Ward - Perkins Family Papers N. of California, Santa farbers The Ward-Perkins Papers Donald Fitch It is indeed remarkable that a collection of 19th century American literary letters and manuscript material that is as important as this one, should be still intact and available as a unit for scholarly study. The great interest in American history and letters of the 18th and 19th centuries, on the part of educational institutions, literary and social historians and collectors, has guaranteed that few large archives such as this have remained unrecorded. The deposit of the Ward- Perkins Papers at this particular time enhances considerably the possibilities for archival research at Santa Barbara, where the univer- sity library has, for some years, focused its collection efforts on such topics as Thoreau, Emerson and American transcendentalism. The opportunities for research into the social and literary circles of cultured families on the East Coast in the second half of the 19th century are very substantial: besides the impressive archives of let- ters from George Bancroft and James Russell Lowell, and the presence here of several rare and important Emerson letters, there is more than an abundance of primary material relating to the activities of the Ward family, primarily, as well as the Perkins family. Several studies of this important family, the Wards, and their position as representative examples of the cultured and intellectually progressive families that seemed to dominate American social history in the last century, could well be written using the material in this archive. The activities of each individual in the Ward family may be ob- served in detail: of Samuel Gray, intellectually precocious Transcen- dentalist, friend of most of the important eastern minds of his day and a businessman of intelligence, achievement and international reputation; of his wife, Anna, friend of the noted women thinkers within the progressive movements around her, partner with her hus- band in an ambitious back to the land' experiment, something that was a bold move indeed for such an educated, affluent person of high social standing, and a woman at that (keeping the time, 1850, in mind); of their children, who, as their parents had, took the 'grand tour' of education through all of the European capitals, attending school abroad, learning French and German, preparing themselves for 18 their roles in the culture of their birth where their adult lives were lived, in New York, Boston, Washington and, in the case of two of the children, Europe itself: absorbing the lessons of their parents, who were constantly admonishing them, in their loving, frequent letters from the U.S. to study, learn and prepare themselves. More impor- tant, though, the long correspondences, between mother and daughter, father and son, sister and brother, offer important and fascinating insights into the family and class structure that these peo- ple embodied, regarding their values, ethics, ambitions and opinions of themselves and others. Ultimately, what is revealed is a remarkable combination of con- cern for the 'self and the integrity of one's position (that is, the assumption that upbringing, education, high-mindedness and, of course, wealth are to be fostered), with a concern for proper thought, appropriate action, tact, restraint, concern for the world at large. Thus, we see in the Wards, of all three generations embraced by this archive, and particularly in the life of Charles Callahan Perkins (who may be assumed to be of a background broadly similar to that of the Wards), a desire to involve one's self, culturally, politically, literarily and philanthropically, for the benefit of all. The basis of this humaneness resides, as this archive demonstrates so well, in family intimacy, har- mony and love. The archive consists of approximately 2,000 items (1,500 letters) relating to the Ward and Perkins families of Boston, New York and elsewhere. The principal members of these families under considera- tion here include Samuel Gray Ward (1817-1907), his wife Anna Hazard Barker Ward (1813-1902), their children (born in the 1840s): Thomas Wren Ward, Lydia Gray Ward Hoffman, Elizabeth Barker Ward Schonberg and Anna Barker Ward Thoron, George Cabot Ward (S.G. Ward's brother), Elizabeth Howard Ward Perkins (S.G.Ward's granddaughter), Charles Callahan Perkins (1823-1886), and his wife Frances D. Perkins. Other families who figure prominently in the archive are the Barkers, the Howards, and the Bruens. The archive is impressive for the number of letters addressed to members of these families by noteworthy individuals outside the family circles. To the names of Bancroft, Lowell and Emerson just mentioned might be added those of Henry and William James, Amy Lowell, George San- tayana, Theodore Roosevelt and many others of lesser note but almost equally important to the social and cultural history of this country. 19 SAMUEL GRAY WARD (1817-1907), oldest son of Thomas Wren Ward and Lydia Gray Ward, born in Boston, educated there in early youth, his family of a Unitarian background (indeed, William H. Channing was Thomas Wren Ward's family's pastor and a good friend of Thomas'). Samuel was raised in an educated, free-thinking household, summers spent in a farmhouse on the seashore, with much time spend with relatives in Medford, five miles from Boston. Thomas Wren Ward was treasurer of the Boston Athenaeum, at that time in possession of one of the nation's great libraries, and Samuel had free access to it, steeping himself in the Latin classics and English literature. He attended Harvard University and graduated with his class in 1836, with something other than a remarkable record, as he put it, due to his varied interests outside of school, primarily an in- terest in art, both the viewing of it and the creating of it. Following his graduation, he spent 18 months in Europe with Elizabeth and John Farrar (a Harvard mathematician and astronomer), in England, France Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where he met his future wife, Anna Hazard Barker, who traveled with the Farrar party. After working at various jobs for several years, including his father's firm (Baring Brothers of London, for whom Thomas Wren Ward was American agent-Baring Brothers functioned as a credit corporation for owners of merchant ships), he took up residence in Lenox, MA. as a farmer (1845-1850), having-married Anna Barker in 1840. The beginning of Ward's passionate interest in the life of the spirit and the intellect dates from his meeting Margaret Fuller, an impor- tant figure in American Transcendentalism. As he recounted it, "At first I was so far deterred by her formidable reputation both for scholarship and sarcasm that I did not venture to attempt any in- timacy. But in my second summer at Cambridge we were both in- vited by my kind hosts to make part of a summer vacation party to Trenton Falls in New York. In our first walks together the barrier of reserve on both sides vanished. I found the defensive outside, which had been unconsciously assumed as a protection by a proud and sen- sitive nature, placed by circumstances at great disadvantage, melted away, revealing a personality of rare gifts and solid acquirements, a noble character and unfailing intellectual sympathy Being a reformer, and almost the first audible advocate of woman's rights, she found Boston, both social and literary, intensely conservative. Having few relations there, she was only taken on hear- say Another point against her was that she produced no marked impression as a writer. Her gift was speech, which in her was full of inspiration. I soon found that whatever I knew of Latin or Greek or 20 French or Italian or German literature, she knew thoroughly, and all from the most modern standpoint. There is a time in every one's development who has any intellectual learnings, when all our acquisi- tions seem to crystallize and take a permanent direction. I was most fortunate that that moment arrived with me under such an influence Several years later, in 1838, Ward met Ralph Waldo Emerson: "I had been so fascinated-it is hardly too strong a word to express the feeling that existed in his audiences- by hearing several lectures that I was made very happy by receiving, through Margaret Fuller, an in- vitation to pass a night with him at Concord. In hearing his lectures I never asked myself what were the doctrines or opinions he sup- ported. When he began to speak it was himself, Emerson, that was the new fact he expressed. The effect of his speaking was that you were placed irresistibly at his point of view, and you had a vision of a higher life SO clear and absolute that, for the time being, all meaner motives and lower views sunk out of sight. Every new man was to him a new Adam, with a something in him differing from all other men, which was his individual genius, which if happily developed was a new thing under the sun, a revelation, which it was each man's duty to guard jealously and live up to. While you listened to him you were living in the keen air of a mountain top, in which you felt he dwelt continuously, but which you could only bear while magnetized by him, too thin for you to breathe in common life You may read in his letters to me how close our relation became, and though I saw him rarely after I removed to New York, how the friendship lasted as long as he lived, and you know how it continues in the second and third generations In moving back to the land' (that is, to Lenox, MA., with his new bride), Ward was in fact fulfilling part of the ethical code of the Transcendentalists, for in his quiet, pastoral existence there, ploughing fields, sowing grain, working as hard as his delicate constitution allowed, he was (albeit in an individual way) cultivat- ing the inner life of harmony and strength, of truth to the 'inner spirit' that Emerson espoused. "The freedom and open-air life streng- thened my delicate constitution, so that of the thirty-five years of work before me I had never a day when I was disabled by illness, and all my family think of the Lenox days with enthusiasm Ploughing, particularly, and driving at the same time, required just enough attention and skill to help and not interrupt the flow of meditation With all this I had plenty of time for reading When his father retired, though, from the Baring Bros. firm, and 21 no suitable replacement could be found, Samuel Gray Ward, being intimately familiar both with the history and workings of the firm as well as most of its clientele, was the obvious candidate for the job. He took over the firm and directed its American operations for the next three and one half decades, moving from Boston to New York in 1862. In retrospect, Ward felt he had done the right thing to return to the active life of commerce and culture. Regarding his 5 years in 'the country' prior to coming to his father's aid in 1850, he said, "I had not yet found out that the life I was living, though good for a time, would sooner or later come down to prose, and I should wake up and find most of the sibylline books we all start in life with burnt." (For an important discussion of Ward's and Emerson's shared interests and predispositions, as well as an analysis of the intellectual, religious, psychological and cultural differences that ultimately precluded Ward from leading an ideal 'Emersonian' existence, see David Baldwin's "The Emerson-Ward Friendship: Ideals and Realities," published in the Joel Myerson-edited STUDIES IN THE AMERICAN RENAISSANCE, published in 1984 by the University Press of Virginia, pp. 299-324.) (The quotations above were all taken from Samuel Gray Ward's WARD FAMILY PAPERS, published in Boston by the Merrymount Press in 1900.) A. Autograph Letters Signed from Samuel Gray Ward: 1. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (his father. T.W. Ward, 1786-1858, an eminent merchant, was the resident American agent for Baring Bros., of London; Daniel Webster was counsel for his firm, Ropes & Ward of Boston. He was treasurer for both the Boston Athenaeum & Har- vard College in the 1830's): A.L.S., n.d. (1844), from Lenox, Mass., announcing the birth of a son, to be named for his grandfather, Thomas Wren Ward. 2. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (father): A.L.S., Oct. 1844, regarding "Anna's" (Anna Hazard Barker Ward, Samuel's wife) health following the birth of Thomas Wren Ward. 3. TO: "his sister" (either Martha Ann Ward or Mary Gray Ward): A.L.S., 1846. 4. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (son): 20 letters, the majority written in the 1850's, many of them to Vevey, Switzerland, where Thomas was attending Edward Sillig's Boarding Institution at Bellerive: full of in- structions for proper behavior to the young (born 1844) Thomas, 22 admonishing him, repeatedly, to write his mother more frequently (instructing him, in specific detail more than once, just what kinds of things to write about), reporting on the health and well-being of his mother and three sisters, congratulating him on his progress in school (per Thomas' report cards-see "Other materials" under Thomas Wren Ward), etc. 5. TO: the father of a classmate of Thomas Wren Ward (Samuel's son) in Switzerland: A.L.S., (1850's). 6. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (son): A.L.S., May 1867, regarding Thomas' entry into the firm of Baring Brothers (whose American representative the senior Thomas Wren Ward (that is, Samuel Gray Ward's father) and Samuel Gray Ward had been. 7. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (son): Seven letters, written between the 1870s and 1901, giving advice, in both a practical and philosophical vein. 8. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (son): A.L.S., 1900, informing Thomas of the publication of WARD FAMILY PAPERS (Samuel Gray Ward's recollections of his upbringing and business and personal life, pub- lished in Boston at the Merrymount Press in an edition of 12 copies), telling Thomas who is to receive them (with a list) and when ('when Mother and I are gone'). (See "Other materials" under Samuel Gray Ward.) 9. TO: "Bess" (i.e., Elizabeth Barker Ward, his daughter): Four A.Ls.S., three from the 1860's, one from 1872. 10. TO: "Lily" (i.e., Lydia Gray Ward, his daughter): 12 A.Ls.S., from the 1860s and 1870s, to her as a girl and a young woman. 11. TO: "Richard" (i.e., Baron Richard von Hoffman, his son-in-law, husband of his daughter Lydia): Two A.Ls.S. 12. TO: "Cabot" (i.e., James Elliot Cabot, 1821-1903): A.L.S., June 30, 1882. 8p. An important letter, following Emerson's death, in which Samuel refers in detail to his relationship with Emerson (their correspondence, friendship, Emerson's philosophy, his talents, Ward's respect for him). It is an account of their friendship and an explanation of Ward's reasons for not having given himself up entirely to the teachings of the older man. Cabot was Emerson's literary executor. 13. TO: "Cabot" (as above): A.L.S., Aug. 11, 1882. 12p. Describes his first acquaintance with Margaret Fuller and the intellectual climate of the time. 14. TO: "Mr. Whitney" (i.e., William Collins Whitney, 1841-1904. Financier & Secretary of the Navy under Pres. Cleveland): A.L.S., Sep. 18, 1887. 4p. Urges him to stay in politics: "In this country the money 23 making faculty is cheap. It is the political faculty, in a high sense, that is rare." 15. TO: "Abraham" (i.e., Abraham Barker, his brother-in-law, a well- known banker in Philadelphia): A.L.S., Nov. 21, 1890. 3p. On the financial crisis just then facing Barker Bros. and, shortly before, Baring Bros. in London. "The firm of Baring Brothers became embarrassed through the Argentine collapse and was on the verge of ruin 14 Nov. 1890: after some days of uncertainty the Bank of England and other large banks came to the rescue and a guarantee fund of £17,000,000 was secured thus preventing a very serious disaster"-Boase, Modern English Biography. 16. TO: S.A.B. Abbott (i.e., Samuel Appleton Browne Abbott, 1846-1931): A.L.S., Jan. 15, 1894. 1p. 'Copy.' Abbott, a prominent Boston lawyer, was just then serving as acting librarian and president of the trustees of the Boston Public Library. This is a note to him as president on Ward's presenting a portrait to the library. S.G. Ward was a benefactor of the Boston Public and had served as one of the original commissioners to plan the building erected in 1858; similarly, he and his son Thomas Wren Ward served the Boston Athenaeum as officers and donors, although that library was more significantly assisted by the Perkins family: Thomas Handasyd Perkins was both donor and chairman of the building committee, while his brother James gave his mansion house to house the books. Portraits of both above-mentioned Perkinses hang among the permanent displays of the library. 17. TO: "Miss. Cleveland" (i.e., Eliza Callahan Cleveland, niece of Charles Callahan Perkins): A.L.S., Feb. 7, 1896. 3p. Recalls with pleasure a former association and rejoices that the marriage of his granddaughter has now brought the Ward and Perkins families together. Other Cleveland material is listed at the end of this report. 18. TO: "Gilder" (i.e., Richard Watson Gilder, 1844-1909. Editor & poet): Typed copy (with ms. corrections) of a letter, Feb. 20, 1902. 3p. A critique of Emma Lazarus's famous sonnet, now engraved on the Statue of Liberty. Gilder appears elsewhere in the archive. B. Letters to Samuel Gray Ward (other than those written by other principal personalities in this archive-for these see separate headings): 1. FROM: Abraham Barker (his brother-in-law, that is, Anna Hazard Barker's brother): Two A.Ls.S., 1841 & 1842, written shortly after the marriage of Barker's sister to Ward. 24 2. FROM: Fritz W. Rackemann: Two A.Ls.S., Sep. 5 & Oct. 12, 1846. 2p. Written from New York; in German. Also an A.L.S. from a descen- dant, Charles S. Rackemann, to Ward's son Tom, Dec. 31, 1930. 3. FROM: Charles D. Sedgwick: Four A.ls.S., 1847, 1855(2) & 1856. 13p. The last is a commentary on North-South political affairs. Together with: one A.L.S., July 21, 1854, from Mrs. Sedgwick, initialed "E.B.S." 4. FROM: Thomas William Ward (1831-59, S.G. Ward's younger brother): A.L.S., Jan. 19, 1850. 2p. Regarding "father's accident." 5. FROM: Thomas William Ward (brother): Six A.Ls.S., from the 1850s, addressed from Edinburgh and Glasgow. 6. FROM: Thomas William Ward (brother): Nine A.Ls.S., all from Rome, informing his brother of his activities and studies, as well as his interests. 7. FROM: "Aunt Lucy": A.L.S., Apr. 27, 1857. 4p. Reporting to the father on the behavior of his children during their visit with the aunt. 8. FROM: P. Perit (i.e., Pelatiah Perit, 1785-1864. New York mer- chant & philanthropist): A.L.S., Mar. 5, 1858. 3p. Condolences on the death of Ward's father; one of several notes in the archive, received from his merchant friends on this occasion. 9. FROM: C.C. Felton (Cornelius Conway Felton, 1807-62. Classical scholar & president of Harvard): A.L.S., Apr. 29, 1861. 2p. Regarding his son Tom's need for a tutor. 10. FROM: Charles McKim: A.L.S. Note from a partner in the famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead & (Stanford) White. 11. FROM: F.J. Child (i.e., Francis James Child, 1825-96. The noted philologist & ballad collector): A.L.S., Dec. 20, 1864. 3p. 12. FROM: Goldwin Smith (1823-1910. British historian & man of letters): Two A.Ls.S., 1864 & 1865. 10p. 13. FROM: Helen C. Bell: Three A.Ls.S., n.d. (but post-1865). 18p. Full of comment about her current reading enthusiams. 14. FROM: Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908. American writer & educator): Two A.Ls.S., Apr. 2 & May 24, 1869. 8p. With news of Burne Jones and Ruskin. 15. FROM: William Hawes (an old schoolmate of Ward's): Three A.Ls.S., Dec. 1849. 