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
This collection consists of the 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 included is 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 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
Box 1
Card file, BR, "Bibliography & search"
NOTE: These materials (originally housed in Carton 5) have been rehoused in three card file boxes and are stored onsite at Ms. N-2392.Box 1
Card file, BR, "Correspondents & Letters about BR"
NOTE: These materials (originally housed in Carton 5) have been rehoused in three card file boxes and are stored onsite at Ms. N-2392.Box 2
Card file, BR, "Chronology, &c."
NOTE: These materials (originally housed in Carton 5) have been rehoused in three card file boxes and are stored onsite at Ms. N-2392.Box 3
Card file, BR, "Letters"
NOTE: These materials (originally housed in Carton 5) have been rehoused in three card file boxes and are stored onsite at Ms. N-2392.
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, Mar. 1964-Sep. 1965
Carton 8
NHPC, Lyman H. Butterfield's files as grant reviewer, Dec. 1965-May 1967
Carton 8
NHPC, Lyman H. Butterfield's files as grant reviewer, Aug. 1967-Nov. 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, Sep. 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, ca. 1981
Gordon Keepsake (publication in honor of Phyllis Goodhart Gordon), 1972
Carton 13
General correspondence, Aug. 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 Jan. 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, Oct. 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.-Sep. 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 ca. 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 Native Americans, 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 Oct. 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 Feb. 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
Historical editing (one paper by Butterfield, also articles by others)
Carton 28
LHB's MHS paper, 22 Jan. 1965
Carton 28
Notes and pamphlets on historical editing
Carton 28
"Orwellism"
Carton 28
Attacks and answers on documentary editions
Carton 28
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, Apr. 1964
Carton 29
Dvoichenko-Markov pamphlets
Harvard University Press, publications and catalogs (information files)
Carton 29
Announcements
Carton 29
Browser
Carton 29
Belknap Press
Carton 29
John Harvard Library
Forgeries, Questioned Documents
Carton 29
General and bibliographical
Carton 29
Miscellaneous forgeries, A-Z
Carton 29
Buell's fraudulent biographies
Carton 29
Horn Papers
Carton 29
McGraw Hill cases, 1972
Carton 29
Protocols of Zion
Carton 29
Vinland map and Vikings in America
Carton 29
Wise, T. J.
Carton 30
Printed materials written or edited by Lyman H. Butterfield, undated, 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-1890s
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
Box 1
Transcripts of tapes sent by Fox Butterfield to his family while living in Taiwan during his Fulbright fellowship, 1961-1962
Box 1
LHB writings and correspondence on documentary editing, ca. 1965-1972
Oversize materials
OS Box 1
Newspaper, 1851
OS Box 1
Photographs, Minot's light
OS Box 1
Degrees and certificates, 1926-1975
OS Box 1
Facsimile maps
OS Box 1
Broadsides and advertisements: Research notes
OS Box 1
Broadsides and advertisements: B. Rush, Belknap and Coombe photostats, obituaries, newspaper contributions
OS Box 1
Broadsides and advertisements: 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.