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Smith, H.W. mss

 
Series: General correspondence  

 
Scope Note: Letters from friends and colleagues. Arranged chronologically.
Box 1-2  
1710-1987   (674 letters)
 
Series: Correspondence from family members  

 
Scope Note: Arranged chronologically under each name.
 
Subseries: Berenson, Mary (Smith)  

Box 2-5  
1872-1944   (7,045 letters)
 
Subseries: Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)  

Box 5-8  
1868-1950   (5,358 letters)
 
Subseries: Smith, Hannah (Whitall)  

Box 8-11  
1836-1911   (7,113 letters)
 
Subseries: Stephen, Karin (Costelloe)  

Box 11-13  
1892-1945   (2,884 letters)
 
Subseries: Strachey, Ray (Costelloe)  

Box 13-15  
1890-1940   (4,535 letters)
 
Series: Miscellaneous  

 
Scope Note: Includes juvenalia, clippings, writings, printed materials, etc.
 
Subseries: Berenson, Bernard  

Box 15 Folder 19
Cipher (for bookplate?)
Box 15 Folder 20
Printed material about Berenson
Box 15 Folder 21-22
Clippings, 1951-1984 
Box 15 Folder 23
Clippings - obituaries
 
Subseries: Berenson, Mary (Smith)  

Box 15 Folder 24-25
Juvenalia
Box 15 Folder 26
Confessions of M.W.C., 1890 
Box 15 Folder 27-28
Life of B.B., chap. I-IX
Box 15 Folder 29
Reminiscences of Walt Whitman
Box 15 Folder 30
Misc. poetry
Box 15 Folder 31
Misc. prose
Box 15 Folder 32
Lecture invitations and handbills
Box 15 Folder 33
Lock of hair
Box 16 Folder 1-3
Miscellaneous
Box 16 Folder 4
Clippings, 1885-1950 
 
Subseries: Costelloe, Frank  

Box 16 Folder 5
Election posters; "A wife shd"; photocopy of will
Box 16 Folder 6
Clippings, 1885-1886 
 
Subseries: Halpern, Barbara (Strachey)  

 
Scope Note: Contains research materials on:
Box 16 Folder 7
Bernard Berenson
Box 16 Folder 8-21
Mary (Smith) Berenson
Box 16 Folder 22
Frank Costelloe
Box 16 Folder 23
Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith) Russell
Box 16 Folder 24-28
Hannah (Whitall) Smith
Box 17 Folder 1-2
Logan Pearsall Smith
Box 17 Folder 3
Robert Pearsall Smith
Box 17 Folder 4
Karin (Costelloe) Stephen
Box 17 Folder 5
M. Carey Thomas
Box 17 Folder 6
Horace Traubel and Walt Whitman
 
Subseries: Heithersay, Margaret L.  

Box 17 Folder 7
Memoirs
 
Subseries: Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)  

Box 17 Folder 8
Broadcast scripts
  1. In my experiences... Sunday, Nov. 7, 1948
  2. A visit to Tennyson... Thursday, Nov. 3, 1949>
Box 17 Folder 9
Loose material from scrapbook, 1892-1896 
Box 17 Folder 10
Loose material from scrapbook, 1898-1900 
Box 17 Folder 11
Reminiscences about Bertrand Russell, notebook (Alys' hand?)
Box 17 Folder 12
Miscellaneous
Box 17 Folder 13
Printed: clippings, handbills
 
Subseries: Smith, Hannah (Whitall)  

Box 17 Folder 14
Contracts and copyright agreements
Box 17 Folder 15
Oxford meetings, 1874 
Box 17 Folder 16
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Writings
Box 17 Folder 17
Autobiography
Box 17 Folder 18
Memoirs
Box 17 Folder 19
On authority of a husband
Box 17 Folder 20
Misc. writings
Box 17 Folder 21
Printed: Yellowstone Park articles
Box 17 Folder 22
Printed: Misc.
Box 17 Folder 23
Writings by others on the Holiness Movement
Box 17 Folder 24-25
Miscellaneous
Box 17 Folder 26
Scrapbook, clippings and printed material, 1873-1884 
Box 17 Folder 27-29
Clippings, 1876-1951 
 
Subseries: Smith, Logan Pearsall  

Box 17 Folder 30
Miscellaneous writings and photocopy of will
 
Subseries: Smith, Robert Pearsall  

Box 17 Folder 31
Handbill, biographical information
 
Subseries: Stephen, Adrian  

Box 17 Folder 32
Printed writings, photocopy of portion of diary
 
Subseries: Stephen, Karin(Costelloe)  

