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Charlotte Oelschlagel Neumann Ice Skating Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10014
Content Description This collection consists of 12 letters and 7 pieces of ephemera chiefly about the professional ice skating career of Charlotte Oelschlagel Neumann, a celebrated German figure skater who performed under the stage name "Charlotte" in the first half of the twentieth century. The correspondence began with letters between American ice skater Dick Button and ice skating collector and historian Arthur N. Foxe in the 1960s discussing ice skating books. Foxe subsequently asked Button to put him in...
Dates: 1915-1968

Chas. Milvo Circus Clown and Acrobat Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10013
Content Description This collection consists of 26 letters written from the road by a travelling circus clown and acrobat to his wife or girlfiend. The author of the letters, identified only as "Chas.", was a member of "The Milvo's Comedy Acrobats" two-man act then performing with Sells and Gray's Circus. The act consisted of acrobatics and clown antics. The letters written during the summer and fall of 1900 were posted from various cities in southern and southwestern states, including Missouri, Kansas,...
Dates: July 22, 1900-November 11, 1900

Christopher C. McKinney Letters

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Collection of Early Modern European Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/EM 3600
Scope and Contents This collection contains the early modern European documents (dating from the 16th to 18th centuries) owned by the Hesburgh Library which are not part of a discrete archival collection. That is to say, this is an artificial collection of early modern European documents, grouped not by provenance, but by origin (early modern European) and genre (diplomatics). As such, it is composed of a wide variety of diplomatic genres, including: papal bulls, lease and releases, leases, surrenders,...
Dates: 1500 - 1800

Cristina Peri Rossi Papers

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

Daniel P. Connor, Jr., New Hampshire Cliff Diving Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_7004
Content Description The primary item in this collection is a scrapbook compiled by the physical culture enthusiast and swimming and diving instructor Daniel P. Connor, Jr. The main focus of the scrapbook is the young cliff divers that Connor taught. The scrapbook particularly covers the performance of the divers during the summer of 1922 and at the Manchester, New Hampshire, Winter Carnival of 1923. During the Carnival, the young daredevil cliff divers dove through ice and received considerable publicity. There...
Dates: 1919-1931; Majority of material found within 1922-1923

Debbie Green Civil Rights papers

 Collection
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

Dennis H. Arnold and Mary E. Arnold Correspondence

 Collection — Box: MSN/CW LDOC CC-1
Identifier: MSN/CW10193
Scope and Contents The Dennis H. Arnold and Mary E. Arnold Correspondence, 1862-1863, comprise Civil War era letters between Corporal Dennis H. Arnold in Hilton Head, South Carolina and Mary E. Arnold, his wife, in Rockland, Rhode Island. Corporal Arnold’s letters primarily discuss his arrival in Hilton Head, soldiers' generally unfavorable reactions to General Hunter’s emancipation proclamation, efforts to create an African American regiment, a siege train going to Savannah, illness at camp, and food. Mary...
Dates: 1862-1863

Doe Family Letters

 Collection
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)

Dr. George Marshall Oakden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/MD 3820
Abstract

The manuscript diaries of Surgeon Lieutenant George Marshall Oakden, who served in the British Navy from 1914 to 1919, and the letters of his brother, Arthur, who died in the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.

Dates: 1915-1917

Dr. Richard L. Sutton, Jr., Billiards Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSSP_10016
Content Description

A collection of material related to billiards gathered by Dr. Richard L. Sutton. The materials include correspondence related to contemporary billiards and the history of billiards, printed ephemera, and one album of historical billiards photos.

Dates: c. 1921-1979

Durand Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0002
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the personal and professional papers of members of the Durand family, including Augusto Durand and José Durand. Also included are papers of Augusto’s friend and colleague, Dr. Ricardo Flores. The collection spans from the mid-nineteenth century to José Durand’s death in 1990. Materials include correspondence, postcards, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, literary drafts, notebooks, and certificates.

Dates: 1858 - 1990

Ed Dorn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 3009
Abstract

The papers consist of the correspondence and manuscripts of the poet Edward Dorn, particularly from the 1990s. The collection also includes a variety of items related to the publiction Rolling Stock, as well as manuscripts of other writers and audiocassette tapes.

