Samuel G. Goodrich Collection, 1812-1972 (bulk 1820-1860)

Samuel G. Goodrich Collection, 1812-1972 (Bulk: 1820-1860)

1 archives box, 1 oversize flat box (1 linear ft.)

Abstract:

Children's writer. Collection consists chiefly of correspondence but also passports, contracts, tickets, official proclamations, and other documents relating to Goodrich's life and literary work.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Goodrich Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Requests for permission to publish material from the Goodrich Collection should be directed to the Archives and Special Collections. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Biographical Note

Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) wrote a popular and widely imitated series of educational works for children under the pen name of Peter Parley. His intent was to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes. He also created two children's magazines, Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, as well as an annual gift book, The Token. Goodrich served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837 and held the post of U.S. consul at Paris from 1851 to 1853.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

This collection of 97 items, most collected by Mr. Harmon Boyd (AC 1917), consists chiefly of correspondence but also passports, contracts, tickets, official proclamations, and other documents relating to Samuel Goodrich's life and literary work, chiefly dating from 1820 to 1860 with some undated material. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Goodrich; correspondence to other individuals usually concerns Goodrich or his literary works or characters. The collection also includes several letters written by or to Goodrich's daughter, Emily Goodrich Smith, concerning her father's works; and one letter dated 1860to Goodrich's wife. Three items comprise 20th century material relating to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd's ownership of the collection.

The papers are arranged alphabetically by name of creator, with unidentified material placed at the end. Nine oversize items have been placed in a second box.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

There is no restriction on access to the Goodrich Collection for research use. Particularly fragile items may be restricted for preservation purposes.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

[Identification of item], in Samuel G. Goodrich Collection [Box #, Folder #], Amherst College Archives and Special Collections, Amherst College Library

History of the Collection

Amherst College received the papers from Mrs. Harmon S. Boyd (AC 1917) in 1980. Mr. Boyd, a Goodrich collector, assembled the collection. It was processed in 2003.

Processing Information

Processed:	2003 Mar
By:	Christine Fernsebner Eslao, Intern, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Finding Aid:	2003 Mar
Prepared by:	Christine Fernsebner Eslao, Intern, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Edited by:	Daria D'Arienzo, Head of Archives and Special Collections Peter A. Nelson, Assistant Archivist

Additional Information

Contact Information

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

Robert Frost Library
PO Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002-5000

Phone: (413) 542-2299
Fax: (413) 542-2692

Email Reference Form: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/askus
URL: http://www.amherst.edu/library/archives

Language

English.

Sponsor

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Contents List

Adams, John Quincy. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1823 Nov 1		Box 1: folder 1

Allston, Washington. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich]	1837 Feb 7		Box 1: folder 2

American Institute. MS.Doc., honoring Samuel Goodrich	1846 Oct 14		Box 1: folder 3

Appleton, [?]. AN, inviting Samuel Goodrich to dinner to meet Thomas H. Benton	1856 Nov 21		Box 1: folder 4

Bancroft, George. ANS, [to Samuel Goodrich?]	1858 Apr 2		Box 1: folder 5

Bartlett, [?]. Printed invitation to wedding of Frances Amelia Bartlett and Don Esteban Santa Cruz de Obiedo	[n.y.] Oct 13		Box 1: folder 6

Beecher, Catherine Esther. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, about using his work as a text at her school	1828 Mar 7		Box 1: folder 7

Bell, John. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1849 Apr 15		Box 1: folder 8

Benjamin, Park. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich?]	18[33?] Jan 14		Box 1: folder 9

Benjamin, Park. ANS (fragment), [to Samuel Goodrich?]	n.d.		Box 1: folder 10

Bennett, James G. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1853 Oct 23		Box 1: folder 11

Blanqui, [?]. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich]	1852 Jun 26		Box 1: folder 12

Blessington, William. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1842 Sep 30		Box 1: folder 13

Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon. Printed Document, Signed. Also signed by Pierre Jules Baroche (Foreign Minister)	1851 Mar 12		Box 2: folder 1

Brainard, John Gardner Calkins. ADS, regarding Goodrich's publication of his poems	1825 Mar 14		Box 1: folder 14

Bryant, William Cullen. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1830 Apr 10		Box 1: folder 15

Burritt, Elihu. ALS, to Emily Goodrich Smith	1878 Mar 15		Box 1: folder 16

Cary, Alice. ALS, to Prof. Harper	[1857?] Dec 12		Box 1: folder 17

Cass, Lewis. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1850 Sept 11		Box 1: folder 18

Cass, Lewis. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1853 Feb 8		Box 1: folder 19

