2 of 2 folders completely digitized. and The collection contains typescripts of four undated novels by Aleta B. Baker: Captive Amid the Astral: A Romance (355 pages); The Double Bridal (366 pages); The Mysterious Opal Globe: A Mystical Romance (67 pages); and Rathbone, Son of the Sun: A Romance of Reincarnation (287 pages).
Description:
Aleta Blanche Baker, American author, was born in Maine in 1880, and died in Miami, Florida, on January 19, 1943. Baker was the founding director of the Order of the Portal, a Christian occultist group headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1924 she married Leslie Talbot Baker (born 1875), who earned both his AB (1900) and MD (1906) degrees from Harvard University., Box 1 contains manuscripts; Box 2 contains the original boxes that held the manuscripts., and Purchased from Ian Brabner on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2011.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American--20th century and Occultism--United States
North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Farmington, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Housatonic River, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Litchfield County, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Mohegan, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Niantic, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Rhode Island, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Rhode Island -- Newport, North America -- British Empire -- Massachusetts Bay Colony -- Martha's Vineyard, North America -- British Empire -- Massachusetts Bay Colony -- Nantucket, North America -- British Empire -- Massachusetts Bay Colony -- Natick, North America -- British Empire -- New England, North America -- British Empire -- Province of Massachusetts Bay -- Mashpee, North America -- British Empire -- Province of Massachusetts Bay -- Penobscot, North America -- Indian Country -- Mashpee Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Mohegan Territory -- Mohegan, North America -- Indian Country -- Nantucket Indian Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Narragansett Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Natick Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- New England Indian Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Niantic, Western Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Noepe (Martha's Vineyard) -- Gayhead, North America -- Indian Country -- Noepe (Martha's Vineyard) -- Kuhtuhquetuut, North America -- Indian Country -- Noepe (Martha's Vineyard) -- Noshauakquetset, North America -- Indian Country -- Noepe (Martha's Vineyard) -- Wanummusit, North America -- Indian Country -- Paugusset Territory -- Housatonic River, North America -- Indian Country -- Penobscot Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Rhode Island Indian Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Tunxis Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Wampanoag Territory -- Martha's Vineyard, North America -- Indian Country -- Wepawaug Territory -- Housatonic River, North America -- United States of America -- Commonwealth of Massachusetts -- Mashpee, North America -- United States of America -- Commonwealth of Massachusetts -- Nantucket, North America -- United States of America -- Commonwealth of Massachusetts -- Natick, North America -- United States of America -- New England, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- East Lyme, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- Farmington, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- Housatonic River, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- Litchfield County, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- Montville, North America -- United States of America -- State of Maine -- Penobscot, North America -- United States of America -- State of Rhode Island, North America -- United States of America -- State of Rhode Island -- Newport, and Unknown
Group of letters, photographs, and clippings chiefly related to Read's poem "Sheridan's Ride," and its composition on the morning of James E. Murdoch's recitation at Pike's Opera House in Cincinnati, October 31, 1864. It includes four letters written by Read and one by E. D. Grafton; copies of accounts by Leon Vanloo and Davis L. James, describing how and where Read wrote the poem; a collage by Grafton showing Murdoch reciting the poem; photographs of Read and his wife Hattie by Grafton and others; and clippings regarding the placement of a plaque on the house in which the poem was written.
Description:
Thomas Buchanan Read, American poet.
Subject (Geographic):
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
Subject (Name):
Grafton, E. D., James, Davis L., Literary Club of Cincinnati, Murdoch, James Edward, 1811-1893, Read, Harriet Denison Butler, Read, Thomas Buchanan, 1822-1872, Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888--Poetry, and Vanloo, Leon
Subject (Topic):
Authors, American --19th century --Archives and Poets, American
Huntington, Hezekiah Kellogg, Israel Whiting, Charles
Published / Created:
November 6, 1752 and September 23, 1752
Collection Title:
American Indian Collection (1647-1940)
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic):
North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- New Hartford -- Norfolk, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- New London, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Norwich, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- New Hartford -- Norfolk, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- New London, and North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- Norwich
Subject (Name):
Huntington, Isaac, Loomis, Israel, Robbins, John, and Whiting, Charles
North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Norwich, North America -- British Empire -- Colony of Connecticut -- Stonington, North America -- Indian Country -- Pequot, Eastern Territory, North America -- Indian Country -- Pequot, Eastern Territory -- Eastern Pequot Reservation, North America -- Indian Country -- Pequot, Eastern Territory -- Lantern Hill, North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- North Stonington, and North America -- United States of America -- State of Connecticut -- Norwich
Subject (Name):
Backus, Ebenezer, Hewitt, Israel, Huntington, Isaac, and Williams, William, 1731-1811
Correspondence and property records concerning the Talbot family, primarily Richard Ely Talbot. Correspondence includes circa 80 autograph letters, signed, between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge Talbot, and their daughters Elizabeth Talbot Anderson and Anna Louisa Talbot Shell while students at Abbot Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, 1865-1867. Topics include the family's ranch in Georgetown, Texas, the Chisholm trail, an outbreak of yellow fever in New Orleans, the Civil War, and Richard Ely Talbot's involvement with the Republican Party. Includes documentation of Richard Ely Talbot's interactions with the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, including the impressment of ten of Talbot's mules and an interrogation about transactions involving enemy property, 1862-1864. Property records include deeds, land grants, surveys, and titles concerning land in Texas relating to Richard Ely Talbot, Thomas Talbot, John W. Talbot, Joseph W. Talbot, Elias W. Talbot, Peter Kinsey, and Sarah Gilleland Kinsey Tone, 1838-1877. Includes three manuscript and printed maps of the Talbots' properties in Texas. Collection also includes report cards from the Abbot Academy for Anna Louisa Talbot Shell and Elizabeth Talbot Anderson. Genealogical material consists of five issues of the Williamson Country Genealogical Society newsletter containing articles about the Talbots and Andersons.
Description:
Box 1: correspondence between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louise Trowbridge, and their daughters, genealogical materials, and report cards. and The Talbot family was an American family of ranchers and politicians in Texas, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Richard Ely Talbot (1816-1884) was a rancher and cowboy in Georgetown, Texas who was involved in the Texas Republican Party and Texas Reconstruction Convention, including serving as a delegate to the Texas Republican Party Convention, 1868-1869. Talbot married Anna Louisa Trowbridge in Louisiana in 1846; they moved to Texas in 1852 and were among the earliest settlers in the area between Georgetown and Circleville. The Talbots had six children, including Elizabeth Talbot Anderson (1847-1900) and Anna Louisa Talbot Shell (1848- ). Richard Ely Talbot's siblings included John W. Talbot (1805-1876), Joseph W. Talbot (1815-1886), Elias W. Talbot (1820-1876), and Thomas Talbot (1818-1885), who was a politician and governor of Massachusetts, 1874-1875 and 1879-1880.