Contents


Collection Overview

Biographical Note

Organization of the Collection

Search Terms

Section 1: Correspondence

Section 2: General

Section 3: Notebooks

Section 4: Notes

Section 5: CLIPPINGS

Section 6: Scribner's

Section 7: Published Works

Section 8: Manuscript Drafts of Articles

Section 9: Photographs

William Crary Brownell (AC 1871) Papers 1867-1936 (Bulk 1870-1927)

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Daria D'Arienzo, Carol Trabulsi.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

© 2002

Collection Overview

Creator: Brownell, W.C. (William Crary), 1851-1928
Title: Brownell Papers
Dates: 1867-1936
Dates: 1870-1927
Extent: 11 archives boxes(5.5 linear ft.)
Language: English.

Biographical Note

William Crary Brownell was born to Isaac and Lucia Brown Brownell on August 30, 1851 in New York City. He prepared for college at Charles Institute, Newport, Rhode Island and was graduated from Amherst College in 1871. After graduation he joined the staff of the New York World, 1871-1879, first as a reporter and then as city editor. After that, he worked for The Nation in New York City from 1879 to 1881.

Brownell traveled to Europe in 1881 and spent most of his time there in Paris. Returning to America in 1884, he worked for the Philadelphia Press until 1888, and for Charles Scribner's Sons between 1888 and 1926.

In January of 1878, Brownell married Virginia S. Swinburne, who died in 1911. He married his second wife, Gertrude Hall, in 1921. Brownell died on July 23, 1928 in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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Search Terms

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Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into nine series:

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Section 1: Correspondence

Section 1, CORRESPONDENCE, is divided into six sub-sections, as follows:

Subsection A: Incoming Correspondence, includes correspondence, arranged alphabetically, to W.C. Brownell and both his first and second wives, Virginia Swinburne Brownell and Gertrude Hall Brownell. This section also contains letters from other family members.

Subsection B: Ougoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell, includes letter drafts.

Subsection C: Incoming Correspondence to Gertrude Hall Brownell, includes condolence letters after Brownell's death.

Subsection D: Outgoing Correspondence from Virginia S. Brownell

Subsection E: Drafts of Outgoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell

Subsection F: Incoming Correspondence From and About Other Family Members, also includes miscellaneous family records and ephemera.

Sub-section A: Incoming Correspondence (Includes correspondence, arranged alphabetically, to W.C. Brownell, and both Virginia and Gertrude Brownell


Box
Folder
1 1
Abernathy, I.W. 1913 Jan 13


Agard, Walter R. 1926 Feb 23


Alden, H.M. 1910 Dec 13


Aldrich, Anne Reese n.d.


Aldrich, Helen M. Reese (6 letters)


1892 July 1


1892 July 10


1892 July 14


1894 Feb 22


1894 Aug 8


[?] May 19


Aldrich, J.B. 1894 Mar 30


Alexander, Archibald (3 letters, 1 undated)


1909 Jan 19


1909 Nov 15


n.d.


Allen, Dudley P. [?] Sep 23


Anthony, Augustus M. 1884 [?]

2
Backus, Grosvenor H. 1900 Dec 28


Bacon, Josephine D. (3 letters)

2
1908 Feb 23


1925 Feb 25


1925 Apr 21


Bartlett, Paul W. 1923 Oct 28


Bartlett, T.H. 1891 May 11


Beardsley, Emily C.G. 1912 Aug 17


Beaty, Jean 1924 Dec 12


Belliez, [?] 1887 Aug 12


Benedict, Clara Woolson 1906 Apr 19


Bianchi, Martha Dickinson (3 letters, 2 undated)

2
1914 Mar 30


n.d.


Blashfield, Edwin H. (3 letters)

3
1900 Aug 31


1902 Aug 22


1918 Nov 16


Blashfield, Linnie (6 letters)

3
1900 [?]


1900 July 4


1901 Aug 2


1903 Sep 15


Poem, "The Reformed Butterfly to Mr. William C. Brownell" 1917 Feb 14


1918 Sep 19


Bois, Jules (2 letters)

4
1919 Apr 1


[?] Oct 23


Bok, Edward W. 1926 Nov 20


Bosworth, Thomas S. n.d.


Bottomly, Robert J. 1903 Jul 26


Brainerd, Erastus (2 letters)

4
1900 Dec 12


1917 Jan 22


Brennan, Joseph P. 1924 [?]


