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Gilder mss., 1781-1984

Summary Information

Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly

Creator
Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

Title
Gilder mss., 1781-1984

Collection No.
LMC 2345

Extent
ca. 23,000 items

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Consists of correspondence and papers of poet, editor Richard Watson Gilder and his wife, the artist Helena de Kay Gilder, and their family.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Biographical Note

Richard Watson Gilder, 1844–1909, was born in Bordentown, New Jersey. Among Richard Gilder's books of poetry are The New Day (1875), Poems and Inscriptions (1901), and A Book of Music (1906). With Newton Crane, he founded the Newark Register and he edited Scribner's Monthly (later The Century Magazine), a post he held until his death. His brother William Henry Gilder was managing editor of the Register, but is most well–known for his Arctic expeditions. He was second in command on the Eothen in search of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to discover the North Pole and wrote several books about the Arctic. In 1883 he was a war correspondent in Tonking during the French–Annamese War. Richard's sister Jeannette Leonard Gilder was co–founder and joint editor with another brother Joseph Benson Gilder of The Critic, a literary magazine.

His wife, Helena, 1846–1916, was born in New York City. She was a painter, founder of the Art Students league and co–founder of the Society of American Artists. She studied with Winslow Homer and John La Farge, as well as at the Cooper Union Institute and the National Academy of Design. Together Richard and Helena had seven children. Their son Rodman was an author and married Comfort Tiffany, daughter of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Their daughter Dorothea had a brief stage career, while Rosamond, the youngest, also became a writer. She was the author of Enter the Actress: the First Woman in the Theatre and the editor of Letters of Richard Watson Gilder and an unpublished volume of letters between her mother and Mary Hallock Foote, tentatively titled Dialogue.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Artwork; IV. Diaries/Journals; V. Legal; VI. Photographs; VII. Miscellaneous.

Scope and Content Note

The Gilder mss., 1781–1984, consist of correspondence and papers of poet, editor Richard Watson Gilder and his wife, the artist Helena de Kay Gilder, and their family. In addition to family members, the correspondence reflects the many friends and acquaintances who visited the Gilders at their Tyringham, Massachusetts home, as well as their private salon in New York. These include artists, musicians, writers, poets, scientists and politicians, such as August Saint–Gaudens, Winslow Homer, Mark Twain, and Nicola Tesla. There is extensive correspondence with Frances Folsom Cleveland (Mrs. Grover Cleveland), artist Cecilia Beaux and writer Mary Hallock Foote. The Writings series contains works of Richard and Helena, as well as many other writers and poets, including Phyllis de Kay Wheelock who wrote about the De Kay family, and extensive files of Rosamond Gilder's writings and research. Writings by William Henry Gilder (1838–1900) include articles on the Arctic and a description of his encounter with pirates. Many pencil and watercolor sketches and sketchbooks of Helena may be found in the Artwork series. A few other artists are represented, mostly family members, but include a few sketches by Mary Hallock Foote. An interesting joint diary of Helena and Richard, dated 1874–1888, may be found in the Diaries/Journals series. The Legal materials mostly concern estates and properties. Formal portraits of the Gilder family, friends and acquaintances, as well as snapshots taken on their various travels make up the Photographs series.

The Miscellaneous series contains military–related items, including a report to Headquarters by surgeon Reuben Gilder concerning the dead and wounded from the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, a group of letters picked up from several Civil War battlefields by Richard's father William Henry Gilder, and paperwork reimbursing Richard's brother William Henry Gilder for the death of his horse at the Petersburg fight in 1864. From Richard's brother William Henry's Arctic explorations is a list of provisions, list of backers, map, and various printed items. There is extensive ephemera in the Miscellaneous series: concert and lecture programs, invitations to various events, brochures, maps, and menus. Realia of interest include: a lock of Helena's hair, dried flowers from John Keats' grave picked in 1884, a pencil used by Walt Whitman, and dried leaves collected in 1863 from the Bull Run battlefield.

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Acquired: 1999
Usage Restrictions
Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.

Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Gilder mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Series: I. Correspondence. Box 1

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Individual names with significant number of letters may have separate folders and are filed immediately after the folder in which they would have been included. Names in the "General" folders are not listed. Most of the letters are written to Richard Watson Gilder, Helena de Kay Gilder and members of their immediate family. Filed under some correspondents' names are letters written to them specifically and are designated as such. Year or range of years of the correspondence follows each name. One folder per name unless otherwise indicated. Additional correspondence may be found throughout the collection.


A — General

Abbott, Lawrence. 1918 

Abbott, Lyman. undated 

Aldrich, Lilian. 1908 

Alexander, John W. 1887 

Allen, Mary. 1883-1906 

Aman–Jean, Edmond. 1903 

American National Institute. 1895 

Appleton, Mary R. 1890 

Aus der Ohe, Adele. 1887-1910, 

including two stanzas of music (2 folders)


Austin, Mary. 1907 

Avellana, Lamberto Vera. 1969 

B — General

Babcock, Sally Harwood. 1864-1909 

(4 folders)


Bagg, Lenora L. S. 1916-1924 

Beaux, Cecilia.

To Gilder, George. 1906 

To Gilder, Helena de Kay. 1897-1916 

(7 folders)


To Gilder, Richard Watson. 1892-1909 

(3 folders)


To Gilder, Rodman Drake. 1896-1928 

To Gilder, Rosamond. 1915 

Beckwith, J(ames) Carroll. 1914 

Bennett, Joseph Hastings. 1924 

Bishop, H. S. 1884-1893 

Bishop, J. B. 1894 

Bishop, W. H. 1897-1899 

Bispham, David. 1907-1911 

Blanc, Marie–Thérèse. 1895-1907 

Blashfield, Edwin Howland. 1898 

Bliss, Harriet. 1910-1912 

Bloede, Katie and Marie. 1868-1875 

(2 folders)


Blouët, Paul. 1887-1902 

Boehm, Joseph Edgar, Sir. 1871 

Boutet de Manvel, L(ouis) M(aurice). 1850-1913 

Boyesen, Hjahman H. 1874-1894 

Bradford, George P. 1867-1886 

Briesen, Arthur von. 1905 

Bronson, Katharina Coleman de Kay. 1855-1890 

Brooks, Phillips. 1890 

Brown, Horatio F. 1896 

Brownell, William Crary. 1902 

Bryce, James and E. Marion. 1886-1913 

Buel, Clarence C. and Alice. 1885-1894,  1916 

Bunner, Henry Cuyler. 1894 

Burnaby, Caroline M. 1888 

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. 1906-1926 

Burnett, Ruth (1862–1942). 1897 

Burroughs, John. 1877-1912 

Butler, Harry. 1898-1899 

C—General

Cable, George Washington. 1880-1917 

Calve, Emma. 1906 

(2 folders). Includes notebook of miscellaneous material related to tours and loose items removed from notebook.


Campbell, William Wilfred. 1891 

Carman, Bliss. 1910 

Carnegie, Andrew and Louise W. 1908-1916 

Carter, Susan N. 1895-1897 

Castaigne, Andre. 1896 

The Century Co. and Century Magazine. 1881-1923 

(5 folders). Includes related materials such as contracts, receipts, agreements, programs, etc. See also: Buel, Clarence C. and Alice; Johnson, Robert Underwood.


Champney, Elizabeth Williams. undated 

Choate, Joseph Hodges. 1911-1913 

Cholmeley–Jones, Elmira Gambault Gilder. 1886-1909 

Cholmeley–Jones, Jeannette. 1908 

Cholmeley–Jones, Nigel. 1903-1920 

Cholmeley–Jones, Richard Gilder. 1877-1914 

Cholmeley–Jones, Roy. 1897-1907 

Churchill, Winston (1871–1947). 1900-1901 

Clark, John. 1865 

Clemens, Samuel L. and Olivia. 1899-1904 

Box 2 Cleveland, Frances Folsom.

To Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1887,  June 1905 

(51 folders)


Box 3 Cleveland, Frances Folsom.

To Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1906-1916 

(14 folders)


To Gilder, Rosamond. 1946 [?] 

