1942-1980
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Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of Lyman H. Butterfield, long-time editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Papers given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Lyman H. Butterfield bequest, 1982.
Restrictions on Access
The bulk of the Lyman H. Butterfield papers is stored offsite and must be requested at least two business days in advance via Portal1791. Researchers needing more than six items from offsite storage should provide additional advance notice. If you have questions about requesting materials from offsite storage, please contact the reference desk at 617-646-0532 or reference@masshist.org.
Note: This collection is UNPROCESSED and closed to researchers pending processing.
Collection Description
Papers of Lyman H. Butterfield, long-time editor at the Massachusetts Historical Society. The collection includes notes and files relating to his historical editing project on the correspondence of Benjamin Rush and other research subjects. Also includes correspondence regarding his professional activities and interactions with other editors. Materials in the collection document his participation in the National Historical Publications Commission and other organizations promoting the preservation and use of historical documentary sources. (Note, Butterfield's files relating to his work as the first Editor-in-Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society are not yet part of this collection and remain in the editorial offices of the Adams Papers.)
Summary Description of the Collection
The contents listed below are based on Lyman H. Butterfield's box and folder labels.
Benjamin Rush book project.
Carton 1
Chapter notes, notes, letters essays.
Carton 2
Essays, letters.
Carton 3
Fiscal and administrative records, letters (some regarding
publication matters).
Carton 4
Card file, BR (Benjamin Rush) writings alphabetically
chronologically.
Carton 4
BR microfilm copies of materials from various
libraries.Card files
NOTE: These materials (originally housed in Carton 5) have been rehoused in three card file boxes and are stored onsite at Ms. N-2392.
Card file, BR, "Bibliography & search."
Card file, BR, "Letters."
Card file, BR, "Correspondents & Letters about BR."
Card file, BR, "Chronology, &c."
Carton 6
Notes, reviews, calendar of Rush letters.
Carton 6
William Cooper, notes.
Carton 6
Worthington C. Ford, correspondence and notes.NHPC (National Historical Publications Commission).
Carton 7
Materials for article.
Carton 7
Pre-history.
Carton 7
Federal records act of 1950.
Carton 7
Reports,
1951-1960.
Carton 7
Hearing,
1957.
Carton 7
Hamer Guide, plans.
Carton 7
Report,
1963.
Carton 7
Correspondence and drafts,
1962.
Carton 7
Ford Foundation appeal,
1963-1964.
Carton 7
H.R. 6237,
1963-1964.
Carton 7
NHPC,
1966-1976.
Carton 8
NHPC, Lyman H. Butterfield's files as grant reviewer,
March 1964-September 1965 .
Carton 8
NHPC, Lyman H. Butterfield's files as grant reviewer,
December 1965-May 1967.
Carton 8
NHPC, Lyman H. Butterfield's files as grant reviewer,
August 1967-November 1968.
Carton 9
Notes on "Operation Stagecoach," (project in honor of O. W. Holmes).
Carton 9
Summary notes about NHPC projects,
1969-1972.
Carton 9
Correspondence relating to "Operation Stagecoach."
Carton 9
Schlesinger Library and NHPC (National Historical Publications
Commission) Advisory Committee.
Carton 10
Guggenheim Fellowship, financial records,
1958-1969.
Carton 10
Phi Beta Kappa Book Prize, committee correspondence,
1960-1965.
Carton 10
Pulitzer History Prize Jury, correspondence,
1966-1969.
Carton 10
Congresses: Glades Congress,
1958,
1960.
Carton 10
Congresses: North Andover,
1961.
Carton 10
Congresses: Biddeford Pool and other congresses.
Carton 10
Imprint Society, correspondence and reports,
1968-1972.
Carton 11
Library of Congress (LC): Lyman H. Butterfield's article on LC,
Library Journal,
Dec. 1965 .
Carton 11
Library of Congress (LC): Status,
1962.
Carton 11
Library of Congress (LC): Liaison Committee.
