William Crary Brownell (AC 1871) Papers 1867-1936 (Bulk 1870-1927)
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Brownell, W.C. (William Crary), 1851-1928
Biographical History for: Brownell Papers
Biographical Note William Crary Brownell was born to Isaac and Lucia Brown Brownell on August 30, 1851 in New York City. He prepared for college at Charles Institute, Newport, Rhode Island and was graduated from Amherst College in 1871. After graduation he joined the staff of the New York World, 1871-1879, first as a reporter and then as city editor. After that, he worked for The Nation in New York City from 1879 to 1881. Brownell traveled to Europe in 1881 and spent most of his time there in Paris. Returning to America in 1884, he worked for the Philadelphia Press until 1888, and for Charles Scribner's Sons between 1888 and 1926. In January of 1878, Brownell married Virginia S. Swinburne, who died in 1911. He married his second wife, Gertrude Hall, in 1921. Brownell died on July 23, 1928 in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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Journalism--United States.
Brownell, W. C. (William Crary), 1851-1928.
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Brownell, Virginia S.
Brownell, Gertrude Hall, 1863-1961.
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Amherst College. Class of 1871. Brownell.
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Section 1: Correspondence
Section 1, CORRESPONDENCE, is divided into six sub-sections, as follows: Subsection A: Incoming Correspondence, includes correspondence, arranged alphabetically, to W.C. Brownell and both his first and second wives, Virginia Swinburne Brownell and Gertrude Hall Brownell. This section also contains letters from other family members. Subsection B: Ougoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell, includes letter drafts. Subsection C: Incoming Correspondence to Gertrude Hall Brownell, includes condolence letters after Brownell's death. Subsection D: Outgoing Correspondence from Virginia S. Brownell Subsection E: Drafts of Outgoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell Subsection F: Incoming Correspondence From and About Other Family Members, also includes miscellaneous family records and ephemera.
subseries
Sub-section A: Incoming Correspondence (Includes correspondence, arranged alphabetically, to W.C. Brownell, and both Virginia and Gertrude Brownell
Abernathy, I.W. 1913 Jan 13
Agard, Walter R. 1926 Feb 23
Alden, H.M. 1910 Dec 13
Aldrich, Anne Reese n.d.
Aldrich, Helen M. Reese (6 letters)
1892 July 1
1892 July 10
1892 July 14
1894 Feb 22
1894 Aug 8
[?] May 19
Aldrich, J.B. 1894 Mar 30
Alexander, Archibald (3 letters, 1 undated)
1909 Jan 19
1909 Nov 15
n.d.
Allen, Dudley P. [?] Sep 23
Anthony, Augustus M. 1884 [?]
Backus, Grosvenor H. 1900 Dec 28
Bacon, Josephine D. (3 letters)
1908 Feb 23
1925 Feb 25
1925 Apr 21
Bartlett, Paul W. 1923 Oct 28
Bartlett, T.H. 1891 May 11
Beardsley, Emily C.G. 1912 Aug 17
Beaty, Jean 1924 Dec 12
Belliez, [?] 1887 Aug 12
Benedict, Clara Woolson 1906 Apr 19
Bianchi, Martha Dickinson (3 letters, 2 undated)
1914 Mar 30
Blashfield, Edwin H. (3 letters)
1900 Aug 31
1902 Aug 22
1918 Nov 16
Blashfield, Linnie (6 letters)
1900 July 4
1901 Aug 2
1903 Sep 15
Poem, "The Reformed Butterfly to Mr. William C. Brownell" 1917 Feb 14
1918 Sep 19
Bois, Jules (2 letters)
1919 Apr 1
[?] Oct 23
Bok, Edward W. 1926 Nov 20
Bosworth, Thomas S. n.d.
Bottomly, Robert J. 1903 Jul 26
Brainerd, Erastus (2 letters)
1900 Dec 12
1917 Jan 22
Brennan, Joseph P. 1924 [?]
