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Henry W. Bellows Papers

1783-1932

Guide to the Collection

Collection Summary

Creator:	Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882
Title:	Henry W. Bellows papers
Dates:	1783-1932
Physical Description:	98 document boxes and 1 oversize box
Call Number:	Ms. N-1829
Repository:	Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@masshist.org

Abstract

Collection Description

This collection consists of the papers of Unitarian clergyman Henry Whitney Bellows of New York City. Included are letters, diaries, addresses, sermons, reports, dissertations, legal documents, and a schedule of properties. Correspondence between 1831 and 1882 relates to Bellows' religious work, his interest in Antioch College (1859-1872), his work with the U.S. Sanitary Commission, and his editorship of the Christian Examiner. Chief correspondents include Bellows' parents, his brothers Edward and John, Cyrus A. Bartol, James F. Clarke, and Edward Everett Hale. Other correspondents include George T. Curtis, Theodore Dorr, O. C. Everett, H. W. Foote, Amos Adams Lawrence, Charles Mason, and William Silsbee. The collection also contains extensive correspondence of minister Russell N. Bellows, Anna L. Bellows (a teacher at the Hampton Institute, later Hampton University), Anna H. P. Bellows, and some earlier correspondence of Eliza N. T. Bellows.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Robert P. Bellows and Ellen Bellows Endicott, 1933.

Detailed Description of the Collection

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I. Chronological papers, 1783-1907

Box 1

1783-1836

Box 2

1837-May 1839

Box 3

June 1839-1840

Box 4

1841-1843

Box 5

1844-1846

Box 6

1847-1848

Box 7

1849-1850

Box 8

1851-1853

Box 9

1854-May 1856

Box 10

June 1856–1857

Box 11

1858

Box 12

Jan.–Oct. 1859

Box 13

Nov. 1859–Aug. 1860

Box 14

Sep. 1860–Apr. 1861

Box 15

May–Nov. 1861

Box 16

Dec. 1861–May 1862

Box 17

June–Oct. 1862

Box 18

Nov. 1862–May 1863

Box 19

June–Dec. 1863

Box 20

Jan.–June 1864

Box 21

July–Dec. 1864

Box 22

Jan.–June 1865

Box 23

July–Dec. 1865

Box 24

Jan.–May 1866

Box 25

June–Oct. 1866

Box 26

Nov. 1866–Apr. 1867

Box 27

May 1867–May 1868

Box 28

June–Oct. 1868

Box 29

Nov. 1868–Feb. 1869

Box 30

Mar.–Sep. 1869

Box 31

Oct. 1869–Feb. 1870

Box 32

Mar.-Sep. 1870

Box 33

Oct. 1870–June 1871

Box 34

July 1871–Mar. 1872

Box 35

Apr. 1872–Jan. 1873

Box 36

Feb.–Dec. 1873

Box 37

Jan.–May 1874

Box 38

June-Nov. 1874

Box 39

Dec. 1874–Apr. 1875

Box 40

May–Sep. 1875

Box 41

Oct. 1875–May 1876

Box 42

June 1876–Feb. 1877

Box 43

Mar.–Oct. 1877

Box 44

Nov. 1877–May 1878

Box 45

June–Nov. 1878

Box 46

Dec. 1878–Apr. 1879

Box 47

May–Oct. 1879

Box 48

Nov. 1879–Mar. 1880

Box 49

Apr.–July 1880

Box 50

Aug.–Dec. 1880

Box 51

Jan.–June 1881

Box 52

July–Nov. 1881

Box 53

Dec. 1881–Feb. 1882

Box 54

Mar.–Nov. 1882

Box 55

Dec. 1882–May 1883

Box 56

June 1883–Apr. 1884

Box 57

May–Nov. 1884

Box 58

Dec. 1884–Apr. 1885

Box 59

May–Nov. 1885

Box 60

Dec. 1885–Mar. 1886

Box 61

Apr.–Oct. 1886

Box 62

Nov. 1886–Apr. 1887

Box 63

May–Nov. 1887

Box 64

Dec. 1887–Mar. 1888

Box 65

Apr.–Oct. 1888

Box 66

Nov. 1888–Feb. 1889

Box 67

Mar.–Aug. 1889

Box 68

Sep. 1889–Jan. 1890

Box 69

Feb.–Aug. 1890

Box 70

Sep.–Dec. 1890

Box 71

Jan.–Oct. 1891

Box 72

Nov. 1891–Apr. 1892

Box 73

May–Nov. 1892

Box 74

Dec. 1892–July 1893

Box 75

Aug.–Dec. 1893

Box 76

Jan.–Sep. 1894

Box 77

Oct. 1894–Mar. 1895

Box 78

Apr.–Oct. 1895

Box 79

Nov. 1895–July 1896

Box 80

Aug. 1896–June 1897

Box 81

July 1897–Sep. 1899

Box 82

Oct. 1899–July 1900

Box 83

Aug. 1900–Apr. 1901

Box 84

May–Dec. 1901

Box 85

Jan.–Sep. 1902

Box 86

Oct. 1902–Aug. 1903

Box 87

Sep. 1903–Sep. 1904

Box 88

Oct. 1904–Aug. 1905

Box 89

Sep. 1905–Feb. 1907

Box 90

Mar.–Dec. 1907

Box 90

Undated papers

18 folders.