Box 17 Folder 33
Juvenalia
Box 17 Folder 34
Human misery, 1952   Typescript [237]p.
Box 17 Folder 35
Lecture
Box 17 Folder 36
Speeches
Box 17 Folder 37
Miscellaneous
Box 17 Folder 38
Printed articles by Stephen
Box 17 Folder 39
Clippings, 1907-1976 
 
Subseries: Strachey, Oliver  

Box 17 Folder 40
Misc. writings
 
Subseries: Strackey, Ray (Costelloe)  

Box 17 Folder 41
Juvenalia
Box 17 Folder 42
Transcript of letters, July 2-Nov. 24, 1908 
Box 18 Folder 1
"Ray's journal," 1905 
Box 18 Folder 2
1918  election: handbills, clippings
Box 18 Folder 3
Women's suffrage, 1909 
Box 18 Folder 4
Miscellaneous
 
Subseries: Strachey family  

Box 18 Folder 5
Miscellaneous clippings, handbills, school reports: James, Alix, Julia, Philippa Strachey
 
Subseries: Thomas, M. Carey  

Box 18 Folder 6
Miscellaneous
Box 18 Folder 7
Printed by Thomas
Box 18 Folder 8
Clippings, 1885-1904 
 
Subseries: Whitall, John and Mary  

Box 18 Folder 9
Misc. writings, printed material
 
Subseries: Miscellaneous  

Box 18 Folder 10
Printed material relating to Smith family and unidentified items
 
Series: Photographs
  • ("Circ." refers to Circular letters written by Hannah (Whitall) Smith. See: Appendix for the location of the Circular letters. For photographs in "Bound" volumes refer to the BOUND VOLUMES series which follows PHOTOGRAPHS)
Box 18 Folder 11
Berenson, Bernard

(see also: Box 18, folder 14, 15, 25; Circ. 125)

Box 18 Folder 12
Berenson, Mary Smith

(see also: Box 18, folder 12, 18, 22, 22a, 25, 28, 34, 35; Circ. 6, 87, 100, 102, 115, 125; Volumes 24, 35, 36, 41, 44)

Box 18 Folder 13
Costelloe, Frank

(see also: Box 18, folder 12, 18; Circ. 29)

Box 18 Folder 14
Halpern, Barbara (Strachey)

(see also: Box 18, folder 11)

Box 18 Folder 15
Hultin, Roger

(see also: Box 18, folder 11, 12, 25, 26)

Box 18 Folder 16
Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)

(see also: Box 18, folder 18, 22, 22a, 28, 35; Circ. 6, 14, 65, 67, 83, 87, 92, 108, 115, 123; Volumes 24, 41, 44)

Box 18 Folder 17
Smith, Hannah (Whitall)

(see also: Box 18, folder 12, 16, 18, 22, 22a, 27, 35; Circ. 6, 14, 87, 115, 127; Volumes 24, 27, 35, 36, 41, 44)

Box 18 Folder 18
Smith, Logan Pearsall

(see also: Box 18, folder 16, 22, 22a, 28, 35; Circ. 6, 87; Volume 24)

Box 18 Folder 19
Smith, Rachel Pearsall

(see also: Box 18, folder 22, 28)

Box 18 Folder 19
Smith, Robert Pearsall

(see: Box 18, folder 16, 17, 22, 22a; Circ. 6, 14, 87; Volume 24)

Box 18 Folder 20-22
Smith family
Box 18 Folder 22a
Smith family (folio - filed separately)
Box 18 Folder 23
Stephen, Karin (Costelloe)

(see also: Box 18, folder 11, 12, 13, 22, 22a, 25, 34; Circ, 87, 102, 125; Volumes 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 41, 44, 45)

Box 18 Folder 24
Strachey, Christopher

(see also: Box 18, folder 26)

Box 18 Folder 25
Strachey, Ray

(see also: Box 18, folder 11, 12, 13, 16, 22, 22a; Circ. 6, 29, 59, 63, 87, 102, 125, 129; Volumes 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 41, 45)

Box 18 Folder 26
Strachey family
Box 18 Folder 27
Whitall family
Box 18 Folder 28
Family and friends

(from disbound scrapbook)

Box 18 Folder 29-33
Family and friends A - Z
Box 18 Folder 34
Residences
Box 18 Folder 35
Travel photos

(from disbound scrapbook)

Box 18 Folder 36
Copies
 
Series: Bound Volumes  

 
Scope Note: Includes diaries, scrapbooks, and address books
Volume 1  
An account of the illness and death of Elizabeth and Rebecca Reeves, 1832 
 