5p. Regretful notes from a busy medical doctor. 16. FROM: Mary B. Bartlett: A.L.S., Dec. 18, 1870. 8p. Recounts the last days and death of an aunt, Mrs. Farrar (possibly the widow of Harvard professor Farrar, teacher of Ward and T.W. Higginson). 17. FROM: J.I. Bowditch (i.e., Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch, son of the American mathematician & astronomer, Nathaniel Bowditch): A.L.S., Aug. 19, 1871. Business letter from a friend & associate: Ward & 25 Bowditch were fellow Trustees of the Boston Athenaeum, and both contributed to the start of the Boston Public Library in 1852. Another letter from Bowditch is listed under Anna H.B. Ward. 18. FROM: "RMH" (i.e., Richard Morris Hunt, 1827-1895, noted American architect): Two A.Ls.S., June 19 & 26, 1872. 4p. 19. FROM: Joseph Thoron (son-in-law, husband of Anna Barker Ward): Three A.Ls.S., ca. 1870s. 20. FROM: C.L.N : A.L.S., Nov. 1, 1866. 8p. Family news from an English merchant friend. 21. FROM: John Jay Chapman (1862-1933. American writer): A.L.S., Dec. 31, 1890. 4p. In justification of what he had written about Emer- son & the Transcendentalists. 22 FROM: "E.L. Godkin" (i.e., Edwin Lawrence Godkin, 1831- - 1902. Author & editor of the New York Evening Post): Five A.Ls.S. and one Typed letter signed, all without year except one (1894). 19p." never forget that you have been one of the kindest, most laudatory and in- dulgent of my friends, for nearly forty years." 23. FROM: Josephine Lazarus (older sister of the poet, Emma Lazarus): A.L.S., Jan. 8 (no year). 3p. About Ward's gift of Margaret Fuller's "silver arrow" and a vist to her friend Mrs. Roosevelt. 24. FROM: Henry Lee (i.e., Col. Henry Lee, 1817-1898): Three A.Ls.S., 1894, 1897-98. 10p. From an old Harvard colleague concerning the preservation of historic buildings in Boston and the dedication of the Shaw monument by St. Gaudens. Also: an A.L.S. from Lee to "Mr. Abbott," 1894, concerning TWW's career. 2p. 25. FROM: C.R. Osten-Sacken: Two A.Ls.S., 1894 & 1901. 10p. Long, chatty letters from an old scientific friend in Heidelberg. Together with: one A.L.S. (ca. 1900) from Ward to Baron Osten-Sacken. 2p. 26. FROM: "Anne Ritchie" (i.e., Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie, Lady Ritchie, 1837-1919): Three A.Ls.S., Sep. 14, 1895, Nov. 3 & 8 (no year). 16p. Chatty letters from the eldest daughter of the novelist Thackeray, who is obviously well acquainted with Ward and other members of his family. 27. FROM: J.M. Forbes (i.e., John Murray Forbes, 1813-1898. Railroad tycoon and public servant): Typescript copies of letters from the 1890s. 14p. Incl. one letter to his grandson at Cambridge introducing the grandson of S.G. Ward. Forbes was a nephew of James & T.H. Perkins and a cousin of Henry Lee & the Shaw mentioned above. 28. FROM: James Bryce (1838-1922. British jurist, historian & diplomat): A.L.S., July 13, 1898. 3p. 29. FROM: F.H. Baring: A.L.S., Aug. 31, 1899. 7p. A cordial letter from an old English merchant friend, discussing the effect of the Boer 26 War & the Spanish-American War on trade relations. 30. FROM: "EVL"(?): A.L.S., Sep. 25, 1899. 4p. Letter from a nephew on some photographic work. 31. FROM: Sarah Forbes Hughes (daughter of J.M. Forbes): Four A.Ls.S., 1899-1900. 10p. With another A.L.S., 1899, to Ward from her husband, W.H. Hughes. 1p. From Nordhoff, California. Sarah edited the Letters and Recollections (1899) of her father. 32. FROM: "MSWD": Three A.Ls.S., Apr. 22 & May 15, 1900, and June 28 (no year). 12p. Family news. 33. FROM: Theodore Roosevelt: Typed letter signed, Aug. 30, 1900. 1p. Written from the State of New York executive chamber, Oyster Bay, New York: signed in full. On politics. 34. FROM: Thomas Wentworth Higginson: A.L.S., Aug. 7, 1901. 2p. About the Margaret Fuller monument, and family news. 35. FROM: F.B. Sanborn (i.e., Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, 1831-1917): Two typed letters signed, Feb. 19 & Mar. 23, 1902, and one A.L.S., June 14, 1902. 9p. All concerned with the relationship of Emerson with Ellery Channing. 36. FROM: Georgina Schuyler: A.L.S., Feb. 27, 1902. 4p. The organizer of a tablet for Emma Lazarus thanks Ward for his contribu- tion; also comments on Ward's association with Emerson. Emma Lazarus first met Emerson at Ward's house in Dec. 1866. 37. FROM: Leslie Stephen (1832-1904. English editor and author): A.L.S., Mar. 7, 1902. 38. FROM: J. Elliot Cabot: Two A.Ls.S., July 4 & 10, 1902. 8p. Two philosophical letters on the 'scientific spirit' and human initiative. 39. FROM: W.I.S-: A.L.S., Sep. 27 (no year, but late). 3p. From an early acquaintance, now 70, in Hartford. 40. FROM: Joseph H. Choate (1832-1917. Lawyer & diplomat): A.L.S., Mar. 22, 1906. 2p. Identified with many important court cases, incl. those which broke up the Tweed Ring. 41. FROM: Nina Howard (later, Hippesley): Seven A.Ls.S. Nina Howard was a sister of Sophia Read Howard (i.e., a sister of his son's wife); her real name was Cornelia. She married Alfred Hippesley, who was an official in the Chinese Customs Service. 42. FROM: Lily Howard to either Samuel Gray Ward and/or Anna H.B. Ward: Five A.Ls.S. Lily was another sister of the Wards' daughter- in-law, Sophia; Lily's real name was Prudence Rebecca. RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882), philosopher, poet, essayist, critic, religious thinker, the father of and primary figure in American Transcendentalism Three A.Ls.S., to Samuel Gray Ward (their 27 relationship described in some detail elsewhere in this account): 1. Headed, "Concord, 22 June" (no year, but 1840) and "My dear friend." 11 I am sad that you should be ill What can I do to amuse your imprisonment? Can you read? When you can, I have a precious little old book that might go into Alexander's Casket with the Iliad, that I will send you to look into. Then I am just now finishing a Chapter on Friendship on which I would gladly provoke a commentary from so illuminated a doctor of that sweet science as yourself. I have written nothing with more pleasure, and the piece is already indebted to you and I wish to swell my obligations The task imposed on genius is ever a pledge that health will return " Signed, "Affec- tionately yours, R.W. Emerson." 2. Headed, "Concord, 7 July, 1840" and "My Dear Sir." 11 I have thought it all but done ("Friendship") two or three times. Now I will do just what you forbid me-I will keep the paper and send the book-The Confessions of Augustine-translated two hundred years ago in the golden time when all translations seemed to have the fire of original works. You shall not be alarmed at my zeal for your reading Why should you read this book or any book? Tis ("It's") a foolish conformity and does well for dead people. It happens to us once or twice in a lifetime to be drunk with some book which prob- ably has some extraordinary relative power to intoxicate us and none other Tell me whenever you will of your occupations, of your thoughts, and you will greatly gratify me. I wish to know that there is worth-and, if possible, grandeur of character subsisting in this and that place, and I will not ask to see places or persons. I rejoice that you are well and wish you to love me." Signed "R.W. Emerson." 3. Headed "Concord, 28 Jan. 1842" and "My Dear Friends" (i.e., written to Samuel Gray Ward and his wife, Anna Hazard Barker Ward). "You have made yourself a right to be informed of my extreme sorrow, though, I thank Heaven, you have no experience that can give you any sympathy from me. My little boy died last night, after an illness of three days. Seems to me never was a hope SO blasted, SO many hopes dragged to the ground. All is lost, but I cannot see now beyond the fatal fact. I had much in my heart to say to you at the beginning of this week, but nothing, nothing today " Signed, "Waldo E." Each of the foregoing letters is written on quarto sheets of paper. Each is published in LETTERS FROM RALPH WALDO EMERSON TO A FRIEND, 1838-1853 (Charles Eliot Norton, editor; first published 1899, reprinted 1971). 28 4. As well, an A.L.S., from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Thomas Wren Ward (Samuel Gray Ward's son), written from Barnums Hotel in Baltimore, January 11, 1872, regarding Emerson's visit to "Miss Howard's home" (in reference to Sophia Read Howard, whom Thomas Wren Ward subsequently married) and his opinion of her as a 'fit' and proper match for Thomas Wren Ward: 11 Of course I was sure in advance that she would not content me-would not be beautiful enough nor wise nor good enough to justify my requirements for you: but she did not allow me to keep my opinion a minute " Signed, "Yours affectionately, R.W. Emerson." JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891). American poet, essayist, and diplomat; rated as America's foremost man of letters. Among his many books the volume entitled MY STUDY WINDOWS (1871) con- tains an essay on Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Emerson, the Lecturer." The Ward-Perkins Papers include a very interesting series of 31 A.Ls.S., from Lowell, addressed to Samuel Gray Ward who was a close per- sonal friend as well as Lowell's financial advisor. The letters span the years from July 1860 until February 1891, a scant six months before his death. They are full of personal detail, travel plans, anecdote and good humor; several have political content. The letter of July 27, 1868 is signed "Your affectionate drudge, John Dennis Lowell," adopting, for a moment, the name of the Restoration critic. On February 28, 1876, Lowell tells his friend, "We are very happy just now in a visit from Mabel (a daughter) and her two sons-splendid boys both. I hear them overhead now in mild thunder like that of swifts in the chimney." On December 5th of the same year he advises Ward that "I think you will find Leslie Stephens' new book very interesting & instructive," and includes some self-criticism of his own recent poetry. His letter of February 18, 1889, is sent with the gift of two autographs, "the longer one with all good wishes & auspications, the shorter with thanks to the blithe maiden whose unconscious pirouette on your doorstep as I was coming up still lightens my heart." Most letters are addressed from "Elmwood"; for a few years in the 1880s, after his return from Spain, his address was "68 Beacon Street," but the last letter, of February 1, 1891, is again from Elmwood and he writes "I still find earth beautiful, especially here where I first felt its beauty." He also shows that he had once been an early enthusiast for exer- cise: he complains that he can no longer walk the twenty miles he was accustomed to up until three years previously, but now has a "prescribed limit" of one mile each day. 29 JAMES FAMILY. The following ten autograph letters are from members of the distinguished American literary family, the Jameses: 1. A.L.S., from Henry James to Samuel Gray Ward, September 28 (no year). 2pp. Presumably from the novelist and written in 1869, when he was aged 26. A business letter before sailing to Europe. 2. A.L.S., from Henry James to "my dear friend" (probably Samuel Gray Ward), February 16th, 1869. 2pp. 3. A.L.S., from Henry James to "Anna" (i.e., Anna Hazard Barker Ward), Dec. 6 (no year). 4pp. With news of his brother Willy and Agassiz and Tom Ward. 4. A.L.S., from William James (the philosopher) to "Mrs. Ward" (i.e., Anna Hazard Barker Ward) January 31 (no year, "1884" added in pen- cil in another hand). 3pp. With comment on his brother Harry in London. 5. A.L.S., from Alice H. James (wife of William) to "Mr. Ward" (Thomas Wren Ward?); signed also by William James (with a note from him addressed to "Dear old Tom"), September 22nd, 1878. 3pp. 6-7. Two A.Ls.S., from William James to "Elizabeth" (i.e., Elizabeth Ward Perkins), Feb. 1, 1922 & Nov. 19, 1929. 3p. & 1p. This William James was the son of the philosopher; he was known as "Billy" and was a painter. 8. A.L.S., from Alice James to "Bessie" (i.e., Elizabeth Ward Perkins), November 18, 1929. 1p. Offers condolences on a death in the family. This "Alice" may have been Billy's wife or some other Alice. Alice James, sister of William and Henry, died in 1894; Alice James, wife of William and mother of Billy, died in 1922. 9-10. Two A.Ls.S., from Henry James to Mrs. Charles B. Perkins (i.e., Elizabeth Ward Perkins), Dec. 26, 1940 & May 2, 1941. Each 1p. About the James family letters. C. SAMUEL GRAY WARD-Other materials: 1. Outline of the Round Hill School, with a list of the present instructors and of the pupils June 1831. Printed: Boston, 1831. 24p. Includes the names of Samuel G. Ward and W. Ellery Channing among the students. 2. "Idealism and Realism," autograph manuscript by Samuel Gray Ward, with typed copy of same (and a partial duplicate). Apparently unpublished. 6p. 3. "Poems and Translations of German Songs," manuscript in Samuel Gray Ward's hand, Feb. 1880. 4p. (Ward had earlier translated Goethe's 30 ESSAYS ON ART into English from the original German.) 4. Samuel Gray Ward's Recollections of Jones Very (his classmate at Harvard, and an American poet), including an account of their 're- union' (at Emerson's instigation), dated May 25, 1896. "Written in 1839." Typescript (copy), 4p., with two duplicates. 5. Issue of Littell's Living Age, no. 1276 (Nov. 14, 1868). With signature of S. G. Ward on the cover. 6. Extract of Lippincott's Magazine, Sep. 1870, pp. 233-246, contain- ing the poem "Admetus" by Emma Lazarus. Autographed on front to "Mr. Ward-with - compliments of Emma Lazarus." 7. Business letters relating to Baring Brothers (London) partnership, including photocopies and A.Ls.S. 8. "Positivism," manuscript essay, in Samuel Gray Ward's hand. 8p. Apparently unpublished, and written late in life, judging from the hand. 9. WARD FAMILY PAPERS, by Samuel Gray Ward. Published in Boston at the Merrymount Press, December 1900, in an edition of 12 copies. Printed for members of the Ward family and a few friends. A proof copy (unbound, lacking the illustrations), with duplicates of several gatherings. 10. Ms. note from Edward W. Emerson, with comment about S. G. Ward's use of family letters in EMERSON'S LETTERS TO A FRIEND, dated Jan. 1914. 11. Early Ward documents: 1) Poetic memorial of Martha Ward, 1763-88, grandmother of S. G. Ward; 2) Letter from Joanna Ward (grandmother) to William Vard-brother of S. G. Ward; and 3) Note to S. G. Ward from his grandfather, William Ward, 1761-1827, dated Jan. 1, 1819. 3 items. 12. SAINT-GAUDENS: NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE / NEW HAMP- SHIRE. National Park Service, 1984. 10-page brochure which includes a reproduction of the relief of Samuel Ward, one of the earliest and most successful of the sculptor's works in this form. The plaster cast is at this site; the bronze plaque made from it is in the Lenox Library, presented by the children of Eliz. Ward Perkins. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Samuel Gray Ward: 1. ESSAYS ON ART, by Goethe; translated by Samuel Gray Ward. Boston, J. Munroe & Co., 1845. 263p. Ward shared with his intellec- tual peers a fascination with the German literature of the preceding half-century, including the works of Goethe and Schiller. Margaret Fuller, in fact (see WARD FAMILY PAPERS, p.104) was able to give 31 him a clear account of the metaphysical movement, "which Coleridge had first made known in England so vaguely." 2. Ward, Samuel Gray. WARD FAMILY PAPERS. Boston: Privately Printed at the Merrymount Press, 1900. Edition of 12 copies. 3. Ward, Samuel Gray. "Criticism" (essay), published in the Transcendentalist periodical Aesthetic Papers, May 1849 (the periodical edited by Elizabeth Peabody). Ward's essay denounced the critics who vaunted American productions merely because they were American, and proceeded to descant upon the inventive spirit of the Greeks. 4. Ward, Samuel Gray. "Power's Greek Slave" (essay), published in The Massachusetts Quarterly Review, Volume I, December 1847 (the periodical published by Theodore Parker). 5. Ward, Samuel Gray. Published several essays and poems in The Dial, the most important and most famous periodical of the American Transcendentalists. Early 1840s. 6. Emerson, Edward W. THE EARLY YEARS OF THE SATURDAY CLUB. Published in 1918. A biographical sketch of Ward appears in this volume. 7. Gohdes, Clarence F. THE PERIODICALS OF AMERICAN TRANSCENDENTALISM. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1931. Ward is mentioned in a number of contexts. 8. Rose, Anne C. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A SOCIAL MOVE- MENT, 1830-1850. Ward is discussed in various contexts. (P.179, "Margaret Fuller's ties with Caroline Sturgis, Waldo Emerson, Anna Barker and Samuel Ward shaped her argument in WOMAN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY in 1844, the only major feminist state- ment produced by the Transcendentalist movement ;") 9. Cooke, George Willis. AN HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION TO ACCOMPANY "THE DIAL." Two Vols. First printed, 1902, reprinted 1961 (NY: Russell and Russell). See Cooke's Introduction to Volume 2, pp.36-39 for a discussion of Ward. 10. EMERSON IN HIS JOURNALS. Selected and Edited by Joel Porte. Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, 1982. Emerson mentions Ward in numerous places in his journals, e.g., pg. 193 (August 17, 1838): "Saw beautiful pictures yesterday. Miss Fuller brought with her a portfolio of Samuel Ward, containing a chalk sketch of one of Raphael's Sibyls, of Cardinal Bembo, and the Angel in Heliodorus' profanation; and Thorwaldsen's Entry of Alexander, etc., etc." 11. LETTERS FROM RALPH WALDO EMERSON TO A FRIEND, 1838-1853. - Edited by Charles Eliot Norton. Originally published in 1899. Reprinted in 1971 (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press). The 32 "Santa Barbara" (from a watercolor by Samuel Gray Ward, courtesy J.H. Mansfield). 33 Samuel Gray Ward & Anna Hazard Barker (later Ward) when young. Bust of Anna H.B. Ward, 1813-1902, by Hiram or Longworth Powers. Samuel Gray Ward, 1817-1907. 