1868-1933; bulk: 1898-1933
Guide to the Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of letters received by Edith Prescott Wolcott and retained by her for their autograph value.
Biographical Sketch
Edith Prescott Wolcott was the wife of Gov. Roger Wolcott of Boston, Mass.
Collection Description
This collection consists of letters received by Edith Prescott Wolcott and retained by her for their autograph value. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, Winston Churchill, Grace Coolidge, Margaret Deland, Charles W. Eliot, Edward E. Hale, Frank Harper, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry James, Alfred T. Mahan, Alfred Noyes, James F. Rhodes, Theodore Roosevelt, George Ticknor, Edith Wharton, and Owen Wister. Letters pertain to social and political events and the women's suffrage movement. Also included is a letter written by Edward E. Hale to Roger Wolcott, 1901; receipts from Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1902; and a letter from George Ticknor to Edward Kenyon, 1868.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Charles F. Adams
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, South Lincoln, 2 Nov. 1899
Louis D. Brandeis
Letter to Mr. Roger Wolcott, Boston, 12 May 1897
Winston Churchill
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Boston, 24 Mar. 1904
Grace Coolidge
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Washington, D.C., 1 Apr. 1924
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, 23 Jan. 1933
Margaret Deland
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, undated
Charles W. Eliot
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, North-East Harbor, 8 Sep. 1898
Edward E. Hale
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Matunuck, R.I., 9 July 1902
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 4 Mar. 1899
Letter to Governor Wolcott, 4 Jan. 1901
Frank Harper
Frank Harper was secretary to Theodore Roosevelt.
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, New York, 12 Jan. 1912
Oliver W. Holmes
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Beverly Farms, 15 Aug. 1902
Autographs, Mount Desert, Me., 21 Aug. 1888
Name and address written four times on one piece of stationery.Henry James
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Cambridge, 26 Feb. 1905
Alfred T. Mahan
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 15 Jan. [n.d.]
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 27 Jan. [n.d.]
Alfred Noyes
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Boston, 23 Mar. [1914]
Formal thank-you note with no signature.James F. Rhodes
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 28 Oct. [n.d.]
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 4 Nov. [n.d.]
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 19 Jan. 1911
Theodore Roosevelt
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, New York, 22 Nov. 1898
Typed with signature.Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, New York, 19 Dec. 1911
Typed with signature.Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 23 Dec. 1911
Typed with signature.Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 29 Jan. 1912
Typed with signature.Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 6 Feb. 1912
Typed with signature.Letter to Mrs. E. Prescott Wolcott, New York, 23 Apr. 1917
Typed with signature.Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Washington, D.C., 21 Apr. [1901]
Torn receipt, 9 Jan. 1902
Receipt to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Washington, D.C., 1 May 1902
George Ticknor
Letter to Edward Kenyon, Boston, 5 Aug. 1868
Edith Wharton
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, St. Brice-Sous-Forêt, 15 July [n.d.]
Owen Wister
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Milton, [postmarked 10 Oct. 1917]
Preferred Citation
Edith Prescott Wolcott 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.