The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Autograph and Manuscript Collection
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont 91711
Email: spcoll@cuc.claremont.edu
URL: http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc/default.html
© 2017
Claremont University Consortium. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Autograph and Manuscript Collection
Dates: 1501-1993 and undated
Collection number: H.Mss.1045
Creator:
Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888; Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896; Cartwright, John, 1740-1824; Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910;
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955; Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928; Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909; Hardy,
Thomas, 1840-1928; Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964; Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912; Lawrence, A. W. (Arnold Walter), 1900-; Lawrence-Archer,
J. H. (James Henry), 1823-1889; Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953; Talbot, Clare Ryan
Extent:
5.4 Linear Feet
(1 document box, 4 flat boxes, and 1 oversized flat box)
Repository:
Claremont Colleges. Library. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont, CA 91711
Abstract: The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Autograph and Manuscript Collection collection was formed by Special Collections
of The Claremont Colleges Library to house its various singular manuscript materials created by authors, politicians, and
scientists, and other notable figures. The collection includes handwritten letters, typescripts, certificates, photographs,
and ephemera. The materials within this collection range widely in creation date and subject, from an illuminated manuscript
leaf from approximately the 16th century, to a check to Eleanor Roosevelt from the Griffith Park Democratic Women, letters
from Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), and Yoshiko Tanabe’s letter from a Japanese internment camp in the 1940s.
Physical Location: Please consult repository.
Language of Material: Languages represented in the collection: English, Spanish, Japanese, and Latin.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection open for research.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to reproduce or to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], The Claremont Colleges Special Collections Autograph and Manuscript Collection (H.Mss.1045). Special
Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library, Claremont, California.
Provenance / Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired through donations and purchases.
Accruals
Additions to the collection are anticipated.
Processing Information
Data entry by Patricia Fouts (2014), data expanded by Tanya Kato (2016), and Sara Chetney (2017). Items in this collection
were primarily processed at the item level. Items are foldered and housed in acid free boxes. The folders are labeled with
“HM” numbers representing “Honnold Manuscript” and numeration is continuous throughout the boxes.
Arrangement
Titles are arranged in alphabetical order.
Biographical / Historical
This is an artificial collection created by Special Collections of The Claremont Colleges Library to contain manuscript materials
relating to and created by notable authors, politicians, scientists, and historical figures. The collection includes letters,
typescripts, certificates, photographs, and ephemera. These manuscripts were found laid in books housed in Special Collections,
donated by professors and friends of the Claremont Colleges, or purchased.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains manuscripts by various historical figures and lesser known writers. Items range from an illuminated
manuscript leaf from approximately the 16th century, to a check to Eleanor Roosevelt from the Griffith Park Democratic Women,
to Yoshiko Tanabe’s letter from a Japanese internment camp in the 1940s. Materials are primarily written in English, with
Latin and Japanese texts. Correspondence from literary figures such as English poet Matthew Arnold, nature writer Mary Austin,
novelist Pearl S. Buck, and American food writer M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy) Fisher are a part of this collection. Some
notable figures in the collection include United States Presidents John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt,
and George Washington, as well as correspondence by scientists Albert Einstein and Louis Pasteur. There are letters by French
businessman, artist, and traveler Jean Beraud-Villars, Pomona College graduate and administrator Robert J. Bernard, landscape
gardener and landscape architect Beatrix Farrand, and American cartoonist Gluyas Williams. Also included in this collection
are the William R. Stokes Civil War papers which are comprised of certificates of commission, army pension documents, E. H.
Gelston and Company correspondence, attorney Allan Rutherford correspondence, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
correspondence, and personal papers.
Separated Materials
Arnold, Matthew. "My dear Bryant," undated. SEE CARD FILE
Arnold, Matthew. "My dear Cowie," 1868 November 21. SEE CARD FILE
Arnold, Matthew. "Dear Sir" (Frederich Langbridge, Esquire)," 1882 February 8. SEE CARD FILE
Organization and Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically at an item level. For search and reference purposes, the items are arranged into artificial
series.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library’s online public access catalog.
Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
Atomic bomb
Certificates
Congresses and conventions
Earthquakes
Land grants
Manuscripts
Military pensions
Money -- Confederate States of America
Photographs
Postcards
Typescripts
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Series: 1
Adams, John Quincy - Austin, Mary
Box 1, Folder HM 30
Adams, John Quincy title to Jesse Gaskins
1827 February 14
Note
Document, signed, 1 sheet, parchment, 17.25 x 13 inches (folded). The title for 200 acres of land granted to Jesse Gaskins
in consideration of military service and transferred to Ichabod B. Miller, assignee. It is also signed by G. W. Graham,
Commissioner, General Land Office. Washington.
Box 2, Folder HM 86
Ainsworth, Ed correspondence to A. T. Richardson
1966 April 6
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 26.5 centimeters, includes note. The original was laid in a book. It was found laid
in
Maverick Mayor ..., F 869 L8 Y63. Monrovia, California.
Box 1, Folder HM 25
Akana, Catherine Tracy correspondence to "Dear People"
1923 September
Note
Typescript, 10 pages, quarto. The letter is regarding a devastating earthquake. Kobe, Japan.
Box 1, Folder HM 7
Alcott, Amos Bronson autograph signature
1875 July
Note
Autograph signature with date and place, torn from an autograph album. 1 leaf, oblong, octavo. Concord, Massachusetts.
Box 4, Folder HM 222
Allen, Anna O. correspondence to "My dear Miss Thomas"
1923 October 22
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The letter was found laid in BX 5199 A53 A5x.
Box 5, Folder HM 331
All Saints Alrewas Churchwarden's Account for 1869 -1870
1870 May 22
General
8.75" x 11.75", one sheet, printed on both sides. Churchwardens account of the Parish's holdings and expenditures of the previous
year, as well as an address by W.H. Walsh, Vicar. Dated "Rogation Sunday" 1870, which was May 22 in that year.
Box 5, Folder HM 327
Alvarado, Juan Bautista signed legal documents
1863 April 18 - 1873 February 6
Note
Archive of six documents related to John Bautista Alvarado and the Rancho de San Pablo.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Land grants
California, Northern
Alvarado, Juan Bautista, 1809-1882
Box 5, Folder HM 327, Item 1
Manuscript copy of indenture selling Rancho
1869 November 26
Note
8 x 12.5 inches; 3 pages, with revenue stamps on both sheets. Signed by Alvarado, his daughter Maria Victoria Delfina Alvarado,
and his wife Martina Castro del Alvarado. The contract is witnessed by Theodore Hittell.
Box 5, Folder HM 327, Item 2
Manuscript order for start of trial between Joseph Emeric and Alvarado, et al.
1873 February 6
Note
7.75 x 12 inches, 1 page. Signed by Judge Samuel H. Dwinelle and acknowledged with signatures by 14 attorneys on the reverse.
Box 5, Folder HM 327, Item 3
Manuscript payment agreement from attorney Edward W. R. Sloan
1863 April 18
Note
8 x 13.75 inches; one page. Grants 1/20th of Rancho de Santa Fe in exchange for legal services. Signed by Sloan, with his
wax seal and a revenue stamp. A short tear affects one word of text.
Box 5, Folder HM 327, Item 4
Manuscript agreement between Emeric and the Alvarados
1867 January 7
Note
7.75 x 12 inches; 6 pages on four leaves. Secretarial copy of the agreement.
Box 5, Folder HM 327, Item 5
Manuscript legal contract between John B. Felton, Thomas W. Mulford, and Thomas R. Horton
undated
Note
8 x 12.25 inches; 2 pages. Secretarial copy of an agreement to transfer a portion of Mulford and Horton's interest in the
Rancho to Felton in exchange for legal services.
Box 5, Folder HM 327, Item 6
Manuscript notes of Antonio Castro's deposition
undated
Note
8 x 12 inches; 3 pages, in pencil. Apparently detail Castro's deposition about the Rancho's original 1856 partition. Difficult
to decipher.
Box 1, Folder HM 35
Amherst College, Antivenenean Society certificate of membership to George Lyman
1883 November
Note
Document, signed, 1 page, large quarto. The letterhead is a lithograph of the college. The document is signed by Herman
Humphrey and Edward Hitchcock. Amherst, Massachusetts.
Box 4, Folder HM 260
Amussen, Carolyn correspondence to E. L. Doctorow
1975 January 27
Note
Letter includes flyer.
Box 3, Folder HM 154
Anonymous, notes of town meetings
1759-1776
Box 1, Folder HM 71
Arnold, Edwin correspondence to Alfred Nundy
1896 January 21
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 17.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
The Light of Asia, PR 4012 L3 (1908). Kensington, S. W.
Box 2, Folder HM 104
Correspondence to "Dear Mr. Bicknell" (William Alfred Bicknell)
1884 December 19
Note
Salutation and signature from autograph letter, signed, 8 x 11.5 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is pasted in
the cover of Matthew Arnold's
Mixed Essays, PR 4022 M6 (1879). Pall Mall.
Box 2, Folder HM 101
Correspondence to "My Dear Smalley,"
1885 October 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, 9.8 x 15.2 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is pasted in Matthew Arnold's
Alaric at Rome, PR 4022 AL2 (1840)f. Cobham, Surrey.
Box 2, Folder HM 105
Inscription to Horace Davey
Note
Inscription, photocopy. The original inscription is on the title page of Matthew Arnold's
Friendship's Garland, PR 4022 F9 1971w.
Box 2, Folder HM 103
"We would have inward peace..."
Note
Poem, photocopy. The original poem is on the page before the title page of Matthew Arnold's
Discourses in America, PR 4022 D63 1902.
Box 2, Folder HM 106
"With kindest regards" inscription
Note
Inscription, photocopy. The original inscription is on the first page of Matthew Arnold's
Geist's Grave, PR 4022 G2.
Box 4, Folder HM 262
Correspondence to Mrs. W. L. Wright
1905 December 4
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, photocopy.