34 letters published in this book are to be perceived as exemplary ex- amples of Emerson's powers as a writer of letters: articulate, per- suasive epistles to a younger man of exceptional ability and promise. ANNA HAZARD BARKER WARD (1813-1902), daughter of Jacob Barker and Eliza Hazard Barker: Jacob Barker was from Nantucket, related on both sides of his family to the Folgers (that is, Benjamin Franklin's mother's family), an extremely successful businessman with a natural flair for commerce and trade. By his twenty-first birth- day, he had accumulated a considerable fortune. His family as well as his wife's family the Hazards (of Newport, Rhode Island) were Quakers. Anna Hazard Barker was raised in New York and at the fami- ly home on the Hudson at Bloomingdale. About the time that she was beginning to "go into" New York society, the Barkers moved to New Orleans, to facilitate Jacob Barker's efforts in looking after his wife's investments there. There, Barker flourished in the exchange business and, with regards to his own business interests, practiced law (in WARD FAMILY PAPERS, p. 163, Samuel Gray Ward recounts, "Mr. Barker, though not an abolitionist technically, was a great friend of the blacks, whom he frequently defended in court from the hard usage of their masters, so that they came constantly to him for help in their troubles, and he was in consequence immensely popular with them without injuring his position with their white masters."). Anna Hazard Barker traveled in Europe in 1837 and 1838, with her relatives the Farrars of Harvard, who at that time were chaperoning Samuel Gray Ward (who had lived with them during his years at Har- vard University). Their subsequent courtship, as recorded by Ward, was not without its difficulties, owing in part, one can presume, to the differences in background. Anna Hazard Barker's upbringing and education were at the least the equal of Ward's; being several years older and having traveled more and having had the opportunity to cultivate more friends than he, she brought high expectations into the relationship, and furthermore, Ward had not settled on any career and had no specific training for one. Anna Barker Ward's place in American Transcendentalism has been examined by Anne C. Rose in her TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT, 1830-1850. Regarding her friendship with Margaret Fuller, the principal female figure among the transcenden- talists, Rose (p.182) mentions that Anna Barker was one of two women only whom Fuller treated as an equal, not "as a pupil, plaything or acquaintance." Anna Barker was affectionately known as "Recamier" among her religious-philosophical friends (after the 35 virginal friend of Mme. de Stael). As an intimate of Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Peabody and the other personalities within the Transcendentalist circle, Anna Barker would have helped define the delicately balanced structure of friendships among this group of extremely intelligent, ambitious, demanding individuals. Anne Rose, though, points out that the engagement of Anna Barker to Samuel Gray Ward in 1840 forced this structure to 'tumble down': "It is a fascinating commentary on Victorian marriage that everyone as- sumed the conjugal bond would prevent the free interaction of either husband or wife with the group. "Farewell, my brother, my sister" Emerson wrote in a strange celebration of marriage, "I can only assure myself of your sympathy late late in the evening when we shall meet again far far from Here." (Emerson's LETTERS, August, 1840, Vol.2, p.339) And to Margaret (Fuller) he sent condolences for the loss of her friends " (Rose, p.182). A. Autograph Letters Signed from Anna H.B. Ward: 1. TO: "Abraham" (i.e., Abraham Barker, 1821 - 1906, her brother): Five A.Ls.S., 1869(3), 1893 & 1894. 24p. Other letters to and from Barker have been noted above. Barker was an eminent banker of the last century: first president of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, he was the reputed originator of the clearing house concept. A file of newspaper clippings in the archive, from New York and Philadelphia papers, recounts his career and his accidental death at 85 from a fall while getting off a trolley. 2. TO: "Lily" (i.e., Lydia Gray Ward, her daughter): 10 A.Ls.S., writ- ten between 1850 and 1892; full of a mother's concern for her daughter, specific, full of family news, showing the great importance attached to keeping in close correspondence, particularly in a family whose children were educated in Europe, thus necessitating prolonged separations; the letters indicate Anna Ward's difficulty in living under such conditions. 3. TO: "her children" (i.e., Lily and her husband, Baron Richard von Hoffman): A.L.S., Apr. 10, 1875. 2p. Introducing Father Fulton, presi- dent of Boston College. 4. TO: Her Father and/or her Mother: Typescript copies of letters writ- ten by Anna Ward to her parents, 1842-1855. 49p. 5. TO: Thomas H. Barker (her brother): Typescript copies of letters written from Europe, 1837-38. Very good letters, full of detailed descriptions of her travels. 78p. 36 6. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (son): 32 A.Ls.S., written to Thomas as a young boy, many to him at school in Vevey, Switzerland, letters full of parental concern and many details of the family's occupations. B. Letters addressed to Anna H.B. Ward (other than those written by other principal personalities in this archive-for these, see separate headings): 1. FROM: Jane M. Scriven: A.L.S., Nov. 1, 1828. 3p. From a youthful friend, telling of her boat trip from New York to Georgetown. 2. FROM: Abraham Barker (brother): Five A.Ls.S., 1841-1872. 12p. 3. FROM: Thomas H. Barker (brother): Nine A.Ls.S., 1837(5), 1838(2), 1844 & 1849. Full of news from Antwerp where he was staying and addressed to his sister in her travels to Cologne, Strassburg, Geneva, Milan, Florence & Lucerne, just prior to her marriage. 4. FROM: "Brother": A.L.S., from New Orleans, 1843. 5. FROM: "Miss Swain" (Anna Ward's children stayed with her when young): Ms. extracts of correspondence, 1852. 16p. Much informa- tion about the children of Anna and Samuel Gray Ward. 6. FROM: "Sister": A.L.S., 1845. 7. FROM: "EB" (i.e., Eliza Barker, her mother): Three A.Ls.S., 1846 & 1856(2). 7p. 8. FROM: Edward Sillig: A.L.S., May 31, 1856. 1p. From the head- master at Vevey, regarding her son Tom's progress in school. 9. FROM: George P.A. Healy (George Peter Alexander Healy, 1813-94. American artist): Typed copy of letter, May 23, 1870, from Rome. Healy, one of the most successful portrait painters of the mid-19th century, did the portrait of Lydia Ward which is reproduced to il- lustrate this article. 10. FROM: Ellen T. Emerson: A.L.S., Aug. 24, 1877. 6p. Copy. 11. FROM: J. Ingersoll Bowditch: A.L.S., Nov. 6, 1883. 3p. From an old friend in Jamaica Plain. C. Anna Hazard Barker Ward-Other Materials: 1. Anna Ward's diary, kept by her from January 1845 through July 1856. 88p. Neatly written, dated by year, month, day and day of week; kept inconsistently, but full of telling detail regarding her children and their health and achievements, her own troubles (at one point, she refers, on December 31st, to the 'most trying year that she has just been through). The diary evidently served as a means of com- municating with the self and, as well, an outlet for Anna Ward's own private concerns, hopes and worries. As such, and given the fact that 37 she began the diary about the time when she and her husband re- moved to Lenox, Massachusetts (and their self-imposed experiment in rural living), this diary must be considered to be of some impor- tance to American social history of the 19th century, specifically, of the progressive, educated woman's place in both the society at large and within the more restricted (and elevated) confines of the American Transcendentalists. 2. Ms. extract from The Young Lady's Friend, ch.XIX, p.416, relating Anna Hazard Barker's experience with her father in the shipwreck of a Mississippi River steamboat. 2p. 3. Letters sent to Anna Hazard Barker Ward on the occasion of her daughter Anna's marriage to Joseph Thoron; 60p. of fair copies, in the hand of Anna Barker Ward (that is, the daughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Ward). BIBLIOGRAPHY: Anna Hazard Barker Ward: 1. Rose, Anne C. TRANSCENDENTALISM AS A SOCIAL MOVE- MENT, 1830-1850. Anna Ward is discussed in several contexts: e.g., Rose relates (p.182) that, following the marriage of Anna to Samuel Gray Ward, Elizabeth Peabody, the publisher of the Transcendentalist journal, Aesthetic Papers, corresponded with each of them. 2. Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI (Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1884), pp.35-6. Anna, her husband and other members of the Ward family are frequently mentioned in THE LETTERS OF MARGARET FULLER, ed. R.N. Hudspeth (Ithaca, Cor- nell University Press, 1983-84. 3. Strauch, Carl F. "Hatred's Swift Repulsions: Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Others'IN: Studies in Romanticism 7 (1968), 65-103. Pro- vides an explanation of the circle of friends around Emerson. ELIZABETH BARKER WARD (later SCHONBERG, 1847-1920), daughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward. A. Autographed Letters Signed from Elizabeth Barker Ward: 1. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (brother): 15 A.Ls.S., 1850s, written to Thomas while he was in school in Vevey, Switzerland. 2. TO: Anna H.B. Ward (mother): Two A.Ls.S., with a two-page Ex- tract of another letter describing her life in a convent school at Manhattanville (1864). 38 3. TO: "Sophie" (i.e., Sophia Read Howard Ward, her sister-in-law): Four A.Ls.S., 1890-91 & n.d. 30p. 4. TO: "Bessie" (i.e., Elizabeth Ward Perkins, a niece): Two A.Ls.S., Sep. 30, 1897 & Jan. 4 1899. 16p. Written from Pallaus in the South Tyrol where she resided after her marriage to the Baron Ernst Schonberg. Most of the letters that follow are also addressed from Pallaus. 5. TO: "My dear cousin": A.L.S., Nov. 14, 1899. 4p. 6. TO: "Sophie" (i.e., Sophia Ward, her sister-in-law): Four A.Ls.S., all from the twentieth century, including one very long (14p.) letter. 7. TO: "Tom" (i.e., Thomas Wren Ward): Typescript copies of letters, April-May, 1915, concerning family, church, and political affairs, and the threat of the war to their home as the Italian and Austro- Hungarian armies approached each other in the Tyrol. 36p. 8. TO: "Sophie & Tom" (i.e., Thomas Wren Ward & his wife Sophia): A.L.S., Dec. 26, 1916. 6p. 9. TO: "Tom" (i.e., Thomas Wren Ward): Seven A.Ls.S., Jan 31, 1918-July 4, 1919. 18p. B. Letters addressed to Elizabeth Barker Ward: 1. FROM: Abraham Barker (uncle): Two A.Ls.S., Aug. 22, 1883 & June 8, 1896. 10p. Full of family history, the first letter showing that the Barkers were related, on both sides of the family, to Peter Folger (1618-1690), whose first daughter was Benjamin Franklin's mother. (See "Other Materials Ward Family," below, for related document.) C. Elizabeth Barker Ward-Other Materials: 1. Obituaries on the death of Baroness Elizabeth Schonberg, dated 1920: three German-language newspaper clippings, with ms. English translations. 2. "List of Articles" belonging to the Baroness Elizabeth Schonberg, sent to the U.S.A. after her death. LYDIA GRAY WARD (later VON HOFFMAN), daughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward. A. Autograph Letters Signed from Lydia Gray Ward: 1. TO: "Mother" (i.e., Anna Hazard Barker Ward): approximately 500 pages of correspondence (or, 100 letters), most from her early life 39 (1850s through the 1870s), from the U.S. and many from abroad; a particularly loving correspondence, kept to stay in touch with a par- ticularly cherished relative. 2. TO: "Father" (i.e., Samuel Gray Ward): 18 A.Ls.S., written between 1855 and 1875, several from London. 3. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (Brother): 28 A.Ls.S., 1859-ca. 1865, when both were children, several to Thomas while he was in school overseas; long detailed letters, full of family news. 4. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (brother): Six A.Ls.S., written slightly later than those above (1860s). Also: One A.L.S., Dec. 12, 1887, from the Villa Celimontana, Rome. 4p. 5. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (brother): 44 A.Ls.S., 1915-1928. From the Villa Paulina, Rome. Includes an ms. poem of five stanzas, dated Christmas Eve, 1917, Villa Paulina, entitled "To our dear Godmother." Lydia's many letters to her brother are signed in a variety of engag- ing ways: Lydia, Lily, Lilypad, Pad, Padsy and (rather inexplicably) Dill. 6. TO: Anna Ward (sister): Two A.Ls.S., 1860s. 8p. 7. TO: "Bessie" (sister): A.L.S., Nov. 27, 1870. 6p. From Rome. 8. TO: "Bess" (i.e., Eliz. Howard Ward Perkins, her niece): A.L.S. 9. TO: "Sophie" (i.e., Sophia Read Howard Ward, her sister-in-law): A.L.S., May 11, 1873. 6p. From Rome. B. Letters addressed to Lydia Gray Ward: 1. FROM: "Aunt Lucy": Four A.Ls.S., 1852-55. 9p. Written from "Beaver Brook." 2. FROM: "Grandma" (i.e., Mrs. L.W. Ward): Two A.Ls.S., 1853 & n.d. (ca. 1867). Written from London and Boston. 7p. C. Lydia Gray Ward-Other - Materials: 1. Correspondence from Richard von Hoffman (Baron Hoffman, b. 1837), husband of Lydia Gray Ward addressed to "Mother" (i.e., his mother-in-law, Anna H.B. Ward): two A.Ls.S., and one A.L.S. (1872) addressed to "Father" (i.e., his father-in-law, Samuel Gray Ward). 2. A.L.S. from Jenny Lind (the Swedish soprano, 1820-1887) to Baron Richard von Hoffman, Mar. 12 (no year). 6p. Dated from South Kens- ington. Another Ward association: Jenny Lind was married privately at the Boston home of Samuel Gray Ward, in February 1852, with Ward, Edward Everett, and C.E. Habicht, the Swedish consul, as witnesses. 40 Lydia Gray "Lily" Ward (from a portrait done by G.P.A. Healy in Rome, 1869). 41 GEORGE CABOT WARD, 1824-1887, brother of Samuel Gray Ward, and business partner with him as the American representatives of Baring Bros., London. A. Autograph Letters Signed from George Cabot Ward: 1. TO: Samuel Gray Ward: Four A.Ls.S., 1846-47, including several from Berlin, where George was studying, giving his impressions of German art and church architecture, with an indication of an effort on his part to absorb some of his brother's interest in things German. 2. TO: Samuel Gray Ward: Two A.Ls.S., 1860s, giving specific infor- mation regarding the Civil War. 3. TO: J.M. Forbes (i.e., John Murray Forbes): Two A.Ls.S., Jan 21. 1865, & Jan. 14, 1868. The first (4p.) concerned with Lee's military strategy and the second (2p.) concerned with a suggested article for Horace Greeley's Tribune. 4. TO: Samuel Gray Ward: A.L.S., Aug. 7, 1873, 1p. Announcing the birth of a girl. 5. AS WELL: A.L.S., C.E. Habicht to Samuel Gray Ward, Sep. 1841. 1p. Claudius Edward Habicht (d. 1883) was later a Swedish diplomat and financier but at this time was serving as a clerk for Baring Bros.; his letter notes the arrival in Boston of Ward's brother, George Cabot Ward: 11 I have the pleasure to inform you that George is safely ar- rived in the Asia. The vessel was telegraphed at 7 this morning. John went down in a small Boat to the Castle, & told me that he was much struck with George's appearance- - He has grown fat & tall & freck- led & has his hair cut short & his trousers are as short as his hair, or in that ratio, & he is well & hearty as a buck." JACOB BARKER, 1779-1871, husband of Eliza Hazard, and father of Anna Hazard Barker (later Ward). Quaker merchant with business connections in New York, Philadelphia and New Orleans. Also a politician, Barker helped found the Society of Tammany Hall and was a member of the New York State Senate in 1816. He is reported to have assisted Dolly Madison in 1814, by carrying the Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington out of the burning White House. Barker played a vital role in financing the American war effort in the War of 1812. A. Autograph Letters Signed from Jacob Barker: 1. TO: Anna Hazard Barker: Four A.Ls.S., 1846, 1861, 1867, 1869. 14p. Also typed copies of two letters, Jan.-Mar. 1846. Written from New 42 Thomas Wren Ward, 1786-1858. Jacob Barker, 1779-1871. Eliza Barker (from a painting by Harding). 43 Orleans, where Barker was serving as president of the Bank of Commerce. 2. TO: Lydia Gray Ward (granddaughter): Five A.Ls.S., 1853-55-58, 1868 & n.d. 13p. Written from New Orleans. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Jacob Barker: 1. INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF JACOB BARKER, OF NEW ORLEANS Washington, 1855. 285p. Largely autobiographical. 2. Dictionary of American Biography, I, 602-3. ANNA BARKER WARD (later THORON), daughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward. Anna married the French mer- chant Joseph Thoron and died relatively young, shortly after the birth of her son, Ward Thoron (who is noticed elsewhere in this archive as correspondent and editor). A. Autograph Letters Signed from Anna Barker Ward: 1. TO: Samuel Gray Ward (father): One A.L.S. 2. TO: Anna Hazard Barker Ward (mother): Two A.Ls.S. 3. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (brother): 19 A.Ls.S., written to Thomas when both were young. 4. TO: "Grandmother": One A.L.S. THOMAS WREN WARD (1844-1940), son of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward. It fell to the lot of Thomas Wren Ward to inherit the Ward family fortunes and to have the obligation of liv- ing up to the expectations of his relatives. A sensitive man with in- clinations to the scholarly life (he had wanted to be a geologist, after traveling to South America with Agassiz), he was also afflicted with severe deafness and thus, throughout his life, felt a high degree of isolation from everyone around him. He refers feelingly to this in a memoir prepared late in life for his grandchildren. He spent 41 years in his father's business, and some of his relatives felt that he had squandered the family fortunes by unwise investments. He was, on the other hand, much admired personally. Along with other members of his family he knew and was associated with the political, social and cultural leaders of his day. Always somewhat in the shadow of his talented (and long-lived) father, he himself survived to be something of an oddity, as "Harvard's oldest living graduate." Letters and news clippings among the papers refer to his marching in the 44 annual commencement processions, when well into his nineties. And he did SO proudly: survival has its rewards. A. Autograph Letters Signed from Thomas Wren Ward: 1. TO: Anna Hazard Barker Ward (mother): 28 A.Ls.S., from his early days, in Sterling, Maine (ca. 1854) and Vevey, Switzerland (where Thomas was in the late 1850s); fine, exuberant letters, full of detail. 2. TO: Samuel Gray Ward (father): 14 A.Ls.S., from his early school days, informing his father of his progress and routines; detailed, in- timate letters, obviously written with much love for his father. 3. TO: Samuel Gray Ward (father): 13 A.Ls.S., from the 1870s and later, regarding business, his marriage and family. 4. TO: "Parents": 24 A.Ls.S., nearly all from school in Vevey, Switzerland, like nos. 1 & 2 above, the mind improving through prac- tice and the developing young man aware of this. 5. TO: "Lily" (i.e., Lydia Gray Ward, his older sister): 21 A.Ls.S., from the period 1860-1890, obviously written to his favorite sister; in- timate letters, written with a profound sense of his correspondent's concerns and needs. 6. TO: "Lily" (i.e., Lydia Gray Ward, his older sister): 19 A.Ls.S., from various times from childhood on. 7. TO: "Lily" (i.e., Lydia Gray Ward, his older sister): Approximately 160 A.Ls.S., from Rome, Perugia, Assisi, Siena, Florence, Venice, Munich, Antwerp and London, among other places, 1910-1911. Writ- ten on a nearly daily basis, full of the day's events, but apparently written as exercises in description. 8. TO: "Richard" (i.e., Richard von Hoffman, Lydia Gray Ward's hus- band, the writer's brother-in-law): Two A.Ls.S. 9. TO: "Annie" (i.e., Anna Barker Ward, his sister): Three A.Ls.S., from school in Vevey, Switzerland, ca. 1857. 10. TO: "Annie" (i.e., Anna Barker Ward, his sister): Four A.Ls.S., in- cluding one regarding Sophia Howard Ward's (his wife's) delivery of a son. 11. TO: "George" (i.e., George Cabot Ward, his son, named for Thomas's uncle): Five A.Ls.S., all from the 20th century. 12. TO: "Maxwell" (i.e., Maxwell Perkins, a relation of Thomas's son- in-law): One A.Ls.S., unsigned, 20th century, on religion and religious experience. 13. TO: "Uncle Abraham" (i.e., Abraham Barker): One A.L.S., Nov. 13, 1900. 45 14. TO: "LouLou" (i.e., Marie Louise Thoron, daughter of TWW's oldest sister, Annie Ward Thoron. LouLou married William Endicott): A.L.S., Feb. 25, 1908. 2p. B. Letters to Thomas Wren Ward (other than those written by other principal personalities in this archive-for these, see separate headings): 1. FROM: Martha Ward (aunt): A.L.S. (Summer 1852). 3p. To TWW & his sisters. 2. FROM: William Ward (his uncle): One A.L.S., ca. 1850. 3. FROM: "Aunt Lucy (Laurence)'': Two A.Ls.S., ca. 1850. 4. FROM: Thomas Wren Ward (grandfather): One A.L.S., ca. 1850. 5. FROM: Jacob Barker (maternal grandfather): One A.L.S., when Thomas was a boy. 6. FROM: "Grandmother": One A.L.S., when Thomas was a boy. 7. FROM: Isabella Hutchison: A.L.S., June 16, 1855, from Edinburgh. 3p. 8. FROM: Storrow Higginson (nephew of Thomas Wentworth Hig- ginson): 5 A.Ls.S. (three in French), Nov.