bMS Am 1323 Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949. Papers: Guide. Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 Descriptive Summary Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1323
Creator: Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949.
Title: Papers,
Date(s):
Quantity: 163 boxes and 6v. (37 linear ft.)
Abstract: Papers of American author, journalist, editor, and social reformer Oswald Garrison Villard. Includes materials that are unsorted and uncataloged. Administrative Information Acquisition Information:
Bequest of Oswald Garrison Villard; received: 1949. Historical Note Villard, a journalist and author, was president of the New York Evening Post (1897-1918), editor and owner of The Nation (1918-1932), publisher and contributing editor of The Nation (1932-1935), a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and of Yachting Magazine, and owner of the Nautical Gazette. His father was Henry Villard, railroad promoter and financier; his mother was Fanny Garrison Villard, social reformer, suffragist, and philanthropist; and his grandfather was the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Organization Includes the following series: - Letters addressed to Oswald Garrison Villard Uncataloged papers
Scope and Content Over half the collection consists of professional correspondence concerning The Nation, The New York Evening Post, and the progressive political issues with which Villard was involved. Also contains correspondence with family members, much of it pertaining to his work or business affairs; minutes, ledgers, financial reports, and stockbooks of The Evening Post and some business records of The Nation; diaries, 1884-1941, and datebooks; 15 boxes of speeches; scrapbooks of Villard's articles; and notes and manuscripts for his various writing projects in history and biography. Includes material on various peace societies, civil liberties, blacks in Harlem, the NAACP, the blockade during the Civil War, Puerto Rico, and The New York Philharmonic. Also contains drafts and manuscripts of his father's memoirs, tributes to his mother and grandfather, family records, photographs, medals, memorabilia, clippings, and printed material. | |
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