James Morgan Hart papers, 1856-1916.
Collection Number: 14-18-65
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
James Morgan Hart papers, 1856-1916.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
14-18-65
Abstract:
Includes letters from scholars relating to the study of languages and literature,
particularly Old English, Celtic, and German, and to scholarly language journals and
associations; from educators relating to university patterns and policies at Cornell;
from editors concerning Hart's publications; from Mrs. Bayard Taylor regarding her
husband's papers; autographed letters from Louisa May Alcott, Richard Henry Dana,
Jr., Hamilton Fish, Henry James, Henry W. Longfellow, Lord Russell, and others addressed
to Hart's father, John Seeley Hart; notes on German and English literature; photograph
albums of family and friends; scrapbook of Hart's letters to newspapers; typescript
copies of letters of Will Doherty relating to entomological collecting trips in Asia,
Africa, and Europe; letters from Hart to his parents commenting on his student days
at Princeton and Göttingen, his life as a law clerk in New York City, and his experiences
as an instructor at Cornell and in subsequent teaching posts; and letters from T.F.
Crane commenting on affairs at Cornell University.
Creator:
Hart, J. M. (James Morgan), 1839-1916.
Quanitities:
7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
INFORMATION FOR USERS
James Morgan Hart papers, #14-18-65. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Includes letters from scholars relating to the study of languages and literature,
particularly Old English, Celtic, and German, and to scholarly language journals and
associations: F.D. Allen, C.A. Buchheim, Albert S. Cook, Lane Cooper, Hiram Corson,
T.F. Crane, E.A. Eggers, A.B. Faust, Charles E. Hart, B.L. Gildersleeve, Gustaf E.
Karsten, E.S. Sheldon, Albert H. Smyth, F.H. Stoddard, E.B. Titchener, Frederick Tupper,
Albert S. Wheeler; from educators relating to university patterns and policies at
Cornell: Charles K. Adams, F.A.P. Barnard, Charles W. Eliot; from editors concerning
Hart's publications; from Mrs. Bayard Taylor regarding her husband's papers; autographed
letters from Louisa May Alcott, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Hamilton Fish, Henry James,
Henry W. Longfellow, Lord Russell, and others addressed to Hart's father, John Seeley
Hart; notes on German and English literature; photograph albums of family and friends;
scrapbook of Hart's letters to newspapers; typescript copies of letters of Will Doherty
relating to entomological collecting trips in Asia, Africa, and Europe; letters from
Hart to his parents (1856-1887) commenting on his student days at Princeton and Göttingen,
his life as a law clerk in New York City, and his experiences as an instructor at
Cornell (1868-1872) and in subsequent teaching posts; and letters from T.F. Crane
(1872-1890) commenting on affairs at Cornell University.
Also included are 11 volumes of offprints of articles and book reviews by Hart, both
in scholarly journals and in Cornell University publications such as the Cornell Era.
The articles cover both literary topics and the teaching of literature. Two of the
volumes consist of Hart's publications in Modern Language Notes.
Included in the correspondence is a 1710 letter from Benjamin Elley, in Rhode Island,
to Robert Isble Jr., in Killingsworth, concerning payment for a barrel of rum.
Names:
Allen, F. D. (Frederic De Forest), 1844-1897.
Buchheim, C. A. (Carl Adolf), 1828-1900.
Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927.
Cooper, Lane, 1875-1959.
Corson, Hiram, 1828-1911.
Crane, Thomas Frederick, 1844-1927.
Eggers, E. A.
Faust, Albert Bernhardt, 1870-1951.
Hart, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1838-1916.
Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau), 1831-1924.
Karsten, Gustaf E., 1859-1908.
Sheldon, E. S. (Edward Stevens), 1851-1925.
Smyth, Albert H., 1863-1907.
Stoddard, Francis Hovey, 1847-1936.
Titchener, Edward Bradford, 1867-1927.
Tupper, Frederick, 1871-1950.
Wheeler, Albert S.
Adams, Charles Kendall, 1835-1902.
Barnard, Frederick A. P. (Frederick Augustus Porter), 1809-1889.
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926.
Taylor, Bayard, Mrs.
Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882.
Fish, Hamilton, 1888-
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.
Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878.
Hart, John Seeley, 1810-1877.
Doherty, Will.
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Places:
Europe -- Description and travel.
Africa -- Description and travel.
Asia -- Description and travel.
Subjects:
College teachers.
Philologists.
Entomology.
Philology.
German literature.
English literature.
Literature -- Study and teaching.
Languages -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
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Box 2 |
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
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Box 3 |
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
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Box 4 |
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
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Box 5 |
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
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Box 6 |
A-Co Correspondence
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Box 7 |
Cu-Gar Correspondence
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Gas-Hart Correspondence
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Box 8 | Folder 1-4 |
Gas-Gum
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Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Haertel-Hart, C.E. (C.E. Hart, a cousin of J.M.H.? Includes a letter from C[harles]
E. Hart to J.M.H., introducing Lane Cooper, New Brunswick, N.J., Apr. 21, 1902)
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Apr. 21, 1902 |
Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence with wife and daughter (?),
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1893-1911 |
Box 8 | Folder 7-14 |
J.M. Hart to parents (John S. Hart),
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May 12, 1857-Aug. 14, 1887 |
Box 8 | Folder 15-21 |
John S. Hart to J.M. Hart,
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Aug. 18, 1857-Sept. 17, 1876 |
Box 9 |
Hartt-P Correspondence
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Box 10 |
R-Z Correspondence
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Box 11 |
JMH's judicial thesis and volumes of notes in German while studying in Germany,
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1863-1864 | |
Box 11 |
Alpha Delta Phi material, printed items and rolled resolution from the University
of Cincinnati faculty expressing regret at JMH's resignation to accept a chair at
Cornell University,
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May 1890 | |
Box 12 |
Notebooks
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Box 13 |
Notebooks
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Box 14 |
Essays and articles
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1868-1876 | |
Box 14 |
Miscellaneous pamphlets
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1874-1897 | |
Box 14 |
Hart - Review of Zahn's Cyprian von Autochien
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December 1882 | |
Box 14 |
Hart - Articles in Modern Language Notes
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1886-1887 | |
Box 14 |
Hart - Articles in Modern Language Notes
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1887 | |
Box 14 |
The Academy
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April 1892 | |
Box 14 |
Review of Johnson's English Words
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1892 | |
Box 14 |
Reviews of J. M. Hart, Rhetoric; Baldwin-Lewis
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1895-1986 | |
Box 14 |
Regents Examination Bulletin
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June, 1897 | |
Box 14 |
Grimald - Christus Redivivus
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Box 14 |
Miscellaneous pamphlets
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1898 | |
Box 15 |
Five loose volumes: Typescripts of W. Doherty's correspondence,
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1880-1890 | |
Box 15 |
One loose scrapbook: Clippings of JMH's letters to newspapers
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Oversize items, diplomas
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