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Correspondence and manuscripts


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    Correspondence and manuscripts

    Manuscripts

    A collection of 222 items from 1899 to 1971, it consists of correspondence, essays, speeches, poems and financial ledger books. The correspondence is largely personal in content, with some material concerning Loeb's law practice. Other documents contain material related to educational topics and the California State Board of Education. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Richard Willard Armour, Edmund Gerald Brown, Ralph Johnson Bunche, Helen Gahagan Douglas, William Carl Menninger, Eugene Meyer, and Earl Warren.

    mssLoeb

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    Joseph Philip Loeb papers

    Manuscripts

    A collection of 222 items from 1899 to 1971, it consists of correspondence, essays, speeches, poems and financial ledger books. The correspondence is largely personal in content, with some material concerning Loeb's law practice. Other documents contain material related to educational topics and the California State Board of Education. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Richard Willard Armour, Edmund Gerald Brown, Ralph Johnson Bunche, Helen Gahagan Douglas, William Carl Menninger, Eugene Meyer, and Earl Warren.

    mssLoeb

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    Correspondence and miscellaneous papers

    Manuscripts

    Some correspondence, genealogy materials, writings of Helen Beattie and documents related to Philadelphia educational system.

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    Manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera

    Manuscripts

    A small collection of family material related to Helen S. Pratt and Edward S. Steele; it includes manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera. The manuscripts include information on the Amistad (Schooner), Alexander Steele, James Steele, Descanso Gardens (Los Angeles, California), and biographical information for Helen S. Pratt and Edward S. Steele. The correspondence includes a letter to Oberlin College, and family letters, one of which is a copy of a letter written by John Steele from India in 1839. The ephemera includes photocopies, clippings, and three leather wallets; one of the wallets contains German papiermark bills issued from 1910 to 1919.

    mssPratt

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    Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Drawings

    Manuscripts

    Correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, and photographs of the Ward and Thoreau families. The correspondence consists of letters to Prudence Ward from Sophia, Maria, and Helen Thoreau and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn's letters to Anne J. Ward (1905, some with enclosed manuscripts). Also included are individual letters by Harrison Gray Otis Blake, Edmund Quincy Sewall, and George Washington Ward. The letters discuss the Alcott family, Mary Merrick Brooks, Lidian Jackson Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and the Thoreau family; American Antislavery Society, Cherokee Nation, Southworth & Hawes daguerreotypes, family affairs, social news, etc.

    mssHM 68710-68772

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    Correspondence, Manuscripts, Drawings, Photographs

    Manuscripts

    Correspondence, manuscripts, drawings, and photographs of the Ward and Thoreau families. The correspondence consists of letters to Prudence Ward from Sophia, Maria, and Helen Thoreau and Franklin Benjamin Sanborn's letters to Anne J. Ward (1905, some with enclosed manuscripts). Also included are individual letters by Harrison Gray Otis Blake, Edmund Quincy Sewall, and George Washington Ward. The letters discuss the Alcott family, Mary Merrick Brooks, Lidian Jackson Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and the Thoreau family; American Antislavery Society, Cherokee Nation, Southworth & Hawes daguerreotypes, family affairs, social news, etc.

    mssHM 68710-68772