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William Henry Waldo Sabine papers, 1797-1994, bulk 1920-1994

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Call No.: MS#1097
Bib ID 4078403 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Sabine, William H. W. (William Henry Waldo), 1903-1994
Title William Henry Waldo Sabine papers, 1797-1994, bulk 1920-1994
Physical Description 8 linear feet (17 boxes)
Language(s) English .
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Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Collection is arranged in 5 series. Box l, Literature; Box 2, Parapsychology; Box 3-4, History; Boxes 5-16, Diaries & Scrapbooks; Box 17, Commonplace book & books by Sabine.

Description

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1992-1995 Additions: 138 volumes of his diaries, 1920-1994, have been added, as well as 12 letters from W.A. Craigie concerning new entries for the Oxford English Dictionary, 1 drawing in the style of John Leech, 2 19th century drawings, the manuscript of his "Young John of Gaunt; a poem in fourteen cantos", 22 engraved American portraits, 5 maps of the American Civil and Revolutionary Wars, 3 scrapbooks, World War I to 1976, his commonplace book, 1927-1990, several of his published books, and "The Sheriff's Prisoner", an autobiographical account of his 8 months in Brixton Prison for Obscene Libel on the publication of "Guido and the Girls", along with letters and documents re. this case.

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This collection has no restrictions.

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-17. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); William Henry Waldo Sabine papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

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

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of William H.W. Sabine, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994& of his estate, 1995.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Sabine, William H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--06/20/1985. Accession number--M-85-06-20.

addition: Source of acquisition--Sabine, William H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/20/1985. Accession number--M-85-10-20.

Addition: Source of acquisition--Sabine, WIlliams H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/08/1986. Accession number--M-86-04-08-0l.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Sabine, William. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1991. Accession number--M-1991.

James Caulfield letter: Source of acquisition--Sabine, William H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/02/1991. Accession number--M-91-11-02.

1 xeroxed article: Source of acquisition--Sabine, W.H.H. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--03/24/1992. Accession number--M-92-03-24.

Diaries: Source of acquisition--Sabine, William H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/29/1992. Accession number--M-92-09-29.

"Young John of Gaunt", a.ms.s., 96p: Source of acquisition--Sabine, W.H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--10/27/1992. Accession number--M-92-10-27.

W.A.Craigie letters & misc. drawings & printed materials: Source of acquisition--Sabine, W.H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/04/1992. Accession number--M-92-12-04.

Scrapbooks: Source of acquisition--Sabine, W.H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/09/1993. Accession number--M-93-07-09.

Diaries: Source of acquisition--Sabine, W.H.W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1994. Accession number--M-1994.

Diaries: Source of acquisition--Estate of W.H.W. Sabine. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--04/05/1995. Accession number--M-95-04-05.

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Processing Information

Papers assigned BRC 04/17/1986.

addition Processed JL-W 06/--/1986.

Addition Entered JCA 09/09/1986.

Papers Processed HR 10/17/1991.

James Caulfield letter Cataloged HR 11/25/1991.

1 xeroxed article Processed HR 03/31/1992.

Diaries Processed BRC 06/11/1992.

"Young John of Gaunt", a.ms.s., 96p Processed HR 02/02/1993.

W.A.Craigie letters & misc. drawings & printed materials Cataloged HR 02/02/1993.

Scrapbooks Processed HR 04/28/1998.

Diaries Processed HR 04/28/1998.

Diaries Processed HR 04/28/1998.

Revision Description

June 2020 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH

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History / Biographical Note

Biographical sketch

William Sabine was born in England, educated at private schools and with tutors, and taught at the Middlesex County Council Institute before coming to the United States in 1947. His publications had begun with poetry in England in 1929. In America he developed an interest in early American history, publishing titles about the Revolutionary era, of which the most popular"The Historical Memoirs of William Smith, 1763-1783" was first published in 1956. He later became interested in the American flag and its history, followed by a rededication to a long-term interest in parapsychology. Sabine died in 1994.

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Series I: Cataloged correspondence and manuscripts


Box 1 Harold Nicolson

Box 1 Havelock Ellis

Box 1 James Caulfield

Box 1 John Leech(?)

Box 1 Thomas Dewey

Box 1 Viscount Hood

Box 1 W.A. Craigie

Box 1 Sabine, W.H.H., English love poems of the seventeenth century, 1951

Typed manuscript with annotation, 3 bound volumes. With additions and corrections by the author in manuscript.

