1826-2003
Guide to the Collection
The Wright family papers are stored offsite and must be requested at least
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| Creator: | Wright family |
| Title: | Wright family papers |
| Dates: | 1826-2003 |
| Physical Description: | 22 record
cartons and 1 oversize box |
| Call Number: | OFFSITE STORAGE |
| Call Number: | Ms. N-2266 (1 oversize box only) |
| Repository: | Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
library@masshist.org |
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Abstract:
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This collection consists of the papers of the
Wright family of Massachusetts, including the correspondence, autobiography,
diaries, juvenilia, and other papers of Harvard French professor C. H. C.
Wright and the papers of Elizabeth Woodman Wright, Walter Woodman Wright,
Brooks Wright, and other family members.
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Below are brief biographical sketches of the Wright and Woodman family
members most heavily represented in this collection, listed in chronological
order by date of birth. For a Wright family genealogical chart, see
Appendix 1 below. For the Woodman family
genealogy, see
Appendix 2.
Wright Family
Margaret B. Wright (1839-1919)
Margaret Barker "Bertha" Upham, the daughter of Sylvanus Kidder Upham and
Marianne Brooks Upham, was born in Castine, Me., and spent most of her
childhood in Dixon, Ill. At the age of 18, she married Zalmon McMaster, a Civil
War army surgeon who died of tuberculosis a few years later. The couple had one
child, Marian Lois McMaster. In 1868, Margaret Upham McMaster married Charles
Henry Wright, who died a little over a year later, before the birth of their
son Charles Henry Conrad Wright. She worked for many years as a journalist and
magazine writer and was a supporter of women's suffrage. She died in 1919 of
weakness of the heart.
Marian Lois Wright (1861-1888)
Marian Lois McMaster was born in Eureka, Ill., the daughter of Margaret
Upham McMaster and Dr. Zalmon McMaster. (Her name was later changed to Wright
after her stepfather Charles Henry Wright.) Her early artistic talent was
encouraged by Irish-American artist William John Hennessy, and she went on to
study at the Atelier Julien in Paris. On her return to the United States in
1880, she taught art and established a studio in Bethlehem, Penn. In 1887, she
married Adolphe Cohn, a professor at Harvard University. Their son Albert Cohn
was born in 1888, and Marian Lois Wright Cohn died nine days later of puerperal
fever.
C. H. C. Wright (1869-1957)
Charles Henry Conrad Wright, the son of Margaret B. Wright and Charles Henry
Wright, was born in Chicago in 1869, ten weeks after the death of his father.
In 1874, he sailed with his mother and sister from Boston to Liverpool,
England. From 1874 to 1884, he and his mother lived in various countries in
Europe, including England, France (where he became fluent in French), and
Italy. After returning to the U.S., they eventually settled in Cambridge,
Mass., in 1886, and Wright attended Harvard. Upon his graduation in 1891, he
was offered a position as instructor in French, but he decided to enroll at
Trinity College, Oxford University, and set sail again for England in July of
that year. After graduating from Oxford, he returned home in 1895 to take a
position as French instructor at Harvard. He taught at Harvard for many years,
finishing as Professor of French Language and Literature. In 1903, he purchased
Windy Ledge, a farm in Maine where the family would spend its summers. Their
neighbors included the Westons and the Thayers. In 1914, C. H. C. Wright
married Elizabeth Woodman, and they had three sons: Walter Woodman Wright, C.
Conrad Wright, and Brooks Wright.
For more information, see C. H. C. Wright's
autobiography (Carton 15, Folder 1-16).
Elizabeth Woodman Wright (1885-1961)
Elizabeth Woodman Wright was the daughter of Walter Woodman and Mary Weston
Woodman and the stepdaughter of Anna Cutler Woodman. She married C. H. C.
Wright in 1914. A lifelong Unitarian, she was active in the First Parish in
Cambridge for many years.
Walter Woodman Wright (1915-1995)
Walter Woodman Wright, the eldest son of C. H. C. Wright and Elizabeth
Woodman Wright, earned his Harvard A.B. in 1937. He attended the Columbia
University School of Library Service and worked as a librarian at Harvard
College, the New York Public Library, the University of Pennsylvania, Ohio
University, and Dartmouth College. Beginning in the 1930s, he developed an
interest in the White Mountains, N.H., and collected books, manuscripts,
photographs, and ephemera related to the history of the region. His
bibliography, The White Mountains: An Annotated
Bibliography, 1918-1947, was published in 1948. He married Aagot Horn
in 1941.
Aagot Horn Wright (b. 1915)
Aagot Horn Wright was born in Bergen, Norway, and came to the United States
in 1937 to attend the Columbia University School of Library Service. She
married Walter Woodman Wright in 1941, and the couple had two children:
Caroline Wright Kuhl and Eric Wright.
C. Conrad Wright (b. 1917)
For information about C. Conrad Wright, see the
Charles Conrad Wright papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society (closed
pending processing).
Brooks Wright (b. 1922)
Brooks Wright, the youngest of the three sons of C. H. C. Wright and
Elizabeth Woodman Wright, was born in Cambridge, Mass. After earning his A.B.
from Harvard, he was sworn into the army in December 1942 and landed at Karachi
six months later. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces as a cryptographer,
spending ten months in India and fourteen in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) before
being discharged in October 1945. Wright then went on to get his A.M. and Ph.D.
from Harvard and to become a professor of English at City College of New York.
He married Elizabeth "Betty" Rankin in 1955.
For more information, see Brooks Wright's memoirs
(Carton 18, Folder 5-8).
Woodman Family
Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889)
Cyrus Woodman, the son of Joseph Woodman and Susanna Coffin Woodman, was
born in Buxton, Me. He earned his A.B. from Bowdoin College in 1836 and married
Charlotte Flint in 1842. He worked as a lawyer, land agent, and entrepreneur in
Illinois and Wisconsin. In 1864, the family settled in Cambridge, Mass. Only
four of the couple's six children survived to adulthood: Mary Woodman, Frank
Woodman, Walter Woodman, and Edward Woodman.
For more information, see:
Gara, Larry. Westernized Yankee: The Story of
Cyrus Woodman. Madison, Wis.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin,
1956.
Usher, Ellis B. "Cyrus Woodman: A Character Sketch."
The Wisconsin Magazine of History. 2.4 (June
1919): 393-412. Available at
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/history/wmh1919/woodman.txt.
Charlotte Flint Woodman (1814-1907)
Charlotte Flint Woodman, the daughter of Deacon Ephraim Flint and Phebe
Thompson Flint, was born in Baldwin, Me. She married Cyrus Woodman in 1842.
Mary Woodman (1842-1928)
Mary Woodman, the daughter and oldest child of Cyrus Woodman and Charlotte
Flint Woodman, was born in Winslow, Ill. She lived for many years in Cambridge,
Mass., and took part in a variety of social and charitable activities. She
moved to Portland, Me., in 1920.
Walter Woodman (1852-1928)
Walter Woodman, the son of Cyrus Woodman and Charlotte Flint Woodman, was
born in Mineral Point, Wis. He graduated from Harvard in 1875 and from Harvard
Medical School in 1883. After practicing medicine for a short time, he left the
profession because of poor health. In 1883, he married his second cousin Mary
Weston, who died in 1888. He re-married to Anna Cutler in 1890.
Anna Cutler Woodman (1854-1925)
Anna Cutler Woodman, the daughter of Joseph Cutler and Sarah Warland Cutler,
was born in Cambridge, Mass. She was the second wife of Walter Woodman and the
stepmother of Cyrus Woodman, Elizabeth Woodman Wright, Mary Woodman Mattison,
and Anna Woodman Webster.
This collection consists of the correspondence, diaries, writings, and other
papers of the Wright family of Massachusetts, 1826-2003. Represented most
prominently in the collection are Harvard French professor C. H. C. Wright,
Elizabeth Woodman Wright, Walter Woodman Wright, Aagot Horn Wright, Brooks
Wright, Margaret B. Wright, and Marian Lois Wright. The collection also
contains papers of the Woodman family of Maine, Illinois, Wisconsin, and
Massachusetts, related to the Wrights by marriage. These include the papers of
lawyer and land agent Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889), Charlotte Flint Woodman, Mary
Woodman, Walter Woodman, Anna Cutler Woodman, and others.
The bulk of the collection consists of family correspondence (Series I),
primarily the correspondence of C. H. C. Wright and his immediate family
members. Other papers of C. H. C. Wright (Series II) include his autobiography,
diaries, essays, lectures, reviews, juvenilia, and other materials documenting
his childhood in Europe, his education at Harvard and Oxford, and his career as
a Harvard French professor and author of many books and articles.
The papers of Elizabeth Woodman Wright (Series III) include correspondence,
papers related to the First Parish in Cambridge, and genealogical material. The
bulk of the correspondence and papers of Brooks Wright (Series IV) relate to
his service as an army cryptographer in India and Ceylon during World War II.
Also included are his memoirs, Harvard papers, and drawings. The diaries and
writings of Margaret B. Wright (Series V) document her life abroad and her work
as a writer.
The Woodman family papers (Series VI) consist primarily of family
correspondence related to both personal and business matters. Other papers
include a scrapbook containing letters from prominent Civil War figures, papers
documenting Walter Woodman's land investments and mining operations in
Missouri, and diaries of various Woodman family members.
Harvard University holds a collection of the papers of C. H. C. Wright, ca.
1895-ca. 1940, including lectures and lecture notes, examinations, teaching
material, and other papers, as well as many of his publications. Also located
at Harvard are lecture notes, correspondence, and writings of Brooks
Wright.
The Dartmouth College Library holds Walter Woodman Wright's papers on the
White Mountains, N.H., 1934-1994, including correspondence, research notes,
printed material, and other papers.
The Maine Historical Society holds a large Woodman family collection,
including papers of Cyrus Woodman, Edward Woodman, Charlotte Flint Woodman,
Mary Woodman, and other family members, 1788-1954; 30 diaries of Cyrus Woodman,
1834-1899; other Cyrus Woodman writings; a second collection of papers of the
Woodman and related families, 1706-1889; and a land register of Edward Woodman,
1874-1907.
The Wisconsin Historical Society holds a collection of correspondence and
accounts of Cyrus Woodman, 1833-1889.
When the Wright family papers were acquired by the Massachusetts Historical
Society, much of the correspondence, primarily family correspondence (Series I)
and C. H. C. Wright personal correspondence (Series II.A.), had been arranged
and annotated by Walter Woodman Wright. Letters from individual correspondents
were tied together in bundles with brief notes of identification. Where
possible, this arrangement has been preserved in the processing of this
collection.
Gift of C. Conrad Wright, Brooks Wright, and Mrs. Aagot Wright, Dec. 1997,
Dec. 1999, Dec. 2000, and Nov. 2001, with additional material from Dr. C.
Conrad Wright, Jan. 2007, and Mrs. Elizabeth R. Wright, Mar. 2007.
The Wright family 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.
