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John Russell Young papers, circa 1840-1959

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BOX 1-25not filmed General Correspondence, 1854-1898
Letters sent and received.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 1854, Dec. 12-1863, Aug. 12
BOX 2 1863, Aug. 20-1865, Nov. 8
BOX 3 1865, Nov. 19-1867, Mar. 20
BOX 4 1867, Mar. 22-1868, Jan. 23
BOX 5 1868, Feb. 1-1868, Aug. 30
BOX 6 6 1868, Aug. 31-1869, Jan. 15
BOX 7 7 1869, Jan. 16-1869, July 19
BOX 8 8 1869, July 20-1873, Mar. 25
BOX 9 9 1873, Mar. 27-1875, Jan. 16
BOX 10 1875, Jan. 18-1878, Aug. 18
BOX 11 1878, Aug.-1879, July 7
BOX 12 1879, July 8-1880, Jan. 1
BOX 13 1880, Jan. 8-1880, Dec. 27
BOX 14 1880, Dec. 28-1882. Mar. 8
BOX 15 1882, Mar. 9-1883, May 19
BOX 16 1883, May 23-1884, Jan.10
BOX 17 1884, Jan. 12-1885, June 4?
BOX 18 1885, June 5-1889, Jan. 10
BOX 19 1889, Jan. 17-1890, Oct. 13
BOX 19A 1890, Oct. 2-1890, Oct. 10
BOX 20 1890, Oct. 14-1891, Dec. 20
BOX 21 1891, Dec. 21-1893, Feb. 19
BOX 22 1893, Feb. 20-1896, Aug. 17
BOX 23 1896, Aug. 20-1898, Jan. 3
BOX 24 1898, Jan. 5-1898, Dec. 28, undated
BOX 25 Undated
BOX 26-29not filmed Biography of Young
Annotated and corrected typescript of “John Russell Young, His Life and Correspondence.”
Arranged in bound volumes.
BOX 26 Vol. 1
BOX 27 Vol. 2
BOX 28 Vol. 3
BOX 29 Vol. 4
BOX 30not filmed Press Clippings, 1854
Bound volume of clippings titled “The Press of the U.S. on the Letter Written by Horace Greeley in 1854 to [William H.] Seward When They Were Whigs.”
BOX 30 “The Press of the U.S. on the Letter Written by Horace Greeley in 1854 to [William H.] Seward When They Were Whigs,” 1854
BOX 31not filmed Miscellany, 1877-1879
Bound volume including memorabilia and holograph text and corrected proofs describing the world tour of Ulysses S. Grant in 1877-1879.
BOX 31 World tour with Ulysses S. Grant, memorabilia and written account by Young, 1877-1879
BOX 32not filmed General Correspondence, 1897-1920
Correspondence of Young and his wife, Mary Dow Davids Young, and of his daughter-in-law, Dorothy Mills Young, and her mother and their family.
Arranged chronologically within the two groups.
BOX 32 Young, John Russell and Mary Dow Davids, 1897, Jan. 29-1908, Aug. 30
BOX 32 Young, Dorothy Mills, and others, 1918, Feb. 24-1920, Apr. 25, undated
BOX 33not filmed Special Correspondence and Miscellany, 1864-1899
Bound volumes of correspondence addressed to Young from Ulysses S. Grant, 1870-1883; by literary figures of the period, 1864-1895; concerning a reunion at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1893; and miscellaneous letters, 1890-1899. Also invitations and photographs.
Organized by topic or type of material.
BOX 33 “Autograph Letters from Charles Dickens and Others,” 1864-1895
BOX 33 “Autograph Letters of General Grant,” 1870-1883
BOX 33 “Souvenir of a Reunion at Gettysburg,” Gettysburg, Pa., Apr. 28, 1893
BOX 33 Miscellaneous letters and cards, 1890-1899
BOX 33 Invitation to decoration of Grant’s Tomb, New York, N.Y., and miscellaneous photographs, 1877-1886
BOX 34-35not filmed Dow Family Papers, circa 1840-1890
Correspondence, journals and a diary, financial material, photographs, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged in two sets and therein by type of material
BOX 34 Set I
BOX 34 Correspondence
BOX 34 Diary, James G. Dow
BOX 34 Envelopes and notes
BOX 34 Financial and school papers
BOX 34 Journals and diary, Mrs. James G. Dow
BOX 34 Photographs
BOX 34 Printed matter
BOX 35 Set II
BOX 35 Correspondence
BOX 35 Memorial of James G. Dow
BOX 35 Poetry and miscellany
BOX 36-39 REEL 1-3 Diaries of John Russell Young and Mary Dow Davids Young, 1865-1923
Diaries of Young and his wife.
Arranged in separate groups.
BOX 36 REEL 1-2 Young, John Russell
BOX 37 REEL 2-3 1865, 1868-1870, 1872-1873, 1875-1880, 1883, 1886
BOX 38 REEL 2-3 1887-1893, 1896-1898
BOX 38 REEL 2-3 Young, Mary Dow Davids 1887-1893, 1896-1898
BOX 38 REEL 2-3 1891-1892, 18978, 1901, 1906-1912, 1914-1916
BOX 39not filmed 1917-1923
BOX 40not filmed Scrapbook, 1843-1850
Newspaper clippings.
BOX 40not filmed Newspaper clippings, circa 1843-1850
BOX 41-45not filmed Addition, 1890-1959
Correspondence and miscellany.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 41not filmed Letters to John Russell Young, 1890-1892
BOX 41not filmed Letters to Dorothy Mills, from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Paul A. Hodgson, and George Fenn Lewis, 1914-1915, undated
BOX 41not filmed Letters from Gordon Russell Young to Mary Dow Davids ( his mother), 1917-1919, undated
BOX 41not filmed Correspondence, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Dorothy Mills Young, 1955-1959
BOX 41not filmed Miscellany, 1919-1951, undated
BOX 41not filmed Clippings
BOX 41not filmed Programs
BOX 41not filmed Photographs
BOX 41not filmed Certificates and awards See Oversize
BOX 42-43not filmed Young, Gordon Russell
BOX 42-43not filmed Correspondence, memoranda, photographs, and speeches
BOX 44not filmed Correspondence with his mother, Mary Dow Davids Young, 1908-1923
BOX 45not filmed Published books
BOX 45not filmed Around the World with General Grant by Young.
BOX 45not filmed The Innocents by Sinclair Lewis.
BOX 45not filmed Men and Memories by John Russell Young
(2 vols).
BOX 45not filmed Our Mr. Wrenn by Sinclair Lewis.
BOX 45not filmed The Prince of India by Lew Wallace
(2 vols.)
BOX 45not filmed The Second Division
BOX 45not filmed Unpublished writing, Pettit, H. W., “Life and Adventures of Theophilis Bird, A. D.”
BOX OV 1not filmed Oversize
Certificates and awards.
Arranged and described according to the series and container from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1 Miscellany
BOX OV 1 Certificates and awards (Container 41)

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