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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1634
Creator: Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923.
Title: William Roscoe Thayer additional papers,
Date(s): 1796-1927 (inclusive), 1877-1927 (bulk).
Quantity: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Correspondence and manuscripts of poems of American biographer and historian William Roscoe Thayer.

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Historical Note

William Roscoe Thayer was a biographer and historian. From 1892 to 1915 he was editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

• I. Letters to various persons
• II. Letters to Elizabeth Thayer
• III. Unrelated material
• IV. Manuscripts

Scope and Content

Letters to and from Thayer, together with manuscripts of poems by Thayer. Includes 64 letters, 1879-1905, from Thayer to his college friend Harrison O. Apthorp; and 28 letters (chiefly condolence letters), 1923-1927, to Elizabeth Thayer. Also includes a facsimile of a letter, 1796, of Vittorio Alfieri to Antonio Montucci.

Container List

• Series: I. Letters to various persons
  • (1) Apthorp, Harrison O., recipient 64 letters; 1879-1905.
  • (2) Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933, recipient 1 letter; 1916.
  • (3) Coolidge, [Miss ], recipient 1 letter; 1885. Re Walt Whitman.
  • (4) Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926, recipient 1 letter; 1897.
  • (5) Frothingham, Paul Revere, 1864-1926, recipient 1 letter; 1912.
  • (6) Grant, Robert, 1852-1940, recipient 10 letters; 1912-1920.
  • (7) Muirhead, John Henry, 1855- , recipient 2 letters; 1915 & 1916.
  • (8) Rand, Edward Kennard, 1871-1945, recipient 1 letter; 1920.
  • (9) Russell, Margaret, recipient 1 letter; 1901.
  • (10) Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902, recipient 9 letters; 1888-1895.
  • (11) Simonds, Frank Herbert, 1878-1936, recipient 3 letters; 1918-1921.
  • (12) Thayer, Mabel, recipient 2 letters; 1893.
  • (13) Washburn, Charles Grenfill, 1857-1928, recipient 15 letters; 1915-1922.
  • (14) [ ], Edie, recipient 1 letter; 1888.
  • (15) Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927. 2 letters; 1922.
  • (16) Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926. 1 letter; 1912.
  • (17) Emerton, Ephraim, 1851-1935. 1 letter; 1909.
  • (18) Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873- 1 letter; 1913.
  • (19) Greenhalge, Frederic Thomas, 1842-1896. 1 letter; 1894.
  • (20) Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909. 2 letters; 1892 & 1894.
  • (21) Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943. 1 letter; 1909.
  • (22) Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911. 3 postcards; 1892-1893.
  • (23) Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904. 1 letter; 1894.
  • (24) Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. 1 letter; 1905.
  • (25) James, Henry, 1879-1947. 1 letter; [n.d.]
  • (26) James, William, 1842-1910. 1 letter; [n.d.]
  • (27) Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937. 1 letter; 1915.
  • (28) Keen, William Williams, 1837-1932. 1 letter; 1915.
  • (29) Kirk, John Foster, 1824-1904. 1 letter; 1877.
  • (30) Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926. 2 letters; 1893 & 1894.
  • (31) Long, John Davis, 1838-1915. 1 letter; 1894.
  • (32) Lorenz, J. C. 1 letter; 1910.
  • (33) Montagna, G. C. 1 letter; 1909.
  • (34) Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918. 2 letters; 1918 & [n.d.]
  • (35) Preziosi, Giovanni. 1 letter; 1909.
  • (36) Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927. 15 letters; 1902-1922.
  • (37) Ropes, John Codman, 1836-1899. 1 letter; 1894.
  • (38) Royce, Josiah, 1855-1916. 2 letters; 1891.
  • (39) Salvini, Tommaso, 1829-1915. 2 letters; 1891 & 1893.
  • (40) Shaler, Sophia Page. 1 letter; 1909.
  • (41) Sturgis, Charles R. 1 letter; 1909.
  • (42) Trowbridge, John, 1843-1923. 1 letter; 1912.
  • (43) Walker, Francis Amasa, 1840-1897. 1 letter; 1893.

• Series: II. Letters to Elizabeth Thayer
  Chiefly letters of condolence to Elizabeth Thayer.
  • (44) Abbott, Holker, 1858- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (45) Angell, James Rowland, 1869- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (46) Barresi, Joseph 1 letter; 1923.
  • (47) Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah, 1862-1927. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (48) Channing, Edward, 1856-1931. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (49) Crothers, Samuel McChord, 1857-1927. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (50) Cutting, Elisabeth (Brown) 1871- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (51) Drury, Samuel Smith, 1878-1938. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (52) Emerton, Ephraim, 1851-1935. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (53) Farlow, John Woodford, 1853- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (54) Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (55) Gay, Edwin Francis, 1867-1946. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (56) Gay, Harry Nelson, 1870-1932. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (57) Greene, Jerome Davis, 1874- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (58) Greenslet, Ferris, 1875- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (59) Hollis, Ira Nelson, 1856-1930. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (60) Holt, Henry, 1840-1926. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (61) Koopman, Harry Lyman, 1860- 1 letter; 1927.
  • (62) Lawrence, William, bp., 1850-1941. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (63) Merriman, Roger Bigelow, 1876- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (64) Moore, Charles. 1 letter; 1924.
    This is NOT Charles Herbert Moore.
  • (65) Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (66) Pier, Arthur Stanwood, 1874- 1 letter; 1923.
  • (67) Rand, Edward Kennard, 1871-1945. 1 letter; [1923]
  • (68) Robinson, Corinne (Roosevelt) 1861-1933. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (69) Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (70) Wambaugh, Eugene, 1856-1940. 1 letter; 1923.
  • (71) Washburn, Charles Grenfill, 1857-1928. 1 letter; 1924.

• Series: III. Unrelated material
  • (72) Alfieri, Vittorio, 1749-1803. 1 letter (facsimile) to Antonio Montucci; 1796.

• Series: IV. Manuscripts
  • (73) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. Norman Prince. TS. (typed signature); Boston, 20 Aug 1921. 2s.(2p.)
  • (74) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. To the Comrade Unreturning. A.MS. (unsigned); Tavern Club, 15 May 1912. 4s.(4p.)
  • (75) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. Waverley. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p.] 5-25 Feb 1889. 5s.(9p.)
  • (76) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. A Fable for Critics. From the Chinese. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 4s.(4p.)
  • (77) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. War and Peace. A.MS.so; Cambridge [n.d.] 4s.(4p.)
  • (78) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. Vox Populi, Vox Dei. A.MS. (initials); [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(2p.)
  • (79) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. Be it landward or seaward ... [1st line] A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  • (80) Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. Newspaper clippings, badges, buttons, etc. 1 folder.