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King, Thomas Starr. Dedication. 1863 August 28

Holmes, John Henry. Note. 1894 August 8

Stuart, Clinton. Note. 1894 August 8

Ball, Thomas. Note. 1894 August 26

Newcombe, Edgar A. P. Three lines of music and note. 1894

Strong, J. D. Letter and poem: "Song of the German Minstrel." 1863 November 5

Strong, M. D. Poem : "To Charles W. Stoddard." Undated

Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. Poem beginning "I will not wish thy life a tinted bubble…" 1863 November 16

[?] Francis Arch. Quotation. Undated

Gibbons, J. Card Note. Undated

Ireland, John. Note. Undated

Menken, Adah Isaacs. Poem beginning "The Poet's noblest duty is…" Undated

Kerr, Orpheus C. Poem beginning "Who hath his birthright in immortal Song." Undated

Harte, Francis King. Letter. 1887 February 8

Harte, Francis Bret. Poem : "Mary's Album." Undated

Bayles, L. C. Letter with copy of anonymous poem: "The Sea." 1863 September 4

Addison, Dane Dulany. Poem: "The Return." 1894 August 28

Bowman, J. F. Letter with poem: "Waiting." Undated

Kipling, Rudyard. Poem: "The Lost Legion." 1893 April 7

Kendall, William A. Letter. 1863 October 29.

Kendall, William A. Poem: "Bear to the Right." [1863 October 29].

Johnson, Rieland Malcolm. Note. 1895 January 17

Simpson, William. Note with extract from "The Mysterious Ledger." 1863 October 31

Daly, James A. Letter. 1864 June 2

Kingsbury, Alice. Poem "To Charles Warren Stoddard" beginning "And wherefore should I write with these …" 1864 June 4

Webb, Charles H. Letter and poem: "Our mother - not Lost but gone Before." 1864 June 6

Russell, Edmund. Note Undated

Birch, Reginald Bathurst. Note and drawing of children with lettering "München 1875." Undated

Sanborn, S. S. Note in Greek. 1864 August 3

Clare, Ada. Poem: "How poets sing." 1864 October 23

Wyllie, R. C. Poem beginning "What man must lead a happy life…" 1864 November 6

Wyllie, R. C. Poem in Greek and note. [1864 November 6?]

Various signatures including members of the Browne family.

Luby [?], Isabel. Note. 1894

Clarke, Charles Russell. Note. 1865 February 14

Densmore, G. B. Letter. Undated

Fields, Annie. Note. 1894 August 18

Turner, Ross Note 1894 August 18

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Poem beginning "A sexton of the alcoved tomb…" 1894 August 3

Taylor, Bayard. Note with part of poem beginning "Though no man resent his wrong…" 1870 June 11

Johns, Tremenheere Lanyon. Letter and poem: "The Punster to the Poet." 1865 July 22

Soulé, Frank. Poem: "To a Young Poet." 1865 December 25

Soulé, Frank. Letter [1865 December 25]

Yelverton, Thérèse. Prose extract beginning "The wind blowing softly west caught…" [18??] May 14

Various signatures from "On board the Yacht Ramona, Summer of 1891."

Burrows, George. Poem: "The Sacred Scriptures." 1865 February 25

Wores, Theodore. Pen and ink sketch of a woman at a piano.

Lawson, Emilie. Letter and poem: "Tell me." Undated

Tati Teuraiterai a Tepau. Poem in Maori [?] beginning "Mi ai le arii o aromarterai..." 1892 November 20

Southworth, Emma D. E. N. Note. 1893 November 8

Buel, Fred [?]. Poem beginning "Now Charlie Stoddard what on Earth …" Undated

Buel, Fred [?]. Letter

Vail, Theodore. Note. 1893 July 31

Various signatures

Malone, John Letter. 1887 February 7

Billings, Frederick. Letter. 1863 October 22

Warner, Charles Dudley. Note. Undated

Page, Thomas Nelson. Note. 1893 August 27.

Millet, Francis D. Note. 1893 September 15

Woodruff, Henry. Note. Undated

Thomas, G. Note and drawing of man in a tuxedo. 1891 July 8

Palmer, C. T. H. Letter 1866 September 15

Hay, John. Poem: "Words." 1890 May

Sullivan, Thomas Russell Poem: "Inter Pocula." 1890 August 27

Various signatures from "The Hacienda, Larchmont, New York." Undated

Four signatures: Edward L. Burlingame, 1871 July 18; Charles Scribner, 1893 April 6; W. C. Brownell, April 6, 1893; and Meredith Nicholson, 1893 August 23.

