Archives Directory for the History of Collecting in America
Archives related to: Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887
| title | Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Gordon L. Ford, 1884 Dec. 8 | repository | Pierpont Morgan Library Archives |
| description | Asking him to use his influence with the Art Association’s Hanging Committee, to accept one painting from a promising girl in Plainfield, New Jersey. Biographical Data: American clergyman |
| extent | 1 item (3p.) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for access restrictions. |
| record source | http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=128867 |
| acquisition information | Ford Collection |
| updated | 03/16/2023 10:30:03 |
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| title | Southwick Family Collection, 1865-1905. | repository | The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives |
| description | The Southwick family collection consists of a group of photographs and daguerrotypes of family members and residences; marriage, birth, and baptismal documentation; materials relating to Horace C. Southwick's architectural career and travels; a small amount of documentation of the family's art collection; and ephemeral publications relating to Henry Ward Beecher. A group of books, also part of the gift, have been cataloged individually. Of particular interest are the Horace C. Southwick materials, an illustrated travel diary (1885); sketchbook (1896-97, France); sketches, photographs, and postcards of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Biddeford Pool, Maine, a church designed by H.C. Southwick; and copies of published and unpublished poems by Southwick. Biographical/Historical Note: The Southwicks were a prominent Brooklyn Heights family. John Claflin Southwick (1835-1896) was in the hide and leather business and a partner at Schultz, Southwick & Co. (1864-1884); he was married to Ella Mather Clapp Southwick (1840-1927). Their four children were John C. Southwick, Jr. (b.1865), Susie Kent Southwick Phelps (b.1868), architect Horace Claflin Southwick (1871-1925), and Clifford Southwick (b.1875). An important family connection was Henry Ward Beecher, minister of Plymouth Church of Brooklyn. The Southwick children were baptized by Beecher and John C. Southwick was a character witness at the Beecher/Tilton trial in 1874. Southwick family members were active art patrons, commissioning the family and Beecher portraits associated with this collection from artists George A. Baker and Thomas Waterman Wood. Notes: Brooklyn Museum of Art, Department of Painting & Sculpture, 1999.54.1-.7 Brooklyn Museum of Art, Department of Decorative Arts, TL1999.266.1-.11. Location: ARL Special Collections Folio Call Number: SCR FOLIO CS71 So8 B39 Available in Other Physical Formats: Photograph album: portrait of Susie Southwick on her father's lap Available as 4 x 5 b&w photonegative; In Archives. Photograph album: portrait of Susie Southwick on her father's lap (#5) Available as 4x5 color transparency; In Archives. Photograph album: portrait of H.W. Beecher (#16) Available as 4x5 color transparency; In Archives. Location: ARL Special Collections Folio Call Number: SCR FOLIO CS71 So8 B39 Other Author(s): Southwick, John Claflin, 1835-1896. Southwick, Ella Mather Clapp, 1840-1927. Southwick, John C., Jr., 1865- Phelps, Susie Kent Southwick, 1868- Southwick, Horace Claflin, 1871-1925. Southwick, Clifford, 1875- Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. Baker, George Augustus, 1821-1880. Wood, Thomas Waterman, 1823-1903. |
| extent | 4 print boxes |
| formats | Photographs Deguerreotype Legal Papers Ephemera Printed Materials |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991013110869707141 |
| finding aid | Inventory available in repository. |
| acquisition information | Family photographs, documents, and books presented to the Brooklyn Museum of Art by Southwick descendents in conjunction with the donation of a group of family portraits, a portrait of Henry Ward Beecher, and family memorabilia. |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:51 |
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| title | Autograph letter signed : Brooklyn, to the Rev. Dr. Campbell, | repository | Pierpont Morgan Library Archives |
| description | Introducing the Rev. George Perkins of Meriden, Conn., and mentioning his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe. Biographical Data: American clergyman. |
| extent | 1 item (2 p.) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for further details. |
| bibliography | Listed in Twenty-first report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986 / edited by Charles Ryskamp. New York : The Library, 1989. |
| record source | http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=192937 |
| acquisition information | Purchase; Mr. Arthur G. Altschul; 1984. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Henry Stevens papers, 1812-1935. | repository | William L. Clements Library |
| description | This collection is made up of correspondence, letter books, and transcriptions by rare book dealer and bibliographer Henry Stevens. The material primarily concerns his work obtaining books for prominent private collectors and libraries in the United States in the mid-19th century. |
| extent | 2 linear feet. |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | The collection is open for research |
| record source | http://mirlyn.lib.umich.edu/Record/012551103/ |