-Dec. 1859, Oct. 1863, and n.d. 18p. 9. FROM: Edith Emerson (daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson): A.L.S., June 16, 1862. 2p. From Concord. 10. FROM: Ellen T. Emerson (another daughter of Emerson): Two A.Ls.S., Concord, June 23, 1862 & Aug. 24, 1867. 11. FROM: (William Ellery Channing): A.L.S., n.d. (ca. 1862). 8p. In connection with several of the Edward Emerson letters below, it seems that Edward Emerson and Thomas Wren Ward went on a cam- ping trip to Monadnuc, just prior to leaving for college. This long, minutely detailed letter describes the best places to make camp, how to make a "hut," how and what to cook, how much and what kinds of food to take, how to stay out of various kinds of danger, what sights to see, and many other things. Kriss Fossum of the Thoreau Edition Project has determined that the letter is by Channing. 12. FROM: Edward Emerson, son of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nine A.Ls.S., from the period 1863-1866, when Emerson and Thomas Ward were classmates at Harvard; extremely good letters, written with a youthful urbanity and a broad, specific knowledge of the world around himself. One letter describes in detail the 'rooms' the two shared in Cambridge as freshmen (Emerson having arrived before Ward and thus informing him of the accommodations with regard to sitting rooms, study areas, etc., and how to transform the rooms to the youths' best 46 Thomas Wren Ward (right), 1844-1940, with Emerson's son, Edward, while at Harvard College. Thomas Wren Ward at 92, Harvard's "oldest living graduate." 47 advantage). Away from school, Emerson describes life at home, his travels and his leisure activities. 13. FROM: Isaac Hecker (1819-1888. Founder of the Paulist order): 4 A.Ls.S., Mar. 25 & Aug. 19, 1862, and Sep. 28 & Oct. 12, 1864. 22p. 14. FROM: Robert Fulton, S.J. (president of Boston College): Two A.Ls.S., Oct. 4 & 31 (no year). 8p. Responses to TWW's inquiries about proofs for the existence of God. 15. FROM: George Cabot Ward (uncle): A.L.S., June 19 (no year, ca. 1870). 12p. Advice & encouragement on marriage. 16. FROM: Charles De Kay (1848-1935. Author & art critic): A.L.S., Apr. 2, 1876. Invites TWW to a public reading of his new poem, and mentions that Emma Lazarus & R.W. Gilder are expected to be pre- sent: "If you wish to have all your sense of what is modest and fitting shocked tomorrow Wednesday night, you will (about 8 p.m.) happen in' at 103 East 75th Street (ring at the Iron Gate!) and listen to the reading of a new ducubration-about - ten minutes long-in what he thinks is verse-and in a view which he takes for patriotic- - by very dejectedly yours." Together with an ms. sonnet addressed "To T.W.W. 26 Feby 1876." 2p. With another A.L.S., June 13, 1880, from Rome. 4p. 17. FROM: "F. Child" (i.e., Francis James Child): A.L.S., n.d. 1p. Describes his holiday trip to Stockbridge. (Another letter from Child is listed above under S.G. Ward.) 18. FROM: Thomas Baring: Two A.Ls.S., July 3, 1886 & Nov. 4, 1887, relating to Ward's work with the firm of Baring, Bros., London. 3p. 19. FROM: John Baring: A.L.S., Jan 2. 1889. New Year's greetings. 20. FROM: George B. Dorr (1853-1944. Scientist & conservationist): Two typed letters signed, 1900-01. 2p. Dorr was a cousin, and famous as the founder of Acadia National Park, the first such park east of the Mississippi, for which he gave his lands and home in Maine. These letters are about service on a Harvard committee. 21. FROM: Dickinson S. Miller (1868-1963. Prof. of philosophy at Columbia): One A.L.S., 1902 & Four typed letters signed, 1902-06. 10p. On religious/philosophical subjects. 22. FROM: Cecil Baring: Four A.Ls.S., 1902, 1911 & 1923(2). 10p. 23. FROM: Francis H. Baring: Two A.Ls.S., 1908 & 1911. 6p. The first on the death of TWW's father, Samuel Gray Ward. 24. FROM: William Endicott: A.L.S., Feb. 24, 1908. 3p. Has a graphic recollection of the personal appearance of the poet Jones Very. En- dicott (1860-1936) married TWW's niece, Marie Louise Thoron; he was an eminent lawyer, member of a distinguished Massachusetts family, and a leader in many philanthropic activities. 48 25. FROM: Ward Thoron (a nephew, son of his sister, Anna Ward Thoron): 15 A.Ls.S., 1910-1915. 98p. Written from Paris; Thoron later edited The Letters of Mrs. Henry Adams (1936), a relative. 26. FROM: Ernst Schonberg (i.e., Baron von Schonberg, who married TWW's sister, Elizabeth Barker Ward): A.L.S., "7/4. 1922." Postcard with photo of Schloss Pallaus, Brixen. 27. FROM: Francis T. Roche (Bishop of Tuticorin, India): Three A.Ls.S., 1926 & 1929(2). 7p., with other printed material. Roche was godson of TWW's sister, Eliz. von Schonberg. 28. FROM: Charles M. Storey: Typed letter signed, Apr. 7, 1932. A note to accompany a presentation copy of M.A. DeWolfe Howe's Por- trait of an independent-Moorfield - Storey, 1845-1929 (1932). 29. FROM: Kidder, Peabody & Co., July 2, 1940. Financial cor- 30. Miscellaneous correspondence: Eight A.Ls.S., various dates. From respondence with Baring Bros., London. friends and business associates. C. THOMAS WREN WARD-Other materials: 2. Six A.Ls.S., from the 1850s, from Dr. Pilling (Edward Sillig's Wren assis- 1. Diary' kept during his ninth year. 18p. tant at the boarding school in Vevey, Switzerland that Thomas 3. Autobiographical recollection, in Ward's hand, of his early life, as ward attended) to Ward's parents. well as a typescript of the same. 7p. 4. Six A.Ls.S. from the 1850s, from Edward Sillig, headmaster of the School in Vevey, Switzerland that Thomas Wren Ward attended. ALSO: Copies of Institution Sillig a Bellerive. Discipline, the four- page printed brochure giving the principles and rules of the school. N.d., in French. 5. Report cards from the school in Vevey, Switzerland, 1853-58. 9 items. 6. Catalogue of the Teachers and Pupils of the Concord School, 1859-'60. Printed: Concord, June 1860. 14p. Lists F.B. Sanborn as Headmaster, and Ellen and Edith Emerson and Thomas Wren Ward among the pupils. 7. The Harvard University 1866 "Class Song," the words by Edward Emerson, inscribed to Thomas Wren Ward by the author. 8. Fourteen A.Ls.S. relating to Thomas Wren Ward's marriage to Sophia Read Howard, including three letters from Sophia to Anna Hazard Barker Ward, her mother-in-law, and one A.L.S. from Samuel Gray Ward to his wife; all ca. 1872. 49 9. Typescript "taken from talks with T.W. Ward, 1906, by his daughter Elizabeth Ward Perkins." 19p. 10. Fifteen miscellaneous A.Ls.S. relating to Thomas Wren Ward's life and activities. 11. A file of letters, clippings and photos relating to Thomas Wren Ward's life, including his status as Harvard's "oldest living graduate," 1933-39. 18 items. 12. Typescript essays by Thomas Wren Ward (no dates, but perhaps early twentieth century): 13p., 4p., 6p., 2p., 13p., 16p., 12p., 8p., 6p.; as well, 24p. of miscellaneous typescript. Some duplication within all this. 13. Miscellaneous notes in Thomas Wren Ward's hand. 5p. 14. Copy of the will of Thomas Wren Ward, dated Feb. 3, 1921. 2p. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thomas Wren Ward: 1. Margaret Snyder, "The Other Side of the River (Thomas Wren Ward, 1844-1940)," The New England Quarterly, Sep. 1941, pp. 423-436. SOPHIA READ HOWARD (later Ward, 1849-1918), wife of Thomas Wren Ward, daughter-in-law of Samuel Gray Ward & Anna Hazard Barker Ward. A. Autograph Letters Signed from Sophia (Howard) Ward: 1. TO: Her mother (as a little girl): One A.L.S. 2. TO: "Father" (either Samuel Gray Ward or her own father): Six A.Ls.S. 3. TO: "Mother" (either Anna Hazard Barker Ward or her own mother): 12 A.Ls.S. 4. TO: Thomas Wren Ward (husband): Three A.Ls.S., 1897, regarding the birth of their granddaughter. B. Correspondence addressed to Sophia (Howard) Ward: 1. FROM: James Howard: One A.L.S. 2. FROM: (?): Ms. copies of two letters, Feb. 2 & 10, 1910. 6p. On the last illness and death of Josephine Lazarus, sister of the poet, Emma Lazarus. C. Sophia (Howard) Ward - Other Materials: 1. Autograph mss. family history by Sophia Ward. 21p. 50 Sophia Howard (later Mrs. Thomas Wren Ward) 51 2. Ms. account of last days and death of Sophia Ward (died Sep. 4, 1918). 2p. Author unknown: possibly Eliz. Ward Perkins. 3. Appraisal (1920) of Sophia Ward's jewelry (1p.), and six receipts for stock certificates and money received from her estate, signed 1919 & 1920, by members of the Ward family. ELIZABETHHOWARD WARD (later Elizabeth Ward Perkins, or Mrs. Charles Bruen Perkins, 1873-1954), author, correspondent and patron of the arts. Eldest child of Thomas Wren Ward II. It was her marriage in 1896 to C.B. Perkins that brought the Ward and Perkins families together and made possible the archival collection which has now been deposited at Santa Barbara. Elizabeth Ward Perkins was the friend and associate of many eminent persons whose letters to her are included in this collection, unfortunately her own correspondence, which consists entirely of early letters to members of her family, does not contain copies of her letters to these noteworthy persons. A. Autograph Letters Signed from Elizabeth Howard Ward: 1. TO: "Mother," "Father," "Family": 55 A.Ls.S., May 1890-April 1891. 530p. of correspondence during her year abroad, traveling and study- ing, staying with friends, and relatives, the letters humorous, obvious- ly written by a young, inexperienced traveler, but one eager to learn and to relate all she, experienced; detailed, interesting accounts of various European capitals. 2. TO: "Family" (i.e., her mother and father): 9 A.Ls.S., from Boston, Newport, R.I., and North East Harbor, Maine. 51p. 3. TO: "Little Brother" (George Cabot Ward): One A.L.S. 4. TO: "Grandfather" (i.e., Samuel Gray Ward): 78p. of correspondence, primarily from the 1880s and 1890s. 5. TO: "Grandmother" (i.e., Anna Hazard Barker Ward): Two A.Ls.S., ca. 1890s. 6. TO: "Grandparents" (i.e., Samuel Gray and Anna Barker Ward): One A.L.S., Dec. 11, 1890, from Schloss Pallaus. 4p. On her music studies and her visit to Aunt Lily & Uncle Richard (Baron von Hoffman). B. ELIZABETH (WARD) PERKINS-Correspondence addressed to: 1. FROM: Samuel H. Barker (a Quaker cousin in Wyncote, Pa.): A.L.S., Oct. 27, 1889. 3p. A youthful letter full of the Quaker thees, thous and thines of another era. 52 2. FROM: R.W. Gilder (i.e., Richard Watson Gilder, 1844-1909. Editor & poet): A.L.S., Sep. 8, 1896. 1p., with pressed flower. 3. FROM: Constance Cary Harrison (1843-1920. American novelist): A.L.S., Nov. 18 (no year, but ca. 1900). 4p. 4. FROM: "Uncle George" (George Howard?): A.L.S., May 9, 1901. 4p. From an uncle in Rome, reporting on an audience with the Pope; men- tions meeting Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the Bayard Cuttings and others. 5. FROM: "J.M.": A.L.S., n.d. (ca. 1903?) 4p. With review clippings and comment about Mrs. Humphrey Ward's novel Lady Rose's Daughter. 6. FROM: Anatole Le Braz (1859-1929. Literary critic): 14 A.Ls.S., Mar. 18, 1907-Dec. 31, 1927. 45p. In French, on various letterheads, e.g. Federation de L'Alliance Francaise aux Etats-Unis et au Canada. Together with a 4p. A.L.S., Jan. 27, 1918, from Henriette S.P. Le Braz. 7. FROM: Charles Townsend Copeland (1860-1952. Noted Harvard professor of English): 6 A.Ls.S., 1910-1923. Copeland's mother was a Lowell. 8. FROM: Ellery Sedgwick (Editor of the Atlantic Monthly): 2 A.Ls.S., 1913 and n.d., and one Typed letter signed, Aug. 5, 1913, the latter discussing the writer Mary Antin. 9. FROM: "Isabella" (i.e., Isabella Stewart Gardner, "Mrs. Jack," 1840-1924): 2 A.Ls.S., Oct. 4, 1914 and n.d. The first on the war in Europe and the second on the death of her maid Ella. 10. FROM: Sir William Haldane Porter (1867-1944): A.L.S., Nov. 11, 1914. 2p. On the treatment of 'German subjects' in England during WW I. 12. FROM: Laurence Binyon (1869-1943. English poet & family friend): A.L.S., Dec. 16, 1914. 3p. ; 13. FROM: "Wilfi Ward" (i.e., Wilfrid Philip Ward, 1856-1916): A.L.S., Dec. 25, (1914?). 2p. A chatty Christmas letter by the noted English editor and biographer, from "Lotus, Dorking." Mentions taking in Belgian wounded. 14. FROM: Harry Hollond (i.e., Prof. Henry A. Hollond, 1884-1974, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and a close friend of Elizabeth Ward Perkins and of Charles Bruen Perkins, her husband): 3 A.Ls.S., Feb. 28, 1915, May & Dec. 1916. 4p. With mimeographed biography, June '43. 15. FROM: Harry Hollond: 5 Typewritten letters signed, 1916-1920, with typed diary notes giving much detail of academic life at Cam- bridge. 31p. in all. 16. FROM: Francis H.H. Clarke: A.L.S., Aug. 11, 1915. 4p. From England; mentions the Hollonds. 53 17. FROM: "Enrico" (i.e. Henry Festing Jones, 1951-1928): 4 typewrit- ten letters signed, Aug. 5, 1915-June 11, 1917; and 3 A.Ls.S., Aug. 25, 1919-Sept. 12, 1922. 19p. Family news and talk of his work on the biography of Samuel Butler (Erewhon). 18. FROM: A(bbott) Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943, president of Har- vard University), one A.L.S., Aug. 15, 1915. 4p. About the possible appointment of refugee Belgian professors to the Harvard faculty. 19. FROM: Amy Lowell (1874-1925, American poet), one A.L.S., , Jan. 20 (no year). 4p. Personal news. 1 20. FROM: George Santayana (poet and philosopher), three A.Ls.S., 1915 and 1916. Brief but substantial if not important content. 21. FROM: Ellery Sedgwick, four typed letters signed, 1916-1936. 22. FROM: Albert Jay Nock (1873-1945). American author & educator): 2 A.Ls.S., Oct. 21, 1916 & Jan. 20, 1917. 1 & 2p. 23. FROM: Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935. American composer): A.L.S., Oct. 19, 1918. 2p. On her mother's death, his teaching and other music activity. 24. FROM: Robert L. O'Brien (1865-1955. Editor, The Boston Herald): Typewritten letter signed, Feb. 27, 1919. 1p. On firing his art critic. 25. FROM: Ralph Adams Cram (1863-1942. American architect & author): Typed letter signed, June 27, 1919. 1p. Discusses color reproduction. 26. FROM: Raymond Wyer (American art critic): A.L.S., Aut. 19, 1919. 4p. On modern art; mentions Woodbury. 27. FROM: "Sergeant Bailey" (British jurist and diplomat): 2 Typewrit- ten letters signed, Jan. 22 & Feb. 28, 1921. 3p. Mentions Hollond and discusses EWP's theories on teaching art. 28. FROM: Charles C(ourtney) Curran (1861-1942. American artist): A.L.S., Feb. 13, 1922. 2p. 29. FROM: "Charles" (i.e., Charles Herbert Woodbury, 1864-1940. American artist): A.L.S., Nov. 13, 1922. 1p. A painter whose work, mostly seascapes, EWP spent much of her energy promoting. His name crops up frequently in the letters. Together they conducted an art school on Perkins Cove at Ogunquit, Maine, from 1898 on, inter- rupted by the war, but continuously from 1922 through 1939. 30. FROM: Denman W(aldo) Ross (1853-1935. Author & lecturer on art at Harvard University): A.L.S., Dec. 17, 1922. 4p. 31. FROM: Homer Saint-Gaudens (1880-1958, son of the architect and, in his own right, author, stage designer and art institute direc- tor): Typed letter signed, 1923. 32. FROM: Helen C. Frick, A.L.S., Aug. 22, 1923. 2p. With thanks for "permission to photograph any of the paintings belonging to you 54 Charles Bruen Perkins & Elizabeth Ward (later Perkins) when young. 55 or to your father that are on loan at the Museum of Fine Arts." 33. FROM: Robert Catterson-Smith (British artist & lecturer on the teaching of art): A.L.S., '4-11-23." 2p. Comments on his teaching methods; mentions that "I am in my 71st year." Worked on the Kelmscott Chaucer. 34. FROM: "Besnard" (i.e., Paul Albert Besnard, 1849-1934. French painter; director, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris): A.L.S., May 12, 1924. 3p. 35. FROM: J.O.P. Bland (John Otway Percy Bland, 1863-1945. British author and journalist): A.L.S., Sep. 13, 192(5?). 4p. Enlisting her help in the American publication of his projected series of Asian stories. 36. FROM: Charles P. Howland (1869-1932. Chairman, Greek Refugee Settlement Commission, 1925-26): A.L.S., Sep. 20, 192(5?). 4p. From a friend serving as League of Nations official in Athens. 37. FROM: Laura (Coombs) Hills (1859-1952. American painter): A.L.S., Mar. 15, 1926. 2p. 38. FROM: May Elliot Hobbs (British lecturer on English country life): 2 A.Ls.S., Oct. 24, 1927 and n.d. Each 2p. Together with printed flier, and related 2p. A.L.S., Aug. 29, 1927, signed "Atherton." 39. FROM: "Otto" (i.e. Otto T. Bannard, 1854-1929. New York banker): 7 A.Ls.S., all n.d. (day & month but no year) except Dec. 27, 1927. 14p. Family news & reports on funding activities of the Com- monwealth Fund. Together with a letter from Barbara S. Quin, asst. dir. of the Fund, Jan. 21, 1929, discussing the effects of Bannard's death. 40. FROM: "Berkeley Updike" (i.e. Daniel Berkeley Updike, 1860-1941. American printer & publisher): One typewritten letter signed, Mar. 12, 1928; and 4 A.Ls.S., ca. 1936-41. 14p. The first on Merrymount Press letterhead. 41. FROM: "Maria Theresa" (i.e. Mrs. Stephan Bourgeois, stage name: Maria Theresa. American dancer): 3 A.Ls.S., May 8, 1928; June 20, 1950 & n.d. (possibly Sep. 1950). 10p. Together with flier & program for a 1949 Carnegie Hall dance recital. 42. FROM: Ralph Barton Perry (Prof. of philosophy, Harvard Univer- sity): Typewritten letter signed, Apr. 17, 1929. 1p. On James family letters. 43. FROM: Matilda Gay (i.e., Matilda Travers Gay, wife of the American artist, Walter Gay, 1856-1937): A.L.S., Oct. 24, 1929. 2p. 44. FROM: A(rthur) Kingsley Porter (1883-1933. Art historian): A.L.S., n.d. (ca. 1930). 2p. 45. FROM: George (Grey) Barnard (1863-1938. American sculptor): Typed exhibition schedule, with ms. note signed, n.d. (ca. 1930). 1p. 56 46. FROM: Maxwell Perkins to his "Aunt Bessie," one typed letter signed, 1930. Maxwell Evarts Perkins (1884-1947), the noted editor and publisher of, among others, Ring Lardner, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, had arranged for the publication of one book by his aunt, but in this letter was less than enthusiastic about proceeding with a second. See A.S. Berg, Max Perkins, Editor of Genius (Dutton, c1978), pp. 26-7, for more Perkins family background. 47. FROM: M.A. Howe: 2 typed Ls.S., Jan. 2 & 10, 1930. 3p. A Scribners editor not inclined to publish her book on color in education. 48. FROM: Anne de Selincourt (i.e., Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Mrs. Basil de Selincourt, 1873-1935. American novelist): 10 A.Ls.S., all ca. 1930-32. 28p., incl. 4 photos of the author. 49. FROM: William Phillips (former American minister to Canada): 2 A.Ls.S., July 21, 1930 & Aug. 15, 1938. 5p. Also a 4p. letter apparent- ly from his wife Caroline, Aug. 2, 1938, but unsigned, with news and reactions to Hitler's visit to Italy; from Bolzano. 50. FROM: Philipp Hoffman (son of Baron Richard von Hoffman & Lydia Gray Ward); 2 A.Ls.S., Nov. 1, 1932 & July 1, 1934. 8p. The first announcing his forthcoming wedding at a very mature age; the second on Marienbad picture postcards. 51. FROM: Elizabeth C. Beston (i.e. Elizabeth Coatsworth, b.1893. American poet): A.L.S., Feb. 23, 1933. 2p. 52. FROM: Eleanor Roosevelt, one typed letter signed, Dec. 8, 1933. 1p. Signed in full, on White House letterhead, with envelope. 53. FROM: Chandler R(athfon) Post (1881-1959. Prof. Fine Arts, Har- vard University): A.L.S., Apr. 8, 1934. 1p. 54. FROM: Cardinal O'Connell of Boston: 8 Typed letters signed, 1934-1940, & one A.L.S. (1923). 55. FROM: Margaret Duff: 2 A.Ls.S., ca. 1935. From England. 56. FROM: Alfred Hippisley (husband of Nina Howard): A.L.S., Mar. 26, 1935. 4p. From London, about Nina's death. 57. FROM: Florence Read Beaton (an aunt): A.L.S., Mar. 30 (1935), from London. 4p. On the death of her half-sister Nina (Howard) Hippisley. 