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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 1507

James family miscellaneous papers

Overview

Correspondence and other documents relating to the James family, including Henry and William James.

Dates

  • Creation: 1868-1969

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

1 linear feet (2 boxes)

Includes correspondence of Henry James, William James, and Alice Howe James; 23 letters from Elizabeth Sherman Hoyt Lindsay to Olivia Cutting James and Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting; and compositions, drawings, photographs, and other papers.

Biographical / Historical

Henry James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. Henry's brother William James was an American philosopher and psychologist, a leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism and of the psychological movement of functionalism. His wife was Alice Howe Gibbens James.

Physical Location

b

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from various sources at various times.

Processing Information

In 2020-2021, as part of a conscious and inclusive re-description effort, entries were updated to include a woman’s full name when identified.

Title
James family. James family miscellaneous papers, 1868-1969: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou01351

Repository Details

Part of the Houghton Library Repository

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