Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Beecher family
- Abstract:
- Papers belonging to 19th century New England politically active Beecher family.
- Extent:
- 3.30 Linear Feet (2 boxes and one oversize folder)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item]. Beecher family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
-
Correspondence between Mary Ward Beecher and Louis H.D. Crane; Mary's letters to her friends and relatives, a volume of her poetry, three sermons and poem by William Henry Beecher, miscellaneous letters, family photographs and ephemera.
- Biographical / historical:
-
William Henry Beecher (1802-1889), theologian, son of Lyman Beecher, was a home missionary on the Western Reserve, and later held charges in Putman, Ohio and North Brookfield, Massachusetts. His daughter Mary Ward Beecher held correspondence with Louis H. D. Crane, Lieutenant-Colonel of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, whom she had contacted through a personal advertisement in a North Brookfield newspaper. Louis H.D. Crane was killed in action at the battle of Cedar Mountain in August 1862.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Mrs. C.H. Lanier, June 1969.
- Processing information:
-
The collection was cataloged by Harriet McLune in June 1975. In 2020, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
Family papers -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Photographs -- United States
Poems -- United States -- 19th century - Names:
- United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865)
Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863 -- Family -- Correspondence
Beecher, Mary Ward, 1834-
Beecher, William Henry, 1802-1889
Crane, Louis H. D., -1862 - Places:
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Wisconsin
Access and use
- Restrictions:
-
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
- Terms of access:
-
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item]. Beecher family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
-
1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191