Carton 11
National Union Catalog, Publication.
Carton 11
Bicentennial Symposium,
1974.
Carton 11
Presidents and repositories for presidential papers: Newspaper
clippings about 20th century presidents' papers.
Carton 11
Presidents and repositories for presidential papers: SAA (Society of
American Archivists) /AHA (American Historical Association) newsletters
relating to the topic.
Carton 11
Presidents: Presidency in general.Presidents.
Carton 11
As readers and writers generally; titles, plans, &c.
Carton 11
Notes on individual presidents.
Carton 11
Washington to Wilson.
Carton 11
Harding.
Carton 11
Coolidge.
Carton 11
Hoover.
Carton 12
Roosevelt, F. D.
Carton 12
Eisenhower.
Carton 12
Kennedy.
Carton 12
Johnson.
Carton 12
Ford.Presidential libraries, &c.
Carton 12
Public papers.
Carton 12
Presidential libraries, &c.: Weekly
Compilation.
Carton 12
Library of Congress Presidential papers, microforms.
Carton 12
"New York Library of Presidential Documents."
Carton 12
Presidential Libraries, Act of 1955.
Carton 12
Hoover Library.
Carton 12
FDR Library.
Carton 12
Eisenhower Library.
Carton 12
Kennedy Library.
Carton 12
L. B. Johnson Library.
Carton 12
Harry S. Truman, Truman Library & Institute,
1955.
Carton 12
Richard M. Nixon, Presidency in general: Watergate.
Carton 12
Richard M. Nixon, Presidency in general: Watergate
bibliography.
Carton 12
Richard M. Nixon, Presidency in general: Elizabeth Drew Articles,
1973-1974.
Carton 12
Richard M. Nixon, Presidency in general: Schell articles,
1975.
Carton 12
Richard M. Nixon, Presidency in general: Impeachment,
1974.
Carton 12
Richard M. Nixon, Presidency in general: Pardon,
Sept. 1974.
Carton 12
Nixon Library; papers and tapes Todd article in BSA, Papers,
1974.Presidential papers ownership question, 1974.
Carton 13
Correspondence.
Carton 13
Nixon papers and tapes, agreements, litigation.
Carton 13
American Assembly report,
1975.
Carton 13
P. L. 93-526 (19 Dec. 1974), Presidential
recordings and public documents commission, (Brademas).
Carton 13
Richey decision,
Jan. 1975.
Carton 13
Nixon deposition and affidavit,
July 1975.
Carton 13
Nixon vs. GSA (General Services Administration), Docket and
department's brief,
1975 (no. 74-1852).
Carton 13
National Union Catalog of Manuscripts (NUCMC),
1965-1972.
Carton 13
Notes on Julian Boyd, circa 1981.Gordon Keepsake (publication in honor of Phyllis Goodhart Gordon), 1972
Carton 13
General correspondence,
August 1972 .
Carton 13
Correspondence regarding contributions.
Carton 13
Preliminary list of potential donors, and final list of actual
donors.
Carton 13
Typescript, galleys, page proofs, &c.Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 1969.
Carton 14
Correspondence.
Carton 14
Microform project report,
July 1969.
Carton 14
Micronomics project.
Carton 14
Meeting of
7-8 January 1969 and questionnaire.
Carton 14
Civil Liberties Union,
1959-1964.
Carton 14
First Federal Congress,
1966-1972.
Carton 14
Frick-Stevens Case,
1966-1967.
Carton 15
ACLS (American Council of Learned Societies) Committee on Research
Libraries,
1966-1967.
Carton 15
Report of the National Advisory Commission on Libraries,
1968.Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1951-1954.
Carton 15
Reports to council.
Carton 15
Minutes of council meetings.
Carton 15
Newsletter.
Carton 15
Staff meetings.
Carton 15
Survey,
1954.
Carton 15
Institute talk.
Carton 15
NARS (National Archives and Records Service) and GSA (General
Services Administration) ("Operation Bear Lake"),
1964-1975.
