| Dates: | 1570-1967, undated, bulk dates 1803-1940 |
| Size: | 3.5 linear feet in 8 boxes, includes 43 photographs, 38 prints, 6 drawings |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-a00221 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | Gifts of Klaus O. Asher in 1977; Peggy Lebold in 1975; Ralph Geoffrey Newman in 1996, Dr. Robert R. Nunn in 1971; Edward H. Weiss in 1970 and 1974. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Autograph Manuscript Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original author unknown. Updated by Michelle McCoy in 2026 |
Abstract
The Autograph and Manuscript Collection brings together the collections from several notable donors including Klaus O. Asher, Peggy P. Lebold, Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Robert R. Nunn and Edward H. Weiss. The contents include a range of autographed (signed) documents from notable historical and public personalities including actors, authors, musicians, political figures, royal leaders and scientists that spans over three centuries. Among the document types are correspondence, drawings, manuscripts, notes, photographs, poems, publications and sentiments.
Biographical/Historical
Autograph and manuscript collecting has a long history. Many notable collections date to the early modern period and were often kept in an album known as an “album amicorum” or “book of friends.” By the 1800s, booksellers and private agents often managed the transactions of notable collections. As this hobby grew more popular, many collectors often sought out autographs and other collectibles from illustrious living persons.
Scope and Contents
The Autograph and Manuscript Collection brings together the collections from several notable donors including Klaus O. Asher, Peggy P. Lebold, Ralph Geoffrey Newman, Robert R. Nunn and Edward H. Weiss. The contents include a range of autographed (signed) documents from notable historical and public personalities including actors, authors, musicians, political figures, royal leaders and scientists that spans over three centuries. Among the document types are correspondence, drawings, manuscripts, notes, photographs, poems, publications and sentiments.
The collection uses the standard manuscript abbreviations: ALS for autographed signed letter and TLS for typed signed letter.
Arrangement
The autograph manuscript collection is arranged into 5 series by collector:
- Series 1: Klaus O. Asher Manuscript Collection, 1803-1967, undated
- Series 2: Peggy P. Lebold Manuscript Collection, 1807-1888, undated
- Series 3: Ralph Geoffrey Newman Manuscript Collection, 1801-1933, undated
- Series 4: Robert R. Nunn Manuscript Collection, 1570-1901, undated
- Series 5: Edward H. Weiss Manuscript Collection, 1599-1940, undated
Subject Headings
- Adams, Henry, 1838-1918
- Autographs -- Collectors and collecting
- Autographs -- Collections
- Manuscripts
Container Inventory
Series 1: Klaus O. Asher Autograph and Manuscript Collection, 1803-1967
Scope and Contents
The Klaus O. Asher Autograph and Manuscript Collection is comprised primarily of artists and musicians.
The collection uses the standard manuscript abbreviations: ALS for autographed signed letter and TLS for typed signed letter.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by the signer’s last name or royal name.
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | Asch, Shalom, autograph postcard signed, 1918 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Badura-Skoda, Paul, photograph signed, circa 1940s |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Balogh, Erno, autograph letters (2) signed (ALS) to [Klaus O.] Asher, 1951 November 10, 25; 1952 July 6 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Bartok, Peter, holiday card signed, 1963 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | Callas, Maria, photographs signed (2), circa 1960s |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | Channing, Carol, photograph signed, 1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | Charters, Sam, typed postcard signed to [Klaus O.] Asher, 1964 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | Dyer-Bennet, Richard, autograph letters (2) signed (ALS) to [Klaus O.] Asher, photograph signed, 1959, 1962 February 8, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | Einstein, Albert, typed letters (2) from Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists signed (TLS) with signature stamp, article and news clipping, 1946-1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | Engel, Otto Heinrich, autograph letters (3) signed (ALS) and note (1) signed with envelope, 1908-1909 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | Fulda, Ludwig, autograph letter signed (ALS) and postcard signed, 1911, 1928 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | Geiger, Ludwig, autograph postcard signed, 1924 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | German citizenship documents (5) for Levin Isaac in Naugarten, Pommern, Germany, 1803-1813 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | German citizenship document for Marcus Solomon Mortier in Naugarten, Pommern, Germany, 1818 September 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | Gruenfeld, Hieinrich, autograph postcard signed, photograph signed, news clipping, 1924, 1926 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | von Hindenburg, Paul, photograph and envelope, circa 1917 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | Hughes, Langston, typed postcard signed, news clipping, 1964, 1967 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | Jordan, Wilhelm, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1887 November 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | Kampf, Arthur, Technical Emergency Corps application signed, circa 1919 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | Kaufman, Louis and Annette, photograph signed, 1944 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | Kiepura, Jan, autograph card and photograph clipping, 1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | Kipnis, Igor, typed postcard signed to [Klaus O.] Asher, photographs signed (2), flyer, 1964 January 31, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | Koenig, Paul, business card signed, news clipping, 1932 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | La Guardia, Fiorello Henry, autograph with news clipping 1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | Liebermann, Max, autograph letter signed (ALS) and typed note signed to [Klaus O.] Asher, 1912 October 4, 1929 February 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | van Loon, Hendrik Willem, autograph, 1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | Ludendorff, Erich, business card signed, 1921 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | Menuhin, Yehudi, autograph invitation, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | von Moltke, Graf, printed telegram with birthday wishes to Wilhelm II, 1922 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | Nerger, Karl August, autograph, 1919 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | Paton, Sandy and Caroline, autograph note signed, photograph signed, news clipping, 1966 |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | Roosevelt, Eleanor, typed letter signed (TLS) for the American Association for the United Nations, 1947 May 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | von Schuschnigg, Kurt, autograph letter signed (ALS) and typed letter signed (TLS) to [Klaus O.] Asher, 1961 February 16, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | Seeger, Mike, autograph letter signed (ALS) to [Klaus O.] Asher, 1964 January 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | Seeger, Pete, photographs signed (2), undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | Shuster, George N., autograph, circa 1940 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | Stiedry Fritz, typed letter signed (TLS) to [Klaus O.] Asher, 1941 February 4 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | Stresemann, Gustav, autograph and photograph clipping, circa 1920s |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 | Tassinari, Pia, photograph signed, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 | Thompson, Dorothy, autograph, undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 | Walter, Bruno, autograph, undated |
Series 2: Peggy P. Lebold Autograph and Manuscript Collection, 1807-1888, undated
Biographical/Historical
Peggy P. Lebold (1897-1982) is a noted Chicago antiquarian collector. She married Foreman Michael “Mike” Leopold in 1936. Mike Leopold, the eldest Leopold family son, changed his last name to Lebold following the notoriety of his brother Nathan Leopold’s murder conviction along with Richard Loeb in 1924. Mike Lebold ran the Morris Paper Mill and was a noted collector of publications, letters and artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln.
The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiographical account of Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) and describes the many changes that occurred over the course of his life. Adams, an American historian, descended from two U.S. presidents: John Adams (1735-1826) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). He assisted his father, Charles Francis Adams, during his time as Abraham Lincoln’s ambassador to the United Kingdom. Following the American Civil War, he became a political journalist and wrote the nine-volume The History of the United States of America 1801–1817.