Box 4, Folder HM 265
Correspondence to "My Dear Mrs. Lafler"
Series: 2
Baker, Ray - Dutton, E.P.
Box 1, Folder HM 62
Baker, Ray Stannard correspondence to Miss Julia Steffa of Pomona College
1910 May 13
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 15 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is pasted in front of E 185.61 B176.
The American Magazine, Phillips Publishing Company, Union Square, 31 East 17th Street, New York, New York.
Box 3, Folder HM 160
Balfour, Arthur James correspondence to J. A. Craig
1906 February 20
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 107
Barrie, J. M. correspondence to "Dear Sir"
1806 February 10
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 17.5 x 11.2 centimeters. The letter was found in J. M. Barrie's
The Little Minister, PR 4074 L5 (1892)E. Lancaster Gate.
Box 3, Folder HM 158
Barth, C. A. autograph
1888
Box 4, Folder HM 252
Bartolomus, Friar, manuscript
Note
Autograph manuscript, 15 pages, 15.1 x 14.7 centimeters. The manuscript was laid in Elbert Hubbard's
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists, CT 101 H8 volume 10, number 1.
Box 1, Folder HM 13
Beard, Charles correspondence to Douglass Adair
1944 December 6
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, large quarto. New Milford, Connecticut.
Box 2, Folder HM 109
Bennett, John correspondence to J. Harvey
1884 July 16
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 20 x 25 centimeters, folded. The letter was found laid in John Bennett's
The House of Lords, 1884.
Box 2, Folder HM 131
Correspondence to "Chere Madame" (Merle Armitage)
1959 June 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages on 1 leaf, 22.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
T. E. Lawrence, or the Search for the Absolute by Jean Beraud-Villars, New York: Duel, Sloan, Pearce, 1959, D 568.4 L45 B43 1959. Paris.
Box 2, Folder HM 130
Correspondence to Mademoiselle Merle Armitage
1959 April 28
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 21.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
T. E. Lawrence, or the Search for the Absolute by Jean Beraud-Villars, New York: Dual, Sloan, Pearce, 1959, D 568.4 L45 B43 1959. Paris.
Box 5, Folder HM 282
Correspondence to Richard Nixon
1959 August 18
Note
Typewritten letter, carbon copy.
Box 5, Folder HM 281
Correspondence to Ronald Reagan
1964 December 28
Box 2, Folder HM 138
Bilon, Louis V. correspondence to Dillon Stevens
1946 June 26
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 leaves, 28 x 21.5 centimeters. The letter is accompanied by a typewritten transcript and newspaper
clippings. The subject is the atomic bomb tests. It is a gift of Adele Stevens Beckett, wife of Dillon Stevens, later of
Garner Beckett. Kwajalein, Marshall Islands.
Box 5, Folder HM 329
Binder's Waste Scrap
undated
General
2.25" x 7", one encased piece. Manuscript binder's waste possibly from the early modern period. Writing is only partially
legible, possibly Spanish, Italian, or Latin.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Bookbinding
Box 2, Folder HM 114
Correspondence to Edward Harris Heth
1962 November 14
Note
Typewritten letter with postscript, 1 page, carbon copy, 28 x 21.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
If You Lived Here by Edward Harris Heath, PS 3515 H45.
Box 2, Folder HM 114
Correspondence to Edward Harris Heth
1962 December 11
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, with autograph note, signed, from Edward Harris Heath, 1 page, 21.5 x 13.5 centimeters, with envelope.
The letter was found laid in
If You Lived Here by Edward Harris Heath, PS 3515 H45.
Box 4, Folder HM 228
Bolton, Herbert E. correspondence to Arthur H. Clark
1912 October 1
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, photocopy. The letter is in F 373 B69 volume 1.
Box 4, Folder HM 264
Braniston, John correspondence to Lord Eversley (Charles, First Viscount of Eversley)
1877 November 26
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page.
Box 1, Folder HM 39
Brinton, Clarence Crane correspondence to Nicholas C. Polos
1950 January 26
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 28 centimeters. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Box 5, Folder HM 287
Correspondence to Mr. Lyman
1940 December 2
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 287
Correspondence to Mr. Lyman
1941 January 11
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 4, Folder HM 239
Correspondence to Lady White-Cooper
1891 March 25
Note
The letter is from the Isabel and Richard Burton collection.
Box 4, Folder HM 240
Correspondence to Lady White-Cooper
1891 June 9
Note
The letter is from the Isabel and Richard Burton collection.
Box 4, Folder HM 241
Correspondence to Lady White-Cooper
1894 September 11
Note
The letter is from the Isabel and Richard Burton collection.
Box 4, Folder HM 242
Funeral mass announcement of service
1896 March 27
Note
Printed document. The solemn requiem mass document is from the Isabel and Richard Burton collection.
Box 5, Folder HM 293
Burton, John R. correspondence to "Dear Sir" of the Bitterley Rectory
1901 February 14
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The printed poem "My Rosary" is with the letter.
Box 3, Folder HM 149
Butler, Samuel correspondence to "My Dear Jones"
(Henry Festing Jones)
1900 March 17
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 26 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is pasted in PR 4349 B7 Sh22.
Box 3, Folder HM 163
Correspondence to Arthur Mayers
1938 November 25
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 162
Correspondence to Arthur Mayers
1938 December 7
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The envelope is addressed to Mr. A. Mayers.
Box 3, Folder HM 169
Carlyle, Thomas correspondence
Note
Autograph note, signed. The note is written in German. A note about it is written in English on the other side.
Box 5, Folder HM 279
Carman, Bliss photographs and postcard
Note
Two photographs and one postcard. Found in
By the Aurelian Wall and Other Elegies, PR 4441 B8 1898.
Box 1, Folder HM 48
Carruthers, John F. B., Reverend, note
Note
Autograph note, signed, 1 page, 11 centimeters, photocopy. The beginning reads "For the Clary Treasure Room Library..."
The original is in the book, pasted in front of: Herbert, Edward (Baron) (1583-1648),
De Religione Gentilium, BL 80 H415.
Box 2, Folder HM 135
Correspondence to Joseph Haynes
1821 May 1
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 leaf, folded to 18.5 x 11.5 centimeters. The address and seal are on the verso. Enlarged photographs
of the letter and address are included. The letter was possibly a gift of Francis Lindley. London.
Box 2, Folder HM 136
Correspondence to Joseph Haynes
1823 February 10
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 leaf, 25 x 20 centimeters. The address is on the verso. Photographs of the letter and address
are included. The letter is possibly a gift of Francis Lindley. London.
Box 2, Folder HM 137
Correspondence to Joseph Haynes
1823 February 15
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages on 1 leaf, folded to 22.5 x 18.5 centimeters, torn. The address and seal are on the verso.
Photographs of the letter and address are included. London.
Box 5, Folder HM 315
Chaffey, G. W. correspondence to N. W. Howell, Esquire
1906 July 26
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 99
Chalmers, Stephen correspondence to "My Dear Mr. Bell" (J. L. Bell)
1917 October 8
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 28 x 21.5 centimeters. The letter was found in PR 5495 C353. Saranac Lake, New York.
Box 3, Folder HM 170
Channing, William Ellery manuscript
Note
Original manuscript of a poem, signed, of some 7 verses, on 2 pages, large octavo. The manuscript contains many corrections
and interlineations.
Box 3, Folder HM 214
Correspondence to Jeffry J. Pendergast,
1957 June 24
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 214
Manuscript of chapter 23,
1923 February
General
Manuscript. Chapter 23 of
California Government and Forestry ..., The manuscript recounts California budget cuts for the forestry division, 1923-1925.
Box 2, Folder HM 87
Clark, William Andrews, Jr., correspondence
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 10.5 centimeters, fragment. The addressee part of the letter is missing. The letter was
found in
Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas, large folio, PR 5823 A32.
Box 4, Folder HM 237
Clary, William Webb correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1955 August 15
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, with envelope. The letter was found laid in BJ 1241 B8 1756x.
Box 2, Folder HM 93
Cleland, Robert G. correspondence to Mr. William H. Schuchardt
1952 March 10
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 21 x 14 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is pasted in F 861 C589. San Marino,
California.
Box 2, Folder HM 124
Correspondence to D. E. Blake
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 17 x 27 centimeters. The letter was found in Mark Twain's autobiography, New York and
London, Harper, 1924, PS 1331 A2 1924 volume 1 and volume 2. A gift of Garner A. Beckett. Central City, Colorado.
Box 2, Folder HM 132
Correspondence to "Dear K" (Karl Gerhardt)
1884 September 24
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages on 3 leaves, 17 centimeters. The date of the letter was supplied by the Mark Twain papers
at U. C. Berkeley. The letter was found laid in
A Tramp Abroad, PS 1321 A1 (1880) with autograph letter, signed. Elmira, New York.
Box 5, Folder HM 272
Correspondence to "Dear Sir"
1888 December 29
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page.
Box 2, Folder HM 125
Correspondence to Frank Bliss
1895 May 30
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 17.5 x 11 centimeters, photocopy, with envelope. The original letter is bound in Clemens'
The Cradle of Liberty, manuscript c591c. Elmira, New York.
Box 2, Folder HM 134
Manuscript note
Note
Manuscript note, photocopy. The note says "Satan is dead but no harm is done, King Leopold of Congo succeeds." The original
is pasted to the half-title in King Leopold's soliloquy, PS 1322 K5 1905. On the flyleaf of the book, a note signed by Merle
Johnson, "The note on the half-title is in Mark Twain's handwriting."
Box 4, Folder HM 234
Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas Jones correspondence to Wilfred Buckley, Esquire
1902 January 23
Note
Autograph letter, signed, photocopy. The letter is in Z 116 A3 C72x.
Box 5, Folder HM 306
Correspondence to Lady Popham Young (Lilian)
1918 August 6
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 306
Correspondence to Lady Popham Young (Lilian)
1918 August 27
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Coolidge, Grace A. (Goodhue)
Box 1, Folder HM 19
Correspondence to Mrs. Thomas P. Tupman
1924 September 7
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, octavo. The White House, Washington.
