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Alexander M. and Laura S. Bartlett Papers, 1850-1989, n.d.

By Sabra Henke and Jonathan Thurn

Collection Overview

Title: Alexander M. and Laura S. Bartlett Papers, 1850-1989, n.d.

Predominant Dates:1850-1883

ID: RG 30/207

Creator: Bartlett, Alexander M. (1826-1883)

Extent: 0.2 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Series 1. Biographical File, 1864, 1978, undated

This series consists of one file which includes a general catalog entry and other notes of significant events in Alexander’s and Laura’s life. Also included is a copy of an article, entitled “A Congregational Romance; Or, Victorian Love by Mail,” written by Victor Hicken of Western Illinois University, which makes use of the courtship letters in the correspondence series in this collection.

Series 2. Correspondence, 1852-1853, 1864-1865, 1883, 1989, undated

This series is arranged chronologically, includes many letters written between Alexander and Laura during their courtship. These letters make up the primary source material for Victor Hicken’s article located in Series 1. Also included in the Correspondence series are letters between Alexander and Laura and their family and friends. A final folder includes two letters between Eugenia Stephens and Merrill Lynch & Co. concerning the transfer of these letters.

Series 3. Writings, 1850, 1852, n.d.

Series 3 consists of one folder and includes three unpublished essays by Laura Bartlett.

Date Acquired: 11/13/1989

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Alexander Maitland and Laura Salome Bartlett collection is mainly made up of the long-distance courtship correspondence between Alexander and Laura from the 1850s. However, little else in terms of their childhood, time spent at Oberlin, or adult lives is included. The collection arranged into three series.

Administrative Information

Accruals: Accession No: 1989/188.

Access Restrictions: Unrestricted.

Acquisition Method: The Alexander and Laura Bartlett Papers were given to the Archives in 1989 by Eugenia Stephens (accession 1989/188).

Related Materials:

Alumni files of Alexander and Laura Bartlett (RG 28).

Robert Merrill Bartlett Papers (RG 30/237). Robert Merrill Bartlett is the son of Alexander and Laura Bartlett.

Processing Information: Processed by Sabra Henke and Jonathan Thurn, July 2002.

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Louisa C. Hoffman, April 2024.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Biographical File, 1864, 1978, undatedAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Biographical file, 1864, 1978, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 1: Biographical information on Laura Salome Merrill (photocopies), undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 2: Victor Hicken, “A Congregational Romance; Or, Victorian Love by Mail,” The Old Northwest vol. 4, no. 58 (March 1978): 35-48 (photocopy), 1978 MarchAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Alexander Bartlett's commission to act as a delegate of the United States Christian Commission (affiliated with the YMCA), 1864 June 28Add to your cart.
Series 2: Correspondence, 1852-1853, 1864-1865, 1883, 1989, undatedAdd to your cart.
Correspondence sent by Laura Bartlett is typically signed as Salome or Saloma.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, undatedAdd to your cart.
The undated letters are identified by the location or time they were written.
Item 1: Salome to Alexander Bartlett, Karr Valley, ca. 1852 September 1Add to your cart.
Item 2: Salome to Alexander Bartlett, Saturday night, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 3: Salome to Alexander Bartlett, Almond, Saturday night, ca. 1852 May 29Add to your cart.
Item 4: Laura Bartlett to Alexander Bartlett, Monday morning, ca. 1853Add to your cart.
Item 5: Salome to Alexander Bartlett, Nunda Station House, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 6: Salome to Alexander Bartlett, Thursday evening, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 7: Laura Bartlett to Alexander Bartlett, Tuesday night, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 8: Salome to Alexander Bartlett, Saturday night, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 9: Salome to Alexander Bartlett, Sabbath morning, undatedAdd to your cart.
Item 10: Laura Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, Saturday night, undatedAdd to your cart.
Includes poem written by Laura Merrill
Folder 3: Correspondence, 1852Add to your cart.
Item 1: Iva Stone to Alexander Bartlett, Willoughby, Lake County, [Ohio], 1852Add to your cart.
Item 2: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, Almond, Allegany County, NY, 1852 May 7Add to your cart.
Item 3: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1852 June 19Add to your cart.
Uncle Tom's Cabin mentioned in this letter.
Item 4: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, Karr Valley, 1852 July 27Add to your cart.
Item 5: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, Karr Valley, 1852 September 7Add to your cart.
Item 6: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1852 October 7Add to your cart.
Item 7: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1852 October 15Add to your cart.
Item 8: [Salome Merrill] to Alexander Bartlett, 1852 November 1Add to your cart.
Item 9: [Salome Merrill] to Alexander Bartlett, 1852 November 22Add to your cart.
Item 10: [Salome Merrill] to Alexander Bartlett, 1852 December 23Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Correspondence, 1853Add to your cart.
Item 1: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 January 1Add to your cart.
Item 2: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 January 17Add to your cart.
Item 3: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 January 22Add to your cart.
Item 4: Alexander Bartlett to Salome Merrill, Oberlin, 1853 January 26Add to your cart.
Item 5: Alexander Bartlett to Saloma Merrill, Oberlin, 1853 February 5Add to your cart.
Item 6: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 February 19Add to your cart.
Item 7: Laura Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 March 9Add to your cart.
Item 8: Gussie to Alexander Bartlett, Will. Fem. Sem., 1853 March 19Add to your cart.
Item 9: Alexander Bartlett to Salome Merrill, Oberlin, 1853 March 30Add to your cart.
Item 10: Laura Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, Nunda, 1853 April 11Add to your cart.
Item 11: Saloma Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, Nunda, 1853 April 24Add to your cart.
Item 12: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 May 31Add to your cart.
Item 13: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 June 25Add to your cart.
Item 14: Louisa to Alexander Bartlett, Ravenna, 1853 July 3Add to your cart.
Item 15: Salome Merrill to Alexander Bartlett, 1853 July 25Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Correspondence, 1864-1865Add to your cart.
Item 1: Alexander Bartlett to children Edith, Nellie, and Cora, 1864 July 27Add to your cart.
Item 2: Alexander Bartlett to children Edith, Nellie, Cora, and Addy, 1865 June 16Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Correspondence, 1883Add to your cart.
Item 1: Amelia [Merrill] to Salome Bartlett, Bennett, 1883 November 5Add to your cart.
Amelia Merrill is Laura Merrill Bartlett's sister.
Item 2: Riley Merrill to Laura Bartlett, Oklahoma, Florida, 1883 December 5Add to your cart.
Riley Merrill is Laura Merrill Bartlett's brother.
Item 3: Samuel T. Wilson to Laura Salome Bartlett, Mexico, 30 December 1883Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Correspondence, 1989Add to your cart.
Item 1: Eugenia Stephens too Merrill Lynch and Company, 1989 July 14Add to your cart.
Eugenia Stevens writes to see if the Bartlett papers would be appropriate for the Merrill Lynch Archives.
Item 2: Betty Hope to Mrs. Wesley C. [Eugenia] Stevens, 1989 July 31Add to your cart.
Betty Hope writes to Eugenia Stevens to let her know the Bartlett papers would not be appropriate for the Merrill Lynch Archives.
Series 3: Writings, 1850, 1852, undatedAdd to your cart.
Unpublished writings by Laura Merrill Bartlett.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: "Why Art Thou Sad?", 1850 September 17Add to your cart.
Item 2: "Patriots of the Revolution" (original), 1852Add to your cart.
Item 3: "Patriots of the Revolution" (typescript), 1852Add to your cart.
Item 4: "Twas Ever Thus from Childhood's Hour, I've Seen My Fondest Hopes Decay", undatedAdd to your cart.