Brownell, Clarence Ludlow 1900 Apr 20
Bryant, W.C. 1891 Nov 25
Burgess, R.L. (4 letters)
1925 Mar 18
1925 Apr 19
1927 Dec 27
1927 Feb 22
Burlingame, Edward 1921 Jul 21
Butler, Nicholas Murray (9 letters)
1909 Oct 25
1909 Dec 27
1910 Mar 8
1910 May 10
1922 Jan 25
1922 Jun 31
1926 Apr 28
1926 May 6
1927 Nov 22
Canby, Henry S. (2 letters)
1923 Sep 27
1927 Apr 14
Carman, Bliss 1909 Oct 27
Cary, Edward (8 letters, 2 undated)
1892 Sep 27
1900 Mar 28
1909 Oct 27
1914 Sep 19
1916 Mar 26
1917 May 12
Cary, Elizabeth Luther 1917 May 29
Chalmers, George (4 letters)
1891 Feb 21
1892 Jan 1
1893 Feb 8
1894 Mar 7
Chamberlin, D.H. (5 letters)
1882 Dec 8
1883 Mar 5
1883 Mar 17
1892 Jan 12
1901 Jul 7
Chancellor, William E. 1887 Jun 6
Chapman, [?] 1901 [?]
Chevrillon, Andre (5 letters)
1907 Mar 4
1907 Aug 13
1907 Sep 11
1917 Sep 5
1927 Dec 15
Church, Frederick S. (WCB's cousin) (2 letters)
1914 Sep 21
1923 Jan 1
Cole, T. (2 letters)
1884 Jul 2
1884 Oct 4
Collins, C.L. 1882 Sep 12
Cooper, T. 1909 Oct 31
Colton, [?] [?] Nov 15
Corbin, John 1934 Mar 17
Cushing, Henriette 1889 Mar 21
Dana, C.S. (2 letters)
1927 Nov 23
1928 Jan 9
Dargan, Olive Tilford (26 letters, 7 undated)
1908 Apr 29
1909 Dec 4
1909 Jan 7
1910 Feb 6
1911 Apr 5
1911 May 5
1911 June 27
1912 Mar 3
postcard 1913 Apr 13
1916 Jun 12
1918 Dec 19
1919 Jul 21
1924 Dec 1
1927 Nov 14
1928 Jan 27
1928 Sep 5
1933 Nov 20
[?] Sept 14
Poem, "To A Texas Primrose" n.d.
Poem, "Insatiate" n.d.
Dean, Banford 1918 June 22
Dejardin, Paul (4 letters)
1888 Jan 8
1888 Jan 11
1888 Jan 21
1888 Feb 16
de Gogorza, Aug. A 1883 Nov 3
Denslow, H.M. 1925 Mar 26
Dewing, Maria O. 1924 Dec 14
Dodd, William S. 1909 Nov 29
Dole, Adelaide J. [?] Apr 19
Donald, E. Winchester (2 letters, 1 undated)
1901 Nov 4
Dorr, Julia C.R. 1909 Dec 3
Drain, George Francis n.d.
Dutton, William Dalliba 1892 Mar 29
Dyer, Sarah L. 1917 Jul 5
Earle, Alice M. 1892 Sep 14
Eastman, Max 1916 Dec 1
Eaton, Wyatt 1880 May 4
Edwards, George Wharton 1924 Nov 7
Evans, D.C. 1893 Jan 7
Fairbanks, Frank P. to E.H. Blashfield (copy to WCB) 1924 Dec 29
Fay, H.W. (2 letters)
1880 Nov 12
1891 Feb 9
Ferree, Barr 1910 Jun 2
Fletcher, Robert S.(2 letters)
1925 Apr 6
1925 Apr 10
Flint, Annie (5 letters)
1909 Oct 28
1915 Feb 11
1917 May 7
1924 Dec 22
1927 Nov
Forney, Pauline (16 letters, 1 undated)
1883 Jun 7
1883 Aug 2
1885 Mar 11
1889 Mar 7
1890 Feb 17
1890 Dec 20
1892 Aug 28
1893 Feb 27
1896 Jan 17
1896 Jun 16
1896 Jul 27
1901 Mar 13
1901 Oct 26
1917 Jun 13
1917 Oct 8
Foster, Abbott [?] Dec 7
Franklin, Fabian 1928 May 2
Frinell, A.S. 1927 Feb 16
Fuller, Linda Fairchild(4 letters)
[1919] Nov 3
1919 Nov 7
1920 Feb 28
Fullerton, W.M. 1915 Jan 24
Garrison, Wendell Phillips(4 letters)
1881 Nov 14
1882 Feb 2
1883 May 4
1884 Aug 13
Gilder, Richard W.(2 letters)
1862 Feb 24
1869 Sep 17
Goodwin, Hiloe n.d.
