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Charlotte Loring Lowell collection, 1953-1981, bulk: 1953-1978
by Ralph Lowell
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in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide Papers relating to the public activities of Ralph Lowell (1890-1978), businessman, banker, soldier, philanthropist, civic leader, and educational television pioneer. The collection includes programs, pamphlets, photographs, awards, invitations, and correspondence collected by Charlotte Loring Lowell which detail her husband's philanthropic efforts on behalf of Harvard University; WGBH Educational Television, Inc.; the Lowell Institute; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and other cultural and charitable organizations and institutions. Also included are many of Ralph Lowell's writings, genealogical information on the Lowell family, and a small collection of Lowell family correspondence.
James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1736-1951
by James Russell Lowell
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Primarily professional and social letters written to Lowell during his diplomatic career. In addition to professional matters, the letters concern poetry and the works of other poets, as well as social news. Also includes family correspondence with Mabel Lowell Burnett, Maria White Lowell, and Charles Lowell. There are also poems, compositions, genealogies of the Cutts, Lowell, and Russell families, photographs, a diary for 1882 and printed materials.
Lowell family record, undated
by Lowell family
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Genealogy of the Lowell family of Otisfield, Windham, Gray, Westbrook, Durham, and Portland, Me.
Lowell family papers, 1862-1866
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Civil War letters of Smith Lowell, sergeant with Co. K, 4th Michigan Cavalry, and of his son, Henry S. Lowell, member of the 13th Michigan Battery, and of other members of the Lowell family.
Additional papers, 1767-1898
by James Russell Lowell
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Collection consists chiefly of correspondence to Lowell from other authors, friends, and European acquaintances written during his diplomatic service and last years. Also contains letters from Lowell to family members, including Mabel Lowell Burnett and Maria Lowell, or letters written between relatives and third parties. Lowell's compositions consist of poems and prose, some of which are written in Spanish. Also includes notebooks of poems, social engagements, and finances, as well as photographs, programs, invitations, menus, and clippings.
Letters : to the Lowell family, 1828-1891
by James Russell Lowell
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Letters by Lowell to his family, chiefly written while he was traveling in Europe. Includes letters to his mother and his brothers, but consists primarily of letters written to Lowell's daughter, Mabel Lowell Burnett, over the course of her childhood and into her adult life. Letters concern family relationships, the births and childhoods of Mabel's children, and the health of Lowell's second wife, Frances Dunlap Lowell. Collection also includes newspaper clippings from London papers concerning Lowell's recall as ambassador to England by President Cleveland.
Morse and Lowell family papers, 1869-1923
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Family papers of Arthur Drinkwater Morse, businessman and music lover, of Portland, Me.; his wife, Sarah Maria (Lowell) Morse, who became involved in the musical circles of Portland, entertaining extensively for various symphonic groups aned choruses who met at the Morse home; and her parents, Abner, owner of a jewelry store, and Anna (Scott) Lowell.
James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1802-1898
by James Russell Lowell
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Primarily personal and professional letters to Lowell from a wide variety of correspondents, including his daughter Mabel Lowell Burnett and his father Charles Lowell. Personal letters discuss literature, poetry, and social and family news. The professional letters cover the period during Lowell's diplomatic career, primarily while minister to England. The collection includes letters of introduction, letters from autograph-seekers, some social letters to Maria White Lowell, 18th-century family papers, and a draft Act of the United States Continental Congress.
Papers of Joseph and William Whipple, 1717-1904 (inclusive), 1763-1814 (bulk)
by Joseph Whipple
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Chiefly correspondence of Joseph Whipple, much of it pertaining to his tenure as customs collector from secretaries of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and others, together with business correspondence and documents concerning the Whipples' commercial and shipping enterprise (especially in the 1760s), letters from William to Joseph when William was in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and a few letters to William on revolutionary regiments. Also contains journals, 1779-1780, 1809, and 1813-1814, kept by Joseph; some correspondence, documents, and notebooks of the Lowell family; diaries, notebooks, logbooks, accounts, and correspondence of other third parties; state and federal documents on militias, taxes, and appointments, etc.; and miscellaneous manuscripts, documents, church minutes, ships' certificates, and printed material.
Papers of Joseph H. Barrett, 1845-1910
by Joseph H Barrett
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1 edition published in 1607 in English and held by 1 library worldwide The correspondence of Joseph H. Barrett and his extended family. The bulk of the collection (354 letters) consists of Barrett's own personal and professional correspondence, both incoming and outgoing letters. The letters cover Barrett's his entire life and career, especially his studies at Middlebury College (class of 1845); teaching at various private schools in Vermont and New Hampshire (1845-1848); association with the American Whig Review and various New England newspapers (1848-1851); service in the Vermont House of Representatives (1851-1853); the courtship and marriage, intense religious soul-searching that led him from Congregationalism, to Universalism and finally to the Episcopal Church, covering politics for the Cincinnati Gazette (1857-1861), editorship of the Cincinnati Times and Chronicle (1868-1892), and his literary work, particularly his 1888, 1902, and 1904 biographies of Lincoln. Also included letters to the editor received by Barrett as the editor of the Cincinnati Chronicle and Times. Correspondents include Mrs. Barrett, Samuel Mills Conant (1820-1855), a fellow Middlebury alumnus and publisher of the Vermont Union Whig; Park Benjamin (1809-1864), Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1828-1904), William H. Herndon, Benjamin Labaree (1801-1883), Edward McPherson, (1830-1895), Alfred Bult Mullett (1834-1890), William Frederick Poole (1821-1894), James Reed Spalding (1821-1872), and others.
