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catalog abstract "The Fuller family papers contains correspondence, journals, and writings of Margaret Fuller, including letters she wrote as a child to her father; correspondence with her husband Giovanni Angelo Ossoli; and letters to other relatives and friends; notebooks on her reading, literary studies, and the first issue of the Dial; clippings of her articles for the New York Tribune; "Italian letters"; her Roman diary, 1849, that was washed ashore; and a daguerreotype of a painting of Fuller. Much of the material is handwritten transcriptions of the originals. The Ossoli-Fuller letters have been translated into English. Also contains much original correspondence between her parents Timothy Fuller, a lawyer and politician, and Margaret Crane Fuller; their correspondence with their children; and the correspondence of the younger Margaret Fuller's brothers, especially Arthur Fuller, a minister. Timothy Fuller's papers include diaries, journals, orations, college themes, an expense book he kept while a student at Harvard, 1797-1801, and his correspondence with family, friends, and associates. Arthur Fuller's papers consist mainly of letters written to his wife and brothers when he was an army chaplain during the Civil War. Collection also contains poems and notebooks of Richard Fuller, a younger brother; a few portraits of Margaret Fuller and biographical essays about her; clippings on the shipwreck in which she, her husband, and son died; correspondence and printed material concerning memorials to Margaret Fuller; and early family correspondence and documents.".
catalog abstract "Includes correspondence, drawings, photographs, publications, and other papers of Henry James II, and other James family members, including Alice Howe Gibbens James, Alice James, Henry James Jr., and William James. There are also letters relating to research on the James family and the use of the James family papers. Includes pen and ink portrait drawing of Edwin Austin Abbey.".
catalog abstract "Includes five letters Reed wrote to Lincoln Steffens when Reed was a Harvard student and then a young journalist; and one letter to Joseph Fels.".
catalog abstract "Correspondence and papers of Henry James Jr., William James, Alice James, and Henry James II. Includes a diary of Henry James Jr. and 2 etchings and 10 photographs related to the James family.".
catalog abstract "Autograph draft manuscripts in German of Hegel's philosophical writings, including fragments of the Encyklopädie der philosophischen Wissenschaften and Philosophische Propädeutik, drafts for lectures, and a draft of a resignation speech (never given) from his rectorship in Berlin. Also includes unsigned autograph drafts of letters to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Fürst Karl August von Hardenberg who received presentation copies of Hegel's Die Philosophie des Rechts, Victor Cousin (in French), and to Freiherr Friedrich von Schuckmann, petitioning the release of Victor Cousin.".
catalog abstract "The finding aid lists what was originally a deposit and a gift to Houghton: correspondence, essays, poetry, diaries and other papers of Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The deposited material was later withdrawn by the family. What remains at Houghton is marked in the finding aid with "Harvard" preceeding the item number and includes: von Hofmannsthal's autograph manuscript drafts and notes for unpublished poetry, dramas, lectures, prose narratives and essays, together with his diaries and journal notebooks from age 15 until his death. Papers document different stages of the conception and execution of his work, and contain reading notes, preliminary notations for written works, early drafts, and working papers.".
catalog abstract "Diaries, in German, documenting Wilhelm Jozéfé's travels in Europe and the U.S. Includes engravings, drawings, photographs of persons, places, flora and fauna. Series is incomplete, containing volumes 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 only.".
catalog abstract "Autograph manuscript essays and notes on French and German history, especially about the period of the French revolution. Also typescript, dated 1940, concerning Albert Mathiez, and 3 volumes of Hintze's class notes, 1916-1919.".
catalog abstract "The bulk of the collection is correspondence and manuscripts of John Reed and material pertaining to the Russian Revolution and radical movements in the U.S. and Europe. The correspondence is from Reed's student days at Harvard and his various stints as a traveling reporter, especially his years in Russia. Includes 99 letters and telegrams to Louise Bryant. The manuscripts consist of notes, drafts, and galley proofs for his articles and plays, both published and unpublished. Includes a partial manuscript with revisions of Ten Days That Shook the World with an original draft of Lenin's forward in English, and notebooks Reed kept while in Mexico and Russia. Material on the Russian Revolution consists of proclamations, appeals, decrees, speeches, and reports, mostly translated into English, with two boxes of French bulletins. Also contains a large collection of contemporary, left-wing pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers; correspondence and manuscripts of Louise Bryant; manuscripts by others including articles by Marsden Hartley on artists and other subjects, poems by Eugene O'Neill, and manuscripts about John Reed; personal photographs and ones from Mexico and Russia; legal documents pertaining to Reed's personal and professional life; programs; passes; scrapbooks; and correspondence of the Harvard Alumni John Reed Committee.".
catalog abstract "Records, including correspondence, memoranda, minutes, press releases, financial statements, account books, and history, relating to studies of reconstruction of Germany. Subjects cover trade missions, schools, public health, economics, law and administration, the press, theater, and education of German prisoners of war. Also material about the American Association for a Democratic Germany.".
catalog abstract "Consists of 46 letters, mainly correspondence between Starck and the German novelist Adele Gerhard and her daughter Melitta Gerhard, as well as some letters from colleagues and publishers. Correspondence (in German) concerns Adele Gerhard's writings, especially Starck's attempts to help her find a publisher for an English edition of her short story, Die Hand Gottes; his attempts to help German born Melitta Gerhard secure a teaching position in an American university during the early 1940s; and other personal matters. Letters from publishers are in English.".
catalog abstract "Consists of 24 folders of typescripts (from Adorno's secretary's transcription), in German, of Adorno's philosophy lectures given in Frankfurt in 1957. Includes: (1) Geschichtsphilosophie (1956 May 5-June 9; 128f), and (2) Probleme der Moralphilosophie (1956; 225f).".