The collection is organized into the following series:
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| I. Family correspondence, 1875-1995 |
| | A. C. H. C. Wright family correspondence, 1875-1947 |
| | B. Elizabeth Woodman Wright family correspondence, 1892-1962 |
| | C. Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright family correspondence,
1921-1993 |
| | D. Brooks Wright family correspondence, 1942-1995 |
| II. C. H. C. Wright papers, 1876-1964 |
| | A. Personal correspondence, 1876-1957 |
| | B. Diaries, 1879-1957 |
| | C. Writings, 1889-1944 |
| | D. Juvenilia, 1877-1889 |
| | E. Papers related to "The Bandbox," 1877-1941 |
| | F. Financial papers, 1881-1964 |
| | G. Printed matter, 1886-1958 |
| III. Elizabeth Woodman Wright papers, 1895-1985 |
| | A. Personal correspondence, 1895-1961 |
| | B. Volumes, 1901-1928 |
| | C. First Parish in Cambridge papers, 1932-1985 |
| | D. Genealogy and personal history, 1920-1970 |
| | E. Financial papers, 1928-1965 |
| | F. Memorabilia, 1896-1961 |
| IV. Brooks Wright papers, 1922-2003 |
| | A. Personal correspondence, 1928-1982 |
| | B. Writings, 1922-2003 |
| | C. Materials from India and Ceylon, 1943-1945 |
| V. Other Wright family papers, 1868-1920 |
| | A. Margaret B. Wright papers, 1868-1920 |
| | B. Marian Lois Wright diary, 1870 |
| VI. Woodman, Weston, and Cutler family papers, 1826-1956 |
| | A. Woodman family correspondence, 1843-1928 |
| | B. Woodman family scrapbook, 1857-1879 |
| | C. Mary Woodman papers, 1899-1921 |
| | D. Walter Woodman papers, 1869-1928 |
| | E. Anna Cutler Woodman papers, 1882-1924 |
| | F. Miscellaneous family papers, 1826-1956 |
| | G. Estate and property papers, 1872-1947 |
| | H. Graphic material, 1828-1867 |
| VII. Oversize material, 1858-1975 |
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| Carton | Barcode | Folder or Volume | Contents |
| | | I. Family correspondence,
1875-1995
This series is arranged by primary correspondent(s) into four subseries: C.
H. C. Wright family correspondence, Elizabeth Woodman Wright family
correspondence, Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright family
correspondence, and Brooks Wright family correspondence.
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| | | | A. C. H. C. Wright family correspondence,
1875-1947
The bulk of C. H. C. Wright's correspondence consists of letters from
Margaret B. Wright. Other significant correspondents include Marian Lois
Wright, Conrad Edick Wright, Martha Wright, and Nellie Wright Allen.
For correspondence of C. H. C. Wright with Elizabeth
Woodman Wright, Walter Woodman Wright, C. Conrad Wright, and Brooks Wright, see
Series I.B. (Elizabeth Woodman Wright family correspondence). For
correspondence of C. H. C. Wright with non-family members, as well as his
diaries, writings, juvenilia, and other papers, see Series II.
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| | | | | Correspondence with Margaret B. Wright,
1875-1913 [some in French] The bulk of this correspondence consists of letters from Margaret B. Wright
to C. H. C. Wright at Honfleur, France, 1881-1884; Pennsylvania, 1884-1886;
Oswego, N.Y., 1889; and Oxford, England, 1891-1895. The earliest correspondence
describes her work on her writing at the Reading Room of the British Museum;
financial troubles; sightseeing trips and social activities; C. H. C. Wright's
education; and news and letters from Marian Lois Wright, the Hennessys, the
Pognons, and other mutual friends. Other subjects include the war against the
British occupation of Egypt in 1882; Wright's impressions of actors Henry
Irving, [Edwin] Booth, and Sarah Bernhardt; and her visit to the House of
Commons to see William Gladstone speak in 1884.
Letters from 1884-1886 deal with Margaret B. Wright's re-adjustment to life
in America; her impressions of Adolphe Cohn; Marian Lois Wright's engagements
to Mr. Legrot and Adolphe Cohn; C. H. C. Wright's professional and educational
prospects; arrangements for him to leave Smethport, Pa.; and other subjects.
Beginning in 1889, subjects include C. H. C. Wright's job teaching at Cohn's
summer school in Oswego, N.Y.; Margaret B. Wright's experiences as caretaker of
her grandson Albert Cohn; conflicts between her and Adolphe Cohn; and the town
and inhabitants of Cape Rosier, Me.
Margaret B. Wright's letters to C. H. C. Wright at Oxford, 1891-1895, relate
to her writing; social activities, including plays, dinners, and concerts; news
of friends and family; her grief over the death of Marian Lois Wright; and
arrangements for renting cottages in the summers of 1893 and 1894.
Correspondence from C. H. C. Wright during this period describes Oxford, his
living arrangements, studies, and classmates, as well as his stay in Germany
during the summer of 1892, the fear of cholera there, and a lecture by William
Gladstone that he attended.
Additional correspondence consists of letters from C. H. C. Wright in Genoa
and Siena, Italy, 1899, and letters from Margaret B. Wright at Honfleur about
mutual friends and current events, 1908.
Included in this correspondence are enclosed letters from C. E. Wright,
Charlotte Hennessy, Marian Lois Wright, Helen C. Taylor, Noah Brooks, William
John Hennessy, William B. Howland, Frank Upham, Lucy Garnett, Ethel Grandgent,
Hannah Ware, Katherine L. Mullen, Juliette Pognon, Frederick C. de Sumichrast,
J. H. N. Stephenson, Dora Thayer, and others.
For additional correspondence of Margaret B. Wright,
see Series V.A. (Margaret B. Wright papers).
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| Carton 1 | SH 13AY 7 | | | | | 1875-1894 |
| Carton 2 | SH 13AZ 8 | Folder 1-8 | | | | 1895-1913 |
| Carton 2 | SH 13AZ 8 | Folder 9-17 | | | Correspondence with Marian Lois Wright,
1877-1887 The bulk of the correspondence between C. H. C. Wright and Marian Lois
Wright consists of letters written after she moved back to the U.S. in 1880.
Letters from C. H. C. Wright describe his studies; his travels throughout
Europe with Margaret B. Wright; his life in Smethport, Pa.; and plans for his
future education. Letters from Marian Lois Wright describe various towns in New
England and the Midwest, including Dixon, Ill.; her living arrangements and
work as an art teacher; news of family and friends, including Mr. Legrot and
his daughter Carmen; social activities; and her efforts to get C. H. C. Wright
a job teaching French. Some of her letters contain sketches. Other subjects
include the election of Grover Cleveland, women's suffrage, immigration, James
Garfield and Rutherford B. Hayes, and tensions between the Irish and African
Americans. Included is some correspondence between Margaret B. Wright and
Marian Lois Wright.
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| Carton 2 | SH 13AZ 8 | Folder 18-27 | | | Correspondence with Conrad Edick Wright and Martha Wright,
1875-1889 [some in French] C. H. C. Wright's letters to his grandparents Conrad Edick Wright and Martha
Wright describe his education in France, activities with friends, Margaret B.
Wright's work as a writer, Marian Lois Wright's art studies, and the family's
extensive travels in Europe. Letters from Conrad Edick Wright and Martha Wright
describe their homes at Allegany Bridge, Coleville, and Smethport, Pa.; oil
wells, saw mills, and other industry in the area; their health; plans for C. H.
C. Wright to visit; Conrad Edick Wright's work as a newspaper man and a justice
of the peace; current events; and local politics. Other subjects include C. H.
C. Wright's acceptance into Harvard, the engagement of Marian Lois Wright to
Mr. Legrot, her marriage to Adolphe Cohn, and her death in 1888. Enclosed are a
few "newsletters" written by C. H. C. Wright. Also included is some
correspondence of Margaret B. Wright with Conrad Edick Wright and Martha
Wright.
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| Carton 2 | SH 13AZ 8 | Folder 28-31 | | | Letters from Nellie Wright Allen,
1885-1929 Nellie Wright Allen was the adopted daughter of Charles K. Wright and the
first cousin of Conrad Edick Wright, C. H. C. Wright's grandfather. Allen wrote
to Wright about family news; her social activities; her travels in the U.S.,
Europe, the Bahamas, and other places; the 1893 Chicago World's Fair; the death
of Marian Lois Wright; and the stone for Conrad Edick Wright's grave. Other
subjects include C. H. C. Wright's life in Smethport, Pa.; his job teaching
French there; his studies at Harvard and Oxford; and his publications.
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| Carton 2 | SH 13AZ 8 | Folder 32-37 | | | Other family correspondence,
1885-1947 [some in French] Included is correspondence from E. A. Wright, F. K. Upham, Noah Brooks,
Charles K. Wright, W. Upham Jones, Maria G. Wright (Mrs. James H. Wright),
Charles O. Wright, James P. Wright, Brooks Upham, Charles Upham, Anna Cutler
Woodman, Anna St. J. Upham, Thomas A. Perkins, Laura Edick (Mrs. C. J. Edick),
and Florence J. Gates. Many of the letters deal with genealogical matters and
family history. Additional subjects include the death of Martha Wright in 1890
and other family deaths; financial and inheritance matters; the disposition of
family heirlooms; and the publications of C. H. C. Wright. Correspondence with
Adolphe Cohn and Albert Cohn relates to the death of Marian Lois Wright and the
estrangement between the Cohns and Margaret B. Wright.
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| | | | B. Elizabeth Woodman Wright family correspondence,
1892-1962
The primary correspondents of Elizabeth Woodman Wright are C. H. C. Wright,
Walter Woodman Wright, C. Conrad Wright, and Brooks Wright. Additional
correspondents include Walter Woodman, Anna Cutler Woodman, Anna Woodman
Webster, and other members of the Woodman family. This subseries also contains
letters and other papers related to the death and funeral of Elizabeth Woodman
Wright.
For correspondence of Elizabeth Woodman Wright with
non-family members and other papers of Elizabeth Woodman Wright, see Series
III.
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| | | | | Correspondence with C. H. C. Wright, Walter Woodman Wright, C.
Conrad Wright, and Brooks Wright,
1913-1961 The earliest of these letters consists of correspondence between C. H. C.
Wright and Elizabeth Woodman Wright. Included are letters from C. H. C. Wright
during their courtship and engagement, 1913-1914, and letters from Elizabeth
Woodman Wright while she was in the hospital, 1920. Correspondence from C. H.
C. Wright during his trip to Europe, 1927, describes the ocean passage; sights
seen in England, France, and Switzerland; meetings with old friends, including
the Pognons; plans for his sons to attend Château Riant in Geneva; reactions to
the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti; and other subjects. Elizabeth Woodman Wright,
writing from Paris, Me., describes the activities of their sons and household
matters. Included are letters from Walter Woodman Wright and C. Conrad Wright
to C. H. C. Wright.
Also included is the correspondence of Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C.
