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Guide to the Letters and Documents Collection

Part II: Box and Folder List, M

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Maas, Henry, 1929-

TLS 1971 Sept. 5, to John Carter

Removed from The Letters of A. E. Housman

Library Purchase

 

Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916

TLS, 1899 Mar. 17, to Sylvie Scudder

Removed from the scrapbook of Sylvie Scudder

 

McCarthy, Justin, 1830-1912

ALS, 1886 Dec. 13, to "My Dear Sir"

 

McCarthy, Mary, 1912-

TLS 1987 May 2 to Mabel L. Lang

Agrees that "Mrs. Keator" in her book How I Grew was probably the student who Lang knew at Bryn Mawr College.

 Gift of Mabel L. Lang

 

McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885

ALS, 1870 Jan. 17, to William Redmond

 

McClure, Alexander K. (Alexander Kelly), 1828-1909

TLS, 1894 Dec. 19, to Samuel W. Pennypacker

Recollects events in the Pennsylvania's Legislature in 1861, and quotes his speech of 1865, concerning the inability to have Democrats vote to support the defense of Fort Sumter, but despite this opposition, having Pennsylvania become the first state to appropriate funds for "defense of the Government ". "Slavery reckoned but too truly on the powers of the Democracy in this fearful conflict." as he wrote in his support of a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.

 

Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928

AMS Forward to Lovat Fraser's Characters

Adelman Collection

 

Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928

AMS, Home out of Which America was Born

Adelman Fund, 1995

 

Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928

8 ALS, Dec. 1920-Dec. 1926, to Desmond Coke;

ALS, 1923 Nov. 17, to Christopher Millard

ANS, 1916 Nov., to Alan

Comments accompanying exchanges of books, on writers and the modern novel, on the importance of publicity on the appearance of a work, on the mid-1920's enthusiasm for his work by American critics and publishers, and the contrasting rejection by by British publishers.

Adelman Fund

ALS, 1914 Oct. 21, to Holbrook-Jackson

Tipped in to The "Nut" in War, by H. Macfall

Adelman Collection

 

McGoldrick, Joseph D. (Joseph Daniel), $d 1901-

ALS, 1937 Feb. 23, to Pauline Goldmark

 

McIntosh, Millicent Carey, 1898-

ALS, n.y. Nov. 12, to Mr. Howell

Ms of talk given for Lucy Martin Donnelly

Library Purchase

 

Mackail, J. W. (John William), 1859-1945

2 ALS, 1899 July 16, 17, to Sydney Cockerell

  

McKee, Mary Scott Harrison, 1858-1930

ALS, 1892 Nov. 24, to Ellenor Perrin

Gift of Bruce Gimelson

 

McKinsey, Folger, 1866-1950

TLS, n.y. Apr. 14, to Samuel Chew

From the papers of Samuel Claggett Chew

 

McKnight, Floyd, 1901-

TLS, 1935 Dec. 27, to Artfront

Removed from Buildings, by F. McKnight

From the Library of Lola Ridge

 

MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-

TLS 1955 May 23, ACS 1925 April 21 to Emma Loines

Marianne Moore Collection

 

McMaster, John Bach, 1852-1932

ALS, 1886 Dec. 2, to W. R. Pearsall-Smith

 

Madison, James. 1751-1836

ALS, 1829 May 28, to Dr. David Hosack
J. Hampton Barnes Collection

ALS, 1823 Nov. 8, to Charles Jared Ingersoll

LS, 1831 Nov. 28, to Charles Jared Ingersoll

LS, 1835 Dec. 30, to Charles Jared Ingersoll

Letters on various written works by Ingersoll. In the 1823 letter, written in response to the gift of a copy of Ingersoll's Discourse Concerning the Influence of America on the Mind, reads in part "In testing the Tree of liberty by its fruits, you have shown how precious it ought to be held by those who enjoy the blessings. I wish the Discourse could be translated + circulated wherever the blessing is not enjoyed. Were the truths it contains in possession of every adult in Europe, the portentous league against the rights + happiness of the human race would be formidable only to its authors + abettors."
Gift of Mary Meigs

 

MacMonnies, Frederick William. 1863-1937

ALS, 1896 Oct. 22, to George W. Smith

Gift of Friends of the Library, 1985

 

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949

ALS, 1922 Feb. 23, to "Cher Monsieur"

 

Mangiere, Joseph

ALS 1918 Nov 19 to Peter Rinelli

Writing one week after the Armistice, describes prospect of returning home, and gives some account of his history and that of Verdun.

 

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955

3 TLS, 1938-39, to Marion Park

From the Papers of Marion Edwards Park

 

Mannin, Ethel, 1900-

ACS, n.y. July 13 to Gilbert Turner

TLS, 1929 Oct. 25, to Kennedy Williamson

Photo

Library Purchase

 

Manning, Henry Edward, Cardinal, 1808-1892

ALS, 1890 Dec. 25, to Mr. Costello

 

Mansfield, Howard

TLS, 1907 July 18, ALS, 1909 Mar. 19, to Frederick W. Gookin

An account of difficulties in preparation and publication of his catalogue of Whistler's etchings and dry-points.

