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BOX 63-66not filmed Margaret French Cresson: Family Correspondence, 1919-1932
Correspondence between Margaret French Cresson and her husband, W. P. Cresson.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 63-66not filmed Cresson, Margaret French, correspondence with W. P. Cresson, 1919-1932
BOX 67-71not filmed Margaret French Cresson: Book, Article, and Speech File, 1947-1953
Manuscripts of books, articles, and speeches, with correspondence and other papers relating to them.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
BOX 67not filmed Correspondence regarding The Berkshires, by Samuel Chamberlain (two chapters of which were written by Margaret French Cresson), [1956]
Journey into Fame; the Life of Daniel Chester French, 1947
Correspondence
BOX 68-69 Manuscript and background material
BOX 70 Background material and correspondence
A-K
BOX 71 L-W
Miscellaneous articles and speeches
BOX 72not filmed Margaret French Cresson: Miscellany
Biographical papers, exhibit, wills, general miscellany, and printed matter.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 72not filmed Biographical papers
“Stars of Yesterday and Today” exhibit, 1944
Wills
General miscellany
Printed matter
BOX 73-89 REEL 34-44 Miscellaneous Family Papers, circa 1848-1932
Correspondence and other papers of various members of the French family, collected by Margaret French Cresson, and correspondence of D. C. French's secretary and attorney.
Grouped alphabetically by name of correspondent.
BOX 73 REEL 34 Bartlett, Sarah French, letters to William M. R. French, 1870-1883
(11 folders)
BOX 74 REEL 35 Correspondence answered by Robert M. Bush while acting as attorney for Daniel Chester French, 1920-1921
Cresson, W. P.
Diaries
(3 folders)
Correspondence
A-N
(9 folders)
BOX 75 REEL 35-36 P-W and unidentified
(3 folders)
French, Mary Adams French, correspondence relating to her Memories of a Sculptor's Wife, 1928
(4 folders)
Correspondence of Margaret F. Jameson, secretary to Daniel Chester French
(3 folders)
BOX 76 REEL 36 Bush, Anne R.
Cresson, W. P.
Dakin, Polly Hollis
French, Alice
French, Amos Tuck
French, Benjamin B.
French, Hattie
French, Helen A.
French, Henry F.
Diaries
1850-1861
(2 folders, 5 vols.)
BOX 77 REEL 37 1867-1881
(2 folders, 2 vols.)
BOX 78 1882-1885
(2 folders, 2 vols.)
BOX 79 Letters from Henry F. French to Gail Hamilton
(2 vols.)
BOX 80 REEL 38-39 Correspondence
Private letters, 1848-1864
Account books
(2 folders, 2 vols.)
Court decisions
Speeches before grand jury
BOX 81 REEL 39-40 Scrapbook
French, Margaret (Mrs. Edmund French)
French, Mary A.
French, Mary Ellen
French, Pamela M.
French, Pamela P.
French, Prentiss
French, Sallie
French, Sarah
French, William M. R.
1850-1877
(11 folders)
BOX 82 REEL 40-41 1878-1887
(12 folders)
BOX 83 REEL 41 1888-1914
(20 folders)
BOX 84 REEL 41-42 Letters to William M. R. French from Henry F. French, 1859-1885
(12 folders)
BOX 85 REEL 42 Hollis, Harriette
Jones, Louise R. French
Longman, Evelyn Beatrice
Richardson, Louise
Vanderbilt, Elsie
Wells, Catherine
BOX 86 REEL 43 Cressson, W. P.
Scrapbook
BOX 87 Appointment as secretary of embassy
Articles
Military papers
Obituary
Passports
REEL 43 Photographs
General miscellany
(12 folders)
BOX 88 REEL 44 Printed matter
(7 folders)
Cresson, Margaret French
Miscellaneous
Photographs
Printed matter
(2 folders)
BOX 89 (11 folders)
BOX 90-92not filmed Photographs, circa 1855-1952
Photographs, mainly portraits of family and friends. Most are identified and many are dated.
BOX 90-92 REEL not filmed circa 1855-1952
BOX 93not filmed Additions, 1908-1968
Correspondence, typescript, and volume of bylaws and minutes.
Arranged in order of processing date and therein chronologically.
BOX 93 1983 Addition
Correspondence, 1908, 1934
Bylaws and minutes of Daniel Chester French Foundation, 1962-1968
Typescript, "My Uncle: A Friend of Lincoln's" by Mary A. French, undated
BOX 93 2019 Addition
Correspondence to Charles Dupuy, 1923-1933

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