Gordon, Charles W. 1909 Oct 30
Gossard, Ern. 1897 Mar 18
Grant, Percy T.(3 letters)
1913 Apr 14
1922 Mar 17
1922 Apr 1
Green, Ellen L. n.d.
Greene, George 1909 Oct 20
Greenslet, Ferris (2 letters)
1907 Jan 29
1908 Dec 24
Hale, Edward E. 1908 Sep 25
Hamilton, Clayton 1923 Nov 5
Hammell, George M. 1915 Mar 21
Hammerton, J.A. 1909 Mar 3
Hardy, Arthur Sherburne 1923 Jun 13
Harper, George M. (2 letters)
1909 Jul 27
1923 Sep 29
Harper, J. Henry 1917 May 3
Harrison, Birge 1909 Oct 26
Hartmann, Sadakicki 1911 Nov 15
Hausmann, Philip W. 1944 Dec 15
Henderson, Archibald (2 letters)
1915 Jan 9
1917 Jul 28
Henley, W.E. (12 letters)
1882 Dec 30
1883 Jan 8
1883 Mar 3
1883 Mar 16
1883 Apr 25
1883 Jun 22
1883 Jul 12
1883 Aug 15
1883 Dec 4
1884 Apr 24
1884 Jun 6
Herford, Oliver 1909 Dec 7
Hibber, John S. 1908 Nov 17
Higbee, W.H. 1895 May 3
Hoeber, Arthur 1901 Jan 1
Holden, Edward S. 1908 Dec 24
Holliday, Robert C. (4 letters)
1916 Nov 26
1919 Jun 5
1924 Jan 19
1924 Nov 19
Holt, Henry (2 letters)
1923 Dec 1
Howard, Clare 1924 Oct 13
Howe, Frederic C. (4 letters)
1905 Nov 28
1919 Jan 21
1925 Jul 12
1925 Aug 11
Howells, Mildred 1923 Dec 5
Howells, W.D. (5 letters)
1892 Mar 26
1902 Oct 31
1909 Apr 21
1910 Oct 10
1920 Mar 26
Huneker, James (10 letters, 2 undated) (includes photostats of letters)
1908 Oct 9
1912 Feb 22
1912 Mar 8
1913 Mar 13
1913 Mar 20
1913 Apr 11
1920 May 8
Jaccaci, August F.(4 letters, 1 undated)
1922 Dec 20
[?] Apr 14
[?] Oct 27
Jessip, Henry Wynans [?] Apr 5
Johnson, Robert Underwood(4 letters)
1908 Jan 31
1924 Nov 15
1925 Jan 30
1927 Dec 23
Judd, Ellen L. 1917 Apr 9
Kelly, Adelaide Sked 1913 Jun 13
Kennedy, Albert J. 1914 Jun 20
Keppel, F.P.(2 letters)
1910 May 12
1910 May 16
Kidder, C.G. 1882 Aug 8
LaFarge, John (8 letters, 1 undated)
1878 Mar 4
1878 Mar 21
1888 Dec 28
1908 Sep 17
1910 Jan 19
1910 Aug 25
[?] Aug 12
Lamson, Charles M. 1896 June 25
Lawrence, Frank R. 1910 Mar 31
MacArthur, James 1900 Dec 9
McClellan, George B. 1925 Jan 7
McFarland, Raymond 1927 June 8
MacVeagle, J.D.N. (Mrs. Charles) n.d.