To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1900-1915 

Cleveland, Marion. 1907-1908 

Cleveland, Grover. 1891-1907 

Coates, Florence Earle. 1902 

Coffin, William Anderson. 1889-1898 

Cole, Timothy. 1916 

Conant, Cornelia W. 1897 

Cone, Helen Gray. 1887-1910 

Cook, Clarence (1828–1900). 1876 

Cook, Clarence (1828–1900). 1876 

Cook, Frederick Albert

To Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900). 1894 

Cox, Kenyon. 1886 

Craigie, Pearl Mary Teresa. 1906 

Crane, Charles Richard. 1907 

Crawford, Francis Marion. 1894 

Curtis, George William. 1872-1892 

Curzon, Mary Leiter, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston. undated 

D—General

Davenport, Jack Alfred and M. W. 1864-1874,  1901 

Daviess, Maria Thompson. 1913 

Davis, Richard Harding. 1906 

Dawes, Anna L. 1902-1906 

De Kay, Charles A. 1871-1909 

(2 folders)


De Kay, Edwalyn. 1896 

De Kay, Helena (niece of Helena and Richard). 1913-1919 

De Kay, Janet Halleck Drake. 1862-1886 

De Kay, Joseph Rodman Drake. 1860-1886 

De Kay, Julia. 1879-1912 

De Kay, Sidney and Minna. 1864-1890 

De Kay, Sidney Gilder. 1915-1927 

Deland, Ellen Douglas. 1908 

Deland, Margaret. 1889-1890 

De Rosales, Louise

Dewey, Byrd Spilman. 1930 

Dewing, Maria R. Oakey. 1876-1916 

Dix, Edwin Asa and Marion Alcott. 1904 [?] 

Dobson, Austin. 1880-1909 

Dodge, Mary E. 1864-1868 

Dodge, Mary Mapes. 1887 

Drake, Edith True and A. W. 1890-1911 

Drinker, Ernesta. 1920 

Dunn, Julia E. 1875 

Dunning, William Archibald. 1876 

E—General

Eaton, Edward Dwight. 1912 

Eaton, Wyatt and Louise. 1880-1887 

Egan, Maurice F. 1879-1909 

Eggleston, Edward. 1880-1884 

Evans, Elizabeth G. 1903-1916 

Evans, Florence Wilkinson. 1906,   1910 

F—General

Fairchild, Charles Stebbins. 1905,  1910 

Farnam, Henry W. 1903 

Ferrero, Guglielmo and Gina Lombroso. 1908-1909 

Field, Isobel (Strong Osbourne). 1914,  1879-1893 

Fields, Annie. 1895-1901 

Finck, Henry T. and Abbie H. C. 1898-1903 

Folsom, Emma C. 1887-1897 

Foote, Mary Hallock

To Gilder, Helena de Kay. 1879-1916 

To Gilder, Richard Watson. 1872-1909 

(3 folders)


To Gilder, Rodman Drake. 1902-1921 

To Gilder, Rosamond. 1915-1932 

(3 folders)


To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1904-1919 

To Palmer, Francesca Gilder. 1917 

Ford, Paul Leicester. 1897 

Ford, M. B. 1909-1910 

French, Daniel Chester. 1904-1906 

Froude, James Anthony. 1879 

G—General

Gabrilovitch, Ossip. 1905-1907 

Gay, S. M. and Elizabeth. 1890 

Gelat, Antoine Thomas. 1906 

Gericke, Wilhelm. 1893 

Gérôme, Jean–Léon. 1869 

Box 4 Gibson, Charles Dana. undated 

Gifford, Robert Swain. 1889-1898 

Gilbert, Charlotte Gilder. 1911-1920 

Gilder, Alma E. 1884-1885 

Gilder, Christine (Mrs. Robert F. G.) 1931-1950 

Gilder, Comfort Tiffany.

To Gilder, Helena de Kay. 1911-1915 

To Gilder, Rosamond. 1911-1958 

To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1911 

Gilder, George de Kay.

To Helena de Kay and Richard Watson Gilder. 1890-1913 

(8 folders)


To Rodman Drake Gilder. 1906 

To Rosamond Gilder. 1897,  1910 

To Dorothea Gilder McGrew. 1898-1918 

Letters from various correspondents. 1915 

Gilder, Harry M. 1891-1902 

Gilder, Helena de Kay.

To Bagg, Leonora S. 1900-1914 

To Bliss, Harriet. 1910 

To Cleveland, Francis Folsom. 1887-1909 

(20 folders). Includes letters from or jointly with Richard Watson Gilder.


To De Kay, Charles. 1863-1897 

To De Kay, Edwalyn. 1888-1898 

To De Kay, Janet Hallock Drake. 1879–1886 

To De Kay, Julia. 1900-1911 

To De Kay, Katarina Coleman (for infant Marion Gilder). 1876 

To De Kay, Minna Craven. 1885 

To De Kay siblings. 1869-1892 

To De Rosales, Louise. 1915-1916 

To Foote, Mary Hallock. 1869-1897 

(10 folders) (see also: Writings. Gilder, Rosamond de Kay. Dialogue)


Box 5 Gilder, Helena de Kay

To Foote, Mary Hallock. 1898-1916 

(5 folders)


To Gilder children. 1896-1913 

(8 folders)


To Gilder, George. 1897-1917 

(11 folders)


To Gilder, Jane Nutt. 1880 

To Gilder, Richard Watson. 1873-1909 

(9 folders)


To Gilder, Rodman Drake. 1885-1894 

(4 folders)


Box 6 Gilder, Helena de Kay

To Gilder, Rodman Drake. 1895-1915 

(24 folders)


To Gilder Rosamond. 1907-1915 

(5 folders)


To Harwood, Elizabeth F. 1885 

To James, Henry. undated 

To Janvier, Catharine and Thomas. 1890-1915 

(3 folders)


To Johnson, Robert Underwood. undated 

To LaFarge, John. 1891 

To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1895-1900 

(3 folders)


Box 7 Gilder, Helena de Kay

To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1901-1915 

(12 folders)


To Morris, Edmund. undated 

To Morse, Anne G. (Nannie). 1895-1915 

To Nutt, Maria H. 1874-1879 

To Palmer, Francesca Gilder. 1902-1913 

To Puron, Martina Pintard Gilder. 1879 

To Roosevelt, Eleanor. undated 

To Saint–Gaudens, Augustus. 1877 

To Sedgwick, Anne Douglas. 1915 

To various members of family from Europe. 1911 

To various correspondents, mostly unidentified.

Gilder, Rev. J. Leonard. 1833,   1880 

Gilder, Jane Nutt

To Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1861-1890 

To Nutt, Maria H. 1840-1885 

(5 folders)


To various correspondents.

From various correspondents.

Gilder, Jeannette Leonard

To Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1873-1914 

To Gilder, Rodman Drake. 1895-1913 

To Nutt, Maria H. 1879-1896 

To various correspondents.

From various correspondents.

Gilder, John (1786–1855) and Sarah Leonard.

From various correspondents. 1835-1836,  1845 

Gilder, John Francis (Frank).

To family members. 1853-1907 

From various correspondents. 1865-1880 

Gilder, Joseph Benson and Gwendolyn.

To family members. 1873-1938 

(3 folders)


Gilder, Percy. 1898-1899,  1940 

Gilder, Richard Watson

To Allen, Joseph. 1862 

To Bagg, Leonora S. and Louise E. 1900-1905 

To Browne, F.F. 1893-1896 

To Cleveland, Grover. 1896 

To De Kay, Janel Hallock. 1873 

To De Kay, Minna Craven. 1890 

To Dewey, Mrs. F.S. (Lady Ben Travato). 1904-1912 

To family and friends (circular letter). 1904 

To Foote, Mary Hallock. 1872-1909 

To Gilder, George de Kay. 1898-1903 

(2 folders)


Box 8 Gilder, Richard Watson

To Gilder, George de Kay. 1904-1908 

(3 folders)


To Gilder, Helena de Kay. 1872-1909 

(31 folders)


Box 9 Gilder, Richard Watson

To Gilder, Jane Nutt. 1872-1882 

To Gilder, Jane Nutt and Maria Nutt, jointly. 1852-1882 

(4 folders)


To Gilder, Jeannette Leonard. 1879-1893 

To Gilder, Joseph Benson. 1852-1886 

To Gilder, Robert Fletcher. 1875 

To Gilder, Rodman. 1885-1909 

(9 folders)


To Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864). 1864 

To Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900). 1890-1894 

To Grant, Hugh J. 1889 

To Hay, John Milton. 1900-1902 

To James, Henry. 1885 

(copy)


To Janvier, Thomas A. 1882,  1896 

To Johnson, Robert Underwood. 1883-1896 

(4 folders)


To La Farge, John. 1875-1908 

To Lyttle, Sarah (Mrs. Robert E.). 1863–1902 

To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1888–1909 

(2 folders)


To Nutt, Maria. 1861–1889 

To Procter, John R. 1900–1903 

To Puron, Juan. 1895 

To Saint–Gaudens, Augustus. 1877 

To Schurz, Carl. 1903–1906 

To Smith, Roswell. 1884–1894 

To various correspondents.

