Guide to the Hazard family letters, circa 1843-1928


Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Published in 2023

Collection Overview

Title: Hazard family letters
Date range: circa 1843-1928
Creator: Hazard family
Extent: 0.2 cubic feet
Abstract: Letters sent to Dora and Frederick Hazard.
Language of materials: English
Repository: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
Collection number: MSS-0055

Scope & content

The collection contains letters dated between 1843 to 1928, a majority of which were sent to Dora Hazard. Subjects of the letters include the British suffragette movement, Ouija boards and planchettes, as well as New York voting fraud and incompetence or dishonesty of the election officials. The collection also includes a thank-you note from Nicholas Murray Butler to Dora Hazard thanking her for the gift of Fanny Kemble’s journal to the Columbia University Library.

Access Points

Subject Names Subject Topics Geographical Names Document Types

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the order in which it arrived in Special Collections.

Biographical/Historical Note

Dora Gannet Sedgwick Hazard was born in Syracuse, New York on August 13, 1864 to Charles Baldwin Sedgwick and Deborah W. Gannett. Dora married Frederick Rowland Hazard and had five children.

Frederick Rowland Hazard was born in Peace Dale, Washington County, Rhode Island on June 14, 1858 to Rowland Hazard and Margaret Ann Rood and died February 27, 1917 when he was 59 years old.

Access & Use

Access to the collection: The collection is open for research by appointment.
Use of the materials: Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Alternate form: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.
Preferred citation: Hazard family letters, MSS-0055, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Contact information: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library.
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Ave
Providence, RI, 02908
Tel: 401-456-8380
email:digitalcommons@ric.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: The collection was donated by the Witherby Hunt family around 1977.
Processing information: An inventory to the collection was initially created by Frederick R. H. Witherby in 1972 prior to donation to Rhode Island College Special Collections. The collection was further described according to archival standards by Avelina Rocchio under the supervision of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Veronica L. Denison.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Veronica L. Denison and Avelina rocchio.
Encoding: This finding aid was encoded by Veronica L. Denison, 2023.
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Location/Existence of copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact the Rhode Island College Special Collections.

Inventory

Box 1, Folder 1 Letter from James B. Angell to Frederick and Dora Hazard
 1908 September 15
Box 1, Folder 2 Letters from Jane Addams to Dora Hazard
 1928 November 3, 20
Box 1, Folder 3 Letter from Abby May Alcott to Mrs. Charles Sedgwick about speaking visit of Louisa May Alcott
 undated
Box 1, Folder 4 Letter from Dr. Louise Garrett Anderson in London, England to Frederick R. Hazard regarding British suffragette movement
 1913 May 6
Box 1, Folder 5 Letter of Harriot Stanton, daughter of Elizabeth Stanton, to Frederick R. Hazard regarding New York voting fraud
 1920 November 5
Box 1, Folder 6 Letter from “Burrill” to Ora Gannett [Deborah White Gannett] from Brookfarm, West Roxbury, MA. [Note: Ora Gannett is mother of Dora Sedgwick Hazard]
 1843 June 13
Box 1, Folder 7 Letter from Nicholas Murray Butler (Columbia University president) to Dora Hazard thanking her for gift of Fanny Kemble’s journal to the library
 1926 May 12
Box 1, Folder 8 Letters to an unidentified individual from Mrs. Cameron-Lewis regarding Ouija boards and planchettes
 1919 February 12-25
Box 1, Folder 9 Letter from Elizabeth Curtis to Dora Hazard
 undated
Box 1, Folder 10 Letter from Ruth Draper to Dora Hazard regarding a fee for a performance
 undated
Box 1, Folder 11 Letter from Nathan L. Miller to Dorothy Witherby regarding incompetence or dishonesty of election officials
 1920 December 4
Box 1, Folder 12 Letter from Gertrude May Stein to Mr. Frederick Hazard
 1901 April 24