Close I. Chronological papers, 1783-1907

II. Sermons, addresses, and misc. papers, 1835-1882

Box 91

Sermons, 1837–Feb. 1872

Box 92

Sermons, Mar. 1872–1881 and undated

Box 93

Addresses, discourses, essays, lectures, speeches, writings, 1835–1882

Box 94

Addresses, discourses, etc., undated

Arranged alphabetically by title or topic.

Box 95

Estate papers, genealogical notes, misc. notes and writings, fragments of speeches, etc.

18 folders.

Close II. Sermons, addresses, and misc. papers, 1835-1882

III. Volumes (mss.), 1832-1893

Box 96

1832–1868

Box 97

1877–1893

Close III. Volumes (mss.), 1832-1893

IV. Printed matter, 1832-1932

Box 97

Pamphlets, 1832–1879

Box 98

Pamphlets, 1881–1898

Box 98

Miscellaneous printed matter, 1851–1898

Box 98

Newspaper clippings, 1859–1932

Close IV. Printed matter, 1832-1932

V. Items dummied out from loose papers

Box OS

Close V. Items dummied out from loose papers

Preferred Citation

Henry W. Bellows 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:

Bartol, C. A. (Cyrus Augustus), 1813-1900.

Bellows, Anna Huidekoper Peabody, 1838-1920.

Bellows, Anna Langdon, 1845-1906.

Bellows, Edward.

Bellows, Eliza Nevins Townsend, 1818-1869.

Bellows family.

Bellows, John.

Bellows, Russell Nevins, 1842-1914.

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888.

Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894.

Dorr, Theodore.

Everett, O. C. (Oliver Capen), 1811-1875.

Foote, Henry Wilder, 1838-1889.

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909.

Lawrence, Amos Adams, 1814-1886.

Mason, Charles, 1812-1862.

Silsbee, William.

Organizations:

Antioch College.

Hampton Institute.

United States Sanitary Commission.

Subjects:

African Americans--Education--Virginia--Hampton.

Christian examiner.

Clergy--New York (State)--New York.

Educators.

Reformers--New York (State)--New York.

Sermons.

Unitarian churches--Clergy.

Revised 30 May 2018

Encoded by Susan Martin, February 2016.

COLLECTION GUIDES

Table of Contents

Henry W. Bellows Papers

1783-1932

Guide to the Collection

Collection Summary

Abstract

Collection Description

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

I. Chronological papers, 1783-1907

1783-1836

1837-May 1839

June 1839-1840

1841-1843

1844-1846

1847-1848

1849-1850

1851-1853

1854-May 1856

June 1856–1857

1858

Jan.–Oct. 1859

Nov. 1859–Aug. 1860

Sep. 1860–Apr. 1861

May–Nov. 1861

Dec. 1861–May 1862

June–Oct. 1862

Nov. 1862–May 1863

June–Dec. 1863

Jan.–June 1864

July–Dec. 1864

Jan.–June 1865

July–Dec. 1865

Jan.–May 1866

June–Oct. 1866

Nov. 1866–Apr. 1867

May 1867–May 1868

June–Oct. 1868

Nov. 1868–Feb. 1869

Mar.–Sep. 1869

Oct. 1869–Feb. 1870

Mar.-Sep. 1870

Oct. 1870–June 1871

July 1871–Mar. 1872

Apr. 1872–Jan. 1873

Feb.–Dec. 1873

Jan.–May 1874

June-Nov. 1874

Dec. 1874–Apr. 1875

May–Sep. 1875

Oct. 1875–May 1876

June 1876–Feb. 1877

Mar.–Oct. 1877

Nov. 1877–May 1878

June–Nov. 1878

Dec. 1878–Apr. 1879

May–Oct. 1879

Nov. 1879–Mar. 1880

Apr.–July 1880

Aug.–Dec. 1880

Jan.–June 1881

July–Nov. 1881

Dec. 1881–Feb. 1882

Mar.–Nov. 1882

Dec. 1882–May 1883

June 1883–Apr. 1884

May–Nov. 1884

Dec. 1884–Apr. 1885

May–Nov. 1885

Dec. 1885–Mar. 1886

Apr.–Oct. 1886

Nov. 1886–Apr. 1887

May–Nov. 1887

Dec. 1887–Mar. 1888

Apr.–Oct. 1888

Nov. 1888–Feb. 1889

Mar.–Aug. 1889

Sep. 1889–Jan. 1890

Feb.–Aug. 1890