Brownell, Clarence Ludlow 1900 Apr 20


Bryant, W.C. 1891 Nov 25


Burgess, R.L. (4 letters)

4
1925 Mar 18


1925 Apr 19


1927 Dec 27


1927 Feb 22


Burlingame, Edward 1921 Jul 21


Butler, Nicholas Murray (9 letters)

4
1909 Oct 25


1909 Dec 27


1910 Mar 8


1910 May 10


1922 Jan 25


1922 Jun 31


1926 Apr 28


1926 May 6


1927 Nov 22


Canby, Henry S. (2 letters)

5
1923 Sep 27


1927 Apr 14


Carman, Bliss 1909 Oct 27


Cary, Edward (8 letters, 2 undated)

5
1892 Sep 27


1900 Mar 28


1909 Oct 27


1914 Sep 19


1916 Mar 26


1917 May 12


n.d.


Cary, Elizabeth Luther 1917 May 29


Chalmers, George (4 letters)

5
1891 Feb 21


1892 Jan 1


1893 Feb 8


1894 Mar 7


Chamberlin, D.H. (5 letters)

5
1882 Dec 8


1883 Mar 5


1883 Mar 17


1892 Jan 12


1901 Jul 7


Chancellor, William E. 1887 Jun 6


Chapman, [?] 1901 [?]


Chevrillon, Andre (5 letters)

5
1907 Mar 4


1907 Aug 13


1907 Sep 11


1917 Sep 5


1927 Dec 15


Church, Frederick S. (WCB's cousin) (2 letters)

5
1914 Sep 21


1923 Jan 1


Cole, T. (2 letters)

5
1884 Jul 2


1884 Oct 4


Collins, C.L. 1882 Sep 12


Cooper, T. 1909 Oct 31


Colton, [?] [?] Nov 15


Corbin, John 1934 Mar 17


Cushing, Henriette 1889 Mar 21


Dana, C.S. (2 letters)

6
1927 Nov 23


1928 Jan 9


Dargan, Olive Tilford (26 letters, 7 undated)

6
1908 Apr 29


1909 Dec 4


1909 Jan 7


190[?]


1910 Feb 6


1911 Apr 5


1911 May 5


1911 June 27


1912 Mar 3


postcard 1913 Apr 13


1916 Jun 12


1918 Dec 19


1919 Jul 21


1924 Dec 1


1927 Nov 14


1928 Jan 27


1928 Sep 5


1933 Nov 20


[?] Sept 14


n.d.


Poem, "To A Texas Primrose" n.d.


Poem, "Insatiate" n.d.

7
Dean, Banford 1918 June 22


Dejardin, Paul (4 letters)

7
1888 Jan 8


1888 Jan 11


1888 Jan 21


1888 Feb 16


de Gogorza, Aug. A 1883 Nov 3


Denslow, H.M. 1925 Mar 26


Dewing, Maria O. 1924 Dec 14


Dodd, William S. 1909 Nov 29


Dole, Adelaide J. [?] Apr 19


Donald, E. Winchester (2 letters, 1 undated)

7
1901 Nov 4


n.d.


Dorr, Julia C.R. 1909 Dec 3


Drain, George Francis n.d.


Dutton, William Dalliba 1892 Mar 29


Dyer, Sarah L. 1917 Jul 5


Earle, Alice M. 1892 Sep 14


Eastman, Max 1916 Dec 1


Eaton, Wyatt 1880 May 4


Edwards, George Wharton 1924 Nov 7


Evans, D.C. 1893 Jan 7

8
Fairbanks, Frank P. to E.H. Blashfield (copy to WCB) 1924 Dec 29


Fay, H.W. (2 letters)

8
1880 Nov 12


1891 Feb 9


Ferree, Barr 1910 Jun 2


Fletcher, Robert S.(2 letters)

8
1925 Apr 6


1925 Apr 10


Flint, Annie (5 letters)

8
1909 Oct 28


1915 Feb 11


1917 May 7


1924 Dec 22


1927 Nov


Forney, Pauline (16 letters, 1 undated)

8
1883 Jun 7


1883 Aug 2


1885 Mar 11


1889 Mar 7


1890 Feb 17


1890 Dec 20


1892 Aug 28


1893 Feb 27


1896 Jan 17


1896 Jun 16


1896 Jul 27


1901 Mar 13


1901 Oct 26


1917 Jun 13


1917 Oct 8


n.d.