Box 1, Folder HM 20
Correspondence to Mrs. Thomas P. Tupman
1929 February 23
Note
Letter, signed "Mary Randolph, secretary," 1 page, large octavo. The White House, Washington.
Box 1, Folder HM 69
Cowper, William correspondence to Samuel Rose, Esquire
1789 January 19
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, 24 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Cowper's Poems, PR 3380 A1 volume 1. Weston Lodge.
Box 5, Folder HM 285
Crispin, Angela correspondence to Margaret Mulhauser
1967 January 17
Box 5, Folder HM 300
Dana (Dawson's Book Shop) correspondence to William W. Clary
1937 December 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 4, Folder HM 236
DeKalb, Courtanay correspondence to Charles F. Lummis
1907 January 11
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, photocopy. The letter is in F786 295.
Box 5, Folder HM 299
De la Mare, Walter correspondence to Mr. Partington
1922 December 30
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, photocopy. The original letter is in PR 6007 E3 R5 1923a.
Box 5, Folder HM 319
De Quincey, Thomas correspondence to "My dear Sir"
Note
Autograph letter, signed. Letter donated from Pomona College professor, Arden Reed.
Box 1, Folder HM 75
Devamata, Sister, correspondence to Mr. Sam T. Clover
1930 May 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 21.5 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is bound in a book. It is found in
The Open Portal, PS 3507 D49 Op7. Ananda-Ashrama, La Crescenta, California.
Box 4, Folder HM 267
Check to William Hurley
1861 January 19
Note
Personal bank check, photocopy. The original check is tipped in PR 4560 A1 1861 volume 1.
Box 1, Folder HM 74
Correspondence to Charles M. Evans
1848 July 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 18 centimeters. The letter was found in
The Pickwick Papers, PR 4569 A1 (1837). Devonshire Terrace.
Box 1, Folder HM 72
Correspondence to Daniel Whittle Harvey
1857 February 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages and envelope, 14 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Plays and Poems of Charles Dickens, PR 4452 Sh4 volume 1. London Tavern.
Box 1, Folder HM 73
Correspondence to Miss Carr
1856 March 19
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 19.5 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is taped in a book. It is found in
Oliver Twist, PR 4567 A1 (1838) volume 1. Champs Elysées, Paris.
Box 5, Folder HM 250
DIxon, Maynard correspondence to Joseph P. Loeb
1928 November 3
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 84
Douglas, Norman correspondence to Ralph Straus
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 18.5 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is laid in a book. It is found in They
Went, PR6007 D746 T3.
Box 2, Folder HM 95
Dunn, Waldo correspondence to Mr. Kerr
1940 January 6
Note
Memorandum, 1 page, 21.5 x 14 centimeters. The memorandum was found in Z 239 D922.
Dutton (E. P.) and Company
Box 2, Folder HM 91
Correspondence to "Dear Sir" (John Leonard Bell)
1926 June 23
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 21.5 x 14 centimeters. The letter was found in PR 5493 B197 volume 1. New York.
Box 4, Folder HM 225
Correspondence to J. L. Bell (John Leonard)
1923 January 29
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was signed on behalf of D. E. G. The letter was found laid in Z 8843 P932.
Series: 3
Earle, Edward Mead - Grisham, John
Box 1, Folder HM 67
Correspondence to Douglass Adair
1944 December 15
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 25.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
The Federalist, JK 154 (1941). Princeton, New Jersey.
Box 1, Folder HM 68
Correspondence to Douglass Adair
1945 May 1
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 25.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
The Federalist, JK 154 (1941). Princeton, New Jersey.
Box 2, Folder HM 89
Eaton, Charlotte correspondence to The Seymours
1921 November 10
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 26.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Stevenson at Manasquan, PR 5495 Ea83, New York, New York.
Box 3, Folder HM 166
Correspondence to Mr. Arthur Mayers
1950 April 19
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 320
Correspondence to Mr. W. A. Brandenburger
1947 August 6
Box 3, Folder HM 165
Correspondence to Mrs. Mayers
1948 December 20
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 4, Folder HM 269
Correspondence to Louis T. Benezet
1964 February 26
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 296
Correspondence to Robert J. Bernard
1960 July 26
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, photocopy. The letter is written on The White House stationery. Washington, D.C.
Box 4, Folder HM 216
Eliot, George Fielding correspondence to Merle Armitage
1955 April 11
Box 2, Folder HM 116
Ellis, R. correspondence to Charles Mathew Clode
1870 February 18
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages on 1 leaf, 19 x 23 centimeters. The letter was found in
The Froth and the Dregs by Edward Sullivan (London: Edward Stanford, 1871).
Box 3, Folder HM 171
Emerson, Mary Moody correspondence to H. D. Thoreau
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 155
Emerson, Ralph Waldo correspondence to "My dear Sir" (Frank Sanborn)
1855 March 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 1, Folder HM 37
Emery, Nicholas correspondence to John T. Gilman, Junior
1807 October 4
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, large quarto. Portland, Maine.
Box 4, Folder HM 221
Engel, Leonard correspondence to Merle Armitage
1956 January 9
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The article
What Einstein Was Up To is attached.
Box 4, Folder HM 229
Engle, Clair, chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives correspondence to Mr. (William
S.) Rosecrans
1958 October 7
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. Found laid in HD 1694 C2 U55 Pt. 2
Box 3, Folder HM 148
Falconer, Charles M. correspondence to W. Irving Way
1902 August 21
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, on 1 leaf, folded, 18 x 11 centimeters, with envelope. The letter is from the Clary Collections.
Dundee.
Box 5, Folder HM 274
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1938 July 19
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 273
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1941 November 5
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, includes envelope.
Box 2, Folder HM 90
Felt, Charles, W. correspondence to "Dear Sir" (B. J. Leosanig, Esquire)
1861 July 31
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 16.5 x 12 centimeters. The letter was found in Z253 T9. Salem Massachusetts.
Box 5, Folder HM 292
Fields, James Thomas correspondence to F. B. Sanborn
1862 February 18
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Fisher, M. F. K. (Mrs. Friede)
Box 3, Folder HM 208
Correspondence to Mrs. Fred E. Damrau
1960 June 25
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 209
Postcard to Mrs. Fred E. Damrau
1961 January 27
Box 2, Folder HM 108
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James correspondence to "My Dear Sir" (Homer P. Earle, Esquire)
1911 December 7
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, 14 x 19 centimeters. The letter was found in Jarvis' translation of
Don Quixote, 1742, London, J. and R. Tonson. A gift of Mrs. Homer Crotty. Aigburth, Liverpool.
Box 1, Folder HM 5
Correspondence to "My dear Brother" (Robert Forbes)
1855 December 11
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, 4to. Burton Crescent, London.
Box 1, Folder HM 6
Correspondence to "My dear Brother" (Robert Forbes)
1858 October 11
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, 4to. London.
Box 5, Folder HM 321
Forster, E. M. correspondence to James Missey
1961 September 22
Note
The letter was a gift from Jim Missey.
Box 4, Folder HM 219
Foster, G. M. correspondence to Merle Armitage
1955 August 10
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 1, Folder HM 29
Frost, Robert correspondence to James Arnold Blaisdell
1917 July 17
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, small quarto. Franconia, New Hampshire.
Box 4, Folder HM 263
Gallatin, Frederic correspondence to George Augustus Gates
1908 December 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, photocopy.
Box 2, Folder HM 115
Galton, Douglas Strutt correspondence to Charles Mathew Clode
1871 January 28
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages on 1 leaf, 19 x 23 centimeters. The letter was found in
The Froth and the Dregs by Edward Sullivan (London: Edward Stanford, 1871). London, S. W.
Box 3, Folder HM 227
Gannon, Thomas J. correspondence to John Leonard Bell
1923 June 28
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found laid in Z 8843 P932.
Box 1, Folder HM 49
Gardner, Emily R. correspondence to Mr. Kerr
1948 March 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 17.6 centimeters. 635 Alden Road, Claremont, California.
Box 4, Folder HM 243
Gerard-Gailly, Emile correspondence to "Monsieur"
1955 October 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The letter was found laid in PQ 1925 A6 G4 volumes 1-3.
Box 5, Folder HM 291
Gillies Coffee Company correspondence to Mrs. E. C. Brown
1920 March 15
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The signature is illegible.
Box 5, Folder HM 311
Goff, Frederick R. correspondence to C. H. Weiser
1957 March 20
Note
Frederick R. Goff was the chief of the Rare Book Division of The Library of Congress.
Box 5, Folder HM 300
Correspondence to "Dear Sir" (Thomas Hutchinson)
1895 January 12
Note
Autograph note, signed.
Box 1, Folder HM 52
Correspondence to M. Millet
1886 July 22
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 17.8 centimeters, photocopy. The original is pasted in DA 86.22 R138 G6 on the page after
the title page. There is also an inscription in front of the book. 29 Delamere Terrace, Westbourne Square. W., England.
Box 5, Folder HM 300
Correspondence to "My dear Sir" (John Lane)
1891 February 4
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 288
Grisham, John correspondence to Dr. Mich (sic) Nicholas Polos
1993 June 10
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Series: 4
Hale, Edward Everett - Lovell, James
Box 3, Folder HM 157
Correspondence to Arthur Mayers
1881 February 24
Note
Autograph note, signed, 1 page.
Box 1, Folder HM 24
Correspondence to Mrs. Daniel Herbert Colcord
1905 December 1
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, octavo. There is also printed material "memorabilia" about Edward Hale enclosed, 4 items.
Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Box 3, Folder HM 159
Correspondence to "My dear Boy"
1905 April 27
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 4, Folder HM 230
Hammond, Otis G. correspondence to Mrs. Elizabeth A. Collings
1920 November 20
Note
The letter is accompanied by an acknowledgment form from the New Hampshire Historical Society.