Adams privately printed and circulated a limited edition of his memoirs in 1907. The book was commercially published after his death and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1919.
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains correspondence by and related to descendants of the Adams political family and manuscript segments that had been laid in the 1918 extra-illustrated publication of The Education of Henry Adams held in Special Collections (Call no.: E175.5.A173 1918, 2 volumes).
The collection uses the standard manuscript abbreviations: ALS for autographed signed letter and TLS for typed signed letter.
Arrangement
Series 2 has been retained in its original order of where the letters were laid into The Education of Henry Adams publication.
| Box 1 | Folder 42 | DuPont, S.F., autograph letter signed (ALS) to Rev. D. Pyne (Adams, page 112), [1861] May 14 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | Duke of Somerset, autograph letter signed (ALS) (Adams, page 118), undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | Adams, Charles, autograph letter signed (ALS) to George S. Boutwell (Adams, page 120), 1869 November 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 | Lyons, Richard Bickerton Pennell, autograph letter signed (ALS) to J.M. Carlisle (Adams, page 158), 1861 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | Newman, John Henry, autograph letter signed (ALS) to I.J. Campbell (Adams, page 192), 1872 December 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 | Coutts, Miss Burdett, autograph letter signed (ALS) to [illegible] (Adams, page 197), 1865 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 | Evarts, William Maxwell, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Diplomatic Consular Offices of the United States (Adams, page 204), 1877 May 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 | Smalley, George Washburn, autograph letter signed (ALS) to [illegible] (Adams, page 210), 1879 November 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 | Norton, Charles Eliot, autograph note signed to General Wilson (Adams, page 222), 1888 October 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 | Howelle, W.P., autograph letter signed (ALS) to Osgood (Adams, page 234), 1883 May 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 | Adams, John Q., autograph letter signed (ALS) (Adams, 240), 1827 March 27 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 | Jana, C.A., autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. Steachman (Adams, page 244), 1869 January 14 |
| Box 1 | Folder 54 | McCulloch, Hugh, document signed to John Wilson (Adams, 248), 1868 |
| Box 1 | Folder 55 | Curtis, B.R., autograph letter signed (ALS) to Unites States Supreme Court (Adams, page 249), 1865 December [7] |
| Box 1 | Folder 56 | Watterson, Henry, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Washington (Adams, page 255), 1869 December 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 57 | Boutwell, George S., autograph letter signed (ALS) to W.B. and O.H. Morrison (Adams, page 263), 1871 July 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 58 | Davis, John Chandle Bancroft, autograph letter signed (ALS) to William W. Belknap (Adams, page 274), 1874 May 12 |
| Box 1 | Folder 59 | Hamilton, autograph letter signed (ALS) to General [Badeau] (Adams, page 282), 1868 May 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 60 | Frelinghuysen, Frederick T., autograph note signed (Adams, page 295), 1882 November 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 61 | Everett, Edward, autograph letter signed (ALS) (Adams, page 298), 1866 October 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 62 | Whitney, J. [?], autograph letter signed (ALS) (Adams, page 309), 1882 August 22 |
| Box 1 | Folder 63 | Bancutt, Geroge, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Dr. Smith (Adams, page 317), 1859 January 11 |
| Box 1 | Folder 64 | Bayard, Thomas Francis, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Washington (Adams, page 331), 1871 or 1872 January 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 65 | Callahan, Albert, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Stephen Moylan (Adams, page 333), 1807 April 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 66 | Whitney, William Collins, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Montgomery Fletcher (Adams, page 347), 1888 November 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 67 | Newman, John, autograph U.S. Treasury Department document (Adams, page 356), 1879 December 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 68 | [Illegible], autograph letter signed (ALS) to George [illegible] Putnam (Adams, page 370), [1878] |
| Box 1 | Folder 69 | Newcomb, Simon, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. Nordhoff (Adams, page 377), undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 70 | Roscoe, Coukling, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. J. Palmer (Adams, page 394), 1873 December 31 |
Series 3: Ralph Geoffrey Newman Autograph, Manuscript Collection, 1801-1933, undated
Biographical/Historical
Ralph Geoffrey Newman (1911-1998) was an American writer and Abraham Lincoln scholar. He owned the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, Illinois, and hosted a monthly gathering known as the Civil War Round Table. He was an expert in Civil War-related manuscripts.
Scope and Contents
Series 3 contains a range of autographed (signed) documents from notable historical and public personalities, including several Chicagoans. Of note is an 1801 letter from Henry Dearborn regarding annuities for Native American nations.
The collection uses the standard manuscript abbreviations: ALS for autographed signed letter and TLS for typed signed letter.
Arrangement
Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by the signer’s last name.
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | Addams, Jane, autograph, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | Browne, Charles Francis, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Charles L. Hutchinson, 1915 November 30 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3 | Dallman, [V.Y.], telegrams to Henry T. Rainey (Democratic National Convention), 1932 June 29, July 5 |
| Box 2 | Folder 4 | Dearborn, Henry, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1801 May 8 |
| Box 2 | Folder 5 | Dearborn, [initial illegible], autograph signed letter (ALS), 1850 August 21 |
| Box 2 | Folder 6 | Dunne, Peter Findlay, Mr. Dooley on Hard Times, autograph manuscript, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 7 | Emmerson, Louis L., typed letter signed (TLS), 1931 April 7 |
| Box 2 | Folder 8 | Fuller, Henry B., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1902 February 16 |
| Box 2 | Folder 9 | Garland, Hamlin, autograph letters (4) signed (ALS) and typed poem, 1912, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 10 | Harrison, Carter H., autograph note signed on calling card, undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 11 | Horner, Henry, typed letter signed (TLS), 1932 April 20 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | Jones, Hiram J., autograph signed letter to Jones, autograph note, The Illinois Club membership and receipt, Iroquois Club membership card, 1879, 1884 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | Lewis, Hamilton, typed signed letter (TLS), 1933 July 5 |
| Box 2 | Folder 14 | Lincoln, Robert Todd, bank draft signed, 1890 August 11 |
| Box 2 | Folder 15 | Lowden, Frank O., autograph signed letter (ALS), 1917 August 7 |
| Box 2 | Folder 16 | Masters, Edgar Lee, autograph poem signed, “Anne Rutledge,” undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 17 | Sandburg, Carl, autograph poem signed, “Fire-Logs,” undated |
| Box 2 | Folder 18 | Schurz, Carl, autograph, 1880 |
Series 4: Robert R. Nunn Autograph and Manuscript Collection, 1570-1901, undated
Scope and Contents
Series 4 contains a range of autographed (signed) documents from notable historical and public personalities including authors, political figures, royal leaders and scientists that spans over four centuries. Among the document types are correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, poems and publications. All materials in Series 4 were collected by Robert R. Nunn. Of note is the autograph letter signed (ALS) by Sarah Hale dated March 12, 1850.