58. FROM: Montague E. Browning (i.e. Admiral Sir Montague Edward Browning, 1863-1947): A.L.S., Dec. 29, 1935. 2p. 59. FROM: Morris Carter (b. 1877. Director of the Gardner Museum, Boston): 4 A.Ls.S., & one typed copy of a fifth letter, June 7, 1937-Mar. 24, 1938. 23p. With one A.L.S., from his wife Beatrice, n.d. Long travel letters from Italy, Athens & Istanbul. 57 60. FROM: Alice S(turtevant) Howard (Mrs. Henry Howard, 1878-1945): Typed letter signed, July 12, 1937. 4p. Author of a famous Seaman's Handbook for Shore Leave, to which she refers. 61. FROM: Thomas Wren Ward (her father): 2 A.Ls.S., July 13 & 20, 1938. Each 1p. Mentions former association with the writer Owen Wister. 62. FROM: "Graham" (i.e., Arthur Graham Carey, b. 1892. Artist & writer on liturgical art): A.L.S., Jan. 21, 1938. 2p. Refers to his article in Art Digest Feb., 1938. Together with 2 typed letters signed, Mar. 14, 1944 & Mar 7, 1949, from Hayden A. Vachon, the latter discuss- ing Carey & the establishment of a department of art at Seattle University; also one typed letter signed Mar. 22, 1944, from the ar- tist Andrew Vachon. 4p. & 2p. 63. FROM: Francis Davenport Perkins (1897-1970. Her son, as well as music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune ): 2 Typewritten letters signed, Nov. 12, 1939 & June 23, 1947. 2 & 1p. The first is about the search for a new head music critic, who in 1940 was to be Virgil Thomson. The second incl. details of the death & funeral of Maxwell Perkins. Together with "Paris news" clipping (1945?), and an article by Perkins, "The assistant music critic speaks his mind," Singing, Oct. 1926, pp. 15-6, 26-27. 64. FROM: M.A. DeWolfe Howe (Bancroft biographer): A.L.S., June 2, 1940. 2p. Apology for not responding to an invitation. 65. FROM: Marjorie Hollond (Mrs. Harry Hollond): Mimeographed letter, Dec. 29-30, 1940. 1p. Vivid acct of London air raid. Together with two newspaper clippings of her wedding (1929). 66. FROM: "Mary" (i.e., Lady Mary O'Malley, pen name: Ann Bridge, 1889-1974. British novelist): 10 A.Ls.S., June 24, 1942-Oct. 28, 1951. 54p. Long chatty letters, full of personal news and occasional com- ments on her writing. 67. FROM: Robert Amendola (b.1909. American artist): A.L.S., Apr. 12, 1950. 4p. Mentions a young artist named Gerri Lewis, who became his wife; includes a two-page A.L.S. from her (Sep. 1953). 68. FROM: Lincoln MacVeagh (1890-1972, then ambassador to Por- tugal): A.L.S., May 10 (1950), 2p. From Lisbon. 69. FROM: Cecil B. Atwater: A.L.S., Jan. 22, 1951. 2p. A lecturer on photography mentions acquiring a Woodbury painting and discusses photography as an art. 70. FROM: Winslow Wilson (American painter): A.L.S., Apr. 29, 1951. 2p. On his work. 71. FROM: Joseph L. Hurley (Judge of the Superior Court, Boston, Mass.): A.L.S., Feb. 17, 1952. 8p. 58 72. FROM: John R. Gilman (1895-1958): A.L.S., June 3, 1952. 3p. From a business executive friend; discusses Woodbury & EWP paintings. 73. FROM: Christopher O'Malley (b.1922. baritone): 3 A.Ls.S., Sep. 2-Oct. 6, 1952. 5p. incl. typed biography. Perhaps an American relative of Mary O'Malley. 74. FROM: "John" (John Taylor Arms, 1887-1954. American artist): Typed letter signed, Oct. 15, 1952. 1p. 75. FROM: Elizabeth Stevenson .1919. American literary historian): A.L.S., Feb. 17, 1953. 5p. About her book on Henry James (The Crook- ed Corridor) and her progress with a new book on Henry Adams. 76. FROM: Ralph E. Flanders (U.S. Senator from Vermont): 2 A.Ls.S., March 16 & 17, 1953, together with copies of five speeches and biographical clippings from newspapers. Also 11 typewritten letters from his wife, Helen (Hartness) Flanders, Feb. 2, 1947-Aug. 5, 1951. 20p. With typed ms. poem "True confessions," and letter from Prof. Donald Davidson, Aug. 31, 1949, evaluating the Helen Hartness Flanders Collection of ballads and folksongs at Middlebury College. 77. FROM: Justine Bayard Cutting Ward (b.1879. Married George Cabot Ward, brother of Elizabeth Ward Perkins): 2 Typewritten let- ters signed, July 11 & Aug. 3, 1953. Each 1p. From Washington; discusses the fate of their recent publishing efforts, and their former work with Dr. Shields. 78. Miscellaneous American correspondence: 45 Letters, typed or handwritten, 1917-1953. 110p. From friends and associates, on many topics; several from young artist friends. 79. Miscellaneous English and foreign correspondence: 13 Letters, typed or handwritten, 1923-1950. 39p. From friends and relatives in Europe. C. ELIZABETH (WARD) PERKINS-Other Materials: 1. "Poems by Mrs. C.B. Perkins"; typescript, 16p. Undated except one (1912). Together with 7 additional typewritten pages of verse. Juvenilia. 2. "The Lenox Genius," 9 numbers, written & hectographed ca. 1885, by Miss Ward and a young friend. Childish verse, stories and cartoons. 3. Marriage certification, Boston, Feb. 11, 1897, attesting to the mar- riage on Sep. 8, 1896, of Charles Bruen Perkins & Elizabeth Howard Ward. 4. Three accounts of Elizabeth Howard Ward's marriage to Charles Bruen Perkins, by Abraham Barker (uncle), 3pp. mss. as well as fair 59 copy; Louise Endicott, 9p. mss. and fair copy; and Abigail A(ugier?), 11pp. fair copy. 5. "Color in General Education"; typescript with ms. corrections and additions, n.d. (20th century). 8p. An essay. 6. Untitled short story, beginning "Down Murray Hill ,"n.d. (20th century). 8p. Typewritten. 7. Ms. diary, Jan. 1-Sept. 18, 1915, with lists of persons to see while in London, e.g., H. Festing Jones, the Hollonds, the Bryces, Lawrence Binyon, Henry James. 8. Presentation copy of Spare Your Good, with introd. by E. Gordon Duff (Cambridge, University Press, 1919). 1 of 250 copies. 9. Printed sheet music: "Christmas Carol: A Welcome to Jesus" and "Hymn for First Communion." Lyrics by Elizabeth W. Perkins. n.d. 3p. 10. Group of 5 printed invitations to Mrs. C.B. Perkins: 1) Mar. 11, 1915, to dinner at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; 2) Aug. 4, 1915, to the reception at the American Embassy for the wedding of Ambassador Walter Hines Page's daughter Katharine to Charles G. Loring of Boston; 3) Jan. 15, 1925, to the opening of the Isabella Stewart Gard- ner Museum, Boston; 4) Jan. 17, 1931, to a reception for the Irish poet AE (George Russell) at the Kingsley Porters; 5) Mar. 15 (no year), for a tea at the Edward Burlingame Hills to meet Igor Stravinsky. 11. Group of printed form letters addressed to Mrs. Perkins and pro- grams, all 1950 or n.d., e.g. Catholic Renascence Society, Catholic Worker etc. 6 items. 12. "Biglietto d'ingresso," Mar. 1, 1891. Completed form allowing "Mlle. Elizabeth Howard Ward" entry to the Sistine Chapel for a papal anniversary celebration. 1p. 13. Letter of introduction, Harry M. O'Connor to Msgr. George Biskup in Rome, Feb. 25, 1950. 1p. Introducing Mrs. C.B. Perkins and Mrs. Maxwell Perkins. Together with a Vatican form with typewritten en- tries for names & date, authorizing a papal audience on May 26, 1950. 1p. 60 Elizabeth Ward Perkins in 1939. Perkins family in England when staying with Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont in Sussex, 1914. From left: C.B. Perkins, Anna "Nancy" Perkins, Mrs. Eliz. Ward Perkins, Mary Perkins (later Ryan), Francis D. Perkins (the future music critic), Elinor Perkins (later Mansfield), and Admiral Beaumont (widower of Mary Elinor Perkins). 61 Other Materials Relating to the Ward Family: 1. Manuscript account of Ward family ancestors, to the 12th century. 47p. 2. Typescript genealogy and history of the Ward family, beginning with Miles Ward, who came to Salem, Mass., from Erith, Kent in 1639. 3. A genealogy of the Ward family in America, since the first third of the 17th century, and ending with the birth of Thomas Wren Ward. 4. "Perkins and Ward Family Trees": apparently a professionally done record of the two families, in a large book suitable for such purposes. 5. Typescript account of the Ward family, by a nephew of Samuel Gray Ward (1938). 20p. 6. Data "collected by the American Genealogical Co endorsed on the application for membership of Baroness Ernst Schonbeig, in the Colonial Dames of America." (The baroness was the former Elizabeth Barker Ward.) 7. Collection of ms. (typewritten) verse: Five poems descriptive of various members of the Ward family (e.g., Samuel Gray Ward) and of Fanny Kemble. N.d. 3p. Author unknown. 8. One folder of letters, documents and clippings relating to George Cabot Ward (1876-1936), lawyer and government official (pre-World War I governor of Puerto Rico). 43 items. Most concern details of his death and burial at Mentone. He was the older son of Thomas Wren Ward. 9. Other Ward family letters: Nine A.Ls.S. of various dates, incl. postcards from lesser known members of the Ward family. 10. WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS AND SOME OF HIS ANCESTORS, by Edward Gray. Salem, Mass., 1916. 35p. Repr. from the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute. 11. "Family Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths with the Lineal Descent of Jacob Barker, son of Robert and Sarah Barker and of Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Thomas and Anna Hazard Closely written in Elizabeth Hazard Barker's hand; names, birth and death dates, and wills. 76p. 12. "Poems of Robert Barker" (bound volume of fair copies). 60p. Perhaps half of the poems have dates between 1820 and 1828. 13. Manuscript history of the Ridgely family, 17th through 19th cen- turies. 10p. (The Ridgely family married into the Howard family.) 14. "Memoranda" of the Howard family of Maryland, copied from his uncle's book by Cornelius Howard, in 1876. 3p. 62 15. PROGENITORS OF THE HOWARDS OF MARYLAND, by Henry Ridgely Evans. Washington, D.C., 1938. 20p. 16. COL. JOHN EAGER HOWARD OF MARYLAND (1752-1827). Cover-title, undated. 8p. 17. A MEMOIR OF THE LATE COL. JOHN EAGER HOWARD. Baltimore, 1863. 8p. Two copies. Repr. from the Baltimore Gazette, Oct. 15, 1827. 18. Chronology of John Eager Howard's (Revolutionary War hero's) family: typed extract from The Magazine of American History (April 1879), p.279: "The Howards of Maryland." 19. Regarding the Howard family: typed copy from The Magazine of American History (October 1881), p.276. 20. "Colonial Dames of America-Form of Application for Member- ship" from Elizabeth Waters (born 1826) and Charles Ridgely Howard (born 1818), tracing the two families through their great, great, great, great, great grandparents. 21. "Howard Family Genealogy": compiled and written by "Charles Howard, Baltimore, 1856." 190p. Inscribed on the first page: "Wm. Geo. Read, Baltimore 1860" and "Florence Mary Read 1892." The relation- ships of these three persons, and several others mentioned earlier, may be best shown as follows: Charles Ridgely Howard Elizabeth Waters - William George Read Prudence Sophia James Cornelia Florence Mary Rebecca ("Nina") ("Lily") 22. GLORIA VICTIS, 1861-1865 (Unveiling of the Confederate Monu- ment, May 2nd, 1903). Baltimore, 1903. 39p. Includes the oration given by Capt. McHenry Howard (pp. 8-28). 23. JAMES McHENRY HOWARD: A MEMOIR, by Tunstall Smith. Baltimore, 1916. 27p. 24. Typescript "Extracts From Shaler Extracts From Newcomb." 8p. 25. A quantity of miscellaneous notes, clippings, letters and portions of genealogies, all relating to family history. 26. Album of manuscript songs (fair copy), by Charles Pinkney and others. Six numbers (14p.). No date, possibly early 19th C. With dedica- tion "For Miss Barker." 63 THOMAS HANDASYD PERKINS (1764-1854) is the earliest of his family name appearing in this archive. A glance into the DIC- TIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY or the Historical Volume of WHO WAS WHO IN AMERICA is sufficient to establish the eminence of this family in American cultural and historical affairs. The particular branch that is documented in this archive begins with Thomas Handasyd Perkins, continues through Charles Callahan Perkins (grandson of Thomas's brother James), then descends to the Boston architect Charles Bruen Perkins (son of Charles Callahan Perkins), whose marriage in 1896 to Elizabeth Howard Ward united the Wards and Perkinses. Of that marriage there was a son and three daughters, and the second daughter, Elinor, married Lewis Mansfield of Portland, Maine. The four children of this marriage are the donors of the Ward-Perkins papers to the UCSB Library. (The youngest daughter, Diana Mansfield Russell, has been an employee of the UCSB Library since 1980). A. Autograph Letters Signed from Thomas Handasyd Perkins: A series of 11 long A.Ls.S., addressed (one from Canton, China) to James Perkins, father (or grandfather) of Charles Callahan Perkins, all from the 1820s. Thomas Handasyd Perkins had a brother James (1761-1822), his partner in business. This James had a son, James Perkins (1791-1828), who died young. This second James was the father of Charles Callahan Perkins. Thus, if these letters are to the brother of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, they are to the grandfather of Charles Callahan. But they may be to the second James. (One further, oblique reference to Thomas Handasyd Perkins ex- ists in this archive: under "Other Materials Relating to the Perkins Family" there is an item concerning the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. In later life Thomas was blind for a number of years and this experience led him to become a benefac- tor of the Massachusetts General Hospital and other institutions. In 1833 he deeded his home to the New England Asylum for the Blind which, after his death, was renamed as above and continues to perpetuate his name.) C. Thomas Handasyd Perkins-Other Materials: 1. Three documents related to James Perkins: a) Ms. copy of a letter from him in Canton, China, dated Dec. 1824, to a London merchant, giving (inter alia) the current price of opium; b) two Commonwealth 64 of Massachusetts forms completed, dated 1829 & 1831, relative to the will of James Perkins. 4p. 2. A.L.S., Sarah Perkins (in Boston) to James Perkins (in London), May 13 (no year, but early 19th century). 3p. Apparently addressed to the father of Charles Callahan Perkins, the letter is occasioned by the arrival of James and his wife (Elisa) in Europe, and reflects the uncer- tainty of sea travel in those times: "The Amythis has been reported by a vessel which arrived at New York, as going up Channel, you can hardly conceive the emotion of my heart, on receiving this intelligence - I am now relieved from a state of anxiety respecting your safety." " Thomas Handasyd Perkins, 1764-1854 (from Cary's Memoir, 1856). 65 3. "Abstract of (James) Perkins' will", dated Mar. 4, 1825; codicil dated Feb. 20, 1828. Ms. summary, 5p. T.H. Perkins was listed as one of the executors. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Thomas Handasyd Perkins: 1. MEMOIR OF THOMAS HANDASYD PERKINS, containing ex- tracts from his diaries and letters, by Thomas G. Cary. 1856; repr. 1971. 2. LIVES OF AMERICAN MERCHANTS, by Freeman Hunt. 1856; repr. 1969. Vol. I, pp. 33-101 contains a condensed version of the Cary memoir (above). 3. MERCHANT PRINCE OF BOSTON, COLONEL T.H. PERKINS, 1764 - 1854, by Carl Seaburg and Stanley Paterson. Harvard Univer- sity Press, 1971. CHARLES CALLAHAN PERKINS (1823-1886), musician, com- poser, artist, author and patron of the arts. Close friend of the historian George Bancroft. The facts of his life may be found in the standard biographical sources (Who Was Who, Dictionary of American Biography, etc.) where his background and education at Harvard are described, his residence in Europe, his work as both a musician and painter, his writings in the field of art history and his support of the arts in Boston. He was instrumental in establishing the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and active in the development of its collections. By his marriage to Frances Davenport Bruen in 1855 he had three children: the eldest, Mary Elinor, married Lewis Beaumont, later a British admiral; the second, a son Edward; and the third, his son Charles Bruen (alias "Carly"), became a Boston architect and married Elizabeth Howard Ward, daughter of Thomas Wren Ward. Some indication of Charles Callahan Perkins's interests and ac- complishments can be gained from a glance at the following (partial) list of his publications (starred items are also included in the archive): 1. EIGHT MELODIES (FOR VOICE AND PIANOFORTE|. Paris: Bran- dus et Cie, (ca. 1860). 2. QUATUOR POUR 2 VIOLONS, ALTO ET VIOLONCELLE. Opus 8. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hartel, 1853. 3. TRIO POUR PIANO, VIOLON ET VIOLONCELLE. Opus 10. Leip- zig: Brietkopf and Hartel, (ca. 1854). 4. PENSEES MUSICALES POUR PIANO ET VIOLON. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hartel, 1855. 66 5. EIGHT MELODIES DEDICATED TO MY SISTER. Paris: Brandus et Cie, (ca. 1847). 6. TUSCAN SCULPTORS: THEIR LIVES, WORKS AND TIMES. With Illustrations From Original Drawings and Photographs (by the Author). London: Longman, Green, et al, 1864. 7. ITALIAN SCULPTORS: BEING A HISTORY OF SCULPTURE IN NORTHERN, SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ITALY. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1868. 8. ART EDUCATION IN AMERICA. Cambridge: American Social Sciences Association, 1870. 9. AMERICAN ART MUSEUMS. Boston: Fields, Osgood and Co., 1870. 10. HINTS ON HOUSEHOLD TASTE, by Charles Locke Eastlake. Edited by Charles Callahan Perkins. Boston: Osgood and Co., 1872 (Second American edition). As well, Perkins edited subsequent American editions, at least through the fifth. 11. THE ANTEFIX PAPERS: PAPERS ON ART EDUCATION SUB- JECTS Boston: Printed for Private Circulation, 1875. 12. RAPHAEL AND MICHELANGELO: A CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY. Boston: Osgood, 1878. 13. LECTURE ON DRAWING AS A BRANCH OF GENERAL EDUCATION. Boston, 1879. 14. ADDRESS TO THE HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY, May 31, 1880. Boston: Mudge, 1880. 15. * ART IN EDUCATION. New York: Nation Press, 1870. 16. *REMINISCENCES OF THE INSURRECTION IN ST. DOM- INGO, by Samuel G. Perkins. Cambridge, 1886. Edited by Charles Callahan Perkins. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1886. 17. CYCLOPEDIA OF PAINTERS AND PAINTINGS, by John Denison Champlin (editor). Critical Editor, Charles Callahan Perkins. Originally published 1887, reprinted 1969 (Port Washington, NY: Ken- nicat Press). 4 vols. 18. HISTORY OF THE HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY OF BOSTON, MA. NY: DaCapo Press, 1977 (a reprint of the 1883-1913 edition published by Mudge in Boston). Chapters I-III, by Charles Callahan Perkins. 19. GHIBERTI ET SON ECOLE. No place, no publisher, 1868. 20. ART IN THE HOUSE. Edited, from the German of Von Falke, by Charles Callahan Perkins. No place, no publisher, 1879. 67 A. Autograph Letters Signed from Charles Callahan Perkins: Although this Perkins was known to have been an energetic letter writer, the archive contains few letters by him, in contrast to the abundance of materials about his work and career. There is a group of more than 20 letters from him in the Longfellow Papers at the Houghton Library, Harvard University, and other letters can be found in the collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston. Those that follow do document an important episode in his career. 1. TO: "Mr. Bancroft" (i.e., George Bancroft, the historian): A.L.S., Dec. 1, 1867. 4p. Declines ('for now') Bancroft's offer of a position in Berlin; written from Paris. 2. TO: "Mr. Bancroft" (i.e., George Bancroft): A.L.S., June 7, 1868. 3p. Again declines Bancroft's offer of a foreign secretaryship at Berlin, expatiating as to the reasons why, and offering his correspondent pro- fuse thanks for the generous offer. 3. TO: William Bliss: One A.L.S., Mar. 7, 1877. 