William Evarts Benjamin papers, 1817-1940

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Abbott, Lyman


Box 1 Adams, Henry Gardiner


Box 1 Benjamin, William Evarts


Box 1 Burke, John Bernard


Box 1 Byron, Anne Isabella Noël


Box 1 Campbell, Thomas


Box 1 Carrington, Katherine S. Batts


Box 1 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor


Box 1 Coles, Jonathan Ackerman


Box 1 Cirtisso, Royal

[Available on microfilm]


Box 1 Crockett, Samuel Rutherford


Box 1 Cumberland, Richard


Box 1 Darnley, John Stuart, 6th earl


Box 1 Davis, Richard Harding


Box 1 Dickens, Charles


Box 1 Dickens, Dir Henry Fielding


Box 1 Dix, Morgan


Box 1 Dumas, Alexander, fils


Box 1 Edgeworth, Maria


Box 1 Eliot, George


Box 1 Fairholt, Frederick William


Box 1 Fawkes, Walter Ramsden


Box 1 Gilbert, Thomas "Bishop of Shropshire"


Box 1 Gilder, Jeannette L.


Box 1 Goldwin, J. H.


Box 1 Hale, Edward Everett


Box 1 Hay, John


Box 1 Heytesbury, William Henry Ashe, 2nd Baron


Box 1 Homer, Winslow


Box 1 Hubbard, Elbert


Box 1 Hughes, Charles Evans


Box 1 Ireland, Joseph N.


Box 1 Jones, William Alfred


Box 1 Kitton, Frederick George


Box 1 Langton, Robert


Box 1 Leigh, Oliver


Box 1 Lockhart, Charles


Box 1 Lockhart, Charles Stuart Montgomerie


Box 1 Lubbock, Sir John, 1st Baron Avebury


Box 1 Lupton, Thomas


Box 1 Maas, Joseph


Box 1 Mayer, Joseph


Box 1 Mellon, Andrew W.


Box 1 Mills, Ogden L.


Box 1 Mitchell, Donald Grant


Box 1 Moore, Thomas Sir


Box 1 Nichols, John Gough


Box 1 Overall, William Henry


Box 1 Pearman, Augustus John


Box 1 Phelps, Charles Henry


Box 1 Purland, Theodosius



Box 2 Rheade, Louis J.


Box 2 Rockefeller, John D.


Box 2 Rowlands, John Bowen


Box 2 Ruskin, John

[Also on microfilm]


Box 2 Seaton, Sampson


Box 2 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley


Box 2 Smith, Charles Roach


Box 2 Spence, Chas.



Box 3 Stedman, Edmund C.


Box 3 Symons, Arthur


Box 3 Taylor, W. J.


Box 3 Turner, Joseph Mallord William


Box 3 Vanderbilt, George W.


Box 3 Walcott, Mackenzie Edward Charles


Box 3 Wigram, Joseph Cotton, Bishop of Rochester


Box 3 Wilson, Harriett


Box 3 Wood, Humprey


Box 3 Wright, Thomas


Box 3 Miscelleneous

Series II: Catalogs



Box 4 Duplicate File: Set No. 1



Box 5 Duplicate File: Set No. 2

Series III: Business & Personal Papers



Box 6 American Antiquarian Society , Worcester, MA, 1927-1941


Box 6 American Historical Association, 1926/1927


Box 6 The Book Lover , 1888-1903


Box 6 Bookplates



Box 7 Eastern High School , Washington, DC, 1930


Box 7 Engravings and illustrations


Box 7 Government lists


Box 7 Gutenberg Bible, 1891-1929


Box 7 Library of Congress, 1926-1929



Box 8 Library of Congress, 1930-1935


Box 8 Lyman Allyn Museum , New London, CT, 1935-1937



Box 9 Murillo's Imaculate Conception, 1926/1927


Box 9 Murillo's Imaculate Conception - Pallavicini Catalogue, 1927


Box 9 The New York Community Trust, 1926-1931


Box 9 The New York Historical Society, 1937-1939


Box 9 Photographs


Box 9 Publishing business:advertising; bills, receipts, etc.; James Mcdonald, Bookbinder; print catalogue; printed materials; stock lists



Box 10 Rogers, H.H. - condolences re. his death, 1909


Box 10 S.S. "H.H. Rogers" - launching, 1916


Box 10 Speyer property dispute, 1911-1913


Box 10 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 1927-1930


Box 10 Thatcher, John B. The Continent of America


Box 10 Union College, 1890-1935



Box 11 Union College, 1936-1940


Box 11 University of Virginia, 1928-1930


Box 11 George Washington, 1889-1930


Box 11 Washington family, 1927-1930


Box 11 Miscellaneous: memoranda; notebook; clippings; pamphlet; title pages

Series IV: Library of American Literature



Box 12 Accounts, 1884-1903


Box 12 Accounts, 1903-1910


Box 12 Accounts - royalties


Box 12 Advantages of the L.A.L.


Box 12 Advertisements: ; full page ; 1/2 & 1/4 page ; retailo, printed copy ; written copy


Box 12 Advertising


Box 12 Advertising, sets exchanged for



Box 13 Agents, 6 folders


Box 13 Agents - printed materials


Box 13 Benjamin, Charles R. General Agent


Box 13 Binding


Box 13 Boston orders


Box 13 Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders, 3 folders


Box 13 Circulars


Box 13 Colonial literature



Box 14 Commendations, 10 folders


Box 14 Correspondence - miscellaneous


Box 14 Courses of Reading, 3 folders


Box 14 Hovendon, John Relating to E.C. Stedman


Box 14 Illustrations



Box 15 Improvements in manufacturing


Box 15 Jenkins & McCowan Printing


Box 15 Legan matters


Box 15 Macdonald, James Bookbinder


Box 15 Portraits


Box 15 Printed materials


Box 15 Prospectus, etc., 3 folders


Box 15 Specimin pages


Box 15 Stedman, Edmond Charles, 3 folders


Box 15 Webster & Co., 2 folders


Box 15 Miscellaneous

Series V: Scrapbooks



Box 17 Scrapbook of clippings, 1884-1891, 1 volume



Flat Box 28 Scrapbook

Series VI: Photographs


Flat Box 28 Large photographs

Series VII: Printed Materials

For related materials on Library of American Literature see E.C. Stedman Papers



Box 16 Books from W.E. Benjamin's library



Box 18 The Collector



Box 19 The Collector



Box 20 The Collector



Box 21 Catalogs 1-10


Box 21 Catalogs 11-29



Box 22 Catalogs 30-42


Box 22 Catalogs 43-53



Box 23 Catalogs 77-95


Box 23 Catalogs 13-66



Box 24 Catalogs 54-67


Box 24 Catalogs 68-76



Box 25 The Book Lover



Box 26 The Book Lover



Box 27 The Book Lover



Box 28 The Book Lover



Box 29 The Book Lover