Dates: 1952-2000; Majority of material found in 1987-1999

Edward Gorey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: EPH 5004
Abstract

Collection of magazines, clippings, dust jackets, and other ephemera containing illustrations of Edward Gorey. Also includes book catalogs, profiles of Gorey, and reviews of Gorey works.

Dates: undated

Edward Nangle and the Achill Mission Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1052
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials related to the history of Achill Island and the genealogy of its inhabitants. Included is the correspondence of a prominent local historian, John O’Shea, and his research files and notes on genealogy of the island’s inhabitants and the island’s founder, Edward Nangle. Also included are publications about the island or created on the island, including Nangle’s publications, Achill Missionary Herald and Western...
Dates: 1836-1894, 1996-2015

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1035
Scope and Contents This collection consists of papers relating to the career of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. The bulk of the collection is comprised of handwritten, typescript, and computer printout manuscripts in various stages of development for novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, and poems by the author, as well as related miscellany (including drawings and a video recording). Titles well-represented within the collection include the novels The Dancers Dancing, ...
Dates: 1966 - 2016; Majority of material found within 1979 - 2011

Ella Young Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1086
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of several letters and ephemera sent from Ella Young to Mrs. Roland G. Hopkins while Young was traveling in the United States, 1925-1926. Included are seven letters and one leaflet.

Dates: 1925 - 1926

Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0045
Scope and Contents This collection consists of the personal papers of Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, including her correspondence, biographical materials, and diplomas. The collection also documents her political activity as one of the leading feminists of twentieth-century Argentina through her professional papers, such as records for the Asociación Pro-Derechos de la Mujeres, speeches, and essays. Also included are photographs of Dra. Sara Justo and ephemera and records relating to various feminist...
Dates: 1888-1954

Enoch P. Hill Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5011
Abstract

A group of 40 personal letters written in 1899-1901 by Illinois native Enoch P. Hill, mostly during his army service in Cuba, the U. S., and the Philippines. The letters are directed to Hill's future wife, Mary E. Chilton.

Dates: 1899-1901

Ethel Mannin Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1523
Scope and Contents This collection primarily consists of correspondence sent from Ethel Mannin to a number of her fans. Includes seventeen letters from Ethel Mannin to various correspondents including George Arthur Fleet (1899-1988), Victor Croxford, a “Mr. Threadgold,” and a “Cecil.” Additionally includes thirteen carbon copies of letters sent from George Arthur Fleet to Ethel Mannin, a postcard from Fleet to Mannin, a collage including the letter to Victor Croxford, a card from Mannin to “Cecil” and a...
Dates: 1961 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1983

Evgeniia Ginzburg and Antonina Axenova Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0021
Abstract The collection consists of documents, letters, photographs, and some manuscripts relating to Evgeniia Ginzburg, the author of Krutoi Marshrut, an autobiographical account of the author's experience in the Soviet labor camps. Krutoi Marshrut has been translated into English in two volumes: Journey into the Whirlwind and Within the Whirlwind. The collection also includes materials relating to the life...
Dates: 1914-2014; Majority of material found in 1930s-1970s

Franklin Knowles Young Chess Papers and Boston Chess Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP_10020
Content Description Six bound volumes of papers and records related to the game of chess gathered or compiled by Franklin Knowles Young, a noted chess player, chess strategist, and author. Three ledgers document the operation of the Boston Chess Club during the late ninteenth and early twenteth century, including meeting minutes, member lists, tournament results, match results, contents of the library, notes on strategy, and other information about the Club. Three of the ledgers records Young's personal chess...
Dates: 1875-1908

Fred L. Steers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSSP 5000
Abstract

The athletic papers and attendant printed matter of Chicagoan Fred L. Steers, deriving from his years of administrative service to the Central Association of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, the national AAU, and the American Olympic Committee. The collection includes substantial materials on the Olympic Games of 1928 (Amsterdam), 1932 (Los Angeles), and 1936 (Berlin), all of which Steers attended as manager of the U.S. women's track and field team.

Dates: 1916-1967

French Funerary Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSE/MD 2816
Abstract

Collection of documents relating to interment and mortuary law in early modern and modern France with a concentration on bureaucratic records from the Entreprise Générale des Inhumations of the Napoleonic era.