Series II: Correspondence, manuscripts, notes


Box 2 Five folders each containing correspondence and/or other material of interest to parapsychology

Box 2 A Mystery of History

Box 2 Article published in Light, 1951 October

Box 2 Notes

Box 2 Correspondence

Box 2 The Identity of "Feda", Mrs. Gladys Osborne Leonard's Spirit Communicator

William H.W. Sabine's correspondence in an endeavor to throw light on this subject.

Box 2 The Ghosts of Versailles, by Lucille Iremonger

Correspondence of William H.W. Sabine with Mrs. Iremonger, with Mrs. Lydia W.Allison (editor of the Journal of the A.S.P.R., New York), and with the editor of the Journal of the S.P.R., London on the above subject.

Box 2 A Case of Unexplained Magnetism

William H.W. Sabine's notes and correspondence with the manufacturers of the game "Scrabble," and with Mrs. Laura A. Dale, Research Associate at the American Society for Psychical Research.

Box 2 Articles, reviews, and letters contributed by William H.W. Sabine to the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research

Box 2 Sabine, W.H.H., Second light in dally life, 1949

Typed manuscript, bound. Original edition, mounted on paper with revision and additions made by the author in type script and manuscript.

Box 2 Correspondence relating to the publication of William H.W. Sabine's Second sight in daily life, together with letters from readers, etc.

Box 2 Sabine, W.H.H. Evidence tending to indicate that Stella Lipinski Sabine survived physical death… As recorded by her husband, 1992

Typed manuscript, 28 pages, xerox copy in a binder


Box 3 Materials relating to the history of the Stars and Stripes

Box 3 Folder of loose sheets

Notes, photocopies, correspondence

Box 3 Book, East Indiamen: The East India Company's Maritime Service, by Sir Evan Cotton, Ed. by Sir Charles Fawcett

Box 3 Magazines (articles on the U.S. flag)

Box 3 National Geographic, 1917 October

Box 3 National Geographic, 1934 September

Box 3 Mariner's Mirror, 1937 October

Box 3 National Geographic, 1949 May

Pages 633-657 only

Box 3 National Geographic, 1959 July

Pages 85-121 only

Box 3 Correspondence between William H.W. Sabine and Richard K. MacMastsr, S.J., 1952 September 19-1960 April 25

Chiefly on their historical interests: in Sabine's case especially his publications on Woodhull, Fitch, and Smith; and in MacMaster's case his researches into the careers of Catholic priests and laymen of Scottish ancestry in North America in the colonial era.

Box 3 Correspondence between Peter Decker and William H.W. Sabine

On various matters including the inclusion of William Smith's Historical Memoirs and Jabez Fitch's Diary in the Arno Press's "Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution", ed. Peter Decker; also including reference to Sabine's Murder, 1776, and Letter About Distorted History.

Box 3 Correspondence between Sabine and the New York Public Library, Re: William Smith's Historical Memoirs, 1955-1972


Box 4 Correspondence, etc. relating to William H.W. Sabine's Murder, 1776, and Washington's Policy of Silence, 1973; also with some reference to A Letter about Distorted History, 1975, 1973, 1975

Box 4 Mary Gibbons: the only play about George Washington & the beautiful girl from New Jersey

Mimeograph copies of 2 versions of play script by Sabine

Box 4 Woodhull

A shortened version, in the form of a story, of the Secret History of General Woodhull. The latter work, restyled The Suppressed History of General Woodhull, was published in 1954. Typed manuscript, 119 pages, with 2 maps

Box 4 A Tragedy of 1776

Also includes correspondence about the Woodhull Monument.

Box 4 Young John of Gaunt; a poem in fourteen cantos.

