Manuscript Collection Inventory
Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Alonzo Rothschild
Papers, 1880-1919.
Organization
Pages
1-2 Biographical Information
2-3 General Correspondence
4-6 Lincoln
Lincoln: Master of Men (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906)
Correspondence with Houghton Mifflin & Company
Notes for Chapter. 8, “The Young Napoleon”
Newspaper and Magazine Reviews
Houghton Mifflin & Company Advertisements
Houghton Mifflin & Company Accounting Papers
Other Writings
Organizational Papers and Correspondence
Lincoln Educational League
Lincoln Fellowship
Lincoln Pamphlets and Brochures
Lincoln Facsimiles
Collected Illustrations, Lincoln and the Civil War
Gift Acknowledgments
7-9 Non-Lincoln
Writings and Notes
Business Papers
Legal Papers
Organizational Papers and Correspondence
Anti-Imperialist League
Free Religious Association
Good Government Club
New England Anti-Imperialist League
Political Papers
Family Photographs
Biographical Information
“Alonzo Rothschild” (unpublished, biographical manuscript
written by his son John Rothschild)
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The [New York] Journalist, 14: 7 (Oct. 31, 1891), containing a
brief biography of Rothschild [stored in flat storage]
“Alonzo Rothschild Dead,” New York Times, Oct. 2, 1915
Tribute, Wilmington (Del.) News, Oct. 25, 1915
“Harvard Receives the Books of a Lifelong Student of Lincoln’s
Career,” ca. 1916 (newspaper article; photocopy in file;
original in flat storage)
General Correspondence
Frequent Correspondents (arranged alphabetically)
Fannie Fern Andrews, 1908, 1913-14 (7 letters)
Harry E. Apple, 1901-2 (3 letters)
Eleanor Atkinson, 1910 (3 letters)
B. P. Bartlett, 1904, 1906 (5 letters)
William E. Barton, 1913 (1 letter)
Daniel Bendann, 1908 (2 letters)
Albion F. Bervis, 1901-3 (4 letters)
Solon J. Buck, 1913 (1 letter)
C. C. Buel, 1897, 1901 (2 letters)
F. Lauriston Bullard, 1915 (2 letters)
C. A. Butterfield, 1909 (2 letters)
F. P. Chapman, 1909 (2 letters)
J. E. Clancy, 1904 (3 letters)
Ellsworth H. Cohen, 1903 (2 letters)
Charles N. Cook, 1905 (3 letters)
John Coons, 1912-14 (10 letters)
J. O. Cunningham, 1912 (1 letter)
C. F. David, 1903-4 (9 letters)
Dodge Publishing Company, 1905-6, 1909, 1911-12 (10 letters)
C. F. Dole, 1912 (3 letters)
Leon R. Eyges, 1914-15 (3 letters)
E. S. Fernald, 1905 (4 letters)
Alfred Frank, 1905 (2 letters)
David Gluck, 1909 (2 letters)
Mary Graban, 1910-11 (11 letters)
Evarts B. Greene, 1913 (3 letters)
J. T. Harahan, 1909 (2 letters)
John Heiss, ca. 1909 (2 letters)
Thomas J. Henderson, 1906 (2 letters)
Robert Hewitt Jr., 1908-13 (10 letters)
J. E. Hoblit, 1912 (2 letters)
Archibald M. Howe, 1911 (3 letters)
J. O. Humphrey, 1909, 1913 (2 letters)
Henry M. Hutchings, 1906-8, 1916 (14 letters)
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Robert John, 1913 (2 letters)
Alfred Johnson, 1915 (5 letters)
John G. Kelley, 1910 (2 letters)
James Klaber, 1907 (2 letters)
Isaac H. Klein, 1900 (2 letters)
George R. Lamb, 1908 (2 letters)
T. P. Larkin, 1902-3 (6 letters)
Robert Luce, 1908, 1910-11 (6 letters)
Alex K. McClure, 1907 (3 letters)
Etta B. Mowry, 1902-3 (8 letters)
William A. Mowry, 1909, 1913, 1915 (10 letters)
Samuel Oppenheim, 1899-1901 (29 letters)
Walter H. Page, 1908 (3 letters)
C. M. Palmer, 1902-3, 1905 (15 letters)
Charles H. Pearson, 1910-11 (7 letters)
Bliss Perry, 1902, 1906-7, 1912, n.d. (8 letters)
George A. Plimpton, 1910 (2 letters)
John C. Reed, 1906 (2 letters)
Edwin F. Rice, 1907-10 (6 letters)
Bradley M. Rockwood, 1910 (2 letters)
L. Schoney, undated (2 letters)
William H. Seward Jr., 1903, 1919 (2 letters)
M. K. Sniffen, 1901 (6 letters)
Jonathan W. Starr Jr., 1910 (2 letters)
Thomas J. Taaffe, 1898, 1905 (6 letters)
Ida M. Tarbell, 1896, 1912 (2 letters)