Magonigle, H. VanBuren (2 letters)
1924 Oct 27
1924 Nov 21
Martin, B.E. [?] Nov 3
Martin, Elizabeth G.(Mrs. Homer) (2 letters)
1894 Apr 10
1897 Feb 1
Martin, Edward S. 1918 Jun 2
Martin, Homer D. (2 letters)
1878 Sep 2
1880 Jan 30
Marvin, James W. 1912 Aug 2
Matthews, Brander (7 letters)
1889 Jul 28
1900 May 3
1900 Dec 6
1901 Jul 2
1921 Jul 8
1921 Jul 28
1923 Nov 27
Mechlin, Leila to E.H. Blashfield (copy to WCB) 1924 Dec 19
Miller, Dickinson S. 1921 Apr 25
Miller, L.W. 1892 Apr 16
Mercier, L.G.A. (2 letters)
1925 Sep 2
1926 Apr 21
Molitor, C. 1922 Aug 21
More, Paul E. (2 letters)
1901 Nov 15
1926 Nov 26
More, Ethel [?] Dec 2
Moore, George 1925 Jan 7
Morrill, N.A. 1923 Jan 21
Morse, Anson D. 1888 Oct 31
Morse, Margaret D. 1917 Mar 6
Murdock, A. 1919 Sep 23
Mussey, H.R. 1918 Jan 14
Neff, Emery (2 letters)
1924 Nov 2
1927 Jan 15
Norton, Grace n.d.
Page, Thomas Nelson 1921 Jun 23
Pasquet, D. 1925 Nov 27
Payne, George to Mr. Dashiell (copy to WCB) n.d.
Pennell, Joseph (2 letters)
Perry, Bliss (6 letters)
1889 Aug 30
1889 Sep 20
1892 Nov 8
1904 Nov 19
[?] Mar 24
[?] Aug 17
Peterson, Antoinette R. (7 letters)
1933 Nov 21
[?] Feb 25
[?] Dec 27
[?] Jan 23
[?] Feb 19
[?] Dec 26
[?] Dec 12
Peterson, Frederick 1919 Aug 7
Phillips, John S. (2 letters)
1924 Oct 14
1927 Dec 3
Plummer, Seney 1916 Dec 11
Putnam, Emily James (8 letters)
1909 Nov 6
1914 Oct 10
1917 May 9
1921 Apr 23
1926 May 31
[?] Nov 28
[?] Jun 15
[?] Dec 1
Quinn, Arthur Hobson 1920 Jun 15
Reed, Helen L. [?] Sep 1
Repplier, Agnes 1924 Nov 14
(2 letters) 1927 Dec 10
Roche, Ernest Spencer 1910 May 10
Rodin, A. 1887 Oct 23
Rogers, Clara K. 1923 Jan 11
Roosevelt, Theodore 1907 Jan 29
Roseboro, Viola (8 letters)
1919 Jul 3
1919 Oct 29
1920 Feb 2
1920 Feb 8
1922 Feb 12
1927 Jan 13
Rumsey, Frances 1917 Dec 28
St. Gaudens, A. (2 letters)
1880 Oct 11
1883 Jan 12
Santayana G. 1902 Dec 1
Schuyler, Montague (7 letters)
1883 Sep 17
[?] Apr 5
[?] Jan 31
[?] Jun 22
[?] Jul 12
[?] Oct 22
Schuyler, Montgomery (5 letters, 2 undated)
1917 Jun 23
1925 Nov 26
1927 Dec 8
Schuyler, Robert L. (3 letters)
1922 Sep 15
1924 Nov 26
1927 Dec 7
Scott, Mary Augusta 1916 Sep 30
Scribner, Charles (25 letters, 2 undated)
1887 Nov 25
1887 Dec 5
1887 Dec 10
1888 Aug 27
1889 May 26
1889 Aug 13
1891 Aug 13
1900 Aug 10
1900 Aug 14
1900 Aug 16
1914 Feb 6
1920 Jul 14
1922 Apr 8
1922 Jul 24
1923 Jul 5
1923 Aug 29
1924 Aug 23
1926 Feb 14
1926 Jul 23
1927 Aug 18
1927 Aug 31
1928 Aug 1
1928 Apr 23
Sedgwick, A.G. (3 letters, 1 undated)
1912 Jun 6
1915 Jul 3
Shephard, Jesse [?] Jul 7
Sherman, Ruth Mears (2 letters, 1 undated)
[?] Nov 1
Sherman, Stuart P. (2 letters)
1917 Mar 5
1917 May 8
Sherry, Helen 1902 Aug 23
Simpson, John W. (2 letters)
1909 Jan 27
1909 Feb 4
Simpson, Kate n.d.