Annotated, manuscript, signed, 96 pages

Box 4 2 19th century drawings

Box 4 22 engraved American portraits

Box 4 5 printed maps regarding the American Civil & Revolutionary Wars

Series III: Diaries


Box 5 Item 1 1920, 1923 May 06-1924 January 03

Box 5 Item 2 1924 January 04-1924 November 20

Box 5 Item 3 1924 November 21-1925 March 02

Box 5 Item 4 1925 March 03-June 21

Box 5 Item 5 1925 June 22-November 04

Box 5 Item 6 1925 November 05-1926 April 04

Box 5 Item 7 1926 April 05-August 10


Box 6 Item 8 1926 August 11-1927 February 06

Box 6 Item 9 1927 February 08-August 03

Box 6 Item 10 1927 August 04-1928 February 13

Box 6 Item 11 1928 February 19-June 08

Box 6 Item 12 1928 June 09-October 06

Box 6 Item 13 1928 October 07-1929 January 29


Box 7 Item 14A 1929 January 30-March 11

Box 7 Item 14B 1929 January 30-March 11

Box 7 Item 14C 1929 January 30-March 11

Box 7 Item 15 1929 March 12-May 25

Box 7 Item 16 1929 May 26-August 13

Box 7 Item 17 1929 August 14-December 09

Box 7 Item 18 1929 December 09-1930 January 18

Box 7 Item 19 1930 January 19-February 14

Box 7 Item 20 1930 February 15-June 02

Box 7 Item 21 1930 June 03-29

Box 7 Item 22 1930 June 30-August 13

Box 7 Item 23 1930 August 14-October 12

Box 7 Item 24 1930 October 13-November 19

Box 7 Item 25 1930 November 20-1931 January 03

Box 7 Item 26 1931 January 04-February 11


Box 8 Item 27 1931 February 12-March 21

Box 8 Item 28 1931 March 22-October 14

Box 8 Item 29 1931 October 15-1932 July 09

Box 8 Item 30 1932 July 10-1933 January 03

Box 8 Item 31 1933 January 05-July 04

Box 8 Item 31A 1933 July 05-28

Box 8 Item 32 1933 July 29-1934 July 31

Box 8 Item 33 1934 August 01-November 19

Box 8 Item 34 1934 November 23-1935 January 31

Box 8 Item 34A 1935 February 02-26

Box 8 Item 35 1935 September 21-1936 March 11

Box 8 Item 36 1936 March 12-July 04

Box 8 Item 37 1936 July 05-December 23

Box 8 Item 38 1936 December 24-1937 May 22

Box 8 Item 39 1937 May 23-1938 March 25

Box 8 Item 40 1938 March 27-November 27

Box 8 Item 40A 1938 July 20-August 15


Box 9 Item 41 1938 November 27-1940 February 05

Box 9 Item 41A 1939 July 08-August 04

Box 9 Item 42 1940 February 06-June 22

Box 9 Item 43 1940 June 24-November 12

Box 9 Item 44 1940 November 13-1941 July 13

Box 9 Item 45 1941 July 14-1942 March 30

Box 9 Item 46 1942 March 31-September 16

Box 9 Item 47 1942 September 17-1943 February 14

Box 9 Item 48 1943 February 15-July 09


Box 10 Item 49 1943 July 10-November 10

Box 10 Item 50 1943 November 15-1944 January 11

Box 10 Item 51 1944 January 13-April 29

Box 10 Item 52 1944 May 02-August 06

Box 10 Item 53 1944 August 08-November 09

Box 10 Item 54 1944 November 09-1945 April 01

Box 10 Item 55 1945 April 04-July 29

Box 10 Item 56 1945 July 30-October 10

Box 10 Item 57 1945 October 11-1946 March 12

Box 10 Item 58 1946 March 23-July 31

Box 10 Item 59 1946 August 02-30

Box 10 Item 60 1946 August 31-1947 February 04

Box 10 Item 61 1947 February 05-August 22

Box 10 Item 62 1947 August 25-1948 January 14

Box 10 Item 63 1948 January 15-October 12

Box 10 Item 64 1948 October 14-1949 September 03

Box 10 Item 65 1949 September 06-1950 March 02

Box 10 Item 66 1950 March 03-October 17

Box 10 Item 67 1950 October 19-1951 May 17

Box 10 Item 68 1951 May 18-1952 January 27


Box 11 Item 69 1952 January 31-December 31

Box 11 Item 70 1953 January 01-1954 August 10

Box 11 Item 71 1954 August 11-1955 August 30

Box 11 Item 72 1955 August 31-1956 April 08

Box 11 Item 73 1956 April 09-1957 March 09

Box 11 Item 74 1957 March 10-September 11

Box 11 Item 75 1957 September 13-1958 February 17

Box 11 Item 76 1958 February 19-September 30

Box 11 Item 77 1958 October 02-1959 June 26

