Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881, collector. James Thomas Fields autograph album: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Call No.: MS Am 1745
Call No.: MS Am 1745.1
Creator: Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881, collector.
Title: James Thomas Fields autograph album,
Date(s): 1750-1941.
Quantity: 1 v. (.16 linear ft.)
Abstract: Letters and autographs collected by Boston publisher James Thomas Fields.

Acquisition Information:

*64M-125

Purchased with the Amy Lowell fund from The Reverend James Holland Beal, Jackson Lodge Jackson, New Hampshire; received: 1964 December 21.

Historical Note

Fields was a Boston publisher, editor, and author. He was head of the publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields and editor of The Atlantic Monthly (1861-1870).

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

I. MS Am 1745: Library album

II. MS Am 1745.1: Manuscripts removed from the library album

Scope and Content

Chiefly letters and manuscripts of American and British writers collected by James T. Fields and completed by his wife Annie Adams Fields. Most are accompanied by portrait engravings or photographs.

Container List

Series: I. MS Am 1745: Library album
- Fields, James Thomas, 1816-1881. Library album of autographs and portraits. MS. (various hands); [v.p., v.d.]. 81f.(131p.) 1v.
  Autographs collected principally by J.T. Fields and completed by Annie (Adams) Fields. Contents:
  - (1) Fields, Annie (Adams), 1834-1915. Christmas-tide [poem] MS; [n.p.] 1864. 1s.(1p.)
    In the hand of James Thomas Fields.
  - (2) Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st baron, 1809-1892. A.L.s. to [Ticknor and Fields]; Isle of Wight, 18 Jun 1856. 1s.(1p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Tennyson and an engraving of Tennysons house on the Isle of Wight.
  - (3) Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Higham by Rochester, Jul 1862. 1s.(1p.)
    With a photograph of Dickens.
  - (4) Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 14 Nov 1863. 1s.(2p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Bryant.
  - (5) Robertson, Frederick William, 1816-1853. Portrait photograph with facsimile signature; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (6) Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 13 Nov [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (7) Browing, Robert, 1812-1889. A.L.s. to Ticknor and Fields; London, 1 Aug 1864. 1s( 1p.
    ) env. With a portrait engraving of Browning
  - (8) Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; North Shore, 1 Jun 1864. 1s.(3p.)
    With a photograph of Curtis.
  - (9) Hosmer, Harriet, 1830-1908. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 7 Nov [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
  - (10) Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 7 Dec 1857. 1s.(3p.)
  - (11) Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Erie, 28 Jan 1864. 1s.(1p.) env.
    With a portrait engraving of Agassiz.
  - (12) Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1822-1908. A.L.s..to James Thomas Fields; Edgewood, 25 Apr 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  - (13) Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Boston, 1 Jan 1864. 1s.(2p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Holmes.
  - (14) Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. A.L.s. to [Mrs. James Holland] Beal; South Berwick, 14 Jun 1895. With a photograph of Miss Jewett.
  - (15) Winthrop, Theodore, 1828-1861. A.L.s. to [Miss ] Fay; [n.d., n.p.] 1s.(1p.)
    Lacks ending. With portrait engraving of Winthrop.
  - (16) Child, Lydia Maria (Francis) 1802-1880. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Wayland, 14 Nov 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  - (17) Stowe, Harriet (Beecher) 1811-1896. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Northhampton, 11 Aug [n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
    With portrait engraving of Mrs. Stowe.
  - (18) Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; London, 7 Dec 1863. 1s.(4p.)
    With photograph of Charlotte Cushman.
  - (19) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1887. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Cambridge, 20 Sep. 1864. 1s.(3p.) env.
    With portrait engraving of Longfellow.
  - (20) Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Georgetown D.C., 13 Nov 1864. 1s.(3p.)
  - (21) Trowbridge, John Townsend, 1827-1916. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Somerville, [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (22) Mitchell, Donald Grant, 1822-1908. Portrait photograph; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (23) Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; [n.p.] 30 Aug [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
