COLLECTION GUIDES

1868-1933; bulk: 1898-1933

Guide to the Collection


Collection Summary

Creator: Wolcott, Edith Prescott, 1853-1934
Title: Edith Prescott Wolcott autograph collection
Dates: 1868-1933
Bulk Dates: 1898-1933
Physical Description: 1 narrow box
Call Number: Special Colls. E. Wolcott
Repository:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston StreetBoston, MA 02215library@anasaziadventure.com

Abstract

This collection consists of letters received by Edith Prescott Wolcott and retained by her for their autograph value.

Biographical Sketch

Edith Prescott Wolcott was the wife of Gov. Roger Wolcott of Boston, Mass.

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Collection Description

This collection consists of letters received by Edith Prescott Wolcott and retained by her for their autograph value. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, Louis D. Brandeis, Winston Churchill, Grace Coolidge, Margaret Deland, Charles W. Eliot, Edward E. Hale, Frank Harper, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry James, Alfred T. Mahan, Alfred Noyes, James F. Rhodes, Theodore Roosevelt, George Ticknor, Edith Wharton, and Owen Wister. Letters pertain to social and political events and the women's suffrage movement. Also included is a letter written by Edward E. Hale to Roger Wolcott, 1901; receipts from Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1902; and a letter from George Ticknor to Edward Kenyon, 1868.

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Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Charles F. Adams

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, South Lincoln, 2 Nov. 1899

Louis D. Brandeis

Box 1
Letter to Mr. Roger Wolcott, Boston, 12 May 1897

Winston Churchill

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Boston, 24 Mar. 1904

Grace Coolidge

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Washington, D.C., 1 Apr. 1924
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, 23 Jan. 1933

Margaret Deland

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, undated

Charles W. Eliot

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, North-East Harbor, 8 Sep. 1898

Edward E. Hale

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Matunuck, R.I., 9 July 1902
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 4 Mar. 1899
Box 1
Letter to Governor Wolcott, 4 Jan. 1901

Frank Harper

Frank Harper was secretary to Theodore Roosevelt.

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, New York, 12 Jan. 1912

Oliver W. Holmes

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Beverly Farms, 15 Aug. 1902
Box 1
Autographs, Mount Desert, Me., 21 Aug. 1888Name and address written four times on one piece of stationery.

Henry James

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Cambridge, 26 Feb. 1905

Alfred T. Mahan

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 15 Jan. [n.d.]
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 27 Jan. [n.d.]

Alfred Noyes

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Boston, 23 Mar. [1914]Formal thank-you note with no signature.

James F. Rhodes

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 28 Oct. [n.d.]
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 4 Nov. [n.d.]
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Boston, 19 Jan. 1911

Theodore Roosevelt

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, New York, 22 Nov. 1898Typed with signature.
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, New York, 19 Dec. 1911Typed with signature.
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 23 Dec. 1911Typed with signature.
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 29 Jan. 1912Typed with signature.
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, 6 Feb. 1912Typed with signature.
Box 1
Letter to Mrs. E. Prescott Wolcott, New York, 23 Apr. 1917Typed with signature.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, Washington, D.C., 21 Apr. [1901]
Box 1
Torn receipt, 9 Jan. 1902
Box 1
Receipt to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Washington, D.C., 1 May 1902

George Ticknor

Box 1
Letter to Edward Kenyon, Boston, 5 Aug. 1868

Edith Wharton

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Wolcott, St. Brice-Sous-Forêt, 15 July [n.d.]

Owen Wister

Box 1
Letter to Mrs. Roger Wolcott, Milton, [postmarked 10 Oct. 1917]
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Preferred Citation

Edith Prescott Wolcott autograph collection, Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Adams, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1866-1954.
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941.
Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947.
Coolidge, Grace Goodhue, 1879-1957.
Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945.
Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926.
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909.
Harper, Frank.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914.
Noyes, Alfred.
Rhodes, James Ford, 1848-1927.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907.
Ticknor, George, 1791-1871.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.

Subjects:

Autographs--Collections.
Boston (Mass.)--Social life and customs--20th century.
Suffrage--Massachusetts--Boston.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
Women--Suffrage.

Collection processed by Katherine H. Griffin, September 1986.

Encoded by Susan Martin, October 2015.