4p. B. Letters Addressed to Charles Callahan Perkins. Most of these letters seem to have been occasioned by the young man's first depar- ture from home: 1. FROM: "Mother": Six A.Ls.S., from the 1840s. 14p. 2. FROM: "Saadi" (his sister): Eight A.Ls.S., Dec. 1842-Apr. 1843. 30p. 3. FROM: Family and friends: Nine A.Ls.S., from the 1840s. 26p. 4. FROM: "Mari" (a close friend): Seven A.Ls.S., Dec. 1842-May 1843. 26p. Written from New Orleans and St. Louis. 5. FROM: Fred R. Sears (another friend): One A.L.S., Jan. 27, 1842. 3p. 6. FROM: Dorsey Read (a friend): Six A.Ls.S., Jan.-May (1843?) 14p. C. CHARLES CALLAHAN PERKINS-Other materials: 1. Diary of Charles Callahan Perkins (in his hand, though unsigned; the attribution to him is in the hand of Elizabeth Ward Perkins and dated by her, "1847-1849"). 51p. Written from Italy, closely written, detailed, specific accounts of his travel, study, observations, persons met, social engagements, work, etc., on an almost daily basis. 2. Diary of Charles Callahan Perkins (cloth-bound, stamped in gilt with his initials; many leaves blank). 54p. Apparently kept on the same trip as the diary mentioned above, but from Paris. Perkins records his activities and perceptions of the culture around him on a daily basis, and refers to numerous personalities whom he met and, 68 Charles Callahan Perkins, 1823-1886. Frances Davenport Perkins, 1825-1909. 69 usually, dined with (Berlioz, for example). Announcements of perfor- mances of his own and others' music by Perkins are laid-in and tipped- in to the diary. These performances took place, apparently, in Paris during his residence there. As well, there are newspaper accounts of the performances pasted into the diary. Finally, in the same diary, there is a 7-page schedule or 'date book,' from 1850, of Perkins' ac- tivities, giving a representative look at the life of an active author/composer/scholar. 3. Printed program, Boston Music Hall, Mar. 1, 1856, listing Charles C. Perkins as (piano) soloist for an all Beethoven festival concert. 4. Certificate of copyright for TUSCAN SCULPTORS (1865). 5. Copy of BAS-RELIEF DIT DE LA CROIX, ORNANT LE SANC- TUAIRE DE L'UN DES TEMPLES A PALENQUE (GUATEMALA). Paris, 1868. 8p. Offprint from La Gazette des Beaux-Arts, mai 1868; heavily annotated with ms. marginal notes by Perkins. 6. Copy of DU MOULAGE EN PLATRE CHEZ LES ANCIENS. Paris, Hennuyer, 1869. 15p. With marginal notes by Perkins. 7. Copy of LES SCULPTEURS ITALIENS. Edition fran- caise Album. Paris, J. Renouard, 1869. Portfolio of 73 engraved plates to accompany the text; incomplete: plates 2-11 and 25 are miss- ing, with plates 1-3 added from the English edition. Includes a file of 9 original pen & ink drawings by Perkins, several associated with Raphael subjects. 8. Copy of ART IN EDICATION. New York, Nation Press, 1870. Repr. from JASSA, v.Il. 9. Copy of LECTURE ON DRAWING AS A BRANCH OF GENERAL EDUCATION, Fitchburg, July 27, 1871. Printed, Boston, Feb. 16, 1879. 12p. 10. Letter of Trusteeship, dated Oct. 18, 1886. Appointing Frances D. Perkins et al trustees of the estate of Charles Callahan Perkins. 11. Printed form, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, with entries acknowledging the gift of 271 engravings, 9 lithographs & 6 draw- ings by "the children of Mr. C.C. Perkins, through Mrs. Perkins April 18th, 1889 Chas. G. Loring, Director." BIBLIOGRAPHY: Charles Callahan Perkins: 1. A PRIVATE PROOF: PRINTED IN ORDER TO PRESERVE CER- TAIN MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE BOSTON BRANCH OF THE PERKINS FAMILY, by A(ugustus) T. P(erkins). Privately printed, n.d. 70 2. MEMOIR OF CHARLES CALLAHAN PERKINS, by Samuel Eliot. Cambridge, 1887. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 26p. 3. Dictionary of American Biography, VII, 464-5. MARY ANNE DAVENPORT BRUEN (1793-1892), daughter of Mat- thias Bruen and mother-in-law of Charles Callahan Perkins. Widowed at an early age, she lived with her unmarried daughter, Mary Lundie Bruen, at the Bruen estate in Newport, R.I., or when in Europe, with her other daughter, Frances (Mrs. Charles Callahan Perkins). Both mother and her two daughters wrote many long and detailed letters to Mrs. Bancroft (wife of the historian) and to Alexander Bliss, with whom they were close and life-long friends. A. Autograph Letters Signed from Mary A.D. Bruen: 1. TO: "Mrs. Bancroft": Five A.Ls.S., 1859, 1875, 1883, 1884(2). 23p. Elizabeth (Davis) Bliss Bancroft, second wife of the historian George Bancroft, was the widow of Daniel Webster's junior law partner. 2. TO: "Mr. Bliss" i.e., Alexander Bliss, George Bancroft's stepson, though some may be to William D. Bliss, a relation of his): 42 A.Ls.S., 1858-1877 (many without year). 186p. A long intimate correspondence regarding family business, world affairs, travel, personal matters, the Civil War. Alexander "Sandy" Bliss served as Civil War quartermaster general under General McClellan. 3. TO: "Mr. Bliss" (i.e., Alexander and/or William D. Bliss): Typescript copies of letters from M.A.D. Bruen, traveling in Rome, Florence and Germany, 1860-61. 22p. 4. TO: William D. Bliss: 11 A.Ls.S., from the 1870s, relating to fami- ly matters, particularly oil in West Virginia. 5. TO: "Mr. Ward" (i.e., John Ward, Wall Street): A.L.S., Oct. 18, 1861. 1p. (No apparent relation to the Ward family of this archive.) C. Mary A.D. Bruen-Other Materials: 1. Passport of Mary A.D. Bruen, with many endorsements, dated in- itially 16 October 1835. 4p. folio. 2. Letter from Matthias Bruen (Mary A.D. Bruen's father) to his sister Mary, Sep. 15, 1817, from Edinburgh. 3p., with a pencil sketch of Matthias. 3. Copy of the will of Matthias Bruen, dated Nov. 1, 1845. 7p. An important document: Bruen bequeaths a 1/4 part of his lands to his 71 two granddaughters (Frances D. & Mary Lundie Bruen), all of which he identifies in great detail: 152,300 acres in Kanawha County, Virginia; 563 acres along the Niagara River in New York State; 3,085 acres in Marion & Crawford counties of Ohio; 7,186 acres in St. Lawrence County, New York; and other extensive properties in Buf- falo and New York City. 4. Letter, dated May 29, 1862, from G. Borland to Alexander Bliss, agent in New York for M.A.D. Bruen, respecting the use of the Bruen estate at Newport during her absence in Europe. 3p. 5. Correspondence of Mary Lundie Bruen: 27 A.Ls.S. addressed to "Mr. Bliss," 1854-85 (many lacking year). 167p. 6. Correspondence of Mary Lundie Bruen: 30 A.Ls.S. addressed to "Mrs. Bancroft," 1865-79 (many without year). 201p. FRANCES DAVENPORT (BRUEN) PERKINS, 1825-1909, daughter of Matthias & Mary Anne Davenport Bruen, and wife of Charles Callahan Perkins. A. Autograph Letters Signed from Frances D. Perkins: 1. TO: "Mrs. Bancroft" (i.e., Elizabeth Bancroft, wife of the historian George Bancroft): 16 A.Ls.S., all but three (1867-68) without year. 93p. 2. TO: "Mr. Bliss" (either Alexander or William D. Bliss): 9 A.Ls.S., all but one (Mar 18.1859) without year. 37p. 3. TO: "Friends" (i.e., the Bancrofts): A.L.S., June 24 (1867). 4p. Reac- tions to the news of Bancroft's appointment to Berlin. B. Correspondence Addressed to Frances D. Perkins: 1. FROM: "Sister" (i.e., Mary Lundie Bruen): A.L.S., n.d. 4p. 2. FROM: (J.W. Preston?): A.L.S., Sep. 22, 1863, from Richmond, Virginia. Addressed to "Fanny" (i.e., Frances D. Perkins), from (or very near) the battlefield, with news of the miseries of the Civil War, a letter full of sad news, personal misfortune, and, even, self-pity; as well, descriptions of the ways in which the Civil War has touched the lives of the writer's family. In all, a very good letter, unusually long (12p.), written to someone obviously much loved by the writer. 3. FROM: James Bryce (1838-1922. British historian): A.L.S., Sep. 16, 1886. 3p. On the sudden death of her husband. "He was killed instantly by the overturning of a carriage in which he was riding near Wind- sor, Vt., on Aug. 25, 1886" (DAB). 72 C. Frances D. Perkins-Other Materials: 1. Newspaper clippings reviewing the life of Frances D. Perkins, her ancestry and friendships. 2. Letter from Mary E. Perkins (daughter of Charles Callahan & Frances D. Perkins) to Mrs. Bancroft. 3p. A child's Christmas letter. 3. Printed sermon (1907) and newspaper clipping on the death in England of Mary Elinor (Perkins), Lady Beaumont, the wife of Ad- miral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont. 4. "Quitclaim Deed" from Frances Davenport Perkins to Charles Bruen Perkins (her son), 1903. 3p. 5. "Special Warranty Deed" from Frances D. Perkins to Charles Bruen Perkins, 1902. 3p. GEORGE BANCROFT (1800-1891), historian, diplomat and cabinet officer under two presidents, author of a ten-volume HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES: A large group of Autograph Letters Signed, 30 in all, written to Frances Davenport Bruen Perkins (Mrs. Charles Callahan Perkins), Charles Callahan Perkins, Mary Lundie Bruen (their sister and sister-in-law), and Mary A.D. Bruen (mother or mother-in-law of the three); written between 1853 and 1886. All signed in full. 1. TO: "Fanny" (i.e., Mrs. Charles Callahan Perkins), Mar. 28, 1853, from New York. 1p. 2. TO: "Fanny," Oct. 21, 1854, from New York. 2p. 3. TO: "Mrs. Perkins (i.e., Mrs. Charles Callahan Perkins), Nov. 20, 1855, from New York. 4p. Refers to her as "my best friend." 4. TO: "Mrs. Perkins," April 9, 1865. 3p. Regarding the publication of TUSCAN SCULPTORS: THEIR LIVES, WORKS AND TIMES, by her husband, Charles Callahan Perkins; full of detail and warm, glow- ing praise ('a credit to the country'). On page (4) of the same letter there is an A.L.S. from EDB (i.e., Elizabeth D. Bancroft, the historian's wife), congratulating the Perkinses on the publication of the same book and reveling in the imminent end of the Civil War ('today we get the news of Lee's surrender '). 5. TO: "Fanny," Aug. 16, 1865, from Newport, R.I. 4p. 6. TO: "Fanny & Mary" (i.e., Mrs. Perkins & her sister, Mary Lundie Bruen), June 9, 1867. 4p. 7. TO: "Mrs. Perkins," Sep. 29, 1874, from New York. 1p. 8. TO: "Mrs. Perkins," Dec. 11, 1875, from Washington. 2p. 9. TO: "Mrs. Perkins," Dec. 24, 1883. 1p. 73 10. TO: "Fanny," n.d. (Friday, 10 a.m.). 1p. 11. TO: "Fanny," n.d. (Saturday, 5 p.m.). 1p. 12. TO: "Fanny," June 10 (no year). 3p. 13. TO: "Mrs. Perkins," Oct. 1 (no year). 2p. 14. TO: "Mr. Perkins" (i.e., Charles Callahan Perkins), No. 28, 1867, from Berlin, inviting the Perkinses to visit. 15. TO: "Mr. Perkins," May 30, 1868, from Berlin, offering Charles Callahan Perkins a job ('join this legation as its secretary'), with par- ticulars as to job duties, pay, benefits to him and his family, etc. 16. TO: "Mr. Perkins," n.d., but ca. June 1868, from Berlin, reiterating his offer of a substantial job in the city; again, full of detail, implor- ing him to accept. 17. TO: "Perkins" (i.e., Charles Callahan Perkins), June 12, 1869, from Berlin. 4p. On French politics. This letter is reproduced in part in M.A. DeWolfte Howe, The Life and Letters of George Bancroft (Scribner, 1908), II, 228. 18. TO: "Charles Callahan Perkins," Mar. 22, 1886. 2p. A letter of deep gratitude for Perkins's travel to the burial of Bancroft's wife. 19. TO: "Perkins," n.d., from Washington. 2p. Thanks for the gift of a new Perkins book on art. 20. TO: "Mary" (probably Mary Lundie Bruen), Dec. 11, 1856. 2p. 21. TO: "Mary" (Mary Lundie Bruen), July 31, 1867, from Paris. 4p. An account of Bancroft's travels in Africa and Spain, with thanks to his correspondent for caring for his wife. 22. TO: "Young kinswoman and friend" (i.e., someone in the Bruen family), Feb. 16, 1868. 4p. 23. TO: "My dear cousin," Jan. 1, 1875. 4p. 24. TO: "Miss Bruen" (i.e., Mary Lundie Bruen), Nov. 8, 1876. 2p. 25. TO: "Miss Bruen," Nov. 10, 1877. 3p. 26. TO: "Miss Bruen," n.d. 3p. 27. TO: "Sister of my friend" (i.e., probably Mary Lundie Bruen), Aug. 30, 1882. 28. TO: "Mrs. Bruen" (i.e., Mary Anne Davenport Bruen, mother-in- law of Charles Callahan Perkins), Mar. 22, 1886. 1p. A letter of con- solation for her daughter's death. 29. TO: "Mrs. Bruen," Feb. 17 (no year). 2p. 30. TO: "Mrs. Bruen," June 24 (no year). 1p. Tells her you are my best friend.' 74 Matthias Bruen - Hannah Coe (1776-1846) Matthias Bruen Mary Anne Davenport (1793-1829) (1793-1892) Charles Callahan - Frances Davenport Bruen Mary Lundie Bruen Perkins (1825-1909) (1828-1886) (1823-1886) The Bruens were from Newark, New Jersey, the Davenports from Connecticut. Jamaica Plain (part of Boston) comes into the picture only because that is where Charles Callahan Perkins lived. His mother-in-law and his sister-in-law may have lived with him. 31. AS WELL: A long, detailed, intimate letter from George Bancroft to his brother William, June 30, 1854. 4p. quarto. Breezy in tone, with references to family members throughout, and including a drawing of a ship at the base of the last page; written from Lunenberg, Mass. 32. AS WELL: A.L.S., n.d., from Elizabeth Bancroft, 2p., with a one- page A.L.S. from George Bancroft within, both written to the Charles Callahan Perkinses ("dear friends"), regarding the arrival of the latter in England (giving directions, advice etc.). 75 Other Materials Relating to the Perkins Family: 1. Manuscript genealogy of the Bruen and Perkins families. 3p. 2. Typed copy of letter from A.T. Perkins to Edward Newton Perkins, Dec. 14, 1883. 3p. Traces the family name to the 14th or 15th century. 3. THE PERKINS FAMILY. Printed memoir (29p.), with initials "A.T.P." at end. Undated, but a presentation copy signed "C.C. Perkins from Augustine T. Perkins. 1888." Further presented "for John Howard Mansfield from E.W. Perkins. 1952." Tells the story of the Perkins family from the 14th to the 18th centuries. 4. "Alexander Bliss in Acct. with W.D. Bliss": listing of property, assets, debits; including "Casa Grande" (property in California). 3p. 25. Correspondence relating to 4.) above, from W.D. Bliss to Alexander Bliss, regarding property, farming, his law practice etc. From Petaluma, California, Mar. 28, 1861. 10p. 6. Copy of DAVENPORT RIDGE (Stamford, CT): HISTORICAL SKETCH. Printed: Brooklyn, A.B. Davenport, 1892. 7. Printed copy of the will of Sarah P. Cleveland (sister of Charles Callahan Perkins), dated Feb. 9, 1893; with Petition against her estate. 8p. Died June 26, 1893. Sarah was the lifelong confidante and cor- respondent of the actress Fanny Kemble, who was also close to Samuel Ward's family (see above "Other Materials Ward Family"). 8. Copy of the will of Eliza Callahan Cleveland (daughter of Sarah), dated July 1908. 9p. Died May 28, 1914. 9. Deed of conveyance of property in Jamaica Plain, from Lewis A. Beaumont to Charles Bruen Perkins, dated Oct. 28, 1908. 10. Register of baptism for Charles Bruen Perkins, Florence, May 14, 1860. 11. Correspondence addressed to Charles Bruen Perkins: Four A.Ls.S., 1891, 1917(2) & 1923, the first from the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, thanking Perkins for the gift of architectural plans for a new kindergarten for the school. Also, two Typed letters signed, 1927 & 1929, the second discussing the wed- ding of Harry Hollond. 12. City of Boston form, dated July 19, 1910, appointing Charles Bruen Perkins as "a Schoolhouse Commissioner." An important position, filled by his father (C.C. Perkins) before him. 13. Newsclipping from The Boston Sunday Globe, Mar. 21, 1948, showing the "Old Perkins Mansion, now headquarters of the Boston Park Department's recreation division." Designed and built as the family home on Perkins Street, by the Boston architect Charles Bruen 76 Perkins, it was later presented to the city of Boston by his widow, Elizabeth Ward Perkins. 14. Copy of the will of Charles Bruen Perkins, probated July 19, 1930. (His actual death date was Nov. 17, 1929. 15. Correspondence: 60 A.Ls.S., 1914-15, from Anna ("Nancy') Perkins, daughter of Charles Bruen Perkins & Elizabeth Ward Perkins, address- ed to her parents and grandparents (Thomas Wren Ward & Sophia Read Ward), while a student in England, at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton. Includes a photo, with note, of the British fleet off Spithead in 1914. Youthful letters of a Perkins who became a legendary medical doctor in upstate New York. 229p. The foregoing survey of the Ward-Perkins Papers is based, in the first place, on an inventory prepared by Jeffrey Akard of the Santa Barbara firm, A.B.I. Books. It has been extensively revised and extend- ed, to accommodate later additions to the archive, by Donald Fitch. For many of the personal identifications and suggested dates of cor- respondence, particularly those associated with Elizabeth Ward Perkins, the library is indebted to Diana M. Russell and to her brother, Professor John Mansfield of the Harvard Law School. -Ed. 77 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 1 of 19 8 OAC http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj No online items Online Archive of California Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Arrangement and description by T. Lewis; latest revision, D. Tambo Department of Special Collections Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Phone: (805) 893-3062 Fax: (805) 893-5749 Email: special@library.ucsb.edu URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.htm © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Ward-Perkins Family Papers, ca. 1788-1954 Collection number: Mss 129 Department of Special Collections Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara Processed by: Arrangement and description by T. Lewis; latest revision, D. Tambo Date Completed: Apr. 26, 2011 Encoded by: A. Demeter © 2011 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Ward-Perkins Family Papers Dates: ca. 1788-1954 Collection number: Mss 129 Collection Size: 5.6 linear feet (15 boxes and 2 oversize boxes). Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Abstract: Primarily correspondence relating to the Ward and Perkins families of Boston, New York and elsewhere. Other families who figure prominently in the papers are the Barkers, the Howards, and the Bruens. Many letters from noteworthy individuals outside of the family circles, such as James Russell Lowell, Amy Lowell, George Bancroft, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry and William James, George Santayana, and Theodore Roosevelt. Physical location: Vault. Languages: English Access Restrictions None. Publication Rights http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 2 of 19 Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained. Preferred Citation Ward-Perkins Family Papers. Mss 129. