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Formal title:: Nathaniel Terry Bacon papers
Extent:: 20.8 cubic feet
Date range:: 1825-1927
Abstract:: Nathaniel Terry Bacon was an engineer, entrepreneur-industrialist, philanthropist, and scholar. He actively participated in several business enterprises and wrote extensively on a variety of topics. The collection reflects both his personal and professional life.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0005

Formal title:: COLLECTION CLOSED [2/1/2024] John Nicholas Brown (1861-1900) papers
Extent:: 15.5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1871-1900 (1881-1900)
Abstract:: COLLECTION CLOSED [2/1/24] John Nicholas Brown (1861-1900) was the eldest son of John Carter Brown and Sophia Augusta (Brown) Brown, members of one of the most prominent and distinguished families in Rhode Island. The papers reflect John Nicholas Brown's passion for the arts, travel, Europe, yachts, and philanthropic and civic activities.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2007.010

Corbett (Scott) papers

Formal title:: Scott Corbett papers
Extent:: 1.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1884-1984 (bulk 1941-1971)
Abstract:: The Scott Corbett papers contain a variety of material related to his career as a writer as well as personal memorabilia from his childhood and service in the United States Army during World War II. These papers also include Elizabeth Corbett’s personal and business papers and artwork by the illustrator and author Don Freeman.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2008.019

Formal title:: John Hay papers microfilm
Extent:: 18.0 reels
Date range:: 1829-1916
Abstract:: The John Hay papers microfilm consist of over 9100 items encompassing Hay's correspondence with his family and with literary, diplomatic, and political contemporaries; diaries kept by Hay as Lincoln's White House aide and as Secretary of the Legations in Paris, Vienna, and Madrid, 1866-1870; manuscript poems; galley proofs; personal letterpress copy books. Subjects include: Civil War; Lincoln and his administration; Reconstruction; court life in Paris; the bi-metal monetary standard; the Canadian boundary settlement; the fur seal question; Japanese naval activity; Chinese-American relations; the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars; British and American politics.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Hay microfilm

Formal title:: Walter Nickerson Hill Papers
Extent:: 4.0 Linear feet
Date range:: 1860-1905 (bulk 1870-1884)
Abstract:: American chemist. Letters and manuscripts; letterpress books; scrapbook; notebooks; documents; pamphlets; photographs; and memorabilia. The bulk of the written material (to, from, and about Hill) dates from 1870-1884. It consists of personal letters between Hill and his wife; letters between Hill and leading scientists and ordinance specialists; letters to and from important political, scientific, and military figures regarding Hill's application for appointment of Professor of Mathematics in the Navy; business correspondence; Hill's patents and pamphlets regarding explosives, demagnetization, etc.; newspaper clippings of Hill's death in an explosion.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Hill

Formal title:: Jeanne McHugh Kerr papers relating to Alexander Lyman Holley
Extent:: 16.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1847-1983 (bulk 1949-1980)
Abstract:: The Jeanne McHugh Kerr papers relating to Alexander Lyman Holley consist chiefly of manuscripts and research materials relating to Kerr's biography of Holley. The papers also include several scrapbooks and letter books that belonged to Holley, samples of minerals and stainless steel, microfilm of Holley's papers at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., and personal papers such as a desk diary and address book that belonged to Kerr. The material is dated between 1847 and 1983, with most dated between 1949 and 1980.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2012.016

Formal title:: Lester Frank Ward papers
Extent:: 11 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1860-1913
Abstract:: The Lester Frank Ward papers in the John Hay Library consists of the correspondence, manuscripts, published writings, and personal library of a noted nineteenth-century American geologist, paleontologist, and sociologist. These materials reflect virtually all aspects of Ward's professional life, including his years of service as a member of the U. S. Geological Survey staff, his activities as a professor at both Columbian College (now George Washington University) and Brown University, and his long career as a writer of scholarly monographs and articles on many subjects. The papers also contain some information concerning his personal life.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.90.23

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