Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958,

John Davis Batchelder collection of manuscripts, 1537-1944 (bulk 1800-1910). - 2,000 items. 14 containers. 4.4 linear feet. - Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Part I: Autographs, 1537-1944; Series 2: Part II: Autographs, 1709-1931; and Series 3: Miscellany, 1910-1944.

Open to research.

Autographs, letters, official documents, writings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers of prominent historical figures in the arts, sciences, and politics of the Western world. Persons represented in the collection include Honoré de Balzac, Catherine II (Empress of Russia), Albert Einstein, Henry VIII (King of England), Louis XIV (King of France), Peter I (Emperor of Russia), Auguste Rodin, and various presidents including Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington. Subjects include American history as reflected in the letters and writings of Henry Ward Beecher, Buffalo Bill, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Fulton, Cotton Mather, and others; seventeenth century New England represented by documents such as a petition from individuals jailed for witchcraft in Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1692; the French Revolution as reflected in the letters and writings of Jeanne de Saint-Remy de Valois (comtesse de la Motte), Marie Antoinette (Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France), Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti (comte de Mirabeau), Henri Sanson, Voltaire, and others; and nineteenth and early twentieth century theater documented by the letters, photographs, and autographs of actors including Sarah Bernhardt, Edwin Booth, Charlotte Cushman, John Drew, and Lillie Langtry. The Miscellany series consists of Batchelder's personal papers and includes correspondence, invitations, calling cards, notes, war ration books, printed matter, and sketches.


In part, handwritten and typewritten transcripts.
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Several manuscripts
Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
transferred to
Some photographs, engravings, prints, and clippings
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to


Educator and collector.


Collection material in English and French, with other languages.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011041 Index available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room

Forms part of: The John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress).

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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887.
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923.
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893.
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917.
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876.
Drew, John, 1853-1927.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815.
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791.
Langtry, Lillie, 1853-1929.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793.
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728.
Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti, comte de, 1749-1791.
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725.
Rodin, Auguste, 1840-1917.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
Sanson, Henri, 1799-
Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.


Actors--Autographs.
Artists--Autographs.
Arts.
Authors--Autographs.
Autographs--Collections.
Civilization, Western.
Kings and rulers--Autographs.
Presidents--Autographs.--United States
Science.
Scientists--Autographs.
Statesmen--Autographs.
Theater--History--19th century.
Theater--History--20th century.
Witchcraft--New England.
World politics.


France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
Ipswich (Mass.)--History.
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States--History.


Collectors.
Educators.