The collection uses the standard manuscript abbreviations: ALS for autographed signed letter and TLS for typed signed letter.
Arrangement
Series 4 is arranged alphabetically by the signer’s last name or royal name.
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | Anderson, Charles J., autograph letters (2) signed (ALS), 1855 February 2, 1860 September 20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 2 | Angelio, Pietro (Il Bargeo), manuscript poem, circa 1570 |
| Box 3 | Folder 3 | Antonelli, [Giacomo], autograph letter signed (ALS), Rome and autograph, 1863 November 25, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 4 | Bancroft, George, autograph letter signed (ALS), engraved portrait and seal, 1851 April 15, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 5 | Beaumont, [Jean Baptiste Élie de], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1835 September 8 |
| Box 3 | Folder 6 | Becken, J., autograph note signed and autograph letter signed (ALS), 1849 August 14, 1854 November 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 7 | Beecher, Henry Ward, autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, 1869 June 5, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 8 | Beranger, [Pierre Jean de] (1780-1857), autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 9 | Blanc, Louis (1811-1888), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1853 December 21 |
| Box 3 | Folder 10 | de Blowitz, M., autograph letter signed (ALS), envelope, engraved and lithograph portraits, [1876?] October, 1885, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 11 | de Bode, Baron, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1847 August 27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 12 | Bonald, [Louis de] (1754-1840), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1829 |
| Box 3 | Folder 13 | Brisson, Henri (1835-1912), autograph letter signed (ALS) and illustrations (2), 1881, 1898, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 14 | Bunsen, Christen Carl Josias von, autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 | Burdwan, Maharaj of, [Bardhaman Raj] autograph signed letter (ALS), 1869 May 9 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | Burritt, Elihu, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1865 April 7 |
| Box 3 | Folder 17 | Camuccini, Pietro, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1805 |
| Box 3 | Folder 18 | de Castilano, F., autograph letter signed (ALS), Paris, 1862 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | Caughley, J., Sheffield, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1844 November 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 20 | Champagne, [Joseph], autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 | Channing, W.E. [William Ellery] (1780-1842), autograph letter signed (ALS), Boston, 1836 July 30 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 | Channing, [William] H., autograph letter signed (ALS), and lithograph portrait, 1882 January 10, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 23 | Chateauvillian, [illegible], autograph letters (2) signed (ALS), [1822] March, 1829 February 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 24 | [Clarke, Henri-Jacques-Guillaume, Duc de Feltre], autograph letter signed (ALS) to Napoleon, Paris, 1812 August 27 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 | Clot-Bey, [Antoine Barthélemy] 1793-1868), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1833 January 30 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 | Créquy, [François de Bonne] (1624-1687), autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 | Crevelli, D.F., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1852 November 24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 | D’Aubigné, Merle, autograph note or fragment, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 | Deyrolles, A., autograph letter signed (ALS) Paris, 1854 November 15 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 | Dumas, Alexandre, “thank you” note signed, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 31 | Dutreaux, Auguste, autograph letter signed (ALS), Luxembourg, 1850 August 28 |
| Box 3 | Folder 32 | Efendi, Ussuf Aqiuah [Yusef Agah], note and engraving, 1795, 1796 November 5 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 | Englehart, N. B., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1850 April 12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 | Erdmann, Axel, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1888 August 24 |
| Box 3 | Folder 35 | Everett, Edward, note, engraved portraits (2), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 | Faure, Félix, calling card with envelope and lithograph portrait, 1895 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 | [Feisthauel], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1850 |
| Box 3 | Folder 38 | Ferrar, Frederic, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1881 August |
| Box 3 | Folder 39 | Fleurimont, Pierre, military receipt, 1800 March 20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 40 | Fourcroy, [Antoine-François] autograph letter signed (ALS) on Conseil d'Etat stationery, lithograph portrait, 1807, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 41 | Frank, G.H., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1853 July 5 |
| Box 3 | Folder 42 | Gambetta, Leon, autograph letter signed (ALS) and 3 portraits (engraved, lithograph and photograph), 1870 July, 1872, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 43 | Gamier-Pages, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Lord Brougham, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 44 | Gavazzi, Alessandro, autograph letters (2) signed (ALS), autograph, 1851, [1856] |
| Box 3 | Folder 45 | George, Henry, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1882 November 15 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 | [de Genlis, Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, Madame], note with “G,” lithograph portraits 2), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 47 | Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 4 portraits (engraved and lithograph), 1821, 1829 July 13, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 48 | Gomez, Miguel, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1840 |
| Box 3 | Folder 49 | Gray, Asa, autograph letter signed (ALS) and printed portrait, 1853 June 21, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 50 | Guizot, [François], autograph letter signed (ALS) to Lord Brougham and 2 portraits (engraved and lithograph) undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 51 | Hale, Sarah, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1850 March 12 |
| Box 3 | Folder 52 | Haliburton, Thomas, autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 53 | Hecht, Carl, autograph letters (2) signed (ALS), 1850 May 3, 1854 December 3 |
| Box 3 | Folder 54 | Helmholtz, [Hermann von], autograph letter signed (ALS), London, 1864 March 26 |
| Box 3 | Folder 55 | Hofmann, [August Wilhelm von] autograph letter signed (ALS), 1861 January 3 |
| Box 3 | Folder 56 | Hoffmann, F.O., autograph letter signed (ALS), Paris, 1847 December 16 |
| Box 3 | Folder 57 | de Hondt, P.A. (Peter Abraham), autograph letter signed (ALS) to William Strahan London, 1761 December 28 |
| Box 3 | Folder 58 | Hugo, Victor, autograph letter signed (ALS) and 3 portraits (lithograph, photograph and printed illustration), 1831 February 2, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 59 | Humboldt, Alexander von, autograph letter signed (ALS) and 2 engraved portraits, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 60 | Irving, William, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1814 January 20 |
| Box 3 | Folder 61 | Joly, [Etienne-Louis-Hector de?], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1815 July 17 |
| Box 3 | Folder 62 | Joyeuse, Villaret, autograph letter signed (ALS) and lithograph portrait, 1809 June 5, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 63 | Kerkadec, Madame la Comtesse de, autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 64 | Khan, Iskander Ahmed, autograph letter signed (ALS) and printed portrait, 1874 July 6 |
| Box 3 | Folder 65 | Kossuth, L. [Lajos], autograph letter signed (ALS) and printed illustration, 1851 October 25, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 66 | Lafayette, [Marquis de], autograph letter signed (ALS) and 2 engraved portraits, 1828 January 16, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 67 | Lasinio, Carlo, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1831 |
