James Morgan Hart papers
Scope and content
Dates
- 1856-1916.
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
7 cubic feet. (7 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Includes letters from scholars relating to the study of languages and literature, particularly Old English, Celtic, and German, and to scholarly language journals and associations; from educators relating to university patterns and policies at Cornell; from editors concerning Hart's publications; from Mrs. Bayard Taylor regarding her husband's papers; autographed letters from Louisa May Alcott, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Hamilton Fish, Henry James, Henry W. Longfellow, Lord Russell, and others addressed to Hart's father, John Seeley Hart; notes on German and English literature; photograph albums of family and friends; scrapbook of Hart's letters to newspapers; typescript copies of letters of Will Doherty relating to entomological collecting trips in Asia, Africa, and Europe; letters from Hart to his parents commenting on his student days at Princeton and Göttingen, his life as a law clerk in New York City, and his experiences as an instructor at Cornell and in subsequent teaching posts; and letters from T.F. Crane commenting on affairs at Cornell University.
Physical Description
Correspondence, notes, photograph albums, and a scrapbook.
- Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902.
- Africa -- Description and travel.
- Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
- Allen, F. D. (Frederic De Forest), 1844-1897.
- Asia -- Description and travel.
- Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889.
- Buchheim, C. A. (Carl Adolf), 1828-1900.
- College teachers
- Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927.
- Cooper, Lane, 1875-1959.
- Cornell University -- : Faculty.
- Corson, Hiram, 1828-1911.
- Crane, Thomas Frederick, 1844-1927.
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882.
- Doherty, Will.
- Eggers, E. A.
- Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926.
- English literature.
- Entomology.
- Europe -- Description and travel.
- Faust, Albert Bernhardt, 1870-1951.
- Fish, Hamilton, 1888-
- German literature.
- Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924.
- Hart, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1838-1916.
- Hart, John Seeley, 1810-1877.
- James, Henry, 1843-1916.
- Karsten, Gustaf E., 1859-1908.
- Languages -- Study and teaching.
- Literature -- Study and teaching.
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
- Modern language notes.
- Philologists.
- Philology.
- Photographs.
- Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878.
- Sheldon, E. S. (Edward Stevens), 1851-1925.
- Smyth, Albert H., 1863-1907.
- Stoddard, Francis Hovey, 1847-1936.
- Taylor, Bayard, Mrs.
- Titchener, Edward Bradford, 1867-1927.
- Tupper, Frederick, 1871-1950.
- Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
- Wheeler, Albert S.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by K. Jacklin, T. Cuthbertson, N. Dean
- Date
- November 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
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