Overview
Letters sent to American author, editor and Harvard professor, Charles Eliot Norton.
Dates
- Creation: 1845-1908
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
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Extent
15 linear feet (45 boxes)This archive contains letters addressed to Charles Eliot Norton from about 1845 to1908. Norton was a Harvard graduate (A.B. 1846) and professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard from 1874 to 1898, with a special interest in the study and translation of Dante. Many of the letters in this collection deal with art and with Dante. In addition he knew a great many prominent figures in both England and the United States, especially those in the political field and the literary and artistics fields. His correspondence with these people often touches upon their public and their private lives.
From 1863 to 1868 Norton was joint editor with his friend James Russell Lowell of the North American review. The letters addressed to him as editor are marked in this index by a star (*) and the folders containing them are stamped with a red N.A.R.(=North American Review).
In 1898 Norton's opposition to the Spanish-American war led Senator George F. Hoar to criticize him. A list of some of the letters Norton received commenting on this controversy is at the end of this index.
Referenced throughout the finding aid is the Excavations at Delphi (scrapbook folder) with a folder designation, such as f.1, f.2, and so on. All folders can be found at item number 5308.
Biographical / Historical
Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was coeditor of the North American Review from 1864 to 1868 and helped found the political review, The Nation in 1865. He was professor of the history of fine arts at Harvard.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Letters to Charles Eliot Norton
- Index to Spanish-American War letters
Arranged by name of correspondent.
Please note that item numbers 232 and 6573 were inadvertently omitted from this finding aid.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Norton family, 1914-1949.
Index to Spanish-American War Letters
Norton was opposed to the Spanish-American War and in June, 1898, he expressed his views to some Harvard students. He was severely criticized by Senator George F. Hoar. For comments on the attitudes of Norton and Senator Hoar and on the controversy between them, see the following letters:
- Abbot, Francis Ellingwood, 1836-1903. 19 Jul 1898
- Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922. 10 Aug 1898
- Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910. 20 Jul 1898
- Atwood, Samuel Adams. 19 Jul 1898
- Ayer, M. S. 25 Aug 1898
- Babbott, Frank Lusk, 1854-1933. 11 Sep 1898
- Bailey, Hannah (Johnston) 1839-1923. 3 Aug 1898
- Barlow, Ellen. (Shaw) 20 Jul [1898]
- Bass, William Louis, 1865- 20 Jul 1898
- Bassett, William. 30 Aug 1898
- Bates, Gilbert H. 11 Nov 1898
- Beaman, Gamaliel. 26 Aug 1898
- Bennett, R. T. 27 Jul 1898
- Bennett, Samuel Crocker, 1858-1925. 22 Jul 1898
- Blackiston, Katharine A. 9 Sep 1898
- Bowditch, Vincent Yardley, d.1929. 19 Jul 1898
- Boyd, William Riley. 8 Aug 1898
- Bradish, Frank Eliot, d.1914. 21 Jul 1898
- Bridgman, S. E. 26 Aug 1898
- Brown, James H. 20 Jul 1898
- Burgess, W. W. 20 Jul 1898
- Burnham, James A. 24 Jun 1898
- Carter, Alice H. 6 Sep 1898
- Cassot, Arthur. 19 Jul 1898
- Chamberlain, Mellen, 1821-1900. 18 Jul 1898
- Chandler, John Rice. 20 Jul 1898
- Clymer, William Branford Shubrick, d.1903. 24 Jul 1898
- Cockrell, Robert Spratt, 1866- 30 Oct 1898
- Conway, Moncure Daniel, 1832-1907. 30 Jul 1898
- Cox, Fred H. 15 May 1898
- Craik, George W. 1 Nov 1898
- Crosby, Eleanor Francis (Davis) 1845- 20 Jul 1898
- Cupples, J. G. 18 Jul 1898
- Curtis, A[?] S. 11 Aug 1898
- Curtis, James G. 19 Jul 1898
- Dall, Caroline (Healey) 1822-1912. 5 Nov 1898
- Davis, Samuel Warren. 27 Jul 1898
- Del Mar, Alexander, 1836-1926. 31 Oct 1898
- Deyo, Amanda. 13 Jul 1898
- Dixon, Thomas, 1864- 16 Sep [1898]
- Dole, Nathan Haskell, 1852-1935. 23 Jul 1898
- Eames, Charles E. 18 Sep 1898
- Eastin, William B. 27 Aug 1898
- Eggleston, George Cary, 1839-1911. 24 Jul 1898
- Endicott, William, d.1941. 28 Aug 1898
- Fairchild, Elisabeth. 19 Jul [1898]
- Felt, C. A. 30 Aug 1898
- Felt, Charles W. 19 Jul 1898
- Folk, Joseph Wingate, 1869-1923. 31 Jul 1898
- Fowler, William J. 2 Sep 1898; 6 Sep 1898
- Fuller, J. B. 23 Jul 1898
- Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907. 29 Jul 1898
- Gaskell, Margaret Emily, 1837-1913. 15 Nov 1898
- George, Andrew Jackson, 1855-1907. 20 Jul 1898
- Gerould, E. P. 2 Aug 1898
- Gibbs, David. 22 Jul 1898
- Gleason, A. A. 29 Aug 1898
- Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902. 4 Aug [1898]
- Gould, John Melville, 1848-1909. 20 Jul 1898
- Greene, Frederick Lewis, d.1922. 24 Jul 1898; 30 Jul 1898
- Griffin, J. B. [1898?]