Gilder, Robert Fletcher

To Gilder, Jeannette Leonard. 1905 

To Gilder, Joseph Benson. 1872–1875 

To Gilder, Richard Watson. 1885–1907 

To Gilder, Rodman. 1909–1940 

To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1909 

To ____, Mary (cousin). undated 

From various correspondents.

Gilder, Rodman Drake

To Gilder, George. 1906 

To Gilder, Helena and Richard Watson. 1881–1897 

(5 folders)


Box 10 Gilder, Rodman Drake

To Ferrin, Dana. 1948 

To Gilder, Helena and Richard Watson. 1898–1914 

(12 folders)


To Gilder, Rosamond. 1913–1949 

To McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1894–1917 

(2 folders)


To various correspondents

From various correspondents

Gilder, Rosamond

To family. 1892–1920 

To Gilder, Rodman Drake. 1903–1938 

To and from various correspondents. 1911–1977 

(2 folders)


To and from various correspondents concerning research for Dialogue. 1911–1977 

(4 folders)


Gilder, Wm. Howard. 1907-1908 

Gilder, Wilbur F. 1893,  1902 

Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864)

To family. 1852–1864 

(4 folders)


To Gilder, Jane Nutt. 1835–1862 

(13 folders)


Box 11 Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864)

To Gilder, Jane Nutt. 1863–1864 

(6 folders)


To Nutt, Maria. 1833–1853 

From various correspondents. 1862 

Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900)

To family. 1860–1899 

(6 folders)


From various correspondents. 1862–1892 

Gladden, Washington. 1893 

Glenny, Alice R. 1903-1914 

(2 folders)


Glenny, Aline. 1904-1910 

Glenny, Joan. 1907 

Gosse, Edmund. 1891–1892 

Grant, Percy Stickney. 1914–1916 

Gras, Félix and Angèle. 1878–1901 

Gray, David. 1910–1914 

Greene, Rosalind Huidekoper. 1907 

Greenslet, Faris

To Gilder, Rosamond. 1911-1920 

Gréville, Madame Henry. 1886 

Gross, Richard. undated 

Guiney, Louise Imogen. 1886 

H—General

Hake, Thomas Gordon. undated 

Hale, Susan (1833–1910). undated 

Hamilton, Edith. 1923–1925 

Harrison, Constance Cary. undated 

Harwood, Andrew. 1867–1877 

Harwood, Elizabeth F.

To Gilder Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1864–1892 

(2 folders)


To Nutt, Maria H. 1849–1889 

(3 folders)


Harwood, Marian de Kay. undated 

Hastings, Thomas. 1899 

Hawthorne, Hildegarde. 1913 

Hazard, Caroline. 1902–1903 

Henschel, George. 1907 

Henschel, Lillian B. undated 

Higginson, Henry Lee. 1895–1908 

Higginson, Ida Agassiz. 1893–1903 

(2 folders)


Hobson, Richard Pearson. 1898–1902 

Hoeber, Arthur. 1908 

Holford, Alberta and Florence

To Gilder, Rosamond. 1953–1959 

Holland, Josiah Gilbert. 1874–1882 

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. 1894 

Holt, Roland. 1900 

Homer, Winslow. 1872–1886 

Horton, Samuel Dana. 1869–1874 

Howe, Julia Ward. 1866–1869 

Howells, William Dean. 1893–1912 

Hughes, Sarah F. 1897–1907 

Hughes, W. Hastings. 1893–1906 

Hulst, Nelson P. 1896,  1916 

Hunt, Alfred William, Margaret Raine and Isobel Violet. undated 

Huss, Henry Holden. 1881 

I—General

J—General

Jackson, Helen Hunt. 1870–1881 

Jacobs, Sister Clarissa. 1893 

Includes calling card with photograph.


James, Henry. 1880–1914 

(2 folders)


James, William. 1893–1910 

Jandrier, Jeanne. 1903–1906 

Janvier, Catharine A. 1885–1899 

(3 folders)


Box 12 Janvier, Catharine A. 1900–1920 

(3 folders)


Janvier, Thomas A.

To Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1888–1913 

(4 folders)


From various correspondents. 1893–1900 

Jefferson, Sarah A. 1904–1905 

Jewett, Sarah Orne. 1897 

Johnson, Bessie W. 1871–1880 

Johnson, Laura Winthrop. undated 

Johnson, Robert Underwood. 1879–1924 

Johnson, Rossiter. undated 

Jones, Amanda T. 1887 

K—General

Kakuzo, Okakura. 1887–1911 

Kane, Florence Bayard. 1908 

Kellogg, Clara Louise and Carl Strakosch. 1879,  1916 

Kendall, William Sergeant. 1897–1908 

Keith, Dora Wheeler. undated 

Kimball, Elizabeth. 1915–1917 

King, Janet. 1892–1895 

King, Pauline. 1899–1903 

Kipling, Rudyard and Caroline. 1899–1904 

Korbay, Francis. 1894 

L—General

La Farge, John. 1871–1909 

Lane, John. 1909 

Lanier, Mary Day. 1910 

Lansdale, Edward V. 1871–1916 

Lansdale, Eliza M. 1905–1920 

Lansdale, Maria. 1893–1917 

(3 folders)


Lathrop, Francis. 1899 

Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne. 1916 

Lazarus, Emma, Josephine and Annie. 1881 

Le Gallienne, Richard. 1910 

Lemaire, Gaston. 1904 

Leonowens, Anna Harriette. 1908–1910 

Lewis, Agnes Smith. 1903 

Lillie, Lucy Cecil. undated 

Lincoln, Robert Todd. 1909 

Linton, Williams James. 1891 

Lockwood, Florence. undated 

Lodge, Mary G. 1888 

Low, Wilett. 1888–1911 

Lowben, Charlotte B. 1908 

Lowell, James Russell. 1875–1891 

(2 folders)


Lowell, Josephine Shaw. 1890–1904 

Lungren, Fernand. undated 

Lyttle, Sarah Gilder. 1867–1894 

Mc—General

McAneny, George. 1913–1914 

MacDowell, Edward Alexander. 1895–1897 

MacDonald, Greville. 1913,  1923 

McGrew, Dallas

To McGrew, Elizabeth L. 1903,  1920 

To McGrew, Mrs. G. H. 1916-1926 

To McGrew family. December 1916,  1917 

From various correspondents. 1920 

McGrew, Dorothea Gilder

To Evening Post, editor. 1909 

To Gilder family. 1917 

To Gilder, George de Kay. 1904–1917 

To Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1880s–1901 

(3 folders)


Box 13 McGrew, Dorothea Gilder

To Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson. 1902–1909 

(7 folders)


To Gilder, Helena de Kay. 1910–1916 

(5 folders)


To Gilder, Rodman Drake and Comfort Tiffany. 1897–1918 

To Gilder, Rosamond. 1910–1916 

To Gilder, Rosamond and Francesca Gilder Palmer. 1918–1919 

To Kimball, Elizabeth L. 1916–1919 

To McGrew, Dallas. 1911 

To McGrew, Mrs. (Dallas's mother). 1915–1919 

(3 folders)


To Nadal, E. S. 1918 

To Palmer, Francesca Gilder. 1906–1917 

From various correspondents.