Carton 16
Courses of Instruction at Harvard, Franklin & Marshall, William
& Mary: English and American Literature.
Carton 16
Courses of Instruction at Harvard, Franklin & Marshall, William
& Mary: American History.
Carton 16
Independence (National Park Service
orientation film),
1974-1975: Correspondence.
Carton 16
Independence (National Park Service
orientation film),
1974-1975: Scripts.
Carton 16
Independence (National Park Service
orientation film),
1974-1975: Log and financial record.
Carton 16
International Council on Archives, Washington, Address, "The
Scholar's One World, " 1966.
Carton 16
Loewenheim Protest.
Carton 16
NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities).
Carton 17
Papers of Thomas Jefferson,
1947-1956: Directives.
Carton 17
Papers of Thomas Jefferson,
1947-1956: Reviews.
Carton 17
Papers of Thomas Jefferson,
1947-1956: Notes.
Carton 17
Seminar materials, about manuscript sources.
Carton 17
Vietnam and related matters,
1967-1974.
Carton 17
White House Fine Arts Committee,
1961-1965.
Carton 17
White House library,
October 1961-May 1961.
Carton 18
White House library list,
1963.Notes on American Antiquarians and Editors.
Carton 18
General, A-Z.
Carton 18
Bentley, William.
Carton 18
Carter, C.E..
Carton 18
Draper, Lyman C.
Carton 18
Du Simitiere, P. E.
Carton 18
Farrand, May.
Carton 18
Force, Peter.
Carton 18
Ford, P. L.
Carton 18
Ford, W. C.
Carton 18
Hazard, Eben.
Carton 18
Jameson, J. F.
Carton 18
Leland, W. G.
Carton 18
Lossing, B.
Carton 18
Harris, C. Fiske.
Carton 18
Pennypacker, S. W.
Carton 18
Pintard, John.
Carton 18
Plumer, Wm.
Carton 18
Prince, Thomas.
Carton 18
Sibley, John L.
Carton 18
Sparks, Jared.
Carton 18
Sprague, Wm. B.
Carton 18
Stevens, B. F. & H.
Carton 18
Toner, J. M.
Carton 18
Warden, D. B.
Carton 18
Watson, J. F.
Carton 18
Winsor, Justin.
Carton 18
Boyd, "Some Fruits,"
1964 (correspondence regarding celebration in honor of
Boyd, and Boyd writings).
Carton 18
Boyd, Julian, writings and speeches.
Carton 19
Declaration of Independence, notes.
Carton 19
European Newspapers.
Carton 19
European Trip,
Aug. - September 1963.
Carton 19
"Hail Columbia," draft and notes.Lewis & Clark.
Carton 19
Clark's field notes.
Carton 19
Discovery and litigation.
Carton 19
Lyman H. Butterfield's review.
Carton 19
Waite's edition and JPB's article.WPA (Works Progress Administration)/HRS (Historical Records Survey).
Carton 19
Notes.
Carton 19
Clippings.
Carton 19
Pamphlets.
Carton 19
Bibliographies.
Carton 19
Lyman H. Butterfield assorted research notes.
Carton 20
Almon, John, notes
circa 1943-1944.Research notes, various subjects, 1950-1980.
Carton 20
Howlers, [class notes].
Carton 20
Essays and notes on Benjamin Franklin.
Carton 20
P.J. Conkwright, correspondence and examples of his work, many
inscribed to the Butterfields.
Carton 20
Commas.
Carton 20
The LHB fund, correspondence regarding the fund.
Carton 20
Research notes on Samuel Johnson and Boswell.
Carton 20
Recommended reading lists for the Bear Lake Congress
representatives.
Carton 20
Emily Morrison Beck's article in The Boston
Globe Magazine (12/16/60) about her edition of
Barlett's Quotations.
Carton 20
Multiple lists of "buzz words."
Carton 20
Harvard Magazine article.
Carton 20
Hugo Memorial (planning and actual event).