catalog abstract "Contains letters to Mackintosh from various correspondents. Topics include education and his work with organizations such as the Anti-Imperialist League and the Harvard Club of Keene, N.H. The largest section of correspondence is from the artist Abbott Handerson Thayer. Also includes letters to John Tetlow.".
catalog abstract "The Cummings collection includes most of the papers that were in his possession at the time of his death. Includes correspondence, manuscripts and working drafts of poems and other writings. There are letters by Cummings to his mother and father, and carbon copies of most of the outgoing letters from the later years of his life. Cummings' correspondence includes long runs of family letters, letters from literary friends, and letters from publishers (chiefly from Harcourt, Brace), and from his agents Brandt & Brandt. I. MS Am 1823: Letters to Edward Estlin Cummings. While this correspondence is mainly dated from 1940 on, and much of it concerns arrangements for speaking engagements, there is also a considerable personal correspondence, letters from Cummings' publishers, literary agents, and translators, and letters from Cummings' parents dating from 1901. Persons interested in Cummings' early years should also consult the section "Notes, drawings and tapes" (bMS Am 1823.7) and the "Additional correspondence" (bMS Am 1823.10).".
catalog abstract "Consists of letters from Hermann Helmholtz to his first wife, Olga (von Velten) von Helmholtz (1826-1859) and a typescript memoir about her. Also includes letters from Hermann Helmholtz to Professor Hugo Kronecker, and letters from Anna (von Mohl) von Helmholtz (1834-1899), second wife of Helmholtz, to Hugo Kronecker and his wife.".
catalog abstract "Includes substantial material relating to his plays, Der Graf von Charolais, Die Historie von König David, Der Junge David, Der Tod Georgs, Jaakobs Traum. Also includes letters from Maria Rainer Rilke among other items.".
catalog abstract "Consists of 45 letters and manuscripts of writings (in German) of Bonhoeffer's. Includes 37 letters to Maria von Wedemeyer (later Maria Weller) and 1 letter to Max von Wedemeyer, mostly written after Bonhoeffer's arrest by the Nazis; 6 letters, 1943, to Karl Bonhoeffer; and 1 letter to Hans von Dohányi, which was written the day Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Donányi were arrested. The 4 manuscripts, 1944, were written in prison, and have been published.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of Ferdinand Reyher, a friend and collaborator of Bertolt Brecht. Includes 11 letters from Brecht, 1949, and copies of Reyher's letters (8 items) to Brecht, 1946-1949. Also Reyher's correspondence with Eric Bentley, translator of Brecht works into English, and with Brecht family members including: 9 letters, 1946-1952, from Helene Weigel, as director of Berliner Ensemble; 19 letters, 1947-1951, from Stefan Brecht; and correspondence (13 letters) with Barbara Brecht. Most of the correspondence concerns productions of Brecht's plays in the U.S.--contracts and other documents accompany some of the letters--as well as activities of Brecht's children. Papers are in German, except for Bentley's letters which are in both English and German; and Reyher's letters to Brecht. Also 5 folders of photographs, mainly portraits of Reyher.".
catalog abstract "Microfilm of literary manuscripts; journals and notebooks; film projects; correspondence; drawings; and notes. Related materials include production notes of Brecht's collaborators on the Berliner Ensemble, as well as other manuscripts of his colleagues; biographical sources; clippings, theater playbills, translations of Brecht's works by foreign authors; and photographs. Types of literary manuscripts include notes, outlines, drafts, and proofs. The originals are at the Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv, East Berlin, together with photostats of materials elsewhere.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly Korsch's correspondence, 1934-1948, with Brecht (17 items) and typed copies of Brecht's writings such as Die Tage der Kommune and Die Proletarische Dialektik. Also includes a photocopy of the Communist Manifesto annotated by Brecht; 3 letters from Helene Weigel to Korsch, 1945; and photo album entitled Die Kriegsbibel. Letters of Brecht (written mostly from Santa Monica, Calif. and Zurich) comment on books that he was reading, on his writing, on German political exiles, views on the Council for a Democratic Germany (N.Y.), and family and other personal matters.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly correspondence and manuscripts of Brentano. Major correspondents include Christian von Ehrenfels, Oskar Kraus, Anton Marty, Alfred Kastil, Karl Stumpf, Franz Hillebrand, Edmund Husserl, and smaller amounts of correspondence with Heinrich Gomperz, Theodor Gomperz, and Herman Schell. Also considerable number of letters from Giuseppe Amato Pojero, Emil Utitz, and Francesco Orestano. Other papers include drafts of psychology lectures and manuscripts of writings, Petzold, Das Welt Problem, and On Reininger.".
catalog abstract "Contains letters from Buber to Ronald Gregor Smith, mainly concerning Smith's translations of Buber's German works; translations of Buber's work's by Smith, and comments on Smith's translations by Buber, and other items.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly correspondence of the Feininger family, between Feininger and his wife Julia (Lilienfeld) Feininger, their children, and other members of the Feininger and Lilienfeld families. Also a considerable amount of correspondence of Karl Feininger, as well as about 40 musical compositions, essays, and other writings by him, chiefly on music. Letters, 1939-1955, to Laurence Feininger from his parents contain many pen and ink drawings and woodcuts by Lyonel. Other correspondents represented in the collection include artists and architects, such as Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Rudolf Probst, Gerhard Marcks, and Walter Gropius; Alfred Hamilton Barr and others at the Museum of Modern Art; and German friends and family. Subjects range from wartime experiences in Germany, to exhibitions of the Blue Four; there are also transcripts (5 volumes, typewritten) of portions of the correspondence, prepared by Julia Feininger.".
