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Series II: Financial Correspondence and Records, 1888- 1936
Series III: Ginn and Company, 1877-1936
Series IV: Organizations, 1889-1936
Series V: Writings and Lectures, circa, 1850- 1947

George A. Plimpton Papers, 1634-1956

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Series I: Correspondence and Personal Documents, 1841- 1936

Series I consists primarily of correspondence addressed to or composed by George Plimpton. The series includes the correspondence catalogued previously as well as the uncatalogued materials labeled "General Correspondence."

Subseries 1: Cataloged Correspondence, 1876-1936

The arrangement of the catalogued correspondence has not been modified. Although copies of some outgoing correspondence are included, the bulk of this subseries consists of incoming correspondence from a variety of persons and on a variety of topics including collecting, philanthropy, education and peace work. Also included are numerous notes, from prominent persons, thanking Plimpton for copies of the books he authored. Some correspondence is to and from Frances Taylor Pearsons, George Plimpton's first wife. Extensive outgoing correspondence from George Plimpton to Frances, and to their son, Francis, can be found here as well.


Box 1 Folder 1 Correspondents--List of Cataloged, undated

Box 1 Folder 2 Abbott-Ayedelotte, 1886-1933

Box 1 Folder 3 Babbott-Beresford, 1886-1934

Box 1 Folder 4 Bertram-Brooks, 1886-1935

Box 1 Folder 5 Brown-Burgess, 1885-1929

Box 1 Folder 6 Burlingham-Butler,1895-1936

Box 1 Folder 7 Cable-Carnegie, 1888-1936


Box 2 Folder 1 Choate-Coffin, 1897-1936

Box 2 Folder 2 Coffin-John Dewey, 1888-1936

Box 2 Folder 3 Dewey, Melvil-Dodge, 1879-1929

Box 2 Folder 4 Dodge-Duggan, 1892-1936

Box 2 Folder 5 Eames-Ely, 1897-1934

Box 2 Folder 6 Farham-Finley, 1892-1936


Box 3 Folder 1 Fish-French, 1892-1930

Box 3 Folder 2 Garrison-Gunsaulus, 1891-1936

Box 3 Folder 3 Hadley-Hart, 1889-1936

Box 3 Folder 4 Hart-Hazard, 1900-1930

Box 3 Folder 5 Hazard-Hobhouse, 1881-1929

Box 3 Folder 6 Hodges-Hyde, 1876-1936


Box 4 Folder 1 Iddings-Karpinski, 1889-1935

Box 4 Folder 2 Karpinski-Lamont, 1906-1936

Box 4 Folder 3 Lamont-Lindsay, 1879-1935

Box 4 Folder 4 Lindsay- Low, 1890-1934

Box 4 Folder 5 Lowell-Mansfield, 1886-1935

Box 4 Folder 6 March-Matthews, 1886-1927


Box 5 Folder 1 Maxwell-Millet, 1890-1935

Box 5 Folder 2 Mills-Murray, 1889-1935

Box 5 Folder 3 Nelson-Page, 1892-1935

Box 5 Folder 4 Palmer-Peirce, 1889-1929

Box 5 Folder 5 Peirce-Pulsifer, 1892-1930

Box 5 Folder 6 Pupin-Reuling, 1900-1934


Box 6 Folder 1 Reynolds-Sadler, 1900-1936

Box 6 Folder 2 Sanborn-Seeger, 1894-1936

Box 6 Folder 3 Seelye-Simhovitch, 1876-1935

Box 6 Folder 4 Sinclair-Charles Sprague Smith, 1887- 1919

Box 6 Folder 5 to 6 Smith, David Eugene, 1901-1911, (2 folders)

Box 6 Folder 7 Smith, David Eugene, 1912-1913


Box 7 Folder 1 to 2 Smith, David Eugene, 1914-1936, (2 folders)

Box 7 Folder 3 Smith, Edward Curtis-Royall Bascom Smith, 1892- 1913

Box 7 Folder 4 Söderblom-Tarbell, 1892-1935

Box 7 Folder 5 Taylor-Villard, 1876-1935

Box 7 Folder 6 Wald-West, 1885-1932


Box 54 Folder 1 Whalen-James Southall Wilson, 1900- 1933

Box 54 Folder 2 Wilson, Woodrow-Yen, 1897-1935

George Arthur Plimpton

Box 54 Folder 3 to 6 to Frances Taylor Pearsons Plimpton, 1891-1898, (3 folders)


Box 55 Folder 1 to 4 to Francis T. P. Plimpton, 1912-1929 (4 folders), 1912-1929

Subseries 2: Uncataloged Correspondence and Personal Documents, 1841- 1936

The previous arrangement of the uncatalogued "General Correspondence" has been maintained. The current arrangement has relocated to this subseries such material as George Arthur and Frances Taylor Pearson Plimpton's correspondence from their courtship period, the guest albums from their wedding and home, family travel diaries from trips to Europe, Japan, China, and Alaska, and additional family correspondence.