McGrew, J.L. and George H. 1916–1921 

McKinley, William. 1899 

M—General

Mabie, Hamilton Wright. 1905–1906 

Mailliard, Annie Ward and Loullie M. 1867–1876 

Mansfield, Richard. 1891 

Manship, Paul Howard. 1931 

Markoe, Matilda. undated 

Marlowe, Julia. undated 

Marsh, Henry and Sophronia Oakes. 1882–1888 

Martin, Homer D. 1878 

Mason, Alfred Bishop. undated 

Mason, Mary Murdoch. 1911 

Mason, William (1829–1908). 1893,  1895 

Matthews, Brander. 1894–1914 

Matthison, Edith Wynne. 1903 

Merington, Marguerite. 1901–1913 

Merritt, Anne Lee. 1887–1903 

Mitchell, Lucy M. 1885–1886 

Mitchell, Silas Weir. 1906 

Modjeska, Helena. 1899 

Moody, William Vaughn. 1905–1908 

Morse, Nannie. 1879–1915 

(3 folders


Moulton, Helen (Contesse de Hatzfeldt). 1863 

N—General

Nadal, E. S. 1876–1915 

Nemes, Dezso and Melitta. 1907 

Nevin, Alice Paul (Mrs. Ethelbert). undated 

New York Herald. 1894–1895 

Newman, Helena McGrew.

1941-1966 

From various correspondents. re: death of Helena Newman. 1978–1979 

Nicholls, Francis and Josephine. 1889–1890 

Nicolay, Helen. 1901 

Nussey, Ellen (1817–1897). 1871 

(includes a French verse in Charlotte Bronte's hand)


Nutt, Maria H.

To various correspondents. 1841–1890 

(2 folders)


From Fraser, William. 1860–1862 

(2 folders)


From Mackie, Moura. 1859–1861 

From Potts, Sarah P. 1859–1886 

From various correspondents. 1836–1879 

(4 folders)


Box 14 Nutt, Maria H.

From various correspondents. 1880–1888 

(3 folders)


O–P—General

Osborne, Duffield. 1914 

Osborne, Lloyd. 1902 

Paderewski, Ignace Jan and Helena. undated 

Palmer, Bertha Matilde Honoré. undated 

Palmer, Francesca Gilder. 1892–1919 

Palmer family. 1860–1920 

(2 folders)


Pearson, Molly. 1911–1917 

Pennell, Joseph. 1894–1908 

Pennington, Harper. 1898 

Perdicaris, Ion. 1905 

Perrine, Van Derring. undated 

Pleadwell, Frank Lester. 1929–1945 

Porter, Bruce. undated 

Potter, Henry Codman. 1902 

Preston, Frances F. Cleveland. 1915–1918 

Proctor, Anne B. 1883 

Puron, Martina Pintard Gilder. 1884–1912,  1920 

(2 folders)


R—General

Ralph, Julian. 1890 

Reid, Doris Fielding. 1921–1933 

(4 folders)


Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe. undated 

Riggs, Kate Douglas. 1895,  1916 

Riis, Jacob A. and Mary Phillips. 1898–1916 

Riley, James Whitcomb. 1890 

Rimmer, Alfred. 1880 

Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt. 1898–1916 

Robinson, Edwin Arlington. 1905–1913 

Roosevelt, Theodore. 1892–1913 (copies);  1916 

Root, Elihu. 1914 

Roumanille, Eirise. 1888–1902 

Royce, Josiah. 1890 

Rucellai, Edith and family. 1886–1923,  1966–1976 

(3 folders)


Runkle, L. G. 1902 

Ryder, Albert P. 1887–1903 

S—General

Saint–Gaudens, Augustus. 1881–1888 

(including gallery lay–out sketches)


Sands, Dorothy. 1931–1939 

Sartain, William. 1903 

Schauffler, Robert Haven. 1907 

Schayer, Julia. 1892–1894 

Schubin, Ossip (Aloisia Kirschner). 1900 

Schurz, Carl and Marianne. 1894–1906 

Schuyler, Georgina and Louisa Lee. 1886–1916 

Scott, Lucy P. 1897,  1916 

Sedgwick, Anne Douglas. 1902–1906 

Seidl, Anton. 1898 

Serrao, Teodoro. undated 

Seton, Ernest Thompson. undated 

Sever, Anne. undated 

Seward, Theodore Frelinghuysen. 1887–1890 

Sharp, William (1855–1905). undated 

Shaw, Sarah B. 1891–1898 

Sherman, Bessie Foote. 1886–1891 

Sherman, F. D. 1892 

Siddons, Mary Frances Scott. 1892 

Sill, Louise Morgan. 1911 

Sinclair, May. 1908–1911 

Sloane, William M. 1899–1911 

Smith, Logan Pearsall. 1888 

Smith, Marion C. 1909 

Sothern, Edward Hugh. 1911 

Speyer, Leonora von Stosch Howland. 1892–1911 

Stedman, Edmund Clarence. 1873–1908 

Stevenson, Burton E.

To Gilder, Joseph B. 1911 

Stickney, Albert and Elizabeth W. (Bess). 1882–1914 

Stillman, Lisa. 1881–1889 

(2 folders)


Stillman, Marie. 1879–1916 

Stillman, William James. 1883 

Stockard, Henry Jerome. 1889 

Stockton, Frank R. and Marian E. 1876–1902 

Stojowski, Sigismond. undated 

Strong, Austin. 1904–1919 

Sweeney, Mildred McNeal. 1906 

Swift, Betty Foote. 1903–1946 

Svecenski, Louis. 1865–1916 

Box 15 T—General

Temple, Mary. 1862–1869 

Tesla, Nicola. 1895–1901 

Thaxter, Celia. 1877–1892. 

Includes pressed seaweed for use as illustrations


Thayer, Abbot H. 1914–1917 

Thayer, Hattie. 1867 

Thayer, Katie B. 1876–1882 

Thayer, Mary. 1867–1868 

Thayer, William Roscoe. 1916 

Thierry, James Francis. 1910 

Thomas, Edith M. 1886–1916 

Thomas, M. Carey. 1935 

Tiffany, Caroline Chase. 1890 

Tissot, James. 1898 

Train, Charles J. 1864–1874 

Twain, Mark (see: Clemens, Samuel L. and Olivia. 1899-1904)

Tweedie, Ethel Brilliana. 1904 

U–V—General

Vanderbilt, George Washington, II. 1892–1894 

Van Dyke, Henry. 1898–1912 

Van Rensselaer, Mariana Griswold. 1889–1920 

(4 folders)


Van Wagenen, Katherine H. 1916 

Vedder, Elihu. 1909 

Varese, Vera. 1903 

Viereck, George Sylvester. 1906 

Villard, Oswald Garrison. 1912–1914 

Von Seckendorff, Adolf. 1861–1862. 

Includes letters from various "Dresden friends"


W–Z—General

Waddington, Mary Alsop King. 1905 

Wang, Frank H. 1917–1921 

Ward, Anna H. B. 1879–1897 

Ward, Mary Augusta. 1895–1900 

Ward, Olivia. 1903 

Ward, Samuel. 1888–1894 

Warner, Charles Dudley. 1893 

Washington, Booker T. 1908 

Weaver, Isabel E. 1919 

Webster, Jean. 1914 

Welldon, Samuel A. 1909 

Wharton, Edith. undated 

Wheeler, Candace. 1894 

Wheelock, Mary. 1918 

Whitehead, Gerrard Irvine. 1895–1898 

Whiting, Arthur. undated 

Whitman, Sarah W. 1890-1897 

Whitney, Adeline Dutton Train. 1867–1869 

Williams, Eliott. 1890–1916 

Williams, Sophia Wells Royce (Mrs. Talcott Williams). 1892–1906 

Wilson, Francis. 1909–1916 

Williamson, Clifton P. 1918–1919 

Winslow, Erving. 1917 

Withington, Paul R. 1917–1918 

Wood, Frances Fisher. 1894 

Woodberry, George Edward. 1891–1917 

Young, Bethea. 1887–1904 

(2 folders)


Unidentified/unsigned

Series: II. Writings. Box 15

Arranged alphabetically by author. Dates given where known. Additional writings, particularly clippings and tear sheets, may be found under series VII. Miscellaneous


Beaux, Cecilia.