catalog abstract "Collection consists primarily of letters to Lowell written during his diplomatic career and refer to professional and personal life, including lecture invitations, dinner invitations, and comments on social matters. Also contains correspondence with family members, notably his daughter Mabel Lowell Burnett, and Charles Lowell, as well as correspondence of Maria White Lowell and a draft of her will. Collection also contains autograph drafts of poems and essays, as well as a commonplace book, his diaries and engagement books, which primarily note lunch dates and other meetings. There are receipts and account statements, pertaining mainly to The Pioneer, as well as Lowell's personal financial records. Collection includes some Lowell family letters from the 18th and early 19th cent., containing family history, a manuscript copy of an act of the U.S. Continental Congress dated 1782, news clippings, and photographs.".
catalog abstract "Includes 63 volumes of journals concerning Forbes' administration of the Philippines, 1904-1911, and scrapbooks with copies of outgoing correspondence, speeches, and memorabilia about political, economic, and other matters in the Philippines, 1904-1931; copies of Forbes' reports, including photographs, on the Philippines and Haiti, 1921 and 1930; U.S. Philippine Commission railway records; and printed maps of the Philippines. Also includes an index to the first 5 volumes of the journals.".
catalog abstract "Papers document Fischers' activities after 1940. The writings of Franz Jung as well as Fischer's own works describe her role and the development of the KPD since 1919. Correspondence belonging to Maslow, written while he was living in exile in Paris and Lisbon, 1933-1940. Major correspondents represented in the collection include Sidney B. Fay (81 letters), Hans Jaeger (51 letters), Franz Jung (164 letters), Karl Korsch (59 letters), Clyde Kluckhohn (70 letters), Heinz Langerhaus (165 letters), and Ernst Torgler (50 letters). Other large amounts of correspondence with Harvard librarians, Harvard University Press, and papers such as drafts of seminar speeches and minutes of meetings from the Russian Research Center, which reflect her relationship with, and support from Harvard for a research project on world communism. Also business correspondence with publishers; letters to Fischer from her associates, such as Heinrich Hellmann; official correspondence with the U.S. Department of State and with various German Volkhochschule about her lecturing in the 1950s. Research and writings of Fischer contain outlines, notes and drafts of books and articles on the history of German communism, its relationship with the Russian state party, and other subjects. Related material includes lecture notes from 1960-1961 seminar in Paris on the Russian communist party, and source files (divided into biographical, geographical, and subject sections) with notes, clippings, and printed items. Business papers contain contracts with publishers, travel records, bank statements, medical records, etc. Papers belonging to Fischer's colleagues include writings, speeches and interviews with Maslow; letters of her associates, Hellmann, William Petersen, and Adolph Weingarten; and writings of Sidney Fay, Karl Korsch and others.".
catalog abstract "Correspondence, journals, speeches, writings, reports, scrapbooks, and photographs documenting Forbes' work in the government of the Philippines, from 1904 to 1913, and as ambassador to Japan. Correspondence also pertains to politics and government in East Asia, for example the Earl of Halifax letters discussing British affairs in India in the late 1920s; and reflects the social activities of Forbes and his contemporaries. Many of the letters from Warwick Greene and James G. Harbord concern polo playing. Also correspondence with U.S. presidents, especially William Taft and Herbert Hoover, and Secretary of State Stanley Hornbeck; with other Philippine governors, Leonard Wood and Dwight Davis; and correspondence (in Spanish) with Emilio y Famy Aguinaldo. There are also 95 volumes of letterbooks of Forbes' outgoing correspondence, 1904-1946; and correspondence with the Carnegie Institution of Washington.".
catalog abstract "Consists of biographical and bibliographical material collected by Kasten for his study of the life and works of Tinius, consisting mainly of typescript and photostat copies of letters by Tinius, memoirs, and biographies, along with Kasten's notes, clippings, offprints, and bibliographies. Extant in the collection are 5 original autograph letters by Tinius, 1805-1841, and 1 volume of official manuscript records relating to his case, 1813.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly correspondence (in German and English) of the Groszes, with noted German and American artists and authors, family and friends, art galleries, etc. Major correspondents include the artist Otto Schmalhausen (424 letters) and poet Ulrich Becher (141 letters). Schmalhausen's letters, 1932-1958, describe Germany before and after the war, and contain several sketches, as do Grosz's letters, ca.1913-1957, to him. Also a considerable amount of correspondence with other political refugees from Germany, as well as friends and relatives who remained in Germany during the war years. Other materials, such as correspondence, students' class notes, and Grosz's lecture notes, reflect his teaching at the Art Students League. Compositions include notes and drafts of essays and articles on art, and of poems; speeches and texts of radio broadcasts; and autobiographies. Grosz's exhibitions are documented both in correspondence and printed material, such as exhibition catalogues, brochures, posters, and clippings. Biographical materials include Grosz family official documents, business papers, photographs of family and friends, and postcard collection.".
catalog abstract "Consists of 4 folders of typescripts (carbon copies) of Kaiser's later poems and 6 folders of typescripts (photo- and carbon copies) with manuscript annotations by Kaiser of two plays: Vincent Verkauft ein Bild and Der Brand im Opernhaus Neuer Schluss.".
