HAWTHORNE-MANNING FAMILY PAPERS, 1683-1956 MSS 69 Volume: 15 boxes 6 Linear feet Processed by: Amanda Martinson February 2011 Provenance: This material was donated by Manning Hawthorne on September 11, 1975. Conservation: The material was placed in acid-free folders. Copyright: Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian at the Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Captain Nathaniel Hathorne (1775-1808) and Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hathorne (1780-1849). He attended Bowdoin College, graduating in 1825. Hawthorne married Sophia Amelia Peabody (1809-1871) in 1842 and together they had three children: Una (1846-1877), Julian (1846-1934) and Rose (1851-1926). He wrote several short stories, which were collected in Twice-Told Tales (1837) as well as his more famous novels The Scarlet Letter (1850) and The House of the Seven Gables (1851). Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. (1867-1957) was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Richard Clarke Manning and Sarah Elizabeth (Yeaton) Gould. Clarke Manning, Jr. graduated from Harvard and went on to study at the Universities of Bonn and Leipzig before returning to Harvard to obtain his PhD. He taught Latin at Hobart College until 1903 and then at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio from 1903 to 1937. Clarke Manning, Jr. married Gertrude Devol in 1912; the couple did not have children. Manning Hawthorne (1906-1985), the son of John Francis Bennoch Hawthorne and Edna, was the great-grandson of Nathaniel Hawthorne. He wrote several articles on his greatgrandfather as well as other family members. Manning Hawthorne married Alice Katherine Smith and they had two daughters, Deborah Manning (b. 1938) and Elizabeth Manning (b. 1942). 2011, Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Page 1
BIBLIOGRAPHY Loggins, Vernon. The Hawthornes. New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. Manning, William H. The Genealogical and Biographical History of the Manning Families of New England and Descendants. Salem: Salem Press, 1902. RELATED COLLECTIONS Nathaniel Hawthorne Papers, 1817-1931, MSS 68 Manning Family Papers, 1732-1929, MSS 143 Mary Abigail Dodge Papers, 1834-1896, MSS 12 Hawthorne-Manning Collection Papers, 1808-1927, Microfilm 12 (1 reel, 35 mm microfilm of Boxes 1 and 2 (does not include pamphlets in Box 2) SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The records in this collection include correspondence, typed manuscripts, pamphlets, postcards, photographs, legal papers, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Hawthorne and Manning families of Salem, Massachusetts. There is a small amount of documents pertaining to the immediate family of Nathaniel Hawthorne; the rest is concerned with his descendents and Manning ancestors. SERIES I. Hawthorne Family SERIES II. Manning Hawthorne SERIES III. Manning Family SERIES IV. Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. SERIES V. Burnham Family SERIES VI. Miscellaneous Families HAWTHORNE-MANNING FAMILY PAPERS, 1683-1956 SERIES LIST 2011, Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Page 2
CONTENTS LIST SERIES I. Hawthorne Family 1 1 Nathaniel Hawthorne: Bills for education, 1808-1863 correspondence 2 Sophia Amelia Peabody Hawthorne: Correspondence 1859-1871 3 Una Hawthorne: Correspondence 1852-1875 4 Julian Hawthorne: Correspondence, manuscripts 1877-1911, 1952, 1927 5 Rose Hawthorne Lathorp: Correspondence 1861-1869, [1880, 1883] 1896, 1922 1925, 6 Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne: Correspondence [1866]-1873, 7 Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne: Legal papers 1865, 1883 8 Maria Louisa Hawthorne: Correspondence, poem 9 Elizabeth Palmer Peabody: Correspondence [1838, 1878] 10 George Parsons Lathrop: Correspondence 1876-1890 11 Hildegarde Hawthorne: Correspondence 1911-1918 12 Correspondence envelopes 2 1 Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne: Typed copies 1864-1883, of correspondence Volume 1 Corrected typescript of Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne s 1976 correspondence, 1864-1883, 2 Notes on Nathaniel Hawthorne, Burnham family silhouettes 3 Elizabeth Lathrop Chandler: Draft of Hawthorne s Spectator 4 The Hawthorne Memorial Association, Dedication 1912, 1925 of Nathaniel Hawthorne Memorial 5 Hawthorne s POT-8-0 Club at Bowdoin College 1931 SERIES II. Manning Hawthorne 3 1 Correspondence with Rebecca B. Manning 1925-1927 2 Correspondence with Rebecca B. Manning 1928 3 Correspondence with Rebecca B. Manning 1929 4 Correspondence with Rebecca B. Manning 1930-1933, 5 Correspondence with Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. 1929-1935 6 Correspondence with Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. 1936-1937 2011, Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Page 3
