Box 58

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A softcover notebook belonging to American writer Henry Beston, and containing a number of names and addresses of people met on a trip to England in 1929, as well as two short reminiscences from the same.

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Correspondence between American author Catherine Drinker Bowen and Robert D. Franklin, Assistant Librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia, and his wife. There are 3 letters: 2 are an exchange between Bowen and Franklin regarding her research on Revolutionary-era America, especially Philadelphia mayor James Logan, dated 1950, while the third is an undated letter to Franklin's wife regarding her recently-published book on John Adams.

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Three letters from British writer Frederick Britten Austin regarding the publication of various books and essays. Dated 1925.

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12 letters and postcards in the hand of Irish clergyman and writer Stopford Brooke, with 3 photographs of the same, two of which are signed. The correspondence, addressed to a variety of recipients including Brooke’s mother and sister, is on various topics, ranging from personal news and responses to invitations to discussion of his and other literary works. Dated between 1877 and 1915.

Scope and Contents 8 letters in the hand of British academic James Bryce written between 1878 and 1912. One letter is addressed to a Mr. King, while the remaining 7 are to Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard University (1869-1909). The contents range from the personal – he announces his engagement to future wife Marion Ashton and discusses a trip to Chicago – to academics including Bryce’s views on English academia and the revisions he is making to his magnum opus, The American Commonwealth, as well as...

Scope and Contents A single leaf of paper containing what appears to be a draft of the poem “For the First Page of the Album” by H.C. Bunner, later published in his Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere (1884). The poem is signed and dated September 10th, 1883 – a date that also appears in the printed edition. The text of the poem is identical to that found in Airs with the exception of the first line, which has some small differences. The paper, which is now somewhat yellowed, was pasted onto a newer piece at some...

Scope and Contents A French document on paper, 8 pages bound with parchment thongs, dated 11 October 1696. While the type of document is unclear, the surnames Bellefon and Mauleon appear multiple times, and the name Bonnard appears at the end, possibly a notary. A note following the text marks it “Coppie” in the same hand as the main text, and a later stamp in the upper lefthand corner of the first page indicates that the document once belonged to the Archives de l’Ordre de Mathe, a Catholic lay religious...

Scope and Contents A typed letter from Carlyle S. Baer, then Secretary of the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers, dated July 18th, 1922. The letter has no addressee, and appears to be a document Baer sent out to other collectors in order to facilitate the exchange of copies of rare plates: it offers prints of plates by Welsh etcher Bertha Gorst (1873-1938) and American author and designer Arthur Howard Noll (1855-1930), and leaves a blank where Baer could insert a request of his own – in...

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A single letter to Oxford academic John Bryson from his younger brother Edwin, dated 1965. Included with the letter is correspondence between Scheetz and Edwin, including a photograph of a portrait of John.

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Two letters sent from American poet Wallace Bruce to his brother. The first, dated 1871, provides an update on Bruce’s personal life, and the second, dated 1877, relates to a financial exchange.

Scope and Contents Two letters addressed to a “Mr. Colenso.” The first, dated March 20, 1905, is from noted British composer, musician, and collector of folk music Cecil Sharp (1859-1924), and pertains to what Sharp refers to as some “Zulu hymns” sent to him by Colenso, which he has subsequently set to music. The second letter, dated July 1935, is in the hand of British biologist Sir Julian Huxley (1887-1975) on letterhead from the Zoological Society of London. The unidentified Mr Colenso is likely a member of...

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16 letters in the hand of British academic Henry Montagu Butler dated between 1857 and 1909. The recipients and contents are diverse, ranging from responses to invitations and to College business during Butler’s time at Trinity, Cambridge.

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Three letters in the hand of George Capel-Coningsby, dated 1819, 1831, and 1833. The latter two letters pertain to Capel-Coningsby’s involvement in the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, a charity incorporated in 1776 to support actors at the Theatre Royal.

Scope and Contents A notebook or copybook with marbled paper covers and a paper label reading “Edwd: Carpenter’s Lib. 5 mo. 24th. 1793”. Contents include “Advice to a young man”, poetry including Mary Chandler’s “On Solitude” and Pope’s “The Messiah”, and various biblical passages and paraphrases all executed in a fine Italic cursive script. Beyond his name, the author is not readily identifiable, and no geographic information is given, though the book is likely to be American and possibly Quaker in origin,...

Scope and Contents A letter written by a woman calling herself “Sister Nellie” (or possibly Nella) to her mother and sister, detailing what appears to be her experience during the American Civil War. She writes from Edgartown, Massachusetts, and the contents are largely personal, relaying news of men who are involved in the fighting and asking after others waiting to be drafted. There is also a lengthy anecdote about a visiting company of soldiers who arrived with a band, much to the delight of the local...

Scope and Contents Six letters in the hand of Baron Coleridge, one time Lord Chief Justice of England, dated between 1866 and 1893. One of the letters is addressed to the poet Robert Browning (1812-1889) thanking him for sending a copy of his new book: “I will set to work on it at once & know I shall enjoy it – at least if I do not it will be first of your works I have not admired & enjoyed since I was a boy at Eton. I hope your books will remain in my Library for many a long year after it has ceased...

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4 letters in the hand of British curator and critic Sir Sidney Colvin, two undated, one 1883, one 1918. Three of the letters, including one addressed to noted polymath Sir Henry Thompson, are personal, primarily responses to invitations. The fourth letter (“Dear Bradley”) appears to be professional in nature, and mentions his work on Keats.

Scope and Contents 8 letters written from Civil War officer John Joseph Coppinger to Lucy Ord Mason, daughter of the noted engineer and Army officer Edward Ord, dated between 1895 and 1897. The earliest letter responds to a request on the part of Mrs. Mason for help securing pension money from Congress to pay for the funeral expenses of her mother, Mary M. Ord, who appears to have been a friend of Coppinger’s. The rest of the letters deal with the problems and progress of the pension, with the exception of...

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A pencil drawing entitled “Camp, Sebastopol” showing what appears to be a uniformed British soldier of the Crimean War era. The piece is signed “M.K.” and dated 1855.

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Five letters in the hand of American writer and political activist George William Curtis, dated between 1875 and 1880. The contents are generally brief responses to invitations or similar, addressed to anonymous recipients Mr. Harker, Mr. Babbitt, and Mr. Drummond, as well as Senator Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island (1815-1884) and noted lawyer and author Arthur G. Sedgwick (1844-1915). The Babbitt letter has been mounted on a later piece of paper.