- Griswold, William McCrillis, 1853-1899. 19 Jul 1898
- Hale, Edward. 20 Jul 1898
- Hall, H. S. 21 Jul [1898]
- Hammond, William B. 27 Aug 1898
- Harding, Benjamin Fosdick, 1857-1923. 19 Jul 1898
- Harrington, George S? 19 Jul 1898
- Hodges, George Clarendon 21 Jul 1898
- Holden, Edwin Babcock, 1861-1906. 6 Sep 1898
- Holst, Hermann von, 1841-1904. 15 Aug 1898
- Honcharenko, Agapius. 18 Nov 1898
- Hopkins, Frank Easton, 1863-1933. 29 Aug 1898
- Howe, Archibald Murray, 1848-1916. 21 Jul 1898
- Hunnewell, Walter, 1844-1921. 20 Jul 1898
- Hutchinson, Harold. 18 Jul 1898
- Hyslop, James Hervey, 1854-1920. 30 Oct 1898
- Irwin, George Francis. 29 Aug [1898]
- James, David B. 20 Jul 1898; 2 Aug 1898; 6 Aug 1898; 8 Aug 1898; 15 Aug 1898
- Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940. 20 Jul 1898
- Johnson, Thomas Moore, 1851-1919. 12 Sep 1898
- Jones, Samuel Arthur, 1834-1912. 31 Jul 1898; 9 Aug 1898
- 1 15 Aug 1898 20 Aug 1898
- Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931. 15 Sep 1898
- Kilvert, Emily M. C. 27 Apr 1898
- King, Andrew. 28 Aug 1898
- King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874- 22 Jul 1898
- Kinne, H. C. 2 Sep 1898
- Knights, Alonzo A. 29 Aug 1898
- Kriehn, George, 1868- 24 Jul 1898
- Lamb, Henry Whitney, 1853-1926. 22 Jul 1898
- Larrabee, L. L. 7 Nov 1898
- Lawton, Mary. 19 Jul 1898
- Leavens, Albert. 20 Jul 1898
- LeMoyne, Francis Julius. 20 Jul 1898
- Leonard, W. J. 20 Jul 1898
- Leonard, William Ellery, 1876-1944. Poem: "Charles Eliot Norton"; Jul 1898
- Lewis, Katharine Mary Campbell (Norton) Barney, 1849- 25 Aug 1898
- Lowe, Martha Ann (Perry) 1829-1902. 20 Jul 1898
- Loyal legion of American citizens. Chicago. Resolutions about Charles E. Norton. 29 Aug 1898
- McCartney, Henry R. 30 Sep 1898
- McClurg, Alexander Caldwell, 1832-1901. 29 Aug 1898
- McKenzie, Alexander, 1830-1914. 20 Jul 1898
- McPherson, Ross, 1876-1935. [1898]
- MacVeagh, Eames. 17 Aug 1898
- Marbburn[?] F. A. 22 Jul 1898
- Marriott, Richard. 26 Aug 1898
- Mathews, Edward Roscoe. 20 Jul 1898
- May, Joseph, 1836-1918. 11 Sep 1898
- Milburn[?] Joseph A. [20 Jul 1898]
- Miller, Charles Kingsbury, 1850- 1 Dec 1898
- Moore, Charles, 1855-1942. 18 Jul 1898
- Morgan, Morris Hickey, 1859-1910. 18 Jul 1898
- Morse, Edward Leland Clarke. 24 Aug 1898; 8 Sep 1898
- Murphy, J. H. 10 May 1899
- Nash, George Miner, d.1916. 20 Jul 1898
- Nields, John P., 1868- 19 Jul 1898
- Nobili, A. C. 27 Aug 1898
- Norcross, Grenville Howland, 1854-1937. 19 Jul 1898
- Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901. 20 May 1898
- Northrop[?] Theo T 29 Aug 1898
- Norton, Eliot, 1863-1932. 27 Aug 1898
- Nott, Charles Cooper, 1827-1916. 3 Sep 1898
- O'Neil, James. 28 Aug 1898
- Pagenstieben[?] A. 31 Aug 1898
- Palmer, Julius Auboineau, 1840-1899. 2 Nov 1898
- Palmer, William Jackson, 1836-1909. 22 Jul 1898
- Parks, Samuel C. 27 Aug 1898
- Parsons, Albert Stevens, 1841-1922. 18 Jul 1898; 10 Aug 1898; 26 Aug 1898
