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Clare Boothe Luce in Hawaii., 07/01/1969-07/31/1969

 File — Box 10, Folder: 46
Identifier: 78196
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Professional and personal photographs of Clare Boothe Luce with family and friends throughout her life. Included are photos of from childhood; as wife of millionaire George Brokaw, managing editor at Vanity Fair; and as the wife of American publisher, Henry Robinson Luce. Notable are her campaign photographs of 1942 when she ran for a seat in Congress.

Dates: 07/01/1969-07/31/1969
Found in Notes:  1 photograph taken by Preston L. Peil in 1969 of Clare Boothe Luce having drinks at the Makaha Inn in Hawaii.

Balaban, John., August 1939, 1950, and undated.

 File
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Box 6. Alphabetical photographic files Bacon — Baldwin, C, 77 folders.

Dates: August 1939, 1950, and undated.
Found in Notes:  , Patricia Morison, Robert Preston, Charles Reagan, Jim Donohue, and Marie Zim (?).

Boger, Samuel., 2/18/1862.

 File — Box 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collections consist of letters and documents by and about notable individuals in history, literature, religion, government, and other fields. The items in these collections are gifts and purchases.

Dates: 2/18/1862.
Found in Notes:  Sent from Turners Store, Somerset County, Pennsylvania to Bruceton Mills, Preston County, Virginia.

Correspondence 1960., 01/01/1960-12/31/1960

 File — Box 33: Series 1172, Folder: 22
Identifier: 73336
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Includes unidentified correspondence. Also note: only names marked with an asterisk (*) are included in the index. Correspondence primarily concerns Katherine Biddle's poetry and poetry readings.

Dates: 01/01/1960-12/31/1960
Found in Notes:  Morrill, Janef Newman Preston.

September - October 1963, 24 September 1963 - 30 October 1963

 File — Box 9, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Bruce Marshall Papers primarily consist of correspondence, manuscripts and news clippings, all tracing Burce Marshall's career as an author from 1924 until his death in 1987.The Bruce A. Marshall Papers are arranged in series according to subject. There is a Manuscript series, a Correspondence series, a Clippings series and a small Thesis series.The Manuscripts series comprises the first eight boxes of the collection. Contained in it are different drafts of...
Dates: 24 September 1963 - 30 October 1963
Found in Notes:  Bates to BM (4 Oct 1963); TLS from Monica Preston of DHA to BM about the illness of F.F.E Yeo-Thomas (22 Oct 1963); TLS from John Howard Griffi nto BM (24 Oct 1963).

Martha H. Le Baron., 08/31/1856-08/31/1856

 File — Box 3: Series 1052; Series 1053, Folder: 7
Identifier: 68040
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Please note that correspondents often mention acquaintances or other individuals but will not provide their complete names. When known, the full name is given in parentheses. Also, in the case of the Clarke family, one A.K. Clark signs her name without the 'e' although it is likely that she is a member of the Clarke family. She also cites (her husband?) inconsistently as 'Mr. Clark' or 'Mr. Clarke.' Descriptions for each letter will use the spelling that the correspondent has used.

Dates: 08/31/1856-08/31/1856
Found in Notes:  ." * Reference to assault on Charles Sumner by Representative Preston S. Brooks on May 22, 1856, for his speech, "The Crime Against Kansas," which criticized Brooks' uncle Andrew P.

Corresp. 4/1983., 04/01/1983-04/30/1983

 File — Box 17: Series 1557, Folder: 25
Identifier: 98776
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Chronological Correspondence. Arranged chronologically.

Dates: 04/01/1983-04/30/1983
Found in Notes:  FROM BROWN, JOHN L. (1983): Other Types

BYNUM, PRESTON - CORRESP. FROM BROWN, JOHN L. (1983): Other Types

RIGGAN, WILLIAM - CORRESP.

Corresp. - 10/1969., 10/01/1969-10/31/1969

 File — Box 7: Series GAMMS422.2, Folder: 32
Identifier: GAMMS422.2.404
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Chronological Correspondence.

Dates: 10/01/1969-10/31/1969
Found in Notes:  Blandford, Jack Valenti, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Preston Hotchkis, Warren Blaisdell, Howard J. Osborn, Mrs.

Miscellaneous, November & December 1979., 10/10/1979-12/20/1979

 File — Box 5: Series 239, Folder: 55
Identifier: 24546
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

A generally chronological collection of mail received in response to broadcasts made by Frank Reynolds. Some folders contain replies by Reynolds, but most do not.