| Box 3 | Folder 68 | Leyden, Count, autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 69 | Longchamp, Edward de, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1857 June 8 |
| Box 3 | Folder 70 | Loti, Pierre, autographed note and printed portrait, 1892 November, 1895 |
| Box 3 | Folder 71 | Loubet, Emile, autograph postcard signed (ALS), Paris, 1891 May 10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 72 | Lowell, I.R., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1892 July 4, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 73 | Lytle, William, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1798 September 10 |
| Box 3 | Folder 74 | [Maquart, first name unknown], autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 75 | Maria II of Portugal (Maria da Gloria), autograph letter signed (ALS) and 3 engraved portraits, 1829 July 23, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 76 | Martius, Heinrich von, autograph letter signed (ALS), 1826 July 2 |
| Box 3 | Folder 77 | Mazzini, Guiseppe, autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, 1838 May 9, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 78 | Meyerbeer, M. Giacomo, autograph letters (2) signed (ALS) and 3 portraits (engraved, lithograph and photograph), undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 79 | Mitchell, Donald G., autograph letter signed (ALS) and 2 printed portraits, undated |
| Box 3 | Folder 80 | Montolieu, Marie, autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 1 | Nigra, Comte Rio, autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraving, 1823 September 25, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | Norton, C. E., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1866 December 18 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | Offenbach, [Jacques], autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 | d’Orbigny, [Charles Dessalines], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1834 June l |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 | Orfila, [Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1837 September 14 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 | Pampili, Doria, document signed, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 | Penado, Baron de [Francisco Ignatius de Carvalho Moriera], autograph letter signed (ALS) to Sir Charles Read, 1879 June 22 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | Pelletier, Benoit, manuscript poem, signed, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 | Petit, J., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1853 June 2l |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | Peytral, Paul, calling card with envelope, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | Plana, G., autograph letter signed (ALS), 1836 August 29 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | Porten, Samuel, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Francis C. Lawley, 1901 May 11 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | Portraits (various), includes George Cockburn, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, John Caspar Lavatar, Caesar Malan, J. Michelet, Nicolo Paganini and unidentified, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | Pulaski, Francois, autograph letters (2) signed (ALS), 1857 April 21, 1858 April 2l |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | Pulszky, [Ferenc], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1855 March 23 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 | Renan, [Joseph Ernest] autograph letter signed (ALS) and lithograph portrait, 1879, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | Reynolds, C., autograph letter signed (ALS), Paris, 1859 October 30 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | Rossini, Gioachino, autograph letter signed (ALS) and photograph, 1842, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | Schallenberg, J., manuscript poem, signed, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | Scherzer, Karl, autograph letter signed (ALS), Vienna, 1857 July 21 |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | Shillaber, B.P., autograph letter signed (ALS), Boston, 1857 October 6 |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 | Sigourney, Lydia, letter and engraved portrait, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | Singh, Duleep, autograph note signed (ANS) and 2 portraits (engraved and printed), undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 24 | de St. George, [unknown], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1857 January 28 |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 | Stosch, Philipp von, autograph manuscript, 1732 |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 | [Terrar], autograph letter signed (ALS), 1782 April 20 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 | Thiers, Adolphe, autograph letters (2) signed (ALS) and 2 engraved portraits, 1833 April, 1865 April, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 28 | Tieck, Ludwig, autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, 1850 August 3 |
| Box 4 | Folder 29 | Unidentified authors, 10 autograph letters signed (ALS), 1806-1866, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 30 | Waddington, [William Henry], autograph letter signed (ALS) and 2 lithograph portraits, 1878, 1882 September 14, undated |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | Walsh, Robert, autograph letter signed (ALS) to Jared Sparks, 1822 November 23 |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 | Webster, Daniel, 3 engraved portraits, 1843 April 27 |
| Box 4 | Folder 33 | Westermann, B.W., autograph letter signed (ALS) to Samuel Stevens, 1854 September 24 |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 | Wilkes, Charles, autograph signed letter (ALS), 1862 August 1 |
| Box 4 | Folder 35 | Wurmser, Dagobert, autograph signed letter (ALS), 1777 January 3 |
Series 5: Edward H. Weiss Autograph and Manuscript Collection, 1599-1940, undated
Biographical/Historical
Edward H. Weiss was a Chicago artist and chairman of the adverting agency Edward H. Weiss & Company (formerly known as Weiss and Geller; later known as Lee King and Partners). He was especially well-known for his portrait paintings of famous people. Weiss received a degree in sociology from the University of Chicago and later studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Weiss began his career in advertising in the 1920s and retired in 1981. He was also an art collector and active in numerous organizations, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the University of Chicago.
Scope and Contents
Series 5 contains a range of autographed (signed) documents from notable historical and public personalities including actors, authors, musicians, political figures, royal leaders and scientists that spans over three centuries. Among the document types are correspondence, drawings, manuscripts, notes, photographs, poems, publications and sentiments. All materials in Series 5 were collected by Edward H. Weiss.
The collection uses the standard manuscript abbreviations: ALS for autographed signed letter and TLS for typed signed letter.
Arrangement
Series 5 is arranged alphabetically by the signer’s last name or royal name.
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | Adams, Charles Follen (1842-1918), autograph poem signed from “Leedle Yawcob Strauss”, 1891 May 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 | Adams, Charles Francis (1835-1915), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Charles Eliot Norton, 1908 October 17 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Adams, Charles Francis (1835-1915), typed letter signed (TLS) to Mrs. Henry White laid in copy of pamphlet, The Panama Canal Zone, inscribed by Adams to Mrs. White, 1911 December 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | Ade, George (1866-1944), autograph letter signed (ALS) to “My Dear Arms,” 1916 June 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 | Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873), autograph letter signed (ALS) to James Fields and engraved portrait, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1873 May 30 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799-1888), autograph sentiment signed, 1878 January 30 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mrs. Williams and cabinet photograph, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 7 | Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888), autograph sentiment signed, 1878 March 9 |