Wright with Walter Woodman Wright, C. Conrad Wright, and Brooks Wright at
Château Riant, 1928. Subjects include the boys' activities, studies, and
various illnesses; complaints about Captain and Mrs. Fox, headmasters of the
school; differences between European boarding schools and American schools;
visits with Meriel Dimick Weston and Soeur Hilda Steinmann; and other subjects.
Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C. Wright, traveling through Europe at the
time, describe sights they've seen in Italy, France, and England and offer
advice on adjusting to the school. Later correspondence consists of letters
written during trips to Europe, 1931 and 1935; Bermuda, 1950; and the
Caribbean, 1952.
For correspondence of Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C.
H. C. Wright with Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright after 1937, see
Series I.C. (Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright family
correspondence). For correspondence of Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C.
Wright with Brooks Wright and Elizabeth Rankin Wright after 1942, see Series
I.D. (Brooks Wright family correspondence).
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| Carton 2 | SH 13AZ 8 | Folder 38-57 | | | | 1913-June 1935 |
| Carton 3 | SH 13B2 J | Folder 1-11 | | | | July 1935-1961 |
| Carton 3 | SH 13B2 J | Folder 12-40 | | | Other family correspondence,
1892-1961 The bulk of this correspondence consists of letters to Elizabeth Woodman
Wright from Woodman family members, primarily Anna Cutler Woodman, Walter
Woodman, and Anna Woodman Webster. Other correspondents include Edward Woodman,
Mary Woodman, Mary Woodman Mattison, Cyrus Woodman (1883-1967), Frances
Billings Woodman, many of Wright's nieces and nephews, Brooks Upham, members of
the Cutler family, and others. Also included are some outgoing letters of
Elizabeth Woodman Wright.
Most of the correspondence deals with family matters, including the deaths
of Mary Woodman Mattison, Anna Cutler Woodman, and Mary Woodman; the religious
views of Anna Woodman Webster and her interest in Vedantist philosophy; the
marriage of Helen Webster, 1937; the outbreak of World War II and Brooks
Wright's military service; the separation and divorce of Anna Woodman Webster
and David Webster, 1950-1951; the death of Rev. Walter Woodman, 1955; Elizabeth
Woodman Wright's genealogical research; and objections to Larry Gara's 1956
biography of Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889). Also included is correspondence between
Elizabeth Woodman Wright and Walter Woodman while Wright was in Europe,
1927-1928, and letters to Walter Woodman from Walter Woodman Wright and C.
Conrad Wright at boarding school in Switzerland; papers and correspondence
related to the estate of Mary Woodman; and letters of condolence to Elizabeth
Woodman Wright on the death of C. H. C. Wright in 1957.
For additional correspondence of Woodman family
members, see Series VI.A. (Woodman family correspondence).
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| Carton 3 | SH 13B2 J | Folder 41-42 | | | Funeral notes and correspondence,
1946-1961 These notes by Elizabeth Woodman Wright contain instructions to her family
for her funeral, possible readings, and a list of people to be notified of her
death. Also included is the certificate for her burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery
and correspondence from Dr. Charles F. Walcott about her final illness.
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| Carton 3 | SH 13B2 J | Folder 43-48 | | | Letters of condolence to Walter Woodman Wright, C. Conrad Wright,
and Brooks Wright on the death of Elizabeth Woodman Wright,
1961-1962 Included are letters from Anna Woodman Webster, Frances Billings Woodman,
Frances Wesselhoeft, Edith Boyers, Gertrude B. Ellis, Ruth Beach, Gladys
Livermore Lahee, Anna Fenn, Samuel Waxman and Bashka Paeff (Waxman), Mary
Weston Goehring Brinkerhoff, Bernice Cutler, Constance H. Hall, Helen Feeley,
Madame Dussarps, Rita Chick, and other friends, family members, and
colleagues.
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| | | | C. Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright family
correspondence,
1921-1993
The primary correspondents of Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright
are Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C. Wright. This subseries also contains
correspondence with Caroline Wright Kuhl and Eric Wright, as well as other
family members and friends.
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| | | | | Correspondence between Walter Woodman Wright, Aagot Horn Wright,
Caroline Wright Kuhl, and Eric Wright,
1938-1977 This correspondence begins with letters from Walter Woodman Wright to Aagot
Horn Wright, 1938-1940, describing his daily activities; classes and lectures;
work; excursions to Canada and the White Mountains, N.H.; and other subjects.
Beginning in 1940, the bulk of the correspondence consists of letters between
Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright. Subjects include their studies and
social engagements, work matters, arrangements for their marriage, the health
and activities of their children Caroline Wright Kuhl and Eric Wright, and
other family matters.
Letters after 1963 consist primarily of Caroline Wright Kuhl's
correspondence with Aagot Horn Wright and Walter Woodman Wright about her
wedding plans, her studies at the University of Pittsburgh, her husband Andrew
Kuhl's military service, and other subjects.
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| Carton 3 | SH 13B2 J | Folder 49-57 | | | | 1938 |
| Carton 4 | SH 13B3 K | | | | | 1939-1943 |
| Carton 5 | SH 13B4 L | Folder 1-44 | | | | 1945-1977 |
| | | | | Correspondence of Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright with
Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C. Wright,
1937-1961 The earliest of these letters consist of correspondence between Aagot Horn
Wright and her future mother-in-law Elizabeth Woodman Wright, 1937-1941.
Subjects include invitations to visit, exchanges of gifts, wedding plans, and
differences between American customs and those of Aagot Horn Wright's home
country of Norway. Some letters written by Aagot Horn Wright between 1941 and
1945 describe the impact of World War II on Norway and news of family members
there.
Beginning in 1941, the primary correspondents are Aagot Horn Wright, Walter
Woodman Wright, and Elizabeth Woodman Wright. The bulk of the correspondence
concerns family and work matters, including the activities of Caroline Wright
Kuhl and Eric Wright; holidays, anniversaries, and birthdays; visits with
friends and family; the cruise taken by Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C.
Wright in 1952; the death of Rev. Walter Woodman in 1955; the illness and death
of C. H. C. Wright in 1957; and the adoption of Anne Elizabeth Wright by Brooks
Wright and Elizabeth Rankin Wright in 1960. Other subjects include church
activities, financial matters, and the devastation of Hurricane Carol in 1954.
Also included is some correspondence of Caroline Wright Kuhl and Eric Wright
with their grandparents. Enclosed in later correspondence from Walter Woodman
Wright, 1958-1961, are Ohio University Library newsletters written by him and
bulletins of the Unitarian Fellowship of Athens (Ohio) during his tenure as
president.
For correspondence of Walter Woodman Wright with
Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C. Wright before 1937, see Series I.B.
(Elizabeth Woodman Wright family correspondence).
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| Carton 5 | SH 13B4 L | Folder 45-71 | | | | 1937-1942 |
| Carton 6 | SH 13B6 N | | | | | 1943-June 1948 |
| Carton 7 | SH 13B7 O | | | | | July 1948-July 1953 |
| Carton 8 | SH 13B8 P | | | | | Sep. 1953-July 1957 |
| Carton 9 | SH 185Y 7 | | | | | Aug. 1957-1961 |
| Carton 9A | SH 186C T | Folder 1-11 | | | Letters to Aagot Horn Wright from family in Norway,
1937-1950 [most in Norwegian] Correspondents include Aagot Horn Wright's mother, father, sisters Kari and
Tutte Horn, and others.
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| Carton 9A | SH 186C T | Folder 12-19 | | | Correspondence of Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright with
miscellaneous family members and friends,
1921-1993 [in English and Norwegian] Included are childhood postcards to Walter Woodman Wright, holiday cards,
thank you notes, letters of congratulations on the birth of Caroline Wright
Kuhl, and other correspondence. Among the family members represented are Alice
Woodman Rossiter, Frances Billings Woodman, Bernice Cutler, Conrad Edick
Wright, Nielson Wright, Elizabeth L. Wright, and Eva Horn.
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| | | | D. Brooks Wright family correspondence,
1942-1995
The bulk of this subseries consists of letters from Brooks Wright to his
family written while he was serving overseas in World War II. The subseries
also contains later correspondence of Brooks Wright and Elizabeth Rankin Wright
and some incoming letters from Elizabeth Woodman Wright.
For correspondence of Brooks Wright with Elizabeth
Woodman Wright and C. H. C. Wright before 1942, see Series I.B. (Elizabeth
Woodman Wright family correspondence). For correspondence of Brooks Wright with
non-family members, as well as his writings and other papers, see Series
IV.
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| | | | | World War II correspondence,
1942-1945 Included is Brooks Wright's frequent and detailed correspondence with his
family during his three years of military service in World War II. Letters
between December 1942 and May 1943 describe his induction at Cambridge, Mass.,
and his experiences at the Recruit Reception Center, Fort Devens, Mass.; basic
training, Miami Beach, Fla.; technical training, Pawling, N.Y.; overseas
replacement training, Atlantic City; and Camp Kilmer, N.J., the port of
embarkation for New York. Wright describes other servicemen, training drills
and assignments, military life, and other subjects, including a suicide he
witnessed in April 1943 and his bout with German measles. Incoming
correspondence during this period consists primarily of letters from Elizabeth
Woodman Wright. Also included are typescript transcriptions of some of Brooks
Wright's letters.
Correspondence between June 1943 and June 1945 consists of Brooks Wright's
letters to his family while serving abroad. Wright was stationed in Karachi,
India (now in Pakistan), June-Aug. 1943; Calcutta, India, Aug. 1943-May 1944;
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), May 1944-June 1945; and at bases in the U.S. before
being discharged in October 1945. He describes the people of India and Ceylon;
their customs, beliefs, and languages; local politics and history; cities and
landscapes; and plant and animal life, as well as his sightseeing excursions,
fellow servicemen, and details of military life. Many of the letters are in
v-mail form. Included are some manuscript transcriptions by C. H. C. Wright and
Elizabeth Woodman Wright.
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| Carton 9A | SH 186C T | Folder 20-29 | | | | 1942-May 1943 |
| Carton 9A | SH 186C T | Folder 30 | | | | Miscellaneous items,
1943 |
| Carton 9A | SH 186C T | Folder 31-59 | | | | June 1943-1945 |
| Carton 9A | SH 186C T | Folder 60-79 | | | Correspondence of Brooks Wright and Elizabeth Rankin Wright with C.
H. C. Wright and Elizabeth Woodman Wright,
1947-1961 The bulk of this correspondence consists of letters from Brooks Wright and
Elizabeth Rankin Wright to Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C. Wright dealing
primarily with family matters, including visits, illnesses, the birth of
Aldrich Wright, and the adoption of Anne Elizabeth Wright. Other subjects
include Brooks Wright's job as a teacher at City College of New York, politics
among the faculty there, work on his book Interpreter of
Buddhism to the West: Sir Edwin Arnold, church activities and
organizational problems at the church, and his interest in botany.
Among the correspondence from Elizabeth Woodman Wright are letters
describing a Caribbean cruise in 1952 and a trip to Nova Scotia in 1954.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 1-29 | | | Correspondence of Brooks Wright and Elizabeth Rankin Wright with
Walter Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright,
1947-1995 Included are letters discussing family activities, the property at Windy
Ledge, local church news, the travels of Brooks Wright and Elizabeth Rankin
Wright, and the disposition of family papers. This correspondence also contains
legal and financial papers related to Windy Ledge and some letters of Aldrich
Wright, Anne Elizabeth Wright, and Martha Grace Wright.
