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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Call No.: MS Am 1686
Call No.: MS Am 1686.1
Call No.: MS Am 1686.2
Call No.: MS Am 1686.3
Call No.: MS Am 1686.4
Call No.: MS Am 1686.5
Call No.: MS Am 1686.6
Creator: Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923.
Title: Compositions,
Date(s): 1887-1915.
Quantity: 12 v. (1.5 linear ft.).
Abstract: Manuscripts of works by American biographer and historian William Roscoe Thayer.

Acquisition Information:

Historical Note

Thayer was an American biographer and historian.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by manuscript title.

Scope and Content

Manuscripts of biographical and historical works by Thayer: "Cavour and Bismarck," 1906 (including some printed versions); The Dawn of Italian Independence, 1892; A Short History of Venice, 1903; Life and Letters of John Hay (printer's copy), 1915; and Life and Times of Cavour (printer's copy), 1911. Also includes The Master's Calendar, 1887, an anthology of verse compiled by Thayer.

Container List

• MS Am 1686 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. Cavour and Bismarck (1st draft) 1906. A.MSs.; [n.p., 1908] 34f.(34p.)
  Bound with revised typescript of final version, 2 printed versions in English, and 1 in Italian. 1v.
  Recat. from Ital 504.576.2, 1931.

• MS Am 1686.1 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. Cavour e Bismarck: paralleli e contrasti. A.Ms. unsigned; Torino, Oct 1906. 31 num. l.
  With this are bound the A.Ms. of Thayer's English version of the article (Annisquam, 1908; 46 num. l.) and the published Italian version (Rome, 1906) and cuttings of the published English version from the Atlantic monthly (March 1909) and the Fortnightly review (March 1909).
  *47M-211F.

• MS Am 1686.2 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. The dawn of Italian independence ... A.Ms.s. (William Roscoe Thayer); [Concord, Mass., [finished] 12 Apr 1892] 2v , 233 and 238 num. l.
  *47M-209F.

• MS Am 1686.3 [Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923, comp.]The master's calendar of truth and passion. A.Ms. unsigned; [Concord, Mass.?] July-September 1887. 2p.l., 377p. 1v.
  *47M-210F.

• MS Am 1686.4 [Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923] A short history of Venice. A.Ms.s.(W. R. T.); [v.p., [completed] 1903] 1p.l., iv num. l., 289 num. l.
  With prefatory note dated 1905.
  *47M-212F.

• MS Am 1686.5 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. The life and letters of John Hay. A.Ms. and typescript s.(William Roscoe Thayer); [v.p.] 1915. 2v., 3p.l., 877 num. l.
  *47M-213F.

• MS Am 1686.6 Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. The life and times of Cavour. Typescript with Ms. corrections, s. (William Roscoe Theyer); [n.p., 1911] 4v.; 2p.l., 1268 num. l.
  Most leaves have footnotes and revisions written on verso.
  *47M-214F.