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Peter Shaw Research Materials

ca. 1976-1981

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The Peter Shaw research materials 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 UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.

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Collection Summary

Creator: Shaw, Peter, 1936-
Title:Peter Shaw research materials
Dates:ca. 1976-1981
Physical Description: 6 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 Peter Shaw research papers from his work on the Adams family, ca. 1976-81. Includes notes, manuscripts, offprints, photographs, and correspondence, relating to two books entitled, The Character of John Adams, and American Patriots and Rituals of Revolution. Also includes other miscellaneous writings, correspondence, and notes on the Adams family.

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Acquisition Information

Gift of Peter Shaw, Feb. 1994.

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Restrictions on Access

The Peter Shaw research materials 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 UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.

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Summary Description of the Collection

CartonBarcodeContents
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Shaw, Peter. "The American Adams.": Dissertation for Columbia University.
2 copies
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Armeny, Susan M. "A World of Change." Masters Thesis: Columbia University
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Shaw, Peter. "The Adams Family and its Papers." Research Also Included
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Adams Family Materials
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Adams Essays
2 folders
Carton 1SH 13DX 9A Review of the Year 1825
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Adams Papers xeroxes & Adams Family Research; including bibliography of Adams Family Materials
Carton 1SH 13DX 9" The Adamses: A Family Autobiography" and Research Materials
5 folders
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Adams Anthology
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Adams Family Course Materials
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Channel 13: Adams Pamphlet
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Nagel, Paul. Descent From Glory. Review and Notes
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Shaw, Peter. "Two Adventures of Diplomacy in the Education of Henry Adams."
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Josiah Quincy: Essay
Carton 1SH 13DX 9John Quincy Adams Diary
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. Ernest Samuels ed.: Review
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Lyon, Melvin. Symbol and Idea in Henry Adams: Review
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Lyon, Melvin. Symbol and Idea in Henry Adams: Review
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Shaw, Peter. "Blood is Thicker Than Irony: Henry Adams's History.": Research and Notes Included
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Shaw, Peter. "The War of 1812 Could Not Take Place; Henry Adam's History." Also Includes Research and Notes
Carton 1SH 13DX 9American Scholarly Review of Charles Francis Adams III & IV
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Dissenting View of John Quincy Adams Included
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Musto, David: Miscellaneous Articles
Carton 1SH 13DX 9Article on Adams Papers
Carton 2SH 13E2 MAdams Family Tree
Carton 2SH 13E2 MAdams Family Materials
Carton 2SH 13E2 MGeneral Notes and Drafts
Carton 2SH 13E2 MGeneral Inserts
Carton 2SH 13E2 MNotes: All Chapters
Carton 2SH 13E2 MChapter 1: "Ajax"
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"A Decade of Self-Vindication."
Carton 2SH 13E2 MChapters 1-3: "The Way to Fame"; "A Great Sacrifice to Reason"; "Farewell Politicks."
Carton 2SH 13E2 MDiary 1774: Early Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Atlas": Notes & Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Ambassadors": Notes and Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Europe": Notes and Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Peace": Notes and Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Presidency": Notes and draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Great Sacrifice": Notes and Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Monarch and Garrulity": Notes
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Ambition": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Way to Fame" Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Farewell to Politicks": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Atlas of Independence": Draft and Notes
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Ambassadors": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Europe": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Peace": Draft and Notes