Sloane, William M. (4 letters)
1915 Jan 1
1923 Jan 28
1923 Nov 20
1925 Jun 23
Smith, Bertha W. (2 letters)
[?] Sep 18
Southern, Julia Marlowe n.d.
Spearman, Frank H. (6 letters)
1908 Jan 25
1909 Jan 8
1910 May 1
1911 Jan 1
1921 Mar 7
1933 Dec 21
Spencer, Austin Brownell 1917 Feb 25
Stanton, Stephen B. 1928 Mar 5
Stedman, Edmund C. (6 letters)
1880 Apr 24
1890 Jan 7
1896 Jun 25
1898 Feb 12
1901 Nov 30
1905 Nov [?]
Stiltson, Jerome B. (4 letters, 2 undated)
1875 Feb 4
1876 Dec 29
Stimson, D.M. n.d.
Strong 1878 Jan 29
Strong, Theron T. 1909 Nov 4
Sturgis, Russell (3 letters)
1901 Jun 26
1901 Nov 3
1902 Jul 25
Stryker, A.W. n.d.
Swasey, Irene McNear (2 letters)
1915 Jan 10
1915 Feb 4
Swinburne, Hal (2 letters)
1885 Oct 20
1911 Nov 21
Thomas, Augustus 1917 May 4
Townsend, Margaret Gibbons 1911 Apr 24
Trail, Florence 1915 Nov 22
Tweed, John 1902 Oct 6
Tyler, John M. (3 letters)
1925 Apr 20
Vallandigham, E.M.
1922 Apr 17
1928 Mar 21
[?] Jan 11
Van Dyke, Henry (2 letters)
1927 Nov 21
Van Dyke, John C. (4 letters)
1923 Feb 14
1923 Dec 7
1926 Dec 16
1927 Jun 21
Van Dyke, Paul n.d.
Van Rensselaer, M.G. [?] Dec 8
Walsh, James. J. n.d.
Warner, Charles Dudley (2 letters)
1897 Jul 3
1897 Aug 14
Warner, Sylvia W. 1919 Sep 13
Warren, W.R. 1910 Jan 24
Wendell, Barrett 1910 Jan 9
Wharton, Edith (includes letters from Wharton's secretary, Anna Bahlmann)(47 letters, 3 undated)
Bahlmann, Anna to ACharles" [Scribner] (copy to WCB) 1904 Mar 12
1907 Nov 6
1909 Feb 10
1909 Mar 11
1910 Aug 23
1911 Feb 28
1911 Apr 19
1913 Mar 24
Bahlmann, Anna 1913 Jun 7
Bahlmann, Anna 1913 Jun 27
Bahlmann, Anna (postcard) 1913 July 1
1913 Nov 2
1915 Jan 5
receipt signed by E. Wharton 1915 Feb 5
1915 Jul 23
1915 Oct 27
1917 Aug 20
1918 May 23
1918 July 27
1918 Aug 29
1919 Jul 30
1921 Apr 21
1924 Oct 18
1924 Dec 14
1926 Mar 13
Wharton to [Charles] Scribner (copy to WCB) 1926 Jul 8
(noted missing 1998 April) 1927 May 1
1927 Dec 19
[?] July 22
[?] Jul 24
[?] Oct 21
[?] Aug 26
[?] Sep 26
Wharton, Edith [?] Oct 22
[?] Oct 16
[?] Jul 30
[?] Sep 21
[?] Mar 8
[?] Oct 26
[?] Nov 13
[?] Oct 17
[?] Apr 9
[?] Oct 9
[?] Apr 3
[?] Nov 10
[?] Jun 30
Whicher, George F. (3 letters)
1925 Mar 5
1927 Nov 29
1935 May 19
White, William Allen 1918 Apr 10
Whiting, Richard (12 letters, 3 undated)
1886 May 8
1886 Jul 1
1887 Nov 11
1888 Feb 8
1889 Apr 18
1889 Dec 23
1890 Jul 1
1909 Nov 12
1925 Mar 31
Wilbour, Charles 1871 Sep 28
Williams, Dudley 1927 Mar 11
Williams, Talcott (3 letters)
1910 Nov 18
1911 Feb 7
1912 Mar 9
Wilson, Woodrow 1913 Feb 17
Wister, Owen 1923 Feb 1
Wood, C.E.S. (2 letters, 1 undated)
1921 Feb 1
Woodberry, G.E. 1912 May 16
Wright, Dupont 1922 May 24
Wright, E.H. (3 letters)
1924 Mar 8
1924 May 6
1924 May 27
Wright, Willard H. n.d.
