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Box 19

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Contains 14 Results:

Letters to Abby S. G. Atwater, 1917-1924

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Topics of the correspondence include: letters from M. de Bryas and the Ambassade de France, 1918 [on ASA's gift which helped toward the furnishing of new home after German devastation] +; from P.O. Clarke, Dec. 1924 [on death of ASA's sister Eliza Greene Chace]; from Helen [Mason Groce], a pupil of Maxfield Parrish, 1920's [she is etching and doing other art work]; from Malcolm Spence, York, Eng., 1917-18 [detailed war news]

Dates: 1917-1924

Letters to Christopher A. Greene, 1840-1846

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This folder includes photocopies of a set of letters to Christopher A. Greene from a variety of senders

Dates: 1840-1846

Letters to Atwaters: A-Morison, 1892-1950

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An array of letters sent to members of the Atwater family from recipients with the last name A-Morison including from George William Curtis, March 22, 1950; Walter Damrosch, Sept. 13, 1932; William Lloyd Garrison, Aug. 23, 1901 [thank you note in rhyme]; Edward Everett Hale, Dec. 26, 1892, attached to albumen photo of Hale ["You and I and Mrs. Atwater are all good Quakers..."

Dates: 1892-1950

Letters to Atwaters: Emmeline Fisher Morris, Most undated, circa 1910's

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Letters from Emmeline Morris to Richard Mead Atwater and Abby S Atwater on topics including Ralph Vaughan Williams, her volunteer work in hospitals, friendship. A set of two photographs are also included.

Dates: Most undated, circa 1910's

Letters to Atwaters: Emmeline Morris, Some undated, circa 1920's

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Letters from Emmeline Morris to primarily Abby Sophia Greene Atwater. Discussions of Ralph Vaughn Williams feature prominently. Emmeline Morris may also be indicated as R. O. Morris after her marriage and Abby S. G. Atwater may also be referred to as Mrs. R. M. Atwater

Dates: Some undated, circa 1920's

Letters to Atwaters: N-Z, 1848-1858

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Topics including from: Frank K.B. Sanborn, Concord, Feb. 8, 1856 [mentions associating with Thoreau and Emerson and the Transcendental movement]; Anna Walker to Mrs. Greene, Peterborough, Nov. 5, 1845 [studying Italian, reading widely]; printed letter from John G. Whittier to Richard Atwater, Danvers, Mass., Aug. 10, 1881 [Brown University should soon be open to women "in favor of broad liberality and equality of rights and privileges...a matter of simple justice"]

Dates: 1848-1858

Letters to Atwaters: Adeline Vaughan Williams (1/2), 1922-1932

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Adeline Vaughan Williams, the wife of Ralph Vaughan Williams was sister to Emmeline Fisher Morris, friend of the Atwaters. The sisters were 1st cousins of Virginia Woolf. Discusses work of Ralph Vaughan Williams, both composing and teaching including at Bryn Mawr College in 1932; includes one undated letter of thanks from R.V.W.; includes SAG Smith and other notes and diary of her visit to the Vaughan Williams' in 1935.

Dates: 1922-1932

Sarah A. G. Smith Notes on Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Complied articles and typed notes on Ralph Vaughan Williams

Letters and other papers to Atwaters from Ogden Wood, 1906-1912

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Includes: letters expressing appreciation for their friendship, on his work and commissions and on healthissues; drawings by and photos of Ogden Wood, especially one seated as a painter. Examples include: Nov.28, 1908(?) re: his painting accepted for an "Exhibition of Selected American pictures" and an exhibitionincluding his painting at the Corcoran and in Chicago; also a summary sketch of the death of James OgdenWood, the art he willed to Atwaters and dispersal of these effects

Dates: 1906-1912

Letters from Ogden Wood's friends to the Atwaters, 1908-1913

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Letters from Ogden Wood's friends describing Wood

Dates: 1908-1913