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara. Acquisition Information Multiple gifts from family members, ca. 1984-2011. Biography The Ward and Perkins families embodied the ideal of the upper class New England family in the 19th century. Both were very well educated, with several generations of Harvard graduates, most of whom spent time studying and touring in Europe. Both were very wealthy, having found success at international business and finance. Both felt a duty to be active in the social, political, and intellectual movements of their time. The families were brought together by the marriage of Elizabeth Howard Ward and Charles Bruen Perkins in 1896. The collection primarily covers three generations of these families, with extensive correspondence and personal papers of Elizabeth Ward Perkins, her father Thomas Wren Ward, and her grandfather Samuel Gray Ward, as well as her husband's parents, Charles Callahan Perkins and Frances D. Perkins. The papers feature correspondence with many noteworthy individuals outside the family circles, such as George Bancroft, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry and William James, Amy Lowell, James Russell Lowell, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Santayana. Samuel Gray Ward (1817-1907) grew up in Boston and graduated from Harvard University in 1836. His father, Thomas Wren Ward, was the American agent for Baring Brothers & Co. of London, a credit corporation for owners of merchant ships, which would prove to be the family firm for three generations. After graduation, Samuel Gray Ward went on the Grand Tour of Europe with the Harvard mathematician and astronomer John Farrar and members of his family. Among the group was a young relative of Farrar's, Anna Hazard Barker. Sam and Anna spent at least nine weeks of the trip traveling together. Although Anna was some years older and a much more experienced traveler than he, Sam convinced her to marry him, and they were wed in 1840. Anna Hazard Barker Ward (1813-1902) was the daughter of New York State Senator Jacob Barker, an extremely wealthy and successful businessman who was related to Benjamin Franklin's mother. She was raised in Bloomingdale, New York, on the Hudson River, though when she was a teen the family moved to New Orleans, where Jacob Barker increased both his reputation and his fortune. Following the Grand Tour of Europe, she and Samuel Gray Ward became heavily involved with the Transcendentalist movement. In 1838 their mutual friend Margaret Fuller, a noted Transcendentalist thinker and women's rights advocate, introduced them to Ralph Waldo Emerson, and they soon became close personal friends. Fuller, who cultivated an air of intellectual superiority, nevertheless saw Anna Barker as her equal. However, due to peculiarities of the Victorian mindset, Anna's involvement in the Transcendentalist circles waned following her marriage. In 1845, after working at his father's firm for a few years, Samuel Gray Ward took his young family to live in the rural community of Lenox, MA, where he worked as a farmer. They saw this "back to the land" experiment as a Transcendentalist quest of the spirit, and indeed, Sam, who had always been of a delicate constitution, grew more robust and invigorated through his labors. Unfortunately, the death of his father left a vacancy at Baring Bros. that Samuel Gray Ward was called upon to fill. His brother, George Cabot Ward, joined him as his partner, and he began a 35-year career with the firm. In 1862, the family moved to New York. Sam and Anna Ward had three daughters: Anna Barker Ward Thoron, born in 1841, who married a French merchant named Joseph Thoron, but died shortly after the birth of her son Ward in 1875. Their second daughter was Lydia Gray Ward Von Hoffman, born in 1843, who married a German Baron, Richard Von Hoffman, in 1870 and went to live with him in Rome, Italy. Known familiarly as Lily, she often signed her letters with a variety of nicknames such as "Lilypad," "Padsy," and "Dill." The youngest was Elizabeth Barker Ward, who became Baroness Schönberg when she married Baron Ernst Schönberg of Austria. She joined him in his castle, Schloss Pallaus, in South Tyrol, where she died in 1920. Thomas Wren Ward (1844-1940) was the only son of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward, and he attended school in Vevey, Switzerland in the 1850s, before going to Harvard. His roommate at Harvard was Ralph Waldo Emerson's son Edward. The two had been friends previously and even went camping together before leaving for college. Although he was a sensitive, scholarly sort who dreamed of being a geologist, Thomas Wren Ward was drawn into the family business like his father before him. He would go on to serve the company for four http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 3 of 19 decades. In 1872 he married Sophia Read Howard, and their eldest child was the aforementioned Elizabeth Howard Ward. In 1896, a few years after her own Grand Tour of Europe, Elizabeth Howard Ward (1873-1954) married the much older Boston architect Charles Bruen Perkins (1860-1929), also a Harvard graduate who had studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was the son of the noted author, musician, and painter Charles Callahan Perkins, who had himself graduated from Harvard in 1843 and went on to help establish the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The Perkins family had been wealthy philanthropists and patrons of the arts for generations, the earliest representative in this archive being Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764-1854), who grew up amidst the turmoil of the American Revolution and went on to travel the world, building a fortune through international trade. Although the war prevented him from attending Harvard, as he was preparing to do, he nevertheless served 11 terms as a Massachusetts state legislator later in life. He and his wife, Sarah Elliott Perkins, were close friends with George Washington. His brother, James Perkins, was his partner in business, and James' great-great-grandson Francis Davenport Perkins (1897-1970) is also represented in the archive. Another Harvard man, Francis D. Perkins was a respected New York music critic who fought in the Second World War. In all, five generations of the Perkins family can be found in this collection. Scope and Content Notes The papers consist of approximately 2,000 related items (1,500 letters) relating to the Ward and Perkins families of Boston, New York, and elsewhere. Other families who figure prominently in the papers are the Barkers, the Howards, and the Bruens. The basic arrangement of the collection is based on Donald Fitch's article "The Ward-Perkins Papers," published in volume XVI of the UCSB Library publication Soundings (1985), which was itself based on the initial inventory of the collection prepared by Jeffrey Akard of the Santa Barbara firm A.B.I. Books. Citations are provided below, where available, for more detailed information of the items listed. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Perkins, Elizabeth Ward Ward, Thomas W. (Thomas Wren), 1786-1858 Ward, Samuel Gray Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886 Perkins, Charles Callahan, Mrs., d. 1909 Boston (Mass.) Related Materials Papers of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard (Barker) Ward, 1823-1908. Harvard University, Houghton Library. (bMS Am 1465). Thomas Wren Ward Papers, 1717-1943. Massachusetts Historical Society. Refers to the elder Thomas Wren Ward, father of Samuel Gray Ward. Thomas Handasyd Perkins Papers, 1789-1892. Massachusetts Historical Society. Biographical / Genealogical Information Scope and Content Note About the families, including notes and recent printed material Box 1: 1 General - Fitch, Donald. "The Ward-Perkins Papers" Box 1:2 General - Early working inventory Box 1: 3 General - Biographical documents (photocopies) Box 1: 4-7 Barker Box 1: 8 Coffyn Box 1: 9 Davenport http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 4 of 19 Box 1: 10 Folger Box 1: 11 Gardner Box 1: 12-13 Gray Box 1: 14-15 Perkins Box 1: 16 Robinson Box 1: 17 Rodman Box 1: 18-19 Schönberg Box 1: 20 Tilton, Eleanor M. - "The True Romance of Anna Hazard Barker and Samuel Gray Ward" Box 1: 21 Von Hoffman Box 1: 22-24 Ward Prominent Figures - Politicians, Authors, and Social Figures and miscellany Scope and Content Note Mainly correspondence to, from, and about; also some documents, clippings, writings, and other material. Bancroft, Elizabeth [Davis Bliss] (c.1803-1886) [wife of George Bancroft] Box 2: 1 1 ALS to Fanny and Mary [Frances D. Bruen Perkins and Mary A. D. Bruen], (Fitch, 73), 1867 Box 2: 1 1 ALS to "friends" [Mr. and Mrs. Charles Callahan Perkins], (Fitch, 75), n.d. Box 2: 1 1 ALS from Mary E. Perkins, (Fitch, 73), n.d. Box 2: 1 30 ALS from Mary Lundie Bruen, (Fitch, 72), 1865-1879 Bancroft, George (1800-1891) Box 2: 2 1 ALS to William Bancroft (his brother), (Fitch, 75), 1854 Box 2: 2 3 ALS to Mary A. D. Bruen, 1876-1886, (Fitch, 74), n.d. Box 2: 2 5 ALS to Mary Lundie Bruen, (Fitch, 74), n.d. Box 2: 2 9 ALS to Charles Callahan Perkins, (Fitch, 74), 1855-1883 Box 2: 2 9 ALS to Fanny [Frances D. Bruen Perkins], (Fitch, 73-74), 1853-1865, n.d. Box 2: 2 4 ALS to friends and relatives, (Fitch, 74), 1875, 1882, n.d. Box 2: 2 2 ALS from Charles Callahan Perkins, (Fitch, 68), 1867, 1868 Box 2: 2 1 Newspaper clipping re Bancroft biography, 1944 Baring, Thomas Box 2: 3 Correspondence and clippings, ca. 1877-1923 Barker, Abraham (1821-1906) [brother of Anna Hazard Barker Ward] Box 2: 4 2 ALS to "neice," 1883, 1896 Berensen, Mary Box 2: 5 1 picture postcard to Mrs. [Elizabeth Ward] Perkins, 1928 Bridge, Ann (1889-1974) [pseudonym for Lady Mary Dolling O'Malley, English novelist.] Box 2: 6 10 ALS to Elizabeth [Ward Perkins], (Fitch, 58), 1942-1951 Bruen, Matthias (1776-1846) [grandfather of Frances Davenport Bruen Perkins] http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 5 of 19 Box 2: 7 1 ALS, with typescript copy, of a letter to his sister Mary, with a pencil sketch of Matthias included, (Fitch, 71), 1817 Bryce, James (1838-1922) Box 2: 8 1 ALS to Mrs. [Frances D. Bruen] Perkins, (Fitch, 72), 1886 Box 2: 8 1 ALS to Mr. [Samuel Gray] Ward, (Fitch, 26), 1898 Cabot, James Elliot (1821-1903) [Emerson's literary executor] Box 2: 8 2 ALS from Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 23), 1882, n.d. Channing, William Ellery (1817-1901) Box 2: 9 1 ALS (8 pages) to Thomas Wren Ward, re campground WEC and Henry D. Thoreau used while on Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire, (Fitch, 46), 1861 Emerson, Edward W. (1844-1930) Box 2: 10 8 ALS to Tom [Thomas Wren Ward], (Fitch, 46), 1861-1867 Box 2: 10 1 printed copy of address re opening of Emerson Hall in 1905 and 1 note re Samuel Gray Ward's family letters, (Fitch, 31), 1914 Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) Box 2: 11 3 ALS to friends [Samuel G. Ward], (Fitch, 28), 1840, 1842 Box 2: 11 1 ALS to Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 29), 1840, 1872 Box 2: 11 1 TL from F. P. Stearns to Sophie R. Howard Ward re deteriorating health of Emerson, 1882 Hecker, (Friar) Isaac (1819-1888) [founder of the Paulists] Box 2: 12 2 ALS to "Friend" re Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 48), 1862 Box 2: 12 2 ALS to Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 48), 1864 James, Alice H. (c.1849-1922) [wife of William James] Box 2: 13 1 ALS to Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 30), 1878 James, Alice R. (d. 1957) [wife of Billy James] Box 2: 14 1 ALS to "Bessie" [Elizabeth Ward Perkins], (Fitch, 30), 1929 James, Billy (1882-1961) [son of William James] Box 2: 15 2 ALS to Elizabeth [Ward Perkins], (Fitch, 30), 1922-1929 James, Henry (1843-1916) Box 2: 16 1 ALS to Anna Hazard Barker Ward, (Fitch, 30), n.d. Box 2: 16 2 ALS to Samuel Gray Ward, 1869, (Fitch, 30), n.y. Box 2: 16 1 TN, extract from "William Wetmore Story and his friends" James, William (1842-1910) Box 2: 17 1 ALS to Mrs. [Anna Hazard Barker] Ward, (Fitch, 30), [1884] Lind, Jenny (1820-1887) Box 2: 18 1 ALS to Baron [Richard Von] Hoffman, (Fitch, 40), n.d. Lowell, Amy (1874-1925) Box 2: 19 1 ALS to "Bessie" [Elizabeth Ward Perkins], (Fitch, 54), n.d. Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891) Box 2: 20 31 ALS to Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 29), 1860-1891 http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 6 of 19 O'Connell, (Cardinal) William Henry (1859-1944) Box 2: 21 8 TLS and 1 ALS to Elizabeth Ward Perkins, (Fitch, 57), 1934-1940, n.d. Powers, Hiram (1805-1873) Box 2: 22 Typed copies of 3 letters to Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker, 1837- 1843 Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962) Box 2: 23 1 TLS to Elizabeth Ward Perkins, (Fitch, 57), 1933 Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) Box 2: 24 1 TLS to Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 27), 1900 Saint-Gaudens, Homer (1880-1958) Box 2: 25 1 TLS to Mrs. [Elizabeth Ward] Perkins, (Fitch, 54), 1923 Sanborn, F.B. (1831-1917) Box 2: 26 2 TLS and 1 ALS to Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 27), 1902 Santayana, George (1863-1952) Box 2: 27 3 ALS to Mrs. [Elizabeth Ward] Perkins, (Fitch, 54), 1915, 1916, n.d. Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832-1904) Box 2: 28 1 ALS to Mr. [Samuel Gray] Ward, (Fitch, 27), 1902 Stite, R. Box 2: 29 2 ALS to Martha Davenport, n.d. Ward, Joanna Chipman (c. 1761-1831) [second wife of William Ward, grandmother of Samuel Gray Ward] Box 2: 30 1 ALS to William Ward [brother of Samuel Gray Ward], (Fitch, 31), n.y. Ward, Martha (1812-1853) [sister of Samuel Gray Ward] Box 2: 31 1 TL (carbon copy transcript of earlier letter) to Thomas W. Ward [her father], 1836 [Ward, Martha Proctor (1763-1788)] [first wife of William Ward, grandmother of Samuel Gray Ward] Box 2: 32 1 ADS - Eulogy, by unknown author, (Fitch, 31), 1788 Ward, Raymond L. Box 2: 33 1 ALS to [William] Endicott, along with typed transcript, 1898 Ward, William (1761-1827) [grandfather of Samuel Gray Ward] Box 2: 34 1 ALS to "grandson" [Samuel Gray Ward], (Fitch, 31), 1819 Miscellany Box 2: 35 Various Documents, ca. 1867-1917 Box 2: 36 Vital Records - Births, marriages, and wills for various family members, ca. 1845- 1954 Family Ward, Samuel Gray (1817-1907) Scope and Content Note Oldest son of Thomas Wren Ward and Lydia Gray Ward. Businessman and Transcendentalist. Correspondence to and from, as well as other materials, ca. 1841-1906. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 7 of 19 Outgoing Box 3: 1 1 ALS to brother-in-law Abraham Barker, (Fitch, 24), 1890 Box 3: 2 1 ALS to Eliza Callahan Cleveland, (Fitch, 24), 1896 Box 3: 3 1 TLS to Richard Watson Gilder, (Fitch, 24), 1902 Box 3: 4 1 ALS to Baron Osten-Sacken, (Fitch, 26), n.d. Box 3: 5 5 ALS to daughter Elizabeth B. Ward Schönberg, (Fitch, 23), 1862-1872 Box 3: 6 13 ALS to daughter Lydia G. Ward Von Hoffman, (Fitch, 23), 1871-1893 Box 3: 7 2 ALS to son-in-law Richard Von Hoffman, (Fitch, 23), 1872-1878 Box 3: 8 2 ALS to father Thomas W. Ward, (Fitch, 22), 1844 Box 3: 9 8 ALS to son Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 23), 1860-1901 Box 3: 10 1 ALS to William Collins Whitney, (Fitch, 23), 1887 Incoming Box 3: 11 1 ALS from F.H. Baring, (Fitch, 26-27), 1899 Box 3: 12 2 ALS from brother-in-law Abraham Barker, (Fitch, 24), 1841-1842 Box 3: 13 1 ALS from Mary B. Bartlett, (Fitch, 25), 1870 Box 3: 14 3 ALS from Helen C. Bell, (Fitch, 25), n.d. Box 3: 15 1 ALS from Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch, (Fitch, 25-26), 1871 Box 3: 16 2 ALS from J. Elliot Cabot, (Fitch, 27), 1902 Box 3: 17 1 ALS from John Jay Chapman, (Fitch, 26), 1890 Box 3: 18 1 ALS from Francis James Child, (Fitch, 25), 1864 Box 3: 19 1 ALS from Joseph H. Choate, (Fitch, 27), 1906 Box 3: 20 Typed copies of letters from John Murray Forbes, (Fitch, 26), 1892-1897 Box 3: 21 5 ALS and 1 TLS from Edwin Lawrence Godkin, (Fitch, 26), n.d. Box 3: 22 1 ALS from Claudius Edward Habicht, (Fitch, 42), 1841 Box 3: 23 1 ALS from William Hawes, (Fitch, 25), n.d. Box 3: 24 1 ALS from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, (Fitch, 27), 1901 Box 3: 25 1 ALS from Alfred E. Hippesley, 1890 Box 3: 26 3 ALS from Nina Howard Hippesley, (Fitch, 27), 1877 Box 3: 27 5 ALS from Prudence Rebecca "Lily" Howard, (Fitch, 27), n.d. Box 3: 28 4 ALS from Sarah Forbes Hughes, (Fitch, 27), 1899-1900 Box 3: 29 1 ALS from W.H. Hughes, (Fitch, 27), 1899 Box 3: 30 2 ALS from Richard Morris Hunt, (Fitch, 26), 1872 Box 3: 31 1 ALS from aunt Lucy Ann Ward Lawrence, (Fitch, 25), 1857 Box 3: 32 1 ALS from Josephine Lazarus, (Fitch, 26), n.d. Box 3: 33 4 ALS from Col. Henry Lee, (Fitch, 26), 1894-1898 Box 3: 34 1 ALS from Charles McKim, (Fitch, 25), n.d. Box 3: 35 2 ALS from Charles Eliot Norton, (Fitch, 25), 1869 Box 3: 36 2 ALS from C.R. Osten-Sacken, (Fitch, 26), 1894-1901 Box 3: 37 1 ALS from Pelatiah Perit, (Fitch, 25), 1858 http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 8 of 19 Box 3: 38 2 ALS from Fritz W. Rackemann, (Fitch, 25), 1846 Box 3: 39 3 ALS from Anne Ritchie, (Fitch, 26), n.d. Box 3: 40 1 ALS from Georgina Schuyler, (Fitch, 27), 1902 Box 3: 41 4 ALS from Charles D. Sedgwick, (Fitch, 25), 1847-1856 Box 3: 42 2 ALS from Goldwin Smith, (Fitch, 25), 1864-1865 Box 3: 43 1 ALS from son-in-law Richard Von Hoffman, (Fitch, 40), 1872 2 Box 3: 44 16 ALS from brother Thomas William Ward, (Fitch, 25), 1850-1859 Box 3: 45 1 ALS from [anonymous], n.d. Miscellany Box 3: 46 Miscellaneous correspondence Box 3: 47 3 essays by SGW with typescript copies: "Idealism and Realism," n.d., "Positivism," n.d., and recollections of poet Jones Very, 1896 (Fitch, 30-31) Box 3: 48 "Poems and Translations of German Songs" by SGW, (Fitch, 30), 1880 Box 3: 49 Other materials (Fitch, 30-31) Ward, Anna Hazard Barker (1813-1902) Scope and Content Note STOP 1/7/19 Daughter of Jacob Barker and Eliza Hazard Barker, wife of Samuel Gray Ward. Correspondence to and from, as well as other materials, ca. 1828-1899. Outgoing Box 3: 50 5 ALS to brother Abraham Barker, (Fitch, 36), 1869-1894 Box 3: 51 Typed copies of letters to brother Thomas H. Barker, (Fitch, 36), 1837-1838 Box 3: 52 2 ALS to daughter Elizabeth B. Ward Schönberg, 1860 Box 3: 53 10 ALS to daughter Lydia G. Ward Von Hoffman, (Fitch, 36), 1851-1892 Box 3: 54 Typed copies of letters to father-in-law Thomas W. Ward, 1842-1855 Box 3: 55 11 ALS to son Thomas Wren Ward, 1861-1865 Incoming Box 4: 1 4 ALS from brother Abraham Barker, (Fitch, 37), 1841-1846 Box 4: 2 2 ALS from mother Eliza H. Barker, (Fitch, 37), 1846-1856 Box 4: 3 9 ALS from brother Thomas H. Barker, (Fitch, 37), 1837-1849 Box 4: 4 1 ALS from J. Ingersoll Bowditch, (Fitch, 37), 1883 Box 4: 5 Typed copies of letters from George P.A. Healy, (Fitch, 37), 1870 Box 4: 6 4 ALS from Nina Howard Hippesley, (Fitch, 27), 1878-1884 Box 4: 7 1 ALS from E.A. Read, 1880 Box 4: 8 1 ALS from Jane M. Scriven, (Fitch, 37), 1828 Box 4: 9 1 ALS from Edward Sillig, (Fitch, 37), 1856 Box 4: 10 Extracts of letters from Miss Swain, (Fitch, 37), 1852 Box 4: 11 2 ALS from son-in-law Richard Von Hoffman, (Fitch 40), 1872-1873 Box 4: 12 2 ALS from mother-in-law Lydia Gray Ward, n.d. Box 4: 13 1 ALS from "French governess," 1858 http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 9 of 19 Miscellany Box 4: 14 Handwritten copy of her diary, (Fitch, 37), 1845-1855 Box 4: 15 Journal extracts Schönberg, Elizabeth Barker Ward (1847-1920) Scope and Content Note Daughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward, wife of Baron Ernst Schönberg. Correspondence to family members, ca. 1864-1919. Outgoing Box 4: 16 2 ALS to niece Elizabeth Ward Perkins, (Fitch, 39), 1897-1899 Box 4: 17 1 ALS to sister Lydia G. Ward Von Hoffman, n.d. Box 4: 18 Numerous ALS to mother Anna H. Barker War, includes a typed excerpt from a letter from the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, 1864-1897 Box 4: 19 12 ALS and 1 TL (36 pp.) to brother Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 39), 1890-1919 Box 4: 20 1 ALS to "Cousin," (Fitch, 39), 1899 Von Hoffman, Lydia Gray Ward (1843- ?) Scope and Content Note Daughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward, wife of Richard Von Hoffman. Correspondence to and from family members, ca. 1852-1928. ! Outgoing Box 4: 21 1 ALS to sister Elizabeth B. Ward Schönberg, (Fitch, 40), 1870 Box 4: 22 113 ALS to mother Anna H. Barker Ward, (Fitch, 39), 1855-1876 Look Norber at of letters Box 4: 23 26 ALS to father Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 40), 1855-1876 Box 4: 24 1 ALS to sister-in-law Sophia R. Howard Ward, (Fitch, 40), 1875 Box 4: 25 56 ALS to brother Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 40), 1859-1928 Box 4: 26 1 ALS to "Anna," n.d. Box 4: 27 1 ALS to "Grandmother," 1870 Box 4: 28 1 ALS to [?], n.d. Incoming Box 4: 29 4 ALS from great-aunt Lucy Ann Ward Lawrence, (Fitch, 40), 1852-1855 Box 4: 30 2 ALS from "Grandmother," (Fitch, 40), 1853, n.d. Box 4: 31 2 ALS from [?], 1858 Thoron, Anna Barker Ward (1841-1875) Scope and Content Note Daughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward, wife of Joseph Thoron; died young, soon after the birth of her son, Ward Thoron. Outgoing correspondence, ca. 1854-1856. Box 5: 1 7 ALS to brother Thomas Wren Ward, (Fitch, 44), 1854-1856 Ward, George Cabot (1824-1887) Scope and Content Note Brother of Samuel Gray Ward and business partner with him as the American representatives of Baring Bros., London Outgoing correspondence, ca. 1846-1873. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 10 of 19 Box 5:2 2 ALS to John Murray Forbes, (Fitch, 42), 1865-1868 Box 5: 3 6 ALS to brother Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 42), 1846-1873 Barker, Jacob (1779-1871) Scope and Content Note Father of Anna Hazard Barker Ward, husband of Eliza Hazard Barker; merchant and New York State Senator. Outgoing correspondence to family members, ca. 1801-1869. Box 5: 4 2 ALS to granddaughter Elizabeth B. Ward Schönberg, 1855-1858 Box 5: 5 4 ALS to granddaughter Lydia G. Ward Von Hoffman, (Fitch, 44), 1853-1868 Box 5: 6 4 ALS and 2 TLS to daughter Anna H. Barker Ward, (Fitch, 42), 1801-1869 Ward, Thomas Wren (1844-1940) Scope and Content Note Son of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward. Correspondence to, from, and about; as well as other materials, ca. 1857-1939. Outgoing Box 5:7 1 ALS to uncle Abraham Barker, (Fitch, 45), 1900 Box 5: 8 2 ALS to sister Anna B. Ward Thoron, 1857-1859 Lookat Number! Box 5: 9 192 ALS to sister Lydia G. Ward Von Hoffman, (Fitch, 45), 1864-1912 & Box 5: 10 22 ALS to father Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 45), 1857-1893 Box 5: 11 31 ALS to mother Anna Hazard Barker Ward, 1854-1875 & Box 5: 12 22 ALS to "Parents" [SGW & AHBW], (Fitch, 45), 1856-1858 Box 5: 13 2 ALS to daughter Elizabeth Howard Ward Perkins, (Fitch, 58), 1938 Box 5: 14 5 ALS to son George Cabot Ward (1873-1936), (Fitch, 45), 1917-1934 Box 5: 15 1 ALS to "Mother" [probably mother-in-law], 1874 Box 5: 16 1 ALS to "Cecil," n.d. Incoming Box 5: 17 8 ALS and 1 TLS from Baring Bros., (Fitch, 48), 1886-1923 Box 5: 18 1 ALS from Francis James Child, (Fitch, 48), n.d. Box 5: 19 2 ALS from Charles De Kay, (Fitch, 48), 1880 Box 5: 20 1 TLS from cousin George B. Dorr, (Fitch, 48), 1934 Box 5: 21 1 ALS from Edith Emerson, (Fitch, 46), 1862 Box 5: 22 2 ALS from Ellen T. Emerson, (Fitch, 46), 1862-1867 Box 5: 23 1 ALS from William Endicott, (Fitch, 48), 1908 Box 5: 24 3 ALS from Robert Fulton, (Fitch, 48), n.d. Box 5: 25 5 ALS from Storrow Higginson, (Fitch, 46), 1859-1863 Box 5: 26 1 ALS from Isabella Hutchinson, (Fitch, 46), 1855 Box 5: 27 1 TLS from Dickinson S. Miller, (Fitch, 48), 1902 Box 5: 28 3 ALS from Francis T. Roche, (Fitch, 49), 1929 Box 5: 29 1 ALS from Ernst Schönberg, (Fitch, 49), 1922 Box 5: 30 1 TLS from Charles M. Storey, (Fitch, 49), 1932 http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 11 of 19 Box 5: 31 16 ALS from nephew Ward Thoron, (Fitch, 49), 1910-1935 Miscellany Box 5: 32 School records and correspondence, (Fitch, 49), 1855-1858 Box 5: 33 Various materials honoring TWW as Harvard's "Oldest Living Graduate," (Fitch, 50) Box 5: 34-35 Miscellaneous correspondence Box 6: 1-4 Miscellaneous correspondence Ward, Sophia Read Howard (1849-1918) Scope and Content Note Wife of Thomas Wren Ward, daughter-in-law of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward. Correspondence to/from, typescript of newspaper account of wedding, and estate information, ca. 1875-1920. Outgoing Box 6: 5 6 ALS to "Father," (Fitch, 50), 1876 Box 6: 6 12 ALS to "Mother," (Fitch, 50), 1876-1893 Box 6: 7 1 ALS to "Ward," n.d. Incoming Box 6: 8 1 ALS from W. Carvel Hall, 1896 Box 6: 9 1 ALS from James M. Howard, (Fitch, 50), 1899 Box 6: 10 1 ALS from [?] Lee, n.d. Box 6: 11 2 ALS from [?] re the death of Josephine Lazarus, (Fitch, 50), 1910 Miscellany Box 6: 12 Typescript newspaper account of her wedding to Thomas Wren Ward, n.d. Box 6: 13 Estate information following the death of Sophie Ward (Fitch, 52) Perkins, Elizabeth Howard Ward (1873-1954) Scope and Content Note Daughter of Thomas Wren Ward and Sophia Read Howard Ward, granddaughter of Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward, wife of Charles Bruen Perkins. Correspondence to/from and about, accounts of wedding to Charles Bruen Perkins, and other materials, ca. 1870s-1953. Outgoing Box 6: 14 23 ALS to grandfather Samuel Gray Ward, (Fitch, 52), 1889-1900 Box 6: 15 1 ALS to [?], 1897 Incoming Box 6: 16 2 ALS from Robert Amendola and his wife, Gerrie Amendola, (Fitch, 58), 1950- 1953 Box 6: 17 1 TLS from John Taylor Arms, (Fitch, 59), 1952 Box 6: 18 1 ALS from Cecil B. Atwater, (Fitch, 58), 1951 Box 6: 19 1 ALS from Elizabeth B. Bliss, 1942 Box 6: 20 8 ALS from Otto T. Bannard, (Fitch, 56), ca. 1927-1929 Box 6: 21 1 ALS from Samuel H. Barker, (Fitch, 52), 1889 http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 12 of 19 Box 6: 22 1 ANS from George Grey Barnard, (Fitch, 56), n.d. Box 6: 23 4 ALS and 1 TLS from Daniel Berkeley-Updike, (Fitch, 56), 1928-1941 Box 6: 24 1 ALS from Paul Albert Besnard, (Fitch, 56), 1924 Box 6: 25 1 ALS from Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston, (Fitch, 57), 1933 Box 6: 26 1 ALS from Laurence Binyon, (Fitch, 53), 1914 Box 6: 27 1 ALS from John Otway Percy Bland (Fitch, 56) Box 6: 28 1 ALS from Montague E. Browning, (Fitch, 57), 1935 Box 6: 29 1 ALS from Arthur Graham Carey, (Fitch, 58), 1938 Box 6: 30 4 ALS and 1 TLS from Morris Carter, with a postcard from his wife, Beatrice, (Fitch, 57), 1937-1938 Box 6: 31 1 ALS from Robert Catterson-Smith, (Fitch, 56), 1923 Box 6: 32 1 ALS from Francis H.H. Clarke, (Fitch, 53), 1915 Box 6: 33 8 ALS from Charles T. Copeland, (Fitch, 53), 1910-1923 Box 6: 34 1 TLS from Ralph Adams Cram, (Fitch, 54), 1919 Box 6: 35 1 ALS from Charles C. Curran, (Fitch, 54), 1912 Box 6: 36 1 ALS from Margaret Duff, (Fitch, 57), 1935 Box 6: 37 2 TLS from Milton Ellis, 1941 Box 6: 38 1 ALS from Louise Endicott, 1940 Box 6: 39 Typed letters and other materials from Sen. Ralph E. Flanders and his wife, Helen Hartness Flanders, (Fitch, 59), ca. 1940s-1950s Box 6: 40 1 TLS from Edward W. Forbes, 1939 Box 6: 41 1 ALS from Helen C. Frick, (Fitch, 54), 1923 Box 6: 42 2 ALS from Isabella Stewart Gardner, (Fitch, 53), 1914 Box 6: 43 1 ALS from Matilda Gay, (Fitch, 56), 1929 Box 6: 44 1 ALS from Richard Watson Gilder, (Fitch, 53), 1896 Box 6: 45 1 ALS from John R. Gilman, (Fitch, 59), 1952 V Box 7: 1 1 ALS from Constance Cary Harrison, (Fitch, 53), n.d. Box 7: 2 1 ALS from Laura Hills, (Fitch, 56), 1926 Box 7: 3 2 ALS from Alfred Hippesley, with a typescript account of his wife Nina's death (Fitch, 57) Box 7: 4 2 ALS from May Elliot Hobbs, (Fitch, 56), 1927 Box 7: 5 3 ALS and 6 TLS from Henry A. Hollond, with a typescript account of Cambridge University, (Fitch, 53), 1915-1920 Box 7: 6 1 TL from Marjorie Hollond, with newspaper clippings, (Fitch, 58), 1940 Box 7: 7 1 TLS from Alice S. Howard, (Fitch, 58), 1937 Box 7: 8 2 TLS from M.A. Howe, (Fitch, 57), 1930 Box 7: 9 1 ALS from M.A. DeWolfe Howe, (Fitch, 58), 1940 Box 7: 10 1 ALS from Charles P. Howland, (Fitch, 56), n.d. Box 7: 11 1 ALS from Joseph L. Hurley, (Fitch, 58), 1952 Box 7: 12 3 ALS and 4 TLS from Henry Festing Jones, (Fitch, 54), 1915-1922 http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 13 of 19 Box 7: 13 16 ALS from Anatole Le Braz, (Fitch, 53), 1907-1927 Box 7: 14 1 ALS from Charles Martin Loeffler, (Fitch, 54), 1918 Box 7: 15 1 ALS from A. Lawrence Lowell, (Fitch, 54), 1915 Box 7: 16 1 ALS from Lincoln MacVeagh, (Fitch, 58), [1950] Box 7: 17 3 ALS from Maria-Theresa, (Fitch, 56), 1928-1950 Box 7: 18 2 ALS from Albert Jay Nock, (Fitch, 54), 1916-1917 Box 7: 19 1 ALS from Robert L. O'Brien, (Fitch, 54), 1919 Box 7: 20 3 ALS from Christopher O'Malley, with biographical note, (Fitch, 59), 1952 Box 7: 21 1 ALS from Ralph Barton Perry, (Fitch, 56), 1929 Box 7: 22 1 AL from [Caroline Phillips], (Fitch, 57), 1938 Box 7: 23 2 ALS from William Phillips, (Fitch, 57), 1930-1938 Box 7: 24 1 ALS from A. Kingsley Porter, (Fitch, 56), n.d. Box 7: 25 1 ALS from Sir William Haldane Porter, (Fitch, 53), 1914 Box 7: 26 1 ALS from Chandler R. Post, (Fitch, 57), 1934 Box 7: 27 1 ALS from Denman W. Ross, (Fitch, 54), 1922 Box 7: 28 7 ALS/TLS from Ellery Sedgwick, (Fitch, 53-54), 1913-1936 Box 7: 29 10 ALS from Anne Douglas Sedgwick de Sélincourt, (Fitch, 57), ca. 1932 Box 7: 30 1 ALS from Elizabeth Stevenson, (Fitch, 59), 1953 Box 7: 31 3 TLS from Hayden A. Vachon and his cousin Andrew Vachon, (Fitch 58), 1944-1949 Box 7: 32 1 ALS from Ferdinand Von Hoffman, ca. 1870s Box 7: 33 2 TLS from sister-in-law Justine Bayard Cutting Ward, (Fitch, 59), 1953 Box 7: 34 1 ALS from Wilfred P. Ward, (Fitch, 53), n.d. Box 7: 35 1 ALS from Winslow Wilson, (Fitch, 58), 1951 Box 7: 36 1 ALS from Charles Herbert Woodbury, (Fitch, 54), 1922 Box 7: 37 1 ALS from Raymond Wyler, (Fitch, 54), 1919 Miscellany Box 7: 38 Biographical information Box 7: 39 Vatican correspondence, (Fitch, 60), 1950 Box 7: 40 "The Lenox Genius," (Fitch, 59), ca. 1885 Box 7: 41 Accounts of her wedding to Charles Bruen Perkins, 1896 Box 7: 42 Miscellaneous items Box 7: 43 Scribner's Magazine articles by EWP, 1925-1927 Box 7: 44 Untitled short story ("Down Murray Hill..."), (Fitch, 60), n.d. Box 7: 45-48 Miscellaneous correspondence Perkins, Charles Bruen (1860-1929) Scope and Content Note Husband of Elizabeth Ward Perkins, son of Charles Callahan Perkins and Frances D. Bruen Perkins. Architect. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 14 of 19 Box 8: 1 Correspondence, documents, biographical sketch, and clipping, ca. 1891-1948 Perkins, Thomas Handasyd (1764-1854) Scope and Content Note Brother of Charles Bruen Perkins' great-grandfather, great-uncle of Charles Callahan Perkins. Businessman and philanthropist. Box 8: 2 Correspondence, (Fitch, 64), 1825-1842 Perkins, Charles Callahan (1823-1886) Scope and Content Note Father of Charles Bruen Perkins, husband of Frances Davenport Bruen Perkins. Musician, composer, artist and author and patron of the arts. Correspondence to and from, diaries, and other materials, ca. 1842-1889. Outgoing Box 8: 3 1 ALS to William Bliss, (Fitch, 68), 1877 Incoming Box 8: 4 7 ALS from "Mari," (Fitch, 68), 1842-1843 Box 8: 5 6 ALS from "Mother," (Fitch, 68), n.d. Box 8: 6 10 ALS from sister "Saadi," (Fitch, 68), 1842-1843 Box 8: 7 6 ALS from Dorsey Read (Fitch, 68) Box 8: 8 1 ALS from Ary Scheffer, n.d. Box 8: 9 1 ALS from Fred R. Sears, (Fitch, 68), 1842 Miscellany Box 8: 10 Miscellaneous correspondence (Fitch, 68) Box 8: 11 Miscellaneous items, 1856-1889 Box 8: 12 Unbound diary, (Fitch, 68), 1847-1849 Box 8: 13 Bound diary, (Fitch, 68), n.d. Box 8: 14 Memoir of Charles Callahan Perkins by Samuel Eliot (Fitch, 71) Box 8: 15 Les Sculpteurs Italiens by Charles Callahan Perkins (Fitch, 70) Perkins, Francis Davenport (1897-1970) Scope and Content Note Eldest son of Elizabeth Ward Perkins and Charles Bruen Perkins. Music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune. Box 9: 1 Correspondence to "Mother," article by FDP, and clipping, (Fitch, 58), ca. 1926- 1947 Perkins, James (1761-1822) Scope and Content Note Grandfather of Charles Callahan Perkins, brother of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, his business partner. Box 9: 2 Obituary notices, 1822 Perkins, James (1791-1828) Scope and Content Note Father of Charles Callahan Perkins, nephew of Thomas Handasyd Perkins. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 15 of 19 Box 9: 3 Probate documents, (Fitch, 64-65), 1824-1831 Perkins, Maxwell E. (1884-1947) Scope and Content Note Nephew of Elizabeth Ward Perkins and Charles Bruen Perkins. Editor and book publisher. Box 9: 4 1 TLS to Elizabeth Ward Perkins, (Fitch, 57), 1930 Perkins, Sarah Box 9: 5 1 ALS to James Perkins (1791-1828) in London, (Fitch, 65), n.d. Bruen, Mary Anne Davenport (1793-1892) Scope and Content Note Mother-in-law of Charles Callahan Perkins, mother of Frances D. Bruen Perkins and Mary Lundie Bruen. Outgoing correspondence and other materials, 1817-1884. Box 9: 6 5 ALS to Elizabeth Bancroft, (Fitch, 71), 1859-1884 Box 9: 7 40 ALS/TLS to "Mr. Bliss," (Fitch, 71), 1858-1877 Box 9: 8 1 ALS to John Ward, (Fitch, 71), 1861 Box 9: 9 Passport, (Fitch, 71), 1835 Perkins, Frances Davenport Bruen (1825-1909) Scope and Content Note Wife of Charles Callahan Perkins, daughter of Mary Anne Davenport Bruen and Matthias Bruen (1793-1829). Correspondence and other materials, ca. 1860s. Outgoing Box 9: 10 17 ALS to Elizabeth Bancroft, (Fitch, 72), ca. 1860s Box 9: 11 9 ALS to "Mr. Bliss," (Fitch, 72), ca. 1859 Incoming Box 9: 12 1 ALS from sister Mary Lundie Bruen, (Fitch, 72), n.d. Box 9: 13 1 ALS from [J.W. Preston], (Fitch, 72), 1863 Miscellany Box 9: 14 Obituary notice, (Fitch, 73), ca. 1909 Bliss, Alexander and Bliss, William Davis Scope and Content Note Members of Elizabeth Bancroft's family and close friends of the Bruen family. Correspondence, ca. 1854-1885. Outgoing Box 9: 15 1 ALS to Alexander Bliss from G. Borland, (Fitch, 72), 1862 Box 9: 16 1 ALS to Alexander Bliss from William D. Bliss, 1861 Box 9: 17 1 ALS to [?] from William D. Bliss, n.d. Incoming Box 9: 18 25 ALS from Mary Lundie Bruen, (Fitch, 72), 1854-1885 Box 9: 19 1 ALS from George Hardwick, 1862 Box 9: 20 1 ALS from F.L. Skinner, n.d. Ward, George Cabot (1876-1936) http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 16 of 19 Scope and Content Note Son of Thomas Wren Ward and Sophia Read Howard Ward, brother of Elizabeth Ward Perkins. Box 9: 21 Correspondence from and about, condolences and obituaries, ca. 1901-1936 Ward, Howard Ridgeley (1881-1946) Scope and Content Note Son of Thomas Wren Ward and Sophia Read Howard Ward, brother of Elizabeth Ward Perkins. Box 9: 22 Biographical document with related letter to Elizabeth Ward Perkins, ca. 1948 Perkins, Anna Ward "Nancy" (1899-1993) Scope and Content Note Daughter of Elizabeth Ward Perkins and Charles Bruen Perkins, granddaughter of Thomas Wren Ward and Sophia Read Howard Ward. Box 9: 23 Correspondence from London, ca. 1914-1915 Howard Family Scope and Content Note Mainly genealogical notes, charts, and articles on the ancestors of Sophia Read Howard Ward, wife of Thomas Wren Ward. Box 10: 1 "A Memoir of the Late Colonel John Eager Howard," (Fitch, 63), 1863 Box 10: 2 "John Eager Howard: Colonel of Second Maryland Regiment - Continental Line," (Fitch, 63), 1863 Box 10: 3 "John Eager Howard: Record of This Gallant Marylander's Career," 1900 Box 10: 4 "Col. John Eager Howard of Maryland (1752-1827)," (Fitch, 63), n.d. Box 10: 5 Documents related to Margaretta "Peggy" Chew Howard, wife of John Eager Howard, n.d. Box 10: 6 "Memoranda" by Charles Howard, transcribed by his nephew Cornelius Howard, (Fitch, 62), 1876 Box 10: 7 "Howard Family Genealogy" bound booklet, (Fitch, 63), 1856 Box 10: 8 "The Howards of Maryland" typescript copy of 1879 article (Fitch, 63) Box 10: 9 "Family Traditions" bound booklet, 1889 Box 10: 10 "Progenitors of the Howards of Maryland," (Fitch, 63), 1938 Box 10: 11 "Colonial Dames of America - Form of Application for Membership," (Fitch, 63), n.d. Box 10: 12 "The Ridgely Family," (Fitch, 62), n.d. Box 10: 13 Genealogical notes, charts, and ephemera, v.d. Box 10: 14 Newspaper clippings and ephemera, v.d. Ward Family Miscellany Box 11: 1 "Early Life of William Ward," bound memoir, 1862 Box 11: 2 "Ward Family Papers" signature sheets, (Fitch, 31), 1900 Box 11: 3 Typescript Ward family history, (Fitch, 62), 1938 Box 11: 4 Appointment book pages, 1893 Box 11: 5 "Poems of Robert Barker," (Fitch, 62), n.d. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 17 of 19 Box 11: 6 Postcards, n.d. Box 11: 7 Miscellaneous correspondence Box 11: 8 Handwritten copies of various correspondence Box 11: 9 Unidentified correspondence and clippings Box 12-13 Photocopies of correspondence from the collection (some with explanatory notes) Oversize Box 14 Scrapbook - Thomas Wren Ward Box 15 Portfolio - Ward family genealogy Box 15 Bound volume - Perkins and Ward family trees John H. Mansfield Donation - Apr. 12, 2011 Scope and Content Note Notes by JHM, about family members and contents, accompany many of the items. Bruen, Mary Ann Davenport Box 16 Letter (ALS), Jan. 19, 1822 Bruen, Mrs. [Fanny?] Box 16 Letters from husband Charles C. Perkins and others, ca. 1860s-1880s Doane, Elizabeth G. [grandmother of Charles C. Perkins] Box 16 Letter announcing Edward's [?] engagement to Mary Spring Lawrence, Lucy Ward [daughter of William Ward and Joanna Chipman] Box 16 Letters for Anna Hazard Barker, ca. 1844, 1850-1851 Longfellow, Henry W. Box 16 Letter to Mrs. Cleveland re Charles C. Perkins' book, Mar. 31, 1865 Perkins, Anna Ward, M.D. Box 16 Biographical sketch, diplomas, honors, awards, photographs, obituary, ca. 1970s-1993 Perkins, Charles Bruen Box 16 Letter from Phillipps Brooks re confirmation, May 19, [1876?] Box 16 Letter from Phillipps Brooks, Mar. 3, 1886 Box 16 Notices, in French, 1881, 1888 Perkins, Charles C. Box 16 Admission to Harvard, Feb. 7, 1839 Box 16 Letter to cousin Emma Forbes, [Aug. 31, 1843] Box 16 Note from M. Brimmer (?) to [Mr.?] Eliot, to write a memorial for CCP, and letter on same sheet, from S.E. [Samuel Eliot?] to Sally, Oct. 14, 1886 Box 16 Translation of Leonardo da Vinci sonnet, n.d. Perkins, Elizabeth Ward Box 16 Letters to grandparents (Samuel Gray Ward and Anna Hazard Barker Ward), 1886-1898 Box 16 Handwritten diary from time in England, 1914-1915 Perkins Family http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013 Guide to the Ward-Perkins Family Papers Page 18 of 19 Box 16 Kirkland, John T. (President, Harvard University) - letter (ALS) to T.H. Perkins, S. G. Perkins and James Perkins II, thanking them for gift under James Perkins will, Sept. 15, 1822 Box 17 The Perkins Family - A Private Proof: Printed in Order to Preserve Certain Matters Connected with the Boston Branch of the Perkins Family... by Augustus T. Perkins (Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son, Printers, 1890) Perkins, James Box 17 One letter (ALS) from Josiah Quincy, thanking him for gift, Dec. 28, 1821 Perkins, P. G. [?] Box 17 Letter to her mother, n.d. Ward, Anna Hazard Barker Box 17 Timeline re family events, addressed to Lily Ward von Hoffman, 1875-1891 Ward, Elizabeth [Bessie] Box 17 Death notice (6 July 1920), picture postcard and copy of photo depicting Schloss Pallaus, her residence Box 17 Handwritten note of Baron Ernst von Schönberg Roth Schönberg, 27 Oct. 1905 Ward, Lily Box 17 Letters from Mother, ca. 1876-1891 Ward, Martha Ann [wife of William Ward] Box 17 Poem, n.d. Ward, Samuel Gray {S. G.] Box 17 Notes on Samuel Gray Ward - typescript Box 17 Photographs [b/w] of S. G. Ward's Watercolors - in leather album, incl. Santa Barbara landscape, n.d. Ward, Thomas W. Box 17 Three letters to his sons, Samuel G. Ward and William Ward, 1825, 1826, 1828 Ward, Thomas Wren Box 17 Handwritten notes possibly by TWW Box 17 One letter (ALS) from Brooks Adams, Jan. 10, 1919; one letter (ALS) to Brooks Adams, not sent, Jan. 13, 1920 Ward, Thomas Wren, II Box 17 Letters from R. von Hoffman, 1879-1882 Box 17 Letter from Lily Ward, 1879 Box 17 Note from Mrs. Dill, n.d. Unidentified Box 17 Letter from Maria [?], July [21?], 1772 Box 17 Letter, p. 2, sending respects to Mr. Perkins, also your mother and Mary, n.d. Home Browse Institutions Browse Collections Browse Map About OAC Help Contact Us Privacy Statement I Terms of Us The Online Archive of California is an initiative of the California Digital Library. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19s0sj/entire_text/ 10/10/2013