Because Plimpton's personal and financial lives were far from distinct, much of the correspondence in this subseries overlaps thematically with correspondence in Series II, particularly correspondence regarding Plimpton's philanthropic endeavors and trustee work. Yet this subseries tends to contain more of Plimpton's personal demonstrations of support and letters of introduction for friends and former employees.


Box 8 Folder 1 to 6 Frances T.P. Plimpton, 1891- 1896, (6 folders)

George A. Plimpton


Box 9 Folder 1 Marriage, 1892

Box 9 Folder 2 Death of Frances T. P. Plimpton, 1900- 1901

Box 9 Folder 3 to 5 General, 1892-1915, (3 folders)


Box 10 Folder 1 to 7 General, 1916-1936, (7 folders)

Box 10 Folder 8 Birthday--60th, 1915


Box 11 Folder 1 Birthday--80th, 1935

Box 11 Folder 2 General, 1863-1935

Box 11 Folder 3 Guest Album--Home, 1893-1936

Box 11 Folder 4 Guest Album--Wedding, 1892

Box 11 Folder 5 Notebook of Language Scripts, undated

Family Correspondence

Box 11 Folder 6 to 9 General, 1841- 1907, (4 folders)


Box 12 Folder 1 to 8 General, 1908-1936, (8 folders)

Family Correspondence

(Includes printed material and photographs)

Box 12 Folder 9 to 12 General, 1852-1930s, (4 folders)


Box 13 Folder 1 Adams Family, 1907-1922

Box 13 Folder 2 Family Genealogy, 1852-1935

Box 13 Folder 3 Family Photographs, undated

Box 13 Folder 4 Family Tree, 1950

Box 13 Folder 5 Hastings--Clearing House in Paris, undated

Travel

Box 13 Folder 6 Europe--Diary of Sarah E. Pearsons, 1899

Box 13 Folder 7 Europe--Travel Images, 1899

Box 13 Folder 8 Japan, China, Alaska, 1918-1936

Box 13 Folder 9 Correspondence and Diary, 1885- 1923


Mapcase 14-H-7 Oversize--Honorary Degrees, undated

Series II: Financial Correspondence and Records, 1888- 1936

Although the documents in this series not only relate to a diverse array of issues and sometimes overlap significantly with material in other series, these documents nevertheless provide discrete snapshots of the more financial side of Plimpton's life. The series includes Plimpton's general financial correspondence as well as documents related to particular companies and individuals. Between 1900 and 1911, for example, Plimpton served as executor for the estates of Sarah Pearsons, the mother of his first wife, Frances, and his sister Priscilla. The series includes various versions of Plimpton's own wills.

The series also includes Plimpton's account books and daily diaries. The forty-one personal diaries in the collection provide a window into Plimpton's daily activities and expenses during the last four decades of his life, illustrating not just whom Plimpton met on which days but also the rising cost of taxis and martinis over several decades. Plimpton's check stubs, checks, and receipts provide further insight into his financial activities between 1889 and 1935. Other materials in the financial series include correspondence relating to the loans and donations that Plimpton made to dozens of individuals and institutions.

Finally, the series contains documents related to Plimpton's real estate holdings, including account books, payroll and payment records, letters to delinquent tenants, and receipts for repairs and other work. The Walpole materials stand out from the other real estate materials not just because of their scope but also because they include documents related less to Plimpton's ownership of the Walpole property than to his life and affairs in the town. The inclusion of the latter materials in this series honors the original arrangement.


Box 14 Folder 1 to 41 Daily Agendas, 1890- 1934, (41 folders)

Personal Accounts


Box 15 Folder 1 to 2 Account Books, 1888-1899, (2 folders)

Box 15 Folder 3 to 5 Check Stubs and Notes, 1899-1904, (3 folders)


Box 16 Folder 1 to 3 Receipts and Cancelled Checks, 1935, (3 folders)

Correspondence

(Includes Records and Documents)

Box 16 Folder 4 Ardsley Estates, Inc., 1917-1935

Box 16 Folder 5 The Central Foundry Co., 1931-1936

Box 16 Folder 6 Conant, Richard Royce Estate, 1918

Box 16 Folder 7 General, 1899-1914


Box 17 Folder 1 to 2 General, 1915-1935, (2 folders)

