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James T. Jones papers
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James T. Jones papers
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A collection which consists of 67 letters written by James T. Jones to various family members living in New York. The letters describe life aboard ship off the eastern coast of South America and in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and San Salvador; the letters also describe life in San Francisco, California, from 1854 to 1869.
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Elbert P. Jones papers
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The collection consists primarily of letters, documents and one volume related to the claim of Elbert P. Jones's heirs, particularly Mrs. Anna M. R. Jones, to Yerba Buena Island, California (approximately 1901 to 1914). The collection also includes records of transfer and diagrams of lots of land in San Francisco sold by Elbert P. Jones, from 1848 to 1851.
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Elbert P. Jones papers
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The collection consists primarily of letters, documents and one volume related to the claim of Elbert P. Jones's heirs, particularly Mrs. Anna M. R. Jones, to Yerba Buena Island, California (approximately 1901 to 1914). The collection also includes records of transfer and diagrams of lots of land in San Francisco sold by Elbert P. Jones, from 1848 to 1851.
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Alice Jones MacMonnies Papers
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The correspondence in the collection almost entirely consists of letters sent to Alice Jones MacMonnies from about 1917 until 1929. The bulk of the correspondence is from Alice's mother Georgina Sullivan Jones, and the letters focus on news regarding family members and acquaintances, including General John Pershing. Georgina writes of sculptor Prince Paul Troubetzkoy's commission to create a bust of Henry E. Huntington in 1917 and of her hatred of Troubetzkoy, and relates being angered by a discussion that rated Troubetzkoy and Auguste Rodin as the greatest living sculptors with no mention of MacMonnies. Other letters describe events related to World War I, such as the raising of funds for French orphans and news of a friend's brother who was killed in an "aeroplane accident" in France. An undated letter from Alice's nephew Gregory Jones (the son of her half-brother Roy) describes war conditions in St. Rhomble, France, and the "defiant" attitude of German prisoners-of-war toward the French and American soldiers. A series of 1925 letters recount Georgina's trip through Spain and France, and other topics covered throughout the correspondence include Georgina Jones Walton's play Light of Asia (1927), the Jones' mining interests in Alaska, Alice's interest in New York real estate, and memories of John P. Jones, whom Georgina wished had "lived to see the wonders that science has accomplished and what has been done in the film world" (1933). A few letters from Alice regarding the Jones estate before and after Georgina's death, including a notebook of property values from 1924, are also included. The diary volume was kept by Georgina Sullivan Jones during her 1896 European tour with Alice following her graduation from Bryn Mawr, and chronicles their voyage across the Atlantic on board the St.Paul of the American Line, as well as their travels through London, Paris, Berlin, Beyreuth, Munich, Innsbruck, Venice, Milan, Rome, and Zurich.The photographs of Alice MacMonnies and her sisters Georgina and Marion range from her childhood to adult years, including her 1896 class photo from Bryn Mawr College.
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T. Perceval Gerson Papers
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This collection contains personal and business correspondence of Dr. T. Perceval Gerson chiefly for the years 1934-37, which includes letters from conductors, musicians, lecturers on liberal causes, etc. Also 2 sets of newspaper clippings covering the San Francisco Graft Trial of 1907 and the William Dudley Haywood trial in Idaho in 1907.
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William Jones Rhees papers
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This collection contains the papers of Smithsonian chief clerk, bibliographer, and collector William Jones Rhees (1830-1907), of materials assembled chiefly for their autograph value, though the collection contains various groups of related materials. Includes papers of American physicist and surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), American geographer Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793-1864), National Institute for the Promotion of Sciences, and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as correspondence of William Jones Rhees, letters and papers addressed to the United States Pension Bureau, letters and papers related to Indian affairs, and miscellaneous autograph letters and documents. There is also personal correspondence of William Jones Rhees and correspondence with Sons of the American Revolution, particularly the chapter at Washington, D.C. This portion of the collection holds letters from Dorothea Lynde Dix. Letters and addresses to the United States Pension Bureau contain routine letters regarding pensions or applications. Letters and papers relating to Indian affairs pertain to various Indian agents and factors, including Benjamin Hawkins, William Hull, William Irvine, Return Jonathan Meigs, and others. There are also 134 letters collected chiefly for their autograph value, and receipts for Smithsonian publications. United States presidents represented in the collection include: John Quincy Adams, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Franklin Pierce, and Zachary Taylor. See container lists for National Institute materials, Smithsonian Institution materials, and William Jones Rhees correspondence series for item details. Individuals represented by 5 or more pieces consist of: Agassiz, Louis (41 items) Alden, James (11 items) Alexander, John Henry (9 items) Alexander, Stephen (10 items) Bache, Alexander Dallas (61 items) Barnard, Frederick Augustus Peter (12 items) Cass, Lewis (12 items) Caswell, Alexis (7 items) Chase, Salmon Portland (10 items) Chauvenet, William (7 items) Cobb, Howell (9 items) Colfax, Schuyler (16 items) Craven, Tunis Augustus (7 items) Dana, Charles Anderson (6 items) Dana, James Dwight (39 items) Davis, Charles Henry (20 items) Dix, Dorothea Lynde (25 items) DuPont, Samuel Francis (11 items) Emory, William Hemsley (5 items) Fessenden, William Pitt (5 items) Field, Cyrus West (6 items) Force, Peter (13 items) Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott (28 items) Gilbert, Samuel Augustus (12 items) Gilliss, James Melville (36 items) Gould, Benjamin Apthorp (30 items) Gray, Asa (17 items) Guyot, Arnold (6 items) Hamlin, Hannibal (10 items) Hare, Robert (6 items) Hayes, Isaac Israel (6 items) Henry, Joseph (78 items) Hilgard, Julius Erasmus (13 items) Hill, Abrose Powell (6 items) Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson (15 items) Jenkins, Thornton Alexander (13 items) Kennedy, Joseph Camp Griffith (7 items) LeConte, John (5 items) LeConte, John Lawrence (7 items) LeFroy, Sir John Henry (11 items) Lesley, J. Peter (5 items) Lieber, Francis (32 items) Llody, Humphrey (7 items) McCosh, James (6 items) Maclean, John (40 items) Markoe, Francis (9 items) Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham (9 items) Mitchell, Henry (7 items) Newcomb, Simon (7 items) Patterson, Carlile Pollock (10 items) Pearce, James Alfred (24 items) Peirce, Benjamin (38 items) Phelps, Thomas Stowell (10 items) Poe, Orlando Metcalfe (5 items) Porter, David Dixon (10 items) Porter, Noah (10 items) Potter, Alonzo (8 items) Preble, George Henry (5 items) Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (8 items) Rodgers, Christopher Raymond Perry (8 items) Rodgers, John (5 items) Rogers, Fairman (28 items) Sabine, Sir Edward (30 items) Seward, William Henry (7 items) Silliman, Benjamin, Jr. (31 items) Simpson, James Harvey (9 items) Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (18 items) Smith, Gerrit (7 items) Totten, Joseph Gilbert (26 items) Trenchard, Stephen Decatur (16 items) Trowbridge, William Petit (23 items) Tyndale, Hector (11 items) Tyndall, John (16 items) Waite, Morrison Remick (35 items) Wilkes, Charles (26 items)
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