Yard, Robert n.d.
Zeller, August 1893 Mar 23
[?], Margaret (WCB's niece) 1911 May 11
[?], Will [?] Nov 17
Unsigned "fan mail" 1910 Feb 28
Illegible name (editor of Atlantic Monthly) 1923 Nov 13
Illegible name (St. Bartholomew's Church, Rector's Office) 1924 Mar 10
Sub-section B: Outgoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell (includes draft letters)
>See also: Sub-section E: Drafts of Outgoing Correspondence, Box 2, Folders 9-10
Blashfield, Edwin H. (Ned) (7 letters, 2 undated)
1924 Aug 30
1924 Sep 1
1924 Sep 14
1924 Sep 24
1924 Oct 17
Blashfield, Linnie (14 letters, 2 undated)
1895 Mar 12
1895 Sep 26
1896 Sep 9
1896 Dec 20
1898 May 23
1901 Apr 10
1903 Oct 11
1903 Oct 22
1906 Aug 22
1910 Jul 7
1914 Aug 2
Cantor, J.A. 1902 Jan 8
Dargan, Olive n.d.
de Gogorza, Aug. A. 1883 Nov 30
Denslow, H.M. 1925 Mar 28
Gilder, [?] 1887 Nov 5
Glasgow, E. 1913 Jun 29
Henley, W.E. 1883 Apr 29
Howells, W.D. 1910 Dec 21
Kuster, Mrs. [?] 1903 Oct 9
Morse, Anson D. (7 letters)
1887 Jan 2
1887 Jul 11
1888 Jan 6
1888 Sep 17
1889 May 14
1902 Feb 5
1904 Jul 21
Repplier, A. 1920 Oct 21
Scribner, Charles (3 letters, 1 undated)
1917 Aug 12
1926 Nov [?]
Wharton, Edith (draft: actual letter dated 1926 Jan 10 is at Yale) n.d.
Whicher, George F. 1925 Mar 2
Whiting, Richard 1889 Aug 21
Sub-section C: Incoming Correspondence to Gertrude Hall Brownell
Faber, Hester Thackeray 1939 Mar 25
Swinburne, Laurie (WCB's nephew) 1933 Dec 16
Condolence letters after Brownell's death:
Burlingame, Roger 1928 Jul 24
Butler, N.M. & Robert Underwood Johnson (telegram) 1928 Jul 24
Butler, N.M. 1928 Jul 23
[Chapin?] 1928 Jul 23
Darrow, Whitney 1928 Jul 25
Dwyer, Joseph R. 1928 Jul 24
[Faille?] John 1928 Jul 30
Flanagan, John 1928 Aug 28
National Institute of Arts and Letters (telegram) 1928 Jul 24
Holt, Florence (telegram) 1928 Jul 24
Johnson, R.U. (telegram) 1928 Jul 24
Jaccaci, August (telegram) 1928 Jul 24
Perkins, Maxwell 1929 Feb 9
Maplex, Lee 1928 Jul 27
Peterson, Frederick (telegram) 1928 Jul 23
Schuyler, Robert L. 1928 Jul 24
Scribner, Arthur 1928 Jul 26
Scribner, Charles (telegram) 1928 Jul 23
Tarbell, Ida M. (telegram) 1928 Jul 25
Thwing, Charles F. 1928 Jul 26
Van Rensselaer, N.G. (telegram) 1928 Jul 24
Wheelock, J.H. 1928 Aug 6
Williams, J. Lynch 1928 Sep 27
Photo of Episcopal Church in Williamstown where services were held for WCB on June 25, 1928 [1928]
Sub-section D: Outgoing Correspondence from Virginia S. Brownell
Swinburne, Daniel (5 letters, 1 undated)
1878 Jan 7
1881 Oct 9
1881 Oct 11
1889 Jan 31
Sub-section E: Drafts of Outgoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell
>See also: Sub-section B: Outgoing Correspondence from W.C. Brownell, Box 2, folder 5
45 draft letters (arranged alphabetically) 1901-1927
56 draft business letters (arranged alphabetically) 1907-1925
Sub-section F: Incoming Correspondence From and About Other Family Members (includes miscellaneous family records and ephemera)
Chevallier, Edouard (WCB's adopted war orphan) (7 letters)
1917 Apr 22
1917 Dec 20
1918 Feb 17
1918 Dec 4
1919 Jun 4
1919 Nov 13
1920 Jun 10
