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James Ford Rhodes Papers

1893-1907

Offsite Storage Inventory

The James Ford Rhodes papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Collection Summary

Creator:Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927.
Title:James Ford Rhodes papers
Dates:1893-1907
Physical Description:8 record cartons
Call Number:OFFSITE STORAGE
Repository:Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org
Abstract:

This collection consists of the papers of historian James Ford Rhodes, 1890-1929, include correspondence, notes on Henry Adams, engagement books, commonplace books, notebooks, address books, and manuscripts and annotated published volumes on United States history. Also includes papers of M.A. DeWolfe Howe, including correspondence and the manuscript of his published biography of Rhodes: James Ford Rhodes: American Historian.

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Acquisition Information

Donor unknown.

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Restrictions on Access

The James Ford Rhodes papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode.

Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Summary Description of the Collection

CartonBarcodeContents
Carton 1SH 154Z 4Correspondence, 1890-1907
Carton 2SH 1551 ECorrespondence, 1908-1917
Carton 3SH 1552 FCorrespondence, 1918-1929
Carton 3SH 1552 FMiscellaneous photostats and photographs
Carton 4SH 1553 GNotes on Henry Adams
Carton 4SH 1553 GScrapbook
Carton 4SH 1553 GMiscellaneous drafts of papers
Carton 5SH 1554 HDraft of M.A. DeWolfe Howe's Biography of Rhodes (James Ford Rhodes: American Historian)
Carton 5SH 1554 HCorrespondence of M.A. DeWolfe Howe with people who know Rhodes
Carton 6SH 1555 IHistory manuscripts
Carton 6SH 1555 IMiscellaneous correspondence and notes from files of M.A. DeWolfe Howe
Carton 7SH 1556 JSmall address books
6 volumes
"Seal Harbor 1905," notebook
Dinner Parties and Invitations, 1902-1905
Dinner Parties and Invitations, 1907-1909
Dinner Parties etc., 1919-1912
Dinner Parties etc., 1912-1913
Dinner Parties etc., 1914-1919
Carton 8SH 1557 KNotebook for McClellan Campaign, Jackson's Raid in Shenandoah, and Slavery and Emancipation Confiscation Act, 1895
Carton 8SH 1557 KManuscript notebook
Carton 8SH 1557 K"Index Rerum" [Commonplace book]
5 volumes
Carton 8SH 1557 KRhodes, James Ford. History of the United States. Vol. 3, 1860-1862. New York: The MacMillan Co., 1900. [Annotated]
Carton 8SH 1557 KRhodes, James Ford. History of the United States. Vol. 4, 1862-1864. New York: The MacMillan Co., 1900. [Annotated]

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Preferred Citation

James Ford Rhodes papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960.

Subjects:
Historians.
History publishing.
United States--History--1849-1877.

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Prepared by Michael Rush, April 2003.
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