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Hazard family letters
Formal title:
Hazard family letters
Extent:
0.2 cubic feet
Date range:
circa 1843-1928
Abstract:
Letters sent to Dora and Frederick Hazard.
Repository:
Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:
MSS-0055
Henry Wight Diman Papers
Formal title:
Henry Wight Diman Papers
Extent:
7 linear feet
Date range:
1842-1884
Abstract:
Contains journals, news clippings, correspondence, handbills and programs relating to Henry Wight Diman. The subjects range from his boyhood in Bristol, R.I., his time in the Civil War, and his service as U.S. Consul in Portugal.
Repository:
University Archives and Special Collections
Collection call no:
Mss. Gr. 161
Herbarium Research Library
Formal title:
Herbarium Research Library
Extent:
7.0 Linear feet
Date range:
1880s-1920s
Abstract:
Pamphlets and publications on a wide variety of botanical topics collected between the 1880s to 1920s for the research library attached to the Herbarium.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.1ZBO.1
Hill (Walter Nickerson) Papers
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
Hirsch (David H.) papers
Formal title:
David H. Hirsch papers
Extent:
22.0 linear feet
Date range:
1826-2000 (bulk 1961-1999)
Abstract:
The David H. Hirsch papers (1826-2000; bulk, 1961-1999) include correspondence, essays, manuscripts, translated materials, research and lecture notes, course syllabi, annotated critical material, financial documents, conference proceedings, committee agendas, notebooks, and photographs. These materials relate primarily to his tenure as Professor of English at Brown University. Most of the collection reflects his extensive research and writing in American literature and literary theory, as well as in Holocaust literature and interpretation. A portion of the collection contains the fiction of his son, Joe Hirsch.
Repository:
John Hay Library
Collection call no:
MS.2012.030
Holden (Wheaton) collection
Formal title:
Wheaton Holden collection
Extent:
20 linear feet
Date range:
1845-1990
Abstract:
Architectural historian and documentary filmmaker, Wheaton Holden was a specialist on the life and work of Robert Swain Peabody and Julius Adolph Schweinfurth. This collection contains mostly materials relating to Holden’s research on architect Robert Swain Peabody and his Boston-based firm Peabody and Stearns. Included are Peabody's films, diaries, reminiscences, writings, and processed copies of his correspondence. Also included are files on Peabody and Stearns building projects, with drawings, plans, photographs, and clippings. Finally the collection includes two videos created by Holden: The Peabody Touch and Providence Remembered.
Repository:
Brown University Library
Collection call no:
Ms. 2010.033
Hopkins Sims (Anne) collection of Sims family papers
Formal title:
Anne Sims Hopkins collection of Sims family papers
Extent:
4 linear feet
Date range:
1844-1954 (bulk) 1905-1920
Abstract:
This collection consists of letters, photographs, invitations, a wedding gift registry, and other papers relating to the Sims family, particularly Admiral William S. Sims and his wife, Anne Hitchcock Sims. The papers detail the Sims family’s personal life and relationship as well as Admiral Sims’s career in the Navy.
Repository:
Naval War College (U.S.). Naval Historical Collection
Collection call no:
MSC-352
Howe (Julia Ward) papers
Formal title:
Julia Ward Howe papers
Extent:
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:
1897-1899 and undated
Abstract:
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) was a prominent writer, poet, reformer, and lecturer, who was best known for writing the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and her contributions to the women’s rights movement. This collection includes two letters and one poem written by Howe.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.556
Hudson River Day Line Collection
Formal title:
Hudson River Day Line Collection
Extent:
25 linear feet
Date range:
1812-1960 (bulk 1860-1930)
Abstract:
The Hudson River Day Line was a steamboat service operating under various names on the Hudson River beginning in the mid-1800s. The collection contains over 100 years of company records, financial documents, ephemera and correspondence between owners and key stakeholders. In addition, the collection contains steamship logs that document the routes taken by the Hudson River Day Line steamships along the Hudson River.
Repository:
Steamship Historical Society of America
Collection call no:
1963.01
Hunt family papers
Formal title:
Hunt family papers
Extent:
0.01 linear feet (1 folder)
Date range:
1858-1899 and undated (bulk 1878-1897)
Abstract:
Letters addressed to members of the Hunt family, particularly renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) and his wife Catherine Hunt (1830-1909), who were both summer residents of Newport, Rhode Island.
Repository:
Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:
RLC.Ms.555

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