Box 17 Folder 3 Loans--General, 1935

Box 17 Folder 4 Loans--Outstanding, 1923-1936

Box 17 Folder 5 Macnaughton Family--Estate of Sarah Pearsons, 1899- 1916

Box 17 Folder 6 Macnaughton, James and Elizabeth P.--NY Wool Warehouse Co., 1898- 1913

Box 17 Folder 7 Pearsons Estate, 1900-1902

Box 17 Folder 8 Plimpton, Priscilla--Lewis Estate, 1905- 1906


Box 18 Folder 1 Wills, 1921-1935

Philanthropic Work

Box 18 Folder 2 to 6 Donations, 1927-1935, (5 Folders)


Box 19 Folder 1 Wood, Wallace, 1907-1916

Real Estate--Holyoke, Massachusetts

Box 19 Folder 2 Highland Park, 1896-1920

Box 19 Folder 3 to 5 Highland Park--Account book, 1909-1920, (3 folders)

Real Estate--New York City

Box 19 Folder 6 25th Street, 1905-1911

Box 19 Folder 7 Park Avenue--Number 59, 61, 1927- 1932

Box 19 Folder 8 Park Avenue--Number 62-65, 1935


Box 20 Folder 1 Plimpton Building, 1909-1921, 1931, 1909-1921, 1931

Box 20 Folder 2 38th Street, 1929-1934

Box 20 Folder 3 George A. Plimpton vs. Alfred and Helen Baruch, 1926- 1927

Box 20 Folder 4 Plimpton Corporation, 1925-1931

Box 20 Folder 5 Property Speculation, 1902-1935

Real Estate and Personal Affairs--Walpole, Massachusetts

Box 20 Folder 6 Donations and Public Life, 1901- 1934

Box 20 Folder 7 Fuller's Tavern, 1927

Box 20 Folder 8 to 9 Lewis Farm, 1902-1937, (2 folders)


Box 21 Folder 1 Photographs, undated

Box 21 Folder 2 Vouchers, 1935


Box 52 Folder 25 Wooden Indian Theft--Reward Poster, 1921

Series III: Ginn and Company, 1877-1936

This series contains extensive materials related to the operation of the publishing firm that Plimpton led for decades. Currently arranged as previously processed, the series includes correspondence, company reports, photographs, mailings, and other materials dating from 1877 to 1936. While documents dating before 1911 are grouped by year, most documents dating after 1911 are associated with the employee who wrote or received them.

Because the company's employees became such close associates over decades of cooperation, not all of their correspondence relates immediately to the company's affairs; for example, some materials relate to Edwin Ginn's peace work and, after 1914, to Ginn's estate. Moreover, not all the materials involve Plimpton directly.

Documents related to Lewis Parkhurst prove particularly illuminating; because the Boston-based Parkhurst served as the company's administrative leader for decades, his files contain numerous company memos, annual reports, and meeting minutes. Following Ginn's death in 1914, Parkhurst served as one of Ginn's executors.

General--Ephemera, 1877- 1911


Box 21 Folder 3 Mailings and Leaflets

Box 21 Folder 4 Photographs, 1905

Box 21 Folder 5 Plaster cast of Edward Ginn

Correspondence and Records

General


Box 22 Folder 1 Dated, 1877-1899

Box 22 Folder 2 to 9 Dated, 1900-1911, (7 folders)

Box 22 Folder 10 Ambrose, Fred M., 1911

Box 22 Folder 11 Ginn, Edwin, 1911

Box 22 Folder 12 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1911

Box 22 Folder 13 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1911

Box 22 Folder 14 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1911

Box 22 Folder 15 Smith, Selden C., 1911

Box 22 Folder 16 Thomas, Richard S., 1911

Box 22 Folder 17 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1911


Box 23 Folder 1 General, 1912

Box 23 Folder 2 Ambrose, Fred H., 1912

Box 23 Folder 3 Gilson, T. W., 1912

Box 23 Folder 4 Ginn, Edwin, 1912

Box 23 Folder 5 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1912

Box 23 Folder 6 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1912

Box 23 Folder 7 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1912

Box 23 Folder 8 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1912

Box 23 Folder 9 to 10 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1912, (2 folders)

Box 23 Folder 11 Smith, Selden C., 1912

Box 23 Folder 12 Thomas, Richard S., 1912

Box 23 Folder 13 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1912

Box 23 Folder 14 General, 1913

Box 23 Folder 15 Ambrose, Fred H., 1913

Box 23 Folder 16 Gilson, T. W., 1913


Box 24 Folder 1 Ginn, Edwin, 1913

Box 24 Folder 2 Hall, Dana W., 1913

Box 24 Folder 3 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1913

Box 24 Folder 4 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1913

Box 24 Folder 5 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1913

Box 24 Folder 6 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1913

Box 24 Folder 7 to 8 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1913, (2 folders)

