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Sallie Ryan diaries
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Samuel Ryan Curtis papers
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Personal correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly his letters to his brother Henry Barnes Curtis (1799-1885), a prominent Ohio lawyer. Included are: a 1828 letter from West Point, discussing the cadet life and national politics (including the presidential elections); letters recounting Curtis' service in the Mexican War (1846, July - 1847, Nov.), his political and professional activities in 1849 and 1857, the Civil War (including the battle of Pea Ridge), and post-war service
mssCU 1-83
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Samuel Ryan Curtis papers : Addenda, (bulk 1860-1890)
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Miscellaneous letters and correspondence of Samuel Ryan Curtis, chiefly letters addressed to him, documenting his political, and military career. The collection includes: letters and newspapers clippings related to 1860 presidential elections and Curtis' own campaign, including the tallies for various Iowa counties; correspondence related to his removal from the Dept. of Missouri in 1863, including a lengthy letter from Jacob Brinkerhoff to his brother Henry B. Curtis, describing his meeting with Abraham Lincoln regarding the case (1863, Nov. 11), and letters to Curtis from his friends and colleagues.
mssHM 66420-66484
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Complaint against William Ryan
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This document outlines the land claim of Forbes Barclay against William Ryan concerning land in Clarke County, Oregon. Ryan leased the land from Barclay but refused to leave after the twelve-month term. In the handwriting of and signed by Kintzing Prichette, Barclay's attorney. Dated 1850, June.
mssHM 16944
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Elizabeth Bowen Papers
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The collection is composed of correspondence and literary manuscripts of Anglo-Irish author Elizabeth Bowen. All the manuscripts and over one hundred letters in the collection were penned by Bowen. The correspondence concerns publishing arrangements for Bowen's works in progress during the years 1944-1946, discussions of her writing and the writing of other authors, and references to her wartime writing for the British Council and other agencies. Correspondents include the British Broadcasting Corporation, Jonathan Cape Ltd., the Cresset Press, Cecil Day Lewis, the Fontaine, the British Council, Great Britain's Control Office for Germany and Austria, Graham Greene, John Hayward, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., John Lehmann, the Listener, Longmans, Green and Company, Ltd., the Opus Press, Victor Sawdon Pritchett, Emile Victor Rieu, Rolfe Arnold Scott-James, and Vogue. Some notable items include: Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole. To Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn (Charteris) Asquith [1934] briefly describing an experience in Fascist Italy. HM 53108. Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole. Letter (1946, July 1) to Harper's Bazaar encloses list of houses and places that inspired her stories. HM 52803. Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole. Letter (1946, Mar. 1) to Frank Rouda analyzing her writing style and commenting on The House in Paris, in response to his request (1946, Feb. 2) for information to be used in his graduate studies. HM 52858 and HM 53060. Day-Lewis, Cecil. 6 pieces (1944-1946) to Elizabeth Bowen, and 5 pieces (1944-1946) from Bowen to Day-Lewis, discussing her writing for Orion. HM 52776-52780 and HM 52920-52925. Great Britain. British Council. 8 pieces (1945-1946) to Elizabeth Bowen and 6 pieces (1945-1946) from Bowen to the British Council about various writing projects relating to the Council's wartime and post-war efforts. HM 52791-52796 and HM 52946-52953. Greene, Graham. 2 pieces (1945-1946) to Elizabeth Bowen and 2 pieces (1944-ca. 1945) from Bowen to Greene concerning literary matters. HM 52801-52802 and HM 52962-52963. Hayward, John. 5 pieces (1945) to Elizabeth Bowen, one mentioning T.S. Eliot and all dealing with a literary project for Cresset Press. HM 52966-52970. Also 4 pieces (1945-1946) to Elizabeth Bowen from Cresset Press and 2 pieces (1946) from Bowen to Cresset Press. HM 52774-52775 and HM 52916-52919. Knopf (Alfred A.) Co. 10 pieces (1944-1946) to Elizabeth Bowen concerning publishing arrangements for The Demon Lover (published in the U.S. as Ivy Gripped the Steps) and 5 pieces (1946) from Bowen to Knopf. HM 52816-52820 and HM 52982-52991. Pritchett, V.S. Letter (1946, June 10) to Elizabeth Bowen about plans for a joint publication: Why Do I Write? An Exchange of Views between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, & V.S. Pritchett (published in 1948). HM 53048. Persons represented by 5 or more pieces consist of: Bowen, Elizabeth Dorothea Cole. 6 literary manuscripts, 134 pieces (1934-1946). HM 52743-52880, HM 53107-53108. British Broadcasting Corp. 12 pieces (1945-1946). HM 52881-52892. Cape (Jonathan) Ltd. 6 pieces (1944-1945). HM 52895-52900. Day-Lewis, Cecil. 6 pieces (1944-1946). HM 52920-52925. Fontaine (periodical). 6 pieces (1944-1946). HM 52934-52939. Great Britain. British Council. 8 pieces (1945-1946). HM 52946-52953. Great Britain. Control Office for Germany and Austria. 5 pieces (1946). HM 52955-52959. Hayward, John. 5 pieces (1945). HM 52966-52970. Knopf (Alfred A.) Inc. 10 pieces (1944-1946). HM 52982-52991. Lehmann, John Frederick. 6 pieces (1945-1946). HM 52993-52998. The Listener (periodical). 6 pieces (1944-1946). HM 53001-53006. Longmans, Green & Co., Ltd. 2 pieces (1945-1946) and 3 documents (1944-1946). HM 53009-53013. The Opus Press. 5 pieces (1945-1946). HM 53030-53034. Pilot Press, Ltd. 5 pieces (1945-1946). HM 53043-53047. Rieu, Emile Victor. 5 pieces (1945-1946). HM 53055-53059. Scott-James, Rolfe Arnold. 6 pieces (1945). HM 53066-53071. Vogue (periodical). 5 pieces (1946). HM 53093-53097.
mssHM 52741-53108
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Elizabeth P. Hincks diary
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Mrs. Hincks commenced her diary on June 12, 1868, upon advice of General E. R. S. Canby's wife who told her that she wished she had kept a diary during her travels as an army wife. The first portion of the diary recaps the events since the Hincks' wedding till June of 1868. The remainder covers the family's trip to New York, Boston, Cambridge, Bangor, and Buckport, Me., Col. Hinck's hometown, in the summer and late fall of 1868. Mrs. Hincks recounted her daily life -- reading, sewing, shopping, paying visits, attending theater and lectures in Boston and New York, (including an exhibit of Frederick Church's Niagara). There are also accounts of a Republican meeting and parade in Bangor that featured her husband along with Daniel Sickles and James Harrison Wilson as guests of honor, public appearances and speaking engagement of Edward W. Hincks who was campaigning for Benjamin F. Butler, and the election day of 1868 in Boston. The last portion of the diary, from the late November on, describe the return to Goldsboro, passing the battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Petersburg, and the life in camp.
mssHM 69808
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J. Yorba letter to Messrs. Ryan & Parsons
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This report from J. Yorba to Messers Ryan & Parsons of Los Angeles described the suitability of the land in the municipality of El Salto, county of Palenquestate in the state of Chiapas for the cultivation of coffee, rubber, cacao and other tropical products. Included in the report is a geographic description of the area with climate, demographics, agricultural products, wages and labor conditions.
mssHM 16375