9
Foster, Abbott [?] Dec 7


Franklin, Fabian 1928 May 2


Frinell, A.S. 1927 Feb 16


Fuller, Linda Fairchild(4 letters)

9
[1919] Nov 3


1919 Nov 7


[1919] Nov 15


1920 Feb 28


Fullerton, W.M. 1915 Jan 24


Garrison, Wendell Phillips(4 letters)

9
1881 Nov 14


1882 Feb 2


1883 May 4


1884 Aug 13


Gilder, Richard W.(2 letters)

9
1862 Feb 24


1869 Sep 17


Goodwin, Hiloe n.d.


Gordon, Charles W. 1909 Oct 30


Gossard, Ern. 1897 Mar 18


Grant, Percy T.(3 letters)

9
1913 Apr 14


1922 Mar 17


1922 Apr 1


Green, Ellen L. n.d.


Greene, George 1909 Oct 20


Greenslet, Ferris (2 letters)

9
1907 Jan 29


1908 Dec 24

10
Hale, Edward E. 1908 Sep 25


Hamilton, Clayton 1923 Nov 5


Hammell, George M. 1915 Mar 21


Hammerton, J.A. 1909 Mar 3


Hardy, Arthur Sherburne 1923 Jun 13


Harper, George M. (2 letters)

10
1909 Jul 27


1923 Sep 29


Harper, J. Henry 1917 May 3


Harrison, Birge 1909 Oct 26


Hartmann, Sadakicki 1911 Nov 15


Hausmann, Philip W. 1944 Dec 15


Henderson, Archibald (2 letters)

10
1915 Jan 9


1917 Jul 28


Henley, W.E. (12 letters)

10
1882 Dec 30


1883 Jan 8


1883 Mar 3


1883 Mar 16


1883 Apr 25


1883 Jun 7


1883 Jun 22


1883 Jul 12


1883 Aug 15


1883 Dec 4


1884 Apr 24


1884 Jun 6


Herford, Oliver 1909 Dec 7

11
Hibber, John S. 1908 Nov 17


Higbee, W.H. 1895 May 3


Hoeber, Arthur 1901 Jan 1


Holden, Edward S. 1908 Dec 24


Holliday, Robert C. (4 letters)

11
1916 Nov 26


1919 Jun 5


1924 Jan 19


1924 Nov 19


Holt, Henry (2 letters)

11
1909 Jan 7


1923 Dec 1


Howard, Clare 1924 Oct 13


Howe, Frederic C. (4 letters)

11
1905 Nov 28


1919 Jan 21


1925 Jul 12


1925 Aug 11


Howells, Mildred 1923 Dec 5


Howells, W.D. (5 letters)

11
1892 Mar 26


1902 Oct 31


1909 Apr 21


1910 Oct 10


1920 Mar 26


Huneker, James (10 letters, 2 undated) (includes photostats of letters)

12
1908 Oct 9


1912 Feb 22


1912 Mar 8


1913 Mar 13


1913 Mar 20


1913 Apr 11


1916 Nov 26


1920 May 8


n.d.


Jaccaci, August F.(4 letters, 1 undated)

12
1922 Dec 20


[?] Apr 14


[?] Oct 27


n.d.


Jessip, Henry Wynans [?] Apr 5


Johnson, Robert Underwood(4 letters)

12
1908 Jan 31


1924 Nov 15


1925 Jan 30


1927 Dec 23


Judd, Ellen L. 1917 Apr 9


Kelly, Adelaide Sked 1913 Jun 13


Kennedy, Albert J. 1914 Jun 20


Keppel, F.P.(2 letters)

12
1910 May 12


1910 May 16


Kidder, C.G. 1882 Aug 8


LaFarge, John (8 letters, 1 undated)

13
1878 Mar 4


1878 Mar 21


1888 Dec 28


1908 Sep 17


1910 Jan 19


1910 Aug 25


[?] Aug 12


n.d.


Lamson, Charles M. 1896 June 25


Lawrence, Frank R. 1910 Mar 31


MacArthur, James 1900 Dec 9


McClellan, George B. 1925 Jan 7


McFarland, Raymond 1927 June 8


MacVeagle, J.D.N. (Mrs. Charles) n.d.


