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Norah Borges Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0004
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal letters of Norah Borges. All but one letter are sent to Esther Haldo de Amorim, with one letter sent to Aurora Haldo de Haldo. Also included are four drawings by Borges, and two programs of Borges’ exhibitions. Materials include letters, postcards, drawings, and pamphlets.
Dates:
1932 - 1971
Ora W. Harvey Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5026
Abstract
A four-page letter written on 15 April 1863 by Civil War private Ora W. Harvey of the 46th Massachusetts Infantry, mostly discussing camp recreations, especially baseball.
Dates:
15 April 1863
Packet Ship Liverpool Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 5022
Abstract
A collection of fourteen manuscripts, mostly letters, providing first-hand accounts of the sinking of the packet ship Liverpool in the North Atlantic in July 1822. The principal author is Hewlett Townsend Coles, the ship's second officer.
Dates:
1822
Paris-Heard Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 0507
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of personal papers of members of the Paris and Heard families of Augusta and Rockingham counties, Virginia. Materials date from 1852 to 1937, with the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction years all represented. Included are land deeds, contracts, and militia records of James R. Paris, as well as family correspondence and photographs. The Antebellum letters are chiefly between Lucy Paris, James’s wife, and her family, while later correspondence is mainly between...
Dates:
1852-1937
Parsons-Williams Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/COL 8501
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of eleven letters and two records dating from 1757 to 1777. Six of the letters are directed to Sarah Williams (four from the years before her marriage to Parsons, one from the time of the marriage, and one from after Parsons' death). Most are from female friends or relatives. There are three letters from Joseph Parsons, Jr. to his father, mostly relating to land and debts. Two additional letters (April 1764) were provoked by the ill health of Joseph Parsons, Jr. There...
Dates:
1755-1757
Patrick McCabe Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 2717
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the professional career of Irish writer Patrick McCabe. The majority of the collection consists of rough drafts of his drama, prose, and poetry, including some of his most popular works in film and literature, Breakfast on Pluto and The Butcher Boy. The collection also contains various ephemera and promotional materials for his published works. Also included are newspaper and magazine interviews, works of other writers, and...
Dates:
1946-2013; Majority of material found in 1980-2010
Pádraig Ó Concheanainn Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1083
Abstract
A collection of the papers of Pádraig Ó Concheanainn, including letters on Irish language publications and family papers.
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1928-1972
Peed Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5037
Abstract
Sixteen personal letters written by the brothers John Nathaniel Peed and James Oscar Peed, during their Civil War service in Co. I, 9th Virginia Cavalry (CS). Many of John Peed's 14 letters were written in 1864-65, from the environs of Petersburg.
Dates:
1862-1865
Philadelphia Chinese Social Relief Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10028
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection document the efforts of a very early social welfare organization in Philadelphia to aid the city’s Chinese citizens. Materials include correspondence of Edward Syle, an Episcopal missionary who worked closely with the Chinese; reports and minutes of meetings of the welfare committee; and a draft of the committee’s constitution.
Dates:
1883 - 1885
Polievktov-Nikoladze Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSE/REE 0001
Abstract
This collection derives from three generations of a prominent and historically important Russian-Georgian family. It includes personal and professional correspondence, diaries, documents, photographs, and other manuscript and print formats.
Dates:
1890s-1980s
Price Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5110
Abstract
Thirty-one personal letters written between members of the Price family of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois during the American Civil War. The letters are notable for their Copperhead and anti-abolitionist sentiments.
Dates:
1863-1865
Pugh Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5009
Abstract
A group of 12 letters written by the Western Pennsylvania Quakers John and Joseph Pugh during the Civil War. Included are 6 letters written by John during his service aboard the U.S.S. Quaker City, of the navy's East Gulf Blockading Squadron.
Dates:
1862-1864
Raymond E. F. Larsson Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 3000
Abstract
A collection consisting of the correspondence, writings, and drawings of the American poet Raymond E. F. Larsson (1901-1991). Also present are manuscripts by other authors, miscellaneous printed matter, and items relating to a 1983 exhibit about Larsson held in Notre Dame's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Dates:
1927-1983; Majority of material found within , 1940-1960
Read Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5015
Abstract
A small group of papers originating with the Read family of the central Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. Included are 28 letters written by three different family members during the Civil War: Confederate States soldier Thomas Griffin Read, Co. I, 33rd Virginia Infantry (10 letters); his wife Martha White Read, of Augusta County (15 letters); and the CS artilleryman John Henry Read (3 letters).
Dates:
1850-after 1900; Majority of material found in 1861-1865
Red Smith Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10061
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the professional and personal papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist Walter Wellesley “Red” Smith. It includes: Smith's clipped copies of his printed columns, mostly 1954-1982; newspapers and magazines with pieces by or about Smith; clipped columns of Stanley Woodward and Joe H. Palmer; manuscripts and/or proofs of several of Smith's books; an accumulation of around 125 manuscript letters preserved by Smith, including examples signed by Melvin Belli, Bing...
Dates:
1888 - 2010; Majority of material found in 1945-1982
Reggie Brown Football Coaching Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 1001
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Reggie Brown Football Coaching Papers consist of a group of notebooks compiled by football coach Reginald W. P. "Reggie" Brown. Five notebooks (1904, 1905, 1905, 1911, and 1914) document Brown’s years as an assistant coach at Harvard University. One notebook (1928) comes from his stint as the head football coach at Boston University. The 1904 and 1905 notebooks chronicle the events of those Harvard seasons through clippings, practice notes, games notes, play diagrams, game...
