. N. (3 pieces), 1898-1900 Graves, Lille (2 pieces), 1898-1933 Graves, Lizzie A. (1 piece), 1901 Harmon, F. W. (1 piece), 1863 Harmon, MRs. F. W. (2 pieces), 1882 Holton, Cornelia (15 pieces), 1876-1891 Holton, Elcy C. (3 pieces), 1890-1896 Holton, George M. (9 pieces), 1883-1899 Howard, M. Louise (1 piece), Hubbard, Lou (1 piece), 1894 Hutchins, George Edward (1 piece), 1894 Inch, Carrie E. (1 piece), Ingraham, Irving E. (1 piece), 1899 Jane, C. D. (1 piece), 1888 Jefferds, Bessie A. (1 piece), 1896 Jodon, Robert and Anna (1 piece), 1901 Johnson, Julia E. (1 piece), 1901 Johnson, L. A. (1 piece), 1880 Kennan, ? Jean McCormick (1 piece), Keyes, Julia M. (1 piece), 1877 Kingsley, Etta L. (9 pieces), 1866-1875 Kirkwood, Anna (Dane) (68 pieces), 1876-1934 Lawton, J. L. (1 piece), 1896 Loomis (1 piece), Ludovici, Julius (1 piece), 1900 McGilvray, Dotte (2 pieces), 1899 Maclean, Dollie (1 piece), 1886 Mapes, Fanny? (2 pieces), 1889 Marriner, Maude M. (1 piece), 1890 Mayberry, Emily G. (1 piece), Meeker, Anna L. (1 piece), 1894 Morgan, Lulu V. (1 piece), 1897 Morgan, Rose E. (1 piece), Moss, Olivia H. (2 pieces), 1886 Moss, Ora (3 pieces), 1886-1893 Nutting, Carrie L. (2 pieces), 1887-1896 Nutting E. F. (2 pieces), 1881-1894 Nutting, Eliza B. (2 pieces), 1872-1873 Nutting F. A. (1 piece), 1898 Nutting, James W. (17 pieces), 1856-1874 Nutting, Nell (Warner)? (4 pieces), 1871-1872 Nutting, Lucius (1 piece), 1863 Overacker, H. (1 piece), 1880 Phelps, D. S. (2 pieces), 1887-1888 Preston, Lizzie M. (1 piece), 1873 Rawson, Cynthia (Nutting) (5 pieces), 1858-1876 Rust, Carrie Stuart (4 pieces), 1855-1856 Rust, Edawrd P. (1 piece), 1880 Rust, Mollie E. (1 piece), 1889 Sawyer, Harriet A. (6 pieces), 1896-1901 Sawyer, Harriet P. (3 pieces), 1899-1901 Seliax?, Ella C. (1 piece), 1898 Sewell, Eldora (3 pieces), 1895 Slocum, Fannie B. (1 piece), 1895 Slocum, Ida B. (3 pieces), 1876-1893 Stickney, Carrie F. (2 pieces), 1864-1870 Washington College (Alameda County, California) Principal (2 pieces), 1878-1880 Webb, Mida F. (1 piece), 1900 Wickson, E. J. (1 piece), 1884 Winter, Maude J. (3 pieces), 1895-1896 Miscellaneous items include: Envelopes. 102 pieces. (In Box 15) E Clampus Vitus. Certificate of membership of Henry E. Huntington Library. 1937 January 27. (Box 17) Journal (1854-1857). (Diary of a lawyer in Sacramento and San Francisco who was interested in politics, church services, and temperance.) (Box 17) Materials in Box 16: Dane, Ezra. Narrative of Journey Across the Plains to Calif., 1849-1852. August 8, 1919 Dane, Ezra. Indenture for part of San Pasqual Rancho. 1889 February 12. Dane, George Ezra. Letters, notes, photostats, clippings etc. used in preparation of "Sojourn with Royalty" and. "Sketches of Old Block." About 65 pieces. Dane, George Ezra. Notes for dissertation on E Clampus Vitus. Dane, George Ezra. Letters, notes and photostats assembled by G.E. Dane and used in editing Mark Twain's Letters from the Sandwich Islands. Delano, Alonzo. Last will and testament. 1874 January 13. (photostat). E Clampus Vitus. Constitution, rules, roll of members etc., and clippings. E Clampus Vitus. Papers of E Clampus Vitus, Le Broke Lodge No. 107, 303. 1886-1894. 4 pieces. Meek, William Bull. Reminiscences of Camptonville, Calif (Book 3) Business letters and telegraa1s. 1875-1897. 17 pieces. Bills and receipts. 1875-1897. 32 pieces. Poems, clippings, etc. About 19 pieces. Unsigned and unidentified letters. 31 pieces.