Box 1, Folder HM 42
Correspondence to "Dear Sir"
1897 November 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 18 centimeters. Dorchester, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 45
Correspondence to "Dear Sir" (W. Townley Searle, Esquire)
1912 November 21
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 17.8 centimeters. Dorchester, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 44
Correspondence to Mr. A. M. Broadley
1909 January 29
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 18 centimeters. The letter includes a stamped, addressed envelope to A. M. Broadley. The
letter was laid in Hardy's
Two on a Tower, PR 4750 .T9 (1882) number 1. The original was removed and the photocopy was left in the book. Dorchester, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 46
Correspondence to Mr. Colles
1893 September 14
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 17.8 centimeters. The letter was found in PR 4746 A1 (1896). Dorchester, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 47
Correspondence to Mr. Howe
1909 September 6
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, 17.7 centimeters. The letter is concerning
The Dynasts. A photocopy of the letter is in the book. Regent's Park, N. W.
Box 1, Folder HM 41
Correspondence to Mrs. Baxter
1886 December 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, 17.7 centimeters. Dorchester, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 9
Correspondence to Mrs. Tomson
1889 November 18
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, small octavo. Dorchester.
Box 1, Folder HM 40
Correspondence to "My Dear Madam"
1878 January 31
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 18 centimeters. Dorset, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 43
Correspondence to "My Dear Sir"
1904 February 17
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 17.8 centimeters. The letter was laid in PR 4750 T42 (1930). Dorchester, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 43a
Portrait
Note
A photograph of a portrait by Jacques Emile Blanche.
Box 4, Folder HM 217
Hart, B. H. Liddell correspondence to Merle Armitage
1955 April 14
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 1, Folder HM 63
Hay, John correspondence to "Dear Sir" (Judd Stewart, Esquire)
1904 February 12
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 22.2 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is bound in E 457.91 1905E volume 1.
Department of State, Washington.
Box 2, Folder HM 77
Henneman, William J. correspondence to Mr. J. L. Bell
1926 June 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 28.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Robert Louis Stevenson in California, PR 5495 Os2. Chicago, Illinois.
Box 2, Folder HM 114
Correspondence to Fred Blair
1962 November 26
Note
Postcard, 1 page, 8 x 14 centimeters. The postcard was found laid in
If You Lived Here by Edward Harris Heath, PS 3515 H45.
Box 2, Folder HM 114
Correspondence to Fred Blair
1962 December 10
Note
Postcard, 1 page, 8 x 14 centimeters. The postcard was found laid in
If You Lived Here by Edward Harris Heath, PS 3515 H45.
Box 1, Folder HM 51
Holden, Emily correspondence to Mr. Brown
1904 December 31
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, 15.1 centimeters. The letter is found in "Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. Minutes
of first conference ... in India and Ceylon ..." BX 8356 In2 (1877-1892/1893). Folkestone, Kent, England.
Box 1, Folder HM 55
Hone, William correspondence to W. I. T. Smith of the British Museum
1820 June 1
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 22 centimeters, photocopy. The origintal letter is pasted in front of
Political Tracts on George IV, DA 531 P6. Ludgate Hill, London.
Box 5, Folder HM 295
Correspondence to "Dear Friends"
1953 March
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 121
Correspondence to Dr. William W. Clary
1963 June 5
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 18.5 x 26.5 centimeters. Dr. William W. Clary, acting president of Claremont Graduate
School and University Center, Claremont, California. The letter was written on Herbert Hoover's personal stationery. New
York, New York.
Box 4, Folder HM 268
Correspondence to Edward Lyman
1952 July 24
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. A photocopy of the inscription on the fly-leaf from E802 H7 volume 1, copy 2 is with the letter.
Box 5, Folder HM 317
Correspondence to Edward Lyman
1956 September 4
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Edward Lyman's copy of
American Individualism.
Box 4, Folder HM 271
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1947 August 10
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 317
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1955 December 31
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Edward Lyman's copy of
American Individualism.
Box 5, Folder HM 317
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1956 September 7
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Edward Lyman's copy of
American Individualism.
Box 5, Folder HM 317
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1957 January 26
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Edward Lyman's copy of
American Individualism.
Box 5, Folder HM 317
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1957 April 13
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Edward Lyman's copy of
American Individualism.
Box 5, Folder HM 317
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1957 June 23
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Edward Lyman's copy of
American Individualism.
Box 1, Folder HM 28
Correspondence to James Arnold Blaisdell
1916 September 28
Note
Letter, signed, 1 page, large quarto, typewritten. London.
Box 4, Folder HM 254
Correspondence to "Marion and Ed" (Edward D. Lyman)
1954 August 16
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. A photograph is with the letter. The letter and photograph are from the Edward D. Lyman collection.
Box 5, Folder HM 317
Correspondence to Robert J. Bernard
1957 June 1
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Edward Lyman's copy of
American Individualism.
Box 2, Folder HM 118
Hubbard, Elbert correspondence to "Friend"
1910 December 31
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 19 x 26.5 centimeters. The letter is written on Roycroft Shop letterhead.
Box 2, Folder HM 119
Hughes, Rupert correspondence to Lester Roberts
1939 May 28
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 20 x 24 centimeters. The letter is written on Robert Hughes personal stationery. Los
Angeles, California.
Box 1, Folder HM 3
Hutchinson, Jeremy, "His Book of Memorandums"
1793-1795
Note
Autograph, manuscript, signed, 8 leaves, sextodecimo, fragmentary. Danvers, Massachussetts.
Box 4, Folder HM 261
Huxley, Aldous correspondence to James A. Blaisdell
1954 March 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 144
Image, Selwyn correspondence to Washington Irving Way
1896 March 14
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages on 2 leaves, 22.5 x 18 centimeters, with envelope. The letter was found laid in
The Miracles of Madame Saint Katherine of Fierbois, PR 4876 B6 M5, translated by Andrew Long, which Selwyn Image illustrated and Way and Williams published. The letter was
found in the second copy which was not kept. London.
Box 4, Folder HM 253
James, George Wharton photograph
Note
Photograph, 15.6 x 20.7 centimeters. Inscribed by George Wharton James and found laid in
California Scrapbook, 920 J233c.
Box 5, Folder HM 277
Correspondence to Washington Irving Way
1895 May 15
Box 5, Folder HM 278
Correspondence to Washington Irving Way
1905 April 11
Box 3, Folder HM 172
James, William correspondence to "Dear Hal" (Harris Kennedy)
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 298
Jansen, Betty Douglass correspondence to James W. Gould
1983 September 23
Note
Correspondence is regarding the Festival of Faith, circa 1956 and the United Nations Conference, 1945.
Box 4, Folder HM 270
Kitamura, Riki correspondence to Mr. Sen Abe
1872 June 25
Box 4, Folder HM 270
Kuwabara, Makoto correspondence to Mr. Seiichi Abe
1872
Box 4, Folder HM 270
Kuwabara, Seizo Umeo correspondence to Mr. Kanzo Iwami
1872 July 17
Box 4, Folder HM 270
Seki, Sanichi correspondence to Mr. Seiichi Abe
1872 June
Box 4, Folder HM 270
Tatsuta, Seikichiro correspondence to Mr. Sen Abe
1872 July 17
Box 5, Folder HM 259
Jenner, Edward correspondence to "My Dear Sir"
1805 January 6
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 leaves. Includes photocopy and transcription.
Box 1, Folder HM 50
Jones, Annie H. correspondence to Dr. Beet
1909 March 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, 17.8 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is pasted in BX 8350 P2. Stafford.
Box 3, Folder HM 151
Jowett, Benjamin correspondence to "My Dear Librarian"
between 1864-1880 April 29
Note
Autograph letter, signed, photocopy, 1 leaf, 23 centimeters. The original letter is pasted in Evelyn Abbott's
The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett, LF 544 J8 A2, second edition, London, John Murray, 1897.
Box 5, Folder HM 310
De justice seante a Paris note
1871
Box 1, Folder HM 12
Keller, Helen correspondence to Mrs. (Belle Dickey) Dole
1942 August 10
Note
Letter, signed, 1 page, octavo, typewritten. New York, New York.
Box 1, Folder HM 59
Correspondence to "Dear Mr. Putnam"
1910 April 18
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 22.4 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is written in front page of DK 755 K391
T2. HM 60 is also included in the book. Beaufort, South Carolina.
Box 1, Folder HM 60
Correspondence to "My Dear Mr. Putnam" (J. Bishop Putnam)
1910 April 19
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 6 pages, 20 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is bound in the front pages of DK 755 K391
T2. HM 59 is also included in the book. Beaufort, South Carolina.
Box 5, Folder HM 303
Kinsinger, Bertha E. correspondence to Mrs. Martin Abernethy
1904 December 24
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The letter was found laid in
Pavhosto: the Gospels of Luke and John, BS 345 C4947 L8 1912x. The book is written in Cheyenne.
Box 1, Folder HM 10
Kropotkin, Petr Aleksieevich, Prince, inscription to James Mavor, "with friendliest greetings"
1899 January 31
Note
Autograph manuscript, 1 page, octavo. Fly leaf from his
Fields, Factories and Workshops.
Box 3, Folder HM 152
Lafayette, Marie Joseph correspondence to Frederic Salvetori
1827 August 17
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 26 centimeters. The original letter is in Washington Irving's
Life of Washington, E 312 Ir8 volume 1, part 2. The envelope is attached. France.
Box 2, Folder HM 100
Correspondence to "Dear Madam" (Miss L. Deacon)
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 18 x 11.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in Brander Matthews'
Ballads of Books, edited by Andrew Lang, PR 1195 M432. Kensington.
Box 3, Folder HM 147
Correspondence to Mr. W. I. Way
circa 1890 May 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, folded, 15 x 9.5 centimeters, with envelope. The letter is from the Clary Collections.
London.