Storer, Maria Longworth. Poem beginning "My work is done in terra cotta…" with ink sketches of woman decorating pottery and man writing. With signature of Bellamy Storer. 1893 December 20

Keeler, R. Poem beginning "The head has raised a deal on high…" Undated

Gillette, Fanny. Note. 1887 October

Hill, Barton. Poem stanza beginning "Day after day…" 1893 October

Nesmith, Otto Andreae. Note. 1893 October 15

Mantell, R. B. Quotation. 1887

Mantell, Marie Sheldon. Signature. [1887]

Mitchell, Morton, and Laddie Mitchell. Poem, "To C. W. S." beginning "Charles Warren, mon cher!" 1894 August

Various signatures of Stoddard family members. Undated

Woodberry, George Edward. Poem beginning "When love in the faint heart trembles…" 1894 August 31

Crane?, William H. Note. 1891 July 18

Two photographs of group portraits of men and women captioned, "Riverdale, N.Y., July 4th 1890."

Various signatures and poem beginning "Fireworks we burned, two nations flags unfurled." [1890?]

Coolbrith, Ina D. Letter and poem, "Fragment." 1866 February 10

[G---? T---?]. Watercolor head-and-shoulders portrait. 1891 July 20

Cuppy, Laura. Letter. 1867 May 30

Various signatures including E. W. Townsend. 1893

Bentzon, Therese Blanc. Note in French. 1894 January 20

Stebbins, Horatio. Letter. 1867 March 25

Carr, E. S. Letter. 1871 March 26

[Carr, Jeanne C.] Note. 1871 April

Taylor, Jeremy. Note with quotations. Undated

Kennan, George. Poem: "Glamour: A Song of the Caucasian Mountaineers." 1892 December 13

Upton, Sara Carr. Note 1893 April 16

Risley-Seward, Olive. Signature.

Crawford, Francis Marion. Quotation. 1893 December 20

Perry, E. Wood Jr. Letter. 1863 December 5

Three signatures. 1892

Tilden, Joseph. Letter in Hawaiian, with English letter written in reverse lettering below. 1884

Wentworth, May. Letter with poem: "The Two Worlds of the Poet." 1866 May 1

Dennison, Lissette. Signature. 1893 August 27

Woodworth, William. Note in French. 1891 August 3

Woodworth, Lydia. Signature. 1893 August 27

M. [?]. M. Poem in French: "Triolet Splenetique d'apres Baudelaire."

Tabor, Rodney L. Letter. Undated

Cauwet, Pierre. Poem in French, "Vers d'outrefois, que je puis signes aujourdui helas." 1867 February 28

Gunter, Archibald C. Note. Undated

Douglas, Malcolm. Poem beginning "Said a jolly, puffed-out robin." Undated

Chambers, Robert W. Song. 1894 September 17

Various quotations/signatures. 1870 May 26

Hansel, Howell. Signature. 1894 February 15

Longworth, Susan. Note. 1894 May

Gillespie, E. D. Note. 1894 February

Edwards, Harry ? Stanzas beginning "Oh Time! Faint image of Eternity! Undated

Booth, Edwin. Note. 1887 February 8

Bamon?, Charles. Note 1887 July 9

Williams, Virgil M. Letter Undated

Savage, Anna Josephin. Letter 1881 June 27

Bugbee, John S. Pen and ink sketches of head-and-shoulder portraits. [1881?] July 10

"Sic Itur ad Astera" [pen and ink vignette sketches by unidentified artist]. Undated

Savage, Richard H. Poem: "Only" and letter. 1881 June 14

Wilson, Francis. Note. 1894 January

Spencer, Bella Z. Letter. 1866 December 18

Adams, E. C. Note 1890 September 10

Adams, Isaac Hull. Letter with signature of John Quincy Adams pasted in and additional letter tipped in. 1890 September 10

Cleary, Edwin. Letter. 1893 April

Nesmith, Blanche Vaughan. Quotation. 1893 November 16

Miller, Maud. Note. 1893 November 16

Wetmore, Charles Letter. Undated

Various signatures including members of the Brice family and George Cabot Lodge.