Box 24 Folder 9 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1913

Box 24 Folder 10 Thomas, Richard S., 1913

Box 24 Folder 11 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1913

Box 24 Folder 12 General, 1914


Box 25 Folder 1 General--A-Z, 1914

Box 25 Folder 2 Ambrose, Fred H., 1914

Box 25 Folder 3 Ayer, Flora H., 1914

Box 25 Folder 4 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1914

Box 25 Folder 5 Gilson, T. W., 1914

Box 25 Folder 6 Ginn Estate, 1914

Box 25 Folder 7 Hall, Dana W., 1914

Box 25 Folder 8 Hickam, A. R., 1914

Box 25 Folder 9 Hill, Charlotte F., 1914

Box 25 Folder 10 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1914

Box 25 Folder 11 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1914

Box 25 Folder 12 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1914

Box 25 Folder 13 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1914


Box 26 Folder 1 Maxwell, C. J., 1914

Box 26 Folder 2 to 3 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1914, (2 folders)

Box 26 Folder 4 Robeson, L. B., 1914

Box 26 Folder 5 Smith, Selden C., 1914

Box 26 Folder 6 Thomas, Richard S., 1914

Box 26 Folder 7 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1914

Box 26 Folder 8 Weaver, Frank, 1914

Box 26 Folder 9 General, 1915

Box 26 Folder 10 to 11 General--A-Z, 1915, (2 folders)


Box 27 Folder 1 Ayer, Flora H., 1915

Box 27 Folder 2 Fernald, Reginald L., 1915

Box 27 Folder 3 Field, Walter T., 1915

Box 27 Folder 4 Ginn Estate, 1915

Box 27 Folder 5 Greeley, W. H., 1915

Box 27 Folder 6 Hill, Charlotte F., 1915

Box 27 Folder 7 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1915

Box 27 Folder 8 Hughan, Evelyn W., 1915

Box 27 Folder 9 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1915

Box 27 Folder 10 Robinson, Edward K., 1915

Box 27 Folder 11 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1915

Box 27 Folder 12 General, 1916

Box 27 Folder 13 General--A-Z, 1916

Box 27 Folder 14 Ayer, Flora H., 1916

Box 27 Folder 15 DeWitt, E. A., 1916

Box 27 Folder 16 Ginn Estate, 1916

Box 27 Folder 17 Hall, Dana W., 1916

Box 27 Folder 18 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1916

Box 27 Folder 19 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1916

Box 27 Folder 20 Hughan, Evelyn W., 1916

Box 27 Folder 21 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1916

Box 27 Folder 22 Miller, Hugo, 1916

Box 27 Folder 23 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1916

Box 27 Folder 24 Robeson, L. B., 1916

Box 27 Folder 25 Robinson, Edward K., 1916

Box 27 Folder 26 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1916

Box 27 Folder 27 Thomas, Richard S., 1916

Box 27 Folder 28 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1916

Box 27 Folder 29 General, 1917


Box 28 Folder 1 DeWitt, E. A., 1917

Box 28 Folder 2 Ginn Estate, 1917

Box 28 Folder 3 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1917

Box 28 Folder 4 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1917

Box 28 Folder 5 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1917

Box 28 Folder 6 to 8 London Office, 1917, (3 folders)

Box 28 Folder 9 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1917

Box 28 Folder 10 Robeson, L. B., 1917

Box 28 Folder 11 Swartz, J. W, 1917

Box 28 Folder 12 Thomas, Richard S., 1917

Box 28 Folder 13 Thurber, Charles Herbert, 1917

General

Box 28 Folder 14 to 15 Dated, 1918- 1919, (2 folders)


Box 29 Folder 1 to 4 Dated, 1920-1923, (4 folders)