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| | | II. C. H. C. Wright papers,
1876-1964
This series contains the personal papers of C. H. C. Wright, including
correspondence with friends and colleagues, diaries, writings, juvenilia,
financial papers, and printed matter. The bulk of the material relates to his
childhood in Europe, his education at Harvard and Oxford, his work as a
professor of French at Harvard, and his many publications.
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| | | | A. Personal correspondence,
1876-1957
This subseries consists of the non-family correspondence of C. H. C. Wright.
The correspondence is arranged into two sections. Letters from those
individuals with whom Wright exchanged a significant amount of correspondence
are arranged by individual or subject in the first section. The rest of the
correspondence, consisting of personal and business letters from miscellaneous
correspondents, is arranged chronologically.
For C. H. C. Wright family correspondence, see Series
I.
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| | | | | Correspondence by individual or subject,
1880-1955 |
| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 30-34 | | | | Letters from Kathleen, Moya, and Philip Hennessy,
1880-1937 Kathleen, Moya, and Philip Hennessy, the children of artist William John
Hennessy, were friends of C. H. C. Wright at Honfleur, France, and members of
the Pennedepie Scapegraces. Kathleen Hennessy died of tuberculosis in 1892 at
the age of 21.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 35-37 | | | | Letters from Daniel Bouret,
1884-1894 [in French] Daniel Bouret was a French schoolmate of C. H. C. Wright at the Collége de
Honfleur.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 38-39 | | | | Letters from Albert Brument,
1884-1892 [in French] Albert Brument was a French schoolmate of C. H. C. Wright at the Collége de
Honfleur.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 40-41 | | | | Letters from Juliette and Marie Pognon,
1884-1889 [in French] C. H. C. Wright lived with the Pognon family while attending the Collége de
Honfleur from 1881 to 1884.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 42 | | | | Letters of condolence on the death of Marian Lois Wright,
1888 |
| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 43-51 | | | | Correspondence with Charles L. Slattery,
1889-1932 Charles L. Slattery was a close friend of C. H. C. Wright at Harvard and
later became the bishop of Massachusetts. Slattery's letters describe Harvard
classmates Reed, Robinson, Gulick, and Briggs, as well as professors George
Lyman Kittredge, Josiah Royce, Morris Hicky Morgan, and others. Included are
Wright's letters to Slattery.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 52-53 | | | | Letters from Adeline Pellissier,
1890-1918 [in English and French] Adeline Pellissier was a teacher at Wellesley and a friend of C. H. C.
Wright. Wright met Pellissier when he was teaching at Adolphe Cohn's summer
school in Oswego, N.Y.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 54-55 | | | | Letters from Ferdinand Bôcher and Frederick C. de Sumichrast,
1891-1912 Ferdinand Bôcher and Frederick C. de Sumichrast were professors of C. H. C.
Wright at Harvard. Subjects include Wright's studies at Oxford, his appointment
as instructor in French at Harvard, and Edward Perry Warren.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 56-58 | | | | Letters from Edward Perry Warren,
1891-1926 Edward Perry Warren was the wealthy son of Samuel Dennis Warren, founder of
the S. D. Warren Paper Company. At the recommendation of Ferdinand Bôcher, E.
P. Warren financed C. H. C. Wright's education at Oxford. Warren's letters
offer advice and encouragement and discuss Wright's education and writings.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 59-62 | | | | Letters from Fred N. Robinson,
1891-1895 Fred N. Robinson was a Harvard classmate of C. H. C. Wright who wrote to
Wright at Oxford. Subjects include Harvard classmates and events and the
Chicago World's Fair in 1893.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 63-64 | | | | Letters from Katherine Mullins,
1891-1895 Katherine Mullins, a proofreader who worked with C. H. C. Wright on the
Cambridge Tribune, wrote to Wright at Oxford
with news of mutual friends.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 65-66 | | | | Letters from Johanna Theodora Orthmann,
1892-1895 [most in German] C. H. C. Wright boarded with Johanna Theodora Orthmann and her husband, a
Lutheran minister, in Ilsenburg, Germany, during the summer of 1892.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 67-70 | | | | Letters from J. H. N. Stephenson,
1893-1919 J. H. N. Stephenson, son of the vicar of St. Botolph at Boston,
Lincolnshire, was a classmate and close friend of C. H. C. Wright at Oxford.
Subjects of his letters include the English educational system and American
intervention in World War I.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 71-73 | | | | Letters from L. C. H. Weekes,
1895-1937 L. C. H. Weekes was a classmate of C. H. C. Wright at Oxford and Wright's
roommate during his last year there. The son of a master at Charterhouse
School, Weekes later became secretary of the Civil Service Commission. Many of
his letters discuss international political matters related to France, Russia,
the Philippines, and South Africa.
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| Carton 10 | SH 185Z 8 | Folder 74-75 | | | | Letters from Raymond Weeks,
1896-1934 Raymond Weeks was a professor of Romance Languages at Columbia University
and wrote to C. H. C. Wright primarily about Wright's various publications.
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 1 | | | | Letters from Bernard Allen,
1896-1898 Bernard Allen was a classmate of C. H. C. Wright at Oxford and Wright's
roommate during his last year there. Allen wrote to Wright from India while
serving in the Indian Civil Service, and his letters describe the fears of
cholera and famine there.
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 2-7 | | | | Letters from Grace Norton,
1902-1920 Grace Norton, the sister of Charles Eliot Norton, wrote to C. H. C. Wright
primarily about Montaigne, Wright's book Selections from
Montaigne, and related literary matters.
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 8-9 | | | | Letters from Maud E. Temple,
1910-1930 Maud E. Temple, a former student of C. H. C. Wright, wrote to him about
literary subjects, politics at Columbia University, and personal matters.
Included are poems by Temple.
For Maud E. Temple's 1913 review of C. H. C. Wright's
book A History of French Literature, see Series
II.F. (C. H. C. Wright printed matter).
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 10-18 | | | | Letters of congratulations on his engagement and marriage to
Elizabeth Woodman,
1914 Included are letters from many former classmates, relatives, Cambridge
friends, and colleagues, as well as a poem by Maud E. Temple and a letter from
Margaret B. Wright to both C. H. C. Wright and Elizabeth Woodman Wright.
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 19-26 | | | | Letters of condolence to C. H. C. Wright and Elizabeth Woodman
Wright on the death of Margaret B. Wright,
1919-1920 |
| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 27-28 | | | | Letters from O. F. W. Ellis,
1922-1938 O. F. W. Ellis wrote to C. H. C. Wright for educational and career
advice.
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 29-30 | | | | Letters from Robert E. Pike,
1932-1950 Robert E. Pike wrote to C. H. C. Wright about literary matters and with news
of his career.
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 31-32 | | | | Letters from Wayne C. Temple and Beatrice H. Lanphier,
1951-1955 Wayne C. Temple wrote to C. H. C. Wright requesting information for a
proposed biography of Noah Brooks. Subjects of Temple's letters include the
history of the Brooks family, the locations of records and photographs, and the
progress of his book. Included are genealogical charts and letters from
Beatrice H. Lanphier, a distant relative of C. H. C. Wright living in Dixon,
Ill.
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| | | | | Chronological correspondence,
1876-1957
Included are both personal and business letters, primarily incoming
correspondence but also a few drafts of outgoing letters by C. H. C. Wright.
The bulk of the correspondence is related to Wright's publications, including
letters from publishers (D. C. Heath, Oxford University Press, Harvard
University Press, Ginn & Co., and others) and congratulations from friends
and colleagues on his books. Other correspondence concerns Wright's various
appointments, the purchase of Windy Ledge in 1903 (with plans of the site), his
work as a Harvard French instructor, his retirement in 1936, and many other
subjects.
Correspondents include friends, colleagues, current and former students, and
teachers at other universities. Among them are Nellie Linton, a friend from
Pennedepie, France; Willard Reed; John Powers, who describes the 1893 Chicago
World's Fair; Francis K. Ball; Oxford friends Robinson Ellis and Francis
Todhunter; Charles W. Eliot; Susan Child Scoggin; C. H. Grandgent; R. L.
Hawkins; A. Lawrence Lowell; E. K. Rand; Thomas E. Oliver; Gustave L. van
Roosbroeck; E. W. Greene; Hyme Loss; J. D. M. Ford; Horatio Smith at Brown
University; and many others.
Also included is some correspondence of C. H. C. Wright and Margaret B.
Wright with their landlords in Cambridge.
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| Carton 11 | SH 1861 I | Folder 33-72 | | | | 1876-1926 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 1-14 | | | | 1927-1957 |
| | | | B. Diaries,
1879-1957
C. H. C. Wright's early diaries describe his childhood in Europe, including
his friendship with the Hennessys at Pennedepie, sightseeing trips, and his
education at the Collége de Honfleur. Diaries kept during his Harvard and
Oxford days describe his studies and social activities; books and articles he
has read; friends, classmates, and professors; his work on the Cambridge
Tribune and Harvard publications; the
differences between Harvard and Oxford; letters written and received;
sightseeing trips; and expenses. Later diaries detail his work as a Harvard
professor of French, including meetings with colleagues, conferences, and his
professional writings. Entries written during World War I report on the
progress of the war and major battles in Europe. Other subjects include plays
and lectures attended, the purchase of Windy Ledge in 1903 and subsequent work
done on the house, visits with friends, travels abroad, Wright's courtship of
and marriage to Elizabeth Woodman Wright, the births of their sons, and family
summers in Maine.
A few of the diaries, 1885-1887, are written almost entirely in French. Also
included in this subseries is a separate volume recording plays Wright saw
between 1924 and 1932.
