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Pierce Mason Butler papers

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Description: This small group of items includes letters, speeches given by Butler, and report by Butler all related to Indians in Texas including the Waco and Comanche Indians. Three of the letters were written by Butler and addressed to Congressman Thomas Hartley Crawford.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1843-1844.
Call number: mssHM 9640-9647
Creator: Butler, Pierce Mason (1798-1847)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from W. C. Wyman, circa 1920.
Associated people: Crawford, Thomas Hartley, (1786-1863,)

Charles Mason Remey papers

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Letters, diaries, and reminiscences kept by Charles Mason Remey concerning architecture, Remey family genealogy, and the Baha'i Faith. Each volume has Remey's bookplate.

mssHM 55671

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Henry Pierce letters to Susan Pierce

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Six letters from Henry Pierce to his sister Susan in Ohio, describing Native American raids in Nebraska Territory during the final year of the American Civil War, as well as life in the territory during the period. Two of the letters are quite faded and difficult to read.

mssHM 84090

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Anna Dorothy Mason Bronson papers

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The letters in the collection cover the period of Anna (Mason) Bronson's schooling at the Thetford Academy in Vermont and her employment in the cotton mills of Manchester. The letters from Thetford provide an interesting perspective on a situation that was probably not all that common in the 1840s - a young woman attending a college preparatory school and boarding away from home. The majority of the letters were written by Anna to her parents during her six years in the mills. They are full of information on hours, wages, and working and living conditions. Because personal accounts of workers are not that common, the letters should also be helpful in resolving questions about the adjustment of young farm women to the factory regimen and the impact of industrial work upon family life. Also discussed are family affairs, including news of a brother in the California mines; evangelical religious belief; and events in and around Manchester, including fires, lyceum lectures, fairs, exhibits, etc.

mssHM 50177-50216

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John R. Pierce papers

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Materials related to the personal and professional life of John R. Pierce.Correspondence is primarily from Pierce's time at Bell Labs and Caltech, and includes both internal and external letters. Correspondents include academic and lawyer Nicholas Johnson, former Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission Lee Loevinger, engineer Edward E. David Jr., and former President of Bell Labs William O. Baker. There is also the correspondence of character Alexander Botts Jr., created by Pierce as an excercise in imagining the letters a fictional engineer might write and receive. Personal materials include daybooks and calendars used by Pierce; awards and certificates, including his academic degrees; and biographical articles. Manuscripts are primarily unpublished articles and stories, sometimes written under the pseudonyms J.J. Coupling and John Pierce.Professional materials include book reviews, technical memoranda written for Bell Labs, scientific papers and reprints, and books. There is also a small amount of material related to Pierce's time teaching at Caltech, as well as materials related to his work with IRCAM, the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music.

mssPierce

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Lower California Company papers

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This small group of items includes nine letters between Drake Dekay, Samuel L. M. Barlow, Benjamin F. Butler, Congressman Caleb Cushing, and Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. The letters discuss the formation of the Lower California Company, the colonizing of the land, and its problems with Mexico. There is also a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the company's Executive Committee on July 5, 1871. There are also four printed general orders given by the company regarding Captain Isham, a survey of the land, a ban on the sale of alcohol, and forbidding anybody from collecting "Orchilla."

mssHM 77940-77953

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Matt E. Mason Papers

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The papers in the collection chronicle Matt E. Mason's rise in the business world in the upper Midwest and span about forty years. The Diaries series is arranged chronologically and consists of holographic account books and diaries kept by Mason between the years 1874-1882. The entries are written during Mason's time in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. The entries describe his day-to-day activities and include an account of his search for better employment opportunities, the type of weather conditions he encountered, shopping, news of friends, and his expenditures. The Legal Documents series is arranged alphabetically and includes such items as financial records, checks written and received by Mason, indentures relating to the purchasing and selling of land, and receipts/agreements made by Mason and the Gregory, Jennison & Company. The Photographs series (ca. 1900s) is arranged alphabetically and includes images of what appears to be the Mason Bros. store, both inside and outside, a picture of men working in a field presumably plowing for wheat, the Sumner & Morse Carriage factory, the Valley City Cornet Band, and two photographs of unidentified men. The Oversize series contains one rolled item, the military commission issued to Edwin K. Mason (Matt's son) for First Lieutenant of the North Dakota National Guard. The document is dated January 14, 1915 and is signed by North Dakota's Governor, L.B. Hanna.

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