Box 29 Folder 5 Balance Sheets, 1920-1928

Box 29 Folder 6 "A History of Ginn and Company"--Draft, 1922- 1923

Box 29 Folder 7 Conway, H. P., 1923

Box 29 Folder 8 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1923

Box 29 Folder 9 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1923

Box 29 Folder 10 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1923

Box 29 Folder 11 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1923

Box 29 Folder 12 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1923

Box 29 Folder 13 Miller, Norman C., 1923

Box 29 Folder 14 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1923

Box 29 Folder 15 Priddy, A. L., 1923

Box 29 Folder 16 Robeson, L. B., 1923

Box 29 Folder 17 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1923

Box 29 Folder 18 Swartz, J. W., 1923

Box 29 Folder 19 Thomas, Richard S., 1923

Box 29 Folder 20 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1923


Box 30 Folder 1 Weed, LeRoy J., 1923

Box 30 Folder 2 General, 1924

Box 30 Folder 3 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1924

Box 30 Folder 4 Executive Committee, 1924

Box 30 Folder 5 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1924

Box 30 Folder 6 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1924

Box 30 Folder 7 Kenerson, E.H., 1924

Box 30 Folder 8 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1924

Box 30 Folder 9 Miller, Norman C., 1924

Box 30 Folder 10 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1924

Box 30 Folder 11 Priddy, A. L., 1924

Box 30 Folder 12 Robeson, L. B., 1924

Box 30 Folder 13 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1924

Box 30 Folder 14 Swartz, J. W., 1924

Box 30 Folder 15 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1924

Box 30 Folder 16 Weed, LeRoy J., 1924

Box 30 Folder 17 General, 1925

Box 30 Folder 18 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1925

Box 30 Folder 19 Hall, Dana W., 1925

Box 30 Folder 20 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1925

Box 30 Folder 21 Hodgdon, Frederick C., 1925

Box 30 Folder 22 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1925

Box 30 Folder 23 Kenerson, E. H., 1925

Box 30 Folder 24 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1925

Box 30 Folder 25 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1925

Box 30 Folder 26 Miller, Norman C., 1925

Box 30 Folder 27 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1925

Box 30 Folder 28 Priddy, A. L., 1925


Box 31 Folder 1 Robeson, L. B., 1925

Box 31 Folder 2 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1925

Box 31 Folder 3 Swartz, J. W., 1925

Box 31 Folder 4 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1925

Box 31 Folder 5 General, 1926

Box 31 Folder 6 Conway, H. P., 1926

Box 31 Folder 7 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1926

Box 31 Folder 8 Hall, Dana W., 1926

Box 31 Folder 9 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1926

Box 31 Folder 10 Jencko, Millard, H., 1926

Box 31 Folder 11 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1926

Box 31 Folder 12 Kenerson, E. H., 1926

Box 31 Folder 13 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1926

Box 31 Folder 14 Miller, Norman C., 1926

Box 31 Folder 15 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1926

Box 31 Folder 16 Priddy, A. L., 1926

Box 31 Folder 17 Robeson, L. B., 1926

Box 31 Folder 18 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1926

Box 31 Folder 19 Swartz, J. W., 1926

Box 31 Folder 20 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1926

Box 31 Folder 21 to 23 General, 1927-1934, (3 folders)

Box 31 Folder 24 General--The Ginn Sketchbook , 1933

Box 31 Folder 25 DeWitt, Edgar A, 1934

Box 31 Folder 26 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1934


Box 32 Folder 1 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1934

Box 32 Folder 2 Laylander, Orange Judd, 1934

Box 32 Folder 3 Lucas, Homer C., 1934

Box 32 Folder 4 Miller, Norman C., 1934

Box 32 Folder 5 Newell, S. W., 1934

Box 32 Folder 6 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1934

Box 32 Folder 7 Priddy, A. L., 1934

Box 32 Folder 8 Smith, Selden Cornelius, 1934

Box 32 Folder 9 Stevens, Ernest N., 1934

Box 32 Folder 10 Thurber, Charles Hubert, 1934

Box 32 Folder 11 General, 1935

Box 32 Folder 12 DeWitt, Edgar A, 1935

Box 32 Folder 13 Ginn Estate, 1935

Box 32 Folder 14 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1935

Box 32 Folder 15 Jouett, Mark R., Jr., 1935

Box 32 Folder 16 Lawler, Thomas Bonaventure, 1935

Box 32 Folder 17 Miller, Hugo, 1935

Box 32 Folder 18 Parkhurst, Lewis, 1935

Box 32 Folder 19 Priddy, A. L., 1935

Box 32 Folder 20 Stevens, Ernest N., 1935

Box 32 Folder 21 General, 1936

Box 32 Folder 22 DeWitt, Edgar A., 1936

Box 32 Folder 23 Hilton, Henry Hoyt, 1936

Series IV: Organizations, 1889-1936

Centering on Plimpton's organizational commitments both in the United States and abroad, the documents in this series were drawn together from materials originally arranged alphabetically in the uncatalogued "Subject File." Because subheadings and folder names were arranged alphabetically in both the previous and current arrangement, the folders retain similar names and accordingly retain their original order. Documents include correspondence and records related to such organizations as the American Academy of Political Science, to Plimpton's work in Japan and the Near East, to his peace work, and to his trusteeships at Phillips Exeter Academy and Union Theological Seminary.