4 poems


Bienenstock, Jennifer. Article: "The Career of Helena de Kay Gilder, 1874–1886" 1979 

Bronson, Katherine C. de Kay. 2 volumes of poetry: "Leaves from my Journal from Venice to Algiers" and "Recollections of My First Decade" 1943 

(2 folders)


Brownell, Henry Howard. 2 poems: "The Bay Fight" and "The River Fight" written in HdeKG's hand

Butler, Ellis Parker. Story: "Lamp Chimneys Out of Old Bottles"

Cornaro, C. Article: "A Venetian Infant Asylum"

Cleveland, Grover. Article on Venezuela for The Century Magazine; speech at the Fellowcraft Club during the presidency of RWG

De Kay, Charles. Articles: "Joseph Rodman Drake: A Sketch of His Life," "On a Bronze Buddha in the U.S. National Museum" (reprint, 1891), and "Sea Fights on the Spanish Main" (reprint, 1918); volume of poetry: "Season Poems" and various miscellaneous poems

De Kay, James Elsworth. Book: "The Book of the Children of De Kay" 1838 

D., M. M. [Mary Mapes Dodge?] Poems: "At Last" and "A Warning to Young People"

Fitzpatrick, Sister Martha Ann. Book: "Richard Watson Gilder: Genteel Reformer"

Foote, Mary Hallock. Articles: "Browning in Venice" (reprint) and "The Harshaw Bride" Idaho Yesterdays, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer 1976;  various poems

Box 16 Gilder, Helena de Kay

Talk: "Caricature" Given to Wednesday Afternoon Club

Talk: "The Complications of Modern Society"

Poem: "Hilda"

Talk: "Joseph Jefferson" Given to Wednesday Afternoon Club

Article: "A Letter on Women's Suffrage." Pamphlet and reprint, includes additional writings on women's suffrage

Article: "Mary Hallock Foote" for The Book Buyer, Aug. 1894 

Prose and sketches: "The Pansy Book, made by Helena De Kay for Mary Hallock"

Article: "R[obert] Lincoln" 1913 

Poem: "Shakspere vs. Bacon" With note: "Delivered before the Prof. of Yale in reply to Ignatius Donelly's [sic] Criptogram"

Talk: "Shelley" Given to Wednesday Afternoon Club

Book: concerning Theodore Rousseau

Notebook of poetry and prose

Notes after Richard W. Gilder's death

Miscellaneous untitled writings and notes

Gilder, Jeannette. Articles: "Literary Critics of New York Newspapers, 1882" and "Miss Fanny Parnell at Bordentown" ; poems: "Way Back to the Old Place and Sit Down" and "My Creed"

Gilder, Joseph Benson. Various poems and articles including the poem "What Means The Century to You?" and the article "Was Captain Kidd a Pirate?"

Gilder, Richard Watson

Lists of writings. Includes lists of unsigned contributions to The Century. Includes lists of unsigned contributions to The Century

Autobiographical notes

(2 folders)


Poem: "Avignon 1879"

Poem: "Bards" Printing plate

Poem: "Bianca"

Address: "Christian Citizenship" Given to the Presbyterian Social Union of Philadelphia, Feb. 26, 1905. Reprint

Book of poetry: "A Christmas Wreath" Table of contents only

Article: "Eureka: The barber takes care of the flowers"

Early poems, 1893 

Book of poetry: "For the Country" Table of contents, preface, notes

Article: "The Funeral Train" For the Newark Advertiser , Apr. 24, 1865. Also includes correspondence, drawing, clippings and photograph of Lincoln

Article: "Holy Week in Jerusalem" Also includes pressed flowers "Calvary 27 March 1896"

Humorous verses, 1897-1910 

(2 folders)


Address: "Ideals of Life" Commencement speech, Wellesley College, June 23, 1903 

Article: "The Kindergarten: An Uplifting Social Influence in the Home and the District" Charities, vol. XI, no. 5, Aug. 1, 1903, Union League Club, Chicago

Newspaper: The Leaflet, no. 1–16, 1860, edited by RWG

Tribute volume: "The Memorial Meeting at Springfield" A Memorial of Josiah Gilbert Holland, Discourses and Tributes, called forth by his death, October 12, 1881. Printed, not published. Edited and introduction by RWG

Book of poetry: The New Day: A Poem in Songs and Sonnets . Poems, a review and related material

(4 folders)


"Notes on Letter Books I, II, III, and part of IV, 1880 to 1890"

Notes on letters received by RWG

Article: "On the Reading of Poetry"

"Poems 1893, for H de K and no one else"

Poems — drafts and fragments

(2 folders)


Poems "not included in A New Day... Nov. 29, 1894"

Poems "unpublished"

Poems and Inscriptions. "Dummy" and book jacket, 1901 

Poems and prose, drafts and incomplete

(2 folders)


Box 17 Gilder, Richard Watson

Book of poetry: "The Poet and his Work" Printer's copy

Letter to the Editor of the New York Times: "President Cleveland's True Character" and book jacket, Dec. 12, 1888. Proof and notes

"Report of the Tenement–House Committee of 1894"

Tribute volume: "Robert Collyer" Edited by RWG

Memorandum: "Rodman Gilder from his father 1897"

Newspaper: St. Thomas Register, Vol. 1, no. 1–3, edited by RWG

Book of poetry: "Times and Seasons: Poems by Richard Watson Gilder" Bound, Dec. 1880–May 1885 

Music: "To Thee, Eternal Soul, Be Praise!" Music by Arne Oldberg, lyrics by RWG

Article: World's Fair, Paris, 1900 

Gilder, Robert Fletcher. Article: "Excavation of Earth–Lodge Ruins in Eastern Nebraska" Reprint, American Anthropologist, Vol. 11, no. 1, Jan.–Mar, 1909 

Gilder, Rodman Drake

Article: "Notes for Around Gramercy Park." 1915 

Newspaper: "The Chimney–Seat" An illustrated paper. No. 1,Dec. 1889, first and second editions; No. 1, Summer series, incomplete, undated 

Newspaper: "Mark Twain in New York, Brief Outline of an Illustrated Book" 1938 

untitled materials

Gilder, Rosamond de Kay

Book: Dialogue. Unpublished book of letters between Helena de Kay Gilder and Mary Hallock Foote. Includes index, outline, National Endowment for the Humanities grant application, various drafts and extensive file of copies of letters between HdeKG and MHF

(31 folders)


Box 18 Gilder, Rosamond de Kay

Book: Dialogue, cont.

(12 folders)


Book: Letters of Richard Watson Gilder. Includes "Archives" notebook, advertisement, notes, list of illustrations, some illustrations, and an extensive file of copies of letters to and from RWG, many from The Century Magazine files

(24 folders)


Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864). Notebook on various topics, 1833; sermons

Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900).

Book: Untitled Arctic book for boys. Outline, chapter one and notes

Article: "Fall of Santoy" Rough draft

Article: "Fur Seals at Home" Draft

Article: "On a Chinese Gunboat After Pirates" Draft

Article: "Wauker" Incomplete draft concerning Ivan Coudron

Incomplete/untitled articles

Harwood, Elizabeth Foote. Articles: "All the Fools are not Dead Yet" Oct. 13, 1874;  "Santymoty or St. Timothé" and "Trips and Things"

Higginson, Henry Lee. Talk: "Students of Harvard University and Men of the Grand Army of the Republic!"

Howe, Julia Ward. Poem: "A Visit to C.H."

Box 19 Janvier, Catharine. Short bio of Richard Watson Gilder, 1911; poems: "The Sequel" and "The Tortoiseshell Cat" 1914 

Janvier, Thomas A. Short bio of Cecilia Beaux; poems: "Li nouvèn Troubadour," "Avignoun 1879" and "Les Troubadours"

Johnson, Lee Ann. Book: Mary Hallock Foote (Twayne U.S. Authors Series). Working copy, Feb. 14, 1979 

Latta, Caroline J. Dodge. Article: "The Lady is a Critic"

MacDonald, George. Various poems

McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. Poems, notes

Nadal, E.S. Article: "R.W.G. & H.deK.G."