Subseries: Berenson, Mary (Smith)  

Volume 2  
Diary, Oct. 16, 1876-May 14, 1877 
 
Subseries: Russell, Alys Whitall Pearsall (Smith)  

Volume 3  
Address book
Volume 4  
Diary, Jan. 1, 1877-July 3, 1878 
Volume 5  
Diary, Nov. 5, 1883-Feb. 1894 
Volume 6  
Scrapbook, 1892-1896 

( see also: Box 17, folder 9)

Volume 7  
Scrapbook, 1898-1900 

( see also: Box 17, folder 10)

 
Subseries: Smith, Hannah (Whitall)  

Volume 8  
Address book
Volume 9  
Commonplace book, 1879 
Volume 10  
Diary, vol. 2, Feb. 15-Oct. 6, 1849 
Volume 11  
Diary, vol. 3, Oct. 7, 1849-Feb. 11, 1850 
Volume 12  
Diary, vol. 4, 1850 
Volume 13  
Diary, vol. 5, Mar. 7-Oct. 26, 1851 
Volume 14  
Diary, vol. 6, Nov. 12, 1851-Jan. 2, 1856 
Volume 15  
Diary, vol. 7, Jan. 3, 1856-Dec. 28, 1857 
Volume 16  
Diary, vol. 8, Jan. 2, 1858-Sept. 9, 1867 
Volume 17  
Diary, vol. 9, Dec. 25, 1867-Sept. 25, 1868 
Volume 18  
Diary, vol. 10, Sept. 25, 1868-Dec. 30, 1880 
Volume 19  
Heavenly Bridegroom, extracts, May 1873-Nov. 1874 
Volume 20  
Letters, Jan. 13-May 19, 1874 
Volume 21  
Letters from England, copies, vol. 1, Jan.-Mar. 1874 
Volume 22  
Letters from England, copies, vol. 2, Mar.-July 11, 1874 
Volume 23  
Letters from England, copies, vol. 3, July 17-Sept. 12, 1874 
Volume 24  
Letters from England, May 25-June 27, 1875 
Volume 25  
Nelly, 1852-1858 
 
Subseries: Stephen, Karin (Costelloe)  

Volume 26  
"The Blue Book," Apr. 10, 1905-Sept. 13, 1906 
Volume 27  
Diary, Aug. 2, 1904-Dec. 13, 1905 
Volume 28  
Diary, July 4, 1906-Aug. 11, 1908 
Volume 29  
Diary, Feb. 5, 1913-Mar. 15, 1915 
 
Subseries: Strachey, Ray (Costelloe)  

Volume 30  
Address book
Volume 31  
Aesthetic Criticisms
Volume 32  
Conversations, 1906-1909 
Volume 33  
Diary, May 9-Aug. 31, 1900 
Volume 34  
Diary, Apr. 1, 1902-Sept. 15, 1903 
Volume 35  
Diary, Oct. 13, 1903-Sept. 12, 1904 
Volume 36  
Diary, Oct. 3, 1904-Sept. 8, 1908 
Volume 37  
Diary, Sept. 24, 1909-Nov. 23, 1914 
Volume 38  
Diary, Nov. 11, 1911-Mar. 26, 1916 
Volume 39  
Diary, Mar. 1924-Dec. 8, 1935 
Volume 40  
Diary (re: Barbara S. Halpern), Sept. 23, 1915-Apr. 29, 1916 
 
Subseries: Children's scrapbooks  

 
Scope Note: Contain letters and drawings by Ray and Karin to Hannah and Mary, letters from Hannah to Mary, and photographs
Volume 41  
Jan. 1896-Mar. 1897 
Volume 42  
Mar.-Nov. 1897 
Volume 43  
1897-1898 
Volume 44  
Apr.-Dec. 1898 
Volume 45  
Dec. 1898-Feb. 1899 
 
Subseries: Family scrapbooks  

 
Scope Note: Contain mostly newspaper clippings
Volume 46  
1870-1899 
Volume 47  
1880-1902 
 