catalog abstract "Diaries, in German, belonging to Carl Gustav Jozéfé, describing travels in the U.S. and Europe, 1865-1875.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence and compositions (in English and German) relating to Gropius' career after 1937. Chiefly correspondence with noted European, American, and Japanese architects, including Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto; designers and artists, including Lyonel Feininger; colleagues from Bauhaus (Dessau), Black Mountain College, and Harvard, such as Joost Schmidt, Josef Albers, Joseph Hudnut; family (including Ise Gropius' correspondence during Walter Gropius' lifetime), friends, and former students; publishers; and persons in planning and building professions. Significant amounts of correpondence exist from the following: Albers, Marcel Breuer, Gerhard Marcks, Alexander Dorner, Hudnut, and Lásló Moholy-Nagy. Also considerable correspondence with other political refugees from Germany, such as the architect Sigfried Giedion, and friends and relatives who described conditions in wartime Germany as well as their postwar experiences, such as Joachim Rolfes. Other materials include notes and drafts reflecting Gropius' teaching and curriculum planning at Harvard; his writings on architectural education, city planning, design and industry, history of Bauhaus, architect in society, etc.; speeches and round-tables; correspondence, itineraries, etc. concerning his trip to Japan in 1954; reports by Harvard Graduate School of Design on housing projects in South Boston; and compositions by others, such as Alexander Dorner.".
catalog abstract "Includes: manuscript transcripts (with some autograph revisions by Heine) of Nachlese and Gedichte 1853 und 1854, as well as other autograph manuscript compositions; autograph manuscript notes and letters from Heine to others; copies of Heine letters (originals not at Houghton); letters sent to Heine, manuscripts and letters by others concerning Heine; Heine family documents for birth and marriage; documents concerning censorship of Heine's work; pressed flowers; visiting cards; transcripts of Heine letters compiled by Harvard students of German (fall 1958); and other materials. Correspondents with Heine include: Julius Campe; Friedrich Merkel; Hermann von Pückler-Muskau.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly correspondence between Lowenthal and Adorno (246 items), Horkheimer (1271 items), and Friedrich Pollock (866 items), along with correspondence and scattered writings of each of the above. Other persons represented include: Samuel H. Flowerman, Alice H. Maier, Margot von Mendelssohn, and Franz Neumann. Also materials pertaining to the Institute of Social Research, including correspondence about studies at the Institute and its relationship with Columbia University; as well as speeches, position statements, correspondence documenting the reopening of the Institut in Frankfurt in 1949.".
catalog abstract "Contains professional correspondence, mostly incoming, concerning Garrett's editorials and other writings, and subjects such as international trade and national defense during World War II. Includes correspondence with Herbert Hoover and others. Also the manuscript of That Satan Said, a play by Garrett.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly compositions and letters (in German and English) of Pick. Included are 3 boxes of his compositions, 1915-1977; 75 letters, 1942-1976, to Pick from friends and other authors, publishers, and historians; and 6 letters written by Pick. Letters concern mainly his writings, though some also reflect the work of others, such as Hermann Broch and Richard Beer-Hofmann. Among Pick's compositions are an unpublished typescript "Die beiden Ringe"; drafts of poems, 1915-1937; fragments of an autobiography; typescripts with manuscript corrections and revisions of Agnes d'Arcey; essays; and parts of Pick's translation into German of Malcolm Lowry's Under the volcano.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly correspondence and literary manuscripts, including poems and prose (in part, photocopies). Also translations of Rilke's works by B. J. Morse, et al., and critical and other writings about Rilke. Correspondence includes mainly letters to Sidonie, Freiin Nádherný von Borutin, Adolph Bonz, and Axel Juncker. In addition, the collection contains letters of Sophia (Entz) Rilke to Olga Theurner and letters of Clara Westhoff Rilke. Also includes one pencil drawing.".
catalog abstract "Consists of 33 letters to von Mises and writings of von Mises. Correspondents include Ferdinand Lion, Karl Lorenz, and other noted German authors and colleagues of von Mises. Also notes, typewritten revisions, and proofs for Wahrscheinlichkeit, Statistik und Wahrheit, as well as unidentified manuscripts and a photograph.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly 19th-century German literary letters, writings, and fragments of 275 poets, dramatists, authors, critics, as well as some scientists and other individuals, including: Heinrich Heine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christian F. Gellert, Thomas Mann. Also includes letters of Karl E. Franzos, editor of Deutsche Dichtung and the Neue Illustrierte Zeitung. Also contains early Latin letters, including one from Philipp Melanchthon, and letters from Henrik Ibsen (in Norwegian) and Alexander von Humboldt. Also includes a drawing by Johann Tischbein.".
catalog abstract "Letters to Gisella Seldon-Goth, chiefly about music.".
catalog abstract "Contains circa 254 autobiographies (mainly in German) submitted in the 1940 competition. Some of the typescripts are accompanied by correspondence and judges' analysis of the entries (in English). Many of the narratives are written by well educated German Jewish men and women of upper class backgrounds living in exile in England, the U.S., and Palestine. Also includes the printed brochure announcement of the prize competition.".
catalog abstract "Contains professional correspondence, mostly letters from Audubon to Robert Havell, Jr., the English engraver for The Birds of America; John Bachman, the naturalist with whom Audubon collaborated on Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; and Thomas Mayo Brewer, the ornithologist and oölogist; also letters from Audubon's wife, Lucy, and son, Victor, to Havell and Bachman; letters from Brewer to Bachman; and some correspondence with other naturalists. Also includes a few manuscript drafts by Audubon for his Ornithological Biography and some financial papers. The final series includes 2 typescript transcript volumes of the "Audubon-Bachman Correspondence, 1833-1855".".
