Manuscripts
Charles Fellows letters to William E. Gladstone, plus satiric verses
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William Ewart Gladstone Collection
Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence and a small number of manuscripts by and about British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, as well as photographs, engravings, prints and ephemera, collected by Professor John A. Schultz (1919-2005). The bulk of the collection is made up of letters by Gladstone, which deal mainly with British politics and business; there is also a small amount of personal letters by various other members of the Gladstone family. Other correspondents represented in the collection include: A.J.B Beresford Hope, Patrick William Campbell, Sir John Cowan, John Nielson Gladstone, Abraham Hayward, Henry and Catherine Holiday, Stafford Henry Northcote (Earl of Iddesleigh), George Cornewall Lewis, Henry William Primrose, Archibald Philip Primrose (Earl of Rosebery), and Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke). The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Box 1) are arranged alphabetically by author and title. This series includes a small number of miscellaneous manuscripts by Gladstone, as well as a few manuscripts about Gladstone by other authors. This series also includes seven printed items (with autograph annotations) and two sets of Captain's Orders for the H.M.S. Tyne, the ship on which Gladstone's brother John Neilson Gladstone served. 2. Correspondence (Boxes 2-14) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes a small number of personal letters by Gladstone but the majority of the letters concern British politics and business. The political letters deal with campaign management, many addressed to Gladstone's Scottish campaign manager, Patrick William Campbell, government policies and appointments, Parliamentary bills and business; other important addressees include: A.J.B. Beresford Hope, George Cornewall Lewis, and Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke. There are also letters regarding Gladstone's writing, scholarly interests, and the running of the Hawarden estate and other properties. This series also includes letters by various other members of the Gladstone family, including Gladstone's father, brothers, wife and children. This series also includes a group of letters written to his brother John Neilson Gladstone, mainly when he was away at sea; as well as a large amount of letters addressed to Henry and Catherine Holiday, by various Gladstone family members. There are also letters by other important authors, including: Sir John Cowan, Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh, Henry William Primrose, and Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery. 3. Photographs, Engravings, Prints (Box 15) are arranged chronologically. All of the photographs, engravings, and prints are of W.E. Gladstone from [ca. 1865]-[ca. 1890]. 4. Ephemera (Box 15) is arranged by subject, then chronologically and alphabetically by author and title. This series includes later reproductions of printed engravings of Gladstone, misc. material concerning Catherine Glynne Gladstone, John Neilson Gladstone, and Catherine and Henry Holiday. Also included are the provenance records retained by John A. Schutz during the acquisition of his collections; please note, these acquisition records include both Gladstone and Henry Cabot Lodge material. 5. Red Gilt Album (Box 16) is a bound volume, by Wallis; it was bound originally for Weetman Pearson, Viscount Cowdray, 1856-1927. The volume was then obtained by Joseph P. Kennedy. Sr., while he was Ambassador to England, to give to his son, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., supposedly to help him develop an interest in English history; the volume remained in the Kennedy family until 1996, when it was sold after the death of Rose Kennedy. The material in the album is arranged in chronological order, beginning with manuscripts and letters by W.E. Gladstone, then followed by letters by various Gladstone family members. The remaining letters are by various authors, mainly addressed to Gladstone, but also include letters with Gladstone as the subject. The other important authors and addressees include: A. (Abraham) Hayward, A.J.B. Beresford Hope, Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, and Samuel Wilberforce.
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Stuart Rogers in his wonderful impersonation of Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone
Visual Materials
Image of a full-length portrait of character actor and reciter Stuart Rogers standing in an office next to a chair in formal dress impersonating the British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone; the poster advertises Rogers's recitation of a part of Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Speech delivered to the House of Commons on June 7, 1886.
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Charles E. Graham letters to William E. Dunn
Manuscripts
Also: letters from Dunn to Graham, 1915 March 26, April 15, July 6, 17, September 8, October 14-19, 1918, March 7, December 17. Subjects: Henry E. Huntington's finances and health.
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Mary Jane Brooks letters to Thomas and Priscilla Marsh
Manuscripts
These manuscripts are a series of letters from Mary Jane Brooks to her sister Priscilla Marsh and brother Thomas Marsh. HM 19790 is dated 1853, December 14 and 15, and lists the current price of goods in San Francisco. Mary Jane Brooks also writes of her family and friends. In the next letter (HM 19791, dated 1854, February 28), Mary Jane Brooks writes further of family and friends. HM 19792, dated 1854, July 14, tells of a fire in San Francisco, but the Brooks home was undamaged. Mary Jane Brooks writes in the next letter (HM 19793, dated 1855, July 28) that her father is not doing well. He has quit working, and "thinks he is not long for this world." HM 19794, the final letter in this sequence, is dated 1856, March 4. Father is still alive, but is ailing, and Mary Jane Brooks urges Priscilla to prepare their mother for his passing. The letters are written from San Francisco, and all are signed "Aaron and Mary Jane Brooks" but letters are in the handwriting of Mary Jane Brooks. With one-page typescript of an additional letter, dated 1856, July 5.
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Charles Mason Hovey letter
Manuscripts
Letter dated July 4, 1882, from Charles M. Hovey, American horticulturalist, cultivator of fruit and ornamental plants. This letter, written from Boston, discusses his variety of strawberry, "Hovey's Seedling," and compares it to another famous variety of strawberry in detail. The clipping is an obituary of Charles Mason Hovey (1887).
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Charles Plummer letters to his family
Manuscripts
These manuscripts are a series of letters written by Charles Plummer to his family. The first four letters (HM 23343-23346) are addressed to his father, Farnham Plummer, with the final letter (HM 23347) written to his sister Elizabeth. The first letter, HM 23343 dated 1849, February 4 - July 7, also contains a table of daily observations taken by Charles during his trip to California from his home state of Massachusetts, via Cape Horn. The chart is divided by latitude and longitude, and includes barometer and thermometer readings for each date. Also included are incidental details such as landmarks sighted, other ships sighted, and Charles' health (eg. "A little unwell. Took medicine"). The letter is dated 1849, June 30 and July 4, and describes the latter part of Charles' voyage and arrival at San Francisco. He writes that the voyage by sea (as a while has been a pleasant and a lucky one." HM 23344, dated 1851, March 14, sees Charles in San Francisco, and in fine health, but concerned about how he might make some money. He describes local gold mines, each being different from the next, and says he will send home some of the "gold burning quartz" he has found. He writes of meeting Chinese and French immigrants, and asks about family back home in Massachusetts. In HM 23345 (1853, March 10), Charles wishes to hear news of home, in his father's hand in particular, for he has had none for a good while. He has made new friends, and has met a few people he knew from home. He closes his letter as follows: "I would like much to see my native town once more, and trust I may ere another frontier shall pass away." HM 23346, dated 1855, January 1, finds Charles asking once more for a letter from home. He wishes everyone a Happy New Year, and says that the day is marked in California much like it is in New York or Massachusetts, and most of the local stores are closed. He is astonished by how much liquor has been consumed in San Francisco for the occasion. Included in HM 23347 (dated 1856, August 4) is a print of the public execution of Hetherington and Brace, "The Murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West, and Marion, July 29th, 1856" outside Fort Vigilance, upon which Charles has made handwritten notes. In the letter, written to his sister Elizabeth, Charles describes being a witness at this execution, which he went to because "business was suspended all about town and I could accomplish nothing." He writes of the fruit industry in San Francisco, and how it differs in operation compared to back home.
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