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Angelo family papers
Collection
Call Number: LWL MSS 3
Scope and Contents:
The Angelo Family Papers contains letters, photographs, legal documents, and other papers related to the family of Domenico Angelo, who ran a fashionable fencing and riding academy in London from the 1750s to the 1780s. The materials were collected by a descendant, John Cecil Cortlandt Angelo, who had arranged them in a small annotated notebook along with letters he received from two of his Van Cortlandt cousins in America, and others interested in his Angelo ancestors. Among the...
Dates:
1762-1939, bulk 1762-1834
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library
[Letters and documents concerning various members of the Arundell family].
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB42
Abstract:
Manuscripts, in multiple hands, of ten business letters and legal documents concerning members of the Arundel family. The collection incldues two bonds of payment; several money orders; and two letters from R. Arundel to Sir Robert Clayton, drawing Clayton's attention to a "young lady of a considerable fortune," asking for Clayton's assistance in marriage-making for Arundel's son, and explaining what he would be willing to settle upon the couple.
Dates:
1665-1680
James Barry Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Call Number: LWL MSS 44
Abstract:
The James Barry Papers contain correspondence and documents concerning Barry's financial affairs and artistic ventures, and his relationships with the Royal Academy and the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. There are letters from his brothers Redmond and Patrick, and colleagues including the painters Peter Benazech and William Keable. The majority of the collection, however, concerns the Barry family's handling of his estate after his death, in particular his...
Dates:
1765-1884, bulk 1785-1810
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library
Martha Bradstreet papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 674
Abstract:
The papers consist chiefly of handwritten copies of maps, survey reports, and other legal documents related to litigation by Martha Bradstreet to gain title to land throughout the Mohawk River Valley in New York State. The land, including portions of Cosby's Manor and Utica, was originally the property of Major General John Bradstreet (1714-1774), the stepfather of her father, Samuel Bradstreet. Survey reports and maps in the collection served as evidence for litigation by Martha Bradstreet...
Dates:
circa 1750-1900, bulk 1800-1840
[Papers: collection of documents from his papers relating to the Popish Plot]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB153
Abstract:
Collection of seven manuscripts, in multiple hands, concerning the Popish Plot, primarily of testimonies and accusations. The collection contains a letter by an unnamed woman to Coventry promising to deliver to him the names of many priests and Jesuits for a promised reward, as well as Coventry's reply assuring her she will be paid. Other items include a report on the death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey; King Charles II's speech to the House of Lords in 1678; a signed statement by Sir John...
Dates:
1678-1679
Samuel Francis Cleveland papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-4542
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries, and other papers kept by Samuel Francis Cleveland, 1847-1893. Material relates to his life and work in Bennington, Waconda, Delphos, and Galena, Kansas. Documented are Cleveland's relationships with wife Lucy Knight Cleveland, sons Mortimer Lindsay Cleveland and Arthur Artemas Cleveland, and father-in-law John Knight; his efforts farming and running a nursery; his travels throughout Kansas; and his political opinions and religious beliefs. Present throughout are...
Dates:
1847-1923, bulk 1847-1893
Dickins family papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 302
Abstract:
The Dickins Family Papers contains correspondence, writings, legal documents, and other papers relating to Rachel Dickins, Thomas Eden Dickins, and other members of the Dickins family, as well as diaries, poetry, and a collection of fifteenth through seventeenth century charters with seals. Other materials in the collection relate to James Bean, an assistant paymaster with the East India Company in the Philippines in 1764, Captain William Wilkinson, a financial agent to Sir George Hay, and...
Dates:
1449-2000 and undated, bulk 1449-1899
J. L. Hargett collection of Choctaw Nation papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2397
Abstract:
Correspondence, documents, financial papers, printed materials and other papers relating to the Choctaw removal to lands in Indian Territory and claims made by the Choctaw Nation against the United States Government. Correspondence includes letters from David Folsom, Choctaw Chief, to missionaries Cyrus Byington and Cyrus Kingsbury while in Washington negotiating the treaty of 1825. He writes of the deaths of two chiefs on the trip, and of the illness of others who had overindulged in the...
Dates:
1821-1917
Edward Hyde Clarendon Letters and Documents
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB152
Abstract:
Collection of manuscripts, in multiple hands, primarily documenting Clarendon's financial activities. Many of the items are acknowledgments of debts, including one appointing Sir Robert Clayton and John Morris to act as his attorneys in order to pay interest out of his shares of the New River Waterworks to his debtors; a legal document and several receipts acknowledging Clarendon's debts and payments to others arising from shares in the New River Waterworks; and three pages of financial...
Dates:
1666-1684
Johnson and Campbell family papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 980
Abstract:
The papers contain correspondence, legal documents, maps, and printed material by or relating to Guy Johnson and his experiences as Superintendent of Indian Affairs during the American Revolution, as well as documentation of his efforts regarding claims on his confiscated property in the United States. Series I holds Johnson's papers, which include correspondence with family members and British military officers Guy Carleton and Thomas Gage. Also present are two printed almanacs and two...