| finding aid | Contact repository for further details |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Henry Ward Beecher papers and Plymouth Church materials, [ca. 1839-1887]. | repository | Brooklyn Historical Society |
| description | The Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims and Henry Ward Beecher collection traces the career of the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, the well known 19th century preacher, and the history of Plymouth Congregational Church, of which Beecher was the first pastor. Plymouth Church was a major institution in 19th century Brooklyn, first gaining recognition on national and international levels as Beecher's pulpit. Beecher was well known for his oratorical ability and for his vocal opposition to slavery and support of the Northern cause during the Civil War. He also spoke out on subjects ranging from women's suffrage and evolution to organized labor and temperance. Beecher was a popular figure despite controversy that surrounded his activities, including a charge of adultery that resulted in a widely reported trial in 1875. The collection relates principally to Beecher's pastorate at Plymouth Church from 1847 until his death in 1887. Other materials, ranging through 1980, concern the church's other pastors and the history of Plymouth Church itself, which consolidated with the Church of the Pilgrims in 1934. The papers provide insight into the church congregation's various activities, illustrate the history of Beecher's influence on his congregation and on 19th century congregationalism, and shed light on both the public and private life of a major American personality of the 19th century. Bio/History: Preacher, abolitionist. |
| extent | 28.0 cubic feet in 75 boxes: 32 manuscript boxes, 38 flat boxes, and 5 small boxes. |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Scrapbooks Clippings |
| access | Open to researchers without restriction. |
| record source | http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/bhs/arc_212_plymouth_beecher/ |
| finding aid | both in the repository and on the repository's website |
| acquisition information | The bulk of the Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims and Henry Ward Beecher collection was donated to the Brooklyn Historical Society (formerly the Long Island Historical Society) by the church on October 29, 1983. The collection was created by Plymouth Church/Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims to document the history of the two churches as well as Plymouth Church's first pastor, Henry Ward Beecher. The collection is artificial in that many items, especially those related to Beecher, appear to have been collected and donated over an extended period of time, often by congregants who happened upon materials loosely associated to the famous preacher and his time. The collection includes, for example, souvenirs from the Harriet Beecher Stowe House and memorials of the assassinated President Lincoln. Explicit documentation of the provenance of such items is lacking. Correspondence regarding the collection during the time it was held at Plymouth Church, written sometime after 1920, outlined a prospective plan for the collection. William Davenport, attorney and member of Plymouth Church, stated in the plan that "countless invaluable records especially of the Bethel S[abbath] S[chool] and Main S[abbath] S[chool] were lost [in the 1920 fire] besides scores of fine photographs, documents and other articles relating to the church's history." Davenport urged the active collection of papers and letters relating to prominent church figures, most notably Henry Ward Beecher, to be "secured, . . . preserved, and [transcribed]." His successful solicitation is evidenced in the numerous typed transcripts of original documents now found within the collection. In addition he called for the creation of "a card catalog of the books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and so forth." This suggestion was also heeded, and the resulting catalog is now housed by Brooklyn Historical Society. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Beecher family papers, 1822-1903 (Bulk: 1822-1865) | repository | Mount Holyoke College |
| description | The Beecher Family papers contain material relating to Lyman Beecher; seven of his thirteen children: Catharine E., William, Edward, Mary, Henry Ward, Charles, Thomas Kinnicut; a daughter-in-law, Katherine Edes Beecher; and a grandson, Frederick W. Beecher. Included in the collection are correspondence, sermons, lecture notes, funeral sermons, a poem and biographical information relating to members of the Beecher family. Much of the collection consists of correspondence from 1822-1836 between members of the Beecher family, including Lyman, Catharine, Edward, Mary, William and George. These letters discuss Edward's position at Yale College, his ordination and his future career as a minister, theological issues, Catharine's Hartford Female Seminary, and family matters, such as the Beecher family's move from Litchfield to Hartford, Connecticut. In a letter to George dated April 25, 1826 Catharine writes, "the interest of brothers and sisters in each others employment and concerns should be suffered to decay, by neglecting" letter writing. Catharine's letters to Mary Lyon, dated 1828-1836 and to Zilpah Grant Banister, dated 1844-1859, discuss Catharine's Hartford Female Seminary, plans to advance the cause of women's education, plans to publish textbooks, the need for more teachers, and objections to Lyon's plans to open Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The sermons in the collection are