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Volumes and Documents (Approx. 1575-1822)


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    Volumes, Documents, Manuscripts and Correspondence (1843-1931)

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of two boxes. Box 1: Volumes and Documents, approx. 1575-1822, HM 83505-83510; significant authors include Thomas Day, Francesco Dolce, Colin Mackenzie, and Giovam Batista Muzio. Box 2: Volumes, Documents, Manuscripts and Correspondence, 1843-1931, HM 83511-83529; significant authors and correspondents include John W. Ballantyne, Samuel W. Butler, Robert P. Harris, Richard H. Horne, William T. Howard, Madame Viviane Jeannin, William G. MacCallum, Edward E. Mackenzie, James W. Mandigo, Richard Owen, Francis R. Packard, George C. Peachey, William S. Playfair, J. Whitridge Williams, and Leroy M. Yale.

    mssHM 83505-83529

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    Longo Manuscripts Collection

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of two boxes. Box 1: Volumes and Documents, approx. 1575-1822, HM 83505-83510 ; Box 2: Volumes, Documents, Manuscripts and Correspondence, 1843-1931, HM 83511-83529. The material deals with the history of medicine, midwifery, gynecology, obstetrics and childbirth; this collection forms part of the Lawrence D. Longo and Betty Jeanne Longo Collection in Reproductive Biology.

    mssHM 83505-83529

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    Correspondence, documents, gamekeeper's notebook, and ephemera (1871-1929)

    Manuscripts

    The material in the addenda consists of: Box 1 - Correspondence, documents, gamekeeper's notebook, and ephemera (1871-1929), HM 82950-82968 ; Box 2 - Photographs of John Land, various estates and workers (1890-1928), HM 82969-82978 ; Box 3 - Oversize photographs of the comte de Paris, various family members, and Stowe House (1890-1900), HM 82979-82986.

    mssHM 82950-82986

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    Correspondence and Documents -- 1866-1959. HM 73612-73655

    Manuscripts

    It is possible this Miscellany collection was assembled by Schutz as part of his own research as an historian, as well as the letters and documents collected as autographs for his interest as a collector; the material covers a wide range of years, authors and subjects: Ephemera, Correspondence and Documents are arranged chronologically in Box 1: 1693-1865, and Box 2: 1866-1959. The material includes one piece of printed Ephemera (1693); the early American manuscript material includes correspondence and documents by William Burnet, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Pownall, and William Shirley. The 19th century material includes correspondence and documents related to, among others, the American and British politicians and historians, George Bancroft, John Bright, Richard Cobden, John Davis, Charles William Eliot, Henry Hallam, Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), Robert Cecil (Marquess of Salisbury), and Robert Winthrop. The 20th century material includes correspondence by Charles Edward Chapman, Joseph Hodges Choate, Max Farrand, Hiram Johnson, Louis Knott Koontz, Robert Andrews Millikan, Frederic Lgan Paxson, and Frederick jackson Turner.

    mssHM 73570-73655

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    Ephemera, Correspondence and Documents -- 1693-1865. HM 73570-73611

    Manuscripts

    It is possible this Miscellany collection was assembled by Schutz as part of his own research as an historian, as well as the letters and documents collected as autographs for his interest as a collector; the material covers a wide range of years, authors and subjects: Ephemera, Correspondence and Documents are arranged chronologically in Box 1: 1693-1865, and Box 2: 1866-1959. The material includes one piece of printed Ephemera (1693); the early American manuscript material includes correspondence and documents by William Burnet, Thomas Hutchinson, Thomas Pownall, and William Shirley. The 19th century material includes correspondence and documents related to, among others, the American and British politicians and historians, George Bancroft, John Bright, Richard Cobden, John Davis, Charles William Eliot, Henry Hallam, Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), Robert Cecil (Marquess of Salisbury), and Robert Winthrop. The 20th century material includes correspondence by Charles Edward Chapman, Joseph Hodges Choate, Max Farrand, Hiram Johnson, Louis Knott Koontz, Robert Andrews Millikan, Frederic Lgan Paxson, and Frederick jackson Turner.

    mssHM 73570-73655

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    Christopher Isherwood letters and postcards to Annie Avis, Emily Machell, Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood ; Richard Isherwood diary

    Manuscripts

    This material includes 7 letters and postcards written by Christopher Isherwood to his nanny, Annie Avis (1911-1933, HM 83257-83261, 83263-83264); 1 letter to his grandmother, Emily Machell-Smith (1921, Dec. 28, HM 83262); 1 postcard to his mother, Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood (1937, Mar. 22, HM 83265). Also included is a diary kept by Christopher Isherwood's brother, Richard Isherwood for the year 1956 (HM 83266); there is an inscription from Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood and various B&W photographs pasted into the volume, including photographs of Christopher Isherwood and Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood.

    mssHM 83257-83266