Academy of Political Science

Box 32 Folder 24 to 28 General, 1897- 1908, (5 folders)


Box 33 Folder 1 to 8 General, 1909-1915, (8 folders)


Box 34 Folder 1 to 9 General, 1916-1936, (9 folders)

Box 34 Folder 10 American Philological Association, 1916- 1934

Box 34 Folder 11 Arizona Home School, 1928-1935

Box 34 Folder 12 Committees, Directorships, Trusteeships, 1897- 1936

Box 34 Folder 13 Honorary Degrees and Awards, 1894- 1929


Box 35 Folder 1 Invitations and Responses, 1896- 1936

Japan

Box 35 Folder 2 to 4 Correspondence, 1912- 1936, (3 folders)

Box 35 Folder 5 Ephemera, 1935

Box 35 Folder 6 Photographs and Postcards, 1935


Box 36 Folder 1 to 2 Memberships, 1889-1936, (2 folders)

"Near East Relations"

Constantinople Women's College

Box 36 Folder 3 Buildings, 1909-1936

Box 36 Folder 4 Committees, 1904-1930

Correspondence

Box 36 Folder 5 General, 1913- 1928

Box 36 Folder 6 General--Plimpton's Personality, 1906- 1932

Box 36 Folder 7 Borden, Caroline, 1915-1924

Box 36 Folder 8 Patrick, Dr. Mary Mills, 1914-1935

Box 36 Folder 9 to 10 Trustee Affairs, 1900-1929, (2 folders)


Box 37 Folder 1 Dedication, 1914

Box 37 Folder 2 Difficulties, 1904-1928

Box 37 Folder 3 Donations, 1912-1931

Box 37 Folder 4 to 5 Fundraising and Finance, 1920-1922, (2 folders)

Box 37 Folder 6 History, 1906-1931

Box 37 Folder 7 Hospitality and Meetings, 1915-1918

Box 37 Folder 8 Istanbul Woman's College, 1935

Box 37 Folder 9 to 10 Medical Education and the American Hospital, 1905- 1931, (2 folders)


Box 38 Folder 1 School of Education, 1924-1927

Box 38 Folder 2 Visit, 1924

Box 38 Folder 3 Correspondence, 1930-1936

Box 38 Folder 4 Lausanne Treaty, 1925-1927

Box 38 Folder 5 Near East College Association, Inc., 1912- 1936

Relief

Box 38 Folder 6 General, 1916- 1936

Box 38 Folder 7 to 9 Committee Reports, 1926-1927, (3 folders)


Box 39 Folder 1 to 2 Committee Reports, 1927, (2 folders)

Box 39 Folder 3 Trustees' Annual Report, 1928

Peace

Box 39 Folder 4 to 6 General, 1906- 1935, (3 folders)


Box 40 Folder 1 Church Peace Union, 1914-1935

Box 40 Folder 2 Mexico--Relations and Scholarship Program, 1923- 1926

Box 40 Folder 3 to 4 World Peace Foundation, 1911-1925, 1935- 1936, 1911-1925, 1935- 1936, (2 folders)

Box 40 Folder 5 to 6 The Phillips Exeter Academy, 1902-1936, (2 folders)

Box 40 Folder 7 to 11 Union Theological Seminary, 1912-1936, (5 folders)

Series V: Writings and Lectures, circa, 1850- 1947

This series comprises notes, correspondence, and drafts relating to Plimpton's writings and lectures. Because subheadings and folder names were arranged alphabetically both in the previous "Subject File" and in the current arrangement, many folders retain their original order. Yet the introduction of several new subheadings has reordered several folders, and the discovery of loose notes and drafts required the creation of several new folders. The series includes Plimpton's correspondence and clippings regarding books that he either authored or supported, notes and drafts both of those writings and others, as well as lecture manuscripts and announcements.

Correspondence


Box 41 Folder 1 General, 1909- 1947

Box 41 Folder 2 Commonwealth History of Massachusetts, 1927- 1928

Box 41 Folder 3 to 4 The Education of Chaucer, 1934-1936, (2 folders)

Box 41 Folder 5 The Education of Shakespeare, 1930- 1935

Box 41 Folder 6 The History of Elementary Mathematics in the Plimpton Library, 1910-1931