Magonigle, H. VanBuren (2 letters)

13
1924 Oct 27


1924 Nov 21


Martin, B.E. [?] Nov 3


Martin, Elizabeth G.(Mrs. Homer) (2 letters)

13
1894 Apr 10


1897 Feb 1


Martin, Edward S. 1918 Jun 2


Martin, Homer D. (2 letters)

13
1878 Sep 2


1880 Jan 30


Marvin, James W. 1912 Aug 2


Matthews, Brander (7 letters)

13
1889 Jul 28


1900 May 3


1900 Dec 6


1901 Jul 2


1921 Jul 8


1921 Jul 28


1923 Nov 27


Mechlin, Leila to E.H. Blashfield (copy to WCB) 1924 Dec 19


Miller, Dickinson S. 1921 Apr 25


Miller, L.W. 1892 Apr 16


Mercier, L.G.A. (2 letters)

13
1925 Sep 2


1926 Apr 21


Molitor, C. 1922 Aug 21


More, Paul E. (2 letters)

13
1901 Nov 15


1926 Nov 26


More, Ethel [?] Dec 2


Moore, George 1925 Jan 7


Morrill, N.A. 1923 Jan 21


Morse, Anson D. 1888 Oct 31


Morse, Margaret D. 1917 Mar 6


Murdock, A. 1919 Sep 23


Mussey, H.R. 1918 Jan 14


Neff, Emery (2 letters)

14
1924 Nov 2


1927 Jan 15


Norton, Grace n.d.


Page, Thomas Nelson 1921 Jun 23


Pasquet, D. 1925 Nov 27


Payne, George to Mr. Dashiell (copy to WCB) n.d.


Pennell, Joseph (2 letters)

14
1923 [?]


1923 [?]


Perry, Bliss (6 letters)

14
1889 Aug 30


1889 Sep 20


1892 Nov 8


1904 Nov 19


[?] Mar 24


[?] Aug 17


Peterson, Antoinette R. (7 letters)

14
1933 Nov 21


[?] Feb 25


[?] Dec 27


[?] Jan 23


[?] Feb 19


[?] Dec 26


[?] Dec 12


Peterson, Frederick 1919 Aug 7


Phillips, John S. (2 letters)

14
1924 Oct 14


1927 Dec 3


Plummer, Seney 1916 Dec 11


Putnam, Emily James (8 letters)

14
1909 Nov 6


1914 Oct 10


1917 May 9


1921 Apr 23


1926 May 31


[?] Nov 28


[?] Jun 15


[?] Dec 1


Quinn, Arthur Hobson 1920 Jun 15

15
Reed, Helen L. [?] Sep 1


Repplier, Agnes 1924 Nov 14


(2 letters) 1927 Dec 10


Roche, Ernest Spencer 1910 May 10


Rodin, A. 1887 Oct 23


Rogers, Clara K. 1923 Jan 11


Roosevelt, Theodore 1907 Jan 29


Roseboro, Viola (8 letters)

15
1919 Jul 3


1919 Oct 29


1920 Feb 2


1920 Feb 8


1922 Feb 12


1927 Jan 13


[?] Jan 23


Rumsey, Frances 1917 Dec 28


St. Gaudens, A. (2 letters)

15
1880 Oct 11


1883 Jan 12


Santayana G. 1902 Dec 1


Schuyler, Montague (7 letters)

15
1883 Sep 17


[?] Apr 5


[?] Jan 31


[?] Aug 17


[?] Jun 22


[?] Jul 12


[?] Oct 22


Schuyler, Montgomery (5 letters, 2 undated)

15
1917 Jun 23


1925 Nov 26


1927 Dec 8


n.d.


Schuyler, Robert L. (3 letters)

15
1922 Sep 15


1924 Nov 26


1927 Dec 7


Scott, Mary Augusta 1916 Sep 30


Scribner, Charles (25 letters, 2 undated)

16
1887 Nov 25


1887 Dec 5


1887 Dec 10


1888 Aug 27


1889 May 26


1889 Aug 13


1891 Aug 13


1900 Aug 10


1900 Aug 14


1900 Aug 16


1914 Feb 6


1920 Jul 14


1922 Apr 8


1922 Jul 24


1923 Jul 5


1923 Aug 29


1924 Aug 23


1926 Feb 14


1926 Jul 23


1927 Aug 18


1927 Aug 31


1928 Aug 1


1928 Apr 23


n.d.


Sedgwick, A.G. (3 letters, 1 undated)

Box
Folder
2 1
1912 Jun 6


1915 Jul 3


n.d.


Shephard, Jesse [?] Jul 7


Sherman, Ruth Mears (2 letters, 1 undated)

Box
Folder
2 1
[?] Nov 1


n.d.


Sherman, Stuart P. (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1917 Mar 5


1917 May 8


Sherry, Helen 1902 Aug 23


Simpson, John W. (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1909 Jan 27


1909 Feb 4


Simpson, Kate n.d.