Dorothy Lamon Teillard, 1911 (3 letters)
H. O. R. Tucker, 1905 (4 letters)
Marcus L. Urann, 1902-4 (20 letters)
James R. B. Van Cleave, 1909-12 (12 letters)
J. J. Van Valkenburgh, 1909 (2 letters)
Jessie Palmer Weber, 1908, 1911-13 (8 letters)
John W. Weeks, 1909-10 (6 letters)
Edgar L. Welles, 1908-9 (6 letters)
Arthur J. Wellington, 1913 (2 letters)
Horace White, 1908 (2 letters)
Fred H. Williams, 1911-12 (4 letters)
Other Correspondence (arranged chronologically)
1880-1904 (30 letters)
1905-7 (35 letters)
1908-9 (36 letters)
1910-12 (46 letters)
1913-18 (25 letters)
Correspondence regarding Rothschild’s death and the gift of his
library to Harvard, 1915-17 (11 letters)
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Lincoln
Lincoln: Master of Men (1906)
Correspondence with Houghton Mifflin & Company
(arranged alphabetically)
W. S. Booth and Lenora Booth, 1905-17 (39 letters
F. L. Garrison, 1905-7, 1912-13 (25 letters)
Herbert R. Gibbs, 1905-13 (19 letters)
W. B. Parker, 1899-1910 (46 letters)
Other correspondents, 1903-17 (38 letters)
Notes for Chapter 8, “The Young Napoleon” [George B. McClellan]
Newspaper and Magazine Reviews
John C. Reed, “Lincoln: Master of Men,” New York Times
Saturday Review of Books, July 21, 1906
“A New Departure in Biography,” The Atlantic Monthly, July
1906
The Conservator, Aug. 1906
Frederick Trevor Hill, “New Books Reviewed,” The North
American Review, September 21, 1906
“Old and New Lincoln Literature,” The American Review of
Reviews, Feb. 1909
The Atlantic Monthly Advertiser
Two typed, undated reviews
Houghton Mifflin & Company advertisements, 1906-17 [includes one
advertisement for Rothschild’s posthumous Honest Abe]
Houghton Mifflin & Company Accounting Papers, 1906-13
Other Writings
Address
Statement at a Lincoln Day dinner
Articles
“Lincoln Day,” Foxboro (Mass.) Reporter, Jan. 16, 1909
“After the Storm” (typescript manuscript draft, 2 pages)
“A Forgotten Martyr” (handwritten manuscript draft, 38 pages)
Notes
For a chapter, “Lincoln’s Last Day in Springfield”
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Organizational Papers and Correspondence
Lincoln Educational League (New York City)
Promotional Literature, ca. 1908
Lincoln Fellowship (Boston)
Correspondence (arranged alphabetically)
David Homer Bates, 1910-11, 1914 (9 letters)
J. McCann Davis, 1909 (2 letters)
Edward J. Deitsch, 1908 (4 letters)
Grace Scripps Dyche, 1900 (2 letters)
Daniel Fish, 1901, 1906, 1908, 1911 (6 letters)
Frank A. Hill, 1900-1 (4 letters)
Frederick Hill Meserve, 1902-3 (3 letters)
Daniel Newhall, 1906 (1 letter)
O. H. Oldroyd, 1907-8 (2 letters)
Isaac N. Phillips, 1910 (2 letters)
Judd Stewart, 1906-7, 1909, 1912 (12 letters)
Orra L. Stone, 1909-10 (10 letters)
Francis D. Tandy, 1906-8, 1910, 1912 (42 letters)
Gilbert A. Tracy, 1907-8, 1914 (13 letters)
Administrative Papers
Letter regarding establishment of a Lincoln Fellowship
Suggestions regarding the Lincoln Fellowship
Organizational principles of the Lincoln Fellowship
Judd Stewart’s suggestions for the Lincoln Fellowship
Membership
Brochure with membership invitation
Lincoln Fellowship membership invitation
List of prospective members
Membership list, Feb. 15, 1910
Minutes
Synopsis of first meeting of the Lincoln Fellowship, June 27,
1907
Minutes from the meeting of the Executive Committee, Dec. 1907
Minutes of the first annual meeting and dinner, New York City
12 Feb. 12, 1908
Abstract of minutes from Feb. 20, 1909 meeting
Abstract of minutes from Feb. 12, 1910 meeting
Abstract of minutes from Feb. 11, 1911 meeting
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Lincoln Pamphlets and Brochures
Books on Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, Francis D. Tandy
Company, New York City, 1906
Wayne Whipple, The Story-Life of Lincoln (Philadelphia: John C.
