George Washington Cable papers, 1882-1970

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence

Cataloged correspondence in Boxes 1-2 is also available on microfilm. See MN# 95-2075 and 95-2076-1. 2 reels.



Box 1 Beebe, William


Box 1 Cable, George Washington, 1882-1896



Box 2 Cable, George Washington, 1897-1906


Box 2 Cable, Louise S.


Box 2 Cable, Lucy


Box 2 Cable, M.L.


Box 2 Campbell, T.W.


Box 2 Clark, Esther Avery


Box 2 Edwards, Fanny W.


Box 2 Hotchkiss, Ella Antoinette


Box 2 Johnson, Caroline S.


Box 2 Jones, Martha D.


Box 2 Kinsman, Cassandra


Box 2 Lyman, Florence


Box 2 Moffat, Adelene


Box 2 Paret, Nan E.


Box 2 Park, Maud


Box 2 Sikes, Madeleine


Box 2 Warner, Mrs.


Box 2 White, Annie J.L.


Box 2 Whiting, Elizabeth

Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts


Cable, George Washington



Box 3 [Admission of Children to Edwards Church]


Box 3 "Attalic Brouillard"

The "Attalic Brouillard" manuscript (a.ms., 16p.) is also available on microfilm. See MN# 95-2076-3.


Box 3 "Congressional Unity in Georgia"


Box 3 [Description of keepsake]


Box 3 [Dr. Sevier]

Extracts. The "Dr. Sevier" manuscript (a.ms., 53p.) is also available on microfilm. See MN# 95-2076-2.


Box 3 "What Shall the Negro Do?"


Moffat, Adelene


Box 3 Diary relating to Home-Culture Clubs, 1898-1901

This diary, which also contains letters to her from Cable, is also available on microfilm. See MN# 89-2067.


Box 3 [Diary/Journal], 1906


Box 3 [Diary/Notebook], 1927-1936

This item is also available on microfilm. See MN# 89-2034-1.


Box 3 [Washington Centennial Ball]

Series III: Cataloged Documents


Box 3 Cable, George Washington


Box 3 Moffat, Adelene

Series IV: Cataloged Photographs


Box 3 Cable, George Washington


Box 3 Cable, George Washington, Calvin Coolidge, et al

Series V: Arranged Materials

Includes correspondence, subject files, photographs, memorabilia, copies, transcriptions, and printed matter.



Box 4

Subseries V.1: Arranged Correspondence


Box 4 Brewster, Mary K.


Box 4 Cable Family


Box 4 Moffat, Adelene

Letters to


Subseries V.2: Subject Files


Box 4 Home Culture Clubs


Box 4 Home Culture Clubs, Claims by Adelene Moffat against


Box 4 Moffat, Adelene

List of pictures by


Subseries V.3: Photographs


Box 4 Brewster, Mary


Box 4 Cable, George Washington and Louise


Box 4 Moffat, Adelene, 2 folders


Box 4 Monteagle, Tennessee


Box 4 Roote, Clarence B.


Subseries V.4: Memorabilia


Box 4 Cable, George Washington


Box 4 Moffat, Adelene


Subseries V.5: Copies


Cable, George Washington


Box 4 Correspondence to W.D. Howells


Box 4 Miscellaneous correspondence, 3 folders


Box 4 "My Politics"

Use of Cable's "My Politics" is restricted; only brief excerpts for scholarly papers may be used.

a.ms. Photocopy.


Box 4 Miscellaneous manuscripts


Box 4 Cable, Louise


Chesnutt, Charles W.


Box 4 Correspondence to G.W. Cable


Box 4 Correspondence to A. Moffat


Box 4 DuBois, W.E.B.


Box 4 Gilder, Richard Watson


Box 4 Smith, Roswell


Box 4 Still, William


Box 4 Wallin, Madeleine


Box 4 Miscellaneous correspondence


Subseries V.6: Transcriptions


Box 4 Cable, George Washington--Correspondence to A. Moffat, 4 folders



Box 5 Cable, George Washington--Miscellaneous Correspondence


Box 5 Moffat, Adelene--Correspondence to G.W. Cable, 4 folders


Box 5 Cable-Moffat Correspondence [Interfiled] (Folders 1-3, of 4), 3 folders



Box 6 Cable-Moffat Correspondence [Interfiled] (Folder 4 of 4), 1 folders


Roote, Clarence B.


Box 6 Journal, 4 folders


Box 6 Journal, Notes by Philip Butcher on


Subseries V.7: Printed Matter


Box 6 Arents, George and Mrs. Christmas keepsakes


Box 6 Brewster, Mary


Cable, George Washington



Box 7 Articles by, 2 folders


Box 7 Announcements of talks by


Box 7 Articles about


Box 7 Emerson, Ralph Waldo


Home Culture Clubs


Box 7 Forms


Box 7 Home Culture Club Letter


Box 7 Reports


Box 7 Yearbooks, 2 folders


Box 7 Miscellaneous, 2 folders


Moffat, Adelene


Box 7 Speeches by


Box 7 Articles about


Box 7 Obituaries


Box 7 Northampton High School


Box 7 People's Institute


Box 7 Miscellaneous printed matter

Series VI: Philip Bucher. So Full A Harmony



Box 8 t.ms.


Box 8 t.ms. (carbon) with notes, 2 folders


Box 8 Additions

t.ms.


Box 8 Cable, Moffat, Chesnutt, Howell transcripts


Box 8 Cable-Moffat letters register


Box 8 Notecards, 4 folders


Box 8 Notes


Box 8 Related correspondence

Series VII: Oversized Materials



Box 9 Home Culture Clubs Registers, 1898-1901, 1 portfolios