dated circa 1870 and were written by Edward Beecher. Topics include "Is dancing a proper amusement for Christians?" and "Has more evil than good been accomplished by fictitious writing?" There are also lecture notes taken by Frederick W. Beecher on sermons by his father Edward Beecher and others. The biographical information includes a memorial article for William Beecher; a memorial volume for Henry Ward Beecher; and an address delivered at the funeral of Charles Beecher. This collection is organized into ten series: Lyman Beecher Material Catharine E. Beecher Material William Beecher Material Katherine Edes Beecher Material Edward Beecher Material Mary Beecher Material Henry Ward Beecher Material Charles Beecher Material Thomas Kinnicut Beecher Material Frederick W. Beecher Material Biographical Note Lyman Beecher was born on October 12, 1775 in New Haven, Connecticut to David Beecher, a blacksmith, and Esther Hawley Lyman. After graduating from Yale University, he was ordained as a minister at the Presbyterian Church in East Hampton, New York. He became the president of Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1832. In 1799 he married Roxana Foote, the daughter of Eli and Roxana (Ward) Foote. They had nine children: Catharine E., William, Edward, Mary, Harriet, George, Harriet Elizabeth, Henry Ward, and Charles. Roxana Beecher died on September 13, 1816. In 1817, Lyman married Harriet Porter and they had four children: Frederick C., Isabella Holmes, Thomas Kinnicut, and James Chaplin. After Harriet Beecher died on July 7, 1835, he married Lydia Beals Jackson (1789-1869) in 1836. He died on July 10, 1863. Catharine Esther Beecher was born on September 6, 1800 in East Hampton, New York. She attended private school as a young girl. After her mother died in 1816, she took over care of the house and her younger siblings. In 1821 she began teaching piano lessons in New London, Connecticut. In 1823 her fiancé Alexander Metcalf Fisher died, and in the same year she began the Hartford Female Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1832 she began the Western Female Institute and sent teachers from the eastern United States to the west to start schools. She wrote many essays and textbooks. She died on May 12, 1878 in Elmira, New York. William Beecher was born on January 15, 1802 in East Hampton, New York. He studied at Andover Academy and became a pastor, working in Newport, Rhode Island and Cincinnati. Marrying in 1832, he had six children with his wife Katharine Edes, who died in 1870. He died in Chicago, Illinois on June 23, 1889. Edward was born on August 27, 1803 in East Hampton, New York. He graduated from Yale College in 1822 and became pastor of the Park Street Church in Boston in 1826. He was a close friend of Elijah P. Lovejoy and helped to organize Illinois' first anti-slavery society. In 1824 he returned to Boston as pastor of the Salem Street Church. In 1829, he married Isabella Jones (1807-1895), and together they had eleven children, including Frederick W. Beecher. In 1855 Edward took charge of the First Congregational Church of Galesburg, Illinois. In 1871 he moved to Brooklyn, New York and died on July 28, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York. Mary Beecher was born in 1805 in East Hampton, New York She assisted her sister Catharine at her school in Hartford and married Thomas Clapp Perkins (1798-1870) in 1827. They had four children. She died on March 14, 1900. George Beecher was born on May 6, 1809 in East Hampton, New York. He graduated from Yale University in 1828 and married Sarah Buckingham on July 13, 1837, in Ohio. They had two children. He died on July 1, 1843 in Clark, Ohio. Henry Ward Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 24, 1813. He attended Amherst College from 1830-1834. In 1837 he began preaching in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. In August of that same year, he married Eunice White Bullard (1812-1897). They had nine children. In 1844 a series of his public addresses was published under the title "Seven lectures to young men." In 1847 he became the pastor of at the Plymouth Church of Brooklyn. In 1863 he went to England and delivered speeches to heighten awareness of the United States Civil War and to heighten Northern support. He died on March 8, 1887 in Brooklyn, New York. Charles Beecher was born on October 7, 1815 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He attended Boston Latin School and Lawrence Academy. In 1834 he graduated from Bowdoin College and studied at Lane Theological Seminary. He married Sarah Leland Coffin (1815-1897) in 1840 and they had six children. In 1844 he became pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. From 1851-1881 he worked at various churches. In 1870 he moved to Florida and was the Superintendent of Public Schools for the state until 1877. He died in Georgetown, Massachusetts on April 21, 1900. Thomas Kinnicut Beecher was born on February 10, 1824 in Litchfield, Connecticut. He graduated from Illinois College in 1843 and became the principal of the North East Grammar School in Philadelphia. He then became principal of a high school in Connecticut. In 1851 he became pastor of the Congregational Church in Williamsburg, New York and continued to work at various churches. He married Olivia Day (1826-1853) in 1851 and Frances Juliana Jones (1826-1905) in 1857. He adopted four children. He died on March 14, 1900, in Elmira, New York. |
| extent | 2 boxes |
| formats | Personal Papers Writings Printed Materials Notes |
| access | Unrestricted. |