Box 3, Folder HM 146
Correspondence to W. Irving Way
1896 September 23
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, folded, 16 x 10 centimeters, with envelope. The letter was found laid in Catharine, Saint,
The Miracles of Madame Saint Katherine, PR 4876 B6 M5, translated by Andrew Long, Chicago, Way and Williams, 1897. Penicuick, Midlothian.
Box 3, Folder HM 145
Correspondence to W. Irving Way
1896 June 7
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, folded, 18 x 11.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in Catharine, Saint,
The Miracles of Madame Saint Katherine, PR 4876 B6 M5, translated by Andrew Long, Chicago, 1897. The envelope was pasted to the inside front cover of the book.
Kensington.
Box 5, Folder HM 304
Latin manuscript
Note
Manuscript, 1 leaf, 2 pages, titled
Contra Secundam and
Contra Tertiam. Found laid in Isaac Newton's
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, QA 803 A3 1760 volume 2.
Box 2, Folder HM 128
Correspondence to Merle Armitage
1948 January 18
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages on 1 leaf, 17.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence, Doubleday Doran, 1935, D 568.4 L4 1935. Cambridge.
Box 2, Folder HM 129a
Correspondence to Merle Armitage
1952 February 3
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages on 2 leaves, 20.6 x 12.4 centimeters. The letter was possibly laid in
Secret Despatches from Arabia by T. E. Lawrence, London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. Achinota, Gold Coast, Africa.
Box 2, Folder HM 129
Correspondence to Merle Armitage
1952 July 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages on 1 leaf, 17.5 centimeters, and 1 bank check, 7.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid
in
Secret Despatches from Arabia by T. E. Lawrence, London, Golden Cockerel, Press, 1939. The bank check is signed with T. E. Lawrence's pseudonym, J. H.
Ross, dated 1930 May 6. London.
Lawrence-Archer, James Henry
Box 2, Folder HM 110
Correspondence to J. Gough Nichols
1872 January 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, 18 centimeters. The letter was found in the Nineteenth Century Pamphlet Collection, literary
miscellaneous. Worcester, England.
Box 2, Folder HM 110
Correspondence to J. Gough Nichols
1872 January 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages, 21 centimeters. The letter was found in the Nineteenth Century Pamphlet Collection, literary
miscellaneous. Worchester, England.
Box 2, Folder HM 110
Correspondence to J. Gough Nichols
1872 January 21
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page. The letter was found in the Nineteenth Century Pamphlet Collection, literary miscellaneous.
Worchester, England.
Box 2, Folder HM 110
Correspondence to J. Gough Nichols
1872 July 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 18 centimeters. Found in the Nineteenth Century Pamphlet Collection, literary miscellaneous.
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Box 2, Folder HM 85
Lewis, Oscar correspondence to "Member"
1939 April 17
Note
Typescript letter, 1 page, 18.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Six California Tales, PS571.C2 C4. San Francisco.
Box 5, Folder HM 328
Lienzo Mini
undated
General
2.5" x 3.5", single sheet. Miniature canvas (lienzo) depicting a two hispanic men and woman in traditional dress in front
of what appears to be a field of agave plants. The man in the front is holding a bottle. Published by Tlacuilcalli, a paper,
print, and book making company.
Box 6, Folder HM 1
Lincoln, Abraham commission to Franklin A. Palmer
1861 July 30
Note
Document, signed, 1 sheet, 15 x 17.75 inches. Commission to Palmer as Collector of Customs, Stonington, Connecticut. Also
signed by Salmon Portland Chase, Secretary of the Treasury.
Box 4, Folder HM 224
Correspondence to John Leonard Bell
1921 May 9
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found laid in Z 8843 P932.
Box 4, Folder HM 226
Correspondence to John Leonard Bell
1923 March 21
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Z 8843 P932.
Box 3, Folder HM 161
Lodge, Oliver Joseph, Sir, correspondence to Mr. Maude
1909 January 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 212
Longmans Green and Company Limited correspondence to Robert L. Pendleton
1933 April 11
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 1, Folder HM 32
Lovell, James cargo manifest on board the sloop "Eastern Trader"
1811 November 13
Note
Document, signed, 1 sheet, oblong folio. The manifest is signed by the port collector and naval officer. The sloop master
is Ephraim Ripley. Port of Boston to New York and Albany.
Series: 5
MacVeagh, Franklin - Norris, Frank
Box 1, Folder HM 36
MacVeagh, Franklin correspondence to Librarian, Pomona College
1913 February 8
Note
Letter, signed, 1 page, quarto, typewritten. The letter presents a gift of Confederate money. Twenty one engraved notes
are enclosed. Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.
Box 2, Folder HM 80
Madigan, Patrick F. correspondence to Mr. J. L. Bell
1920 June 1
Note
Typescript letter, signed, 1 page, 20.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Robert Louis Stevenson Letters, PR 5493 A3 F11 volume 2. New York.
Box 1, Folder HM 17
Madison, James grant of lands to John Sutherland and Henry Brown
1811 September 27
Note
Document, signed, 1 sheet, 8.25 x 16.25 inches with papered seal of the United States. Document also signed by James Monroe,
Secretary of State. Grant of lands near Cincinnati to be held as "Tenants in Common."
Box 2, Folder HM 88
Mail map of Wyoming
1893
Note
Map used in 1893 by J. W. Prout and family. 46 x 61 centimeters. Found laid in
The Handbook of Wyoming, F 759.3 St 81 which includes a signature of Jno. W. Proust on the page before the title page.
Box 1, Folder HM 56
Malford, W. E. correspondence to unnamed
1861 October 26
Note
Autograph note, signed, 1 page, 18.2 centimeters, photocopy. The original note is pasted in the front page in
Life in London," DA 689 Eg14 (1821). Haywards Heath, Sussex, England.
Box 4, Folder HM 257
Malpighe, Marcello correspondence to "Your Most Illustrious Lordship"
1693 December 26
Note
Autograph letter, signed, photocopy. The letter is accompanied by a copy of its translation.
Box 1, Folder HM 16
Correspondence to Garner A. Beckett
1940 October 24
Note
Letter, signed, 1 page, small folio, typewritten. The letter is a gift from William Clary and it is on Clary's article "The
Third Term." Princeton, New Jersey.
Box 3, Folder HM 173
Draft letter
Note
Typewritten, signed draft of letter with manuscript additions and conclusion, 3 pages.
Box 5, Folder HM 305
Manuscript leaf
possibly 16th century
Note
Manuscript leaf, illuminated, on vellum, 12.7 x 8.2 centimeters.
Box 5, Folder HM 307
Leaf 1
Note
4 pages. Removed from frame - no identification, 1998 November 23. From Meg Garrett, 1998.
Box 5, Folder HM 308
Leaf 2
Note
4 pages. Removed from frame - no identification, 1998 November 23. From Meg Garrett, 1998.
Box 5, Folder HM 309
Leaf 3
Note
4 pages. Removed from frame - no identification, 1998 November 23. From Meg Garrett, 1998.
Box 1, Folder HM 22
"Lincoln, the Man of the People"
1928 August
Note
Printed broadside, signed and inscribed: "For Pomona College... with the author's friendly greetings."
Box 1, Folder HM 18
"The Man with the Hoe," poem in five verses
1928 August
Note
Printed broadside, signed and inscribed: "For Pomona College, with the author's western halloo."
Box 1, Folder HM 57
Martin, John C. correspondence to Miller, H. B.
1857 May 30
Note
Manuscript note, 1 page, 19 centimeters. An authorization to preach at M. P. Church. H. B. Miller is named as licensee.
Cincinnati.
Box 1, Folder HM 31
Mason, Lowell correspondence to "Dear Mrs. Dickinson"
1871 January 15
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, octavo. The enclosure covering the letter is from Henry L. Mason to E. F. Goff of Pomona
College.
Box 4, Folder HM 259
Masson, Rosaline correspondence to Mr. Pettitt
1924 January 23
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 281
McClelland, Harold F. correspondence to Ronald Reagan
1964 December 9
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. Harold McClelland, Dean of Faculty of Claremont Men's College, mentions the Association of Independent
California Colleges and Universities.
Box 5, Folder HM 284
Mehta, Ved correspondence to Margaret Mulhauser
1978 July 11
Box 5, Folder HM 328
Mendez, Domingo vs. Mendez, Manuella, divorce complaint
undated
Note
14.5 x 8.5 inches; 3 leaves and green paper docket. Nineteenth century mimographed typescript with numerous manuscript additions.
Complaint filed to dissolve a marriage between two Mexican Americans. Husband seeks separation on the grounds of his wife's
drunkenness and overall bad behavior.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican Americans
Mendez, Domingo
Mendez, Manuella
Box 2, Folder HM 112
Merrier, Le Commissaire General, correspondence to Mr. Amedee Durand
1867 November 29
Note
Letter, printed form, 1 page, 26.5 x 21 centimeters, also 1 bookplate, 9 x 12.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Felix Belly's
A Traver's L'Amerique Centrale Le Nicaragua Et Le Canal Interoceanique. Paris, France.
Box 4, Folder HM 247
Correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1947 December 9
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Q 171 M587.
Box 4, Folder HM 249
Correspondence to Edward D. and Marian Lyman
1951 December 28
Note
Autograph postcard, signed. The postcard was found in Q 171 M587.
Box 4, Folder HM 248
Correspondence to Marian and Edward D. Lyman
1950 March 23
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found in Q 171 M587.
Box 3, Folder HM 206
Minsky, Herbert Kay correspondence to Kathleen Bernath
1958 April 28
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, 18 centimeters. New York.
Box 6, Folder HM 325
Missal leaves
15th century
Box 4, Folder HM 245
Molini, Charles F. correspondence to Captain F. C. Brooke
1846 October 6
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The letter was found in PQ 4630 M3 1825x.
Box 5, Folder HM 318
Moore, Ernest C. correspondence to Edward D. Lyman
1936 June 15
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. The letter was found laid in Ernest C. Moore's
The Story of Instruction.