SERIES II. Manning Hawthorne (continued) 3 7 Correspondence with Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. 1938-1939 8 Correspondence with Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. 1940-1943 9 Correspondence with Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. 1944-1954 10 Correspondence 1933-1950 11 Photographs, postcards 1928-1941 Correspondence envelopes SERIES III. Manning Family 4 1 Maria Miriam Manning: Correspondence 1806-1814 2 Mary Manning: Correspondence 1799-1837, 3 Richard Manning: Correspondence 1798-1811 4 Richard Manning: Correspondence 1813-1815 5 Richard Manning: Correspondence 1816-1817 6 Richard Manning: Correspondence 1818-1820 7 Richard Manning: Correspondence 1821-1830 8 Robert Manning: Correspondence 1799-1835, 9 Robert Manning: Correspondence 1813-1842 10 Samuel Manning: Correspondence 1816-1819 11 Susan Dingley Manning [Mrs. Richard]: 1818-1832 Correspondence 12 William Manning: Correspondence 1811-1837, 5 1 John Dike: Correspondence 1818-1821 2 Priscilla Miriam [Manning] Dike: Correspondence 1814-1829, 1850-1851 3 Rebecca Dodge [Burnham] Manning: Correspondence 1807, 1813-1865 4 Maria Manning: Correspondence and envelopes 1850-1887, 5 Richard Clarke Manning: Correspondence 1848-1878, 6 Robert Manning, Jr.: Correspondence 1845-1886 7 Richard Clarke Manning and William Manning: 1861-1880 Correspondence 8 Manning Family: Miscellaneous correspondence 1786-1893, 6 1 Robert Manning: Photographs of miniatures 2 Manning Family: Accounts and receipts 1808-1822 3 Manning Family: Accounts and receipts 1823-1838, 4 Manning Family: Legal papers 1710-1829 5 Manning Family: Legal papers 1831-1839 2011, Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Page 4
SERIES III. Manning Family (continued) 6 6 Manning Family: Legal papers 1841-1902, 1826, 7 Manning Family: Land Holdings in Maine and 1789, 1792, 1813, Massachusetts 1831, 1834 8 Genealogical notes of Manning, Dodge, Lord, Tuttle, Emmerton families 1819, 1871, 9 Exercise books and primers 1799, 1808, 1843, 10 Programs and menus 1827, 1852, 1860, 1864, 1867, 1932, 1949, 11 Summons, notebooks, poem, Confederate bond poster 1792, 1797, 1809-1811, 1843, 1863 12 Envelopes, engravings, colored pictures 1853, 1859, 1878, 1904, 1905, 1943 7 1 Rebecca Burnham Manning: Correspondence 1886, 1909-1919 to Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Manning, Jr. 2 Rebecca Burnham Manning: Correspondence 1921-1924 3 Rebecca Burnham Manning: Correspondence 1925-1930 4 Rebecca Burnham Manning: Correspondence 1931-1933 5 Rebecca Burnham Manning: Correspondence to 1926-1933 Manning Hawthorne 6 Rebecca Burnham Manning: Correspondence 1852-1914 7 Rebecca Burnham Manning: Correspondence 1916-1932 SERIES IV. Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. 8 1 Correspondence 1879-1910 2 Correspondence 1911-1918 3 Correspondence 1924-1929 4 Correspondence 1930-1935 5 Correspondence 1936-1937 6 Correspondence 1938 7 Correspondence 1939 9 1 Correspondence 1940 2011, Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Page 5
2 Correspondence 1941 SERIES IV. Richard Clarke Manning, Jr. (continued) 9 3 Correspondence 1942 4 Correspondence 1943 5 Correspondence 1944 6 Correspondence 1945 7 Correspondence 1946 8 Correspondence 1947 9 Correspondence 1948 10 Correspondence 1949 10 1 Correspondence 1950 2 Correspondence 1951 3 Correspondence January-June 1952 4 Correspondence July-December 1952 5 Correspondence 1953, 1955, 1956 6 Miscellaneous correspondence 1944, 1928, 1906, 11 1 Correspondence [to mother from Europe] 1892-1893 2 Correspondence [to mother from Europe] 1894 3 Correspondence [to mother] 1889-1906 4 Correspondence [to Rebecca B. Manning] June-September 1913 5 Correspondence [to Manning Hawthorne] 1930-1946 6 Correspondence 1929-1951 Postcards 12 1 Journal, maps Summer 1939 2 Bills 1925-1953, 3 Legal papers 1683-1908 4 Announcements and invitations 5 Programs, photos, maps 6 Sale of Hawthorne material 1936-1937 7 Notes and genealogy 8 Notes 15 1 News clippings 1915-1931 2 News clippings 1915-1931 3 News clippings about Nathaniel Hawthorne 1885, 1902-1960 4 Travel diaries: England and France 1932, 5 Appointment diary 1914-1946 2011, Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Page 6
SERIES V. Burnham Family 13 1 Ebenezer Burnham: Correspondence 1811-1856 2 Ebenezer Burnham, Jr.: Correspondence 1799-1824 3 William Burnham: Correspondence 1789-1819 4 Burnham Family: Correspondence 1784-1855, 5 Burnham Family: Accounts and receipts 1824, 6 Burnham Family: Legal papers 1758-1844, 7 Joseph Hale: Correspondence 1823-1826 8 Joseph Hale: Correspondence 1827-1830, 9 Joseph Hale: Papers regarding schooling at 1823, 1825-1831 Harvard College 10 Burnham family genealogies SERIES VI. Miscellaneous Families 14 1 Dodge Family: Legal papers 1760-1784 2 George Pierce: Court proceedings 1784-1792, 3 George Pierce: Correspondence and receipts 1785-1789 4 Putnam Family: Papers 1850-1925, 5 Tuttle Family: Correspondence 1791-1855 (includes James C. Tuttle, John Tuttle, Abigail Cloutman Tuttle) 6 Diary kept by unknown Salem woman who belonged 1805-1809 to the Tabernacle Church 7 Journal kept on schooner Orion (J. Upton, Captain) 1813 2011, Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum Page 7