Brander Matthews papers, 1827-1967

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Series V: Personal files, 1827-1962

This series contains photographs, menus, ticket stubs, club rosters, scrapbooks, and other Matthews memorabilia. It includes items Matthews used to refresh his memory when writing his autobiography These Many Years. There are also research notes from a 1961-1962 study by Herbert Kleinfeld. 2 linear feet.



Box 39 Folder 2 Memorabilia used in These Many Years, 1827-1967


Box 39 Folder 3 Bibliography -- Dedication of bust -- Eulogy in 1929 by George Clinton Odell


Box 39 Folder 4 Photographs and drawings of Brander Matthews


Box 39 Folder 5 Bookplate

[ See also Box 41: woodblock of bookplate]


Box 39 Folder 6 Prints and pictures


Box 39 Folder 7 Ada Smith Matthews [stage name Ada Harland], photographs and playbill


Box 39 Folder 8 Theater tickets, 1905-1910


Box 39 Folder 9 & 10 Clubs: rosters and membership form from the Atheneum Club and the Round Table Dining Club -- Dunlap Society membership letters



Box 40 Folder 1 American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1910-1916


Box 40 Folder 2 Menus and greeting cards, 1885-1907


Box 40 Folder 3-5 Herbert Kleinfeld research notes, 1961-1962



Box 41 Mementos, [n.d.], 1 Loving cup, 1 woodblock of bookplate