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Noble Family Papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of correspondence, records, and other manuscripts and ephemera pertaining to the Noble family. It includes one letter from 1862; the rest of the pieces range in date from 1897 to 1969. The 30 World War II letters of Lester J. Noble, a Yeoman in the U. S. Navy, to his parents are by far the largest block of letters written by one person within a short period, and are perhaps the most significant in the collection. They discuss naval life and training during the war, life aboard ship and in the Philippines, where Lester was stationed just before and following V-J Day, as well as in his stations at Farragut, Idaho, and Port Hueneme, California. In addition, the letters provide insight into the family relationships of sailors during the Second World War. Lester's relationship with his wife, Ruth, is particularly interesting, and the letters often mention the roles of naval wives, many of whom followed their husbands from post to post until the men were sent overseas. One of Lester's post-war letters offers his thoughts on how common post-war divorces were among returning soldiers and sailors and their spouses. The other items in the collection, dating from 1897 to 1969, deal mostly with the aging of Royal H. Noble and Florence Mary Johnson Noble, including their 60th wedding anniversary party. The documents cover many aspects of the Nobles' lives in Montana and California, including ranch and agricultural business, frontier and pioneer life and history, and the Masons and Oddfellows. One letter from Gregg Noble describes some of his experiences as a member of a U.S. Army band during the Vietnam War. Four other pieces are of particular note: an 1897 diary of a trip through Yellowstone, written by Jesse Earle for Florence Noble, who went with him on the trip; Florence Noble's autograph album; notes (presumably by Florence) on a trip to Washington State to visit the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909; and a diary and account book kept by Roy and Florence Noble in the early 20th century. The collection also includes numerous poems, songs, jokes, and notes, as well as a radio transcript and a script for a play. The ephemera include 100 postcards, 72 photographs, approximately 70 newspaper articles, photocopies of the articles, 2 envelopes, 2 greeting cards, 5 invitations, 11 remembrance cards, 11 pieces of printed matter, and 2 other pieces of ephemera. Many of the postcards portray sights along Highway 101 (in California) mid-20th-century. The newspaper articles include obituaries and wedding announcements pertaining to the family, as well as numerous articles on Montana history, and add significantly to the collection. Author index: Adams, Beulah B. (1 piece) Barnhart, John R. (1 piece) Bystrom, Grace. (1 piece) Bystrom, Walter. (1 piece) Carter, Ethel Noble. (11 pieces) Carter, George W. (2 pieces) Carter, Janis. (2 pieces) Coulam, Henry, fl. 1925. (1 piece) Earle, Jesse, b. 1873. (1 piece) Elkins, Darla. (1 piece) Fuller, Doris. (1 piece) Grant, Connie. (1 piece) Hauk, Robert. (1 piece) Johnson, Anna M. Earle, 1847-1930. (1 piece) Johnson, Earle. (1 piece) Johnson, Hattie. (1 piece) Johnson, Reuben A., 1845-1907. (1 piece) Kettenhofen, May K. (1 piece) Klem, John J. (1 piece) Lipscomb, Glenard P. (1 piece) Moran, Arthur Patrick, 1868-1964. (1 piece) Noble, C. Earle. (3 pieces) Noble, Effie. (1 piece) Noble, Evelyn M. Smith. (1 piece) Noble, Florence Mary Johnson, 1882-circa 1969. (3 pieces) Noble, Gregg Earl. (1 piece) Noble, Iris. (1 piece) Noble, Lester J. (34 pieces) Noble, Lloyd H. (4 pieces) Noble, Rachael, fl. 1909. (2 pieces) Noble, Roy H. (Royal H.), 1878-1971. (3 pieces) Noble, Ruth. (2 pieces) Noble, Ruth Ann. (1 piece) Paquette, Donna Lee Simons. (2 pieces) Paquette, Frank. (2 pieces) Shafer, Alice,fl. 1914. (1 piece) Simons, Claude W. (1 piece) Simons, Gladys Noble, b. circa 1907. (3 pieces) Williams, Mamie. (1 piece)

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