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| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 1 | | | Diary,
1879-1883 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 2 | | | Diary,
1883 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 15 | | | Items removed from Vol. 2 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 3 | | | Diary,
1883-1884 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 4 | | | Diary,
1884-1885 [in English and French] |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 16 | | | Items removed from Vol. 4 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 5 | | | Diary,
1885 [most in French] |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 17 | | | Items removed from Vol. 5 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 6 | | | Diary,
1885-1886 [most in French] |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 18 | | | Items removed from Vol. 6 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 7 | | | Diary,
1886-1887 [most in French] |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 19 | | | Items removed from Vol. 7 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 8 | | | Diary,
1890-1891 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 20 | | | Items removed from Vol. 8 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 9 | | | Diary,
1891-1894 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 21 | | | Items removed from Vol. 9 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 10 | | | Diary,
1903 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 11 | | | Diary,
1904 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 22 | | | Items removed from Vol. 11 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 12 | | | Diary,
1905 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 13 | | | Diary,
1906 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 23 | | | Items removed from Vol. 13 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 14 | | | Diary,
1907 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 24 | | | Items removed from Vol. 14 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Vol. 15 | | | Diary,
1908 |
| Carton 12 | SH 1862 J | Folder 25 | | | Items removed from Vol. 15 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 16 | | | Diary,
1909 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 1 | | | Items removed from Vol. 16 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 17 | | | Diary,
1910 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 2 | | | Items removed from Vol. 17 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 18 | | | Diary,
1911 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 19 | | | Diary,
1912 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 3 | | | Items removed from Vol. 19 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 20 | | | Diary,
1913 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 4 | | | Items removed from Vol. 20 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 21 | | | Diary,
1914 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 5 | | | Items removed from Vol. 21 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 22 | | | Diary,
1915 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 23 | | | Diary,
1916 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 6 | | | Items removed from Vol. 23 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 24 | | | Diary,
1917 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 25 | | | Diary,
1918 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 7 | | | Items removed from Vol. 25 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 26 | | | Diary,
1919 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Folder 8 | | | Items removed from Vol. 26 |
| Carton 13 | SH 1863 K | Vol. 27 | | | Record of plays seen,
1924-1932 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 28 | | | Diary,
1925 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 29 | | | Diary,
1926 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Folder 1 | | | Items removed from Vol. 29 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 30 | | | Diary,
1927 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Folder 2 | | | Items removed from Vol. 30 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 31 | | | Diary,
1928 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 32 | | | Diary,
1929 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 33 | | | Diary,
1930 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 34 | | | Diary,
1931 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Folder 3 | | | Items removed from Vol. 34 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 35 | | | Diary,
1932 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 36 | | | Diary,
1933 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 37 | | | Diary,
1934 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 38 | | | Diary,
1935 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 39 | | | Diary,
1936 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 40 | | | Diary,
1937 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 41 | | | Diary,
1938 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 42 | | | Diary,
1939 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 43 | | | Diary,
1940 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 44 | | | Diary,
1941 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 45 | | | Diary,
1942 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 46 | | | Diary,
1943 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 47 | | | Diary,
1944 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 48 | | | Diary,
1945 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 49 | | | Diary,
1946 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 50 | | | Diary,
1947 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 51 | | | Diary,
1948 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 52 | | | Diary,
1949 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 53 | | | Diary,
1950 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 54 | | | Diary,
1951 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 55 | | | Diary,
1952 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 56 | | | Diary,
1953 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 57 | | | Diary,
1954 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Folder 4 | | | Items removed from Vol. 57 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 58 | | | Diary,
1955 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 59 | | | Diary,
1956 |
| Carton 14 | SH 1864 L | Vol. 60 | | | Diary,
1957 |
| | | | C. Writings,
1889-1944 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 1-16 | | | Autobiography,
1922-1944 [manuscript and typescript] C. H. C. Wright's autobiography contains descriptions of his life and
education until 1909. Also included is information on Wright's ancestors and a
detailed genealogy going back to the 17th century.
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| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 17 | | | Harvard writings,
1889-1892 [photocopies] Included are copies of stories and essays by C. H. C. Wright published in
the Harvard Advocate and The Harvard Monthly.
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| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 18 | | | Poem read at Harvard Crimson dinner,
1891 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 19 | | | "Impressions of English and French Education,"
ca. 1896 [in French] |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 20-21 | | | Miscellaneous professional writings,
1900-1935 [photocopies, in English and French] Included are copies of essays, translations, and reviews by C. H. C. Wright
published in The International Monthly,
Current History, Modern
Language Notes, The Modern Language
Journal, and other journals.
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| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 22-25 | | | Molière lecture,
ca. 1930s [photocopy] This lecture was one of a series of lectures on great authors delivered by
various Harvard professors as an introduction for undergraduates. The lectures
were repeated in successive years.
Original located at the Harvard University
Archives.
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| | | | D. Juvenilia,
1877-1889
The bulk of this subseries consists of records of the Pennedepie
Scapegraces, or P.S., a secret society organized by C. H. C. Wright and
Kathleen, Moya, and Philip Hennessy, 1882-1884. Members chose pseudonyms from
the works of Sir Walter Scott, contributed stories or poems to be read aloud at
weekly meetings, and kept detailed minutes. This subseries contains both the
story books and the minutes books of the Pennedepie Scapegraces, as well as
stories, poems, riddles, drawings, plays, mock "newsletters," and other
childhood manuscripts of C. H. C. Wright.
For correspondence of C. H. C. Wright with Kathleen,
Moya, and Philip Hennessy, see Series II.A. (C. H. C. Wright personal
correspondence).
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| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 26 | | | Pennedepie Scapegraces minutes book, vol. 1, with constitution and
first annual report,
1882-1883 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Vol. 61 | | | Pennedepie Scapegraces minutes book, vol. 2,
1883-1884 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Vol. 62 | | | Pennedepie Scapegraces story book, vol. 1, undated |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Vol. 63 | | | Pennedepie Scapegraces story book, vol. 2, undated |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Vol. 64 | | | Pennedepie Scapegraces story book, vol. 3, undated |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 27 | | | Book of poems and riddles, undated |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 28 | | | "Newsletters,"
1877-1879 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 29 | | | "The Franco-American,"
1880 This "newsletter" written by C. H. C. Wright contains references to
important news items of the day and family events.
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| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 30 | | | Plays and concerts,
1880-1883 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 31 | | | Miscellaneous papers and correspondence,
1881-1889 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 32 | | | Stories and poems, undated and
1885 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 32A-D | | E. Papers related to "The Bandbox,"
1877-1941
This subseries contains papers related to a poem called "The Bandbox,"
written by Robert Louis Stevenson for C. H. C. Wright when Wright was a boy.
Included are copies of the 1921 printing of the poem, correspondence about
Stevenson and his papers, notes for a lecture given by Wright, and clippings
and other printed matter.
The original verse in Robert Louis Stevenson's own
hand has been removed from the collection and cataloged separately.
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| | | | F. Financial papers,
1881-1964 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 33-49 | | | Bills,
1891-1956 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 50-51 | | | Contracts with publishers,
1898-1939 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 52-55 | | | Papers related to 9 Lowell St., Cambridge, Mass.,
1881-1964 [some photocopies] Included are deeds, mortgage records, a 1961 appraisal, and other papers
related to the Wright house in Cambridge.
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| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 56 | | | Stock certificates,
1921-1943 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 57 | | | Accounts with Eaton & Howard,
1929-1939 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 58-61 | | | Papers regarding estate of C. H. C. Wright,
1924-1958 Included are letters, accounts, life insurance and annuity contracts, an
appraisal of property, and a copy of C. H. C. Wright's will.
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| | | | G. Printed matter,
1886-1958 |
| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 62-66 | | | Harvard printed matter,
1886-1942 Included are appointments, certificates, programs, memorabilia, and other
printed matter related to Harvard College.
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| Carton 15 | SH 1865 M | Folder 67-70 | | | Miscellaneous printed matter,
1893-1951 |
| | | | | Reviews of C. H. C. Wright's works |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 1 | | | | Selections from Rabelais' Gargantua
(1903),
1904 |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 2 | | | | Racine's Les Plaideurs (1906),
1908 |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 3-5 | | | | A History of French Literature
(1912),
1912-1925 [in English and French] |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 6 | | | | Selections from Montaigne (1914),
1914 |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 7-10 | | | | A History of the Third French
Republic (1916),
1916 |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 11 | | | | French Verse of the Sixteenth Century
(1916),
1916 |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 12 | | | | Les Femme Savantes (1920),
1920 |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 13 | | | | French Classicism (1920),
1921-1922 [in English and French] |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 14 | | | | The Background of Modern French
Literature (1926),
1926-1932 [in English and French] |
| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 15-16 | | | Obituaries and funeral service,
1957-1958 Included are obituaries and printed notices of C. H. C. Wright's death,
copies of his funeral service and committal, and a brief biography of
Wright.
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| | | III. Elizabeth Woodman Wright papers,
1895-1985
This series contains the personal papers of Elizabeth Woodman Wright. The
bulk of the series consists of correspondence documenting her childhood in
Cambridge, Mass.; family life; charitable activities; and other subjects. Also
included are papers related to her work at the First Parish in Cambridge,
genealogical material tracing the history of the Woodman family, and other
papers.
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| | | | A. Personal correspondence,
1895-1961
This subseries consists of the non-family correspondence of Elizabeth
Woodman Wright.
For Elizabeth Woodman Wright family correspondence,
see Series I.B. (Elizabeth Woodman Wright family correspondence), I.C. (Walter
Woodman Wright and Aagot Horn Wright family correspondence), and I.D. (Brooks
Wright family correspondence).
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| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 17-28 | | | Correspondence with Elizabeth Bolles,
1895-1906 Elizabeth Bolles was a childhood friend of Elizabeth Woodman Wright from
Miss Ingols' School (a.k.a. Berkeley Street School). Bolles and her mother
moved to Europe in 1905, and the girls exchanged lengthy, detailed letters
about their daily activities, friends, family, classes, parties, and dances.
Bolles died in San Remo, Italy, on May 2, 1906.
For a description of Miss Ingols' School by Gladys
Livermore Lahee, including references to Elizabeth Woodman Wright and Elizabeth
Bolles, see Series III.D. (Elizabeth Woodman Wright genealogy and personal
history).
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| | | | | Other personal correspondence,
1901-1961 [some in French] Included are both personal and business letters, primarily incoming
correspondence but also a few outgoing letters by Elizabeth Woodman Wright. The
bulk of the correspondence is related to personal matters, including births,
marriages, illnesses, and deaths. Early correspondence consists primarily of
postcards from friends abroad. Other correspondence concerns the Wrights' trips
to Europe in 1928 and 1935, Elizabeth Woodman Wright's work with the First
Parish in Cambridge, her charitable activities, her interest in botany, the
purchase of land in Maine from the Westons in 1947, the death of C. H. C.
Wright in 1957, and other subjects. Also included are letters from or about
World War II servicemen, 1943-1945, and letters from Mary Weston Goehring
(later Brinkerhoff), who served in the WAVES, 1943.
Among the correspondents are Evelyn Bolles; Claire [von Dael Slomeyer?];
Gladys Livermore Lahee; the Foxes and Beatrice Stocker at Château Riant
(Geneva, Switzerland); Soeur Hilda Steinmann; Madame [Lily?] Dussarps; Frances
Wesselhoeft; Ruth Carpenter; members of the Thayer family; Meriel Dimick
Weston, wife of Harvard professor George B. Weston and the Wrights' neighbor in
Maine; Bashka Paeff, sculptor of a bust of C. H. C. Wright; Bob and Ginny
Kemble; Mrs. Thomas Tileston Baldwin, a.k.a. "Baldy"; Rita Chick; the Avon
Home, an orphanage for local children; and many others.
Financial correspondence includes letters regarding Elizabeth Woodman
Wright's account with Eaton & Howard.