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Consolations": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Great Sacrifices": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"President John Adams": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Monarch of Stoney Field": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Garrulity of Narrative Old Age": Draft
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Ambition" Draft (Chapter 1)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Way to Fame": Draft (Chapter 2)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"A Farewell to Politicks": Draft (Chapter 3)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Atlas of Independence": Draft (Chapter 4)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Ambassadors": Draft (Chapter 5)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Europe": Draft (Chapter 6)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Peace": Draft (Chapter 7)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Consolations of Philosophy": Draft (Chapter 8)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Great Sacrifices to Union": Draft (Chapter 9)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"President John Adams": Draft (Chapter 10)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Monarch of Stoney Field": Draft (Chapter 11)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Garrulity of Narrative Old Age": Draft (Chapter 12)
Carton 2SH 13E2 MOriginal
Carton 2SH 13E2 M "Ambition" Draft (Chapter 1)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Way to Fame": Draft (Chapter 2)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"A Farewell to Politicks": Draft (Chapter 3)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Atlas of Independence": Draft (Chapter 4)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Ambassadors": Draft (Chapter 5)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"French and Franklinian Politicks": Draft (Chapter 6)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Peace": Draft (Chapter 7)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Consolations of Philosophy": Draft (Chapter 8)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"Great Sacrifices to Union": Draft (Chapter 9)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"President John Adams": Draft (Chapter 10)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Monarch of Stoney Field": Draft (Chapter 11)
Carton 2SH 13E2 M"The Garrulity of Narrative Old Age": Draft (Chapter 12)
Carton 2SH 13E2 MEndnotes: Chapters 1-3
Carton 2SH 13E2 MEndnotes: Chapters 3-5
Carton 2SH 13E2 MEndnotes: Chapters 6-8
Carton 2SH 13E2 MEndnotes: Chapters 8-11
Carton 2SH 13E2 MIndex
Carton 2SH 13E2 MAdams Papers, Boston: Letters, Materials, Davila Notes, Etc.
Carton 2SH 13E2 MNotes
Carton 2SH 13E2 MAdams Letters, Notes
Carton 2SH 13E2 MCharles Francis Adams Biography of John Adams: Introduction
Carton 2SH 13E2 MGipson Symposium
Carton 2SH 13E2 MSecond President and the Press
Carton 2SH 13E2 MJuly 4, 1826: Washington Post
Carton 2SH 13E2 MPeterson, Merrill D. Adams and Jefferson: A Review
Carton 2SH 13E2 MCaedman Records on John and Abigail Adams, Letters
Carton 2SH 13E2 MReview of Family Letters
Carton 2SH 13E2 MRutgers: John Adams Essay
Carton 2SH 13E2 MReview of Papers in The American Scholar.
Carton 2SH 13E2 MJohn Adams: Blackwell Encyclopedia
Carton 2SH 13E2 MJohn Adams: Encyclopedia Entry
Carton 2SH 13E2 MAmerican Writers Before 1800: John Adams Entry
Carton 2SH 13E2 MReviews of Papers of John Adams
Carton 3SH 13E3 NChapter 1: Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 NDrafts and Notes
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Thomas Hutchinson and the Patriots": Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"English Origins": Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"In His Father's House": Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Quincy": Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Hawley": Notes and Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"The Child, Revolution'": Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Ritual and Revolution'": Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"John Adams": Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"John Adams": Drafts (Feb, 1979)
Carton 3SH 13E3 NEndnotes
Carton 3SH 13E3 NPreface & "Rehearsal For Revolution": Draft (Chapter 1)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Thomas Hutchinson and the Patriots": Draft (Chapter 2)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"English Origins": Draft (Chapter 3)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"James Otis": Draft (Chapter 4)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"John Adams": Draft (Chapter 5)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Joseph Hawley": Draft (Chapter 6)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Josiah Quincy, Jr.": Draft (Chapter 7)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"The Child, Revolution": Draft (Chapter 8)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Festival, Ritual and Revolution": Draft (Chapter 9)