Dunn, Robert re: Chevallier (2 letters)
1917 Jul 9
1919 Oct 26
From [?] Abner to Isaac [Brownell] re: birth of WCB 1851 Sep 2
From E.G. Charles to Isaac Brownell re: education expenses (3 letters)
1864 Oct 10
1865 Apr 25
1865 Oct 8
From Isaac Brownell (WCB's father) To his parents
1869 Sep
To WCB (4 letters)
1861 Nov 10
1862 Mar
1876 May 9
1890 Jul 27
From Lucia Brown Brownell (WCB's mother)
To Isaac Brownell 1860 Jan 8
To her parents 1866 Oct 18
To her brother Theodore; also WCB's handwritten transcription of same, dated 2/13/[18]81 1861 January
To WCB [1861]
From William Crary Brownell (WCB)
To his father (Isaac) 1863 Dec 2
To Charles Brownell (handwritten copy) 1912
To AMy Dear Lovely" [Mrs. ?] signed, Ayour little friend Willie C. Brownell" n.d.
Miscellaneous Family Records and Ephemera
Letter certifying baptism of WCB and Isaac Brownell - signed AT.C. Brownell, Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield" 1851 Oct 17
Receipt for education expenses 1860 May 25
Pocket Diary with Almanac - signature of AAlice E. Brownell" and AWillie C. Brownell" on first page 1864
Certificate of (WCB) Confirmation 1867
Itinerary and miscellaneous travel notes signed A[?] for M.S." [Montgomery Schuyler] 1879
Record of birth and death dates of Daniel Thomas Swinburne and Harriet Knowles Swinburne n.d.
Section 2: General
GENERAL, includes biographical information, and memorabilia related to Brownell's education, information relating to friends and colleagues and miscellaneous financial records.
WCB autobiographical statement (bound manuscript, 17 pp.) [192?]
School and college compositions c.1890
Amherst College memorabilia 1867-1871
Photographs
>See also: Section 9, PHOTOGRAPHS
Clarence L. Brownell (3 photographs)
1914 Jun 12
"with Zoe and friend" 1919 Sep 10
"Marvin" n.d.
John Woodruff Simpson (AC 1871) 1870
Richard Whiting (2 photographs)
1907 Apr
1909 May
Genealogy of the Brownell family 1902-1936
Article on Brownell by A. A. Livingston n.d.
Poem by James Davis n.d.
Receipts from European Hotels and Restaurants 1882-1884
Receipts and postcards from various European businesses c. 1882
Miscellaneous programs, membership cards, etc 1888-1927
Section 3: Notebooks
NOTEBOOKS, includes lecture notes kept as an undergraduate at Amherst, a diary kept by Virginia Brownell, and scrapbooks chronicling Brownell's profession activities.
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Lectures by Professor Tyler" (2 notebooks) 1869
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Lectures & Dictations" 1867
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Abstracts of Professor Cromwell's Lectures" 1869
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Prof. Snell and Dr. Hitchcock" 1869-1870
Undergraduate lecture notes - "Prof. Tyler's lectures & Prof. Mather's" 1869-1870
Virginia Brownell's diary of European trip (2 notebooks) 1882
Language study notebook [Italian?] 1911-1912
Ledger containing letter about WCB's mother, Lucia, written to WCB from his father, Isaac Brownell n.d.
Notes on Brownell's life and references to letters in Box 2, Folder 12 n.d.
