Park Benjamin papers 4079146Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Box 1-4: Cataloged correspondence; Box 5-6: Cataloged manuscripts & documents; Box 7-8: Poems; Box 9: Lectures; Box 10-11: Genealogical materials; Box 12: Demerara accounts; Box 13: Photographs & sheet music; Box 13-15: Printed materials; Box 16: Benjamin family items; Box 17-22: Merle Hoover notes.

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 Summary

Correspondence, manuscripts of poems, and manuscripts of lectures by Benjamin. The correspondence consists of original letters of Benjamin, typescript and photostatic copies of Benjamin letters in other libraries, and letters to Benjamin from some of his literary contemporaries including Paul Hamilton Hayne, Willis Gaylord Clark, John Lothrop Motley, and Fitz-Greene Halleck. Many of the letters relate to Park Benjamin's lecture tours. There are other family letters and many documents relating to the Benjamin family,and two letterbooks of John Lothrop Motley. Also, a large amount of genealogical material of the Benjamin family, and its related families from the 16th century to the present day. There are also financial records, monographs, clippings, and photographs.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Benjamin Park papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Benjamin, W. E. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/--/1937. Accession number--M37-03.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Letterbook of J.L. Motley: Source of acquisition--5285B (NYState). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--01/26/1994. Accession number--M-94-01-26.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

A. Lincoln letter: Source of acquisition--Pratt, Dallas. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--05/20/1994. Accession number--M-94-05-20.

 Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of William E. Benjamin, 1937; added to by gifts from his family.

 Ownership and Custodial History

Bequest of Dallas Pratt, 1994.

 Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 04/04/1989.

 Processing Information

Letterbook of J.L. Motley Cataloged HR 04/04/1994.

