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1. "A'Lelia Walker"
- Creator:
- Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
- Published / Created:
- 1927
- Call Number:
- JWJ MSS 1050
- Collection Title:
- Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
- Container / Volume:
- Box 60 | Folder 1005
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Typescript draft, corrected, signed by CVV with note "unfinished and unpublished"
- Subject (Name):
- Robinson, A’Lelia Walker, 1885-1931
- Subject (Topic):
- African American authors--20th century and Authors, American--20th century--Archives
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "A'Lelia Walker"
2. "Dear Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones"
- Published / Created:
- undated
- Call Number:
- YCAL MSS 578
- Collection Title:
- Marsden Hartley collection
- Container / Volume:
- 16a
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name):
- Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943 and Sparhawk-Jones, Elizabeth, 1885-1968
- Subject (Topic):
- Painters--United States--20th Century--Archives
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "Dear Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones"
3. 1 ALS to Messenger Monsey and 1 AL to Thomas Percy, 1762 Sep 11, and 1774 [no month] 17.
- Creator:
- Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1720-1800.
- Published / Created:
- 1762 Sep 11 and 1774
- Call Number:
- Osborn c405
- Image Count:
- 10
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in several hands, containing two letters written by Elizabeth Montagu. The first letter, signed by Montagu and addressed "To Doctor Monsey," admonishes the recipient's attachment to "Miss B," warning him, "Do not sadden your retirement & embitter your life by hopeless love." She describes the recent marriage of her elderly brewer to "a jolly lass of 25," urges him to visit, and asks him in a postcript to get her a "bottle of eye water." The second letter, written in another hand and addressed to "The Revd. Dr. Percy," apologizes for Mrs. Montagu's illness and subsequent absence "when he did her the favour to call," and requests him to call again and "bring certain manuscripts in his pocket." The volume also includes an engraving of Elizabeth Montagu.
- Description:
- Binding: cloth covered boards; blue morocco spine. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
- Subject (Name):
- Montagu,--Mrs.--(Elizabeth),--1720-1800. and Percy, Thomas,--1729-1811.
- Subject (Topic):
- Letters and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1 ALS to Messenger Monsey and 1 AL to Thomas Percy, 1762 Sep 11, and 1774 [no month] 17.
4. 1879 Nov 6
- Published / Created:
- 1879 Nov 6
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3393
- Collection Title:
- Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 1
- Image Count:
- 6
- Abstract:
- 5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
- Description:
- Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
- Subject (Name):
- Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
- Subject (Topic):
- Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1879 Nov 6
5. 1881 Aug 14
- Published / Created:
- 1881 Aug 14
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3393
- Collection Title:
- Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 5
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- 5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
- Description:
- Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
- Subject (Name):
- Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
- Subject (Topic):
- Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 Aug 14
6. 1881 Feb 20
- Published / Created:
- 1881 Feb 20
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3393
- Collection Title:
- Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 3
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- 5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
- Description:
- Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
- Subject (Name):
- Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
- Subject (Topic):
- Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 Feb 20
7. 1881 July 30
- Published / Created:
- 1881 July 30
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3393
- Collection Title:
- Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 4
- Image Count:
- 4
- Abstract:
- 5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
- Description:
- Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
- Subject (Name):
- Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
- Subject (Topic):
- Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 July 30
8. 1881 Nov 13
- Published / Created:
- 1881 Nov 13
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-3393
- Collection Title:
- Thomas M. Pratt correspondence
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder 6
- Image Count:
- 3
- Abstract:
- 5 autograph letters, signed, to Thomas M. Pratt, including 2 from Charles Jones, 1 from F. B. Bigeler, 1 from Charles L. Jackson, and 1 from G. W. Mentot. Letters from Jones, Jackson, and Mentot detail the writers' lives as cowboys in Dakota Territory, particularly in Rapid Valley, Rapid City, and Rockerville. Letters from Charles Jones detail his sexual and romantic relationships with Thomas M. Pratt and Charles L. Jackson, and include the use of slang to describe these relationships and Jones's attempts to find a woman to marry. Letter from F. B. Bigeler describes the sale and consumption of alcohol in Bangor, Maine, the suicide of an acquaintance, and anecdotes involving sex and prostitution. Included are 3 photographic postcards of Mill Creek Ranch in Livingston, Montana.
- Description:
- Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2009, and on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2013. and Thomas M. Pratt was a cowboy in Dakota Territory, circa 1879-1881.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Bangor (Me.), Livingston (Mont.), Rapid City (S.D.), Rapid Valley (S.D.), Rockerville (S.D.), South Dakota--Social life and customs., and West (U.S.)--Social life and customs
- Subject (Name):
- Bigeler, F. B., active approximately 1879, Jackson, Charles L., active approximately 1881, Jones, Charles, active approximately 1881, Mentot, G. W., active approximately 1881, and Pratt, Thomas M., active approximately 1879-1881
- Subject (Topic):
- Cowboys--Sexual behavior--South Dakota, Cowboys--Sexual behavior--West (U.S.), Cowboys--South Dakota, Cowboys--West (U.S.), English language--Slang, Frontier and pioneer life--South Dakota, Gay men--Sexual behavior--United States, Gay men--Slang, LGBTQ resource, Male homosexuality--United States, Men--Sexual behavior--United States, Prostitution--United States, and Sex--United States
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1881 Nov 13
9. 2 ALS to Maj. L. Scruggs, Canton Smith County, Texas
- Published / Created:
- 1852 Mar 12
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-498-500
- Collection Title:
- Thomas W. Streeter collection of Texas manuscripts
- Container / Volume:
- Box 4 | Folder 202
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Second item dated 1853 Sep 20. 8 p. 24.5-30.5 cm. Description of travel to and life in Texas.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas --Emigration and immigration
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 2 ALS to Maj. L. Scruggs, Canton Smith County, Texas