Rucellai, Nannina Fossi. Book: "'Cousin Edith' by Her Daughter" Jan. 1968.  Contains original photographs

(2 folders)


Sechendorff, Adolf von. Various poems

Smith, Herbert F. Abstract: "The Editorial Influence of Richard Watson Gilder, 1870–1909"

(2 folders)


Sovereign, Mary E. Article: "The Power of Music" Mar. 16, 1847 

Stoddard, Richard Henry. Various poems

Thomas, Edith Matilda. Play script: "Madame Mistletoe or The Christmas Music–Box" ; Article: "Shelley: A Study of Temperament in Poetry" ; various poems

Townsend, Amy. Article: "Social Doings in Penn's Metropolis"

Warner, Charles Dudley. Article: "Calvin: A Study of Character"

Wheelock, Phyllis de Kay.

Article: "Admiral William Brown: Father of the Argentine Navy" The Recorder, vol. 17, Apr. 1955 

Article: "An American Commodore in the Argentine Navy" The American Neptune, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 1946 

Article: "Commodore George De Kay and the Voyage of Macedonian to Ireland" The American Neptune, vol. 13, no. 4, Oct. 1953 

Article: "Levant Journal" Lands East, vol. 1, no. 9, Nov. 1956 

Article: "The Levant Journal of Capt. George C. De Kay" Lands East, vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1956 

Williams, Mary Ellen. Article: "Angle of Repose and the Writings of Mary Hallock Foote: A Source Study" 1980 

Various authors. Volume of poems: "Poems to a Poet: Presented by his Friends the Poets to the Wife of Richard Watson Gilder" Bound. 1910 

Various authors. "Richard Watson Gilder's Record of Friendship" Bound. 1852–1853 

Various authors. Writings about Richard Watson Gilder

(2 folders)


Various authors. Individual poems arranged alphabetically by author. Includes Kenyon Cox, Rudyard Kipling, and Celia Thaxter

Various authors. Poems dedicated to Richard Watson Gilder and Helena de Kay Gilder

Various authors. Mostly extracts from articles mentioning Richard Watson Gilder

Unknown authors.

(3 folders)


Series: III. Artwork. Box 19

Arranged alphabetically by artist. Dates given where known.


Foote, Mary Hallock. Pencil drawings (7 original and 1 photographic copy)

Gilder, Helena de Kay

Oil painting on canvas

Oil paintings on wood boards (10 and 2 fragments)

(3 folders)


Pencil drawings.

(8 leaves)


Watercolors

"Sketches in Europe & on the Nile & Syria for Book" 1896 (46)

Sketches, "1875-1896?"  (61, some with pencil sketches on versos)

(2 folders)


Box 20 Gilder, Helena de Kay

Sketchbooks: 1867;  1896, Beirut, Lebanon; 1896, Egypt; 1897-1898; 11 undated volumes

(11 folders)


Gilder, Joseph Benson. 2 pen and ink drawings, Winter 1875; 1 undated pen and ink drawing

Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900). 14 pencil drawings; 1 pen and ink drawing; 1 watercolor; portion of sketchbook with 2 pencil drawings and 1 small pencil sketch

Glenny, Alice. Pencil sketch and small detail of book cover design for RWG's A Book of Music

unknown artists. Sketches in pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor

(13 leaves)


Box 31: Oversize Photographs, etchings, etc. of artwork. Mostly unarranged. Contains copies of artwork by Helena de Kay Gilder and Cecilia Beaux

Box 36: Oversize Photographs, etchings, etc. of artwork (cont.)

Series: IV. Diaries/Journals. Box 19

Arranged alphabetically by author.


Box 20 Foote, Mary Hallock. 1867? 

Gilder, Helena de Kay

1861.

Dresden. Includes 8 photographs of Dresden, 1 photograph of HdeKG and notes

1864.

Commonplace book

1874–1888.

Joint diary with RWG, contains sketches and poetry.

Box 21 Gilder, Helena de Kay

1874–1888.

Joint diary with RWG, contains sketches and poetry. Transcript

1878–1880,

1882–1892,

1894–1901,

1906,

1910–1911.

29 volumes

Gilder, Jeanette Leonard. 1868 

Gilder, Richard Watson. Transcripts of selected pages from diaries, 1884–1906 

Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864). 1835–1836 

McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1895–1896,  1898–1900  (with some gaps). 7 volumes

Box 22 McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 1904–1909.  6 volumes

Nutt, Maria H. 1849,  1852,  1853–1868,  1863,  1875–1889.  19 volumes

Series: V. Legal.

Organized into three subseries: Estate, Property and Miscellaneous.


Estate. Consist of financial papers, wills, legal documents, correspondence and other materials. Arranged by name of person, followed by approximate dates of materials with little to no arrangement within each folder. One folder per subject unless otherwise indicated.

Box 22 Bronson, Katharine de Kay. 1927–1928 

De Kay, Janet Hallock. 1881–1908 

De Kay, Julia. 1911–1921 

Gilder, George de Kay. 1928–1932 

Gilder, Helena de Kay. 1880–1919 

Gilder, Jeannette Leonard. 1913–1949 

(8 folders)


Box 23 Gilder, John. 1808–1845,  1903 

Gilder — Joint (Helena de Kay and Richard Watson Gilder). 1910–1935 

Gilder, Richard Watson. 1901–1910 

Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864). 1848–1868,  1934 

Lyttle, Robert E and Gilder, Sarah M. 1851,  1858 

Nutt family. 1797–1891 

Palmer family. 1863–1917 

Pearson, Arthur Rutledge and Isabella Owsley. 1906–1910 

Rogers, Samuel. 1802,  1839 

Property. Consists of deeds, contracts, correspondence and other related materials, such tax and insurance papers. Arranged by city. One folder per address unless otherwise indicated.

Box 23 Bordentown, New Jersey

(3 folders)


Flushing, New York. Flushing Female Institute

(2 folders)


Marion, Massachusetts

(3 folders)


New York, New York, 24 Gramercy Park, Inc.

(4 folders)


New York, New York, Gramercy Park Association and Gramercy Neighborhood Associates

(2 folders)


New York, New York, 13 E. 8th St.

Tyringham, Massachusetts. Four Brooks Farm

Miscellaneous legal papers, 1795-1915 

Series: VI. Photographs.

The photographs are arranged by persons, places, scrapbooks and miscellaneous. The persons subseries is generally portraits, either cabinet or calling cards. Individuals also appear in the places subseries and in the scrapbooks, though they are not identified in this list. The number of images is given after the name or place, if there is more than one. The number may include duplicates. Mostly undated. Date given where known.


Box 23 Persons. Arranged alphabetically. See also: Boxes 32, 35 and 36.

Alden, Henry Mills, 1906 

Allen, Joe

Allen, Mary

Ashe, Elizabeth, 1918 

Aus der Ohe, Adèle. 2

Beaux, Cecilia. 11, and 37 negatives "R.G.& C. Beaux Paris 1921?"

Boissière, Térèse. 2

Bronson, Kate C. de Kay, 1864,  1874. 4.

Brooks, Charles J., 1866 

Brooks, Phillips. 2

Brown, John (1810–1882)

Browning, Robert, 1872 

Bryant, William Cullen

Burnell, Kate Mapes

Burling, W.R.

Burlingham, Dick, 1942 

Burnett, Lionel, 1878 

Burnett, Vivian, 1878 

Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1872 

Burroughs, John. 1, and 7 snapshots, some with RWG taken near Slabsides, Milton, NY, ca. 1900 

Charnley, Catharine

Choate, Joseph Hodges

Cholmeley–Jones, Richard Gilder, 1915.  2, and 2 photographs "Headquarters base Sec. #2, Bordeaux, Gironde, France"

Clarke, Capt. John, 1862 

Clemens, Clara, 1904,  1906.  3, and 5 snapshots of her wedding, 1909, some with her husband Ossip Gabrilowitz and her father Samuel L. Clemens and 2 negatives

Cleveland, Frances Foote, 1887,  1888. 12 portraits including one with her mother and her children, and 13 snapshots, and one photograph of the White House

Cleveland, Grover. 11 snapshots of GC, et al. "Trip to Otis mill," in 1901, 11 snapshots of GC fishing with RWG, 1 group snapshot with GC, RWG, Joseph and Charlie Jefferson

Cleveland, Richard, 1900.  2

Cleveland, Ruth, 1895 

Clymer, Ella Dietz, 1873. 5, and 1 of Edward Manuel Clymer

Condit, Alice. 1 and 1 of her unnamed sister

Cromwell, E.G.