Dates: 1668-1888

G. Julian Pratt Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5041
Scope and Contents Of the seven manuscripts in the group, five are letters by Pratt to his mother or father—one written from western Virginia in August of 1861, and four from various locations in the Shenandoah Valley, December 1862 to November 1863. The two remaining documents (March-June 1862) are letters to Pratt from the headquarters of Brig. Gen. Wise, responding to Pratt's own, perhaps repeated entreaties that Wise use his influence to expedite Pratt's exchange. Pratt's initial assignment to Wise's...
Dates: 1861-1863

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Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957 2
Ginzburg, Arina Sergeevna, 1937-2021 2
Lukacs, John, 1924-2019 2
National Football League 2
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 2
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) 2
Tunney, Gene (James Joseph), 1897-1978 2
Abbeville Athletics (Baseball team) 1
Abbey Theatre 1
Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953 1
Achill Missionary Herald and Western Witness 1
Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 1
Ahern, M. E. (Mary Eileen), 1860-1938 1
Aksenov, Vasilii, 1932-2009 1
Albrecht VI, Duke of Bavaria, 1584-1666 1
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1
Alekseeva, Liudmila Mikhailovna, 1927-2018 1
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1
Allingham, William, 1789-1866 1
Amadeus Victor, Duke of Savoy, I, 1587-1637 1
Amadeus Victor, King of Sardinia, I, 1666-1732 1
American Football League 1
Amorim, Esther Haldo de 1
Andersen, Eric 1
Anderson, Leroy Hammond, 1814-1863 1
Anderson, William H., 1836-1902 1
Anselm, Kasimir, Archbishop of Mainz, 1583-1647 1
Aosdána (Organization) 1
Archibald, Edward Mortimer, 1810-1884 1
Arnold, Dennis H., 1819-1892 1
Arnold, Mary E., 1826-1883 1
Asarkan, Alexander, 1930-2004 1
Ashe, Nora, 1882–1970 1
Ashe, Thomas, 1885-1917 1
Asociación Pro-Derechos de la Mujer 1
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) 1
Axenova, Antonina 1
Bakhchani︠a︡n, Vagrich 1
Baldwin, Albert J. (Albert Jehiel), 1839-1912 1
Barabtarlo, Gennady, 1949- 1
Barker, Cicero R., 1848-1917 1
Barrès, Maurice, 1862-1923 1
Barrier, Rufus A. (Rufus Alexander), 1836-1876 1
Barrier, William L. (William Lafayette), 1834-1864 1
Battle Creek Belles (Baseball team) 1
Beatty, William, 1739-circa 1804 1
Beatty, William, Jr., 1758-1781 1
Begun, Yosif, 1932- 1
Behan, Brendan 1
Belinaye, Maurice-René, Viscount de la, 1739-1794 1
Bell, Bert, 1894-1959 1
Bellamy, Amanda M., circa 1810-1845 1
Beláustegui Rodríguez, Melchor, 1811-1885 1
Beláustegui-Bustamante Family 1
Benjamin, René, 1885-1948 1
Bettle, Mary, 1833-1912 1
Big Time Wrestling (Boston, Mass.) 1
Birmingham Black Barons (Baseball team) 1
Blanchard, Abel, Jr., 1798-1867 1
Blanchard, Barnes, 1807-1878 1
Blanchard, Benjamin, 1786-1869 1
Blanchard, Lewis, 1788-1847 1
Blanchard, Mark, 1790-1839 1
Boardman, Elijah, 1760-1823 1
Boardman, Mabel Thorp, 1860-1946 1
Boardman, Mary Anna Whiting, 1767-1848 1
Boesch, Paul 1
Booth Family 1
Booth, Franklin, 1874-1948 1
Booth, Hanson 1
Boston Chess Club (1857-1981) 1
Boston University 1
Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation 1
Bracey, John H., Jr., 1941-2023 1
Bronk, William 1
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team) 1
Brown University 1
Brown, Julia Pomeroy, 1849-1926 1
Brown, Reggie (Reginald Woodman Plummer), 1876-1961 1
Brownlee Family 1
Brownlee, Elizabeth Savage, 1827-1883 1
Brownlee, John E., 1827-1900 1
Brownlee, Robert, 1805-1885 1
Bryn Mawr College 1
Bucynski, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Anthony), 1921-1996 1
Bunting, Edward, 1773-1843 1
Bustamante Beláustegui, Juana, 1864-1948 1
Butcher boy (Motion picture : 1997) 1
Button, Dick (Richard Totten), 1929-2025 1
Buydden Family 1