catalog abstract "Contains legal documents and other material pertaining to the Jewish communities in the Comtat Venaissin, particularly in Carpentras. Includes charters, foreclosure and other orders, petitions, safe-conduct passes, warrants, and miscellaneous legal documents concerning the rights of Jewish residents of Comtat Venaissin. There are also account books, memoirs, correspondence, notes, and printed documents such as Papal statutes in the collection. A few of the items from Carpentras do not pertain specifically to the Jewish community.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, writings, notes, legal documents, record books, photographs, drawings, and other material relating to the Dreyfus affair, as well as a logbook of the first year of Dreyfus's imprisonment on Devil's Island, 1895-1896. Contains visiting cards, autographs, telegrams, photographs, political cartoons, and drawings. Among the legal documents are contracts, passes, affidavits, regulations, and summons. Correspondents include Alfred Dreyfus, Emile Zola, Georges Duruy, Fernand Labori, Marie Georges Picquart. Contains manuscripts of articles and books by Zola, Georges Clemenceau, and others. Also contains notes on the Zola trial by Zola and Labori.".
catalog abstract "Contains letters, postcards, and telegrams from Amundsen to Fredrik Herman Gade, and carbon copies of a few letters from Gade to Amundsen. Most of the letters pertain to his difficulties in raising funds for his various voyages and to the details of preparing for the expeditions.".
catalog abstract "Consists of four scrapbooks containing letters to Alexander from Sigismondo Castromediano, Niccolò Tommaseo, and other Italian patriots; and letters to Tommaseo and Lucia Gray Swett Alexander and others. Also contains manuscripts of writings, photographs of persons and places, clippings, and memorabilia.".
catalog abstract "Contains letters to Giovanni Alessandro Maiocchi and others from prominent Italian and other European scientists, such as André-Marie Ampère, Michael Faraday, and Guglielmo Marconi. Also includes some manuscripts and receipts.".
catalog abstract "Contains account books of household expenses for Villa Landor from 1883 to 1900, with bills, receipts, insurance policies, and inventories, 1892-1899, of household furniture and other items pertaining to the restoration of the villa.".
catalog abstract "Contains De Bosis's correspondence and other papers, chiefly relating to his anti-fascist activities in Italy and his flight over Rome in 1931. His papers include typescripts of poems with revisions and notes, unpublished essays, drafts and printed copies of anti-fascist leaflets. Collection also contains correspondence about De Bosis from Romain Rolland, Ruth Draper, and others; clandestine bulletins of Alleanza Nazionale; and some miscellaneous items.".
catalog abstract "Consists of 10th century illuminated manuscript on vellum of New Testament Gospels.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence between Allston and his friends, chiefly pertaining to his art and writings. Includes ten letters from the artist Charles Robert Leslie. Also two poems by Allston and a pew deed.".
catalog abstract "Contains Dresel's letters, 1849-1890, to Robert Franz and other correspondents, concerning musical compositions and related topics; letters, 1845-1883, to Dresel; and other correspondence. Also includes notes, musical fragments, poem, concert programs, and music manuscripts.".
catalog abstract "Holdings include manuscripts of Coptic Bibles (Gospel according to St. John and Psalms), Coptic Church homilies, Abysinnian scroll depicting charms against diseases, and leaf from monastery at Abydos, possibly from 12th century.".
catalog abstract "Letters to Scudder from 350 different correspondents, chiefly contributors to The Atlantic Monthly and authors published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Also includes some drawings by John La Farge.".
catalog abstract "Consists chiefly of manuscripts of works by Scudder with some related correspondence and notes. Includes holograph and typewritten copies of his life of James Russell Lowell (1901), together with notes and correspondence, including letters from Charles Eliot Norton; manuscripts of The Children's Book (1881), The Book of Folk Stories (1887), and The Book of Legends (1890). Also includes notes and clippings assembled by Scudder for The Holmes Breakfast (supplement to The Atlantic Monthly, February 1880) and material relating to Scudder's History of the United States (1897), including correspondence, criticisms, and miscellaneous plates and maps. Also includes some state papers of Lowell from Madrid and London.".
catalog abstract "Letters by Santayana to various correspondents, together with a few manuscripts and memorabilia. Includes letters to Francis Henry Appleton, Benjamin Apthorp Gould Fuller, Bruno Lind, and Richard C. Lyon. Manuscripts include To German Americans, Introduction to Hamlet, More about Philosophers in America, and some occasional verse. Also includes diplomas from Harvard, a photograph, and papers written in Santayana's Philosophy 12 course at Harvard by Harry Austryn Wolfson with comments by Santayana.".
catalog abstract "Primarily autograph manuscript musical compositions by Pinkham as well as a letter from Robert Hillyer.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of Gericke with colleagues concerning concerts, compositions, performers, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and other muscial matters. Includes correspondence with notable musicians and composers, such as Brahms, Bruckner, and Mahler, and with Gericke family members. Also contains manuscripts of music, poems, Gericke's notes on musical performances, and photographs, notes, cards, and other memorabilia. Also includes inscribed and signed photographs of Johannes Brahmes, Ferruccio Busoni, Johann Strauss, and others, as well as Ludwig van Beethoven's hair, visiting card, and autograph manuscript note.".
catalog abstract "Contains 51 separate manuscript scores for voices and piano, and piano solo, copied from the autograph, and corrected and signed by the composer. They are part of the large collection Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of old age), with 237 small vocal and piano works in 13 albums, written in the last years of the composer's life.".
catalog abstract "Includes autograph manuscript scores of Paine's musical compositions, especially organ works, many with his annotations and revisions. Compositions include choral works such as Birds of Aristophanes, St. Peter; an oratorio, Oedipus tyrannus of Sophocles, and his opera Azara. Orchestral and instrumental music include Mass in D and his Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2, among many others. Also includes manuscripts in the hands of copyists and mimeographs.".