    With portrait engraving of Mary Russell Mitford.
  - (24) Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Boston, 19 Mar [n.d.]. 1s.(3p.)
    With portrait engraving of Prescott.
  - (25) Cooke, Rose (Terry), 1827-1892. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; Hartford, 25 Jul 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  - (26) Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (27) Thaxter, Celia (Laighton) 1835-1894. A.L.s. to [Mrs. James Holland] Beal; Shoals, 28 Jul 1878. 1s.(1p.)
  - (28) Thaxter, Celia (Laighton) 1835-1894. A.L.s. to Elizabeth Adams; Boston, 18 Jan 1876. 1s.(1p.)
  - (29) Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. A.L.s. to Ticknor and Fields; Concord, 28 Nov 1863. 1s.(2p.)
    With portrait engraving of Emerson.
  - (30) Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; [n.p.] 3 Oct [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (31) Reid, Thomas Mayne, 1818-1883. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
    Lacks beginning.
  - (32) Gannett, Ezra Stiles, 1801-1871. A.L.s. to James Holland Beal; Boston, 27 Dec [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
    With a photograph of Gannett.
  - (33) Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Elmwood, 16 Feb 1864. 1s.(1p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Lowell.
  - (34) Holland, Josiah Gilbert, 1819-1881. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Parker House, 21 Nov 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  - (35) Kemble, Frances Anne, 1809-1893. To Shakespeare [poem]. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
    Reverse side contains poem: Written in a diary.
  - (36) Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 21 Feb 1864. 1s.(1p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Taylor.
  - (37) Saxe, John Godfrey, 1816-1887. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Albany, 17 Aug 1863. 1s.(1p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Saxe.
  - (38) Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 1825-1899. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Edinburgh, 15 Apr 1864. 1s.(2p.)
    With a photograph of Boyd.
  - (39) Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Portrait engraving with facsimile signature; Boston, [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (40) Boker, George Henry, 1823-1890. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Philadelphia, 19 Apr 1864. 1s.(2p.)
    With photograph of Boker.
  - (41) Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; Beverly, 9 Apr 1864. 1s.(1p.)
    With a photograph of Lucy Larcom.
  - (42) Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Washington, 26 May 1863. 1s.(3p.)
  - (43) Giles, Henry, 1809-1882. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Quincy, 31 Mar 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  - (44) Mackenzie, Robert Shelton, 1809-1880. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Philadelphia. 20 Dec 1870. 1s.(1p.)
  - (45) Spinner, Francis Elias, 1802-1890. A.L.s. to James Holland Beal; Washington, 27 Jul 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  - (46) Dodge, Mary Abigail, 1833-1896. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; [n.p.] 26 May 1864. 1s.(3p.)
  - (47) Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Amesbury, 3 Nov 1864. 1s.(2p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Whittier.
  - (48) Seemüller, Anne Moncure (Crane) 1838-1872. A.L.s. to Ticknor and Fields; Baltimore, 22 Mar [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (49) Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863. Autograph note, signed to James Thomas Fields; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
    With Autographed card and a portrait engraving of Thackeray.
  - (50) Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. A.L.s. to Ticknor and Fields; Boston, 8 Apr. 1864. 1s. (2p.)
    With portrait engraving of Everett.
  - (51) Gilmore, James Roberts, 1822-1903. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Pepperell, 25 Oct 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  - (52) Fields, James Thomas, 1816-1881. A.L.s. to [ ]; Boston, 20 Apr 1867. 1s.(2p.)
    With a photograph of Fields.
