Overview
Correspondence and other papers of the Cartland family of New Hampshire, cousins of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier.
Dates
- Creation: 1823-1913
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
8 linear feet (22 boxes)Chiefly letters to Moses Austin Cartland, Joseph Cartland, and Gertrude Whittier Cartland, together with other family correspondence. Includes diaries, 1849-1866, of Gertrude Cartland; essays; photographs; clippings; and printed ephemera. Includes letters from John Greenleaf Whittier and articles and clippings relating to Whittier.
Biographical / Historical
The Cartlands of Lee, N.H., were Quakers, and cousins of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Moses Austin Cartland (1805-1863) was a schoolmaster and journalist. His brother Joseph Cartland (1810-1898) was also an educator. With his wife Gertrude Whittier Cartland (1822-1911), Joseph was principal of Moses Brown School in Providence, R.I. (1855-1860).
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to Moses Austin Cartland
- II. Letters to Joseph Cartland
- III. Letters to Gertrude E. Whittier Cartland
- IV. Other letters relating to the Cartland family
- V. Manuscripts and printed material
Please note that item number 541 was inadvertently omitted from this finding aid.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Martha Hale Shackford; received: 1942.
2019M-113. Purchased with funds from the Thomas W. Streeter fund, 2019.
- Title
- Cartland family. Cartland family papers, 1823-1913 (MS Am 1752): Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00353
Repository Details
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