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| Carton 16 | SH 1866 N | Folder 29-80 | | | | 1901-1957 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 1-15 | | | | 1958-1961 |
| | | | B. Volumes,
1901-1928 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Vol. 65 | | | Address book, undated |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Vol. 66 | | | Birthday record book,
1895 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 16 | | | Items removed from Vol. 66 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Vol. 67 | | | Line-a-day diary,
1901-1905 This diary contains brief entries by Elizabeth Woodman Wright about her
daily activities, school work, church, friends, parties, the weather, and other
subjects.
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| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 17 | | | Items removed from Vol. 67 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 18 | | | Christmas memoranda book,
1908-1916 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Vol. 67A | | | C. Conrad Wright baby book,
1917 Included are sporadic notes by Elizabeth Woodman Wright about C. Conrad
Wright's birth, growth, and activities.
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| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 18A | | | Items removed from Vol. 67A |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Vol. 68 | | | Diary of trip to Europe,
1928 This diary describes sights seen by Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C.
Wright in Italy, London, and Paris, as well as some family news. Also included
are entries written during their side trip to Château Riant in Geneva,
Switzerland, detailing Brooks Wright's treatment for mastoiditis.
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| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 19 | | | Items removed from Vol. 68 |
| | | | C. First Parish in Cambridge papers,
1932-1985
This subseries contains papers of Elizabeth Woodman Wright related to the
First Parish in Cambridge, a.k.a. First Church (Unitarian), including her
writings about the history of the church, the First Parish Women's Alliance,
and other subjects.
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| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 20 | | | List of pictures for party, undated |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 21 | | | "A Short History of the First Parish," by Elizabeth Woodman Wright,
undated |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 22 | | | Women's Alliance talk: "Alliance Atmosphere," by Elizabeth Woodman
Wright,
1932 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 23-24 | | | Women's Alliance talk: "What Religion Has Meant in My Life," by
Elizabeth Woodman Wright,
1934 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 25 | | | Correspondence regarding 10 Dec. 1934 Women's Alliance talk,
1934-1935 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 26 | | | Women's Alliance devotional service on prayer,
[1942?] |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 27 | | | "Recollections of the First Parish, 1905-1906," by Elizabeth Woodman
Wright,
1942 and
1985 [typescript and printed] |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 28 | | | Women's Alliance programs and devotional on India,
1944-1945 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 29 | | | Report to Women's Alliance on Star Island Conference,
1947 |
| | | | D. Genealogy and personal history,
1920-1970 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 30 | | | Genealogical memos,
1920-1953 Included are transcriptions of Flint family grave markers in West Baldwin,
Me.; genealogical charts, including one tracing the descent of the Woodman
family back to the Mayflower; and the birth
certificate of David Ebling.
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| | Vol. 69 | | | The Descendants of Joseph Woodman (1783-1857)
and Susanna (Coffin) Woodman (1783-1833) of Buxton, Maine,
1970 This bound volume, a detailed genealogy compiled by Elizabeth Woodman
Wright, lists all of the descendants of her great-grandfather Joseph
Woodman.
This item has been removed from the collection and
cataloged separately.
For more information, see: Woodman, Cyrus.
The Woodmans of Buxton, Maine. Boston: Printed
for private use by D. Clapp, 1874.
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| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 31 | | | "Recollections of Miss Ingols' School on Berkeley Street," by Gladys
Livermore Lahee, undated [photocopy] This manuscript, written by Gladys Livermore Lahee, contains descriptions of
Miss Ingols' School (a.k.a. Berkeley Street School), Cambridge, ca. 1900.
Included are references to Elizabeth Woodman Wright, Elizabeth Bolles, and
other students and teachers in the school at the time.
For correspondence of Elizabeth Woodman Wright with
Elizabeth Bolles and Gladys Livermore Lahee, see Series III.A. (Elizabeth
Woodman Wright personal correspondence).
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| | | | E. Financial papers,
1928-1965 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 32-40 | | | Accounts with Eaton & Howard,
1928-1963 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Vol. 70 | | | Accounts of the estates of Elizabeth Woodman Wright and C. H. C.
Wright,
1957-1965 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 41 | | | Items removed from Vol. 70 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 42-47 | | | Papers regarding estate of Elizabeth Woodman Wright,
1961-1965 |
| | | | F. Printed matter,
1896-1961 |
| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 48-51 | | | Miscellaneous printed matter,
1896-1961 Included are programs, clippings, newsletters, advertisements, and other
printed items.
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| Carton 17 | SH 1867 O | Folder 52-63 | | | Memorabilia,
1928-1952 Included are guidebooks, menus, maps, blank postcards, programs, catalogs,
and other printed items collected by Elizabeth Woodman Wright on trips to
Europe, 1928, and Bermuda, 1950, and on a Caribbean cruise, 1952.
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| | | IV. Brooks Wright papers,
1922-2003
This series contains the personal papers of Brooks Wright. Among the papers
in this series are correspondence, memoirs, religious writings, Harvard essays,
and genealogical material, as well as drawings, clippings, and other papers
from Wright's service abroad during World War II.
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| | | | A. Personal correspondence,
1928-1982
This subseries consists of the non-family correspondence of Brooks
Wright.
For Brooks Wright family correspondence, see Series
I.B. (Elizabeth Woodman Wright family correspondence) and I.D. (Brooks Wright
family correspondence).
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 1-2 | | | Letters from Soeur Hilda Steinmann,
1928-1939 [in English and French] Soeur Hilda Steinmann was the visiting nurse at Château Riant, the boarding
school in Geneva, Switzerland, where Brooks Wright and his brothers stayed
while their parents toured Italy in 1928. When Wright became ill, he was
removed from the school and lived with Steinmann at the Geneva Red Cross
headquarters.
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 3 | | | Miscellaneous personal correspondence,
1929-1982 The bulk of Brooks Wright's miscellaneous correspondence consists of letters
and extracts of letters from Wright to his close friend Robert D. Kemble, 1943,
copied by C. H. C. Wright and Elizabeth Woodman Wright. Wright describes the
famine in India and speculates about his post-war plans, the long-term effects
of the war on soldiers' attitudes, and other subjects.
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 4 | | | Letters regarding Interpreter of Buddhism to
the West: Sir Edwin Arnold, by Brooks Wright,
1957-1958 |
| | | | B. Writings,
1922-2003 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 5-8 | | | "Memoirs of Brooks Wright, 1922-1950," undated, with corrections by
C. Conrad Wright,
1997 Brooks Wright's memoirs describe his childhood in Cambridge, Mass.; his
experiences at the boarding school Château Riant in Geneva, Switzerland; family
life at Windy Ledge; church activities; the social and political scene; his
education at Harvard; the outbreak of World War II and his service abroad; and
other subjects.
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 9 | | | Juvenilia, stories, and notes,
1922-1932 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 10 | | | Miscellaneous writings,
1938-1958 [manuscript and printed] |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 11 | | | Music written by Brooks Wright and C. Conrad Wright,
1941 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 12-17 | | | Religious writings,
1942-2003 [in English and Latin] Included are collects, orders of worship, programs, sermons, and the
manuscript: "The Shape of Unitarian-Universalism," by Brooks Wright, 1999.
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 71 | | | Harvard undergraduate thesis,
1942 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 18 | | | Items removed from Vol. 71 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 72 | | | Harvard graduate school essays,
1946 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 73 | | | Harvard graduate school essays,
1946-1947 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 74 | | | Harvard graduate school essays,
1947-1948 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 19-29 | | | Original and translated poems,
1958-1988 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 30-31 | | | Wright family genealogy,
1970s [photocopy] This genealogy, based on the memoirs and genealogical research of C. H. C.
Wright, includes information on the related Edick and Whitaker families.
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| | | | C. Materials from India and Ceylon,
1943-1945 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 32 | | | Drawings and botanical studies,
1943-1944 The bulk of Brooks Wright's drawings consists of annotated botanical studies
from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and India. Also included are annotated drawings of
Wright's barracks and the code room at the Army Airways Communications System
(AACS) station at Dum Dum, India.
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 33 | | | Miscellaneous notes and correspondence,
1944-1945 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 34 | | | Clippings of sites in India, annotated by Brooks Wright,
[1945] |
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| | | V. Other Wright family papers,
1868-1920
The bulk of this series consists of the personal papers of Margaret B.
Wright, including correspondence, diaries, writings, and other papers. The
series also contains a small childhood diary of Marian Lois Wright.
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| | | | A. Margaret B. Wright papers,
1868-1920
This subseries contains the correspondence, diaries, and writings of
Margaret B. Wright documenting her life in the U.S. and Europe and her career
as a writer. Also included are papers related to her estate.
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 35-41 | | | Personal correspondence,
1868-1919
Included are letters from Marian Lois Wright, Martha Wright, Conrad Edick
Wright, Lillie Wright, Noah Brooks, Frank K. Upham, Brooks Upham, Charles
Upham, W. Upham Jones, the Hennessys, the Pognons, and other family members and
friends. Correspondence between Margaret B. Wright and Marian Lois Wright
discusses financial matters, the activities of C. H. C. Wright, and Marian Lois
Wright's engagement to Mr. Legrot. One long letter by Margaret B. Wright
describes a visit to Pompeii, Italy, 1878, and contains a sketch of her by
Marian Lois Wright. Also included is correspondence related to Charles Henry
Wright's death, as well as letters about the deaths of Marian Lois Wright and
Martha Wright, the education of C. H. C. Wright, family history, and Adolphe
Cohn.
For correspondence of Margaret B. Wright with C. H. C.
Wright, see Series I.A. (C. H. C. Wright family correspondence).
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| | | | | Diaries,
1898-1917
Margaret B. Wright's diaries were kept primarily in Cambridge, Mass., and
Paris, Me. Entries describe Wright's daily activities, social visits, and
travels; letters written and received; plays, lectures, church services, and
other events; births and deaths of friends and family; books and articles she
has read; her own professional writing; and her interest and participation in
the cause of women's suffrage.
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| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 75 | | | | Diary,
1898 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 42 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 75 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 76 | | | | Diary,
1899 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 43 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 76 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 77 | | | | Diary,
1900 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 78 | | | | Diary,
1901 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 79 | | | | Diary,
1902 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 80 | | | | Diary,
1903 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 44 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 80 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 81 | | | | Diary,
1904 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 45 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 81 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 82 | | | | Diary,
1905 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 46 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 82 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 83 | | | | Diary,
1906 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 47 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 83 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Vol. 84 | | | | Diary,
1907 |
| Carton 18 | SH 1868 P | Folder 48 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 84 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 85 | | | | Diary,
1908 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 1 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 85 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 86 | | | | Diary,
1909 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 2 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 86 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 87 | | | | Diary,
1910 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 3 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 87 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 88 | | | | Diary,
1911 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 4 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 88 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 89 | | | | Diary,
1912 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 5 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 89 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 90 | | | | Diary,
1913 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 6 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 90 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 91 | | | | Diary,
1914 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 7 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 91 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 92 | | | | Diary,
1915 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 8 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 92 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 93 | | | | Diary,
1916 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 9 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 93 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 94 | | | | Diary,
1917 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 10 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 94 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 10A-31 | | | Writings,
1874-1902 [some photocopies]
Included are articles by Margaret B. Wright published in
Scribner's Monthly, Lippincott's Magazine, The Daily
Inter-Ocean, The Atlantic Monthly,
The Overland Monthly, The
Chautauquan, Temple Bar, and other
magazines and newspapers. Wright describes sights in Europe, art and art
education, literature, theater, fashion, etiquette, and others subjects
primarily drawn from her life abroad and the boyhood of C. H. C. Wright. Some
articles were published under pseudonyms, including Margaret Bertha, Bertha
Dayne, and Deliverance Dingle, and many are illustrated with sketches by
William John Hennessy, Belle Osbourne, Marian Lois Wright, and others. Also
included are a few of Wright's typescript drafts and reviews of her work
Hired Furnished: Being Certain Economical Housekeeping
Adventures in England (1897).