Scrapbook containing articles and book reviews about Brownell and his writings 1873-1929
Accession book - contains list of books in Brownell's library (Noted missing 1998 April)
Section 4: Notes
NOTES, contains notes on the topics Brownell was interested in and wrote about.
on art n.d.
on education n.d.
on French democracy n.d.
on French women and morality n.d.
on French morality n.d.
on French culture n.d.
on criticism n.d.
Miscellaneous n.d.
on Poe, Emerson, and Hawthorne n.d.
for article, "Art in Revolt" n.d.
on popular culture n.d.
Diary letters in French written for exercises n.d.
for article, "Form and Substance" n.d.
Section 5: CLIPPINGS
CLIPPINGS, contains news clippings on cultural, political, and social issues of interest to Brownell.
>NOTE: unless otherwise noted, all dates in this section are c. 1870's to 1900
Concerning Victorian Prose Masters
Miscellaneous
On Ireland
On home matters
On art
On fiction
On French politics; Socialism; France and Germany
On history; French art; France and England
On Italy
On France and the Tonquin Question
On England home affairs; Canada; England and Germany
On English literary miscellany
On Le Naturalisme
On Paris
On Spain
On Amsterdam
On France and America
On England vs. Prussia
On democracy
On public health
On French public instruction
On miscellaneous material
On France under Ferry
On the Nation Office and A.G. Sedgwick 1871-1881
On social issues
On Daudet
Clerical
From paper on English politics
On French literary miscellany
Commentary
On drama
By WCB from various publications including The World, The Nation, The Philadelphia Press 1873-1885
On "Popular Culture" (chapter title from Democratic Distinction in America) 1923-1926
Concerning "Popular Culture" 1925
By WCB from various publications including The Philadelphia Press 1885-1886
Section 6: Scribner's
SCRIBNER'S, contains drafts, correspondence, and administrative material related to Brownell's work at Scribner's, particularly relating to Appreciation for the Office.
Note: Permission to publish material in this section must be obtained from Scribner's Publishers.
Drafts of Appreciation for the Office (book reviews); letters of acceptance and rejection to authors; publisher's notes; notes on manuscripts of books in preparation for publication n.d.
Drafts of Appreciation for the Office (book reviews) n.d.
Drafts of letters of acceptance and rejection to authors n.d.
>Note: Permission to publish material in Section 6 must be obtained from Scribner's Publishers.
Section 7: Published Works
PUBLISHED WORKS, contains an annotated typescript of Democratic Distinction and magazine articles by Brownell, and a page proof of W.C. Brownell, Tributes and Appreciations.
Annotated typescript of "Democratic Distinction" n.d.
Magazine articles c. 1881-1914
Page proof of W.C. Brownell, Tributes and Appreciations, printed for private distribution by Scribner's 1929
Section 8: Manuscript Drafts of Articles
MANUSCRIPT DRAFTS OF ARTICLES, contains drafts.
"Emerson (American Publication)" n.d.
"The Genius of Style" n.d.
"The Genius of Style" (partial manuscript and notes) n.d.
"Stle: Introduction" n.d.
"Democracy and Distinction" n.d.
"Order and Movement" n.d.
"Manner and Personality" n.d.
"Aesthetic Prose" n.d.
"Romantic Painting" n.d.
"Realistic Painting" n.d.
"Present Day User" n.d.
"Cooper (American Prose Master)" n.d.
"William Makepeace Thackery" n.d.
"Auguste Rodin" n.d.
"The Art of Prose and English Prose Tradition" n.d.
"Ruskin" n.d.
"Recent Work of Elihu Vedder" n.d.
"Contemporary French Sculpture" n.d.
Section 9: Photographs
PHOTOGRAPHS, contains photographs of Brownell, his family, relatives, and friends, and photographs of Gertrude Hall Brownell's family.
"The Wilbour Cousins" [early 1900s]
WCB's relatives including "Grandfather and Grandmother Brown," "Father and Mother," "Aunt Emily," "Uncle Bishop," and "Great Aunt Charlotte" c. 1869
Family members from paternal side of WCB family c. 1869-1891
Swinburnes and Hales (relatives) c. 1876-1920
Gertrude Hall Brownell's family [1860s-1940s?]
"Friends and intimates" 1894-1907
See also: Section 2, GENERAL: Box 3, Folder 3