catalog abstract "Contains manuscript scores, some with annotations; printed scores; photostats of scores; and preliminary drafts of Thompson's choral and non-choral works. Compositions for voice and orchestra include choruses, songs, operas, cantatas, and other forms. Also, miscellaneous printed and mimeographed scores, printed scores by other composers, pencil sketches, and fragments of music.".
catalog abstract "Contains scores written by composers such as Debussy, Schubert, Richard Strauss, and Wagner; and letters and other single items by Brahms, Beethoven, Verdi, and a letter from Chopin to Adolf Gutmann. Also includes letters of Robert Franz.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence of Czar Alexander II, his wife Czarina Maria Alexandrovna, their son Grand Duke Vladimir, various members of the Russian royal family, and other European nobles and diplomats. Alexander's letters, 1855-1880, to Vladimir concern family affairs and travel, life at the imperial court, and observations on military and political events; Maria's letters, 1850-1879, pertain to Vladimir's welfare and marriage; and Vladimir's letters, 1871-1904, to his parents and other relatives discuss family matters. Other letters, 1873-1907, are written by members of the royal family and world figures to Vladimir. Most of the letters are in Russian or French.".
catalog abstract "Contains poems, prose compositions, letters, drawings, photographs, and other items of Russian authors, composers, and political figures of the 19th and 20th centuries, written in Russian, English, and French with translations in English and German. There is considerable material of Ivan Turgenev and Marina T︠S︡vetaeva Efron.".
catalog abstract "Letters to Robert Carter chiefly relating to his political and anti-slavery activities in Massachusetts in the 1850's and his journalistic work. Includes 15 letters from Charles Sumner and 10 letters from Henry Wilson. Also includes an 1891 letter from Charles Eliot Norton to his wife Susan N. Carter and an 1898 letter from Edward Everett Hale to J. L. Carter, Robert Carter's son.".
catalog abstract "Also includes correspondence between Wittlin's wife, Halina, and Sołowij.".
catalog abstract "Contains bound volumes of Grant's original manuscripts for history of bagpipe music, with text, photographs, and colored ilustrations. Also, manuscripts of his music for the highland bagpipe and instructions for playing the instrument.".
catalog abstract "Correspondence of Edward P. Bond and others concerning affairs in the Hawaiian Islands and relations and trade between the Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. Includes letters concerning the activities of the Hawaiian Club of Boston.".
catalog abstract "Consists of minutes, 1866-1868, 1873-1884, 1886-1892; letterpress copies of outgoing letters, 1866-1867; treasurer's accounts (of Edward P. Bond), 1873-1885; and a copy of the articles of organization, 1866 Jan. 19.".
catalog abstract "Consists of letters by John Neal to various persons, chiefly concerning literary and political subjects. Includes 10 letters to William Pitt Fessenden and 13 letters to Orville James Victor.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly letters by Higginson, together with journals, clippings, a few letters to Higginson, and a few letters of other family members. Correspondence is chiefly to his mother, wife, and sisters, but also includes letters to the publisher James T. Fields. Journals include accounts of his student days at Harvard and his Civil War experiences. Letters to his mother in 1855-1856 describe a trip to the Azores. There are clippings concerning slave insurrections and clippings and letters relating to the anti-slavery movement. Also includes subject files, account books, and a few of his manuscript compositions of lectures and writings.".
catalog abstract "Manuscripts of articles written for the North American Review, 1864-1868, during the associate editorship of Charles Eliot Norton. Includes articles by Henry Adams, E. L. Godkin, W. D. Howells, Henry James Sr., Henry James Jr., William James, H. C. Lea, Simon Newcomb, James Parton, William Dwight Whitney, Chauncey Wright, and others. There are also two indexes to the names of writers for the North American Review, arranged by issue number. One, by James Winthrop Harris, covers 1815-1842 (v. 1-55). The other covers 1815-1860 (v. 1-91).".
catalog abstract "Consists of more than 300 letters written to The Golden Book Magazine editors. The letters are chiefly concerned with permissions to reprint stories, but some concern original contributions and translations.".
catalog abstract "Letters to Lindsay Swift from personal friends and from various correspondents, including Richard Burton, Jeannette L. Gilder, and M. A. De Wolfe Howe, Bliss Perry and others, relating to Swift's literary and historical work. Also contains letters from Swift's children, including letters from his son Allen in service in Europe during World War I and from his daughter Harriet concerning student life at Vassar College.".
catalog abstract "Correspondence; diaries; journals; autobiography; lecture notes; genealogical notes on the Rand family; notes and manuscripts for Rand's publications on philosophy, economic history, Canada, John Locke, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and the history of philosophy at Harvard. Includes membership records and other material on the Canadian Club of Harvard.".
catalog abstract "Includes 26 letters from Margaret Deland, one letter from Lucy Derby (writing for Deland), and 55 letters from Agnes Repplier. Also includes four letters from Deland to Grace Owen Scudder. The letters are concerned chiefly with contributions to The Atlantic Monthly by Deland and Repplier and to their books published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company.".
catalog abstract "Letters to Adams from various correspondents, chiefly concerning Adams's verse; manuscripts of poems and lectures; drawings by Morgan Sweeney (Boz) for books by Adams; contracts and correspondence with publishers; and three autograph albums.".
catalog abstract "Letters to Livingston from book collectors, rare book dealers, and bibliographers. Includes material concerning the Chamberlain Bibliographies of Longfellow and Lowell, as well as other writings by Livingston. Also includes some letters to Livingston's wife, Flora V. Livingston.".
