Manuscripts
Silvanus P. Thompson letters to Henry Currie Marillier
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Henry Yates Thompson letter to George Watson Cole
Manuscripts
Also included with the letter are newspaper clipings about Thompson's collection of manuscripts and a photocopy of title page from: Illustrations of one hundred manuscripts in the library of Henry Yates Thompson, v. 1
mssHM 63170
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Thomas W. Thompson journal
Manuscripts
The diary that Thompson began upon his graduation from Harvard in July 1786 and kept throughout the year. Detailed, candid entries record the busy social life of the young Harvard graduate in Byfield and Franklin. Included are records of frequent trips to Newburyport, Wrentham, Boston, and Providence, R.I. The latter accompanied by a sketch of Brown University. In his diary Thompson recaps sermons and public lectures by Nathanael Emmons, David Sanford, Samuel Spring, and others, including Noah Webster's lectures on the English language and education; a "Lafayette evening," and other social and political events. The journal contains lively records of his encounters and conversations with Theophilus Bradbury, Theophilus Parsons, Nathanael Emmons, Samuel Spring, and other notables; many entries contain snippets of dialogue such as lively exchange on the "the manners of Virginians" including George Washington. The diary also reflects Thompson's thoughts on his reading and studies, his religious views, reflections on the nature of religion, Deism, and "natural philosophy," political opinions, and his considerable anxiety about his future.
mssHM 39721
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John Hinsdale Thompson collection of James Joyce materials
Manuscripts
The collection contains original James Joyce material with additional material concerning James Joyce scholarship and John Hinsdale Thompson's collecting of the James Joyce material. The first series of the collection contains 73 original items (1901-1938, mssHM 41118-41190), either written by or about James Joyce and include: Joyce's translation of Gerhart Hauptmann's Before sunrise; a corrected typescript of a portion of Penelope; and various poems. Also included are autograph letters by Joyce to various recipients, and the correspondence of Donald S. Friede concerning his publication and the copyright of Joyce's Work in progress. The second series includes 169 items of supporting material (1939-1973) which consists chiefly of correspondence between John Hinsdale Thompson, booksellers, and other Joyce scholars; the majority of these letters are addressed to Thompson. Also contains manuscripts, printer's material, printed material, and ephemera concerning Joyce scholarship.
mssThompsonj
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Notebook kept by Dunstan Thompson
Manuscripts
The notebook contains Dunstan Thompson's research notes, drafts of his poems, and a draft letter to Harry Brown; the notebook also contains autograph notes by Philip Trower.
mssHM 80249
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Francis Thompson letters to Timothy Wolcott
Manuscripts
In the first of these two letters, Thompson informs Wolcott that he has arrived in Maine. The second is concerned with business and financial affairs, and Thompson writes "I think that my troubles are about over. And I doubt not but what you are as glad as my self." HM 19000 is dated 1857 (signed "Frank Thompson), July 18, and HM 19001 was written 1858, December 16.
mssHM 19000-19001