Among the writings are a New England Magazine
article by Wright describing the landscape and inhabitants of Cape Rosier, Me.;
responses to that article printed in the Belfast
Age; and "The Dragon's Teeth," an essay by Agnes Repplier probably
inspired by Wright's "Our Curse from Cadmus."
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| | | | | Legal, financial, and miscellaneous papers,
1878-1920 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 32 | | | | Bills, undated and
1878 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 33 | | | | Copyright contract with Roberts Brothers for Hired Furnished: Being Certain Economical Housekeeping
Adventures in England,
1897 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 34 | | | | Miscellaneous papers,
1911-1916 |
| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Folder 35 | | | | Papers regarding estate of Margaret B. Wright,
1912-1920 Included are Margaret B. Wright's will, burial records, and other
papers.
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| Carton 19 | SH 1869 Q | Vol. 95 | | B. Marian Lois Wright diary,
1870
This small volume contains brief entries written by Marian Lois Wright when
she was a girl living in Dixon, Ill. Subjects include school work, household
chores, visits with friends and family, and the weather.
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| | | VI. Woodman, Weston, and Cutler family papers,
1826-1956
This series contains papers of the Woodman family, related to the Wrights by
marriage, and the Weston and Cutler families, related to the Woodmans by
marriage. (For the Woodman family genealogy, see
Appendix 2.) The individuals most heavily
represented in this series include Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889), Charlotte Flint
Woodman, Mary Woodman, Frank Woodman, Walter Woodman, Mary Weston Woodman, Anna
Cutler Woodman, and Edward Woodman. The bulk of the papers consists of
correspondence between Woodman family members. The series also contains a
scrapbook of documents related to Horatio Woodman, including letters from
prominent Civil War figures; personal correspondence, diaries, and other papers
of Mary Woodman, Walter Woodman, and Anna Cutler Woodman; material related to
the estates of various family members; and engravings and paintings. |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Folder 1-50 | | A. Woodman family correspondence,
1843-1928
This subseries contains correspondence between Woodman and related family
members. Among the earliest correspondence are letters from Charlotte Flint
Woodman to her sister Hepzibah "Fanny" Flint and her brother John Flint, Jr.,
but the bulk of the early correspondence consists of letters between Charlotte
Flint Woodman, Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889), and Mary Woodman. The majority are
from Cyrus Woodman to Charlotte Flint Woodman about household matters, the
education of the children, his professional and social activities, and his
travels; and to Mary Woodman with advice about her health, education, and other
subjects. Other significant correspondents include Frank Woodman, Walter
Woodman, Edward Woodman, Mary Weston Woodman, Anna Cutler Woodman, Cyrus
Woodman (1883-1967), Mary Woodman Mattison, and Anna Woodman Webster. The
subseries also contains some letters of George Woodman, Nannie Cotton Woodman,
Eliza Woodman Weston, James P. Weston, Charlotte Flint Woodman's aunt Charlotte
F. Rice, and other members of the Flint family. Most of the letters concern
personal and family matters.
Beginning in 1894, the bulk of the correspondence consists of letters from
Edward Woodman, Frank Woodman, and Mary Woodman to Walter Woodman regarding
financial matters. Edward Woodman is the primary correspondent. This later
correspondence also contains personal letters of these and other family
members, including Charlotte Flint Woodman, Anna Cutler Woodman, Cyrus Woodman
(1883-1967), Mary Woodman Mattison, and Anna Woodman Webster; correspondence of
Walter Woodman and Anna Cutler Woodman about a Nov. 1901 railroad accident
involving the train on which Walter Woodman was riding; letters to members of
the Cutler family, including Christina Cutler, Warland G. Cutler, and Bernice
Cutler; and letters from sculptor Leila Usher to Walter Woodman about her bust
of Booker T. Washington, 1905.
For correspondence of Woodman family members with
Elizabeth Woodman Wright, see Series I.B. (Elizabeth Woodman Wright family
correspondence). For correspondence of Horatio Woodman, Mary Woodman, Walter
Woodman, and Anna Cutler Woodman with non-family members, see Series VI.B.
(Woodman family scrapbook), VI.C. (Mary Woodman papers), VI.D. (Walter Woodman
papers), and VI.E. (Anna Cutler Woodman papers).
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| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Folder 51-52 | | B. Woodman family scrapbook,
1857-1879
This scrapbook, compiled and annotated by Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889),
contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed matter primarily
related to Horatio Woodman. The majority of the papers date from the 1860s,
including letters to Horatio Woodman from Samuel Hooper, John S. Holmes,
Richard Henry Dana, Sr., Ebenezer R. Hoar, John Quincy Adams (1833-1894),
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Christopher P. Cranch, and Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
Other items of interest include a letter from George William Curtis to Horatio
Woodman discussing the U.S.S. Merrimack and
praising Abraham Lincoln; a confidential letter from Horatio Woodman
criticizing Gen. George B. McClellan; a note from Wendell Phillips about the
resignation of Lt. Thomas Earle because of the "waste & folly" of the
wartime government; Horatio Woodman's obituary in the Boston Advertiser; and printed matter related to the
anti-slavery and political activities of Horatio Woodman's brother William H.
Woodman.
For more information, see the Horatio Woodman papers
at the Massachusetts Historical Society (Ms. N-492).
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| | | | C. Mary Woodman papers,
1899-1921 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Folder 53 | | | Personal correspondence,
1899-1920
Included are letters from Priscilla Jonett about Mary Woodman's move to
Portland, Me., and the work of the Welfare Union, as well as other
correspondence.
For Mary Woodman family correspondence, see Series
VI.A. (Woodman family correspondence).
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| | | | | Diaries,
1902-1921
Mary Woodman's diaries, kept primarily in Cambridge, Mass., and Portland,
Me., contain brief daily entries about the weather, visits with friends,
errands, church activities, books she is reading, plays she has seen, and her
health.
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| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Vol. 96 | | | | Line-a-day diary,
1902-1905 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Folder 54 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 96 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Vol. 97 | | | | Line-a-day diary,
1907-1911 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Vol. 98 | | | | Line-a-day diary,
1912-1916 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Folder 55 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 98 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Vol. 99 | | | | Line-a-day diary,
1917-1921 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Folder 56 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 99 |
| | | | D. Walter Woodman papers,
1869-1928
For papers regarding Walter Woodman property, see
Series VI.G. (Estate and property papers).
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| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Folder 57-80 | | | Personal correspondence,
1894-1928
The bulk of Walter Woodman's personal correspondence relates to his land
deals and mining investments in Missouri, including letters from Burt W. Lyon,
George W. Layne, Charles Moore, John Durby, W. H. Whitlock, R. M. Bailey, R. H.
Love, H. G. Geyer, and others. Also included is financial correspondence with
J. S. Draper and Sanford & Kelley, as well as letters from A. Lawrence
Lowell about the range lights at Cotuit Harbor, the depth of the harbor
entrance, and other subjects. Among Woodman's other correspondents are Charles
Warren Stoddard, Henry Oscar Houghton, John S. Richardson, Curtis Guild, Jr.,
and Ben B. Lindsey.
For Walter Woodman family correspondence, including
correspondence with Mary Woodman, Frank Woodman, and Edward Woodman about
business and financial matters, see Series VI.A. (Woodman family
correspondence).
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| | | | | Diaries,
1869,
1899 |
| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Vol. 100 | | | | Diary,
1869 This diary, kept in Cambridge, Mass., contains entries describing Walter
Woodman's daily activities, visits with friends and family, school work,
weather, and gardening.
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| Carton 20 | SH 186A R | Vol. 101 | | | | Diary,
1899 This diary, kept in Cambridge, Mass., contains sporadic entries by Walter
Woodman about the weather, visits with friends and family, and his children's
illnesses and activities.
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| | | | | Writings,
1876-1920 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 1-3 | | | | "The Cruise of the Banshee,"
1876 [photocopy] |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 4-5 | | | | "Voyage to Buenos Ayres,"
1886 [photocopy] |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 6-12 | | | | "Log of the Dorothy Q,"
1889-1893 [photocopy] |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 13 | | | | Genealogical notes,
1914-1920 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 14 | | | | Poems, undated and
1915 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 15 | | | Printed matter,
1883-1885
Included are the marriage certificate of Walter Woodman and Mary Weston
Woodman and Walter Woodman's passport.
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| | | | E. Anna Cutler Woodman papers,
1882-1924
For papers regarding Anna Cutler Woodman property, see
Series VI.G. (Estate and property papers).
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 16 | | | Personal correspondence,
1892-1919
Anna Cutler Woodman's personal correspondence consists primarily of letters
from Mary Sanger about Mary Woodman Mattison, her death, and her husband and
children.
For Anna Cutler Woodman family correspondence, see
Series VI.A. (Woodman family correspondence).
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| | | | | Diaries,
1896-1924
These diaries, kept in Cambridge, Mass., contain daily entries by Anna
Cutler Woodman describing visits with friends and family, weather, the
activities of her children, births, weddings, illnesses, deaths, and other
subjects.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 102 | | | | Diary,
1896 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 103 | | | | Diary,
1897 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 104 | | | | Diary,
1898 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 17 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 104 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 105 | | | | Diary,
1899 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 18 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 105 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 106 | | | | Diary,
1900 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 19 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 106 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 107 | | | | Diary,
1901 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 108 | | | | Diary,
1902 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 20 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 108 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 109 | | | | Diary,
1903 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 21 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 109 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 110 | | | | Diary,
1904 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 22 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 110 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 111 | | | | Diary,
1905 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 23 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 111 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 112 | | | | Diary,
1906 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 113 | | | | Diary,
1907 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 24 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 113 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 114 | | | | Diary,
1908 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 25 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 114 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 115 | | | | Diary,
1909 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 26 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 115 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 116 | | | | Diary,
1910 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 27 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 116 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 117 | | | | Diary,
1911 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 28 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 117 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 118 | | | | Diary,
1912 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 29 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 118 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 119 | | | | Diary,
1913 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 30 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 119 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 120 | | | | Diary,
1914 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 31 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 120 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 121 | | | | Diary,
1915 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 32 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 121 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 122 | | | | Diary,
1916 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 33 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 122 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 123 | | | | Diary,
1917 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 34 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 123 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 124 | | | | Diary,
1918 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 35 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 124 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 125 | | | | Diary,
1919 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 126 | | | | Diary,
1920 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 36 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 126 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 127 | | | | Diary,
1921 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 128 | | | | Diary,
1922 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 37 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 128 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 129 | | | | Diary,
1923 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 130 | | | | Diary,
1924 |
| | | | | Miscellaneous papers,
1882-1899 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 38 | | | | Drawings, poems, and other papers, undated and
1882
This folder has been removed from the collection and
is stored onsite. See the Curator of Art for more information.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 38A | | | | "Children's Sayings,"
1890-1894 This small notebook contains memoranda by Anna Cutler Woodman about the
activities and sayings of her children.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 131 | | | | "The Mother's Record,"
1892-1899 This volume describes the various illnesses and activities of Anna Cutler
Woodman's children.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 39 | | | | Items removed from Vol. 131 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 40 | | | | Accounts of the birthdays of Elizabeth Woodman Wright and Mary
Woodman Mattison,
1894-1898 |
| | | | F. Miscellaneous family papers,
1826-1956 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 41 | | | Miscellaneous empty envelopes,
1826-1855 Most of these envelopes are addressed to Horatio Woodman and were sent by
Edward Everett, Rufus Choate, Joseph Story, and others.