Box 41 Folder 7 Book: Rara Arithmetica , 1908-1922

Lectures

Box 41 Folder 8 Announcements, Invitations, and Clippings, 1929-1939


Box 42 Folder 1 Clippings, 1909- 1935

Box 42 Folder 2 Plimpton's Books, 1902- 1936

Box 42 Folder 3 Manuscripts of Lectures, 1925-1926, 1931, 1925-1926, 1931

Box 42 Folder 4 "A Talk on Education Before the Invention of Printing,", undated


Box 52 Folder 25 UCLA--"The Evolution of the Schoolbook"--Poster, 1927

Notes and Drafts


Box 42 Folder 5 Autobiography and Family History, undated

Box 42 Folder 6 Education, undated

Box 42 Folder 7 Education of Chaucer, Dante, and Shakespeare, undated

Box 42 Folder 8 Education of Women, undated

Box 42 Folder 9 "Farming in the South,", undated

Box 42 Folder 10 Notebook--History of Political Science, 1875

Box 42 Folder 11 "A Remarkable Exhibit of Scientific Manuscripts from the Library of George A. Plimpton,", undated

Box 42 Folder 12 Slavery Diary, undated

Box 42 Folder 13 Smith, David Eugene, undated

Pamphlets and Printed Material--Colonial History


Box 43 Folder 1 French and Indian War, 1877-1901

Box 43 Folder 2 New England Indians, [1850]-1896

Series VI: Collecting, 1693-1956

This series includes not only extensive correspondence related to Plimpton's collecting of rare books, manuscripts, and artifacts but also examples of the items he collected. The majority of the general correspondence retains the original folder names and general arrangement.

The remainder of the series contains several caches of material described only summarily by previous staff. One cache centers on penmanship and orthography, including handwriting samples, handwriting exercises, and an account book and general correspondence related to Alfred Manson, a Boston-based publisher of books on writing. Another cache of materials, dating from 1650-1869, centers on the American slave trade, including correspondence, documents, broadsides, pamphlets, and a slaveholder's account book.

The series also includes a cache of documents related to Plimpton's collection of Western medieval manuscripts. These documents include Samuel A. Ive's detailed notes on many of the manuscripts in Plimpton's collection as well as correspondence and proof sheets related to De Ricci and Wilson's Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (1935-1937).

General


Box 44 Folder 1 Bookplates, undated

Box 44 Folder 2 to 3 Collection Descriptions and Notes, undated, (2 folders)

Box 44 Folder 4 Correspondence--Carpentier, Horace Walpole, 1902- 1936

Box 44 Folder 5 to 9 Correspondence, 1898-1935, (5 folders)


Box 45 Folder 1 to 3 Correspondence, 1935-1936, (3 folders)

Dealers--Correspondence

Box 45 Folder 4 to 10 A-N, 1901- 1934, (7 folders)


Box 46 Folder 1 Maggs Brothers--London, 1910-1934

Box 46 Folder 2 Medieval Manuscripts, 1905-1934

Box 46 Folder 3 to 4 O-Q, 1904-1934, (2 Folders)

Box 46 Folder 5 Quaritch, Bernard, 1901-1933

Box 46 Folder 6 R-S, 1910-1932

Box 46 Folder 7 Ricketts, C. Lindsay, 1911-1936

Box 46 Folder 8 Rosenthal, 1902-1933

Box 46 Folder 9 T-V, 1906-1934

Box 46 Folder 10 Voynich, Wilfred M., 1902-1930

Box 46 Folder 11 W, 1902-1930

Box 46 Folder 12 Exhibits, 1911-1936


Box 47 Folder 1 Exhibits, 1911-1936

Box 47 Folder 2 Plimpton Library, 1917-1938, undated, 1917-1938, undated

Box 47 Folder 3 Plimpton Library--Clippings, 1910-1923, undated, 1910-1923, undated

Box 47 Folder 4 Plimpton Library-- Requests to Visit and Talks, 1908-1936

Box 47 Folder 5 TO 6 Portraits, 1901-1956, (2 Folders)

Box 47 Folder 7 Portraits--Catalogues, 1905-1936


Box 48 Folder 1 Scrapbook--Mathematical Specimens, 1903

Box 48 Folder 2 Wellesley College, 1892- 1935

Penmanship, Calligraphy, and Orthography


Box 49 American Manuscript Specimens of Handwriting, [1860]-1875

Alfred Manson


Box 50 Account Book--Penmanship Samples, undated, 1873


Box 48 Folder 3 Forms Sent to Manson, 1887 -1888

Box 48 Folder 4 General Correspondence, 1872-1903

Box 48 Folder 5 National System of Penmanship --Working Copy--Payson, Dunton & Scribner,, 1879-1881

Box 48 Folder 6 Scribner, W. M., 1887- 1888


Box 51 Folder 1 Tracings, undated


Mapcase 14-H-6 Oversize, 1800- 1978

Mapcase 14-H-6 Oversize, Undated

Slavery


Box 51 Folder 2 Voyage of Judith Snow and Transcriptions, undated, 1906, undated, 1906


