Files and manuscripts re Frances (Fanny) DArusmont Wright, 1746-1967.
Collection Number: 6934
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Files and manuscripts re Frances (Fanny) DArusmont Wright, 1746-1967.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
6934
Abstract:
Include correspondence (1909-1967) chiefly between Wolfson and Perkins, researchers,
and various research institutions seeking biographical, geneological and publication
data on Frances Wright.
Creator:
Wolfson, Theresa, 1897-1972
Quanitities:
3.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Research materials and manuscripts collected by Wolfson for the book Frances Wright:
Free Inquirer, published in 1939, which Wolfson co-authored with A. J. G. (Alice Gray)
Perkins.
Include correspondence (1909-1967) chiefly between Wolfson and Perkins, researchers,
and various research institutions seeking biographical, geneological and publication
data on Frances Wright; drafts (mss. typewritten) of the book chapters, index, and
bibliography; biographical data on Wright consisting of mss. notes; excerpts and drafts.
The excerpts (mss.) were copied chiefly by Perkins from letters of Wright and from
the newspapers New Harmony Gazette (1825-1828) and Free Inquirer (1828-1831). Wright's
correspondents include Richard Wright, Mrs. Craig Millar, Charles Wilkes, James Milne,
the Marquis de Lafayette, William Roscoe, B. Flower, Jeremy Bentham, Robert Dale Owen,
Camilla Wright, Phiquepal D'Arusmont, and Marie Louise Duclos Fretageot. Also excerpts
from the poetry of Wright, Wright's Commonplace Book, Owen's diary, and the Book of
Nashoba kept by James Richardson and Sylvie D'Arusmont's diary (child of Wright and
Phiquepal D'Arusmont).
Also original mss. speeches and lectures of Wright: The 6 Epochs of Human History
(history of human civilization: its beginning in India, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and
its later phases in medieval and modern Europe); View of the Political Horizon (1838);
Free Public Speech: The Clarion of Popular Liberty (1838); an account of Wright's
ideal America (1839); a lecture on religion (n.d.); a lecture (no title) delivered
at the Masonic Hall in New York (1839); 4 other untitled lectures; and 16 volumes
of lectures.
Also, the published writings of Wright, photocopies of lithographs, and clippings.
Related collection: 5136, 5216.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Fanny Wright Research Materials, #6934. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.
D\'Arusmont, Phiquepal (William Phiquepal.)
D\'Arusmont, Sylvie.
Flower, George, 1788-1862.
Fretageot, Marie Louise Duclos, -1833.
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de, 1757-1834.
Millar, Mrs. Craig.
Milne, James.
Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877.
Richardson, James.
Roscoe, William.
Wright, Camilla.
Wright, Frances, 1795-1852.
Wright, Richard, 1794-
Subjects:
Feminists -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 1-19 | 1909-1967 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Undated correspondence
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n.d. |
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Series II. Drafts
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Introduction
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n.d |
| Box 1 | Folder 22-23 |
Chapter l - A Fling at the Stars
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n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 1-3 |
Chapter 2 - Fulfillment and Fiasco
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n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 4-5 |
Chapter 3 - New Harmony - An Escape
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n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 6-8 |
Chapter 4 - Educating the Masses
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n.d. |
| Box 2 | Folder 9-10 |
Chapter 5 - Priestess of Beelzebub
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n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 1-2 |
Chapter 5 - continued
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n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 3-5 |
Chapter 6 - Haiti and Europe
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n.d. |
| Box 3 | Folder 6-8 |
Chapter 7 - Phiquepal D'Arusmont & Marriage
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 1-5 |
Chapter 8 - The Swing of the Pendulum
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Chapter 9 - no title
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Index and Bibliography
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Biography
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 9-11 |
Miscellaneous unidentified segments
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n.d. |
| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Draft corrections and suggestions
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n.d. |
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Series III. Notes
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| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
New Harmony Gazette
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1925-1928 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Free Inquirer
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1928-1931 |
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Miscellaneous newspaper notes
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n.d. |
| Box 5 | Folder 5-14 |
Notes
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1795-1820 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1-6 |
Notes
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1821-1823 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1-8 |
Notes
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1824-1827 |
| Box 8 | Folder 1-2 |
Notes
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1827-1828 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1-10 |
Notes
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1829-1836 |
| Box 10 | Folder 1-19 |
Notes
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1837-1878 |
| Box 11 | Folder 1-6 |
Notes
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1882-1930 |
| Box 11 | Folder 7-14 |
Undated notes
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n.d. |
| Box 11 | Folder 15-16 |
Undated miscellaneous and index cards
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n.d. |
| Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Poetry by Fanny Wright
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n.d. |
| Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Index cards
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n.d. |
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Series IV. Wright documents
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| Box 12 | Folder 3-4 |
Speeches and lectures
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Scope and Contents
-use microfilm
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| Box 13 | Folder 1-6 |
Speeches and lectures
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Scope and Contents
-use microfilm
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| Box 13 | Folder 7 |
Last Will and Testament
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| Box 13 | Folder 8-13 |
Correspondences
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| Box 14 | Folder 1 |
Nashoba - Trust and Deed, Maps
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| Box 14 | Folder 2 |
Nashoba - Address
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1827 |
| Box 14 | Folder 3 |
Nashville
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| Box 14 | Folder 4 |
Agreements
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1761-1834 |
| Box 14 | Folder 5 |
Photographs
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| Box 14 | Folder 6 |
Publications
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| Box 14 | Folder 7 |
Clippings
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| Box 14 | Folder 8 |
Miscellaneous
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Series V. Microfilm
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| Box 15 | Reel 1 |
Copies of contents in Boxes 5-8
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| Box 15 | Reel 2 |
Copies of contents in Boxes 8-14
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| Box 15 | Reel 3 |
Copies of contents in Box 13
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| Box 15 | Reel 4 |
Copies of contents in Box 13
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| Box 15 | Reel 5 |
Speeches and lectures
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