Dates:
1757-1918, bulk 1774-1820
Frederick R. Koch collection
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 601
Abstract:
The Frederick R. Koch Collection consists of musical, literary, and historical materials collected by Frederick R. Koch, principally through purchases at public auctions, 1979-1986. Including individual items, concentrations of related materials, and several extensive archives, the collection is a broad and deep resource for study of the lives and works of a range of composers, authors, and other historical figures.Most materials are music manuscripts, literary manuscripts, drawings,...
Dates:
1640-1983
Arthur Lazarus papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2684
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings and printed briefs relating to Arthur Lazarus, his activism in the area of Native American civil rights, and his legal clients. The papers document Lazarus's legal work for two prominent cases: Tuscarora Indian Nation v. Power Authority of the State of New York, which came before the Supreme Court in 1958, and Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe, which came before the Supreme Court in 1985. Other clients and cases are also documented in...
Dates:
1947-2011
Piet Mondrian papers
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1102
Abstract:
The collection consists of the writings and personal papers of Piet Mondrian, in addition to writings about him and the DeStijl movement. Most of Mondrian's writings were arranged and annotated by Harry Holtzman and Martin S. James for their volume The New Art, the New Life: the Complete Writings of Piet Mondrian (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986). Some of the writings also were annotated by Mondrian's colleagues Michel Seuphor and Georges Vantongerloo. Personal papers include items such as...
Dates:
1881-1945
Nevada Legislature records
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3072
Scope and Contents:
Manuscript Senate and Assembly bills of Nevada and related documentation, 1866-1901, documenting proposed, draft, and final versions of laws. Each bill includes annotations by the Clerk of the Assembly or the Secretary of the Senate tracing the successive stages of the bill: when introduced, reported in or out of committee, advanced to first, second, or third reading, ordered engrossed, tabled, voted upon, or otherwise made the subject of legislative action. Laws documented include...
Dates:
1866-1901
Papers relating to Norton Hall, South Yorkshire
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 226
Abstract:
Manuscript legal documents, correspondence, and notes relating to Norton Hall, and to other land holdings and genealogy of the Offley and Shore families.The bulk of the collection consists of circa 100 land leases and other legal documents including marriage contracts, wills, and military commissions, most on parchment, most dated 1605-1768, with a few dated 1584-1896.Papers documenting political philosophy and the practice of law during the Restoration period include...
Dates:
1584-1943, bulk 1605-1912
O'Fallon family papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2729
Scope and Contents:
The papers include correspondence, photographs, and other papers documenting activities of United States Indian Agent Benjamin O'Fallon and his extended family. Most correspondence consists of letters to Benjamin O'Fallon, concerning Indian affairs in Missouri Territory and throughout what is now the western United States, as well as Missouri politics during the transition from territory to statehood; correspondents include Henry Atkinson, Thomas Hart Benton, William Clark, John C. Calhoun,...
Dates:
1803-1910
[Parliamentary extracts, lists, etc.]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB160
Abstract:
Collection, in multiple hands, of eight booklets bound into one volume, primarily on Parliamentary activities. The manuscript begins with a list of the members of Parliament between 1295 and 1327. Other items include extracts from Parliamentary journals; a list of the customs and privileges of both Houses of Parliament by Robert Bowyer; rules for the House of Commons; and, in Browne's hand, a patent transferring Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford's office of Constable of England to his...
Dates:
[16th-17th century]
[Parliamentary speeches, debates, etc. and other miscellaneous manuscripts]
Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB159
Abstract:
Collection of 115 items, bound together in one volume, and written mainly in the hand of John Browne, but with numerous items in other hands. The entries primarily address Parliamentary activities, particularly in the House of Lords, including several extracts from Parliamentary journals; lists of Parliamentary bills; a copy in Browne's hand of King Charles I's speech at dissolving Parliament in 1640; speeches by Charles II; and records of payments to Parliamentary officers. Other items...
Dates:
[15th-17th century]
Sam Smith Collection
Collection
Call Number: MSS 14
Abstract:
The collection comprises original work by Sam Smith including ink drawings, mock-ups, hand-carved wooden boats, paper model sets, typescripts, and correspondence.
Dates:
1972-1996, bulk 1972-1979
Thomas W. Streeter Collection of Austin Family and Texas Revolution Papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-3000
Abstract:
Legal and financial documents, correspondence, and military records documenting the history of Texas and the Spanish Southwest. Included is manuscript material generated by the families of Moses and Stephen F. Austin during the settlement of Texas; military records pertaining to the Mier Expedition and the capture of San Antonio de Bexar during the Texas Revolution; and Thomas W. Streeter's research files on the history of Texas and the Spanish Southwest.
Dates:
1786-1942, bulk 1814-1858