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Hay (John) papers

Formal title:: John Hay papers
Extent:: 28 linear feet
Date range:: 1829-1916
Abstract:: The John Hay papers consists of 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; photographs of Hay, his family, and various political figures; political cartoons; sound recordings; and a small collection of objects. 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

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:: Caroline Hazard papers
Extent:: 1.3 cubic feet
Date range:: 1872-1945
Abstract:: Collected papers of an educator, author, and fifth president of Wellesley College, consisting of correspondence, photographs, poetry, publications, and clippings.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: MSS-0092

Hazard family letters

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

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

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:: 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

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

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

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