Overview
Correspondence, writings, etc., of a New England family, including Lyman Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Calvin Stowe, Isabella Beecher Hooker, et al.
Dates
- 1798-1956
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Access. Originals closed; use digital images. Or, use microfilm M-45. See container list below for list of microfilmed or unmicrofilmed material.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Papers created by the Beecher family are in the public domain. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
5.84 linear feet ((12 file boxes, 2 card file boxes) plus 6 folio+ folders, 4 oversize folders, 1 supersize folder)Correspondence, miscellaneous writings, clippings and memorabilia of Lyman Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher, Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Calvin Stowe, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and other members of the family. Included is Lyman Beecher Stowe's correspondence and research re Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Charlotte Cushman. Also bibliography (on cards) of the Beecher family. Family memorabilia.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 58-49
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Beecher Stowe, New York, New York. Received: June 1958. Microfilmed under NEH Grant Number RC 24669-76-987
MICROFILM OF COLLECTION
Most of the Beecher-Stowe Collection has been microfilmed; a positive film copy is available for the use of readers. Except for a few folders not filmed, the original manuscripts are closed to research.
For a description of the contents of the collection, see the Inventory which follows this list. The list indicates (1) which folders have been filmed and which reels they appear on; (2) which folders have not been filmed and which boxes they are in.
- Folders 1-66 M-45, reel 1
- NOT FILMED: 1a, 55a
- Folders 67-182 M-45, reel 2
- Folders 183-302 M-45, reel 3
- NOT FILMED: 243a, 254a, 262a & b, 284
- Folders 303-373, x.1 M-45, reel 4
- NOT FILMED: 305-6, 308, 310, 313, 322, 324-5, 327-8, 330-1, 333-6, 339, 368-70, x.2
- Folders 377-409, v. 1, 2 M-45, reel 5
- NOT FILMED: 374-6, 378, 386, 391-2, 400, 403
- Folders 411-433a, v. 3 M-45, reel 6
- NOT FILMED: 410, 413-15, 424-6, 428
Unfilmed folders are also noted on the microfilm reels.
Please refer to this folder and reel information as you use the Inventory. When requesting material which has been microfilmed, please use the microfilm number M-45 and the reel number. For folders and other items not microfilmed use the collection number A-102, the box number, and the folder or item number.
CONTAINER LIST
Box 1: Folder numbers: 1-16, 18-26, 28-47
Box 2: Folder numbers: 48-106
Box 3: Folder numbers: 107-171
Box 4: Folder numbers: 172-232
Box 5 Folder numbers: 233-289
Box 6: Folder numbers: 290-321
Box 7: Folder numbers: 322-326, 328a-330a, 332, 337-367
Box 8: Folder numbers: 368a, 370a, 371a-378, 380-383, 385-390, 392, 395-398
Box 9: Folder numbers: 399-412, 414-426, 429-430
Box 10: Folder numbers: 431-433a, 436, 451-454
Box 11: Folder numbers: 455-460, Volume 1
Box 12: Folder numbers: Volume 2 - Volume 3
Card File Box 13: Folder numbers: 434-435, 449
Card File Box 14: Folder numbers: 432a
- Abolitionists
- Actresses
- Antislavery movement
- Authors
- Autobiographies
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Religious life and customs
- Chapman, Maria Weston, 1806-1885
- Clergy
- Daguerreotypes
- Diaries
- Education--History--19th century
- Family records
- Hartford (Conn.) -- Social life and customs
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
- New England -- Social life and customs
- New Englanders--Family relationships
- Publishers and publishing
- Teachers
- Women authors
- Title
- Beecher family. Beecher-Stowe family papers, 1798-1956: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00049
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.