Field, Kate. Note. 1895 January 3

Wadsworth, Charles. Poem beginning "Forlorn upon an alpine height…" 1866 August 16

Hardy, Iza Duffus. Note. 1896 August

Lemon, Arthur. Pen and ink sketch of knight in armor on horseback. Undated

Chase, Katharine. Poem beginning "May in thy life dear friend appear…" 1893 May 16

Hart, Jerome A. Poem beginning "Charley, the hurrying, fleeting years…" 1891 June 26

Austin, Mary Therese. Signature. 1881 February 10

Plympton, Eben. Letter. 1891 July 31

Seymour, William. Letter. 1893 September 1

Field, Eugene. Poem beginning "The women folk are few up there…" 1893 March 26

Stuart, H. A. Letter. 1866 August 10

"Loftus" [Stuart, H. A.] Poem: "To C. W. S." beginning "When Philomel, the queen of song…" 1866 August 10

Riley, James Whitcomb. Poem beginning "There! Little girl, don't cry!" 1892 April 2

Riley, James Whitcomb, and Lisle Thomas. "Lisle's Lesson" [Riley's poem on page 194 put to music]. [1892]

Linen, James. Poem beginning "Love from life's warm fountain gushes…" 1867 April 5

J. K. S. Poem adapted from "Upland ('Abendwetter')" 1894 September 28

Hudson, Daniel E. Letter. 1885 October 1

"Topsy Turvy" [Carlton, Carrie]. Letter. 1866 July 12

Carlton, Carrie. Poem: "My Friend Charlie." 1866 July 12

Dyas, Ada. Note. 1891 April 26

K. F. [Field, Kate?]. Note. Undated

Holden, Lourie E. Letter. 1871 May 7

"Chica." Letter 1881 July 7

Clemens, Samuel. Letter signed "Mark Twain." Undated

Guiney, Louis Imogen. Note. 1893 September 1

Carman, Bliss. Poem beginning "For love of the roving foot..." 1895 March

Greenwood, Grace. Poem beginning "Amid the poets and the wits..." 1872 January 24

Various signatures including Charles F. Adams, Clara Morris, and Stoddard's cousins. 1890-1894

Various signatures including Theodore F. Dwight, John Hay, Henry Adams, Arnold Hague, Cecil Spring Rice, Theodore Roosevelt, and Clarence King. 1890 May 24

Roche, James Jeffrey. Poem. 1891 August 7

Conway, Katherine E. Poem beginning "There's a woman at …" 1891 August 7

Various signatures of Paty family members.

Spencer, James G. Note with signature of child, "Harold Spencer." 1884 December 11

Spencer, Belle. Poem. 1884 December 12

Avery, Benjamin Parke. Letter and poem beginning "Out where the misty Golden Gate…" 1871 August 17

Janvier, Thomas A. Poem with note, "These are verses about 'Charity Children going to Mass.'" 1893 April 7

Garland, Hamlin. Poem: "Then It's Spring." 1897 March 12

Various signatures of Judd family and K. M. Harris. Undated

Luquiens, Jules. Letter. 1891 September 1

Hinton, Charles. Poem: "Dream Verses" followed by letter. 1873 May 11

Miller, Joaquin H. Poem: "Hope." 1876 December 30

Barry, William. Poem "From Matthew Arnold." 1893 June 7

"S. C." [Clarke, Sarah M.] Letter. 1865 April 14

Saltus, Edgar. Poem: "Maïa." 1894 July

Various signatures of actors at Albaughs Theatre, including Charles Stevenson, Kate Claxton, Phoebe Davis Grismer, and Joseph Grismer. 1890 July 1

[Clarke, Sarah M.]. Poem: "Baby Genevieve." Undated

"Chum." poem beginning "Long ago I was made sick…"

[Crabtree, Lotta?] Note: "Lotta is so happy to have met Mr. Stoddard." Undated

Dahlgren, Madeleine Vintou. Poem beginning "One's life is a scramble…" 1892 January 10

Pen and ink drawing of a man in academic gown holding the hand of a woman, signed "Jo. P." Undated

[Clarke, Sarah M.] Poem: "To C. W. Stoddard." 1864 June

Alden, H. M. Signature. 1892 August 3

Howells, William Dean. Poem beginning "What right have I to life my head…" 1892 August 13

Derby, Lucy. Poem beginning "All claim have I to venture here…" 1892 August

Dwight, Theodore F. Letter. 1890 June 11

Daggett, R. M. Poem: "Hookupu." 1883 March 30

Field, Kate. Note. 1891 April 26

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Note. Undated

Burnett, Vivian. Note. Undated