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ITEM — Box: 31 Identifier: MS Am 2560, (68)

Eliot, Charlotte, 1843-1929. Poems written mainly for the Christian Register : scrapbook, various dates.

Dates

  • Creation: 1881-1994

Language of Materials

Collection materials are mostly in English, but also include some in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, and other languages.

Physical Description

1 volume and 2 folders.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

The majority of this collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.

Extent

15 linear feet (39 boxes (including 1 portfolio box))

Additional Description

Physical Location

Shelved at end of collection at Houghton.

General note

Clippings pasted into her personal scrapbook, to which she added some poems published by William Greenleaf Eliot, Sr. With annotations and corrections by CE. Other annotations by HWE, Jr. (her son) and Theresa Garrett Eliot.

Paginated 1-101.

Contents of scrapbook taken from original index description (loose items removed to folder):
  1. Page 1: Christ the good shepherd : clipping. [Found loose, removed to folder].
  2. Page 1: Ring, Easter bells! : clipping. [Found loose, removed to folder].
  3. Page 2: Jairus' daughter : clipping. [Found loose, removed to folder].
  4. Page 2: Christ's entry into Jerusalem : clipping.
  5. Page 2: Nunc Dimittis : clipping. By William Greenleaf Eliot. 1886 August 5. [Found loose, removed to folder].
  6. Page 3: The vision of St. Francis : clipping.
  7. Page 3: John 8:7 : clipping. For the Woman's Journal.
  8. Page 4: The worth of prayer : clippings. 2 copies.
  9. Page 4: The king is dead! - Long live the king! : clipping.
  10. Page 4: Love is eternal : clipping.
  11. Page 5: The one thing needful : clipping.
  12. Page 5: What shall I do to be saved? : clipping.
  13. Page 6: He went away : clipping.
  14. Page 6: The master's welcome : clipping.
  15. Page 6: Saved! : clipping.
  16. Page 7: Both are sisters In the house of God : clipping.
  17. Page 8: The present hour : clipping.
  18. Page 8: In memoriam. Wayman Crow, Died May 10 : clipping.
  19. Page 8: Charade of the season : clipping.
  20. Page 9: Christ risen : clipping.
  21. Page 9: Thanksgiving hymn : clipping.
  22. Page 10: The last wish : clipping.
  23. Page 10: The storm : clipping.
  24. Page 11: The raising of Lazarus : clipping.
  25. Page 11: Force and God : clipping.
  26. Page 12: We thank thee, Lord : clipping.
  27. Page 12: Domine, Quo Vadis? : clipping.
  28. Page 13: The three kings : clipping.
  29. Page 13: Easter morning : clipping.
  30. Page 14: An Easter carol : clipping.
  31. Page 14: Not In the flesh, but the spirit : clipping.
  32. Page 14: Hymn : clipping.
  33. Page 15: A musical reverie : clipping.
  34. Page 15: Faith : clipping.
  35. Page 15: James Freeman Clarke : clipping.
  36. Page 16: Raphael's Ste. Marguerite : clipping.
  37. Page 16: The song of death : clipping.
  38. Page 17: Guido's Saint Michael : clipping.
  39. Page 17: All saints' day : clipping.
  40. Page 18: Theodosius and St. Ambrose : clipping.
  41. Page 19, 20, 21: Giordano Bruno in prison : clipping.
  42. Page 20: An Easter song : clipping.
  43. Page 22: Desire spiritual gifts : clipping.
  44. Page 23: An Easter hymn : clipping.
  45. Page 23: The star of Bethlehem : clipping.
  46. Page 24: Centennial anniversary : clipping.
  47. Page 25: At Easter-Tide : typescript poem.
  48. Page 25: The song of the children : clipping.
  49. Page 26: Pro Peccatis suae Gentis : clipping.
  50. Page 26: Pentecost, day of rejoicing : clipping.
  51. Page 26: The eternal purpose : clipping.
  52. Page 27: God's kingdom is at hand, repent! : clipping.
  53. Page 27: James Martineau : clipping.
  54. Page 28: The nativity : clipping.
  55. Page 29: Jerusalem, fair city : clipping.
  56. Page 29: John Fiske : clipping.
  57. Page 29: Saint Barnabas : clipping.
  58. Page 29: Fifty-First anniversary of the Children's Mission to the Children of the Destitute at the Arlington Street Church, Wednesday afternoon, in Boston, May 23, ... : program; "The Song Of The Children" by Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot was sung at this recital. 2 copies. [Loose copy includes autograph manuscript untitled poem; removed to folder]
  59. Page 30: The song of death : clipping.
  60. Page 31: The unnamed saints : clipping.
  61. Page 31: In memoriam. Hannah C. Stearns died Dec. 31, 1883 : clipping. Stearns was an aunt of CE.
  62. Page 31: The one thing needful : clipping.
  63. Page 32: He walked with God : clipping.
  64. Page 32: Es Lebe das Leben : clipping.
  65. Page 33: Matthias : clipping.
  66. Page 33: Judas Iscariot : clipping.
  67. Page 34: More and Tudor drama. Early Tudor drama: Medwall, the Rastells, Heywood, and the More circle : clipping. By A. W. Reed, Methuen. Review of this book by TSE in London Times Supplement.
  68. Page 35, 36, 37: The apostles : clipping.