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Ritual and Revolution": Misc. Materials
Carton 3SH 13E3 NLast Chapters: Notes and Research
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Josiah Quincy, Jr.": Research and Notes
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Joseph Hawley": Research and Notes
Carton 3SH 13E3 NChapter 1: Notes
Carton 3SH 13E3 NIntroduction: Draft and Notes
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"John Adams": Draft and Notes
Carton 3SH 13E3 NChapter 1: Outline, Preface, Out?takes
Carton 3SH 13E3 NChapter 1: Research and Notes
Carton 3SH 13E3 NBute and Wilkes
Carton 3SH 13E3 NOtis
Carton 3SH 13E3 N"Molineux": lst Draft
Carton 3SH 13E3 NEnglish, French
Carton 3SH 13E3 NNew York: Research Materials
Carton 4SH 13DZ BTo File: Miscellaneous Research
Carton 4SH 13DZ BBibliography
Carton 4SH 13DZ BNotes, Drafts and Clips
Carton 4SH 13DZ BSamuel Adams
Carton 4SH 13DZ BJames Otis
Carton 4SH 13DZ BHutchinson Materials
Carton 4SH 13DZ BBook Bibliography
Carton 4SH 13DZ BOriginal Draft
2 folders
Carton 4SH 13DZ BDraft
Carton 4SH 13DZ BIntroduction and "Rehearsal of Revolution": Draft (Chapter 1)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Their Kinsman, Thomas Hutchinson": Draft (Chapter 2)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"John Wilkes and Lord Bute": Draft (Chapter 3)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"James Otis": Draft (Chapter 4)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"John Adams": Draft (Chapter 5)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Joseph Hawley": Draft (Chapter 6)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Josiah Quincy, Jr.": Draft (Chapter 7)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"The Child, Revolution": Draft (Chapter 8)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Festival, Ritual and Revolution": Draft (Chapter 9)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"The Rituals of the American Revolution": Draft (Chapter 10) & Notes
Carton 4SH 13DZ BNotes
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhotos
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhotos and Miscellaneous Research
Carton 4SH 13DZ BMiscellaneous Newspaper Articles
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhoto: Shaw Figure 187
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhoto's, Xeroxes, Illustrations: Sent for
Carton 4SH 13DZ BBills
Carton 4SH 13DZ BRosswurm, Stephen J.: MA Thesis, Northern Illinois University (May 1974)
Carton 4SH 13DZ BYoung, Alfred "The Crowd and the Coming of the American Revolution: From Ritual to Rebellion in Boston." Davis Center Seminar (Jan, 1976)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Genealogy of the Tree of Liberty"
Carton 4SH 13DZ BOriginal Draft
(2 folders)
Carton 4SH 13DZ BDraft
Carton 4SH 13DZ BIntroduction and "Rehearsal of Revolution": Draft (Chapter 1)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Their Kinsman, Thomas Hutchinson": Draft (Chapter 2)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"John Wilkes and Lord Bute": Draft (Chapter 3)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"James Otis": Draft (Chapter 4)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"John Adams": Draft (Chapter 5)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Joseph Hawley": Draft (Chapter 6)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Josiah Quincy, Jr.": Draft (Chapter 7)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"The Child, Revolution": Draft (Chapter 8)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Festival, Ritual and Revolution": Draft (Chapter 9)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"The Rituals of the American Revolution": Draft (Chapter 10) & Notes
Carton 4SH 13DZ BNotes
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhotos
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhotos and Miscellaneous Research
Carton 4SH 13DZ BMiscellaneous Newspaper Articles
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhoto: Shaw Figure 187
Carton 4SH 13DZ BPhoto's, Xeroxes, Illustrations: Sent for
Carton 4SH 13DZ BBills
Carton 4SH 13DZ BRosswurm, Stephen J.: MA Thesis, Northern Illinois University (May 1974)
Carton 4SH 13DZ BYoung, Alfred "The Crowd and the Coming of the American Revolution: From Ritual to Rebellion in Boston." Davis Center Seminar (Jan, 1976)
Carton 4SH 13DZ B"Genealogy of the Tree of Liberty"
Carton 4SH 13DZ BLetter from John Thoreau (Xerox)
Carton 5SH 13E1 LXeroxes: Research Materials
15 folders
Carton 6SH 13DY A Xeroxes
12 folders
Carton 6SH 13DY ACorrespondence & Letters
Carton 6SH 13DY AAmerican Patriots: Correspondence
Carton 6SH 13DY ACharacter of John Adams: Correspondence
Carton 6SH 13DY AMisc. Journal Articles and Pamphlets
4 folders
Carton 6SH 13DY AFacsimile of John Adams Letter (May 2 ,1785)
Carton 6SH 13DY ACurriculum Vitae

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Preferred Citation

Peter Shaw research materials, 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, John, 1735-1826.
Adams family.

Subjects:
History -- Research.

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