Sloane, William M. (4 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1915 Jan 1


1923 Jan 28


1923 Nov 20


1925 Jun 23


Smith, Bertha W. (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
[?] Sep 18


[?] Oct 27


Southern, Julia Marlowe n.d.


Spearman, Frank H. (6 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1908 Jan 25


1909 Jan 8


1910 May 1


1911 Jan 1


1921 Mar 7


1933 Dec 21


Spencer, Austin Brownell 1917 Feb 25


Stanton, Stephen B. 1928 Mar 5


Stedman, Edmund C. (6 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1880 Apr 24


1890 Jan 7


1896 Jun 25


1898 Feb 12


1901 Nov 30


1905 Nov [?]


Stiltson, Jerome B. (4 letters, 2 undated)

Box
Folder
2 1
1875 Feb 4


1876 Dec 29


n.d.


Stimson, D.M. n.d.


Strong 1878 Jan 29


Strong, Theron T. 1909 Nov 4


Sturgis, Russell (3 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1901 Jun 26


1901 Nov 3


1902 Jul 25


Stryker, A.W. n.d.


Swasey, Irene McNear (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1915 Jan 10


1915 Feb 4


Swinburne, Hal (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1885 Oct 20


1911 Nov 21


Thomas, Augustus 1917 May 4


Townsend, Margaret Gibbons 1911 Apr 24


Trail, Florence 1915 Nov 22


Tweed, John 1902 Oct 6


Tyler, John M. (3 letters)

Box
Folder
2 1
1925 Apr 20


Vallandigham, E.M.

Box
Folder
2 2
1922 Apr 17


1928 Mar 21


[?] Jan 11


Van Dyke, Henry (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 2
1927 Nov 21


n.d.


Van Dyke, John C. (4 letters)

Box
Folder
2 2
1923 Feb 14


1923 Dec 7


1926 Dec 16


1927 Jun 21


Van Dyke, Paul n.d.


Van Rensselaer, M.G. [?] Dec 8


Walsh, James. J. n.d.


Warner, Charles Dudley (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 2
1897 Jul 3


1897 Aug 14


Warner, Sylvia W. 1919 Sep 13


Warren, W.R. 1910 Jan 24


Wendell, Barrett 1910 Jan 9


Wharton, Edith (includes letters from Wharton's secretary, Anna Bahlmann)(47 letters, 3 undated)

Box
Folder
2 3
Bahlmann, Anna to ACharles" [Scribner] (copy to WCB) 1904 Mar 12


1907 Nov 6


1909 Feb 10


1909 Mar 11


1910 Aug 23


1911 Feb 28


1911 Apr 19


1913 Mar 24


Bahlmann, Anna 1913 Jun 7


Bahlmann, Anna 1913 Jun 27


Bahlmann, Anna (postcard) 1913 July 1


1913 Nov 2


1915 Jan 5


receipt signed by E. Wharton 1915 Feb 5


1915 Jul 23


1915 Oct 27


1917 Aug 20


1918 May 23


1918 July 27


1918 Aug 29


1919 Jul 30


1921 Apr 21


1924 Oct 18


1924 Dec 14


1926 Mar 13


Wharton to [Charles] Scribner (copy to WCB) 1926 Jul 8


(noted missing 1998 April) 1927 May 1


1927 Dec 19


[?] July 22


[?] Jul 24


[?] Oct 21


[?] Aug 26


[?] Sep 26


Wharton, Edith [?] Oct 22


[?] Oct 16


[?] Jul 30


[?] Sep 21


[?] Mar 8


[?] Oct 26


[?] Nov 13


[?] Oct 17


[?] Apr 9


[?] Oct 9


[?] Apr 3


[?] Nov 10


[?] Jun 30


n.d.


Whicher, George F. (3 letters)

Box
Folder
2 4
1925 Mar 5


1927 Nov 29


1935 May 19


White, William Allen 1918 Apr 10


Whiting, Richard (12 letters, 3 undated)

Box
Folder
2 4
1886 May 8


1886 Jul 1


1887 Nov 11


1888 Feb 8


1889 Apr 18


1889 Dec 23


1890 Jul 1


1909 Nov 12


1925 Mar 31


n.d.


Wilbour, Charles 1871 Sep 28




Williams, Dudley 1927 Mar 11


Williams, Talcott (3 letters)

Box
Folder
2 4
1910 Nov 18


1911 Feb 7


1912 Mar 9


Wilson, Woodrow 1913 Feb 17




Wister, Owen 1923 Feb 1


Wood, C.E.S. (2 letters, 1 undated)

Box
Folder
2 4
1921 Feb 1


n.d.