Dates:
1904 - 1997; Majority of material found within 1904 - 1939
Reverend Bernard Schlegel Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 5026
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters written 1952-1956 from Bernard Schlegel to his parents while studying to be a priest at the Pontifical North American College in Vatican City. Also included are two essay drafts, a journal, pamphlets, and prayer cards marking the ordination of fellow priests.
Dates:
1949-1956
Richard C. Morgan Letter
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5050
Abstract
A personal letter written from Columbus, Ohio on 25 August 1863 by Confederate Col. Richard C. Morgan, 14th Kentucky Cavalry, following his capture on John Hunt Morgan's Indiana-Ohio Raid. The letter is directed to sister-in-law Martha Ready Morgan, John Morgan's wife.
Dates:
25 August 1863
Richard Henry Tawney World War I Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSE/MD 6413
Scope and Contents
This collection chiefly consists of the correspondence and personal papers of Richard Henry Tawney relating to his service in World War I. Personal, government, and Army correspondence are included, as well as military and government records. Correspondence are present in the form of letters, telegrams, and postcards. Notes and hand-drawn battlefield maps are also included.
Dates:
1915 - 1945; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1918
Richards and Lincoln Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 0510
Abstract
A collection of over 150 personal and professional letters written to, from, or between members of the Richards and Lincoln families of Massachusetts and Illinois, 1754 to 1880. Also present are 60 related documents, including manuscripts, financial records, land records, probate records, and other materials.
Dates:
1754-1880 (bulk 1792-1880)
Richards Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/EA 5023
Abstract
A group of 67 personal letters written by or to members of the Richards family of Massachusetts and Montgomery County, Illinois, chiefly during the late 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s.
Dates:
1835-1902; Majority of material found in ( 1835-1858)
Robert C. Morgan Collection on Conceptual Art
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 9206
Abstract
A collection of research files comprised of printed ephemera, correspondence, manuscripts, audio recordings, and other materials documenting the activities and work of more than 100 conceptual artists, assembled by Robert C. Morgan during his professional career as an artist, art historian, curator, and author from 1968-2015.
Dates:
1968-2015
Robert Creeley Ephemera
Collection
Identifier: EPH 5009
Abstract
A collection of non-book material, much of it printed ephemera, acquired with the University's purchase of the 6000-volume personal library of the American poet Robert Creeley. The collection includes printed mailings and other announcements, periodical issues, broadsides, and posters, as well as photographs, photocopied texts of various kinds, and a small manuscript component.
Dates:
1951-2005
Robert Creeley Letters to Sarah Creeley
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 3007
Abstract
A small collection of around 30 manuscript items preserved by Sarah Creeley, daughter of the American poet Robert Creeley. Most are short personal letters or cards directed to Sarah by her father in the 1990s.
Dates:
1973-2005; Majority of material found in 1993-2005
Robert Lynd Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1050
Abstract
Letters to Robert Lynd from various correspondents, mainly Irish.
Dates:
1906 - 1948
Robert M. Johnson Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/MN 10030
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the correspondence between journalist Robert M. Johnson; his wife, Mary Urquhart Johnson; and their daughters Margaret and Esther. Also included are greeting cards, a broadside, telegrams, postcards, and clippings. Johnson wrote to his daughters about stories he was working on, including the 1910 street car strike in Philadelphia, and about his work as a political journalist in San Antonio, Texas. Materials include letters, cards, postcards, clippings, and a...
Dates:
1904 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1930
Robert S. Edwards Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 1004
Abstract
Around 60 items, mostly manuscripts, with a bearing on the Civil War service of Lt. Robert S. Edwards of the 48th New York Infantry. Among the 45 personal letters are 14 written by Edwards and 22 directed to him by his brother and sister-in-law, Ogden and Nellie Edwards, then living in the Philippines. There are also a number of items relating to Robert Edwards's death (at Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor) and post-mortem arrangements.
Dates:
1861-1865
Rose given to George Bernard Shaw by Millicent “Cynthia” Stephens
Item — Box: MSE/IR Doc CC-1
Identifier: MSE/IR 1011
Scope and Contents
An envelope containing the dried petals of a red rose. The envelope bears a notation from George Bernard Shaw "A red rose given to me by Mrs. Jas. Stephens... Mch. 7/25."
Dates:
1925-03-07
Rubén Darío Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0092
Scope and Contents
The Rubén Darío Collection is a collection of writings and personal materials of Rubén Darío. The majority of the collection consists of clippings written by Darío, as well as clippings written about Darío, covering a hundred-year span. Included in his personal papers are photographs, correspondence, and manuscripts. Also included in the collection is a series of research materials about Darío compiled by an unknown researcher. Significant topics include Nicaraguan poets, history, and poetry;...
Dates:
1881-1982
Samuel T. Reeves Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 5012
Abstract
A family correspondence of 31 items whose principal author is Sgt. Samuel T. Reeves, writing as a member of Co. C, 80th Indiana Infantry. Many of the letters date from the spring of 1865, when Reeves was convalescing at Camp Dennison, Ohio.
Dates:
1864-1870; Majority of material found in 1865
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