| record source | http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/mountholyoke/mshm010.html |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Henry Ward Beecher papers, 1836-1886 | repository | Library of Congress |
| description | The papers of Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) span the years 1836 to 1886, with the bulk of the material originating between 1840 and 1865. Included in the collection are correspondence, sermons, writings (including manuscript and galley proof of The Life of Jesus the Christ), notes and notebooks, prints and photographs, financial papers, clippings, scrapbooks and printed matter. All of the material relates to Beecher's work as a theologian and clergyman with the greatest portion of it consisting of drafts of his sermons. |
| extent | 9 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Photographs Writings Clippings |
| access | he papers of Henry Ward Beecher are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. |
| record link | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009322 |
| record source | http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79012252 |
| finding aid | Online and in repository |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Henry Ward Beecher Papers, 1863-1883 (inclusive). | repository | Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute |
| description | Collection consists of Beecher autographs; a Tilton autograph; one note to Miss Snowden from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher; a colored mounted drawing of Henry Ward Beecher entitled Ye Gallant Captain; a photograph of Beecher and his sister, Harriet Beecher Stowe; and a photograph of a "redeemed slave child," 1863. History notes: Congregational preacher, orator, and lecturer, Henry Ward Beecher was the brother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe. An advocate of the theory of evolution, he was also a leader in the antislavery and women's suffrage movements. In one of the 19th century's most famous scandals, he was accused of adultery by Theodore Tilton; the trial ended in 1875 with a hung jury. Cite as: Henry Ward Beecher Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Drawings Correspondence Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for access restrictions. |
| bibliography | GUIDE TO BROOKLYN MANUSCRIPTS IN THE LONG ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|009593677 |
| finding aid | Unpublished guide for part of collection. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Beecher-Stowe family Papers, 1798-1956 (inclusive). | repository | Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute |
| description | Mostly correspondence, also miscellaneous writings, clippings, photographs (including daguerreotypes), and memorabilia. Correspondence of Lyman Beecher (1775-1863), Catharine Esther Beecher (1800-1878), Esther Beecher, Eunice White (Bullard) Beecher (1813-1897), Harriet (Porter) Beecher (?-1835), Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887), James C. Beecher (1828-1886), Lydia (Beals) Jackson Beecher (1789-1869), Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802-1886), Eliza Tyler Stowe (1836-?), Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe (1811-1896), Harriet Beecher Stowe II (1836-?), and Susan (Munroe) Stowe, much of which contains family news, stories, and comments about the times. Also included is material pertaining to Isabella (Beecher) Hooker (1822-1907), and other family members, as well as Lyman Beecher Stowe's correspondence and research on Charlotte (Perkins) Gilman and actress Charlotte Cushman. Bulk of the collection pertains to Harriet (Beecher) Stowe, her husband, Calvin and their children; their personal and professional correspondence includes letters from publishers and prominent people Harriet Stowe met in England. History notes: Prominent New England family noted for its contributions in the fields of education, religion, humanitarianism, and literature. Related material: There is related material: Beecher-Stowe Family Additional papers, Beecher-Stowe Family Letter, and James C. Beecher Family Papers at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University. |
| extent | 7.1 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Writings Clippings Photographs Ephemera |
| record link | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00049 |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|000605067 |
| finding aid | Unpublished finding aid; see also Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library..., The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs...10v., (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984) |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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| title | Beecher-Stowe family Additional papers, n.d. | repository | Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute |
| description | Collection includes photographs of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Calvin Stowe, and Henry Ward Beecher. History notes: Prominent New England family noted for its contributions in the fields of education, religion, humanitarianism, and literature. |
| extent | 2 folders |
| formats | Photographs |
| access | Contact repository for further details. |
| record link | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:RAD.SCHL:sch00087 |
| record source | http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=|library/m/aleph|012172102 |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:16 |
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