Box 1, Folder HM 70
Morris, William correspondence to "Dear Sir"
1884 January 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 20 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Poems by the Way, Z 239.2 K299 M8P4 copy 2. Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith.
Box 2, Folder HM 122
Morrow, Lieutenant Colonel, correspondence to Major D. F. Robinson
1887 January 3
Note
Autograph copy of telegram, 1 leaf, 25 centimeters. The telegraph was signed for Morrow by Fletcher, adjutant. Fort Stanton,
New Mexico.
Box 5, Folder HM 280
Mosher, Thomas Bird correspondence to Dr. Percival Wiksell
1914 December 22
Note
Typewritten letter. The letter is tipped in Robert Burns'
The Jolly Beggar, Z 239 M8 B9J copy 2.
Box 4, Folder HM 266
Muir, John manuscript fragment
Note
Autograph manuscript fragment, 1 leaf, photocopy. Tipped in Muir's
The Writings of John Muir, 917.94 M895.5 volume 1.
Box 4, Folder HM 246
Mumaugh, C. R., Jr., correspondence to Mrs. Birney
1919 January 18
Note
Typewritten letter, mimeo.
Box 5, Folder HM 322
Nakahara, Toichi correspondence to Henry Smith Munroe
1913 August 16
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 76
Newhall, Daniel H. correspondence to William McPherson
1929 May 17
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 21.5 centimeters. The letter was found in
A Soul in Bronze, PS3507 D85 So83. 100 East 42nd Street, Pershing Square Building, New York.
Box 5, Folder HM 282
Nixon, Richard correspondence to Robert Bernard
1959 August 7
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, with envelope.
Box 3, Folder HM 151
Noguchi, Yone correspondence to Ramiel McGehee
1909 March 7
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 22 x 17 centimeters. The letter is accompanied by an envelope, 8 x 17.5 centimeters; an
autographed poem, "Moon Night," dated 1908 October, 25.5 x 19 centimeters; two photographs of who may possibly be Yone Noguchi;
a newspaper clipping of Yone Noguchi's son, Isamu Noguchi from 1923; and an announcement of exhibition by Isamu Noguchi from
1931 March 3-27. A photocopy of the letter is with an envelope and a poem in Yone Noguchi's
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl, PR 6027 N689 Am3. Japan.
Box 4, Folder HM 256
Norris, Frank manuscript leaf
Note
Manuscript, 1 leaf. The leaf is from
McTeague.
Series: 6
Oldfield, Claude Houghton - Ruth
Box 2, Folder HM 126
Oldfield, Claude Houghton correspondence to Mr. Arthur St. John Adcock
1923 November 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 24 centimeters. The original was removed from Claude Houghton Oldfield's
The Beast, Belfast, Quota Press, 1936, PR 6029 OL1 B3 folio. Chelsea, S. W. London.
Box 2, Folder HM 111
O'Shaughnessy, Helen correspondence to Mrs. John O. Gautner
1935 March 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 27.5 x 18 centimeters, with stamped addressed envelope. The letter was found laid in M.
M. O'Shaughnessy's
Hetch Hetchy: Its Origin and History. San Francisco, California.
Box 6, Folder HM 314
O'Sullivan, John L., Charge d'Affaires, Lisbon, Portugal, signed
passport for Henry Cecil, Bearer of Dispatches
1854 July 31
Note
Contains a wax seal, 1 page.
Box 3, Folder HM 215
Parris, Albion K. commission to Ebenezer Thatcher
1823 June 18
Note
The commission of Ebenezer Thatcher as Brigadier General of the State Militia by Governor Albion K. Parris of Maine.
Box 5, Folder HM 286
Parkinson, John correspondence to J. H. Dockweiler
1921 June 16
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, photocopy. John Parkinson is an architect. The original letter is in NA 735 L55 J63 1922.
Box 4, Folder HM 258
Pasteur, Louis correspondence to "Dear Sir"
1893 June 26
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The letter is accompanied by 2 copies of its transalation.
Box 3, Folder HM 156
Phillips, Wendell correspondence to A. Robeson
1858 August 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 4, Folder HM 238
Power, Tyrone correspondence to "My Dear Friend"
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The letter was found in PR 2753 F5 volume 17.
Box 2, Folder HM 83
Priestly, J. B. letter
1949
Note
Typewritten letter, 2 pages, 14 centimeters. Found laid in
The Sea and the Jungle.
Box 4, Folder HM 255
Randolph, John, of Roanoke, correspondence to Henry Camington, Esquire
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 281
Correspondence to Robert J. Bernard
1964 December 31
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 281
Correspondence to the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities
1964 December 17
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 1, Folder HM 58
Reece, R. (grandfather of Denny Urlin, author) correspondence to mother of author
1835 April 28
Note
Part of original autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 8.5 centimeters, photocopy. The letter concerns Denny's health. The original
letter is pasted in the back of
Father Reece ..., BX 8495 R251 Ur2. There are also five newspaper clippings pasted to the back pages concerning the death of Canon Dixon,
the Waltham Street Wesleyan Church, and the publishing of the above book. Sheffield, England.
Box 5, Folder HM 330
Reward of Merit
1860 April 13
General
3.5" x 2", one piece. Certificate given to Jean C. Moore (?) by J. L. Smithdeal. Depicts George Washington on a horse, a beehive,
and a plowman. Some hand coloring. Rewards of Merit were small tokens given to students by teachers for their achievements.
Box 2, Folder HM 81
Rice, Richard Ashley correspondence to Mr. Hill
1916 December 24
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 20 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Stevenson: How to Know Him, PR5496 R366. Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 1, Folder HM 14
Roberts, Kenneth Lewis correspondence to G. A. Van Nosdall
1956 June 8
Note
Letter, signed, 1 page, octavo. Letter is a gift from Philip Corrin. Kennebunkport, Maine.
Box 2, Folder HM 127
Rogers, Bruce correspondence to Merle Armitage
1946 August 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 6 pages on 3 leaves, 18.2 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
The Odyssey of Homer, translated by T. E. Lawrence, London, Oxford University Press, 1935, PA 4025 A5 L3 1935. Danbury, Connecticut.
Box 3, Folder HM 168
Roosevelt, Eleanor check from the Griffith Park Democratic Women
1961 May 25
Box 1, Folder HM 27
Roosevelt, Theodore correspondence to George Augustus Gates, President, Pomona College
1907 January 19
Note
Letter, signed, 1 page, quarto, typewritten. The White House, Washington.
Box 1, Folder HM 47
Rossetti, William Michael correspondence to Mr. Howe,
1909 September 6
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, 17.7 centimeters. The letter is concerning
The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy. Regent's Park, N.W.
Box 5, Folder HM 283
Rusk, Dean correspondence to Robert J. Bernard
1961 October 12
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, includes envelope. Dean Ruskin is the United States Secretary of State.
Box 3, Folder HM 164
Rusk, Ralph Leslie correspondence to Angelus Press
1939 April 28
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 98
Ruth correspondence to Aunt Adele
1956 September
Note
Inscription, 1 page, 21.5 x 12 centimeters, photocopy. The original inscription is pasted in PS 3525 A25 M5. Rome.
Series: 7
Samuelson, Edward - Syle, E. W.
Box 3, Folder HM 207
Samuelson, Edward correspondence to Alderman W. B. Forwood, Mayor of Liverpool
1881 November 4
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 290
San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce correspondence to Edgar Johnson
1910 April 8
Note
Typewritten letter, signed. Edgar Johnson is the secretary-treasurer of the Southern California Editorial Association. Fullerton,
California.
Box 1, Folder HM 8
San Francisco Port, Board of Marine Underwriters certificate, to Robert Minor
1885 March 17
Note
Printed form filled in, 1 sheet, 11.5 x 15.5 inches, with embossed (gold paper) seal, 6 signatures. Certificate of Competency
as Master in the Merchant Service. San Francisco.
Box 1, Folder HM 61
Sargent, Winthrop correspondence to "Dear Sirs"
1864 November 18
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 19.8 centimeters. The letter was found in E 295 Sa73. 9 Nassau Street, New York.
Box 2, Folder HM 117
Sarton, George correspondence to Dr. Nicholas C. Polos
1952 November 11
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 21.5 x 28 centimeters. The letter is accompanied by 1 leaf of typescript bibliography of
6 of Sarton's works. Cambridge, Massachusetts. A gift of Nicholas C. Polos, associate professor of history, La Verne College,
La Verne, California.
Box 1, Folder HM 11
Schevill, Ferdinand correspondence to Harold Bodman
1937 March 10
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, small quarto. Berkeley, California.
Box 1, Folder HM 23
Scott, Benjamin David correspondence to Willis Holmes Kerr
1929 June 20
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, oblong octavo. The covering letter for two Edwin Markham poems. Balboa, California.
Box 4, Folder HM 233b
[Scott], Tony (Pomona College alumnus) correspondence to "Dear Margaret and Fred (Mulhauser)," re: Alice B. Toklas
1950 September 13
Box 2, Folder HM 97
Sellers, H. correspondence to "Dear Mr. Ford" (H. L. Ford, Esquire)
1931 May 4
Note
Postcard, 14 x 9 centimeters. The postcard was found in PR 2752 R8 1709 volume 1. London.
Box 1, Folder HM 15
Gerrald, S. L., Reverend, sermon
probably 18th century
Note
Manuscript, 9 leaves, sextodecimo. Sermon on a text: 1st Timothy III: 15 ("The Duty of Christian Ministers"). Goffstown.
Box 1, Folder HM 2
Sermon
1738 May 7 and June 25
Note
Manuscript, 4 leaves, sextodecimo, fragment. Laid in, photocopy. Sermon, apparently on texts from Corinthians.
Box 1, Folder HM 4
Walker sermon
1825 March
Note
Manuscript, 14 leaves, octavo. Sermon on a text: Psalm VIII: "What is man that thou art mindful of him?" Danvers, Massachusetts.