 Processing Information

A. Lincoln letter Cataloged HR 12/04/1996.

 Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

 African Americans -- History -- 19th century American literature -- 19th century Diplomatic and consular service, American -- 19th century Plantations -- Guyana -- 19th century Publishers and publishing -- 19th century Demerara Norwich (Conn.) United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Foreign public opinion, Austrian, [British, French, etc.] Account books Accounts Advertising Albums (books) Drafts (negotiable instruments) Bills of sale Biographies (literary works) Bonds (legal records) Certificates Commissions Deeds Diaries Drawings (visual works) Essays Estate inventories Financial records Genealogies (histories) Indentures Pen and ink drawings Inventories Invoices Lectures Letter books Lists (document genres) Mortgages Notebooks Notes (documents) Payrolls Photographs Poems Portraits Powers of attorney Receipts (financial records) Resolutions (administrative records) Scores (documents for music) Scrapbooks Sketches Stock certificates Tickets Wills Authors, American -- 19th century Diplomats Historians Journalists Plantation owners Poets Slaveholders Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Argyll, George Douglas Campbell, Duke of, 1823-1900 Arthur, T. S (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885 Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894 Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900 Beeton, Samuel Orchart, 1831-1877 Benjamin, John, 1598-1645 Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 Berington, Joseph, 1746-1827 Bright, John, 1811-1889 Brooks, N. C (Nathan Covington), 1809-1898 Caruso, Enrico, 1873-1921 Chester, Joseph Lemuel, 1821-1882 Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 Clark, Lewis Gaylord, 1808-1873 Clark, Willis Gaylord, 1808-1841 Clemens, Olivia Langdon, 1845-1904 Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886 Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 Dix, John Ross, 1800?-1865 Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 Ferris, Mary Lanman Douw, 1855-1932 Forster, W. E (William Edward), 1818-1886 Foster, Lafayette S (Lafayette Sabine), 1806-1880 Gramont, Antoine Alfred Agénor de, Duc de Gramont & de Guiche, 1819-1880 Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904 Grinnell, Moses Hicks, 1803-1877 Griswold, Rufus W (Rufus Wilmot), 1815-1857 Guizot, François, 1787-1874 Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879 Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867 Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908 Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886 Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1879 Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865 Hillard, George Stillman, 1808-1879 Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Judson, Emily C (Emily Chubbuck), 1817-1854 Kennedy, John Pendleton, 1795-1870 Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862 Körner, Gustav Philipp, 1809-1896 Lanman, James, 1767-1841 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of, 1831-1891 Madison, James, 1751-1836 Marsh, George P (George Perkins), 1801-1882 Mitchill, Samuel L (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831 Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864 Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877 Motley, Thomas Neal, John, 1793-1876 Otis, George A (George Alexander), 1830-1881 Park, Moses, 1738-1828 Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Quincy, Josiah, 1802-1882 Randall, Samuel, 1778-1864 Raymond, Henry J (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869 Routledge, George, 1812-1888 Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880 Savage, James, 1784-1873 Savage, William, 1779-1851 Senior, Nassau William, 1790-1864 Seward, William H (William Henry), 1801-1872 Sheridan, Mary Motley Sherwood, M. E. W (Mary Elizabeth Wilson), 1826-1903 Sigourney, L. H (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865 Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 Spencer, John C (John Canfield), 1788-1855 Stanton, Edwin M (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 Stephens, Ann S (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886 Studley, S. C (Sarah Cushing), 1815-1850 Stuyvesant, Peter, 1592-1672 Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 Sutherland, Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Leveson-Gower, Duchess of, 1808-1868 Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844-1919 Verplanck, Gulian C (Gulian Crommelin), 1786-1870 Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 Washington, George, 1732-1799 Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867 Whipple, Edwin Percy, 1819-1886 Wright, Frances, 1795-1852 Benjamin family Series I: Cataloged MaterialsSubseries I.1: Cataloged CorrespondenceAdams, John Quincy1Albouy, James H.1Aldrich, James1Arthur, Timothy Shay1Barnard, Henry1Benjamin, A.1Benjamin, Benjamin Henry1Benjamin, George H.1Benjamin, Mary Brower Western1Benjamin, ParkThrough184211843-185321854-18643Benjamin, Walter Romeyn3Benjamin, William Christopher3Benjamin, William Evarts3Berington, Joseph3Blount, John P.3Bowe, O.A.4Braggins, Mary Ann4Brooks, N.C.4Burbeck, Henry4Caruso, Enrico4Child, Lydia Maria4Clark, Lewis Gaylord4Clark, Willis Gaylord4Clemens, Olivia Langdon4Clemens, Samuel Langhorne4Cooke, John Esten4Croswell, William4Curtis, George William4D'Arusmont, Frances Wright4Davenport, F. Gladys4Dix, J. R.4Emmott, Mary Gertrude Lees4Everett, Edward4Ferris, Mary L.D.4Foster, Lafayette S.4Goddard, Calvin4Greeley, Horace4Griswold, Rufus Wilmot4Hale, Edward Everett4Hale, Sara Josepha4Halleck, Fitz-Greene4Harcourt, Elizabeth Motley Ives4Hayne, Paul Hamilton4Henry, Joseph4Herbert, Henry William4Hillard, George Stillman4Holmes, Oliver Wendell4Ingersoill, R.J.4Jefferson, Thomas4Judson, Emily C. "Fanny Forester"4Kennedy, John P.4Knowles, James Sheridan4Lanman, James4Lanman, Mary Judith Gall Benjamin4Lincoln, Abraham4Scope and Contents

Lincoln, Abraham To Park Benjamin, Springfield, Ill, 19 November 1860, 1 a.l.s.

Conditions Governing Access

Part of Abraham Lincoln collection: MS#2028.

Lippincott, Sara Hame (Grace Greenwood)4Lossing, Benson J.4Madison, James4Marsh, George P.4MildMay, Herbert St. John-4MildMay, Susan Motley St. John (Mrs. Herbert)4Mitchill, Samuel Latham4Morris, George P.4Motley, John Lothrop4Motley, Mary Elizabeth Benjamin (Mrs. John Lothrop)4Neal, John4Poe, Edgar Allan4Raymond, Henry J.4Roberts, Dwight4Romaine, Benj amin4Romaine, Samuel B.4Romaine, Thomas4Romeyn, Joanna B.4Russell, Henry4Sargent, Epes4Sargent, John O.4Savage, James4Savage, William4Sheridan, Mary Motley (Mrs. Algernon Brinsley)4Sigourney, Lydia Howard Huntley (Mrs. Charles)4Sparks, Jared4Spencer, John C.4Stackpole, Joseph Lewis4Stephens, Ann S.4Strong, Henry4Studley, Sarah C.4Tappan, Francis W.4Tasistro, L. Fitzgerald4Treat, Lilian Benjamin4Trumbull, Jonathan4Verplanck, Gulian C.4Washington, George4Whipple, E. P.4Willia, Nathaniel Parker4Willis, Nathaniel4Witter, John4Yates, Francis4Suberies I.2: Cataloged Manuscripts and DocumentsBenjamin, Aaron5Benjamin, Benjamin Henry5Benjamin, Charles5Benjamin, David5Benjamin, George5Benjamin, John (1598-1645)5Benjamin, John (1682-1716)5Benjamin, John (1714-1787)5Benjamin, Joseph5Benjamin, Park (1770-1824)5Benjamin, Park (1809-1864)5Benjamin, Park (1849-1922)5Benjamin, Phebe Larrabee5Benjamin, William Evarts5Braggins, Mary Ann5Brower, Everardus5Brower, John5Caruso, Enrico5Clemens, Samuel Langhorne5Cunningham, James5De Joust, Edward5Harcourt, Elizabeth Motley Ives5Harris, Joel Chandler5Landry, Thomas5Lanman, Mary Judith Gall Benjamin5Loux, James B.5Motley, John Lothrop6Letterbook1847-1857Scope and Contents