- Patton, A. T. 5 Nov 1898
- Payson, George Shipman, 1845-1923. 3 Oct 1898
- Peabody, Francis, 1854-1938. 21 Jul 1898
- Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938. 27 Aug 1898
- Pickering, Mary G. W. 27 Aug 1898
- Planthok, Mrs. Charles. 1 Jan 1899
- Prindle, James Dwight. 21 Jul 1898
- Rayner, Tyrrell. 25 Jul 1898
- Richards, Theodore William, 1868-1928. 20 Jul 1898
- Robinson, Nelson Lemuel. 21 Aug 1898
- Roe, Charles. 23 Jul 1898
- Romeike, Henry, 1855-1903. 18 Jul 1898
- Russell, John Edwards, 1834-1903. 20 Jul 1898
- Sabine, William T. 27 Jul 1898
- Saisons[?] Herbert C. 26 Aug 1898
- Scattergood, George J. 26 Aug 1898
- Schofield, William Henry, 1870-1920. 20 Jul 1898
- Schroff, Max. 26 Aug 1898
- Shaw, Sarah B. 6 Aug 1898; 8 Sep 1898
- Shea, Thomas Knight. 26 Jul 1898
- Smith, Minna Caroline, 1860-1929. 29 Jul 1898
- Spackman William Master. 20 Jul 1898
- Spooner, Henry J. to George F. Hoar. 19 Jul 1898
- Stevens, Abram Walter. 18 Aug 1898
- Stillman, Charles Chauncey. 1 Aug 1898
- Stocker, G. 6 Sep 1898
- Stone, Jennie Frances. 21 Jul [1898]
- Storey, Moorfield, 1845-1929. 9 Dec 1898
- Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. 11 Aug 1898
- Thompson, Harry F. 20 Jul 1898
- Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939. 19 Jul 1898; 15 Oct 1898
- Trowbridge, John, 1843-1923. 20 Jul 1898
- Valentine, Robert Grosvenor, 1872-1916. [27 Jul 1898]
- Van Dyke, John Charles, 1856-1932. 27 Aug [1898]
- Westover, George F. 3 Nov 1898
- Wetherbee, George R. 29 Aug 1898
- White, Stamford. 19 Jul 1898; 26[?] Aug 1898
- Whitmore, James Herman. 20 Jul 1898
- Whitney, G. L. 19 Jul 1898
- Wigmore, John Henry, 1863-1943. 18 Jul [1898]
- Williams, Charles J. 30 Aug 1898
- Williams, T. D. 14 Jul 1898
- Wilson, E. H. 15 Nov 1898
- Wilson, P. 28 Jul 1898
- Winthrop, Robert Charles, 1834-1905. 19 Jul 1898
- Wolcott, Charles W. 26 Aug 1898
- Wood, Charles James, d.1906. 15 Jul 1898
- Wood, George Willard, 1854- 10 May 1898
- Yates, William H. 21 Jul 1898
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. To Editor, New York Times Saturday Review -- 23 Aug 1898; To [Lyman] Abbott -- [6 Aug? 1898]
- Anonymous and unidentified letters:
- "American" [30 Oct 1898?]
- "Your admirer" 5 Sep 1898
- "Harvard graduate" 31 Oct 1898
- Picture of donkey sent to Charles E. Norton [postmark: 13 Aug 1898]
- "An anti-imperialist" 8 Feb 1901
- [ ] [Somerville, 1898]
Processing Information
Recataloged from MS Am 9028, Nor 5259.13*, and "Old Autograph file."
The 2 volume extra-illustrated set, Nor 5259.13* was reclassified to MS Am 1088.14, and the materials pasted into the volumes were indexed in this finding aid. The volumes are housed and cataloged separately under MS Am 1088.14.
- Title
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. Charles Eliot Norton papers, circa 1845-1908: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00083
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