  69. Page 38: The beggar of Jerusalem : clipping.
  70. Page 40: Guardsman with dependent relatives : clipping of letter to the editor of the Herald by Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot (Mrs. Henry W. Eliot), Eastern Point, Gloucester, Massachusetts, July 11.
  71. Page 40: That Belgian protest meeting : clipping of letter to the editor of the Post-Dispatch. By Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot (Mrs. Henry W. Eliot).
  72. Page 41: There is a little girl I love [first line] : typescript poem addressed to her grandchild.
  73. Page 42: Russia, United States and peace : clipping of letter to the editor of the Tribune. By Charlotte C. Eliot. Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1917 July 16.
  74. Page 45: For more publicity : clipping of letter by Mrs. Henry W. Eliot to the editor of the Tribune, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1917 August 15.
  75. Page 45: Crusaders, a war song : clipping.
  76. Page 46: Americanization of aliens : clipping to the editor of the Post-Dispatch. By Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot.
  77. Page 46: Enforce the laws : clipping to the editor of the Post-Dispatch. By Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot.
  78. Page 75: William Greenleaf Eliot, minister, educator, philanthropist : clipping. By Charlotte C. Eliot. With an introduction by James K. Hosmer, Ph. D., LL.D. Boston, Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1904. Review of this book in Nation, 1904 June 4.
  79. Page 80: Report of the Mission Free School of the Church of the Messiah 1919-1920 : clipping. By Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot (Mrs. Henry W. Eliot, Sr.), Secretary.
  80. Page 81: The Wednesday Club : typescript carbon poem. [Found loose, removed to folder]
  81. Page 84: [Poem without title] : typescript carbon poem. 15 stanzas.
  82. Page 85: The man without the hoe : typescript carbon poem with autograph manuscript annotations and revisions.
  83. Page 86, 87: Savonarola. A dramatic poem : clipping. By Charlotte Eliot. With an Introduction by T. S. Eliot ... Review in The Times Literary Supplement, Thursday, November 25.
  84. Page 88, 89: Poetic Drama did not die. Savonarola. A dramatic poem : clipping. . By Charlotte Eliot. London, England: R. Cobden-Sanderson. The New York Times Book Review, 1926 August 22.
  85. Page 89: The Festival Theatre Review : complete printed issue of journal, Vol. II. 1928 May 5. No. XXXVII. p. 8. Savonarola. A dramatic poem by Charlotte Eliot. With an Introduction by T. S. Eliot, R. Cobden-Sanderson. Review by Lewis Horrox. [Found loose, removed to folder]
  86. Page 90: The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Missouri. dedication of memorial : leaflet. By Mrs. C.C.E. Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot was, at this time, president of this society in Missouri.
  87. Page 90: Drama. Savonarola. A dramatic poem : clipping. By Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot. London: R. Cobden-Sanderson. A short article on this play, by G. R. D.
  88. Page 91: To help the children : clipping. By L. T. [Lucy Throop]
  89. Page 91: Savonarola. A Cambridge woman's beautiful dramatic poem. Savonarola : clipping. By Charlotte Eliot, R. Cobden-Sanderson. London. Review of this play in the Boston Herald, Saturday, 1926 October 9.
  90. Page 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97: English Hymn Writers of the Liberal Faith: No. 1. Sir John Bowring. - No.2. Mrs. Barbuld [Anna Laetitia Barbauld].- No.3. William Enfield. - No. 4. From William J. Fox. - No. 5. Harriet Martineau's mind ... - no. 6. A Service Book, compiled by Dr. Clarke and published in 1844 ... No. 7. The Carpenters - Father and Daughter. - No. 8. Helen Maria Williams, etc.- No. 9. - Poetic genius is sometimes possessed by several members of one family ... : clipping.
  91. Page 98, 99: Associated Charities : clipping. Charlotte C. Eliot. [Page 99 loose, removed to folder]
  92. Page 100, 101: Savonarola. A dramatic poem. By Charlotte Eliot : clipping. With an introduction by Thomas S. Eliot, Cobden-Sanderson. Review of the play in The Times Literary Supplement, Thursday, 1926 November 25. [Found loose, removed to folder]
  93. Page 35, 36 [different numbering begins, probably from different scrapbook]: Woman's Interest in National Affairs : clipping. By Mrs. C. C. Eliot (Charlotte Champe Stearns Eliot). [Found loose, removed to folder]
  94. Page 37, 38: The "Higher Education of Women" : clipping. By Charlotte C. Eliot. [Found loose, removed to folder]
  95. Page 39, 40: Institutions and Individual Aid : clipping. By Charlotte C. Eliot. In the Christian Register. [Found loose, removed to folder]
  96. Not paginated: Savonarola. A dramatic poem : clipping. By Charlotte Eliot. London, England: R. Cobden-Sanderson. Review by Percy A. Hutchison in the New York Times Book Review, 1926 August 22. [Found loose, removed to folder]

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