Beecher family

Papers, 1822-1903 by Beecher family ( )
in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Correspondence, sermons, lecture notes, and biographical material. Letters, chiefly 1826-1860, written primarily by Catharine, Edward and Lyman Beecher, relate to family matters, theological issues, teaching generally, and the education of women in particular. Correspondents include Zilpah Grant Banister, Mary Lyon and other Beecher family members. Also includes one letter by Theodore Dwight Weld and one written to him and a flyer advertising David Ruggles' Northampton water cure.

Thomson-Kinney collection, 1851-1887 by Sara Thomson Kinney ( )
in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Copies of correspondence of descendants of Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), of Hartford, Conn., and from Samuel Langhorne Clemens; together with ms., of Clemens's address (1886 or 1887) to the Army and Navy Club, Hartford, and his letter to the editor of Atlantic Monthly; and literary mss. of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) from the text of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Beecher family papers, 1704-1964 (inclusive), 1795-1948 (bulk) by Beecher family ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Correspondence, writings, speeches, diaries, clippings, printed matter, sermons, and other papers of two centuries of Beecher family members. The papers relate principally to Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), popular 19th century clergyman and orator, and members of his family. Among those represented are his father, the Reverend Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), clergyman; his brothers, Edward Beecher (1803-1895), educator and antislavery leader, and Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900) and Charles Beecher (1815-1900), both clergyman and antislavery activist; and his sisters, Harriett Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe (1811-1896), author, Catherine Esther Beecher (1800-1878), pioneer educator and writer on 'domestic economy, ' and Isabella Homes (Beecher) Hooker (1822-1907), well-known suffragist. Also included are papers relating to the Scoville family (mainly Annie Beecher Scoville, 1866-1953, teacher and lecturer), as well as other related families. The papers cover an extremely wide range of cultural, political, social, and religious issues and topics of 19th and early 20th century America and include correspondence from a large number of well-known men and women. The papers were previously known as the Beecher-Scoville Family Papers.

Beecher-Stowe family letter, 1862 by Beecher family ( Book )
4 editions published in 1862 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Autograph letter signed from William Lloyd Garrison to Harriet Beecher Stowe concerning the plight of Rev. Samuel Greene, who was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for possession of Uncle Tom's Cabin, July 22, 1862.

Beecher-Stowe family Additional papers, n.d by Beecher family ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Collection includes photographs of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Calvin Stowe, and Henry Ward Beecher.

Beecher-Stowe family papers, 1798-1956 (inclusive) by Beecher family ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Mostly correspondence, also miscellaneous writings, clippings, photographs (including daguerreotypes), and memorabilia. Correspondence of Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878), Esther Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard) Beecher (1813-1897), Harriet (Porter) Beecher (?-1835), Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), James C. Beecher (1828-1886), Lydia (Beals) Jackson Beecher (1789-1869), Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802-1886), Eliza Tyler Stowe (1836-?), Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe (1811-1896), Harriet Beecher Stowe II (1836-?), and Susan (Munroe) Stowe, much of which contains family news, stories, and comments about the times. Also included is material pertaining to Isabella (Beecher) Hooker (1822-1907), and other family members, as well as Lyman Beecher Stowe's correspondence and research on Charlotte (Perkins) Gilman and actress Charlotte Cushman. Bulk of the collection pertains to Harriet (Beecher) Stowe, her husband, Calvin and their children; their personal and professional correspondence includes letters from publishers and prominent people Harriet Stowe met in England.

Papers, 1832-1883 by Beecher family ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Chiefly correspondence of the family of Truman A. Beecher (1837-1922), and his wife, Statira Brown Beecher (1840-1901); together with financial records, deeds, poems, clippings, and other papers.

Beecher family papers, 1843-1891 by Beecher family ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Correspondence between Mary Ward Beecher and Louis H.D. Crane; Mary's letters to her friends and relatives, a volume of her poetry, 3 sermons and poem by William Henry Beecher, miscellaneous letters, family photographs and ephemera.