Noyes Family Papers II 1789-1957 Offsite Storage Inventory The Noyes family papers II are stored offsite and must be requested at least one business day in advance. Contact the Library at library@masshist.org or (617) 536-1608 to request materials. Please discuss your request with the reading room staff before requesting cartons by barcode. Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

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Collection Summary

Collection Description

The Noyes family papers consist primarily of correspondence of Daniel Parker Noyes, Presbyterian clergyman, his wife, Helen McGregor (Means) Noyes, and their family. Included are descriptions of undergraduate life at Yale College by Daniel P. Noyes (1840), Edward P. Noyes (1880), and Atherton Noyes (1885). Letters between Daniel P. Noyes and his parents, Daniel and Mary (Parish) Noyes, contain references to his work as a tutor at Yale, pastor of the Jay Street Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, N.Y., Secretary of the American Home Missionary Society and the Home Evangelization for Massachusetts, and as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Mass. Correspondence of Marion McGregor Noyes, her parents, and brothers, Edward P. Noyes and Atherton Noyes, pertains to family matters--births, deaths, marriages, education, travel, and other information on social and domestic life during the second half of the 19th century. Included are letters concerning Marion M. Noyes' interest in the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, the Massachusetts Child Labor Committee, and Simmons College. In addition there are letters of Richard Atherton Noyes detailing his active service in France with the American Expeditionary Force in 1917-1918; a Jan. 1840 description of the trial in the Amistad (Schooner) case; a long account of the illness and death of Eliza J. Bigelow; and a series of letters of Henry M. Dexter, classmate of Daniel P. Noyes. Other families represented are the Means and Parish families.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by purchase, May 1978.

Restrictions on Access

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

Note: This collection is PARTIALLY PROCESSED.

Summary Description of the Collection

Preferred Citation

Noyes family papers II, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Access Terms

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