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Abel Blanchard Family Correspondence

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Identifier: MSN/EA 5031
Abstract

A group of around 50 manuscripts retained by the Abel Blanchard family of Peacham, Vermont. Most are personal letters dating from the 1810s and 20s, written to Vermont by family members newly migrated to Canada or western New York state.

Dates: 1795-1852; Majority of material found in 1810-1836

Albert J. Baldwin Letters

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Identifier: MSN/CW 5089
Abstract

A collection of 55 manuscript personal letters written by Albert J. Baldwin, mostly dating from the author's Civil War service in Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery.

Dates: 1862-1866

Alfred W. Ramsey Papers

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Identifier: MSN/MN 0503
Abstract

The manuscripts, printed ephemera, and photographs of business teacher Alfred W. Ramsey (1883-1955), deriving especially from his tenure at the U. S. government's Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania (1909-10).

Dates: 1883-1955; Majority of material found in ( 1904-1913)

All-American Girls Baseball League Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 0014
Abstract

A substantial collection of manuscript material, photographs, and printed matter relating to the All-American Girls Baseball League, a women's professional league active in the American Midwest from 1943 to 1954. Included is a set of nine loose-leaf notebooks compiled by South Bend Blue Sox executive Harold T. Dailey, comprising a kind of documentary history of the league.

Dates: 1943-2000; Majority of material found in 1943-1954

American Slavery Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 0200
Abstract

An accumulation of 19 documents and letters, unrelated in origin, with a bearing on slavery in colonial North America and the United States, 1771-1864.

Dates: 1771-1864

Anderson-Reavis Correspondence

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Identifier: MSN/CW 5004
Abstract

A small Civil War manuscript group consisting mostly of personal letters written home to Alabama by civilian medical doctor Leroy Hammond Anderson.

Dates: 1857-1863; Majority of material found in 1862-1863

Arina S. and Aleksandr I. Ginzburg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0004
Abstract The papers consist of documents, letters, photographs, audiocassettes, and some printed material. The greater part of the collection contains materials relating to Aleksandr Ginzburg's second arrest and imprisonment (1967-1972), including almost 2,000 letters and original trial documents. The collection also includes material relating to Aleksandr Ginzburg's third arrest and imprisonment (1977-1979), documents of the Moscow Helsinki Watch Group, and material relating to Arina and Aleksandr...
Dates: circa 1950s-2016

Aubrey De Vere Letters to Robert Perceval Graves

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Identifier: MSE/IR 1040
Scope and Contents This collection centers on a series of letters sent from the poet Aubrey De Vere to the clergyman Robert Perceval Graves over the course of fifty-five years, particularly pertaining to the life of their mutual friend, William Rowan Hamilton. Also present are several of De Vere’s letters that were sent to an unidentified person, likely Bishop Charles Graves. Additionally included are three letters sent from Elinor O’Brien to Robert Perceval Graves.All of the letters are...
Dates: 1833 - 1891; Majority of material found within 1879 - 1883

Augustus Vincent Tack Papers

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Identifier: MSN/MN 0505
Abstract

Incoming letters and documents preserved by the American painter Augustus Vincent Tack, mostly relating to his tenure (1914-1915?) as treasurer of the American Oil Development Company of Pittsburgh, the Tack family business.

Dates: 1914-1923; Majority of material found within ( 1914-1915)

Barrier Family Letters

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Identifier: MSN/CW 5057
Abstract

More than one hundred letters written during the Civil War by two brothers serving in the Confederate army, Sgt. William Lafayette Barrier (1st North Carolina Cavalry) and Col. Rufus Barrier (8th North Carolina Infantry). The letters are mostly directed to the brothers' father, Mathias Barrier, in Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.

