Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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ALS thanking the recipient for a copy of Monumental Remains of Georgia, expressing his belief in an unbreakable fellowship between writers and artists in both North and South.

Accompanied by a reproduction of a portrait drawing by E. Nicolas, 1891, after an earlier photograph.

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ALS to the publisher of the Boston Globe, declining to reply to letters soliciting his opinions.

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ALS declining an offer to contribute to Williams' publication, saying it is "inconsistent with [his] other occupations."

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ALS regarding a book (by another author) that Holmes is asking Lowell to read.

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ALS requesting that Hovey publish anonymously in the Transcript a short poem ["In Memoriam"] about the death of a dog, by Henry Willett of Brighton, England, who is a friend of Ruskin; Holmes includes a heading he has written for the poem, also to be anonymous.

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ALS inviting Mrs. [Fields?] and her husband to tea.

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Three ALS, one regarding the "perturbed spirit" of "Charley," one declining an invitation from his "Harvard friends," and one thanking Eliot for sending old door locks.

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Two ALS, the first 1879 Jun 12, acknowledges receipt of a letter and poems, the second, 1880 Feb 26, criticizes poems and short stories by the recipient, and includes a postscript stating why Holmes marks all his letters "private."

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Two ALS thanking him for copies of Brooks' books, Literary Curiosities and Olden Time Music.

Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, legal and financial papers, published writings, unpublished manuscripts, and memorabilia of the Loomis and Wilder families of Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. The papers relate principally to Eben Jenks Loomis, astronomer, poet, and nature writer, and to his immediate family, and to his wife, Mary Alden Wilder Loomis and her immediate family, including papers of John Augustus Wilder, Civil War officer and lawyer for the U.S. Army. The Eben...

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Miscellaneous Letters Collection is a collection of hundreds of individual letters or small groups of letters, mostly by physicians and scientists, either donated to the Historical Library or purchased.

Abstract: The Donald Grant Mitchell papers contain original correspondence and manuscripts by the prominent nineteenth-century New Haven-area author. Correspondents include Henry Ward Beecher, Henry Augustin Beers, George Washington Cable, William Maxwell Evarts, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Noah Porter, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Scribner, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others. Writings include drafts for...

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Portrait photograph, printed on verso, "Published by E. & H. T. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York."

Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, genealogical notes, and other papers, principally of Edward Elbridge Salisbury, philologist, orientalist, and genealogist. Included are materials on various branches of Salisbury's family gathered in his genealogical research. Also included are papers and correspondence of Josiah Salisbury (1781-1826), Abigail Breese Salisbury (1780-1866), and business papers of Samuel Salisbury (1739-1818) and Stephen Salisbury (1746-1829). In addition there...

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Collection of autograph letters and photographs accumulated by Thompson, a physician.

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Letters from personal friends and famous people concerning Twombly's work as minister, author, president of the Yale Alumni Association of Boston.

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Most of the collection consists of autograph letters by prominent physicians and scientists in America and abroad to John Collins Warren, surgeon and naturalist. Two letters are by Warren.

Abstract: Portraits primarily depicting prominent nineteenth and twentieth century American writers, artists, and photographers, as well as scientists, educators, social reformers, and statesmen. Included are images of Joel Barlow, William Cullen Bryant, Hart Crane, James Dwight Dana, T. S. Eliot, Max Ewing, Robert Frost, H. D., Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sinclair Lewis, Dorothy Parker, Wendell Phillips, Frank Stockton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert Penn Warren, Noah Webster, and John Greenleaf Whittier....