Oswald Garrison Villard Papers

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Documents in this collection

Jane Addams to Oswald Garrison Villard, December 2, 1916

Addams sends Villard donations from her and Mary Rozet Smith.

Finances

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, October 11, 1919

Villard asks Addams to help fundraise for the Nation.

Finances Publishing Requests

Jane Addams to Oswald Garrison Villard, February 10, 1921

Addams missed seeing Villard and hoped to talk to him about the Irish Commission.

Friends Requests Visits

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, February 19, 1921

Villard regrets missing Addams in Chicago and wishes he never got her involved in the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland.

Ireland Public Opinion Visits

Oswald Garrison Villard to Anna Mary Lloyd, February 27, 1922

Villard tells Lloyd he will be happy for any introductions that Addams can make for his upcoming trip to Czechoslovakia.

Requests

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, March 13, 1922

Villard thanks Addams for sending letters of introduction to Hungarian leaders.

Hungary Introduction

Jane Addams to Fanny Garrison Villard, March 10, 1924

Addams thanks Villard for her support of the International Congress of Women, a praises her son, Oswald Villard.

Conferences Peace Thanks

Jane Addams to Fanny Garrison Villard, December 16, 1924

Addams telegrams Villard birthday greetings.

Celebrations Onsite

Description

Over half the collection consists of professional correspondence concerning The Nation, The New York Evening Post, and the progressive political issues with which Villard was involved. Also contains correspondence with family members, much of it pertaining to his work or business affairs; minutes, ledgers, financial reports, and stockbooks of The Evening Post and some business records of The Nation; diaries, 1884-1941, and datebooks; 15 boxes of speeches; scrapbooks of Villard's articles; and notes and manuscripts for his various writing projects in history and biography. Includes material on various peace societies, civil liberties, blacks in Harlem, the NAACP, the blockade during the Civil War, Puerto Rico, and The New York Philharmonic. Also contains drafts and manuscripts of his father's memoirs, tributes to his mother and grandfather, family records, photographs, medals, memorabilia, clippings, and printed material. Also with uncataloged materials.

Source

Finding aid: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/1328

Alternative Title

Oswald Garrison Villard Papers