Dates: 1861-1868; Majority of material found in ( 1861-1865)

Beláustegui Bustamante Family Papers

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Identifier: MSH/LAT 0050
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the papers of the Beláustegui -Bustamante Family, centered in San Isidro, Argentina, covering four generations from Melchor Beláustegui Rodríguez to his great-granddaughter Isabel Giménez Bustamante. The majority of the collection consists of correspondence between family members and friends. Notable correspondents include Isabel Giménez Bustamante; her siblings, Rodolfo (Jr), Enrique, María Adela, and María Carlota; and her parents, Rodolfo Giménez Bustamante...
Dates: 1820-1976

Bellamy-Smart Family Papers

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Identifier: MSN/EA 5041
Abstract

A collection consisting mainly of 55 personal letters, including courtship letters, directed to Amanda Bellamy (later Amanda Smart, ca. 1810-1845) of Warrenton, North Carolina and Petersburg, Virginia. There are also letters received by Amanda's daughter, Mollie Smart, and other family papers.

Dates: 1825-1933; Majority of material found in 1825-1865

Birmingham Black Barons records

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Identifier: MSSP 0001
Abstract

A collection of records, mostly financial, of the Birmingham (Alabama) Black Barons Negro Leagues professional baseball club. The most significant item in the collection is a manuscript cash book, showing the club's financial accounts with each of its players for the seasons 1926 through 1930.

Dates: 1923-1930

Boardman Family Papers

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Identifier: MSN/EA 10077
Scope and Contents Collection consists of the professional correspondence and business papers of Elijah Boardman, a prominent Connecticut merchant, land owner, and United States Senator. Also present is personal correspondence and papers from several generations of the Boardman family. Boardman’s correspondence is comprised of retained copies of letters written by Boardman, as well as incoming letters to him. The letters document Boardman’s extensive real estate holdings and his investment in the...
Dates: 1762 - 1906

Booth Family Papers

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Identifier: MSN/MN 10044
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials relating to the family and careers of artists Franklin and Hanson Booth. It contains family portraits, print ephemera, and writings created by Franklin Booth, his sister Julia Booth Christian, brother Frederick Booth, sister-in-law Margaret Booth, niece Portia Booth, and nephews Jim Christian and Paul Christian II. Writings of family friend and Franklin Booth aficionado Howard C. Caldwell are also found. Topics of note include Booth Family history, Franklin...
Dates: 1890 - 1976

Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation Correspondence

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Identifier: MSN/EA 1506
Abstract

Much of this collection consists of incoming business correspondence to officers and directors of the Boston and Providence Railroad and its branches, written in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s.

Dates: 1832-1912; Majority of material found within

Brian Friel Letters to Pat Laffan and Bronwen Casson

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Identifier: MSE/IR 1015
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three letters and two notes sent from Irish playwright Brian Friel to actor Pat Laffan and theatre designer Bronwen Casson.

Dates: 1973 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1974

Caley Family Correspondence

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Identifier: MSN/CW 5024
Abstract

A collection consisting primarily of 29 Civil War manuscript letters written by Union private Charles C. Caley, during his service in Co. F, 105th Ohio Infantry.

Dates: 1862-1867; Majority of material found in 1862-1865

Captain Francis O'Neill Papers

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Identifier: MSN/MN 0502
Abstract

A collection of papers relating to the donation of the personal library of Captain Francis O'Neill to the University of Notre Dame, including correspondence with the university and an inventory of O'Neill's library.

Dates: 1918-1933

Captain James Martyn Eaves Papers

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Identifier: MSE/MD 6417
Scope and Contents This collection contains the World War I papers of Captain James Martyn (J.M.) Eaves, spanning just before his service, through the war, and into post-war Occupied Europe. The collection contains five diaries in Eaves’ hand specifically detailing his day-to-day experiences in the war. In the back of the diaries, Eaves wrote notes and letter drafts, and enclosed photographs and newspaper clippings. The bulk of the collection consists of letters sent to and from Captain Eaves. The majority of...
Dates: undated; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1916

Casey-Needham Family Correspondence

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Identifier: MSN/EA 5032
Abstract

192 manuscript letters written by and to members of the Casey and Needham families of Whiting, Vermont, mostly in the 1840s and 50s. Many were written from locations in the South, where several members of the Casey family taught school.

