Overview
Correspondence of various members of the Howe-Richards family.
Dates
- Creation: 1840-1950
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Formerly restricted until 1976.
Extent
3 linear feet (6 boxes)Primarily correspondence of Maud Howe Eliot, Julia Ward Howe, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, and Rosalind Richards. Correspondents include Hester Alington, Henry Beston, Margaret (Terry) Chanler, Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth, Olivia Howard Dunbar, and Annie (Ward) Mailliard. Includes photographs of Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Maud Howe Elliott and others.
Biographical / Historical
Julia Ward Howe was the author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic and other works and a women's suffrage and club leader and lecturer; her daughters were Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards and Maud Howe Eliot, and her granddaughter was Rosalind Richards.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
52M-301. Deposited by Miss Rosalind Richards, Gardiner, Maine; received: 1953 May 15; gift: 1976.
- Title
- Howe family. Howe-Richards family papers, 1840-1950: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01498
Repository Details
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