Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919

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Diaries, correspondence, etc., of Elsie Miriam Paine, Radcliffe College Class of 1904.

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Papers relating to the gift of Soldiers Field, Harvard University, by Boston banker and philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson and his wife, Ida Agassiz Higginson.

Scope and Contents: The papers date from the period of Higginson's association with Lee, Higginson & Company: that is to say, most of his adult life. Much of the correspondence has to do with business ventures of various kinds, but a large number of letters describe the foundation and development of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the building of Symphony Hall, the planning and construction of the "playground" at Soldiers' Field (which Higginson gave to Harvard in memory of comrades who died in the War), the...

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Correspondence, speeches, memorials, etc., of Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, first president of Radcliffe College.