Dates: 1839-1861

Christopher C. McKinney Letters

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Identifier: MSN/CW 5003
Abstract

5 personal letters written between August 1861 and February 1862 by Confederate army lieutenant Christopher C. McKinney, as regimental adjutant, 8th Tennessee infantry.

Dates: 1861-1862

Cicero R. Barker Letter

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Identifier: MSN/CW 5040
Scope and Contents

A manuscript personal letter written from the defenses of Richmond on 1 December 1864 by Confederate soldier Cicero R. Barker, 8th North Carolina Infantry.

Dates: 1 December 1864

Cleveland Murphy papers

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Identifier: MSN/MN 10025
Scope and Contents This collection chiefly consists of correspondence Cleveland Murphy received while serving in the military during the 1950s and 1960s. These include letters received from family, including his mother in Indianapolis, with news of home. He also received letters from his first wife between 1952 and 1953, discussing various personal and family matters, including her father's murder trial. The bulk of correspondence is from women Murphy dated in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In addition to...
Dates: 1952 - 1966

Cristina Peri Rossi Papers

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Identifier: MSH/LAT 0080
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials forming a record of Cristina Peri Rossi's personal and professional career. Included are drafts of Peri Rossi's fiction and poetry, primarily unpublished; manuscripts and notebooks of Peri Rossi's writings; and clippings of her nonfiction wors from newspapers and magazines. There is also professional and personal correspondence, personal photographs, and academic works on Peri Rossi's writings, such as theses and dissertations. The collection also...
Dates: 1940-2014

Curt Flood Legal Documents Collection

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Identifier: MSSP 10008
Scope and Contents This small collection consists of legal documents and correspondence related to Curt Flood’s lawsuit, Flood v. Kuhn against Major League baseball’s reserve clause in the early 1970s. The legal documents include official court papers from the Appellate Court case in the Second Circuit of Appeals (1971) and the Supreme Court decision (1972) against Flood. The correspondence largely consists of letters to and from the law firms Arnold & Porter and Wilkie, Farr, &...
Dates: 1970 - 1971

Daniel B. and John S. Harris Family Correspondence

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Identifier: MSN/CW 10186
Scope and Contents The bulk of this collection consists of letters created by brothers, Daniel B. and John S. Harris as they each relocated west from their hometown in York, Maine to seek greater economic opportunities during the Civil War era. The Harris brothers held opposing religious and political views, particularly regarding the Abolition Movement, and a portion of their correspondence reflects their views on these issues. John witnessed the outbreak of the Civil War in Missouri in 1861 while...
Dates: 1785 - 1888; Majority of material found within 1854 - 1861

Daniel O’Connell Collection

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Identifier: MSE/IR 1007
Scope and Contents

Letters written by Daniel O’Connell to various recipients during the 1830s-1840s, a brief newspaper article, and one black-and-white portrait. Two letters date from 1843, O’Connell’s hoped-for “year of repeal,” and relay information about that movement.

Dates: 1835 - 1894

Debbie Green Civil Rights papers

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Identifier: MSN/MN 3013
Scope and Contents Collection consists of a typescript memoir written by folk singer Debbie Green (1940-2017) about a 1965 trip from New York City to Amite County, Mississippi to assist with Civil Rights voter registration efforts. Green describes her travel to Amite with then boyfriend Eric Andersen (1943-), also a folk singer, and Village Voice columnist Jack Newfield (1938-2004). Once they arrive, Green details work with Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) representative...
Dates: 1965 - 1971

Doe Family Letters

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Identifier: MSN/EA 5035
Abstract

A group of 13 manuscript letters, mostly written by Charles C. Doe to his parents. The letters, for the most part, describe a trip from New Hampshire to Janesville, Wisconsin.

Dates: 1842-1850; Majority of material found within ( 1849-1850)

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