James Morgan Hart papers
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.
Dates
- 1856-1916.
Creator
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
7 cubic feet. (7 cubic feet.)
Physical Description
Correspondence, notes, photograph albums, and a scrapbook.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- K. Jacklin, T. Cuthbertson, N. Dean
- Date completed:
- August 1990
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, November 2002
- 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.
- 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)
rareref@cornell.edu