Papers of the Spence and Lowell families, 1740-1958, (bulk 1797-1861)
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of the Spence and Lowell families, especially those relating to Keith Spence, Charles Lowell, and Mary Spence Lowell Putnam.
Autograph file, L, 1641-1976
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide The Autograph File is a collection of items received singly or in small groups from various sources at various times, and autograph collections, such as that of Evert J. Wendell, which were not kept together as a distinct collection. Items in this portion of the Autograph File include letters from the Marquis de Lafayette, Alphonse de Lamartine, Andrew Lang, Abbott Lawrence, Emma Lazarus, Robert E. Lee, Giacomo Leopardi, Abraham Lincoln, Vachel Lindsay, and the Lowell family. There are also compositions and letters of Charles Lamb, Walter Savage Landor, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edward Bulwer Lytton, among others.
Lucy Lowell diaries, 1831-1944
by Lucy Lowell
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Diaries kept by Lucy Lowell, 1888-1944 (with gaps), include brief entries describing her daily social, domestic, and volunteer activities as a single woman living in Boston, Mass; a trip to the Pacific coast, 1918; trips with The Alliance of Unitarian Women (of which she was president, 1917-23) to the U.S. South, Midwest, and Southwest, 1919-20; a trip to Minnesota, 1922-23; summer voyages to Europe, 1925-28, and other travels. Diaries entries include accounts of time spent with family members, including her parents John and Lucy Buckminster Emerson Lowell, sister Susan Cabot Lowell Aspinwall, niece Lucy Aspinwall, nephew George Lowell Aspinwall, and other Lowell, Emerson, and Aspinwall family members; visits with friends, including her closest friend Edith Fiske; work with the Alliance of Unitarian Women; history, art, and music lessons; social events; volunteer work; church sermons heard; observations about politics; and the weather. Travel diaries include descriptions of sights seen, people met, and activities and social events attended.
Lowell family papers, 1728-1878
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Papers of the Lowell family of Massachusetts, 1728-1878, include letters written and received by John Lowell, Rebecca Amory Lowell (1771-1842), Rebecca Amory Lowell (1794-1873), and Anna Cabot Lowell, among other Lowell family members. Letters pertain to family matters including John and Rebecca's courtship; travel throughout the United States and Europe; Anna Cabot Lowell's charity work and other activities with the New England Freedmen's Aid Society and the New England Hospital for Women and Children; local, national, and international politics and events; and social engagements and time spent with friends and family. Also included are sporadic travel diaries kept by John and Rebecca Amory Lowell while traveling through Europe, 1804-17; a manuscript copy of a travel diary kept by Ann Amory McLean Lee, 1815-17, copied by Anna Cabot Lowell; Sunday school lesson notebooks and extract books kept by Rebecca Amory Lowell and Anna Cabot Lowell; poetry books kept by Susan Cabot Lowell; Frances Augusta Amory's notebooks, 1817-64; and a letterbook kept by Scottish writer Anne MacVicar Grant, 1809-10. Also, personal account books kept by John Baker Sohier, 1789-1795, Rebecca Amory Lowell, 1828-1833, and Susan Cabot Lowell and William Sohier, 1846-1858.
Putnam-Jackson-Lowell family papers, 1769-1922
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Papers of the interrelated Putnam, Jackson, and Lowell families, including letters to Judge Samuel Putnam and letters between him and his son Samuel R. Putnam while the latter was working as a merchant in India and Europe. A large portion of the collection is devoted to the family of Dr. James Jackson, including materials related to his medical profession, in particular his work with cholera; correspondence with his son James Jr. while the latter was studying medicine in Europe, with his daughter Elizabeth C. Jackson (later Putnam), and among other Jackson siblings.
Papers, 1734-1952
by Ropes family
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Papers of the Ropes family of Salem, Mass., and the related Peirson, Lawrence, and Lowell families, with some items for the Ladd family as well. Ropes family members represented include merchants Samuel, William, and Hardy Ropes; Congregational minister and Andover Theological Seminary Librarian William L. Ropes and his wife Harriet L. (Peirson); their son Congregational minister and Harvard professor James H. Ropes, and his wife Alice (Lowell); and Mary Tyler (Ropes) Gellibrand, among many others.
Papers, 1759-1928
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Transcripts of Russell family correspondence. Correspondence and genealogical material relating to the Russell, Sewall, and Lechmere families. Includes notes from "Memoirs of Russell" (1806) by Mary Russell; information on Russell coats of arms; correspondence (1759-1835) of James Russell and his descendants, concerning trips and family and social affairs; correspondence (1831-34) between Elizabeth (Lowell) and Warren Dutton of Boston, describing Washington, D.C., official and social life; and Lowell family correspondence (1805-24).
Additional papers, 1736-1951
by James Russell Lowell
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in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide Primarily professional and social letters written to Lowell during his diplomatic career. In addition to professional matters, the letters concern poetry and the works of other poets, as well as social news. Also includes family correspondence with Mabel Lowell Burnett, Maria White Lowell, and Charles Lowell. There are also poems, compositions, genealogies of the Cutts, Lowell, and Russell families, photographs, a diary for 1882 and printed materials.
Additional papers, 1802-1898
by James Russell Lowell
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in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide Primarily personal and professional letters to Lowell from a wide variety of correspondents, including his daughter Mabel Lowell Burnett and his father Charles Lowell. Personal letters discuss literature, poetry, and social and family news. The professional letters cover the period during Lowell's diplomatic career, primarily while minister to England. The collection includes letters of introduction, letters from autograph-seekers, some social letters to Maria White Lowell, 18th-century family papers, and a draft Act of the United States Continental Congress. more
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