Carton 20
Huntington Library, correspondence regarding LHB's job at Adams
Papers.
Carton 20
Jefferson notes and talks.
Carton 20
Jeffersonian Principles, lecture notes.
Carton 20
Thomas Jefferson and the Indians, notes.
Carton 20
"Thomas Jefferson the Statesman as Scholar," address of Butterfield
to Phi Beta Kappa at Hopkins.
Carton 20
Notes on relationship between John Quincy Adams and Thomas
Jefferson.Research notes, 1954-1966.
Carton 20
Miller, Samuel.
Carton 20
Macaulay, Catherine.
Carton 20
Logan-Cresad.
Carton 20
Jameson, J. F.
Carton 20
Correspondence with University of Texas.Writings and project files, 1942-1951.
Carton 21
Tickell, anticipation.
Carton 21
Hessian handbills,
1950.
Carton 21
B. Franklin's Epitaph,
1950.
Carton 21
General Washington's Sewing Circle,
1951. Writings and project files, 1951-1953.
Carton 21
Tools of the Trade (1951).
Carton 21
F&M Commencement Address,
1952.
Carton 21
Jubilee of Independence,
1953.
Carton 21
John Witherspoon comes to America,
1953.
Carton 21
Elder John Leland, presented at AAS
October 1952, published in
1953. Miscellaneous writings and project files, 1960-1964 .
Carton 22
Very, Jones, in MHS Miscellany,
1960.
Carton 22
Smith, William, Diary, review in WMQ and notes,
1964.
Carton 22
Posner, State Archives, review in
American Archivist,
1965.
Carton 22
JA to N. Niles,
13 February 1818, Boorstin, ed. Living Documents, University of Chicago Press.
Carton 22
Report on A. Heimert's Awakening to Revolution,
1964.
Carton 22
Windolph, F. L., Selected Essays, introduction.
Carton 22
Smithsonian bequest, JQA, The Great Design:
Two Lectures, ed. by Washburn.
Carton 22
Paul L. Ford, Dubois study, Butterfield's introduction.
Carton 22
Revolutionary figures, notes.
Carton 22
Thomas Jefferson.
Carton 22
Lafayette.
Carton 22
Benjamin Rush.
Carton 22
Correspondence, personal, Mary Jo Kline.
Carton 22
Massachusetts State Constitution, notes.
Carton 23
Lyman H. Butterfield's farewell party at Princeton,
1951.
Carton 23
Snapshots,
1954.
Carton 23
Lyman H. Butterfield scrapbook containing book reviews (written by
Butterfield).
Carton 23
Publications summarizing LHB's (Lyman H. Butterfield's) career (on
his retirement),
1975.
Carton 23
Retirement activities.
Carton 23
List of books Butterfield gave to Massachusetts Historical
Society.
Carton 23
Eaton, C. S., correspondence,
1954-1963.
Carton 24
Correspondence, A - F,
1967-1976.
Carton 25
Correspondence, G - National Park Service,
1955-1975.
Carton 26
Correspondence, New England Bibliography - Z,
1962- 1976.
Carton 27
Massachusetts Historical Society, Butterfield's committee meeting
minutes and notes from search committees.
Carton 27
Speeches, lectures, and talks,
1953-1961.
Carton 27
Speeches, lectures, and talks,
1954-1962.
Carton 28
Microfilm publications, reports.
Carton 28
Historical editing, articles by others.
Carton 28
Historical editing (one paper by Butterfield, also articles by
others).LHB's MHS paper, 22 January 1965.
Notes and pamphlets on historical editing.
"Orwellism."
Attacks and answers on documentary editions.
Copyright, publications and notes (information files).
Carton 28
Restorations, publications and notes (information
files).
Carton 29
Book and paper preservation, publications (information
files).
Carton 29
"Books, libraries, and eyeglasses," by Robert T. Jordan,
Book News, vol. 18, no. 8,
April 1964.
Carton 29
Dvoichenko-Markov pamphlets.
