Batchelder, John Davis 1872-1958 creator collector. John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) mixed material monographic eng fre mul 2,000 14 4.4 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. Open to research. In part, handwritten and typewritten transcripts. [S.l.]. Several manuscripts transferred to Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. Some photographs, engravings, prints, and clippings transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. 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). Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850 Beecher, Henry Ward 1813-1887 Bernhardt, Sarah 1844-1923 Booth, Edwin 1833-1893 Buffalo Bill 1846-1917 II, Empress of Russia Catherine 1729-1796 Cooper, James Fenimore 1789-1851 Cushman, Charlotte 1816-1876 Drew, John 1853-1927 Einstein, Albert 1879-1955 Fulton, Robert 1765-1815 VIII, King of England Henry 1491-1547 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 comtesse de La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois 1756-1791 Langtry, Lillie 1853-1929 Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 XIV, King of France Louis 1638-1715 Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France Marie Antoinette 1755-1793 Mather, Cotton 1663-1728 comte de Mirabeau, Honoré-Gabriel de Riquetti 1749-1791 I, Emperor of Russia Peter 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 United States Autographs 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 Batchelder, John Davis, 1872-1958 mm 78012021 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011041 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011041.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011041 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011041.3 Open to research. DLC 781106 20260227111621.0 mm 78012021