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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Beecher family papers
Creator:
Beecher family
Identifier/Call Number: mssBeecher
Physical Description:
3.30 Linear Feet
(2 boxes and one oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1843-1891
Abstract: Papers belonging to 19th century New England politically active Beecher family.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
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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.
[Identification of item]. Beecher family papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Mrs. C.H. Lanier, June 1969.
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.
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.
The collection was cataloged by Harriet McLune in June 1975. In 2020, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
The Huntington Library also has a Beecher Family photograph album (photCL 175).
Former call number: mssBeecher family papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Wisconsin
Family papers -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Photographs -- United States
Poems -- United States -- 19th century
Beecher, Lyman, 1775-1863 -- Family -- Correspondence
Beecher, Mary Ward, 1834-
Beecher, William Henry, 1802-1889
Crane, Louis H. D., -1862
United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865)