(Boston. 1 vol., 38pp. Copies of 18 letters, addressed to persons named below.)

George Atkinson (3)6Park Benjamin, 1809-1864 (4)1809-18646John Chapman1822-18946Joseph Green Cogswell1786-18716Frederic Prentice (3)6George Routledge, 1812-1888 (2)1812-18886John Osborne Sargent1811-18916Henry Strong (3)6Letterbook1861-1865Scope and Contents

(London and Vienna. 1 vol., 269pp. Secretatrial copies of 38 letters to the persons named below.)

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll1823-19006Nathaniel Prentiss Banks1816-18946Samuel Orchart Beeton1831-18776John Bright1811-18896Joseph Lemuel Chester1821-18826William Edward Forster1818-18866Antoine Alfred Agenor, Duc de Gramont & de Guiche1819-18806William Gray6Moses Hicks Grinnell, 1803-1877 (2)1803-18776Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot1787-18746Gustav Philipp Körner1809-18966__ Lengel6Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton1831-18916Major Mansfeldt6Thomas Motley, Jr. (8)6James Shepherd Pike1811-18826Publishers of Biographical Dictionaries6Messrs Routledge, Warre & Routledge6Nassau William Senior1790-18646William Henry Seward, 1801-1872 (4)1801-18726William Sharwood6Mary Elizabeth Wilson Sherwood (Mrs. John)1826-19036Edwin McMasters Stanton1814-18696Charles Sumner1811-18746Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana Howard Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland,1806-18686John L. Tucker6Motley, Thomas and Edward6Neal, John6Otis, George Alexander6Park, Jonathan6Park, Moses6Peck, Benjamin6Pierce family6Quincy, Josiah6Randall, Samuel6Romaine, Benjamin6Sargent, Epes6Savage, James6Sigourney, Lydia Howard Huntley6Stedman, Edmund Clarence6Stuyvesant, Petrus6Warner, Charles Dudley6Washington, George6Washington College Parthenon6Welles, Gideon6Western, Henry Membrey6Western, Thomas6Miscellaneous6Series II: Uncataloged PapersPoems7Poems8Lectures9Genealogical Materials, A-L10Scope and Contents

Collected by W.E. Benjamin, with notes by Merle Hoover. Arranged by family last name.

Genealogical Materials, N-end11Scope and Contents

Collected by W.E. Benjamin, with notes by Merle Hoover. Arranged by family last name.

Demerara Accounts12Scope and Contents

(Financial records of the Benjamin properties in British Guiana)

Photographs13Sheet Music with lyrics by P. Benjamin13Printed Materials13Benjamin Family13Scope and Contents

(Items related to Park Benjamin, Jr., Gladys Benjamin Goddard, Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, and Enrico Caruso. Gift of the Estate of Gladys Benjamin Goddard, 1976)

Benjamin Family14Scope and Contents

(Items related to Park Benjamin, Jr., Gladys Benjamin Goddard, Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, and Enrico Caruso. Gift of the Estate of Gladys Benjamin Goddard, 1976)

Benjamin Family15Scope and Contents

(Items related to Park Benjamin, Jr., Gladys Benjamin Goddard, Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, and Enrico Caruso. Gift of the Estate of Gladys Benjamin Goddard, 1976)

Merle Hoover16Merle Hoover Notes17Merle Hoover Notes18Merle Hoover Notes19Merle Hoover Notes20Merle Hoover Notes21Merle Hoover Biography--Notes22