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All Topics: from unsorted box of general manuscripts: notes, clippings, and printed material
Manuscripts
No LI numbers. This material was left unsorted by Francis Lieber and the original catalogers.
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Manuscripts
Manuscripts
The manuscripts cover a wide span of Francis Lieber's professional career, with a small amount of personal and literary material; there are examples of some of his earliest writing as well as items written shortly before his death. Included in this series are articles, essays, memoirs, questionnaires, remarks, memorandum, and notes. Lieber was in the habit of making use of any paper that was available so he reused the versos of many letters and receipts written to him, as well as scraps and fragments of larger pieces of paper. He also pasted additions to manuscripts at the bottom or sides of pages, as well, he pasted newspaper articles down onto various manuscripts, which he annotated with titles or comments. Some of the manuscripts contain various penciled notes and locations, in unknown hands, possibly made by earlier Huntington catalogers. The manuscripts are written by Francis Lieber unless otherwise noted; the series also includes manuscripts by other authors, most notably, John Jay, Charles Sumner, Martin Russell Thayer, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey.
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Correspondence
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The correspondence includes Francis Lieber's personal letters with family and friends and correspondence related to his teaching and professional career. The personal correspondence include family letters, many in German, and letters with friends, some spanning decades. The professional letters include those written from South Carolina College and Columbia College, which deal with various school related issues. There is a large amount of letters written in the years leading up to and during the American Civil War; Lieber served as an advisor to Abraham Lincoln's government concerning the treatment of the Rebel army and prisoners of war. The letters also cover many of Lieber's other interests and activities, including prison reform; political science; constitutional law and history; international law and copyright; and immigration. Lieber often pasted newspaper articles onto various letters, which he annotated with titles or comments. Some of the letters contain various penciled notes and locations, in unknown hands, possibly made by earlier Huntington catalogers; also, there are letters with editor's marks and line outs, probably done for the various publications of Lieber's letters. The letters are written by or addressed to Francis Lieber unless otherwise noted; other correspondents include, among others, Samuel Austin Allibone, Edward Bates, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Hamilton Fish, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Simon Greenleaf, Henry Wager Halleck, George Stillman Hillard, Édouard Laboulaye, Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier, Charles Sumner, Martin Russell Thayer, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Theodore Dwight Woolsey.
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Research material and subject files
Manuscripts
The research material and subject files includes Francis Lieber's working archive of topics and subjects related to his works and interests; the series includes manuscripts, correspondence, drafts, notes, memorandum, volumes, clippings, and printed material. Lieber repurposed the versos of letters to make notes and paste down newspaper articles; these letters are not described separately. This material also includes a large amount of Lieber's literary works, including early poems in German and English, and biographical material but the majority of the material relates to his scholarly research and writing. The material is written by Francis Lieber unless otherwise noted. Some of the subjects include: elections; wars; penology; civil liberty; religion; South Carolina College; constitutions; politics; governments; ethics; political economy; money; trade; banks; revolutions; rebellions; Columbia University; slavery; Confederate States of America; language; and domestic and international law.
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Ephemera
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The ephemera consists of autograph copies, facsimiles, photocopies and printed material. Two boxes contain the autograph copies of letters written to and from Francis Lieber, probably in preparation for the publication of his collected letters; many of the copies were made by Matilda Lieber. The largest portion of the series is comprised of printed pamphlets, catalogs, clippings, articles, newspapers and journals; this material is in English, German, French, Italian, and Latin; some of this material contains minimal autograph notes by Lieber.
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Revolution, Rebellion, Coup d'Etat, Conspiracy, Civil War: lecture notes
Manuscripts
No LI number. Bound volume, with very fragile and loose, damaged binding.
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