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We three: Henry, Eddie, and me

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Description: Self-published family memoir and history compiled by Harriet Williams Myers in 1945. Focuses on biographies of Myers and her brothers Henry Smith Williams and Edward Huntington Williams, including anecdotes about their childhoods and a compilation of their later accomplishments. Includes the text of an articles on birds by Henry Williams, the text of various songs and poems meaningful to the family, and the text of obituaries for Henry and Edward Williams. Also includes several printed illustrations, some original photographs of members of the Williams family, and a letter from the author explaining her reasons for writing the book, dated January 1945.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1945, July.
Call number: mssHM 75361
Creator: Myers, Harriet Williams

We three: Henry, Eddie and Me

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Henry Williams letter to Edward Gould

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Henry Williams writes that he has given up the idea of going to Oregon, and is thinking of settling at a farm outside San Francisco.

mssHM 31529

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Henry Edward Williams letters, (bulk 1862-1864)

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Letters of Henry Edward Williams of the 34th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment from Virginia and West Virginia to his family. In his letters, Williams discusses military operations including the raid on Harrisburg in December 1863, skirmishes outside of Charleston, South Carolina, and encounters with guerrillas. He also mentions his time in Libby Prison and military hospitals, Confederate deserters and prisoners, as well as fugitive slaves. In a letter dated 1864 August 28, Williams expressed his unhappiness about having shared a hospital room with wounded African American soldiers. Also included is a 1914 letter setting up a foundation to benefit the estate of Colonel George D. Wells, one of the commanders of Williams' regiment who died in 1864 after being wounded in battle, other regiment information, and biographies and obituaries of Williams.

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Christ-Grecian

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The collection contains poems written by John Myers O'Hara, as well as two letters from O'Hara to Leslie E. Bliss, Head Librarian of the Huntington Library. The letters, dated 1940 and 1942, concern O'Hara's poems.

mssHM 44944-44956

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Greek-Xochicuicatl, and letters

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mssHM 44944-44956

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John Myers O'Hara papers

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mssHM 44944-44956

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