Foote, Henry Wilder, 1875-1964. Papers of Professor Henry Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959.
Overview
Papers of Daniel Appleton White (1776-1861); wives; children including of daughter Mary Wilder Foote (1810-1857) and son William Orne White (1821-1911), William's wife, Margaret Harding White, and their children. Papers of Caleb Foote (1803-1894), his children including sons, Arthur William Foote (1853-1937) and Henry Wilder Foote (1838-1889), Henry's wife, Frances Ann Eliot Foote (1838-1896), and children. Papers of Henry Wilder Foote II (1875-1964), son of Henry Wilder Foote, of his wife Eleanor Tyson Cope Foote (b. 1879), and son Arthur Foote (II). Miscellaneous papers of ancestral families of Henry Wilder Foote II and William Orne White, including the Deadmans, the Eliots, the Flaggs, the Footes, the Haynes, the Lymans, the Ornes, the Wests, the Whites, and the Wilders.
Dates
- Creation: 1714-1959
Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Extent
127 boxesThe collection includes twenty-two series (distinguished by the twenty-three individuals and ten families who were apparent owners and authors) of correspondence; journals; manuscripts of addresses and sermons; legal records; and some financial records. The bulk of the collection dates from the nineteenth century and documents the many and varied relationships between members of the extended Foote family as they lived, worked, and traveled around the world. The collection also depicts the work and relationships of New England religious leaders and the relationship between clergy and academia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The correspondence and journal entries also reveal a perspective of the roles and relationships among the women of the extended Foote family in the family and in nineteenth century society. Some correspondence relates the role of Wilder and Hurd family members who participated in the war opposing the Guadeloupe Revolution in the early nineteenth century.
Biographical / Historical
Professor Henry Wilder Foote (1875-1964) was a Unitarian minister who preached in congregations throughout the United States. He was an Associate Professor at Harvard Divinity School and served as secretary to the Divinity School faculty from 1914-1925. He also served as secretary to the American Unitarian Association from 1911-1914. Professor Foote was a highly regarded author, historian, and hymnologist. His publications include works about American history and hymnody as well as a hymnal widely used by Unitarian Universalist congregations.
The extended Foote family history has close ties with Unitarianism and with Harvard University. The elder Henry Wilder Foote married Frances Eliot Foote, the younger sister of Harvard President Charles W. Eliot.
Arrangement
The collection is organized by family and generation:
- Series I. Daniel Appleton White (b. June 7, 1776; d. March 30, 1861)
- Subseries A. Daniel Appleton White correpondence
- Subseries B. Daniel Appleton White writings
- Subseries C. Daniel Appleton White journals
- Series II. Wives of Daniel Appleton White
- Subseries A. Mary Wilder (van Schalkwyck) White (b. October 8, 1780; d. June 29, 1811) correspondence
- Subseries B. Eliza Orne (Wetmore) White (d. March 27, 1821) correspondence
- Subseries C. Ruth Hurd White correspondence
- Series III. Children of Daniel Appleton White
- Subseries A. Mary Wilder White Foote (b. December 12, 1810; d. December 24, 1857) correspondence
- Subseries B. Mary Wilder White Foote (b. December 12, 1810; d. December 24, 1857) journals
- Subseries C. Eliza Appleton White Dwight (b. May 4, 1809)
- Subseries D. William Orne White (b. February 21, 1821; d. February 17, 1911) correspondence
- Subseries E. William Orne White (b. February 21, 1821; d. February 17, 1911) writings
- Subseries F. William Orne White (b. February 21, 1821; d. February 17, 1911) journals
- Subseries G. Emily Hurd White Morison correspondence
- Series IV. Caleb Foote (b. February 28, 1893; d. June 17, 1894)
- Subseries A. Caleb Foote correspondence
- Subseries B. Caleb Foote journals
- Series V. Children of Caleb Foote
- Subseries A. Henry Wilder Foote (b. June 2, 1838; d. May 29, 1889) correspondence
- Subseries B. Henry Wilder Foote (b. June 2, 1838; d. May 29, 1889) writings
- Subseries C. Henry Wilder Foote (b. June 2, 1838; d. May 29, 1889) journals
- Subseries D. Mary Wilder Foote Tileston (b. August 20, 1843; d. July 3, 1934) correspondence
- Subseries E. Mary Wilder Foote Tileston (b. August 20, 1843; d. July 3, 1934) journals
- Subseries F. Amelia Peabody Tileston, daughter of Mary Wilder Foote Tileston (b. October 30, 1872; d. February 22, 1920), correspondence
- Subseries G. Arthur William Foote (b. March 5, 1853; d. April 9, 1937) correspondence
- Series VI. Margaret Harding White, wife of William Orne White
- Margaret Harding White correspondence
- Series X. Margaret Harding White journals
- Series VII. Children of William Orne White
- Subseries A. Eliza Orne White II (b. August 2, 1856; d. 1947) correspondence
- Subseries B. Eliza Orne White II (b. August 2, 1856; d. 1947) journals
- Subseries C. Rose White (adopted) correspondence
- Series VIII. Francis Ann Eliot Foote, wife of Henry Wilder Foote (b. May 22, 1838; d. December 17, 1896)
- Subseries A. Frances Ann Eliot Foote correspondence
- Subseries B. Francis Ann Eliot Foote journals
- Series IX. Children of Henry Wilder Foote
- Subseries A. Mary Foote (b. November 6, 1864; d. December 10, 1885) correspondence
- Subseries B. Dorothea Foote Merriman (b. November 3, 1880) correspondence
- Subseries C. Frances Eliot Foote II (b. February 2, 1875)
- Subseries D. Henry Wilder Foote II (b. February 2, 1875; d. August 27, 1964) correspondence
- Subseries E. Henry Wilder Foote II (b. February 2, 1875; d. August 27, 1964) writings
- Subseries F. Henry Wilder Foote II (b. February 2, 1875; d. August 27, 1964) journals
- Series X. Eleanor Tyson Cope Foote, wife of Henry Wilder Foote II (b. November 9, 1879), correspondence
- Series XI. Children of Henry Wilder Foote II
- Subseries A. Arthur Foote II correspondence
- Series XII. Deadman Family (maternal side of Caleb Foote), correspondence
- Series XIII. Eliot Family (family of Francis Ann Eliot Foote), correspondence
- Series XIV. Flagg family (maternal side of Mary Wilder White), correspondence
- Series XV. Haynes Family (maternal side of Daniel Appleton White), correspondence
- Series XVI. Foote Family, correspondence
- Series XVII. Lyman Family (maternal side of Frances Ann Eliot Foote), correspondence
- Series XVIII. Orne Family (family of Eliza Orne White), correspondence
- Series XIX. West Family (maternal side of Caleb Foote), correspondence
- Series XX. White Family, correspondence
- Series XXI. Wilder Family (family of Mary Wilder White), correspondence
- Series XXII. Miscellaneous unclassified documents, correspondence and other papers
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Professor Henry Wilder Foote, 1960.
Digitization Funding
Collections and items have been digitized with the generous support of The Polonsky Foundation.
Processed by
Fernando Peña, 1996
- Title
- Foote, Henry Wilder, 1875-1964. Papers of Professor Henry Wilder Foote and Family, 1714-1959: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Andover-Harvard Theological Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- div00575
Repository Details
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