Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1837 - 1912
American politician and newspaper editor.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Bowles papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 94
Overview:
The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.
Dates:
1852-1893
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Samuel Bowles papers
Carrington Family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 130
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a...
Dates:
1749-1929
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Carrington Family papers
Royal Cortissoz papers
Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 146
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, a small quantity of personal papers, and printed material relating to the life and career of Royal Cortissoz. Correspondents include Henry Bacon, Bernard Berenson, Joseph Duveen, John La Farge, Clarence Mackay, Whitelaw Reid, Edmund Clarence Stedman, William Winter, and other critics and friends. The personal papers include drafts of articles and lectures by Cortissoz and awards presented to him. Printed material includes copies of writings by Cortissoz,...
Dates:
1864-1955, bulk 1920-1955
Evarts family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 200
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial material, congressional papers, family memorabilia, and other papers of various members of the Evarts family of Vermont, Boston, and New York. The principal figures, however, are Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831), author, editor, lawyer, and philanthropist, and his son, William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901), lawyer and statesman. The papers of Jeremiah Evarts relate to his work and writings on Congregational orthodoxy, his travels for...
Dates:
1753-1960, bulk 1798-1901
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Evarts family papers
Letter : 271 Lexington Avenue, to Henri Pène du Bois, 415 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1885 April 16
Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 742, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
LS, with envelope, discussing rare book collectors and mentioning Brayton Ives and D. L. M. Barlow.
Dates:
1885 April 16
Letter : 35, Avenue Hoche, to Mr. Harrison, 1889 July 19
Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 742, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS inviting Mr. Harrison to an event the following evening.
Dates:
1889 July 19
Letter : 451 Madison Avenue, to Mrs. McCallum, n.y. May 4
Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 742, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS concerning a solicitation from Mrs. Anna Dennison Smith.
Dates:
n.y. May 4
Letter : New York Tribune, New York, to R[ichard] Watson Gilder, Scribner's Monthly, City, 1872 October 2
Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 742, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS concerning Dr. Newell of Clifton, O[hio?].
Dates:
1872 October 2
Love family papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 12
Overview:
Correspondence, printed materials, theater programs, photographs and other papers of Lucy Cleveland Prindle Love and Helen Douglas Love Scranton, wife and daughter, respectively, of Edward Gurley Love and active in New York social and cultural life in the early 20th century.The correspondence is chiefly from theatrical personalities and writers and concerns cultural life in New York City. Prominent among the correspondents are Pearl S. Buck, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Alva Edison, Clara Clemens,...
Dates:
1872-1958
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Love family papers
Thomas Collier Platt papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 727
Overview:
Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, political cartoons, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other personal and family papers of Thomas C. Platt, New York businessman and Republican politician. The collection deals primarily with the inner workings of the Republican party in the state of New York from the 1870's to 1910, with emphasis on the period from 1896 to 1909.
Dates:
1851-1915
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Thomas Collier Platt papers
Ogden Rogers Reid papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 755
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, student papers, writings, speeches, subject files, congressional papers, clippings, photographs and miscellanea documenting the personal life and professional career of Ogden Rogers Reid. Among the subjects documented in the papers are Reid's student years at Yale University, his central role with the New York Herald Tribune, and his activities as ambassador to Israel and as a United States congressman. Files relating to his newspaper career include...
Dates:
1925-2019
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Ogden Rogers Reid papers
Whitelaw Reid papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1458
Overview:
The papers consist of nine volumes of autographed letters written by prominent American, British, and French political, financial, literary, and cultural figures. The majority of letters are addressed to Whitelaw Reid or Elizabeth Mills Reid, and date from Reid's service as ambassador to Great Britain. Letters of introduction, acknowledgements of gifts and invitations, congratulatory messages, and letters of condolence comprise the bulk of the letters. The volumes also include letters relating...
Dates:
1865-1923
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Whitelaw Reid papers
Alexander Stewart Webb papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 684
Overview:
Correspondence and papers of Alexander Stewart Webb which detail his personal, military, and academic activities. Webb's military service at Fort Pickens, Florida; as a member of the Army of the Potomac, and with General George Meade during the Civil War is documented, as is his tenure as president of the College of the City of New York.
Dates:
1818-1930