  - (53) Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889. Photograph of Wilkie Collins; [n.p. n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  - (54) Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Claymont, 18 Oct 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  - (55) Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 23 Oct 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  - (56) Lee, Eliza (Buckminster) 1794-1864. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Temple Place, 12 Jan 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  - (57) Dempster, William Richardson, 1809-1871. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 6 Jan 1864.
  - (58) Paderewski, Ignacy Jan, 1860-1941. Autograph signature; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (59) Wasson, David Atwood, 1823-1887. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; Worcester, 9 Aug [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (60) Davis, Rebecca (Harding) 1831-1910. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (61) Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson) 1810-1865. A.MS.; [n.p.] 29 Nov 1864. 1s.(1p.)
    Quotation from a poem: "The primal duties shine aloft like stars..."
  - (62) Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
    With a photograph of Gottschalk.
  - (63) Jameson, Anna Brownell (Murphy) 1794-1860. A.L.s. to [Mr. ] Longman; Liverpool, 24 Sep 1854. 1s.(4p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Mrs Jameson.
  - (64) Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1809-1894. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Pemberton Square, 15 Jan 1864. 1s.(1p.)
    With a photograph of Winthrop.
  - (65) Ludlow, Fitz Hugh, 1836-1870. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Stuyvesant Square, [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
  - (66) James, Henry, 1843-1916. A.L.s. to [Mrs James Holland] Beal; London, 16 Jul 1915. 1s.(2p.)
  - (67) Parton, James, 1822-1891. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; New York, 21 Jan 1871. 1s.(2p.)
    With a photograph of Parton.
  - (68) Dana, Richard Henry, 1787-1879. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; [n.p.] 20 Oct 1848. 1s.(2p.)
    With a photograph of Dana.
  - (69) Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth (Prescott) 1835-1921. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; Newburyport, 29 Oct 1864. 1s.(2p.)
  - (70) Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. A.L.s. to Annie (Adams) Fields; Kittery Point, 17 Jul 1902. 1s.(1p.)
  - (71) Culluch, H.M. A.L.s. to James Holland Beal; Washington, 5 Mar 1864. 1s.(1p.)
  - (72) Reade, Charles, 1814-1884. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
    Lacks beginning.
  - (73) Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859. 2 A.MS. Notes (1 signed); [n.p., n.d.]. 2s.(2p.)
  - (74) Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872. A.L.s. to [the editors of the Atlantic Monthly]; Washington, 5 Oct 1863. 1s.(1p.)
  - (75) Felton, Cornelius Conway, 1807-1862. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; [n.p.] 10 Apr 1858. 1s.(3p.)
    With a photograph of Felton.
  - (76) Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; [n.p.] 22 Oct 1870. 1s.(3p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Beecher.
  - (77) Massey, Gerald, 1828-1907. A.L.s. to [James Thomas Fields]; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
    Lacks beginning. With a portrait engraving of Massey.
  - (78) Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
  - (79) Wister, Owen, 1860-1938. A.L.s. to Sarah Orne Jewett; Philadelphia; [n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (80) Grimm, Hermann, 1828-1901. Engraved invitation; [Berlin] 18 Mar 1880. 1s.(1p.)
    With a photograph of Grimm.
  - (81) Fechter, Charles Albert, 1824-1879. A.L.s. to [James Holland] Beal; [n.p.] 18 Mar 1871. 1s.(1p.)
  - (82) Ko Kun Hua. A.L.s. to [James Holland] Beal; Cambridge, 11 Aug 1880. 1s.(1p.)
  - (83) Sprague, Charles, 1791-1875. A.L.s. to Ticknor, Reed and Fields; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Sprague.
  - (84) Bancroft, George, 1800-1891. A.L.s. to George Tyler Bigelow; Boston, 21 Jan 1842. 1s.(1p.)
    With a photograph of an engraving of Bancroft.
  - (85) Church, Frederick Edwin, 1826-1900. A.L.s. to James Thomas Fields; New York, 10 Dec 1864. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (86) Ball, Thomas, 1819-1911. A.L.s. to [Miss ] Adams; Florence, 27 Jun 1891. 1s.(1p.)
  - (87) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Portrait engraving of Goethe, aged 79; [n.p., n.d.]. 1s.(1p.)
  - (88) Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852. A.L.s. to [ ] Healey; Washington, 24 Dec 1840. 1s.(1p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Webster.
  - (89) Scott, Sir Walter, bart., 1771-1832. A.L.s. (facsimile) to Henry Brevoort; Abbotsford, 23 Apr 1813. 1s.(2p.)
    With a portrait engraving of Scott.

