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Archives related to: Warren, Samuel D. (Samuel Dennis), 1852-1910

titleBoston Art Commission records, 1890-1959.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionCommission charter, "Act to Create an Art Commission for the City of Boston," 1890; handwritten minutes of staff meetings, 1890-1959; annual reports and related correspondence, 1899-1953; minutes of a joint meeting of the Boston Art Commission, the Park and Recreation Commission, and the City Planning Board, 1914;

3 files maintained by the Boston Art Commission: monument files, 1890-1957, regarding the signing, erecting, and restoring of monuments, including estimates, proposals, contracts, sketches, printed materials, and photographs; operating and general files, 1890-1957, on statues, tablets, busts, paintings, monuments, and memorials in Boston public schools, Faneuil Hall and others locales; correspondence files, 1895-1953, for Boston Public Art Under the Curatorship of the Boston Public Library; 3 clippings, 1934-1947; and 2 brochures, "Some Statues of Boston," 1946, and "Other Statues of Boston," 1947, by Allan Forbes and Ralph M. Eastman.

Correspondents included among the monument, general, correspondence files include members of the Boston Art Commission, mayors of Boston, sculptors, and architects. Among the correspondents are Herbert Adams, Thomas Allen, Paul Bartlett, Robert Bellows, Patrick Collins (mayor), John Templeman Coolidge, James M. Curley (mayor), George Harold Edgell, Daniel Chester French, Henry Hudson Kitson, Alexander W. Longfellow, Charles D. Maginnis, J. Harleston Parker, Josiah Quincy (mayor), Arthur Shurtleff, C. Howard Walker, Samuel D. Warren, and others

Bio / His Notes:
The Boston Art Commission was founded in 1890.

Note:
Cite as: Boston Art Commission records, 1890-1959. Owned by the City of Boston, Boston Art Commission. Filmed by the Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art.
extent9 microfilm reels. reels 3134 through 3144
formatsAdministrative Records Correspondence Subject Files Clippings Photographs
accessPatrons must use microfilm copy.
record sourcehttp://www.siris.si.edu/
finding aidLists of Monument, General, and Correspondence files: available in all AAA offices.
acquisition informationLent for microfilming by the City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, 1984.
updated03/16/2023 10:29:56
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titleWarren family papers, bulk: 1879-1935.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionPapers of the Warren family of Boston, Mass. include typescript copies of letters written by attorney Samuel Dennis Warren to his law partner and friend Supreme Court Judge Louis D. Brandeis, 1879-1907, pertaining to their practice, court cases, family, and careers after their firm dissolved in 1888; typescript copies of letters written by Louis D. Brandeis to Samuel Dennis Warren's son Henry, pertaining to Samuel and his letters, 1935;

and a printed booklet about the life of Samuel Dennis Warren, put together by his daughter Mabel Warren Bradley, 1956. Collection also includes a daily diary kept by Warren family ancestor Ann M. Wadleigh in Mass., 1862 (with gaps).

The location of original letters is unknown.
extent1 narrow box.
formatsPersonal Papers Legal Papers Printed Materials Photocopies
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
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titleWarren-Clarke family papers, 1814-1945.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionFamily correspondence of Samuel D. Warren and papers (1831-79) pertaining to his association with Grant, Daniell & Co. (later Grant, Warren & Co., and S.D. Warren & Co.), Boston paper manufacturers and dealers. Letters (1839-44) from his sisters describe student life at Mt. Holyoke and other women's schools. Letters from Warren's brothers (1844-53) detail land values in Milwaukee and describe farming in Wauwatosa, Wis.

Also, family and personal correspondence (1844-66) of Rev. Dorus Clarke of Boston. Volumes include diaries (1815-18), penmanship copy-books (1814, 1818), and commonplace book of Hannah A. (Bliss) Clarke; diaries (1846-47) of Susan C. (Clarke) Warren; typescript diary (1850) of George Brown on a voyage to San Francisco aboard the ship Thomas Wattson; and scrapbooks (1872-79) of Harvard memorabilia of Samuel D. Warren Jr. and Washington B. Thomas.

(Con't) Also, some family correspondence (1873-79) of N.H. legislator Bainbridge Wadleigh, including descriptions of social life in Washington, D.C.; student life at Wellesley College; and an 1877 letter from Mary Clemmer to Mrs. Wadleigh. From 1852, there are scattered Brown and Thomas family letters. There are several runs of letters written from Europe when various people were travelling there. Also, genealogical notes on the Bayard, Bliss, Clarke, Olcott, and Warren families; and commissions to John Barrett in the 20th regiment, N.H. militia (1814-18).
extent9 boxes and one oversize box.
formatsBusiness Records Correspondence Diaries Writings Ephemera
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
finding aidUnpublished guide in the Library
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titleHenry Clarke Warren Papers, 1891-1899.
repositoryMassachusetts Historical Society
descriptionCorrespondence of Henry Clarke Warren regarding financial matters, family business, and health issues. Correspondents include Edward Perry Warren and Samuel D. Warren (brothers), Cornelia Warren (sister), Susan C. Warren (mother), and Rettie McCrea (friend). Also, materials regarding Warren’s translations of Oriental literature and Susan C. Warren’s correspondence related to her involvement with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

Call number(s):
Ms. N-141
extent1 box.
formatsCorrespondence Financial Records Ephemera
accessContact repository for restrictions.
record sourcehttp://www.masshist.org/findingaids/
updated11/12/2014 11:29:54
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titleLedger, 1889-1910.
repositoryNew York Public Library
descriptionPersonal accounts; includes entries for the S.D. Warren Co.

Note(s):
Comprises 7 of 12 index leaves at beginning and 95 of the first 166 p. of ledger volume ([12] leaves, 271 p.) supplied by Hooper, Lewis & Co, Stationers & Blank Book Manufacturers, Boston./

Stamped in gilt on front cover and spine: Ledger. S.D. Warren, Jr.

Laid in: Boling, Lawrence H. Letter, 1980 Dec. 18, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., to Leonard Schlosser. 1 item (1 p.). Letterhead reads: Consolidated Papers, Inc. ... Lawrence H. Boling, president. Presenting the ledger.

Bio/History:
Paper manufacturer. Partner in S.D. Warren Co., the firm founded by his father, 1889-1910; part owner of Cumberland Mills, Portland, Me., Copsecook Mill, Gardener, Me., and Forest Paper Co., Yarmouth, Me.

Location
Schwarzman Building (42nd Street & 5th Avenue) - Print Collection

Call No.
Schlosser 843
extent1 v. ([12] leaves, 166 p.) ; 27 cm.
formatsFinancial Records
accessContact repository for restrictions.
record sourcehttp://catalog.nypl.org/record=b12068880~S1
updated11/12/2014 11:30:07
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