Winston Co., 1908) [explanation of plan...table of
contents...specimen illustrations and sample pages, with 1
letter from Whipple to Rothschild, July 21, 1908]
Walter H. Aiken, ed. The Willis Collection of Supplementary
Songs for Public Schools, Number 99: The Birthday of Lincoln
(Cincinnati, Ohio: Willis Music Company, 1909)
Abraham Lincoln, By Men Who Knew Him (Bloomington, Ill.:
Pantagraph Printing & Stationery Company, 1910) promotional
literature
Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) promotional
literature
Lincoln National Life Foundation promotional literature
Lincoln Facsimiles
17 facsimiles of letters and addresses, 1859-64
Collected Illustrations, Lincoln and the Civil War
Lincoln portraits
Lincoln with others
Lincoln statues
Lincoln busts, life masks, hands
Buildings related to Lincoln
Lincoln women
Lincoln assassins, wanted poster
Portraits of politicians and generals
Civil War scenes
Jefferson Davis’ inauguration
Notable society women of the Civil War Era
Portraits of world leaders
Gift Acknowledgments
For gifts to the Boston Public Library (1906, 1908) and Chicago
Historical Society (1910)
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Non-Lincoln
Writings and Notes
Poems
“Ode to a Bobtailed Cat”
Screenplays [sent to Thomas A. Edison, Inc.]
“The Captain’s Widow,” ca. 1911-15
typescript
manuscript
“The Universe in a Nutshell,” ca. 1911-15
typescript
manuscript
Notes
On Nathan Hale (two notebooks)
Business Papers
Accounts
Dodge Publishing Company, 1910-11
Schooner Ellen Little (including 1 letter), 1904-5
Schooner Marcus L. Urann (including 1 letter), 1904-5
Legal Papers
Will, Sept. 30, 1914
Organizational Papers and Correspondence
Anti-Imperialist League (National)
Correspondence, 1900 (7 letters)
Free Religious Association (Boston)
Programs and Pamphlets
Hymns sung at the Free Religious Association, Fortieth Annual
Festival, May 31, 1907
The Free Religious Association, Forty-First Annual Convention,
1908
Notice for the Free Religious Association, Forty-Third Annual
Convention, 1910 (Theodore Parker Commemoration)
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Good Government Club (New York City)
Correspondence, 1893-95 (17 letters)
Administrative Papers
Constitution of the Confederated Good Government Clubs
Constitution for Good Government Club “P” [manuscript draft]
Notice for Good Government Club “P” meeting, Feb. 26, 1895
Entrance card to the Good Government Club “P”
Rothschild’s letter of resignation from offices of trustee and
representative
Rothschild’s Addresses to the Good Government Club “P”
On President McKinley
On New York City maladministration
On the Good Government Club
Newspaper Articles and Pamphlets
“A Lively Club Meeting,” June 27, 1894 [organizational meeting
of the Good Government Club “P”]
Advertisement for Good Government Club “P” rally, Harlem Local
Reporter, Oct. 31, 1894
Four articles on the Good Government Club “P” meeting at the
Sulzer’s Harlem River Park, with speeches by Seth Low,
Gustav H. Schwab, and Dr. Parkhurst, Nov. 1, 1894
Anti-Tammany Text Book pamphlet, ca. 1894
Four articles on Good Government Club “P,” 1894-95
“The People Warn Platt,” New York Times, Feb. 5, 1895 [antiTammany meeting]
“The Clubs in Politics,” New York Times, Feb. 10, 1895 [deals
with Good Government Clubs and their predecessors, the
Reform and City Clubs]
Five articles regarding corruption and patronage in
government, ca. 1894-95
New England Anti-Imperialist League (Boston)
Correspondence, 1899-1903 (9 letters)
Political Papers
Candidates lists for delegates to Republican Conventions, 1908-9
Passes for the National Liberty Congress of Anti-Imperialists,
Aug. 7, Aug. 15, 1900
Statement from the National Conservation Commission, Jan. 1909
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[on the nature of citizenship]
Printed statements to and from Robert Luce, Feb. 27-28, 1908
Family Photographs
Alonzo Rothschild and family (7 photographs, including four
copies of Rothschild photograph), ca. 1900-15