Woodberry, G.E. 1912 May 16


Wright, Dupont 1922 May 24


Wright, E.H. (3 letters)

Box
Folder
2 4
1924 Mar 8


1924 May 6


1924 May 27


Wright, Willard H. n.d.


Yard, Robert n.d.


Zeller, August 1893 Mar 23


[?], Margaret (WCB's niece) 1911 May 11


[?], Will [?] Nov 17


Unsigned "fan mail" 1910 Feb 28


Illegible name (editor of Atlantic Monthly) 1923 Nov 13


Illegible name (St. Bartholomew's Church, Rector's Office) 1924 Mar 10

Sub-section B: Outgoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell (includes draft letters)



Blashfield, Edwin H. (Ned) (7 letters, 2 undated)

Box
Folder
2 5
1924 Aug 30


1924 Sep 1


1924 Sep 14


1924 Sep 24


1924 Oct 17


n.d.


Blashfield, Linnie (14 letters, 2 undated)

Box
Folder
2 5
1895 Mar 12


1895 Sep 26


1896 Sep 9


1896 Dec 20


1898 May 23


1901 Apr 10


1903 Oct 11


1903 Oct 22


1905 Nov 28


1906 Aug 22


1910 Jul 7


1914 Aug 2


n.d.


Cantor, J.A. 1902 Jan 8


Dargan, Olive n.d.


de Gogorza, Aug. A. 1883 Nov 30


Denslow, H.M. 1925 Mar 28


Gilder, [?] 1887 Nov 5


Glasgow, E. 1913 Jun 29


Henley, W.E. 1883 Apr 29


Howells, W.D. 1910 Dec 21


Kuster, Mrs. [?] 1903 Oct 9


Morse, Anson D. (7 letters)


1887 Jan 2


1887 Jul 11


1888 Jan 6


1888 Sep 17


1889 May 14


1902 Feb 5


1904 Jul 21


Repplier, A. 1920 Oct 21


Scribner, Charles (3 letters, 1 undated)


1917 Aug 12


1926 Nov [?]


n.d.


Wharton, Edith (draft: actual letter dated 1926 Jan 10 is at Yale) n.d.


Whicher, George F. 1925 Mar 2


Whiting, Richard 1889 Aug 21

Sub-section C: Incoming Correspondence to Gertrude Hall Brownell


Box
Folder
2 6
Faber, Hester Thackeray 1939 Mar 25


Swinburne, Laurie (WCB's nephew) 1933 Dec 16


Condolence letters after Brownell's death:

7
Burlingame, Roger 1928 Jul 24


Butler, N.M. & Robert Underwood Johnson (telegram) 1928 Jul 24


Butler, N.M. 1928 Jul 23


[Chapin?] 1928 Jul 23


Darrow, Whitney 1928 Jul 25


Dwyer, Joseph R. 1928 Jul 24


[Faille?] John 1928 Jul 30


Flanagan, John 1928 Aug 28


National Institute of Arts and Letters (telegram) 1928 Jul 24


Holt, Florence (telegram) 1928 Jul 24


Johnson, R.U. (telegram) 1928 Jul 24


Jaccaci, August (telegram) 1928 Jul 24


Perkins, Maxwell 1929 Feb 9


Maplex, Lee 1928 Jul 27


Peterson, Frederick (telegram) 1928 Jul 23


Schuyler, Robert L. 1928 Jul 24


Scribner, Arthur 1928 Jul 26


Scribner, Charles (telegram) 1928 Jul 23


Tarbell, Ida M. (telegram) 1928 Jul 25


Thwing, Charles F. 1928 Jul 26


Van Rensselaer, N.G. (telegram) 1928 Jul 24


Wheelock, J.H. 1928 Aug 6


Williams, J. Lynch 1928 Sep 27


Photo of Episcopal Church in Williamstown where services were held for WCB on June 25, 1928 [1928]

Sub-section D: Outgoing Correspondence from Virginia S. Brownell



Swinburne, Daniel (5 letters, 1 undated)

Box
Folder
2 8
1878 Jan 7


1881 Oct 9


1881 Oct 11


1889 Jan 31


n.d.