| Box 5 | Folder 8 | Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907), autograph document (check) signed 1893 May 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 9 | Alger Jr., Horatio (1834-1899), autograph manuscript (poem) signed, 1882 December 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 10 | Alger Jr., Horatio (1834-1899), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1892 December 23 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Allen, James Lane (1849-1925), typed letter signed (TLS) to Hamilton Holt, 1899 July 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 11 | Anthony, Susan B. (1820-1906), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1897 December 2 |
| Box 5 | Folder 12 | Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1858 October 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Arthur, Timothy Shay (1809-1885), autograph sentiment signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 13 | Artist unknown, drawing and letter on stationery printed “The Mount, High Wickham, Hastings, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | Bailey, Philip James (1816-1902), autograph poem signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 14 | Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887), autograph on cabinet card photograph, 1877 October 10 |
| Box 5 | Folder 15 | Beecher, Thomas Kinnicut (1824-1900), autograph sentiment signed, 1878 January 9 |
| Box 5 | Folder 16 | Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922) typed letter signed (TLS) to Robert L. Heard, 1913 February 10 |
| Box 5 | Folder 17 | Benet, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943), typed letter signed (TLS), undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Bergh, Henry (1811-1888), autograph sentiment signed, 1881 December 30 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923), autograph note signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 18 | Bispham, H.C., horse and [cougar?], pencil drawing, 1873 July 15 |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | Bok, Edward William (1863-1930), typed letter signed (TLS) to Clarendon Bangs, 1904 May 16 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | Boker, George Henry (1823-1890), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams, 1883 February 24 |
| Box 5 | Folder 20 | Bragdon, Claude (1866-1946), Who’s Who in America, manuscript biographical document signed, [1942 October] |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Bridgman, Laura Dewey (1829-1889), autograph sentiment signed, 1881 November 22 |
| Box 5 | Folder 21 | Bright, John (1811-1889), autograph sentiment signed and cabinet photograph, 1878 June 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | Bright, John (1811-1889), autograph sentiment signed, 1887 May 24 |
| Box 5 | Folder 23 | Brown, Henry, seashore scene, drawing signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 24 | Browne, John Ross (1821-1875), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Miss True, 1866 June 11 |
| Box 5 | Folder 25 | Browning, Robert (1812-1889), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1866 November 16 |
| Box 5 | Folder 26 | Browning, Robert (1812-1889), autograph, 1878 April 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 27 | Browning, Robert (1812-1889), autograph letter signed (ALS) to “Dear Alice” and cabinet card photograph, 1887 March 18 |
| Box 5 | Folder 28 | Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878), autograph sentiment signed and photogravure portrait, 1878 March 19 |
| Box 5 | Folder 29 | Bryce, James (1838-1922), typed sentiment signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 30 | Bryce, James (1838-1922), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Dr. Macauley, [no year] February 16 |
| Box 5 | Folder 31 | Bryce, James (1838-1922), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Dr. [Riding?], 1900 December 19 |
| Box 8 | Folder 10 | Bryce, James (1838-1922), typed letter signed (TLS) to Stalham L. Williams, 1917 January 10 |
| Box 5 | Folder 32 | Burgess, Frank Gelett (1866-1951), The Purple Cow, booklet, William Doxey, at the Sign of the Lark, circa 1899 |
| Box 5 | Folder 33 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1922 December 28 |
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | Burroughs, John (1837-1921), autograph sentiment signed, 1888 January 19 |
| Box 8 | Folder 12 | Butler, William Allen (1825-1902), autograph sentiment signed, 1892 February 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 34 | Cabell, James Branch (1879-1958), typed letter signed (TLS) to Mr. Miller, 1925 July 20 |
| Box 8 | Folder 13 | Caine, Hall (Thomas Henry Hall, 1853-1931), typed letter fragment signed (TLS), undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 35 | Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Leigh Hunt and cabinet photograph, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 36 | Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921), self-caricature signed, on Hotel Knickerbocker stationery, 1913 |
| Box 5 | Folder 37 | Caruso, Enrico (1873-1921), autograph, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 14 | Cary, Alice (1820-1871), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Dr. Child, 1863 January 11 |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | Cary, Phoebe (1824-1871), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Dr. Child, 1860 April 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 38 | Casals, Pablo (1876-1976), program signed, 1928 January 23 |
| Box 5 | Folder 39 | Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842), autograph letter signed (ALS) to J. Munroe & Co., undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 16 | Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842), autograph poem signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 40 | Charles X, King of France (1757-1836), autograph on vellum fragment, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 41 | Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone, Lord (1864-1945), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Miss Norton, 1918 April 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 42 | Chatfield-Taylor, Hobart C. (1865-1945), autograph letter signed (ALS) with 2 pages of typed manuscript with annotations, [1923] February 4 |
| Box 8 | Folder 17 | Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams, 1878 February 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 43 | Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury (1876-1944), autograph on Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis stationery, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 44 | Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury (1876-1944), typed letter signed (TLS) to Paul L. Hackbert, 1927 November 4 |
| Box 5 | Folder 45 | Collins, William Wilkiw (1824-1889), autograph letter signed (ALS) to James Fraser Gluck, 1887 January 28 |
| Box 8 | Folder 18 | Collyer, Robert (1823-1912), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams and autograph poem signed, 1883 January 15 |
| Box 8 | Folder 19 | Cooke, Rose Terry (1827-1892), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Editor, Mail & Express, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 20 | Corbett, James J. (1866-1933), typed letter signed (TLS) to S. L. Williams, 1919 April 21 |
| Box 8 | Folder 21 | Crawford, John Wallace (“Captain Jack,” 1847-1917), autograph poem signed, 1877 February 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 46 | Coxey, Jacob Sechler (1854-1951), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Kellogg Seamless Tube & Mfg. Co., 1892 March 15 |
| Box 5 | Folder 47 | Cushman, Charlotte Saunders (1816-1876), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Baker Williams, 1887 September 12 |
| Box 5 | Folder 48 | Custer, Elizabeth Bacon (Mrs. George Armstrong) (1844-1933), typed letter signed (TLS) with holograph postscript to Mrs. Delia M. Steele, 1887 August 29 |
| Box 5 | Folder 49 | Cuvier, Georges Leopold Cretien Frederic Dagobert (1769-1832), letter signed (ALS) to Le Ministre de l’Interieur, 1818 June 17 |
| Box 5 | Folder 50 | Dana Jr., Richard Henry (1815-1882), autograph note signed, 1855 May 16 |
| Box 5 | Folder 51 | Darrow, Clarence Seward (1857-1938), autograph note, 1927 April 18 |
| Box 8 | Folder 22 | Daudet, Alphonse (1840-1897), autograph sentiment signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 52 | Deland, Margaret (1857-1948), autograph note signed to Robert L. Heard, 1913 January 20 |
| Box 8 | Folder 23 | Deland, Margaret (1857-1945), autograph poem signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 53 | Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) and Georgiana Hogarth, autograph on envelope addressed to Miss Hogarth, 1869 March 20 |
