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John Spencer Bassett papers, 1770-1978

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BOX 1-2 Diaries and Journals, 1905-1927
Diaries and journals kept by Bassett.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1905-1924
(7 folders)
BOX 2 1925-1927
BOX 2-15 Family Correspondence, 1889-1932
Correspondence between Bassett and his wife, Jessie Lewellin Bassett, and from each of them to their children, Richard H. Bassett and Margaret Byrd Bassett.
Arranged alphabetically by name of family member and therein chronologically.
BOX 2 Bassett, Jessie Lewellin (wife)
June 1889-Dec. 1902
(11 folders)
BOX 3 Mar. 1903-Aug. 1911
(8 folders)
BOX 4 Sept. 1911-Feb. 1912
(8 folders)
BOX 5 Mar.-Sept. 1912
(6 folders)
BOX 6 Feb. 1913-Apr. 1921
(10 folders)
BOX 7 May 1921-Jan. 1925
(10 folders)
BOX 8 Feb. 1925-Mar. 1927, undated
(4 folders)
Bassett, Margaret Byrd (daughter)
May 1911-Apr. 1924
(6 folders)
BOX 9 May 1924-Dec. 1927, undated
(7 folders)
Bassett, Richard H. (son)
circa 1903-1914
(2 folders)
BOX 10 1915-1916
(8 folders)
BOX 11 1917-1919
(8 folders)
BOX 12 1920-1922
(8 folders)
BOX 13 1923-1925
(8 folders)
BOX 14 1926-1927, undated
(6 folders)
Other family members
1892-1902
(2 folders)
BOX 15 1903-1932, undated
(6 folders)
BOX 15-29 General Correspondence, 1891-1930
Correspondence with related attachments.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 15 Feb. 1891-June 1896
(3 folders)
BOX 16 July 1896-Dec. 1901
(9 folders)
BOX 17 Jan. 1902-Dec. 1905
(8 folders)
BOX 18 Jan. 1906-Dec. 1908
(9 folders)
BOX 19 Jan. 1909-Oct. 1911
(8 folders)
BOX 20 Nov. 1911-Apr. 1914
(8 folders)
BOX 21 May 1914-June 1916
(7 folders)
BOX 22 July 1916-Dec. 1917
(8 folders)
BOX 23 Jan. 1918-Aug. 1919
(7 folders)
BOX 24 Sept. 1919-Feb. 1921
(8 folders)
BOX 25 Mar. 1921-July 1922
(9 folders)
BOX 26 Aug. 1922-Apr. 1924
(9 folders)
BOX 27 May 1924-June 1925
(7 folders)
BOX 28 July 1925-Aug. 1926
(8 folders)
BOX 29 Sept. 1926-Jan. 1930, undated
(9 folders)
BOX 30-33 Collected Historical Manuscripts, 1770-1927
Correspondence, diaries, receipts, legal documents, writings, photographs, and printed matter collected by Bassett.
Arranged alphabetically by name, topic, or type of material. A list of prominent correspondents is contained in an appendix.
BOX 30 Alger, Abby L., 1881-1885, undated
Alger, William Rounseville, 1856-1869
Ashmead, H. G., 1854-1897
"A" miscellaneous, 1781-1897, undated
Belden, William, 1864-1884, undated
"B" miscellaneous, 1772-1883, undated
Chard, Louise Cable, 1913-1918, undated
Clark, Cynthia Williams, 1869-1878, undated
(4 folders)
Clarke, Chauncey, 1838-1852
Crippen, Layton W.
Correspondence, 1908-1915, undated
(3 folders)
Newspaper clippings, 1913-1914
"C-D" miscellaneous, 1786-1913, undated
(2 folders)
BOX 31 Earl, Ralph E. W., family
Earl, Jane Caffery, 1815-1818, undated
(2 folders)
Earl, Ralph E. W.
Correspondence
From, 1818-1829
To, 1816-1837, undated
(9 folders)
Inventory of possessions at the Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn., at time of death, 1838-1839
Passport, 1815
Writings, 1813-1825, undated
Jackson, Andrew, correspondence to, 1828-1840, undated
Miscellany, undated
BOX 32 Everett, Edward, 1839, 1854
Fitch, John, 1878-1883, undated
"F-G" miscellaneous, 1770-1886, undated
Hamlin, Lizzie Lord, 1863-1894
"H-L" miscellaneous, 1792-1912, undated
(2 folders)
Marsh, Luther R., 1882-1886, undated
Marvin, Samuel W., 1890-1913, undated
Massachusetts, Northampton, 1869-1870, undated
"M-O" miscellaneous, 1791-1909, undated
Pennsylvania, 1788-1856, undated
Preble, Edward E., 1861-1867, undated
Printed ephemera, 1776-1889
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