Sub-section E: Drafts of Outgoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell


Box
Folder
2 9
45 draft letters (arranged alphabetically) 1901-1927

10
56 draft business letters (arranged alphabetically) 1907-1925

Sub-section F: Incoming Correspondence From and About Other Family Members (includes miscellaneous family records and ephemera)



Chevallier, Edouard (WCB's adopted war orphan) (7 letters)

Box
Folder
2 11
1917 Apr 22


1917 Dec 20


1918 Feb 17


1918 Dec 4


1919 Jun 4


1919 Nov 13


1920 Jun 10


Dunn, Robert re: Chevallier (2 letters)

Box
Folder
2 11
1917 Jul 9


1919 Oct 26

12
From [?] Abner to Isaac [Brownell] re: birth of WCB 1851 Sep 2


From E.G. Charles to Isaac Brownell re: education expenses (3 letters)


1864 Oct 10


1865 Apr 25


1865 Oct 8


From Isaac Brownell (WCB's father) To his parents


1869 Sep


To WCB (4 letters)


1861 Nov 10


1862 Mar


1876 May 9


1890 Jul 27


From Lucia Brown Brownell (WCB's mother)

11
To Isaac Brownell 1860 Jan 8


To her parents 1866 Oct 18


To her brother Theodore; also WCB's handwritten transcription of same, dated 2/13/[18]81 1861 January


To WCB [1861]


From William Crary Brownell (WCB)

11
To his father (Isaac) 1863 Dec 2


To Charles Brownell (handwritten copy) 1912


To AMy Dear Lovely" [Mrs. ?] signed, Ayour little friend Willie C. Brownell" n.d.


Miscellaneous Family Records and Ephemera

11
Letter certifying baptism of WCB and Isaac Brownell - signed AT.C. Brownell, Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield" 1851 Oct 17


Receipt for education expenses 1860 May 25


Pocket Diary with Almanac - signature of AAlice E. Brownell" and AWillie C. Brownell" on first page 1864


Certificate of (WCB) Confirmation 1867


Itinerary and miscellaneous travel notes signed A[?] for M.S." [Montgomery Schuyler] 1879


Record of birth and death dates of Daniel Thomas Swinburne and Harriet Knowles Swinburne n.d.

Section 2: General

GENERAL, includes biographical information, and memorabilia related to Brownell's education, information relating to friends and colleagues and miscellaneous financial records.

Arranged by type of material


Box
Folder
3 1
WCB autobiographical statement (bound manuscript, 17 pp.) [192?]

2
School and college compositions c.1890

3
Amherst College memorabilia 1867-1871


Photographs


Clarence L. Brownell (3 photographs)

Box
Folder
3 4
[c. 1930]


1914 Jun 12


"with Zoe and friend" 1919 Sep 10


"Marvin" n.d.


John Woodruff Simpson (AC 1871) 1870


Richard Whiting (2 photographs)


1907 Apr


1909 May

5
Genealogy of the Brownell family 1902-1936

6
Article on Brownell by A. A. Livingston n.d.

7
Poem by James Davis n.d.

8
Receipts from European Hotels and Restaurants 1882-1884

9
Receipts and postcards from various European businesses c. 1882

10
Miscellaneous programs, membership cards, etc 1888-1927

Section 3: Notebooks

NOTEBOOKS, includes lecture notes kept as an undergraduate at Amherst, a diary kept by Virginia Brownell, and scrapbooks chronicling Brownell's profession activities.

Arranged by topic and type of material


Box
Folder
4 1
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Lectures by Professor Tyler" (2 notebooks) 1869

2
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Lectures & Dictations" 1867


Undergraduate lecture notes - "Abstracts of Professor Cromwell's Lectures" 1869

3
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Prof. Snell and Dr. Hitchcock" 1869-1870


Undergraduate lecture notes - "Prof. Tyler's lectures & Prof. Mather's" 1869-1870

4
Virginia Brownell's diary of European trip (2 notebooks) 1882

5
Language study notebook [Italian?] 1911-1912

6
Ledger containing letter about WCB's mother, Lucia, written to WCB from his father, Isaac Brownell n.d.

7
Notes on Brownell's life and references to letters in Box 2, Folder 12 n.d.

8
Scrapbook containing articles and book reviews about Brownell and his writings 1873-1929

Box


4A
Accession book - contains list of books in Brownell's library (Noted missing 1998 April)

Section 4: Notes

NOTES, contains notes on the topics Brownell was interested in and wrote about.


Box
Folder
5 1
on art n.d.

2
on education n.d.

3
on French democracy n.d.

4
on French women and morality n.d.

5
on French morality n.d.

6
on French culture n.d.

7
on criticism n.d.

8
Miscellaneous n.d.

9
on Poe, Emerson, and Hawthorne n.d.

