Manuscripts

John W. North material

Description: Material gathered but not used by Merlin Stonehouse for his work on North.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1796-1970.
Call number: mssStonehouse
Creator: Stonehouse, Merlin(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Merlin Stonehouse, June 1980.; Gift of Merlin Stonehouse, October 1983.; Gift of Hugh Grauel, June 1987.; Gift of Hugh Grauel, September 1987.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Miscellaneous material mainly related to North family papers

Manuscripts

A collection of approximately 750 items from 1796-1970, which consists of the papers and research files of Merlin Stonehouse related to John Wesley North and the North and Loomis families. It includes manuscripts, letters, poems, printed material, index cards, photographs, and five daguerreotypes. Persons represented in the collection include: John Wesley North, Ann Hendrix Loomis, George S. Loomis, Mary Ann Lewis Loomis, Gerrit Loomis, Emma North Messer, Edmund Clarence Messer, and Mary Burt Messer. The collection also contains papers and photographs related to pioneer life and the history of Minnesota and Riverside, California. There is also uncataloged addenda consisting of manuscripts, letters, reports, and printed material.

mssStonehouse

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Merlin Stonehouse papers

Manuscripts

mssStonehouse

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Index cards

Manuscripts

mssStonehouse

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Lincoln's Radical Reconstruction typescript draft

Manuscripts

Copy of a typescript draft of Merlin Stonehouse's unpublished monograph Lincoln's Radical Reconstruction, which discusses Abraham Lincoln's views on post-Civil War reconstruction with several chapters focusing on specific states. Volume is spiral bound. Also present is an undated Huntington Library memo regarding the monograph and historian Allan Nevins' opinion of it (1 page) and a business card of Merlin Stonehouse.

mssHM 84038

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Uncataloged addenda

Manuscripts

Includes multiple groups of addenda: Loomis family papers (two folders and one volume); correspondence and clippings (two folders); letters by H. L. Stimson, R. G. Richardson, A, O. McCormick (three folders); Stonehouse related correspondence, reports, genealogy, and manuscripts (30 folders).

mssStonehouse

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John Wesley North

Manuscripts

Includes manuscripts and letters, photographs, and printed items.

mssStonehouse

John W. North material

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