| Box 5 | Folder 54 | Dickens, Charles (1812-1870), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Edmund Ollier, 1869 October 30 |
| Box 8 | Folder 24 | Dickinson, Anna Elizabeth (1842-1932), autograph sentiment signed [missing], undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 25 | Dobson Austin (1840-1921), autograph poem signed, 1881 August 4 |
| Box 8 | Folder 26 | Dodge, Mary Mapes (1831-1905), autograph poem “Heart Oracle” signed, 1882 February |
| Box 5 | Folder 55 | Doubleday, Russell (1872-1949), typed and autograph letter signed, 1923 January 15 |
| Box 5 | Folder 56 | Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1858 January 17 |
| Box 5 | Folder 57 | Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895), autograph sentiment signed and cabinet photograph, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 58 | Douglass, Frederick (1817-1895), autograph sentiment signed, 1883 October 20 |
| Box 5 | Folder 59 | Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859-1930), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1917 January 8 |
| Box 5 | Folder 60 | Draper, Lyman Copeland (1815-1891), printed circular, 1857 May 1 |
| Box 5 | Folder 61 | Dreiser, Theodore (1871-1945), autograph, 1923 January 24 |
| Box 5 | Folder 62 | DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) (1868-1963), typed letter signed (TLS) and autograph manuscript signed [numbered page 287], 1923 February 5 |
| Box 5 | Folder 63 | Dumas, Alexandre (Dumas Pere) (1803-1870), autograph note signed, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 64 | Dumas, Alexandre (Dumas Fils) (1824-1895), autograph letter signed (ALS), [no year] June 18 |
| Box 8 | Folder 27 | Edgeworth, Maria (1767-1849), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1845 August 1 |
| Box 5 | Folder 65 | Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882), autograph fragment, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 66 | Everett, Edward (1794-1865), autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, 1836 November 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 28 | Farrar, Frederic William (1831-1903), autograph sentiment signed and cabinet photograph, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 29 | Farrar, Frederic William (1831-1903), autograph letter signed (ALS) and card signed, 1878 July 25 |
| Box 5 | Folder 67 | Ferber, Edna (1887-1968), typed letter signed (TLS) with holograph corrections and typed letter signed (TLS), 1923 March 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 68 | Field, Eugene (1850-1895), printed biographical fragment, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 69 | Field, Eugene (1850-1895), autograph letter signed (ALS) to W.J. Dormin, “Love Songs of Childhood” pamphlet and bookplate, 1894 November 13 |
| Box 5 | Folder 70 | Field, Rachel Lynn (1894-1942), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Miss Fyock, 1930 November 10 |
| Box 8 | Folder 30 | Fields, James Thomas (1817-1881), autograph sentiment signed, 1877 November 5 |
| Box 5 | Folder 71 | Fiske, John (1842-1901), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mrs. M.V.E. Cabell, 1893 February 11 |
| Box 5 | Folder 72 | Fox Jr., John (1863-1919), autograph note signed, 1912 December 30 |
| Box 5 | Folder 73 | Franck, Harry Alverson (1881-1962), typed letter signed (TLS) to Rand McNally & Company, 1927 March 14 |
| Box 5 | Folder 74 | Frost, Robert (1874-1963), autograph manuscript signed, 1923 January 27 |
| Box 5 | Folder 75 | Gale, Zona (1874-1938), autograph sentiment signed, 1928 November 6 |
| Box 5 | Folder 76 | Galsworthy, John (1867-1933), autograph note signed 1924 July 9 |
| Box 8 | Folder 31 | Garland, Hamlin (1860-1940), autograph letter signed (ALS), [no year] November 15 |
| Box 5 | Folder 77 | Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879), autograph letter signed (ALS) to J.M. Hawks, 1857 July 24 |
| Box 5 | Folder 78 | Garrison, William Lloyd (1805-1879), autograph poem signed, 1877 December 17 |
| Box 5 | Folder 79 | George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820), signed fragment, undated |
| Box 5 | Folder 80 | George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820), document signed, 1779 April 15 |
| Box 5 | Folder 81 | George III, King of Great Britain (1738-1820), signed fragment, [1794] |
| Box 5 | Folder 82 | George IV, King of Great Britain (1762-1830), autograph fragment signed with 2 tickets for interment of the King and memorial services at the Royal Chapel at Windsor, 1830 July 15 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | Gibbs, Philip (1877-1962), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1926 December 2 |
| Box 8 | Folder 32 | Gibson, Charles Dana (1867-1944), autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | Gibson, Charles Dana (1867-1944), autograph sentiment signed, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | Gilbreth, Lillian Moller (Mrs. Frank Bunker Gilbreth) (1878-1972), typed letter signed (TLS) to Carlose de Zafra and typed letter signed (TLS) to Ada A. Hillier, 1926 August 31, 1933 September 27 |
| Box 6 | Folder 4 | Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898), autograph note signed to Ede John W., [1883 February 28] |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | Godowsky, Leopold (1870-1938), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Hattie Summerfield, 1895 November 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 6 | Goldberg, Reuben Lucius (1883-1970), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Albert Johanssen, [1923 February 9] |
| Box 6 | Folder 7 | Gorgas, William Crawford (1854-1920), typed letter signed (TLS) to George Ade, 1912 January 31 |
| Box 8 | Folder 33 | Greenway, Catherine “Kate” (1846-1901), autograph letter signed (ALS) to A. L. Williams and cabinet photograph, 1881 August 7 |
| Box 6 | Folder 8 | Grey, Zane (1875-1939), autograph quotation signed, 1922 December 15 |
| Box 6 | Folder 9 | Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863), autograph sentiment signed, [1850] |
| Box 6 | Folder 10 | Grimm, Wilhelm (1786-1859), autograph endorsement signed and engraved portrait, 1851 August 19 |
| Box 8 | Folder 34 | Guiney, Louise Imogen (1861-1920), autograph poem “Vitality” signed and photograph, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 11 | Guiterman, Arthur (1871-1943), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Miss [Francis] Beers on page containing typed letter from Miss Beers, 1915 December 15 |
| Box 8 | Folder 35 | Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume (1787-1874), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1840 June 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 36 | Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909), autograph sentiment signed, 1877 December |
| Box 8 | Folder 37 | Hale Lucretia Peabody (1820-1900), autograph letter signed (ALS) to A.L. Williams, 1883 February 25 |
| Box 8 | Folder 38 | Hay, John Milton (1838-1905), autograph letter fragment signed (ALS) and State Department card signed, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 | Hichens, Robert Smythe (1864-1950), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Miss Moseley, 1927 January 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 13 | Heifetz, Jascha (1901-1987), autograph musical manuscript signed, 1923 February |
| Box 6 | Folder 14 | Henry IV, King of France (1553-1610), document signed, 1599 December 29 |
| Box 8 | Folder 39 | Hewlett, Maurice Henry (1861-1923), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Stalham L. Williams, 1917 June 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 40 | Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911), autograph poem “From the German of Hoffman von Fallersleben” signed and autograph letter signed (ALS), 1883 February 25 |
| Box 6 | Folder 15 | Hill, James Jerome (1838-1916), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Pillsbury & Hurlbut, 1880 September 14 |
| Box 6 | Folder 16 | Holland, Josiah Gilbert (1819-1881), autograph poem signed, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 17 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. and Mrs. Hawers, 1885 November 26 |
| Box 6 | Folder 18 | Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894), autograph note signed, 1877 October 5 |
| Box 6 | Folder 19 | Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell (1841-1935), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Robert L. Heard, 1913 March 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 | Hoover, John Edgar (1895-1972), typed letter signed (TLS) to John A. Maloney, 1937 January 30 |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 | Hoover, John Edgar (1895-1972), typed letter signed (TLS) to L.B. Stringer, 1940 June 24 |
