COLLECTION GUIDES

1721-1938

Guide to the Collection

Restrictions on Access

The original autographs in this collection have been removed to Special Collections. Photocopies are available for use by researchers.


Collection Summary

Abstract

This collection consists of autographs collected primarily by William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr., and includes autographs of British and American statesmen, literary figures, and artists.

Collection Description

This autograph collection was compiled primarily by William Crowninshield Endicott, Jr. and includes autographs of British and American statesmen, literary figures, and artists. Among the individuals represented are Henry Adams, Neville Chamberlain, Grover Cleveland, Richard Henry Dana, Charles W. Eliot, Horace Gray, Henry Cabot Lodge, Richard Olney, Francis Parkman, John Singer Sargent, Benjamin F. Thomas, Frederic Tudor, and many others. Many of the letters were written to Joseph Chamberlain, William C. Endicott, Sr., and William C. Endicott, Jr. The collection also contains a small number of photocopies of autographs, the originals of which are not included.

Acquisition Information

This collection was removed from the Endicott family papers. The Endicott family papers were a gift of William C. Endicott, Jr., 1916, 1922; Louise T. Endicott, 1940; and Benjamin W. Thoron and Walter M. Whitehill, 1958, 1981.

Restrictions on Access

The original autographs in this collection have been removed to Special Collections. Photocopies are available for use by researchers.

Detailed Description of the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Endicott family autograph collection, 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:

Adams, Henry, 1838-1918.
Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914.
Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940.
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.
Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882.
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926.
Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1826-1900.
Endicott, William Crowninshield, 1860-1936.
Gray, Horace, 1828-1902.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924.
Olney, Richard, 1835-1917.
Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.
Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925.
Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, 1813-1878.
Tudor, Frederic, 1783-1864.

Subjects:

Authors, American--Autographs.
Autographs--Collections.
Statesmen--Great Britain--Autographs.
Statesmen--United States--Autographs.

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