Dates: 10/10/1979-12/20/1979
Found in Notes:  KING DAVID HOTEL BOMBING--COMMENTARY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

IRAN--COMMENTARY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

TERRORISM--COMMENTARY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

FARMER, DON--STORY BY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

GHOSTS--CAPITOL HILL--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

TAULBEE, WILLIAM PRESTON--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

RUDD, HUGHES--COVERAGE BY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

WALTERS, BARBARA--INTERVIEW BY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

EISENHOWER, MAMIE--INTERVIEW OF--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

Correspondence 1864-1871, 1864 - 1871

 File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Collection Level Scope and Contents note From the Collection: During the nineteenth century great fortunes were made by various entrepreneurs in the cotton industry of Lancashire. One of the most remarkable of these cotton masters was Edward Hermon (1821?-1881), the managing partner of Horrocks, Miller & Company, an early giant in the field. Hermon became the conservative M.P. for Preston (1868-1881) as well as an eminent art collector, sportsman, philantropist and builder. His papers, dating between 1864 and 1867, cover a variety of topics, but...
Dates: 1864 - 1871
Found in Notes:  Also, a handwritten list of dinnerware to be sent to Preston, dated 1968, and a 1871 letter from Mr. James to Hermon discussing the purchase of some goods.

Corresp. - 5/1969., 05/01/1969-05/31/1969

 File — Box 7: Series GAMMS422.2, Folder: 27
Identifier: GAMMS422.2.399
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Chronological Correspondence.

Dates: 05/01/1969-05/31/1969
Found in Notes:  Correspondents include Chester Cooper, Preston Hotchkis, Kent B. Crane (Assistant to U.S.

Corresp. - 9/1969., 09/01/1969-09/30/1969

 File — Box 7: Series GAMMS422.2, Folder: 31
Identifier: GAMMS422.2.403
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

Chronological Correspondence.

Dates: 09/01/1969-09/30/1969
Found in Notes:  Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird, Preston Hotchkis, Bronson Tweedy, Gene McNary, Leonard F.

January 1980, I., 01/01/1980-01/15/1980

 File — Box 6: Series 239, Folder: 6
Identifier: 24559
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

A generally chronological collection of mail received in response to broadcasts made by Frank Reynolds. Some folders contain replies by Reynolds, but most do not.

Dates: 01/01/1980-01/15/1980
Found in Notes:  IRAN--HOSTAGE CRISIS--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

O P E C--COMMENTARY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

CARTER, JIMMY--PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1979--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

CARTER, JIMMY--INTERVIEWS OF (1/80)--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

NAZI WAR CRIMINALS--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

POPE JOHN PAUL II--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

TAULBEE, WILLIAM PRESTON--DEATH OF--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

WABASH COLLEGE--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

CHASE, SYLVIA--REPORTING BY--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

ISLAMIC LAW--COVERAGE--RESPONSE: Autographed Letter

Ord, James Placidus to Peter C. Andre., 03/03/1856-03/03/1856

 File — Box 3: Series 636, Folder: 4
Identifier: 46003
Series-level Scope and Content Note From the Series:

[Folders 1:1 - 3:55] Contains correspondence by various members of the Ord and Andre families; arranged chronologically by author. Note that female married names are cross-referenced with maiden names. Researchers are advised to look under both. The Ord men are indexed by their full given names, e.g., 'James Placidus Ord,' not 'Placidus Ord;' and 'William Marcellus Ord,' not 'William Ord.'

Dates: 03/03/1856-03/03/1856
Found in Notes:  Primarily concerns family business as follows: "...you must have forgotten that I sent you last fall a power of attorney for Edward to Preston to assign the [land] warrant in his (Edward's) stead as he would be at a great distance from Detroit and could not well be reached..."

S Correspondence, 1900 - 1945

 File — Box 10: [Barcode: 39020031847711], Folder: 44
Scope and Contents S. St. John G. - 1916 Sabamishi, S. - 1933, Library of Congress Stoyting, August B. - n.d. Santayana, Alberto W. - 1918 Schermerhorn, S. G. - 1907 Schiff, E. S. - 1908, The Spanish-American Book Company Schuyler, Montgomery - 1931, Hugh J. Kelly Schweinitz, Dorothea de - 1937 Scriven, Elizabeth - 1933 Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd - 1929 Sengi, C. Renuzzi - 1908 Shepherd, J. H. G. - 1909 Sherman, F. K. - 1905, U. S. S. Princeton Shober, Margaret H. - 1924 Smith, Alice R. H. - 1937 Smith,...
Dates: 1900 - 1945
Found in Notes:  Mizwa Satow, Ernest - 1921 Sheean, Vincent - n.d. Stang, Preston J. - 1945 Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus, Archbishop - 1938 Sallet, Richard - 1939 Seaman, Bill - 1920 Sills, Kenneth C.

