Europe -- Description and travel.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Francis Charles Foster papers, 1844-1915.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-27
Scope and Contents
Consist chiefly of diaries, kept from 1857 until just before his death in 1915. They record few personal feelings, but are a meticulous account of the weather, personal expenses and charities. Most of the letters are from the period of his Grand Tour in Europe (1854-1856). They include some sent to him by his father. There are also a few letters by Francis from other periods of his life and material on his Harvard career. At the end of the collection is a group of photographs of Foster, his...
Dates:
1844-1915
Higgins family papers, 1741-1925.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-6
Scope and Contents
Consists of the letters and diaries of Milton Prince Higgins (1842-1912), a mechanical engineer, industrialist, and pioneer in technical education, and his wife, Katharine Elizabeth Chapin Higgins (1847-1925), dating from 1859-1925. These documents refect her education at Manchester, NH; their courtship, engagement, and marriage, family life, and social activities; and his duties as superintendent of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and President of several manufacturing firms in the...
Dates:
1741-1925
John Hannibal Sheppard papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-4
Abstract
Consists of correspondence, diaries, account books, and other papers written or received by John Sheppard (ca. 1767-1807), a Hallowell, Maine, merchant and shipmaster, his wife, their seven children, and the wives and descendants of their oldest son, John Hannibal Sheppard. Includes John Sheppard's business and personal correspondence concerning his activities in the East Indies, West Indies, and Europe; letters and household accounts of his wife, Sarah Collier Sheppard (d.1818) and...
Dates:
1791-1873
William Foster papers, 1734-1879.
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-28
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters sent between William Foster Jr. and William's father, siblings and their spouses, nieces and nephews, and children. Correspondents include brother-in-law Harrison Gray Otis, Andrew Ritchie, daughter and son-in-law James E. and Virginia (Foster) Coppinger, daughter Jeanne Francoise "Fanny" (Foster) Tudor, brother Leonard Foster, sisters Grace (Foster) Apthorp and Mary (Foster) Apthorp, and Nathan Spear Jr. William also received personal letters from friends in...
Dates:
1734-1879