Series: II. MS Am 1745.1: Manuscripts removed from the library album
*64M-125A
- (1) Boston Atheneum. T.L.s. to [Mrs] James Holland Beal; Boston, 24 Mar 1915. 1s.(1p.)
- (2) Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876. A.L.s. to [James Holland] Beal; Rome, 23 May 1867. 1s.(4p.)
- (3) Fields, Annie (Adams) 1834-1915. A.L.s. to Elizabeth Adams; Boston, 31 Jan 1876. 1s.(4p.) env.
- (4) Fields, Annie (Adams) 1834-1915. A.L.s. to Julian Hawthorne; Rome, 27 Feb 1904. 1s.(2p.)
  Concerning the manuscript of The scarlet letter.
- (5) Fields, James Thomas, 1816-1881. A.L.s. to Boylston Beal; Boston, 8 Nov 1869. 1s.(1p.) env.
- (6) Fields, James Thomas, 1816-1881. 3 A.L.s. to [ ]: Manchester, 28 Aug 1867. 1s.(4p.)
- (7) Edinburgh, 14 Jun 1869. 1s.(4p.)
- (8) Boston, 8 Jun 1874. 1s.(4p.)
- (9) Fields, James Thomas, 1816-1881. Weep for Sairey [1st line of a poem] A.MS; [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
- (10) Gardner, Isabella (Stewart) 1840-1924. A.L.s. to Sarah Orne Jewett; Paris, 30 Jun [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
  Includes A.MS. note by Sarah Orne Jewett.
- (11) Grimm, Hermann, 1828-1901. A.L.s. to [ ]; [n.p.] 20 Dec 1880. 1s.(4p.)
- (12) Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. [Our old home; fragment] A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p., n.d.] 1s.(4p.)
  Fragment of the chapter "About Warwick" corresponding to pp. 93-97 in the Boston edition of 1863.
- (13) Haynes, John A.L.s. to [Mrs James Holland] Beal; London, [n.d.]. 1s.(2p.)
- (14) Hove, Mark Antony DeWolfe, 1864- A.L.s. to Annie (Adams) Fields; Cotuit, 19 Jul 1914. 1s.(3p.)
- (15) Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. A.L.s. to Annie (Adams) Fields; Annisquam, 6 Aug 1900. 1s.(1p.)
- (16) James, Henry, 1843-1916. A.L.s. to Annie (Adams) Fields; Rye, 25 Jul 1914. 1s.(2p.)
- (17) Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. 3 A.L.s. to [Mrs James Holland] Beal: Interlaken, 18 Aug 1882. 2s.(7p.)
- (18) South Berwick, 7 Jul 1888. 1s.(4p.) env.
- (19) South Berwick, 1 Oct 1901. 1s.(4p.) env.
- (20) Longfellow, Alice Mary, 1850-1928. A.L.s. to [Mrs James Holland] Beal; Cambridge, 10 Jan [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
- (21) Longfellow, Alice Mary, 1850-1928. A.L.s. to Annie (Adams) Fields; Cambridge, 26 Jun [n.d.]. 1s.(4p.)
- (22) Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918. A.L.s. to Annie (Adams) Fields; Boston, 24 Jun 1896. 1s.(2p.)
- (23) Thaxter, Celia (Laighton) 1835-1894. A.L.s. to [Annie (Adams) Fields]; Montpelier Vermont, 19 Oct 1875. 1s.(2p.)
- (24) Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. A.L.s. to [Mrs James Holland] Beal; [Boston] 5 Jan 1914. 1s.(3p.)
- (25) Photographs and miscellaneous; 1 folder.

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