Folder 2: San Jose, Costa Rica, 1932

 File — Box 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents - Correspondence (7 letters) between Charles C. Eberhardt and McCeney Werlich. - TLS, Hamilton Fish, Jr.: "I agree with you, that the outlawing of the communist party is a dangerous procedure, and might have unfavorable reactions. Fortunately, the matter of keepin the Communist Party off the ballot comes under the control of each individual state and the Federal Government has little or nothing to do with it." 1/27/32. - Carbon of memorandum on the state department's policy towards the...
Dates: 1932
Found in Notes:  Wilson, concerning general news of the legation; and memorandum on interview with Jorge Beeche [Chief of Chancery of the Foreign Office], concerning a visit to Costa Rica by Major General Preston Brown [Commanding Officer of the Panama Canal Zone]. 12/23/32. - TLS, Theodore Francis Green, concerning his election as Governor of Rhode Island. 12/31/32.

Laline Astell Hohler Barry, Second half of the 20th century

 File — Box 59: [Barcode: 39020030758034], Folder: 29
Scope and Contents Materials related to Laline Hohler Barry, a member of the noted British De L’Isle family. The first item is a letter in Barry’s hand to an unknown recipient on letterhead from her home at Long Crendon Manor, and includes details of Christmas travels. The letter is undated but is likely to date from after 1927, when the then-Laline Hohler married her second husband Colonel Stanley Barry as it mentions a “Jeanne” – the name of Barry’s daughter by his first wife. Alongside the letter are two...
Dates: Second half of the 20th century
Found in Notes:  Elizabeth Maria Vereker (later Lady De L’Isle), she was stepdaughter to Philip Sidney, the 3rd Baron De L’Isle and Dudley of Penshurst, and mother to ambassador Henry Arthur Frederick Hohler (1911-2001) by her first husband, Arthur Preston Hohler. After Hohler’s death in 1919, Laline married Colonel Stanley Leonard Barry, a noted soldier and local politician.

Deer Creek (2 of 2), 1725 - 1779

 File — Box 46: [Barcode: 39020030758646], Folder: 2
Identifier: 119_37_3
Scope and Contents Land records:Grant (1725) from Charles Calvert [Lord Baltimore] to Thomas Shea; The courses of Maiden's Bower secured (1748); Indenture (1750) between Henry Beach and Bennett Neale, S.J.; Indenture (1753) between Bennett Neale and Benjamin Wheeler; Indenture (1764) between Thomas Shea and Bennett Neale; Indenture (1770) between Benedict Wheeler and Ignatius Matthews, S.J.; Receipt (1773) to Bennett Neale pertains to Deer Creek property; Indenture (1779) between Martin Preston and...
Dates: 1725 - 1779
Found in Notes:  .; Receipt (1773) to Bennett Neale pertains to Deer Creek property; Indenture (1779) between Martin Preston and Charles Sewall, S.J.

**Former finding aid locations: 119_37_3; 108A1-108A8**

Washington, Subject Files - Miracles (1 of 4), 1821 - 1836

 File — Box 104: [Barcode: 39020030759446], Folder: 4
Identifier: 119_14_1
Scope and Contents This folder consists of documents (1821-1836) pertaining to the Mattingly Miracle as well as other miracles. There are several items pertaining to the miracles performed by Prince Hohenlohe. Items of interest include: "Notizia Ecclesiastica" (Guarigione prodigiosa di di Maria Ogheri);"Cures Miraculeuses Obtenues par les Prieres du Prince Abbe de Hohelohe en 1821 et 1822"; "L'Ami de la Religion et Du Roi," published in the Journal Ecclesiastique, Politique et Litteraire [Tome 41 (1824)]; An...
Dates: 1821 - 1836
Found in Notes:  Items of interest include: "Notizia Ecclesiastica" (Guarigione prodigiosa di di Maria Ogheri);"Cures Miraculeuses Obtenues par les Prieres du Prince Abbe de Hohelohe en 1821 et 1822"; "L'Ami de la Religion et Du Roi," published in the Journal Ecclesiastique, Politique et Litteraire [Tome 41 (1824)]; An Examination of a Protestant's Objections to the Popish Miracle Lately Wrought in America (May, 1824); extract from "The Preston Chronicle" concerning entitled "Modern Miracles" (Oct. 12, 1822); Prayers Recited by Mrs.

Europe (1 of 3), 1816 - 1860

 File — Box 165: [Barcode: 39020030732799], Folder: 16
Identifier: 119_13_3
Scope and Contents Prospectus for College de Brugelette, pres d'Ath (Belgique, 183?); J. Dunn paper pertaining to his school for Catholic children (1816) and Robert Peel's contribution to the same; J. Dunn Appeal for subscribers [a list of subscribers to the erection of a monument in the Catholic Chapel of St. Winifred, located in Preston, England]; Extrait d'un Lettre (1859) de Mgr. Canoz, S.J. au T.R.P. Gener, S.J.; Copia della lettera del P. Riccadonna al Molto Rev. P. nostre Generale (1860); English copies...
Dates: 1816 - 1860
Found in Notes:  Winifred, located in Preston, England]; Extrait d'un Lettre (1859) de Mgr.