Summary
Collection includes papers of Hester Chanler Pickman, including letters to her mother, Margaret Terry Chanler; correspondence of other family members; The Xmas imps, a play; two datebooks; an address book; the journal of Winthrop Chanler; a notebook chiefly about Orestes Augustus Brownson; and various letters to Margaret Terry Chanler.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1882-1960
Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff for retrieval policies and times.
Extent
3.75 linear feet (3 boxes)Biographical / Historical
Chanler family members include Winthrop Astor Chanler (1863-1926), an American sportsman and soldier who fought in the Spanish–American War and World War I. Chanler, a descendant of many prominent American families including the Dudley–Winthrop, Livingston, and Stuyvesant families, and his wife, Margaret Louisa Terry Chanler (1862-1952), an author, were prominent in New York society during the Gilded Age (roughly 1877 to 1900). Because his elder brother suffered from mental illness, Winthrop became the de facto head of the Chanler family.
Orestes Augustus Brownson was a New England intellectual and activist, preacher, labor organizer, and noted Catholic convert and writer. (source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orestes_Brownson)
Arrangement
Arranged in series by the archivists.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2002M-45. Gift of Ms. Deborah P. Clifford, 2003 January 17.
2006M-60. Gift of Deborah P. Clifford, 2007 March 9.
Processing Information
Minimal description derived from existing records and converted to online finding aid, Melanie Wisner, 2020.
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Melanie Wisner, 2023)
Creator
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (Correspondent, Person)
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 (Correspondent, Person)
- Title
- Chanler family papers, circa 1882-1960 (MS Am 3448): Guide
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2018 November 16
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou04548
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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