Box 24 Persons, cont.

De Kay, Adrian, 1896 

De Kay, Charles, 1876 

De Kay, Drake. 2

De Kay, Edwalyn. 2

De Kay, George C., 1862 

De Kay, Commodore George Coleman

De Kay, Janet Hallock Drake, 1865. 10

De Kay, Sidney, 1885. 2

De Rosales, Louise Bagg. 4

Dix, John Adams

Douglas, David

Drinker, Ernesta, 1907. 3

Dufous, Bessie

Eaton, Wyatt

Egan, General

Egan, Maurice Francis, 1889 

Eggleston, Edward

Elliott, Maud Howe

Eugénie de Montijo, empress, with the Prince Imperiale

Farley, Pvt. Morgan, 1942. 2

Field, Kate

Foote, Mary Hallock and family, 1877–1901. 17

Foxcroft, Frank

Gamble, Jan, 1953 

Garland, Hamlin

Gelston, Clain, 1916–1919. 5

Geylin, Peggy Marks, 1915 

Gilder, George de Kay. 2

Gilder, Helena de Kay, 1862–1908. 25

Gilder, Helena de Kay and Richard Watson Gilder. 5

Gilder, Jane Nutt and sister Maria Nutt

Gilder, Jeannette Leonard, 1874. 3

Gilder, John Francis, 1856. 9

Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1848–1909. 

Gilder, Richard Watson. 26

Gilder, Robert Fletcher. 2

Gilder, Rodman Drake, 1879–1899. 4

Gilder, Rosamond, 1966,  1975. 4, and 3 related snapshots

Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900). 5, and 3 portraits taken with an Eskimo female, 1of an Eskimo child, 5 calling or cabinet cards of 5 men given to WHG during his 1883 trip to the far east, including 1 from Col. Carreau taken in Saigon, Vietnam

Greely, Adolphus and family

Gréville, H.

Guiney, Louise Imogen

Guizot, [François?]

Harwood family. 8, including 3 of RWG and Elizabeth F. Harwood

Hazard, Caroline, 1903 

Herter, Polly, 1917–1918. 3

Howarth, E.C. (aka Clementine). 3

Holland, Dr. J.G.

Hughes, Arthur

Hunt family of Bordentown, NJ. 4

Ingersoll, Nan

James, William and family

Janvier, Thomas A.

Jefferson, Joseph, 1889 

Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1902 

Kammerer, Olivia

Lansdale family, 1899–1909. 6, including two with RWG

Lazarus, Sarah

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1865 

Liszt, Franz

Logan, Sidney

Lowell, James Russell, 1882,  1889. 5

Loyson, M. Hyacinthe

Lucas, June (Richardson), 1912,  1923. 4, includes 1 with her nephew Harold Richardson

Lucas, W.P., 1923 

Lyttle, Sarah M. Gilder, 1898. 4

McDonald, George

McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 8

Maillard, Louise. 2

Marryat, Florence

Mason, McDonell

Miller, May, 1862 

Mitchell, Weir

Modjeska, Helena

Moore, Mrs. Lucien B.

Moore, Nellie Nelson and Richard

Morse, A.G.

Murphy, Alec

Murphy, J.B.

Nicholls, Francis F.

Nicholls, Frank N.

Nickerson, Albert

North, Marjorie

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan

Palmer, Francesca de Kay Gilder

Palmer, George W. 2

Puron, Martina Pintard Gilder. 2

Pearson, Elizabeth Borden. 2

Perkins, Louise

Reid family — Doris and Dorian. 6

Roumanille, Joseph. 2

Rucellai family and residences, 1885–1951. 22

Saint–Gaudens, Augustus, 1901 

Sand, George

Smith, Roswell

Stedman, Edmund Clarence

Stickney, Elizabeth W.

Stillman family

Sully, Thomas. 2

Thaxter, Celia

Thayer, Mary, 1870 

Thayer, Abbott

Turner, Hetty

van Rensselaer, Mariana Griswold (Mrs. Schuyler). 2

von Schweden, Max Stricky, 1861 

von Seckendorff, Adolf, 1861 

von Stosch, Leonora. 2

Walker, Almira

Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1892 

Ward, Olivia Sullivan. 2

Waugh, Ida

Waugh, Samuel Bell

Weiss, Henri, Marie–Claude and wife, 1932. 2

West, Fanny

Whittier, John Greenleaf

Wilkins, Mary E.

Wilson, Robert Burns

Withington, Paul, 1918 

Unidentified persons

(3 folders)


Box 25 Groups. Includes family and friends. 37

Box 32: Oversize Alden, Henry Mills

Cleveland, Grover. Miscellaneous, including photograph of house, will, and plaque from room where GC was born. 5

Gilder, Helena de Kay. 2

Gilder, Richard. 2

Harwood, Elizabeth

McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. 6 formal wedding photographs

Nadal, E.S.

Palmer, Francesca Gilder

Reid, Doris

Speyer, Leonora and family

Groups. Including one of RWG, Stanford White and William Stewart atop the Washington Memorial Arch in New York City. 3

Unidentified. 2

Box 35: Oversize Cleveland, Grover. Framed portrait with signature

Box 36: Folio Mitchell, Weir

Box 25 Places. Arranged alphabetically. See also: Box 34

Avignon, France. Felix Gras, et al. 12

Bordentown, New Jersey. Mostly of Belle Vue, includes 2 of Natale, RWG manservant. 12

Bordentown, New Jersey. Belle Vue. 10

Bordentown, New Jersey. Belle Vue. 4

Bordentown, New Jersey. Gravestones of RWG and Dorothea Gilder McGrew. 11

England and Paris, France. Includes snapshots of George Darwin's family and Paris Exposition. 1910. 61

Europe. 1910. 38

Europe. RWG, HdeKG and children. 41

Hickory Farm, Tyringham, Massachusetts. 7

Marion, Massachusetts.

(5 folders)


New York City, New York. No. 55 Clinton Place (13 E. 8th St.). 4

New York City, New York. 103 E. 15th St. Gilder residence. 9

New York City, New York. View from Century Office (33 E. 17th St.). 2

New York City, New York. Washington Memorial Arch. 2

Pine Hill, New Jersey. 14

Redding Center, Connecticut. Methodist Federation Church. 4

Tyringham, Massachusetts. Hickory Farm. 7

Venice, Italy. Venetian infant asylum. 5

Miscellaneous. 14

Box 25 Scrapbooks

"Dorothea Gilder Her Book" Dismantled scrapbook

"Photographs" Probably put together by Dorothea Gilder McGrew. Some loose photographs inserted

Box 34 New York City, New York. No. 55 Clinton Place (13 E. 8th St.). Large scrapbook of photographs: family portraits, rooms, copies of paintings, etc.

Box 32: Oversize Miscellaneous. Includes photographs of monuments, scenery, interiors, etc. 7, and 5 negatives

Box 25 "Stage for Memorial Meeting for R.W. Gilder"

Box 33 Glass negatives. Various subjects. 18

Series: Box 25 VII. Miscellaneous.

Arranged alphabetically by person or subject, followed by the scrapbooks and oversize materials. One folder per person or subject unless otherwise indicated.


