Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Hunt, Rachel McMasters Miller, 1882-1963
| title | Rachel McMasters Hunt collection 1792-1839. | repository | The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |
| description | Collection includes an engraving of William Pitt, 1812; correspondence of William Pitt, 1803; letter from James O'Hara to John Heckewelder, 1792; and letter from Charles Gardner Smith to his father, 1839. William Pitt, the younger, was prime minister of Great Britain from 1783-1801. James O'Hara served in the Revolutionary War and became an important businessman and landholder in Pittsburgh. John Heckewelder was a Moravian missionary trying to convert Indians in the Ohio territory to Christianity. |
| extent | .05 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Engravings |
| access | None. |
| record source | http://discover.hsp.org/ |
| finding aid | Processesd, no inventory MFF 2289 2/29/2000 D. MacGregor. |
| acquisition information | Rachel McMasters Hunt gift 1956, 59 collection |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:29:58 |
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| title | Bookplate collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, including collection formed by Helen Bryce Barnhart. | repository | Special Collections, Hunt Library |
| description | Box 1. Helen Bryce Barnhart collection of American and British bookplates by designer and by owner. Box 2. Helen Bryce Barnhart collection of chiefly European bookplates by country and by designer. Box 3. Hunt collection of American bookplates by designer. Box 4. Hunt collection by designer, by educational institution. |
| extent | 4 cu. ft. 4 boxes |
| formats | Works of Art |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Records of the Pittsburgh Bibliophiles, 1962- | repository | Special Collections, Hunt Library |
| description | Organizational papers of the Pittsburgh Bibliophiles, founded in 1962, including by-laws, financial reports, advisory council minutes, correspondence, membership lists, program lists, publications, records of pilgrimages, audio tapes of programs. Historical Note Founders of the society include Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, Charles J. Rosenbloom, George M. Lawrence, Bernard S. Horne, Thomas C. Pears, III. |
| extent | 6 cu. ft. 6 boxes |
| formats | Administrative Records Financial Records Correspondence Sound Recording Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | Hroswitha Club Records, 1944-1999 | repository | Grolier Club |
| description | The Hroswitha Club of women book collectors was founded in New York City in 1944 and took its name from a 10th century female German poet (Hrotsvitha, ca. 935-ca. 975). Meetings were scheduled three to four times a year during the winter months and held at the homes of members as well as at major libraries and private collections, mainly in the northeast. In 1948, the Club founded its Sarah Gildersleeve Fife Memorial Library (named after one of the Hroswitha Club's founders) consisting of books pertaining to Hroswitha, books by members and books of general interest. In 1965 the club issued its major publication, Hroswitha of Gandersheim: Her Life, Times and Works. In 1990, the Hroswitha Club officially 'simplified' its activities in order to continue. The 200th meeting was held in 1994. Records include minutes of meetings (documenting the activities of the Hroswitha Club from its founding in 1944 to 1995); catalogues of periodicals and books acquired for the Sarah Gildersleeve Fife Memorial Library; obituaries of members; photographs and various manuscript materials. The collection includes manuscript material related to Hroswitha of Gandersheim: Her Life, Times and Works by Anne Lyon Haight and others (1965), "Abbie Pope" (The Book Collector, 1984), and Notes on woman printers in Colonial America and the United States, 1639-1975 compiled by Marjorie Dana Barlow (1976). Also: correspondence files, (1950-1989) regarding publications of the club, exhibits, acceptances and resignations, elections of officers, and general club business. |
| extent | 20 linear feet |
| formats | Administrative Records Correspondence Printed Materials Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/ |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid including the list of miscellaneous publications available in repository. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | The Hunt Institute Archives | repository | Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation |
| description | The Institute's manuscript collection contains such items as letters, journals and diaries, field notes, documents, drafts of published and unpublished books and articles, annotated maps, passports, and other personal papers of botanists. The collection functions as a permanent repository for selected botanical manuscript material. The Institute's original manuscript collection, assembled by Mrs. Hunt, held 410 autographed signed letters from 176 persons, including many notable botanists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Biographical Information Early in her collecting years, Mrs. Hunt sought information on those individuals whose names were commemorated in the names of plants she knew. She also sought correspondence of botanists of previous centuries. To these ends, she acquired biographical information about botanists, particularly about the authors whose books composed her library, but also about others who figured in the history of botany. Years later this accumulated information has grown into a very large databank which is now being translated to machine-readable form. In addition to the basic collection of biographical data, collections such as that of curricula vitae of 20th-century botanists bring the Institute's biographical efforts into the present day. Although the primary focus of the manuscript collection is botanical, researchers in other subject areas can also find relevant material here. The collection includes material on such topics as travel and exploration from the 1700s to the present, nineteenth-century education in the U.S., scientific expeditions sponsored by the U.S. government, early medicine, social commentary, the sociology of science, and the diffusion of scientific knowledge. The scope and accuracy of histories of botany and science written by biographers and historians will depend very substantially on the preservation and accessibility of manuscript collections like the Institute's. Portraiture Mrs. Hunt collected images of botanists and other individuals who worked in the plant sciences, including authors of books in her collection, figures who had plants named after them, or men and women who played significant roles in botanical history. Engravings, medals and photographs are featured in the portrait collection, which is curated in the Institute's archives. The early decades of photography ushered in a new era of portraiture for everyone, and botanists were no exception; while a number of botanical centers throughout the world have collections of early photographs, very few institutions have sizable collections of 20th-century photographs of botanists. Collecting such portraits has become one of our strengths and an important part of our program. |
| extent | See repository for details |
| formats | Correspondence Diaries Journals Manuscript Notes |
| access | See repository for details |
| record source | http://huntbot.andrew.cmu.edu/HIBD/History/History.shtml#anchor97866 |
| finding aid | See repository for details |
| acquisition information | See repository for details |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:02 |
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