 

Manship, Paul, 1885-1966

ALS, 1952 Feb. 4, to "Emily"

 

Manthey-Zorn, Ethel

ANS, n.y. Mar. 30, to [Elizabeth] Sergeant

 

Mariano, Nicki

Misc. Corr., 1959, with Mrs. Epes

Alumnae Bulletin

 

Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780

ALS, 1778 March 18, to Count von Blumengen

Writes appovingly of his intention to introduce the Roboth-Abolition system and announces that she will send a councillor (Raab) to assist.

 

Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir, 1830-1916

2 ALS, 1891 Sept. 14, 1901 Oct. 1, to "Cecil"

Discusses Fairfax lineage and mentions visit from Lord Fairfax.

Removed from A Life of the Great Lord Fairfax, by C. R. Markham

 

Marlowe, Julia, 1865-1950

2 ALS, c. 1900, to Sylvia Scudder

 From the scrapbook of Sylvia Scudder Bowditch 1899

Gift of Sylvia Bowditch

 

Marrot, H. V., (Harold Vincent)

ALS, 1924 Dec. 2, to Christopher Millard

 Removed from Dark Lanterns, by H. V. Marrot

Adelman Collection

 

Martin, Edward Sandford, 1856-1939

ALS, 1892 Aug. 30, to Mr. Goldmark

 

Mason, George C. (George Champlin), 1820-1894

2 ALsS, 1857 Sept 14, 1871 May 5, to John D. Champlin

Part of a correspondence concerning efforts to trace history of Champlin family.

Removed from Picturesque Rhode Island: Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Scenery and History. . ., by W. H. Munro

 

Mathews, Elkin,1851-1921

ALS, 1897 Aug. 10, to Copeland and Day Publishers

Removed from Ireland, with Other Poems, by Lionel P. Johnson

Gift of Fairfield County Booksale, 1979

 

Matlack, Hannah

Letterbook 1810-1811

Letters are written to her uncle, brother-in-law, sister, and cousin from a boarding school in Lititz, Lancaster County.

 

Mauras, Charles

ALS, 1930 May 29, to ?

 

Maurois, André, 1885-1967

TLS, 1930 Apr. 1, to Samuel Chew

Photograph

Gift of Samuel Claggett Chew

 

 Meigs, Cornelia Lynde, 1884-1973

Misc. Corr, 1951-1966, with BMC Library

Library Correspondence

 

Merrill, Wainwright, 1898-1917

Ephemera collected by Merrill's father, including obituaries, reviews, photographs and copies of a Rudyard Kipling letter of condolence.

Removed from College Man in Khaki, by W. Merrill, published after his battle death in World War I.

 

Mew, Charlotte Mary, 1869-1928

ALS, 1926 Aug. 30, to Sydney [Cockerill?]

 

Meyer, Karl Ernest

Typed notes for an unidentified speech

Removed from The Plundered Past, by K. E. Meyer

 

Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson, 1847-1922

Corr., c. 1900-1922, with Samuel Chew, Henry Newbold, etc., concerning poem.

Ms and proof w/ corrections "Modern Mother"

From Samuel Claggett Chew and Library Purchase

 

Meynell, Viola, 1886-1956

ALS, 1929 Oct. 15, to Beatrice Rogers

Removed from A Girl Adoring, by V. Meynell

Adelman Fund

ALS, 1947 May 18, to Lester Roberts

Purchased from Lester Roberts

APcs, 1954 Dec.2 to Ruth Forbes Eliot

Removed from Francis Thompson and Wilfrid Meynell, by V. Meynell

Gift of William A. Forbes

 

Meynell, Wilfrid, 1852-1948  Folder #1

8 ALsS, 1921-1936, to Samuel C. and Lucy E. Chew

2 ALsS, c. 1900, to Sir Henry Newbolt

Gift of Samuel Claggett Chew

 

Meynell, Wilfrid, 1852-1948, Folder #2

2 ALsS, n.d. to Alfred Pollard and Mr. Hole

Tipped into Shelly, by Francis Thompson

 

Michenot, Daniel

5 ALsS, 1929 Mar. 16-Apr. 20, to [Mrs. Gideon Boericke]

Removed from Quelques Conseils Pratiques sur l'Art de Parler, by D. Michenot

 

Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950

Telegram, 1936 Jan. 6 to Margaret Gilman

TLS, 1936 Feb. 18, to Margaret Gilman

Concerning Baudelaire's "Les Litanies de Satan", with her translation of the poem

Typescript initialed by Millay

Gift of Margaret Gilman

 

Miller, Helen Hill, 1899-

ANS, 1975 Mar. 28, to Pamela Reilly

Library correspondence

 

Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913

AMsS, 1875 Aug. 11, "To Miss Grace Bigelow on her birthday"

Laid in front end-leaves of Unwritten History, by J. Miller

Gift of the Princeton BMC Bookshop, 1982

 

Miller, Margery

TLS, 1946 Jan. 6, to Mrs. William Tate Barlow

Removed from Joe Louis, by M. Miller

 

Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953

TLS, 1937 Jan. 22, to S. Bayne-Jones

Gift of Olive Floyd '22, 1972

 

Mills, Dorothy

2 ALsS, 2 Cards signed, 1948-1949, to Mrs. Hand

  

Mills, James

ALS, n.y. Sept 28, to Miss Toulmin? Smith

 

Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956

ALS, 1919 Dec. 22, to Dear Sir

A long summation in defense of his literary career.