Addresses. One volume and additional lists of names and addresses

Art and artists. Tear sheets concerning art and artists

The Art Students League. Exhibition catalogue, 1925 

Autographs. Aldine Club, May 20, 1895  program signed by attendees (2 copies) and additional lists of names

Beaux, Cecilia. Includes materials pertaining to exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1977; exhibition catalogs

(2 folders)


Belle Vue. Book plates, guest book, "Bellevue Log, 1905–1911"

(4 folders)


Calendars (wall). 1897–1909 

(8 folders)


Calling cards

Cholmeley–Jones, Nigel. Clippings about NC–J

Cholmeley–Jones, Richard Gilder. Includes program for banquet in his honor, Mar. 3, 1921; biographical; materials related to The War Risk Insurance Bureau; clippings

Civil War. Clippings from The New York Times, Jan. 17, 1861 concerning secession

Clemens, Clara. Invitation and programs for her various recitals; clippings

Cleveland, Grover. Steel engraving of the White House, 3 copies; reprints of various speeches; tear sheet from George F. Parker's A Life of Grover Cleveland

Clubs, societies, etc. Including member list for the Thursday Evening Club, 1884,  1890–1891,  1893; programs for The Fortnightly Club

De Kay, Charles Augustus. Program for dinner in his honor, Aug. 30, 1894; materials concerning The National Arts Club; biographical; copies of clippings

De Kay, George C. "School of the Air of the Americas..." Script, aired on CBS, Mar. 19, 1942; "...pocketbook used during the war"  

(2 folders)


Drake, Joseph Rodman. Program for a memorial celebration for JRD; clippings concerning JRD

Drake Park. Materials concerning renovation of Joseph Rodman Drake Monument, 1891-1909 

Foote, Mary Hallock. Articles by and about MHF

Friday Evening Club. Guests lists, 1899–1905 

Genealogy. Includes correspondence; charts for Gilder and De Kay families; Gilder children birth and christening record; Palmer–Walker family, including 49th Massachusetts regiment re–union ribbons, 1893,  1902,  1904,  1912; Pintard–Gambault family; Rucellai–Bronson family

(14 folders)


Box 27 Genealogy. Miscellany

(3 folders)


Gilder, George de Kay. Includes school grades from Milton Academy; stationery

Gilder, Gwendolyn. Clippings of articles by GG

Gilder, Helena de Kay. American Art Association minutes, June 1 and 7, 1877; dried flowers, including those from her wedding bouquet; engagement book, 1879-1880s; lock of hair; notebooks; "Notes on Art Anatomy Lectures..." ; tombstone memorial; clippings by and about HdeKG; miscellany

(10 folders)


Gilder, Jeannette Leonard. Playbill for "Quits" comedy written by JLG, clippings

Gilder, John Francis. Address book; programs for various concerts; medical procedure description; clippings

Gilder, Joseph Benson. Plan to increase circulation of a Sunday newspaper; clippings by and about JBG

Gilder, Joseph Rodman Drake. Leaves collected from Bull Run battlefield, Oct. 21, 1863 

Gilder, Reuben. Report of RG as surgeon to Headquarters, Hicks Creek, Jan. 24, 1781 concerning the Battle of Cowpens; membership certificate for medical society of Philadelphia, Jan. 14, 1874; papers concerning induction into the Society of the Cincinnati

(2 folders)


Gilder, Richard Watson. Book s – advertisements, book jacket, clippings; calling cards; childhood — writing copy books, temperance pledge, missionary book; Citizen's Union, 1897; Civil War – discharge document and Army of the Potomac certificate; Committee of the City Club on the Preservation of the City Hall, 1894; Committee on the Erection of the Washington Memorial; death – obituary copy, etc.; financial — accounts, 1874,  1899–1909 and cancelled checks, 1906-1909; New York Kindergarten Association, 1889–1895; Newark Morning Register and Gilder & Crane firm; programs, menus etc. for tribute dinners, events, speaking engagements, memorial; Tyringham, Mass. — social service examinations; poetry and writings – clippings and tear sheets by and about RWG; miscellany

(31 folders) (see also: Scrapbooks)


Box 28 Gilder, Robert Fletcher. Biographical; clippings

(2 folders)


Gilder, Rodman Drake. Death — biographical, sympathy letters to Rosamond Gilder, prayer at memorial service; financial — account book, 1904 and receipts, 1896-1899; Harvard University — programs for Hasty Pudding Club theatricals, stage directions for Hasty Pudding Club initiation, 1931, notes for Fine Arts 4; clippings of articles by and about RDG; miscellany

(8 folders)


Gilder, Rosamond. Articles about RG, theatre program (see also: Scrapbooks)

Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864). Biographical – letters from acquaintances; Belle–vue Female Seminary and Flushing Female College – catalog, brochure, etc.; Civil War — passes, leave of absence, letters retrieved from various battlefields; sundial at William and Mary College dedicated to WHG; miscellany

(5 folders) (see also: Scrapbooks)


Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900). Arctic exploration (Franklin expedition search party, 1879 and discovery of north magnetic pole, 1890) — list of provisions, list of backers, cost estimates, map, copies of letters backing 1890 expedition, printed, clippings; military service — special orders, correspondence concerning reimbursement for horse killed on Petersburg battlefield in 1864, veterans' associations materials

(5 folders)


Gilder family. Clippings

Gilder homes. Clippings

Invitations. For dinners, receptions, etc.

Keats, John. Dried flowers from grave, picked Apr. 19, 1884 

McGrew, Dallas. Application for construction or engineering position in tropics, miscellaneous receipts

McGrew, Dorothea Gilder. Medical records, letters, etc. concerning birth of Helena Dorothea McGrew; theatrical performances — programs, playbills, contract, clippings; trip to Orient with Dallas McGrew, 1917-1918 – printed ship brochure/agenda, menus, receipts, clippings; wedding — invitation, list of gifts, calling cards, letters, clippings; copper plate of invitation designed by Tiffany & Co.

(6 folders)


Maps. Various parts of the world, including the Arctic, Antarctic. U.S. maps, mostly for New England and specifically Massachusetts, including geological surveys

(5 folders)


Box 29 Maps, cont.

(15 folders)


Menus. For formal dinners

Music and theatre. Mostly programs

(2 folders)


The Music Club. Invitation to join, invitations to events, programs

Nutt, Maria H. Financial — notebooks of expenses, including letters sent, 1872,  1873,  1880,  1886; receipts, ledger page; realia — pressed leaf, hair, "3 hairs from Araby's [horse] tail" "; printed; miscellany

(6 folders)


Obituaries. Clippings, concerning family members

Pintard, John. Ship manifest for "Sche Thorne," June 21, 1815 

Rucellai family. Poetry; reprint "Le Cappelle Rucellai in San Pancrazio" 1899 

Travel. Europe, 1879-1880. Museum and gallery passes, concert program, menu for dinner in honor of Richard Watson Gilder

Volk, Leonard W. Materials concerning molds of life mask and hands of Abraham Lincoln, including letter from son Douglas Volk, 1891 

Whitman, Walt. Pencil used by WW, received from John Burroughs, 1 April 1892 

Women's suffrage. Pamphlets and writings

Miscellany. Clippings, tear sheets, pamphlets, catalogs, etc.

(4 folders)


Box 30: Scrapbooks Gilder, Richard Watson

"Public Speeches, Poems, etc. 1877–1903" Mostly clippings, contains one pamphlet written 1904

"PSpeeches & Poems" Printed: clippings, pamphlets, reprints, etc. Loose items removed to separate folder

untitled scrapbook. Letters and poems dedicated to RWG, 1909-1910. All items removed to separate folder

Gilder, Rosamond

"The Literary Career of Rosamond Gilder, 1916 to started Sept. 1916 by Rodman Gilder" Spine: "Letter of R.W.G..." Mostly clippings, 1916-1925. Loose items removed to separate folder

Gilder, William Henry (1812–1864)

Untitled scrapbook. Mostly clippings concerning Flushing Female College, 1838–1858. Loose items removed to separate folder

Box 36: Oversize Gilder, Richard Watson

(2 folders)


Certificate: Representative at the National Conference on Trusts and Combinations in Chicago, Illinois, beginning Oct. 22, 1907, appointed by Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York

Certificate: Member of the Tenement Investigation Committee by state of New York, appointed May 4, 1894 

U.S. passports, two issued May 24, 1895 and Feb. 20, 1879 

Sketch of tombstone inscription

Poetry and writings: clipping and tear sheets by and about RWG

Miscellany. Mostly copies of certificates, theatre poster

Box 37: Folio Gilder, William Henry (1838–1900)

Certificate: Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, Oct. 7, 1864, presidential appointment signed by Andrew Johnson

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