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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1492

Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields

Overview

Papers pertaining to the estate of American author and charity worker Annie Adams Fields.

Dates

  • Creation: 1846-1935

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.

Extent

.5 linear feet (1 box)

Includes wills, estate inventories, accounts of distributions and other legal papers. Also includes contracts with Houghton Mifflin and other publishers for books by Annie Fields as well as royalty statements from Houghton Mifflin and Small, Maynard & Company. There are also some documents pertaining to Sarah Orne Jewett, including the contract for her books, The mate of the daylight and Friends ashore.

Biographical / Historical

Annie Adams Fields was an author and charity worker, the wife of the Boston publisher James T. Fields.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

43M-866. Gift of Boylston Adams Beal; received: 1944.

Title
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915. Papers pertaining to the estate of Annie Adams Fields, 1846-1935: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00926

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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