Carton 29
Harvard University Press, publications and catalogs (information
files).Announcements.
Browser.
Belknap Press.
John Harvard Library.
Carton 29
Forgeries, Questioned Documents.General and bibliographical.
Miscellaneous forgeries, A-Z.
Buell's fraudulent biographies.
Horn Papers.
McGraw Hill cases, 1972.
Protocols of Zion.
Vinland map and Vikings in America.
Wise, T. J.
Carton 30
Printed materials written or edited by Lyman H. Butterfield, n.d.,
1942-1951.
Carton 31
Printed materials written or edited by Lyman H. Butterfield,
1952-1964.
Carton 32
Printed materials written or edited by Lyman H. Butterfield,
1965-1979.
Carton 32
Printed materials (not written by Butterfield).
Carton 33
Printed materials (not written by Butterfield).
Carton 34
Printed materials (not written by Butterfield).
Carton 35
Printed materials (not written by Butterfield).
Carton 36
Printed materials (not written by Butterfield).
Carton 37
Old South Church research notes,
1950-1962; Old South Church scrapbooks,
ca. 1870s-90s.Council on Library Resources Papers, 1955-1976.
Carton 38
Organization,
1955.
Carton 38
Correspondence,
1956-1964.
Carton 38
Future Program,
1965-1966.
Carton 38
Correspondence,
1965-1966.
Carton 38
Meetings, newsletters, etc.,
1956-Nov. 1959.
Carton 39
Meetings, newsletters, etc.,
Dec. 1959-July 1962.
Carton 40
Meetings, newsletters, etc.,
Aug. 1962-Mar. 1966.
Carton 41
Meetings, newsletters, etc.,
Apr. 1966-1969.
Carton 41
"Tribute to Verner Clapp,"
8 Dec. 1967.
Carton 42
Meetings, newsletters, etc.,
1970-July 1973.
Carton 43
Meetings, newsletters, etc.,
Oct. 1973-May 1976.Additions:
Carton 44
Lyman Buttlerfield correspondence with Julian Boyd.
Carton 44
Lyman Buttlerfield's speeches on the Adamses,
1963-1975 (copies).
Carton 45
Lyman Buttlerfield assorted correspondence regarding the
Adamses.
Carton 45
Lyman Buttlerfield journals from trips abroad regarding the
Adamses.
Carton 45
Lyman Buttlerfield correspondence with Rudolph Ruzicka,
1961-1965.
Carton 46
Misc. correspondence,
1971-1976.
Carton 46
American Antiquarian Society,
1970-1975.
Carton 46
American Antiquarian Society, Publications Committee,
1971-1974 .
Carton 46
Boston Public Library,
1970-1975.
Carton 46
Index to MSS of Prominent Americans (Helen Cripe),
1972-1975.
Carton 46
Institute of Early American History and Culture,
1969-1975.Oversize materials.
OS Box 1
Newspaper,
1851.
OS Box 1
Photographs, Minot's light.
OS Box 1
Degrees and certificates,
1926-1972.
OS Box 1
Facsimile maps.Broadsides and advertisements.
OS Box 1
Research notes.
OS Box 1
B. Rush, Belknap and Coombe photostats, obituaries, newspaper
contributions.
OS Box 1
Milliner's mission photostats.
OS Box 2
Maps and plans (including plans of "Old House," Quincy, and
photostats of map of south shore of Massachusetts).
OS Box 2
Nautical charts of Boston Harbor.
OS Box 2
Map, "Stranger's Guide to Washington, D.C. as Mr. Lincoln Knew
It."
OS Box 2
Checkbook registers listing professional expenses and purchases of
books,
1957,
1962-1965,
1968-1974.Preferred Citation
Lyman H. Butterfield papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.
Persons:
Clapp, Verner W. (Verner Warren), 1901-1972.
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
Organizations:
Council on Library Resources.
Massachusetts Historical Society.
United States. National Historical Publications
Commission.
Subjects:
Editors.
History publishing.
History--Research.
History--Sources.