Circular Letters
  • The circular letters were written by Hannah (Whitall) Smith and sent to family and friends back in the United States after the family's move to England. The letters are numbered and interfiled into Hannah's correspondence chronologically.
  • 1. May 22, 1888
  • 2. June 10-18, 1888
  • 3. (missing)
  • 4. July 27, 1888
  • 5. Aug. 16, 1888
  • 6. Sept. 12, 1888
  • no # Sept. 15, 1888
  • 7. Oct. 8, 1888
  • 8. Oct. 16, 1888
  • 9. Nov. 1, 1888
  • 10. Nov. 11, 1888
  • 11. Dec. 1, 1888
  • 12. Dec. 22, 1888
  • 13. Jan. 9, 1889
  • 14. Jan. 26, 1889
  • 15. Feb. 4, 1889
  • 16. Feb. 7, 1889
  • 17. Feb. 19, 1889
  • 18. Mar. 1, 1889
  • 19. Mar. 22, 1889
  • 20. Apr. 13, 1889
  • 21. May 6, 1889
  • 22. June 9, 1889
  • 23. June 20, 1889
  • 24. July 14, 1889
  • 25. Aug. 1, 1889
  • 26. Aug. 17, 1889
  • 27. Sept. 6, 1889
  • 28. Sept. 23, 1889
  • 29. Oct. 16, 1889
  • 30. (missing)
  • 31. Nov. 19, 1889
  • 32. Dec. 15, 1889
  • 33. Jan. 10, 1890
  • 34. Feb. 14, 1890
  • 35. Mar. 10, 1890
  • 36. Apr. 5, 1890
  • 37. (missing)
  • 38. May 30, 1890
  • 39. July l7, 1890
  • 40. Aug. 4, 1890
  • 41. (missing)
  • 42. Sept. 12, 1890
  • 43-44. Oct. 1-9, 1890
  • 45-46. (missing)
  • 47. Dec. 1, 1890
  • 48. Jan. 20, 1891
  • 49. Feb. 11, 1891
  • 50. Feb. 16, 1891
  • 51. Mar. 16, 1891
  • 52. May 4, 1891
  • 53. June 9, 1891
  • 54. July 11, 1891
  • 55. Aug. 7, 1891
  • 56. Sept. 7, 1891
  • 57. Oct. 5, 1891
  • 58. Jan. 16, 1892
  • 59. Feb. 16, 1892
  • 60. Mar. 26, 1892
  • 61. Apr. 26, 1892
  • 62. May 26, 1892
  • 63. July 10, 1892
  • 64. Aug. 3, 1892
  • 65. Sept. 6, 1892
  • 66. Oct. 10, 1892
  • 67. Nov. 15, 1892
  • 68. Dec. 16, 1892
  • 69. Jan. 17, 1893
  • 70. Feb. 21, 1893
  • 71. Mar. 25, 1893
  • 72. Apr. 10, 1893
  • 73. May 22, 1893
  • 74. July 10, 1893
  • 75. Aug. 9, 1893
  • 76. Sept. 4, 1893
  • 77. Oct. 17, 1893
  • 78. Nov. 19, 1893
  • 79. Dec. 26, 1893
  • 80. Jan. 20, 1894
  • 81. Mar. 10, 1894
  • 82. May 16, 1894
  • 83. July 9, 1894
  • 84. Aug. 13, 1894
  • 85. Sept. 12, 1894
  • 86. Oct. 16, 1894
  • 87. Nov. 26, 1894
  • 88. Dec. 26, 1894
  • 89. Feb. 6, 1895
  • 90. Mar. 12, 1895
  • 91. Apr. 15, 1895
  • 92. June 3, 1895
  • 93.(missing)
  • 94. Aug. 19, 1895
  • 95. Oct. 7, 1895
  • 96. Nov. 26, 1895
  • 97. Jan.5, 1896
  • 98. Feb. 17, 1896
  • 99. Apr. 7, 1896
  • 100. July 4, 1896
  • 101. Aug. 30, 1896
  • 102. Oct. 26, 1896
  • 103 Dec. 15, 1896
  • 104-105. (missing)
  • 106. June, 1897
  • 107. Aug. 4, 1897
  • 108. Sept. 17, 1897
  • 109. Oct. 28, 1897
  • 110. Jan. 7, 1898
  • 111. Apr. 16, 1898
  • 112-114. (missing)
  • 115. Dec. 12, 1898
  • 116. Feb. 27, 1899
  • 117. May 30, 1899
  • 118. July 31, 1899
  • 119. Aug. 28, 1899
  • 120. Dec. 20, 1900
  • 121. Feb. 18, 1901
  • 122. Apr. 9, 1901
  • 123. June 10, 1901
  • 124. July 25, 1901
  • 125. Sept. 6, 1901
  • 126. Nov. 18, 1901
  • 127. Jan. 28, 1902
  • 128. Apr. 7, 1902
  • 129. Aug. 6, 1902
  • 130. Nov. 13, 1902
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