For correspondence of Horatio Woodman, see Series
VI.B. (Woodman family scrapbook).
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Vol. 132 | | | James P. Weston diary,
1840-1860 James P. Weston was the father of Mary Weston Woodman, Walter Woodman's
first wife. Weston's diary, kept primarily in Maine and Illinois, describes his
daily activities, visits with friends, letters received and sent, his education
at Bowdoin College, his courtship of and marriage to Eliza Woodman Weston, his
career as a pastor and educator, and other subjects.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 42 | | | Charlotte Flint Woodman personal correspondence,
1846-1885 Included are two letters from suffragette Lucy Stone, 1884-1885, regarding
Charlotte Flint Woodman's support of women's rights.
For Charlotte Flint Woodman family correspondence, see
Series VI.A. (Woodman family correspondence).
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 43 | | | Mary Weston Woodman papers,
1860-1885 Included are a "book of thanks," a poem entitled "One of Many," and a letter
from Mary Weston Woodman to a classmate.
For Mary Weston Woodman family correspondence, see
Series VI.A. (Woodman family correspondence).
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 44 | | | Papers regarding ordination and death of Rev. Walter Woodman
(1916-1955),
1954-1956 |
| | | | G. Estate and property papers,
1872-1947
This subseries contains papers related to the property of various Woodman,
Weston, and Cutler family members and the disposition of that property to
heirs. Included are inventories, deeds, receipts, trust agreements, statements,
correspondence, wills, bank notes, powers of attorney, appraisals, accounts,
and other papers.
For papers regarding the estate of Elizabeth Woodman
Wright, see Series III.E. (Elizabeth Woodman Wright financial
papers).
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 45 | | | Inventories of Woodman family personal property, undated |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 46 | | | Papers regarding James P. Weston property,
1872-1894 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 47-49 | | | Papers regarding Cyrus Woodman property,
1880-1918 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 50-56 | | | Papers regarding Walter Woodman property,
1883-1942 The bulk of Walter Woodman's property papers relate to his real estate
holdings in Cambridge, Mass., and Neosho, Mo.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 57 | | | Papers regarding Eliza Woodman Weston property,
1892 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 58 | | | Papers regarding Charlotte Flint Woodman property,
1896-1903 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 59-60 | | | Papers regarding Anna Cutler Woodman property,
1907-1925 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 61-68 | | | Papers regarding estate of Sarah B. Cutler,
1925-1929 |
| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 69-71 | | | Papers regarding estate of Nora Durand Woodman,
1931-1947 |
| | | | H. Graphic material,
1828-1867
The material in this subseries has been removed from
the collection and is stored onsite. See the Curator of Art for more
information.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 72 | | | Asher B. Durand engravings,
1828-1867 Asher B. Durand was an American engraver and painter of the Hudson River
School. His daughter Lucy Durand married George Woodman, the brother of Cyrus
Woodman (1814-1889). These examples of Asher B. Durand's early engravings
include his designs for bank notes.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 73 | | | Nora Durand Woodman paintings, undated Nora Durand Woodman was the daughter of George Woodman and Lucy Durand
Woodman and the niece of Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889). She painted miniature
seascapes, sunsets, and other natural scenes.
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| Carton 21 | SH 186B S | Folder 74 | | | Painting by Mary Weston Woodman of Deering Universalist Church,
Deering, Me., undated |
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| Box | Contents |
| Box OS | VII. Oversize material,
1858-1975
This series consists of miscellaneous plans, contracts, financial records,
printed matter, deeds, and other oversize papers that have been removed from
Series I-VI. A note has been inserted at the original location of each item
indicating its removal to oversize. Papers in this series are arranged in the
order in which they appear in the collection.
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This genealogy includes only the names of Wright family members represented
in this collection.
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| Margaret Barker "Bertha" Upham (1839-1919)
m. first Dr. Zalmon James McMaster
m. second in
1868 Charles Henry Wright (1838-1869), son of Conrad Edick Wright (1814-1889)
and Martha "Patty" Wright (1815-1890)
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| 1. Marian Lois McMaster (later Wright) (1861-1888)
m. in 1887 Adolphe Cohn (1851-1930)
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| | Albert Cohn (b. 1888) (later Albert Marian McMaster) |
| 2. Charles Henry Conrad Wright (1869-1957)
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| | 1. Walter Woodman Wright (1915-1995)
m. in 1941 Aagot Caroline Horn (b. 1915)
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| | | 1. Caroline Aagot Wright (b. 1945)
m. in 1966 Andrew D. Kuhl (b. 1943)
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| | | 2. Eric E. Wright (b. 1948) |
| | 2. Charles Conrad Wright (b. 1917)
m. in 1948 Elizabeth Jane Hilgendorff (b.
1925)
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| | | 1. Conrad Edick Wright (b. 1950) |
| | | 2. Nielson Wright (b. 1953) |
| | | 3. Elizabeth Longfellow Wright (b. 1957) |
| | 3. Brooks Wright (b. 1922)
m. in 1955 Elizabeth "Betty" Rankin (b.
1927)
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| | | 1. Aldrich Wright (b. 1957) |
| | | 2. Anne Elizabeth Wright (b. 1959) (adopted) |
| | | 3. Martha Grace Wright (b. 1964) (adopted) |
This genealogy includes only the names of Woodman family members represented
in this collection.
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| Cyrus Woodman (1814-1889)
m. in 1842 Charlotte Flint (1814-1907)
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| 1. Mary Woodman (1842-1928) |
| 2. Frank Woodman (1844-1845) |
| 3. Frank Woodman (1846-1918)
m. in 1884 Nannie Maria Cotton (1856-1948)
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| | 1. Ashton Fitzhugh Woodman (1886-1966)
m. in 1924 Perceval Reniers (b. 1893)
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| | 2. Charlotte Woodman (b. 1888)
m. in 1911 Herrold Sterrett (b. 1886)
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| | 3. Unnamed daughter (1891-1891) |
| | 4. Mary Woodman (1894-1895) |
| | 5. Frances Cotton Woodman (1896-1897) |
| 4. Walter Woodman (1849-1850) |
| 5. Walter Woodman (1852-1928)
m. first in 1883 Mary Emeline Weston (1849-1888),
daughter of Rev. James Partelow Weston and Eliza Elden Woodman Weston
m.
second in 1890 Anna Cora Cutler (1854-1925)
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| | 1. Cyrus Woodman (1883-1967)
m. in 1913 Frances Billings (b. 1891)
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| | | 1. Alice Billings Woodman (b. 1915)
m. Peter Rossiter
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| | | 2. Rev. Walter Woodman (1916-1955) |
| | | 3. Charles Billings Woodman (b. 1919) |
| | | 4. Elizabeth Weston Woodman (1925-1925) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Longfellow Woodman (1885-1961)
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| | 3. Mary Weston Woodman (1887-1919)
m. in 1910 Joseph Mattison (1884-1963)
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| | | 1. Anna Cutler Mattison (b. 1911) |
| | | 2. Mary Woodman Mattison (1912-1919) |
| | | 3. Ruth Mattison (b. 1914) |
| | | 4. Joseph Mattison, Jr. (b. 1917) |
| | 4. Anna Cutler Woodman (b. 1888)
m. in 1912 David Locke Webster (b. 1888)
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| | | 1. Nancy Webster (1913-1969) |
| | | 2. Helen Webster (b. 1915) |
| | | 3. David Locke Webster III (b. 1917) |
| | | 4. Cutler Webster (b. 1920) |
| 6. Edward Woodman (1855-1939)
m. in 1883 Caroline Bowers (1856-1929)
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| | 1. Hannah Woodman (b. 1884) |
| | 2. Paul Woodman (1885-1930) |
| | 3. Edward Woodman (1888-1913) |
Wright family papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
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.
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| Persons: |
| | Cutler family. |
| | Woodman family. |
| | Wright, Aagot Horn. |
| | Wright, Brooks, 1922- . |
| | Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad),
1869-1957. |
| | Wright, Elizabeth Longfellow Woodman. |
| | Wright, Margaret B., 1839-1919. |
| | Wright, Marian Lois, 1861-1888. |
| | Wright, Walter Woodman, 1915-1995. |
| | Wright family--Genealogy. |
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| Organizations: |
| | Harvard University--Faculty. |
| | |
| Subjects: |
| | Autobiography. |
| | Children--Societies and clubs. |
| | Family history--1850-1999. |
| | Women's diaries. |
Photographs
Photographs from this collection have been removed to the MHS Photo
Archives. Two oversize photograph albums have also been removed to the Wright
family photographs (Photo. Coll. 48).
Printed Items
The following printed item has been removed from this collection and
cataloged separately:
The Descendants of Joseph Woodman (1783-1857) and
Susanna (Coffin) Woodman (1783-1833) of Buxton, Maine, compiled by
Elizabeth Woodman Wright, edited and revised by Conrad Wright, 1970.
Artifacts
The following artifacts have been removed to the MHS Artifacts
Collection:
One piece of 19th-century paper currency (removed from Carton 15)
Locks
of hair of Woodman children, undated
Wildflower from Saint-Castin,
1927
Rubber and incense from India and/or Ceylon, 1944
Bermudan leaf,
1950
Artwork
The following artwork has been removed from this collection (see the Curator
of Art for more information):
Anna Cutler Woodman drawings, poems, and other papers, undated and 1882
(Carton 21, Folder 38)
Asher B. Durand engravings, 1828-1867 (Carton 21,
Folder 72)
Nora Durand Woodman paintings, undated (Carton 21, Folder
73)
Painting by Mary Weston Woodman of Deering Universalist Church,
Deering, Me., undated (Carton 21, Folder 74)
Special Collections
The original manuscript poem "The Bandbox," by Robert Louis Stevenson, has
been removed from the collection and cataloged separately.
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