Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958 John Davis Batchelder collection of manuscripts
English
French
Multiple languages
1001 $aBatchelder, John Davis,$d1872-1958
John Davis Batchelder collection of manuscripts
Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Part I: Autographs, 1537-1944; Series 2: Part II: Autographs, 1709-1931; and Series 3: Miscellany, 1910-1944.
Autographs, letters, official documents, writings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts, sciences, and politics of the Western world. Persons represented in the collection include Honoré de Balzac, Catherine II (Empress of Russia), Albert Einstein, Henry VIII (King of England), Louis XIV (King of France), Peter I (Emperor of Russia), Auguste Rodin, and various presidents including Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington.
Subjects include American history as reflected in the letters and writings of Henry Ward Beecher, Buffalo Bill, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Fulton, Cotton Mather, and others; seventeenth century New England represented by documents such as a petition from individuals jailed for witchcraft in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1692; the French Revolution as reflected in the letters and writings of Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois (comtesse de la Motte), Marie Antoinette (Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France), Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti (comte de Mirabeau), Henri Sanson, Voltaire, and others; and nineteenth and early twentieth century theater documented by the letters, photographs, and autographs of actors including Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Charlotte Cushman, John Drew, and Lillie Langtry.
The Miscellany series consists of Batchelder's personal papers and includes correspondence, invitations, calling cards, notes, war ration books, printed matter, and sketches.
Collection material in English and French, with other languages.
Forms part of: The John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress).
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
1000 $aCatherine$bII,$cEmpress of Russia,$d1729-1796
1001 $aCooper, James Fenimore,$d1789-1851
1000 $aHenry$bVIII,$cKing of England,$d1491-1547
La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791
1001 $aLa Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois,$ccomtesse de,$d1756-1791
1000 $aLouis$bXIV,$cKing of France,$d1638-1715
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793
1000 $aMarie Antoinette,$cQueen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France,$d1755-1793
Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti, comte de, 1749-1791
1001 $aMirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti,$ccomte de,$d1749-1791
1000 $aPeter$bI,$cEmperor of Russia,$d1672-1725
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Actors
Autographs
Artists--Autographs
Artists
Arts
Authors
Autographs--Collections
Collections
Civilization, Western
Kings and rulers
Presidents
Science
Scientists
Statesmen
Theater--History--19th century
Theater
History
19th century
Theater--History--20th century
20th century
Witchcraft--New England
Witchcraft
New England
World politics
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
1102 $aJohn Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958 John Davis Batchelder papers. 1910-1944
John Davis Batchelder papers. 1910-1944.
1001 $aBatchelder, John Davis,$d1872-1958.$tJohn Davis Batchelder papers.$f1910-1944.
Visual materials from the John Davis Batchelder collection of manuscripts
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