catalog abstract "Autograph manuscript (signed) letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson to his brother William Emerson, 1825-1868, accompanied by typescript (carbon copy) transcripts of the letters for the years 1825-1848. Also includes a few letters from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Susan Haven Emerson, William Emerson's wife. Related Material".
catalog abstract "Includes autograph manuscripts, 1 typescript, and clippings of the writings by William Everett. Includes his complete 1904 Lowell Lectures on Italian poets since Dante, many juvenile stories, and other writings. Many of the stories are incomplete (some are marked in manuscript as "incomplete"), many have autograph manuscript revisions, and most are undated.".
catalog abstract "Consists of approximately 500 letters from Dix to Anne E. Heath concerning Dix's work and travels, as well as the activities of mutual friends and the Boston social scene. Also contains a small number of letters from Heath to Dix; from Dix to Heath's sister, Abby Barnett (spelled variously by Dix as Barrnet/Barnet/Barnett); from Dix to her brother, Joseph; and from Dix to Anne's brother, Charles. NB: Some letters are accompanied by envelopes bearing short notes regarding contents, date, and other relevant information; presumably these notes are in Anne Heath's hand.".
catalog abstract "Contains poems, notes, and prose fragments by Poe, and correspondence (1865-1895) concerning reminiscences of and memorials to him. Includes manuscripts of Annabel Lee and The Haunted Palace, two versions of a Valentine poem to Frances Sargent Locke Osgood, his notes on the moon, and an introduction to his projected Tales of the Folio Club that was not used. Also miscellaneous clippings and printed portraits.".
catalog abstract "Contains correspondence, manuscripts, and journals of Herman Melville and correspondence between various members of his family. Includes the manuscripts of Billy Budd, John Marr and Other Sailors, Timoleon, and unpublished poems and prose pieces; some correspondence, mostly with relatives and other writers; his journals of various sea voyages; and a notebook of lecture engagements. Also contains publishers' agreements, accounts, records of copyright, and correspondence with Melville and with his wife Elizabeth Shaw Melville after his death; reviews of his books and lectures, including three boxes of clippings; a catalogue of his library, family portraits; a diary of his father Allan Melvill; and two sermons by a great-great grandfather Thomas Melvill (d. 1767). A 1985 addendum contains correspondence, legal and financial papers, commonplace books, copybooks, essays, and genealogies of the family of Thomas Melvill (1776-1845).".
catalog abstract "Consists of manuscripts by Hawthorne and his letters to publisher James Thomas Fields. Includes: autograph manuscript of The House of Seven Gables (with a photocopy available for use) that includes an autograph poem about Hawthorne's death, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; manuscripts of chapters from Our Old Home; and the manuscript preface to Twice-Told Tales. Most of the Hawthorne letters are copies, a few are autographs. Also contains a few portraits (two engraving), and an autograph signature.".
catalog abstract "Includes writs, certificates of intentions to marry, warrants, deeds, indentures, petitions, financial papers, Justice register books of cases and writs, guardian books of accounts, and manuscript site plans reflecting the work of Justice Boden in late 18th-century Natick, Massachusetts (relating to "white and Indian inhabitants"). Many cases concern debts or domestic relations. Legal documents are primarily issued by Justice William Boden of Natick, and primarily concern the town of Natick, but there are also some materials issued by other justices and clerks in other locations. There are also a few legal papers concerning the Boden family, a recipe, and printed broadsides about various laws.".
catalog abstract "Collection pertains primarily to the works of Louisa May Alcott. Includes letters to her from publishers and fans; correspondence of her nephew, John Sewall Pratt Alcott, concerning royalty payments and dramatizations of her books after her death; and clippings about her life and writings. Also contains condolence letters on her death as well as the deaths of her parents; Abby May Alcott's reports to women's societies on her visits to the poor of Boston; annotated proof sheets of "Letters from the House of Alcott" (1931); and publishers' accounts, bills, theatre receipts, and other misc. receipts, miscellaneous photographs, pictures, a theatrical poster, and clippings on various Alcotts.".
catalog abstract "Contains professional correspondence of Audubon and 14 boxes of his drawings. Many of the letters are to Audubon's friend and patron Edward Harris who accompanied him on several expeditions. Includes five drawings deposited by the Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ 118).".
catalog abstract "Letters address politics and government, senatorial and presidential elections, and extensive analysis of the Whig party. Collection also includes circulars and newspaper articles about the letters in the collection.".
catalog abstract "The bulk of the collection consists of personal letters to William or Alice James from friends in their large social/intellectual/artistic circle. Includes letters to William concerning his portrait painting and articles, his illustrious father and uncle, and Alice's death in 1957. Compositions consist of poems by poet friends and William James's manuscript on Langdon Warner, curator of Oriental art at the Fogg Museum. Third party correspondence is mostly of earlier family members. Daniel Lewis Gibbens' papers contain correspondence, including 15 letters to his daughter Alice Howe (Gibbens) James written during the Civil War when he was employed by the U.S. military government in the South as secretary to the New Orleans mayor and assistant supervising special agent of the Treasury Department in Mobile, Ala. Also includes his commonplace book, 1857-1859, and notes on his life and suicide compiled by his grandson Henry James III.".
catalog abstract "Contains documents, interviews, oral histories, proclamations, correspondence, leaflets, posters, calendars, stamps, photographs, buttons, and other memorabilia. Records are in printed form, typescript, microfilm, tapes, and cassettes. Material concerns the strikes of 1970 and 1980; Solidarność trade union matters; activities of various opposition groups and political parties such as KOR, PPN, and KPN; repressions and martial law; church and state; police; and the Polish United Worker's Party (PZPR). There are also many leaflets and declarations issued by various organizations, groups, and committees.".