Box 1, Folder HM 34
Seymour, Horatio commission to John H. Van Wyck, 1st Lieutenant in the 162nd Regiment of New York Volunteers
1863 August 10
Note
Document, signed, 1 sheet, 11.75 x 16.5 inches, printed form filled out. Contains papered seal of the state of New York.
Albany.
Box 4, Folder HM 223
Shaw, William A. correspondence to Professor Grose
1938 October 23
Note
Autograph letter, signed. The letter was found in E215.2 M13.
Box 4, Folder HM 231a
Correspondence to "Dear Sir" (G. A. Grierson)
1906 October 19
Note
The letter was found laid in DS 785 Sh57.
Box 4, Folder HM 231b
Correspondence to Mr. (G. A.) Grierson
1906 December 21
Note
The letter was found laid in DS 785 Sh57.
Box 2, Folder HM 120
Sinclair, Upton Beall correspondence to Lester Roberts
1939 January 6
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 14 x 21.5 centimeters. The letter is written on Upton Sinclair's personal stationery.
Pasadena, California.
Box 4, Folder HM 251
Smith, Sarah Bixby correspondence to Olive Percival
1932 July 2
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page. There are two photographs of the Southwest Museum with the letter. The letter was found
laid in F 866 Sm65 1931. Los Angeles.
Box 2, Folder HM 96
Stevens, Henry correspondence to H. R. Wagner
1945 June 9
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 17.5 x 13 centimeters. The letter was found in F 1411 C242. Bognor Regis, Sussex.
Box 3, Folder HM 167
Stevenson, Adlai correspondence to Mrs. Mayers
1952 November 11
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 79
Stevenson, Robert Louis correspondence to Mrs. Burgess
1885 November 12
Note
Typewritten letter, 1 page, 28 centimeters. The letter was found laid in
Robert Louis Stevenson Letters, PR 5493 A3 F11 volume 2. Skeryvore, Bournemouth.
Box 2, Folder HM 142
Stock, Elliot correspondence to William Roberts
1900 September 28
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 20.5 x 13 centimeters. London.
Box 1, Folder HM 66
Stoddard, Charles Warren correspondence to "Dear George" (George Sterling)
1907 November 15
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 6 pages, 20.4 centimeters, includes addressed envelope. It was laid in PS 2397.2 Sa79. Monterey,
California.
Box 3, Folder HM 174-HM 204
Stokes, William R., Civil War papers
1870-1887
Note
Folder contains inventory of collection.
Box 3, Folder HM 174-HM 176
Certificates of commission
1873 July 15-1886 May 26
Note
HM 174: Commanding Officer of the Fifth Regiment of Cavalry. 15 July 1873. Official certificate of commissioning to rank
of sergeant. Signed by W. C. Fonbuss, 1st Lt. 5th Cavalry, and E. A. Carr, Lt . Col. 5th Cavalry. 1 p.
HM 175: Adjutant General's Office, Pennsylvania. 24 May 1886. Official certificate of Muster-Out-Roll and accompanying correspondence.
Signed by W. S. Stegner, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Presly W. Guthrie, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania.
3 p.
HM 176: Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. 26 May 1886. Official Certificate of Commissioning. Signed by W.
S. Stegner, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1 p.
Box 3, Folder HM 177-HM 179
Army pension documents
1872 August 9-1887 March 4
Note
HM 177: Pension Bureau. 29 April 1886. Pension certificate. Signed by N. H. Muldrow, Acting Secretary of the Interior;
countersigned by John C. Black, Commissioner of Pensions. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 178: Correspondence. R. W. Orn . . . (?], Adjutant General, War Department, to Hon. S. W. T. Lanham, House of Representatives.
23 February 1887. Regarding amendment of William R. Stokes' military record. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 179: Pension Bureau. 29 April 1886. Pension vouchers. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
Box 3, Folder HM 180-HM 192
Correspondence. E. H. Gelston and Company, pension and claims attorneys
1885 February 10-1886 March 26
Note
HM 180: Congress, U.S. Act of June 3, 1884 for the Relief of Certain Commissioned Officers of the Army. n. d. Circular
reprinted and distributed by E. H. Gelston & Co. 1 p.
HM 181: Form letter. Washington, D. C. n. d. Informs claimants that they are responsible for postage. Signed E. H. Gelston
& Co. 1 p.
HM 182: Questionnaire for Officers. Washington, D. C. n . d. Signed E. H. Gelston & Co. Note: on the verso is reprinted
Congressional Act of June 3, 1884. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 183: E. H. Gelston to Wm. R. Stokes. 10 February 1885. Washington, D. C. Requests Stokes to complete accompanying questionnaire.
2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 184: E. H. Gelston & Co. to Wm. R. Stokes. 25 June 1885. Washington, D. C. Requests further information as to why Stokes
was dropped from pension rolls. 1 p.
HM 185: Wm R. Stokes to General W. W. H. Davis, U.S. Pension Sergeant. 14 August 1885. Lake Valley, New Mexico. Requests
that Pension Certificate number be forwarded to E. H. Gelston & Co. Note: at bottom of page 2 Davis writes that Pension Certificate
number has been sent. 2 p. on 2 leaves.
HM 186: W. W. Davis to Wm. R. Stokes. 20 August 1885. Philadelphia. Notification that request of Pension Certificate number
has been carried out. 1 p.
HM 187: E. H. Gelston & Co. to William R. Stokes. 8 September 1885. Washington, D.C. Notification that the Pension Bureau
has received necessary documents for reinstitution of pension. 1 p.
HM 188: E. H. Gelston & Co. to Wm. R. Stokes. 1 December 1885. Washington, D.C. Requests additional information regarding
pension restoration. 1 p.
HM 189: E. H. Gelston to Wm. R. Stokes. 3 February 1886. Washington, D.C. Requests additional information regarding pension
restoration. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 190: [William R. Stokes] to E. H. Gelston & Co. 3 April 1886. Lake Valley, New Mexico. Complains about length of time
involved in pension reinstatement process. 3 p. on 2 leaves.
HM 191: E. H. Gelston & Co. to Wm. R. Stokes. 26 March 1886. Washington, D.C. Blames delay in processing pension request
on Stokes' failure to provide required information. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 192: E. H. Gelston & Co. to Fred'k Brackett, Asst. Adjt. Gen' l, G.A.R. 26 March 1886. Washington, D.C. Refers to letter
of complaint from Stokes to Adj. General's office and responds to accusations therein. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
Box 3, Folder HM 193-HM 195
Correspondence. Allan Rutherford, attorney
1887 January 6-20
Note
HM 193: Allan Rutherford to William R. Stokes. 6 January 1887. Washington, D.C. Letter accompanying application for correction
of muster and difference of pay and fee agreement. 1 p.
HM 194: Allan Rutherford to Lieut. Wm. R. Stokes. 14 January 1887. Washington, D.C. Letter accompanying application for
pension. 1 p.
HM 195: Allan Rutherford to Wm. R. Stokes. 20 January 1887. Washington, D.C. Notification that applications for correction
of muster and difference of pay and fee agreement have been filed. 1 p.
Box 3, Folder HM 196-HM 198
Correspondence. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
1887 February 12-1887 March 14
Note
HM 196: Jas. S. Negley to Wm R. Stokes 12 February 1887. Pittsburgh. Letter accompanying application for admission to National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Note: attached to this is correspondence from Presly N. Guthrie, Adjutant General,
Pennsylvania to Wm. R. Stokes, 24 May 1886, certifying
Stokes' commissions. Also official pension certificate,
29 April 1886, signed by John C. Black, Commissioner, Pension Office. 3 p. on 3 leaves.
HM 197: Southern Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to Wm. R. Stokes. 16 February 1887. Letter accompanying
application for admission to National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Signed by P. T. Woodfin, Governor. 1 p.
HM 198: National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Application for Admissions. 14 March 1887. Completed by Stokes.
3 p. on 1 leaf.
Box 3, Folder HM 199-HM 204
Personal papers
1870 July 15-1887 April 20
Note
HM 199: "The Gates Afar." n.d. Poem by Wm. R. Stokes. Postscript explains origins of poem. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 200: Ino. W. Geary, Executive Chamber, Pennsylvania, to William R. Stokes. 15 July 1870. Harrisburg, Penn. Answers earlier
letter from Stokes regarding anti-American sentiment in the Southwest. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 201: B. L. Lee, Private Secretary to the Governor, Pennsylvania, to WM. R. Stokes. 9 August 1872. Harrisburg, Penn.
Informs Stokes that the governor has recommended his promotion. 2 p. on 1 leaf.
HM 202: Sierra Mining Company. 7 April 1886. Lake Valley, New Mexico. Letter of recommendation for Stokes. Signed by F.
M. Endlick, Gen. Man. 1 p.
HM 203: Will. 20 April 1887. Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas. Appoints Maj. Geo. F. Robin executor. Witnessed by Leon Richon,
Hospital Steward, U.S.A.
HM 204: Envelope. Dated 26 May 1887. Labeled "Private Papers of Lieut. Wm. Stokes--Deceased."
Box 5, Folder HM 302
Stowe, Harriet Beecher commentary and clippings
Note
Unsigned commentary, 14 pages, and clippings to
A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Found laid in E 449 ST78. Also includes Indiana Asbury University oration programs.
Box 5, Folder HM 311
Subers, Helen D. correspondence to C. H. Weiser
1957 March 30
Note
Helen D. Subers was head of the department of The Free Library of Philadelphia.
Box 2, Folder HM 139
Sweeney, Dennis Lynch, Sgt., correspondence to "Dear Mother"
1864-1865
Note
8 letters, 20 sheets, 21.5 x 28 centimeters, photocopies. Sergeant Dennis Lynch Sweeney of the New York Regiment writes his
mother regarding the Civil War. The letters are a gift from Esther Sweeney.
Box 5, Folder HM 313
Swift, Jonathan correspondence to Dr. John Hawkshaw
1717
Note
Regarding property leased by Dr. John Hawkshaw.