| Box 6 | Folder 22 | Howe, Julia Ward (1819-1910), autograph fragment and cabinet photograph, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 41 | Howells, William Dean (1837-1920), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams and cabinet photograph, 1877 October 9 |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 | Hughes, Charles Evans (1862-1948), typed letter signed (TLS) to Robert L. Heard, 1913 March 22 |
| Box 6 | Folder 24 | Hughes, Thomas (1822-1896), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Miss A.L. Williams, 1878 April 25 |
| Box 6 | Folder 25 | Hugo, Victor (1802-1885), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Paul Lavois, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 26 | Hurst, Fannie (1889-1968), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1923 |
| Box 8 | Folder 42 | Ingelow, Jean (1820-1897), autograph letter signed (ALS) and autograph sentiment signed, 1881 |
| Box 6 | Folder 27 | Ingersoll, Robert Green (1833-1899), cabinet photograph inscribed and signed, 1887 September 24 |
| Box 6 | Folder 28 | Irving, Sir Henry (1838-1905), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1889 June 9 |
| Box 6 | Folder 29 | Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Albert Johanssen, 1928 January 12 |
| Box 6 | Folder 30 | Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938), typed letter signed (TLS) with holograph manuscript to Albert Johanssen, 1928 January 18 |
| Box 8 | Folder 43 | Johnson, Rossiter (1840-1931), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams, 1905 March 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 31 | King, Charles (1844-1933), autograph letter signed (ALS) to E. Leslie Williams, 1897 October 16 |
| Box 6 | Folder 32 | King, Charles (1844-1933), autograph letter signed (ALS) to E. Leslie Williams, 1897 October 11 |
| Box 6 | Folder 33 | Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962), program signed, 1928 March 6 |
| Box 6 | Folder 34 | Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert de Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834), autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 35 | Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat (1790-1869), autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 44 | Landis, Kenesaw Mountain (1866-1949), typed letter signed (TLS) to George Ade, 1910 June 24 |
| Box 6 | Folder 36 | Larcom, Lucy (1824-1893), autograph poem signed and cabinet photograph, 1878 February 1 |
| Box 6 | Folder 37 | Lardner, Ring (1885-1933), typed letter signed (TLS) to Mr. Payne, [1916] October 31 |
| Box 6 | Folder 38 | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), autograph endorsement signed on a letter from William Crowell to Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, 1864 November 30, December 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 39 | [Lincoln, Abraham] (1809-1865), Official Arrangement at Washington for the Funeral solemnities of the late Abraham Lincoln, President of the United State, who died at the Seat of Government, on Saturday, the 15th day of April, 1865, leaflet, 1865 |
| Box 6 | Folder 40 | Lofting, Hugh (1886-1947), typed letter signed (TLS) to Miss Day, 1923 May 16 |
| Box 6 | Folder 41 | Lodge, Oliver Joseph (1851-1940), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Edward Birk, 1886 January 22 |
| Box 6 | Folder 42 | London, Jack (1876-1916), autograph on card affixed to letter from his secretary, J. Byrne to Kimball Burr, 1915 June 5 |
| Box 6 | Folder 43 | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882), autograph poem signed, 1877 December 3 |
| Box 6 | Folder 44 | Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882), autograph poem signed and cabinet photograph, 1878 August 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 45 | Lorimer, George Horace (1868-1937), typed letter signed (TLS) to George Ade, 1912 September 24 |
| Oversize Folder 1 | Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715) and Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), document signed, circa 1640-1683 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 45 | Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891), autograph poem signed and printed portrait, 1878 March 31 |
| Box 6 | Folder 46 | Lydekker, Richard (1849-1915), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. Osgood, 1910 May 23 |
| Box 8 | Folder 46 | Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer (1803-1873), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1853 January 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 47 | Mann, Horace (1796-1859) and Mary Tyler Peabody Mann (1806-1887), autograph fragment signed and autograph letter signed (ALS), 1866, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 48 | Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937), typed letter signed (TLS) to George Sylvester Viereck, 1937 March 22 |
| Box 8 | Folder 48 | Marlowe, Julia (Sarah Frances Frost, 1866-1950), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 49 | Marquis, Don (1878-1937), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1923 March |
| Box 6 | Folder 50 | Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. Coleman, [1844] August 18 |
| Box 6 | Folder 51 | Masters, Edgar Lee (1869-1950), autograph poem signed with autograph letter signed (ALS), transmitting the manuscript of “Cleanthus Trilling,” 1922 December 9 |
| Box 8 | Folder 47 | McCutcheon, George Barr (1866-1928), autograph letter signed (ALS) to George Ade, 1915 September 30 |
| Box 6 | Folder 52 | McCutcheon, John Tinney (1870-1949), autograph note signed on copy of drawing…, 1939 |
| Box 8 | Folder 49 | Miller, Joaquin (Cincinnatus Hiner Miller, 1839-1913), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams and autograph poem signed, 1893 June 21 |
| Box 6 | Folder 53 | Mills, John Stuart (1806-1873), autograph letter signed (ALS) and cabinet photograph, 1865 September 1 |
| Box 8 | Folder 50 | More, Hannah (1745-1833), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Rev. James Vaughan, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 54 | Morley, Christopher Darlington (1890-1957), autograph letter signed (ALS) and 6 pages of autograph manuscript, 1928 February 3 |
| Box 6 | Folder 55 | Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872), autograph note signed to Henri Gerard and engraved portrait, 1871 April 5 |
| Box 6 | Folder 56 | Motley, John Lothrop (1814-1877), autograph letter signed (ALS) to E.K. Freeman and engraved portrait, 1861 November 27 |
| Box 8 | Folder 51 | Mott, Lucretia Coffin (1893-1890), autograph note signed, 1878 April 5 |
| Box 6 | Folder 57 | Mulford, Clarence Edward (1883-1956), typed letter signed (TLS) to Albert Johanssen and 1-page typed manuscript signed, 1923 March 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 58 | Muller, Friedrich Max (1823-1900), autograph sentiment signed, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 52 | Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909), autograph sentiment signed, 1878 February 28 |
| Box 6 | Folder 59 | Nicholson, Meredith (1866-1947), autograph manuscript segment signed, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 60 | Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910), autograph envelope and cabinet photograph, 1870 June 20 |
| Box 8 | Folder 53 | Norton, Charles Eliot (1827-1908), autograph sentiment signed, 1878 March 22 |
| Box 6 | Folder 61 | O’Brien, Howard Vincent (1888-1947), typed letter signed (TLS) to John A. Maloney, 1930 April 11 |
| Box 6 | Folder 62 | Oppenheim, Edward Phillips (1866-1946), typed letter signed (TLS) to Robert L. Heard, 1913 February 14 |
| Box 6 | Folder 63 | O’Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1883 February 3 |
| Box 8 | Folder 54 | Page, Thomas Nelson (1853-1922), autograph note signed, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 64 | Page, Walter Hines (1855-1918), typed letter signed (TLS) to Don C. Seitz, 1907 September 13 |
| Box 6 | Folder 65 | Peel, Robert (1788-1850), autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, 1840 April 28 |
| Box 6 | Folder 66 | Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884), autograph letter signed (ALS) to “My Dear Cousin” (Mrs. Fay), [no year] June 24 |
| Box 6 | Folder 67 | Pierpont, John (1785-1866), autograph poem signed, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 68 | Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859), note signed, 1858 January 30 |