Box 52 Folder 1 Account Book--Oak Lawn Plantation, 1851- 1856

Box 52 Folder 2 Accounts--Slave Trading Ships, 1693- 1773

Box 52 Folder 3 Burritt, Elihu, undated, 1843, 1854, undated, 1843, 1854

Box 52 Folder 4 "Committee for the Address of Women of Great Britain and Ireland on Slavery in the United States," 1751-1776, 1852, 1751-1776, 1852

Box 52 Folder 5 Egyptian Papyrus--Photograph, 1930

Box 52 Folder 6 Lithograph--Cotton Plantation, undated

Box 52 Folder 7 Ordinance of Secession of the State of Alabama, 1861, facsimile


Box 58 Folder 1 John Johnston, Journal of an African Slaver, 1789-1792, facsimile edition published by the American Antiquarian Society, 1930

Box 58 Folder 2 John Johnston, Account book of slave trading expedition, 1791-1792

Facsimile edition published by the American Antiquarian Society in 1930, with an introduction by Plimpton: The Journal of an African slaver, 1789-1792

Printed Material


Box 52 Folder 8 Anti-Slavery, undated, 1860-1863, undated, 1860-1863

Box 52 Folder 9 Broadsides, 1728, 1769- 1773, 1728, 1769- 1773

Box 52 Folder 10 Pamphlets, 1789-1925

General Documents

Box 52 Folder 11 1678- 1697

Box 52 Folder 12 1728-1759

Box 52 Folder 13 1760-1769

Box 52 Folder 14 1770-1779

Box 52 Folder 15 1780-1789

Box 52 Folder 16 1790-1799

Box 52 Folder 17 1800-1809

Box 52 Folder 18 1810-1821

Box 52 Folder 19 1819-1829

Box 52 Folder 20 1830-1839

Box 52 Folder 21 1840-1849

Box 52 Folder 22 1850-1859

Box 52 Folder 23 1860-1869

Box 52 Folder 24 Undated


Mapcase 14-H-7 Oversize, Undated

Mapcase 14-H-7 Oversize--Broadside, 1950

Western Medieval Manuscripts


Box 51 Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada De Ricci and Wilson's,, 1935-1937

Box 51 Folder 3 Notes, undated, 1948, undated, 1948

Box 51 Folder 4 Proof Sheets--Plimpton Library, undated

Box 51 Folder 5 to 6 Revision Instructions, 1949, (2 folders)

Samuel A. Ives' Notes

Box 51 Folder 7 to 8 Ms. 58--Includes Transcription, undated, (2 folders)


Box 53 Ms. 2, 3, 17, 43, 47, 52, 58, 60, 63, 95, 98, 100, 101, 116, 119

Series VII: Collecting--Catalogued, 1634-1920


Box 56

Autographs of Presidents

Box 56 Folder 1 Buchanan, James, 1830, 1867, 1830, 1867

Box 56 Folder 2 Fillmore, Millard, 1850

Box 56 Folder 3 Garfield, James, 1871

Box 56 Folder 4 to 5 Grant, Ulysses, 1865, 1867, 1865, 1867, (2 Folders)

Box 56 Folder 6 Hayes, Rutherford B., 1869

Box 56 Folder 7 Jackson, Andrew, 1826

Box 56 Folder 8 Jefferson, Thomas, 1805

Box 56 Folder 9 Johnson, Andrew, 1862

Box 56 Folder 10 TO 11 Lincoln, Abraham, 1824, 1864, 1824, 1864, (2 Folders)

Box 56 Folder 12 McKinley, William, 1895

Box 56 Folder 13 Monroe, James, 1812

Box 56 Folder 14 Pierce, Franklin, 1854

Box 56 Folder 15 Polk, James, 1848

Box 56 Folder 16 Tyler, John, 1834

Box 56 Folder 17 Washington, George, 1769


Box 57

Historical Figures

Box 57 Folder 1 Index of Historical Figures, Undated

Box 57 Folder 2 Arnold-Dewey, 1634-1920, Undated, 1634-1920, Undated

Box 57 Folder 3 Dodsley-Haslewood, 1664-1903, Undated, 1664-1903, Undated

Box 57 Folder 4 Henry-Pike, 1740-1910, Undated, 1740-1910, Undated

Box 57 Folder 5 Ray-Wordsworth, 1732-1903, Undated, 1732-1903, Undated

Box 57 Folder 6 General, 1869, Undated, 1869, Undated

Box 57 Folder 7 General-- Russell Hastings--Autobiography and Genealogy, 1900


Folder 8 General-- Mary Jackson--Autograph Album of Verses, 1830-1838