catalog abstract "This collection concerns Howe's involvement in the struggle of the Greeks against Turkey. Consisting of four journals, 1825-1829, and letters written mostly to his father or his friend William S. Sampson, the papers describe the war in Greece, Howe's experiences in the Greek navy, and his reconstruction work, including his efforts to raise material aid in the U.S.".
catalog abstract "The bulk of the collection is letters to Dennie from literary and political colleagues; readers and subscribers of his various newspapers, especially the Farmer's Museum; and his Harvard classmates during his rustication, 1790, when he lived under a chaplain's supervision in Groton, Mass. Letters by Dennie are mostly to his parents and contain detailed accounts of his life from his school days throughout his career. Manuscripts consist of essays, poems, verse translations, college and school notes and exercises, and fragments by Dennie. Includes an original manuscript of his first Farrago essay. Third-party correspondence is mostly to his mother, much of it after his death.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly correspondence and documents concerning the development of, and investment in, copper mines in Clifton, Arizona. Lindsay Swift, of the Boston Public Library, was president of the company, but the mastermind behind the investment was Edward H. Strobel, Swift's Harvard classmate, who had a varied career in diplomacy and served as adviser to the King of Siam. The collection also includes photographs of the mine, clippings, a few mine drawings and mine financial and legal records, some correspondence of Strobel and Swift unrelated to the mine, and a few letters and papers about the collection itself. Also includes letters sent to Swift concerning Strobel's death in 1908.".
catalog abstract "Chiefly letters to Turner concerning his writings on the American West, a few of Turner's notes on the correspondence, and two printed articles by Turner: The problem of the American West and Problems in American history. Includes letters to Turner from Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, and William Edward Dodd. Contains correspondence with Houghton, Mifflin and Company and the Atlantic Monthly, especially with Atlantic Monthly editors Horace Elisha Scudder, Walter Hines Page, and Bliss Perry. Also includes letters from Turner to William Peterfield Trent, from Woodrow Wilson to Reuben Gold Thwaites, and from Turner to the Harvard College Library and to Ray Stannard Baker.".
catalog abstract "Includes correspondence, writings, notes, clippings, leaflets, pamphlets, reports, and other printed material related to Bishop Hare's missionary work. Collection is primarily on missions in South Dakota, but also includes Japan, where Bishop Hare was sent by the church in 1891-1892.".
catalog abstract "Includes: autograph manuscript notes; photographs, including cabinet photographs, cyanotype prints, stereographs, and photomechanical prints; maps; correspondence with Edward Palmer; drawings; broadsides; and extensive printed clippings, pamphlets, reprints, reports, and articles. Also includes the 1914 printed sales catalogue for the sale of Palmer's papers by the Merwin Sales Company. Topics included in collection materials: Western American Indian tribes such as the Apache, Arapaho, Comanche, Tonkawa, Sac and Fox, Mohave, and many others; Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas; gold fever; Mormans in Utah; and many other subjects relating to the American West. Photographs include the following topics: Arizona towns, forts, barracks, cliff ruins, Native Americans, geographic features, mounds, etc...; California towns, San Diego, missions, Santa Rosalea, San Jose Del Cabo, San Pedro Martir Island, St. George (Utah), Salt Lake City (Utah), railroads in Utah, Colorado River, etc...".
catalog abstract "The collection focuses on the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison and his descendants, especially his son Wendell Phillips Garrison, literary editor of The Nation (1865-1906). Contains family correspondence including the courtship letters, 1834, of W. L. Garrison Sr. and Helen Benson Garrison; correspondence on his anti-slavery work and his periodical the Liberator; condolence letters on the death of his wife; and a scrapbook of his obituaries. Many letters to the Garrison children are about their father. W. L. Garrison Jr.'s correspondence is both personal and professional, including 201 letters to his sister Fanny Garrison Villard and 90 to his brother-in-law Henry Villard on business matters. The largest body of correspondence, that of Wendell Phillips Garrison, contains personal correspondence with family and friends and professional correspondence concerning The Nation. Letters to Fanny are mostly condolence letters on the death of her brother Wendell. Much of the third party correspondence concerns the celebration honoring Wendell's forty years at The Nation, or consists of letters to Elizabeth Pease Nichol, an English abolitionist. Manuscripts are mostly lectures by Wendell or notes of W. L. Garrison Sr. Also contains legal documents, photographs, genealogies, clippings, ephemera, and printed material including books and pamphlets by or about W. L. Garrison Sr. or Wendell Phillips Garrison.".
catalog abstract "Over half the collection consists of professional correspondence concerning The Nation, The New York Evening Post, and the progressive political issues with which Villard was involved. Also contains correspondence with family members, much of it pertaining to his work or business affairs; minutes, ledgers, financial reports, and stockbooks of The Evening Post and some business records of The Nation; diaries, 1884-1941, and datebooks; 15 boxes of speeches; scrapbooks of Villard's articles; and notes and manuscripts for his various writing projects in history and biography. Includes material on various peace societies, civil liberties, blacks in Harlem, the NAACP, the blockade during the Civil War, Puerto Rico, and The New York Philharmonic. Also contains drafts and manuscripts of his father's memoirs, tributes to his mother and grandfather, family records, photographs, medals, memorabilia, clippings, and printed material. Also with uncataloged materials.".
catalog abstract "Documents pertaining to the U.S. Civil War. Includes a pay voucher of a Confederate surgeon, a staff list of a Confederate general, a letter requesting the release of steamboats pressed into service for the Confederacy, and a document of appointment signed by Lincoln.".
catalog abstract "Consists of papers, lectures and notes on the epic, the pastoral, Petrarch, Italian literature, and the horse in literature.".

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