| Box 6 | Folder 69 | Reade, Charles (1814-1884), autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 70 | Reade, Charles (1814-1884), proof sheets for “The Eighth Commandment” with autograph annotations, undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 71 | Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916), An Overflowing Welcome to James Whitcomb Riley, pamphlet, circa 1900 |
| Box 6 | Folder 72 | Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916), Out to Old Aunt Mary’s, pamphlet with letter of transmittal from Edith Eitel and Riley’s calling card, 1913 |
| Box 6 | Folder 73 | Rinehart, Mary Roberts (1876-1958), autograph note signed, 1913 February 8 |
| Box 6 | Folder 74 | Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl (1832-1914), typed letter signed (TLS) to Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1908 March 9 |
| Box 6 | Folder 75 | Robinson, Edwin Arlington (1869-1935), autograph letter signed (ALS) and 1-page of autograph manuscript “The Burning Book,” 1923 March 20 |
| Box 6 | Folder 76 | Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894), autograph letter signed (ALS), undated |
| Box 6 | Folder 77 | Ruskin, John (1819-1900), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Francis Butler, 1885 May 1 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | Ruskin, John (1819-1900), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. Collins and cabinet photograph, [1871] September 20 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Ruskin, John (1819-1900), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1876 June 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Russell, John Russell, Earl (1792-1878), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Rev. Dr. Butler, 1866 April 20 |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Sandburg, Carl (1878-1967), autograph poetic sentiment to Albert Johanssen, 1923 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Sarett, Lew (1888-1954), typed poem signed with holograph comments and corrections, 1927 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Scott, Sir Walter (1856-1950), autograph endorsement signed with engraved portrait, 1810 January 8 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950), typed letter signed (TLS) to Stalham L. Williams, 1917 January 11 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Siddons, Sarah Kemble (1755-1831), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mr. Jeffers, 1814 June 1 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | Sinclair, Upton (1878-1968), typed letter signed (TLS) to Albert Johanssen, 1923 April 2 |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Stafford, Marie Ahnightito Peary (1893-1978), typed letter signed (TLS) to Betty Rehm, 1935 April 6 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Sarah Underwood, 1885 November 30 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | Stedman, Edmund Clarence (1833-1908), autograph poem signed, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | Stock, Frederick August (1872-1942), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Nora Babbitt Harsh, 1914 June 15 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896), autograph cabinet photograph, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896), autograph sentiment signed, 1882 January 31 |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 | Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896), autograph sentiment signed, 1877 November 6 |
| Box 7 | Folder 17 | Stratton, Charles Sherwood “Tom Thumb” (1838-1883), autograph on page with autograph of Mrs. Charles S. Stratton and Commodore George Nutt, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 18 | Stratton-Porter, Gene (1868-1924), autograph note signed, 1912 |
| Box 7 | Folder 19 | Taft, Loredo (1860-1936), autograph letter signed (ALS) to H.H. Braucher, 1894 April 30 |
| Box 7 | Folder 20 | Tallerand-Perigord, Charles Maurice de (1754-1838), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1830 April 30 |
| Box 7 | Folder 21 | Tarbell, Ida Minerva (1857-1944), typed letter signed (TLS) to Albert Johanssen and 4 pages of manuscript with holographic notes, 1923 April 16 |
| Box 7 | Folder 22 | Tarkington, Newton Booth (1869-1946), autograph letter signed (ALS) to L. Stalham Williams, 1917 March 14 |
| Box 7 | Folder 23 | Taylor, Bayard (1825-1878), autograph poem signed, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 24 | Taylor, Bayard (1825-1878), autograph fragment signed and cabinet photograph, 1877 |
| Box 7 | Folder 25 | Terhune, Albert Payson (1872-1942), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Jackson Miller, 1925 August 18 |
| Box 7 | Folder 26 | Thompson, William Hale (1869-1944), typed letter signed (TLS) to Albert Johanssen, 1927 April 19 |
| Box 7 | Folder 27 | Tilton, Theodore (1835-1907), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice Williams, 1883 February 20 |
| Box 7 | Folder 28 | Trowbridge, John Townsend (1827-1916), autograph poem signed and cabinet photograph, 1883 May 25 |
| Box 7 | Folder 29 | Trowbridge, John Townsend (1827-1916), autograph sentiment signed, 1877 December 1 |
| Box 7 | Folder 30 | Tschirky, Oscar (1866-1950), autograph note signed with program menu and photograph, 1937 October 7 |
| Box 8 | Folder 55 | Tunney, Gene (James Joseph, 1897-1978), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Stalham L. Williams, 1931 June 5 |
| Box 7 | Folder 31 | Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich (1818-1883), autograph sentiment signed, 1882 May |
| Box 7 | Folder 32 | Tyndall, John (1820-1893), autograph note signed to Lord Justice and Lady James, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 33 | Van Doren, Carl (1885-1950), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1927 December 12 |
| Box 7 | Folder 34 | Van Doren, Carl (1885-1950), typed letter signed (TLS) and 1-page of typed manuscript with holograph annotations, 1928 March 8 |
| Box 8 | Folder 56 | Van Dyke, Henry (1852-1933), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams, 1899 July 23 |
| Box 7 | Folder 35 | Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901), document signed, 1838 August 14 |
| Box 8 | Folder 57 | Washburne, Elihu Benjamin (1816-1887), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams, 1878 February 26 |
| Box 8 | Folder 58 | Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Stalham L. Williams, 1904 January 26 |
| Box 7 | Folder 36 | Watson, John “Ian Maclaren” (1850-1907), autograph photograph, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 37 | Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1829 May 17 |
| Box 7 | Folder 38 | Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852), autograph letter signed (ALS) and engraved portrait, 1840 |
| Box 7 | Folder 39 | Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of (1769-1852), address written and signed, 1820 November 28 |
| Box 7 | Folder 40 | Wentworth, John (1815-1888), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Mason Brayman and engraved portrait, 1859 March 19 |
| Box 7 | Folder 41 | Whitman, Walt (1819-1892), autograph letter signed (ALS) to L. Stalham Williams and signed cabinet photograph, 1881 |
| Box 7 | Folder 42 | Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892), autograph note signed, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 43 | Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1882 March 4 |
| Box 7 | Folder 44 | Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892), autograph on card and cabinet photograph, 1877 May 10 |
| Box 7 | Folder 50 | Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892), autograph poem signed, 1877 |
| Box 8 | Folder 59 | Wiggin, Kate Douglas (1856-1923), autograph letter signed (ALS) to Alice L. Williams, 1893 March 10 |
| Box 7 | Folder 45 | Wiggin, Kate Douglas (1856-1923), autograph note signed, undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 46 | Wiggin, Kate Douglas (1856-1923), autograph sentiment signed, undated |
| Box 8 | Folder 60 | Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919), autograph poem “What is Flirtation?” signed, 1882 September |
| Box 7 | Folder 47 | Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow (1856-1924), typed letter signed (TLS) to Robert L. Heard, 1913 January 9 |
| Box 8 | Folder 61 | Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey (Sarah Coolidge, 1835-1905), autograph poem signed, 1877 December 16 |
| Box 7 | Folder 48 | Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), autograph letter signed (ALS), 1817 April 27 |
| Box 7 | Folder 49 | York, Alvin Cullom (1887-1964), autograph card signed, undated |