Gift of Jeanetta Jameson Chace'17

 

Milne, Christopher, 1930-

ALS, [1948] Aug. 19, to Mrs. Gaus

From Gertrude Reed, 1970

 

Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

ALS 1878 Jan 19 to (Marion?) Talbot

Congratulates Talbot on effort to endow a professorship for a woman at Boston University, urges that women work "in earnest" for the education of women.

 

Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889

5 ALsS, 1878-1879, to Emily Talbot

Discusses membership in Social Science Associaton, lectures for women in Poughkeepsie, thoughts on education of women.

Adelman Fund

 

Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914

2 ANsS, 1907 Mar. 30, to Dear Sir, n.y. Mar 21, to Dr. McQuillen

Gift of Seymour Adelman, 1960

 

Mitford, Mary Russell, 1787-1855

ALS, 1854 July 12, to W.C. Bennett

 Removed from Our Village, by M. Mitford

Gift of Friends of the Library

 

Monro, Harold, 1879-1932

APcS, 1917 Apr. 24, to Claude Lovat Fraser

Presentation copy to Lovet Fraser, who illustrated the cover.

Removed from Strange Meeting, by H. Monro

 

Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936

ACS, 1936, APcS, 1936 Feb. 11, to Mr. T. A. Larrimore

"Certainly quote what I said, and may it impress the Bryn Mawr English Department."

 Removed from the Passing Show, by H. Monroe

Library purchase, 1978

ACS, 1920 Apr. 20, to Evelyn Page

 From the papers of Evelyn Page, University of Pennsylvania

 

Montandon, A.

ALS, 1891 July 10, to "Monsier et cher pere" [the pastor of Jura parrish]

A note appended to a copy of his 1891 history of the Jura parish: a letter addressed to the current pastor, describing transformation of the parish by Reformation.

 

Montaner, Carlos Alberto

ANS, 1976 July 5, to Jeanne Maurin

 Removed from Informe Secreto Sobre la Revolucíon Cubana, by C. A. Montaner

Gift of Mario Maurin

 

Montez, Lola, 1818-1861

Misc. Ephemera

 

Moore, George, 1852-1933

TLS, 1929 May 29, to Milton J. Lesser

Gift of Frank G. Harrington Jr., 1978

 

Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859

ALS, 1857 June 1

Removed from Italy, by S. Morgan

 

Morison, Samuel Eliot,1887-1976

APS, 1954 July 23, TLS, 1954 Sept. 18, 28, ALS 1954 Sept. 25, to Elma Loines

Gift of Elma Loines

 

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

AMs "The Fight" printed in 1921 July 9, The Weekly Review

Adelman Fund, 1996

 

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

Misc. Correspondence, 1926-1949 (7 pieces)

Includes letter to Fkirence Hitchcock signed "Socrates", his nom de plume for the Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Gift of Louise Morley Cochrane'40, 1987

 

Morrell, Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish-Bentinck, Lady, 1873-1938

ALS, n.d., to James ?

Library purchase, 1989

6 ALsS, 1923 May 31-July 3, to John Cournos

 Library purchase, 1987

 

Morris, Harry, 1924-

TLS, 1963 Oct. 7, to Rosemond Tuve

Gift of Rosemond Tuve

 

Morris, May, 1862-1938

ALS, 1917 Jan. 8, to Miss Peirce

 

Morris, William, 1834-1896

ALS, 1882 Sept. 12, to William Tallack

Gift of the Friends of the Library

 

Morris, William, 1834-1896

AMs written for the Daily Chronicle, 1895 May 9

Edited by Sydney C. Cockerell

 

Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877

ALS, 1864 Aug. 3, to John Foster Kirk

  

Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908

ACS, 1881 Month(?)

 

Mout, Adèle des

ALS, n.d., to Miss Sparhawk

Removed from An Autobiography, by J. Gough

Maser Collection

 

Moxon, Edward, 1801-1858

ALS, 1854 Apr. 24

 

Munnings, Alfred J. (Alfred James), Sir, 1878-1959

ALS, 1949 Dec. to Mr. Earp

Typescript "Earp the poet",signed

Humorous letter accompanying "the quickest verse I ever wrote" showing the power of rhyme.

Removed from Old Brandy and Cherry Bounce, by A. Munnings

 

Murdoch, Iris

ALS, 1973 Nov. 6, to Harris Wofford

She would be pleased to come to Bryn Mawr at the later date suggested.

From the Papers of Harris Wofford

 

Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957

TLS, 1936 Feb. 1, to Mrs. Flexner

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