Box 11 Item 77A Stella Lepinski's Diary, 1956 July 30-1959 August 06

Box 11 Item 77A Stella Lepinski's 13 Week Diary, 1939 June 25-1939 September 08

Box 11 Item 78 1959 June 29-1960 February 23

Box 11 Item 79 1960 February 24-June 14

Box 11 Item 80 1960 June 15-October 20

Box 11 Item 81 1960 October 21-1961 February 23

Box 11 Item 82 1961 February 24-May 24


Box 12 Item 83 1961 May 25-July 31

Box 12 Item 84 1961 August 01-September 09

Box 12 Item 85 1961 September 10-October 18

Box 12 Item 86 1961 October 19-1962 January 10

Box 12 Item 87 1962 January 11-April 01

Box 12 Item 88 1962 April 02-July 03

Box 12 Item 89 1962 July 04-September 29

Box 12 Item 90 1962 September 30-December 13

Box 12 Item 91 1962 December 17-1963 March 18

Box 12 Item 92 1963 March 19-June 15

Box 12 Item 93 1963 June 16-August 28

Box 12 Item 94 1963 August 30-December 07

Box 12 Item 95 1963 December 07-1964 February 27

Box 12 Item 96 1964 February 28-June 02

Box 12 Item 97 1964 June 02-October 06

Box 12 Item 98 1964 October 07-1965 February 10

Box 12 Item 99 1965 February 11-June 11

Box 12 Item 100 1965 June 12-October 09

Box 12 Item 101 1965 October 09-1966 February 21

Box 12 Item 102 1966 February 22-September 08

Box 12 Item 103 1966 September 09-1968 September 29


Box 13 Item 104 1968 October 01-1971 March 29

Box 13 Item 105 1971 March 31-1973 June 10

Box 13 Item 106 1973 June 13-1974 December 31

Box 13 Item 107 1975 January 01-1976 January 29

Box 13 Item 108 1976 February 01-September 16

Box 13 Item 109 1976 September 17-1977 July 17

Box 13 Item 110 1977 July 18-October 22

Box 13 Item 111 1977 October 23-1978 June 09

Box 13 Item 112 1978 June 11-November 27

Box 13 Item 113 1978 November 28-1979 June 03

Box 13 Item 114 1979 June 04-November 21


Box 14 Item 115 1979 November 22-1980 April 30

Box 14 Item 116 1980 May 01-September 28

Box 14 Item 117 1980 September 29-1981 February 02

Box 14 Item 118 1981 February 03-1982 January 11

Box 14 Item 119 1982 January 13-1983 April 09

Box 14 Item 120 1983 April 10-September 18

Box 14 Item 121 1983 September 19-1984 April 13

Box 14 Item 122 1984 April 14-November 05

Box 14 Item 123 1984 November 06-1985 December 31


Box 15 Item 124 1986 January 01-May 23

Box 15 Item 125 1986 May 24-1987 January 13

Box 15 Item 126 1987 January 14-September 15

Box 15 Item 127 1987 September 16-1988 May 31

Box 15 Item 128 1988 June 01-1989 February 23

Box 15 Item 129 1989 February 24-October 31

Box 15 Item 130 1989 November 01-1990 June 10

Box 15 Item 131 1990 June 11-1991 January 28

Box 15 Item 132 1991 January 29-May 28

Box 15 Item 133 1991 October 06-1992 May 22

Box 15 Item 135 1992 September 02-1993 February 02


Box 16 Item 137 1993 February 02-December 04

Box 16 Item 138 1993 December 05-1994 June 21

Series IV: Scrapbook

Box 16 Volume 1 U.K., World War I, 1918

Box 16 Volume 2 U.K., 1919-1946

Box 16 Volume 2 U.S.A., 1947-1952

Box 16 Volume 3 U.S.A., 1950-1976

Series V: Books


Box 17 Commonplace Book, 1927-1990

Box 17 Books by Sabine

Box 17 Echoes from the Crag (London: New York) 32 p., 1957

Box 17 The Fairy King; a poem (Harrogate [UK]) 31 p., 1929

Box 17 One copy with suggested correction

Box 17 One interleaved copy with additional notes and variations

Box 17 Guido and the Girls (Harrogate [UK]) 141 p., 1933-1934

Book-length satirical poem which resulted in Sabine's being prosecuted for Obscene Libel and being sent to Brixton Prison for almost 8 months, in 1935

Box 17 4 editions of the book, 1933-1934

Box 17 "The Sheriff's Prisoner." Typed manuscript, 266 p.

Sabine's autobiographical account of his imprisonment

Box 17 Letters and documents regarding this case

Box 17 Woodhull and Washington; a ballad. (New York), 16 p., 1955