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

Cite As:

James Morgan Hart papers, #14-18-65. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Scope and content

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.

Scope and content

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.

Scope and content

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.

SUBJECTS

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
Description
Date
Box 1
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
Box 2
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
Box 3
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
Box 4
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
Box 5
Notebooks, journals, account books, photograph albums
Box 6
A-Co Correspondence
Box 7
Cu-Gar Correspondence
Gas-Hart Correspondence
Box 8 Folder 1-4
Gas-Gum
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)
Apr. 21, 1902
Box 8 Folder 6
Correspondence with wife and daughter (?),
1893-1911
Box 8 Folder 7-14
J.M. Hart to parents (John S. Hart),
May 12, 1857-Aug. 14, 1887
Box 8 Folder 15-21
John S. Hart to J.M. Hart,
Aug. 18, 1857-Sept. 17, 1876
Box 9
Hartt-P Correspondence
Box 10
R-Z Correspondence
Box 11
JMH's judicial thesis and volumes of notes in German while studying in Germany,
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,
May 1890
Box 12
Notebooks
Box 13
Notebooks
Box 14
Essays and articles
1868-1876
Box 14
Miscellaneous pamphlets
1874-1897
Box 14
Hart - Review of Zahn's Cyprian von Autochien
December 1882
Box 14
Hart - Articles in Modern Language Notes
1886-1887
Box 14
Hart - Articles in Modern Language Notes
1887
Box 14
The Academy
April 1892
Box 14
Review of Johnson's English Words
1892
Box 14
Reviews of J. M. Hart, Rhetoric; Baldwin-Lewis
1895-1986
Box 14
Regents Examination Bulletin
June, 1897
Box 14
Grimald - Christus Redivivus
Box 14
Miscellaneous pamphlets
1898
Box 15
Five loose volumes: Typescripts of W. Doherty's correspondence,
1880-1890
Box 15
One loose scrapbook: Clippings of JMH's letters to newspapers
Oversize items, diplomas