Box 2, Folder HM 78
Swinburne, A. C. correspondence to Miss Edwards
1873 June 25
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 18 centimeters, photocopy, includes envelope. The original letter is laid in a book. It is laid
in
Tragedies: The Queen Mother Rosamond, PR5507 1905 volume 1. Holmwood.
Box 5, Folder HM 326
Syle, E. W. printed circular letter
1854 June 20
Note
Circular letter printed by D. Fanshaw, of New York. Appoints a committee at a meeting held at St. George's on Beekman street
to adopt measures for the purpose of relieving Chinamen in a state of destitution and distress
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chinese Americans
Series: 8
Talbot, Clare R. - Victoria I, Queen of England
Talbot, Clare R. (Mrs. Clinton Talbot)
Box 5, Folder HM 297
Correspondence to William W. Clary
Box 5, Folder HM 297
Correspondence to William W. Clary
1936 July 28
Box 5, Folder HM 297
Correspondence to William W. Clary
1937 February 4
Box 5, Folder HM 323
Tanabe, Yoshiko correspondence to Mrs. Lewis (Miss Fisher)
1943 September 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 2, Folder HM 123
Tarkington, Booth manuscript leaf
Note
Holograph photocopy, 1 leaf, 33 centimeters (folded). Bound in author's
Works, PS 2970 A2 1918 volume 1, New York, Doubleday, 1918.
Box 3, Folder HM 213
Thompson, James W. correspondence to Professor Vincent
1911 March 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed, photocopy. The original letter is mounted in volume 2 of Z 315 ES83 T3. The letter indicates that
the book is a gift to Professor Vincent.
Box 4, Folder HM 233a
Toklas, Alice B. correspondence to "My Dear Mr. (Frederick) Mulhauser"
1950 April 12
Box 1, Folder HM 54
Tomes, Charles S., Sir, correspondence to Prince Duleep Singh, Maharajah
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 3 pages, 25.9 centimeters. The letter was found in
Mannington Hall, DA 664 M3 T5. A genealogy chart is also included. Mannington Hall, Aylsham, England.
Box 3, Folder HM 211
Torchon Lace Company correspondence to Miss Natalia Halmgren
1905 June 17
Note
Letter, signed. The letter is regarding the offering of a lace loom at reduced cost in exchange for the names and addresses
of friends.
Box 1, Folder HM 38
Toynbee, Arnold Joseph correspondence to Professor Nicholas Polos
1973 March 19
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 10.5 centimemeters, includes franked envelope. The Royal Insititute of International Affairs,
London, England.
Box 2, Folder HM 133
Trollope, Mrs. Thomas Anthony (nee Frances Milton) correspondence
1829 February 13
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page on 1 leaf, 18.5 centimeters. A portrait of Mrs. Thomas Anthony Trollope is filed with the
letter.
Box 2, Folder HM 82
Two old favorites critically undone book review
1923 December 30
Note
Newspaper clipping, 42 centimeters, 2 pages. New York Times Book Review. Found laid in
R. L. Stevenson, PR 5496 SW64.
Box 1, Folder HM 21
Tupman family material
1837-1840
Note
Five pieces, fragile. Thomas G. Tupman, Justice of the Peace, various orders "to any Constable of Campbell Co." Also 3 miscellaneous
Tupman papers, 1837. Campbell County, Kentucky.
Box 4, Folder HM 262
Underwood, Julia Crawford correspondence to Mary Austin
1905 May 6
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 205
United States Army. Regiment Infantry. New Jersey, 1st Orange Brigade, Company A
1860-1864
Note
The papers include official roll calls, orders to parade, correspondence concerning court martials, and other military records.
There are 16 items and the folder contains an inventory of the collection.
Box 1, Folder HM 26
United States Commission for Relief in Belgium donation acknowledgment
1918 May 22
Note
Printed form, signed by Herbert [Clark] Hoover, W[m] L[incoln] Honnold, chairman and director respectively, and also by the
treasurer and assistant treasurer. In behalf of the people of Belgium, acknowledging the donation of Pomona College. New
York.
Box 5, Folder HM 312
United States - correspondence (unidentified)
1892 December 19
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 22.9 x 14.6 centimeters. Addressed to "My Dear Alec" from an unidentified person with
an illegible signature. Found in Bancroft's works.
Box 5, Folder HM 324
Unknown handwritten letter in Dutch accompanied by clipping
Note
Autograph letter, signed. Found laid in: Z244.A2 F418.
Box 5, Folder HM 289
Vander Leck, L. correspondence to "Dear Sir" (San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce)
1910 November 16
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 4, Folder HM 218
Vansittart correspondence to Merle Armitage
1955 April 15
Note
Typewritten letter, signed.
Box 3, Folder HM 210
Victoria I, Queen of England (Victoria Regina Imperatrix), correspondence to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (her son)
1874 September 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Series: 9
Wagner, H. R. - Young, Frank Popham
Box 2, Folder HM 94
Wagner, H. R. correspondence to Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles
1945 July 2
Note
Autograph letter, 2 pages, 21.5 x 14 centimeters. The letter was found in F 1411 C2A2.
Box 3, Folder HM 143
Walpole, Hugh Seymour correspondence to William Webb Clary
1934 October 30
Note
Typewritten letter, signed, 1 page, 28 x 21 centimeters. The letter is written on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer letterhead stationery
and comes with an envelope. The letter was found laid in William W. Clary's
Some Remarks about Andrew Lang ..., PR 4877 C55. Culver City, California.
Box 5, Folder HM 275
Warner V., Commissioner, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior correspondence to Mrs. Susan P. Brewer
1908 June 17
Box 3, Folder HM 153
Washington, George correspondence to The Reverend George Skine Keith
1792 June 22
Note
Letter, signed, 2 pages, 23 centimeters. The letter was found in Irving, Washington,
Life of Washington, E 312 Ir8 volume 1, part 1. Philadelphia.
Box 4, Folder HM 261
Watts, Alan W. correspondence to Aldous Huxley
1954 February 23
Box 4, Folder HM 235
Way, W. (Washington) Irving manuscript
1924
Note
Manuscript, 5 leaves, 27.5 x 21.5 centimeters. Manuscript of title-page and manuscript corrections of printed pages of
Migratory Books, Wingless Birds of Song and Story from Way's article in Catalogue No. 35, Dawson's Bookshop (October 1924). Revised article privately printed by John Henry
Nash, San Francisco, for Ernest Dawson, Los Angeles, 1924. Found laid in
Migratory Books, Their Haunts and Habits, Z286 A55 W38 copy 2.
Box 1, Folder HM 64
Correspondence to "Dear Sir"
1822 February 20
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, 24.6 centimeters, photocopy. The original letter is in E 337.8 W392 (1851) volume 1.
Washington.
Box 1, Folder HM 65
Correspondence to Mr. Swann
1834 May 20
Note
Autograph note, signed, 1 page, 20 centimeters, includes signature of R. Choate, photocopy. The original note is bound in
E 337.8 W392 (1851) volume 1.
Box 2, Folder HM 92
Weicker, Otho correspondence to J. L. Bell
1932 August 26
Note
Postcard, 14 x 8.25 centimeters. The postcard was found in PR 5493 B197 volume 1. Boston, Massachusetts.
Box 4, Folder HM 220
West, Anthony correspondence to Merle Armitage
1955 December 30
Note
Autograph letter, signed.
Box 5, Folder HM 294
West, Jessamyn correspondence to Margaret and Fred Mulhauser
1959 November 12
Note
Autograph letter, signed, with envelope.
Box 1, Folder HM 33
Whittier, John Greenleaf correspondence to "Dear Friend"
1878 May 30
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 2 pages, octavo. An invitation to commemorate John Greenleaf Whittier's 100th birthday (engraving)
is enclosed. Oak Knoll, Danvers, Massachusetts.
Box 4, Folder HM 232a
Correspondence to "Dear Henry"
1972 May 10
Note
2 pages. The letter was found laid in
The Gluyas Williams Gallery, NC 1429 W56 F6x.
Box 4, Folder HM 232b
Correspondence to "Dear Henry"
1972 June 2
Note
1 page. The letter was found laid in
The Gluyas Williams Gallery, NC 1429 W56 F6x.
Box 5, Folder HM 316
Wills, George tracings of John Milton's autograph
circa 1860
Note
Holograph note and tracings of Milton's autograph on tissue.
Box 2, Folder HM 140
Correspondence to Edmund Clarence Stedman
1892 August 7
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 4 pages on 1 leaf, folded, 21 x 13 centimeters. The letter was found laid in Percy Bysshe Shelley's
Posthumous Poems (PR 5402 1824). Tompkinsville, New York.
Box 2, Folder HM 141
Correspondence to Edmund Clarence Stedman
1892 August 11
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 20 x 12.5 centimeters. The letter was found laid in Percy Bysshe Shelley's
Posthumous Poems, London, 1824 (PR 5402 1824). The envelope is pasted to the flyleaf in the book. Tompkinsville, New York.
Box 2, Folder HM 102
Wodehouse, Eleanor signature
Note
Signature, 11 x 10.3 centimeters, photocopy. The original is pasted in
Matthew Arnold's Notebooks, PR 4021 N8 1902.
Box 4, Folder HM 244
Wolcott, Walter correspondence to George N. Hauptman
1897 November 8
Note
Autograph letter, signed, photocopy. The letter is in F 127 Y3 W8.
Box 5, Folder HM 276
Woollcott, Alexander correspondence to Garner A. Beckett
1936 December 4
Box 2, Folder HM 113
Wyatt, Thomas H. correspondence to H. Little
1841 February 23
Note
Autograph letter, signed, 1 page, 18.5 x 11.5 centimeters. The origin of the letter is unknown.
Box 5, Folder HM 301
Young, Frank Popham correspondence to Garner and Lillian Beckett
1922 December 25
Note
Autograph note, signed. The original note is in
A Menage a Trois, PR 6047 O48 M4 1922 by Frank Popham Young.