10
for article, "Art in Revolt" n.d.

11
Miscellaneous n.d.

12
Miscellaneous n.d.

Box
Folder
6 1
on criticism n.d.

2
on popular culture n.d.

3
Diary letters in French written for exercises n.d.

4
Miscellaneous n.d.

5
Miscellaneous n.d.

6
Miscellaneous n.d.

7
for article, "Form and Substance" n.d.

Section 5: CLIPPINGS

CLIPPINGS, contains news clippings on cultural, political, and social issues of interest to Brownell.


Box
Folder
7 1
Concerning Victorian Prose Masters

2
Miscellaneous

3
On Ireland

4
On home matters

5
On art

6
On fiction

7
On French politics; Socialism; France and Germany

8
On history; French art; France and England

9
On Italy

10
On France and the Tonquin Question

11
On England home affairs; Canada; England and Germany

12
On English literary miscellany

13
On Le Naturalisme

14
On Paris

15
On Spain

16
On Amsterdam

17
On France and America

18
On England vs. Prussia

Box
Folder
8 1
On democracy

2
On public health

3
On French public instruction

4
On miscellaneous material

5
On France under Ferry

6
On the Nation Office and A.G. Sedgwick 1871-1881

7
On social issues

8
On Daudet

9
On art

10
Clerical

11
From paper on English politics

12
On French literary miscellany

13
Commentary

14
On drama

Box
Folder
9 1
By WCB from various publications including The World, The Nation, The Philadelphia Press 1873-1885

2
On "Popular Culture" (chapter title from Democratic Distinction in America) 1923-1926

3
Concerning "Popular Culture" 1925

4
By WCB from various publications including The Philadelphia Press 1885-1886

5
By WCB from various publications including The Philadelphia Press 1885-1886

Section 6: Scribner's

SCRIBNER'S, contains drafts, correspondence, and administrative material related to Brownell's work at Scribner's, particularly relating to Appreciation for the Office.

Arranged by type of material


Box
Folder
9 6
Drafts of Appreciation for the Office (book reviews); letters of acceptance and rejection to authors; publisher's notes; notes on manuscripts of books in preparation for publication n.d.

7
Drafts of Appreciation for the Office (book reviews) n.d.

8
Drafts of letters of acceptance and rejection to authors n.d.

Section 7: Published Works

PUBLISHED WORKS, contains an annotated typescript of Democratic Distinction and magazine articles by Brownell, and a page proof of W.C. Brownell, Tributes and Appreciations.

Arranged by type of material


Box
Folder
9 9
Annotated typescript of "Democratic Distinction" n.d.

10
Magazine articles c. 1881-1914

11
Page proof of W.C. Brownell, Tributes and Appreciations, printed for private distribution by Scribner's 1929

Section 8: Manuscript Drafts of Articles

MANUSCRIPT DRAFTS OF ARTICLES, contains drafts.

Arranged by title


Box
Folder
10 1
"Emerson (American Publication)" n.d.

2
"The Genius of Style" n.d.

3
"The Genius of Style" (partial manuscript and notes) n.d.

4
"Stle: Introduction" n.d.

5
"Democracy and Distinction" n.d.

6
"Order and Movement" n.d.

7
"Manner and Personality" n.d.

8
"Aesthetic Prose" n.d.

9
"Romantic Painting" n.d.

10
"Realistic Painting" n.d.

11
"Present Day User" n.d.

12
"Cooper (American Prose Master)" n.d.

13
"William Makepeace Thackery" n.d.

14
"Auguste Rodin" n.d.

15
"The Art of Prose and English Prose Tradition" n.d.

16
"Ruskin" n.d.

17
"Recent Work of Elihu Vedder" n.d.

18
"Contemporary French Sculpture" n.d.

19
Miscellaneous n.d.

Section 9: Photographs

PHOTOGRAPHS, contains photographs of Brownell, his family, relatives, and friends, and photographs of Gertrude Hall Brownell's family.


Box
Folder
11 1
WCB c. 1863-1925

2
"The Wilbour Cousins" [early 1900s]

3
WCB's relatives including "Grandfather and Grandmother Brown," "Father and Mother," "Aunt Emily," "Uncle Bishop," and "Great Aunt Charlotte" c. 1869

4
Family members from paternal side of WCB family c. 1869-1891

5
Swinburnes and Hales (relatives) c. 1876-1920

6
Gertrude Hall Brownell's family [1860s-1940s?]

7
"Friends and intimates" 1894-1907