Chase, Salmon Portland. ALS, to General King	1831 Sept 6		Box 1: folder 20

Cheever, B.H. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1851 Sep 28		Box 1: folder 21

Clay, Henry. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	185[0?] Sep 26		Box 1: folder 22

Clinton, DeWitt. ANS, to John Jacob Astor	1823 Nov 12		Box 1: folder 23

Cody, W.F. ("Buffalo Bill"). Two cut signatures	n.d.		Box 1: folder 24

Corwin, Thomas. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1852 Aug 20		Box 1: folder 25

Cropper, Isa [pseudonym]. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich; an admiring letter from a young reader	n.d.		Box 1: folder 26

Dix, John Adams. ALS, to Eleanor Goodrich Smith	1874 Feb 13		Box 1: folder 27

Dix, John Ross. ALS, fragment (last portion)	1857 Jan 26		Box 1: folder 28

Dix, John Ross. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1857 Mar 25		Box 1: folder 29

Doane, George Washington. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, regarding a misprint in The Token	n.d.		Box 1: folder 30

Draper, Lyman. Printed D.S., making Samuel Goodrich an honorary member of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin	1854 Mar 7		Box 1: folder 31

Fillmore, Millard. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1850 Aug 31		Box 1: folder 32

[Fillmore, Millard.] AN, [to Samuel Goodrich]	[1851] Feb 16		Box 1: folder 33

[Fillmore, Millard.] AN, [to Samuel Goodrich]	[1851] Feb 24		Box 1: folder 34

Fillmore, Millard, and Daniel Webster. Printed document signed, on vellum, appointing Samuel Goodrich Consul at Paris.	1851 Mar 12		Box 2: folder 2

Franqueville, Pedro. Last will and testament, in Spanish. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. With emendations	1816-1846		Box 2: folder 3

Fremont, Jessie Benton. ALS, to Emily Goodrich. Cut from scrapbook; prescription from Pharmacy of the British Legation pasted to opposite side	n.d.		Box 1: folder 35

Goodrich, Chauncey. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1813 Jun 14		Box 1: folder 36

Goodrich, Chauncey. ADS, appointing Samuel Goodrich his aide-de-camp	1815 Apr 17		Box 1: folder 37

Goodrich, Samuel G. AL (signature torn off), to Maryanne W. Goodrich	1812 Dec 9		Box 1: folder 38

Goodrich, Samuel G. ALS, to Rev. Samuel Goodrich	1813 Jun 8		Box 2: folder 4

Goodrich, Samuel G. Passport. Signed by Richard Rush. Numerous visas, stamps, and seals	1824 Dec 16		Box 2: folder 5

Goodrich, Samuel G. ALS, London, probably to his secretary, with instructions for delivery of books	1842 Sep 22		Box 1: folder 38a

Goodrich, Samuel G. Diplomatic passport, for a trip to Rome carrying despatches. Numerous visas and stamps	1854 Oct. 26		Box 2: folder 6

Goodrich, Samuel G. ANS	1858 Mar 31		Box 1: folder 39

Goodrich, Samuel G. ANS (fragment), to Mr. Webb	n.d.		Box 1: folder 40

Goodrich, Samuel G. ANS, poem about "Peter Parley"	n.d.		Box 1: folder 41

Goodrich, Samuel G. ALS to A. L. Dennis, Esq., introducing his son-in-law, Mr. Eldridge	[n.y.] Apr, 6		Box 1: folder 41a

Gould. H.F. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1837 Feb 2		Box 1: folder 42

Greely, Horace. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1855 May 15		Box 1: folder 43

[Gr_____, J.P.?] ANS	[1856?] Oct.		Box 1: folder 44

Hall, Samuel Carter. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	[1842] Sep 30		Box 1: folder 45

Hall, [?] Maria (Mrs. Samuel Carter). ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1842 Sep 30		Box 1: folder 46

Hamlin, Hannibal. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1853 Sep 2		Box 1: folder 47

Hosack, David. ALS, commending Samuel Goodrich to Sir James Edward Smith, President of the Linnaean Society, London	1823 Nov 15		Box 1: folder 48

Howitt, Mary. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich]	1847 Jan 2		Box 1: folder 49

Hugo, Victor. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, inviting him to visit	1853 Apr 29		Box 1: folder 50

Irving, Washington. ANS, fragment, apparently sent to Samuel Goodrich, quoting from the Sketch Book	n.d.		Box 1: folder 51

King, Daniel P. ALS, to Caleb Cushing	1841 Feb 13		Box 1: folder 52

Lankton, Chloe. ALS, to Eleanor Goodrich Smith. [With ANS, [1877?] Aug 6, and clipping]	1877 Jul 31		Box 1: folder 53

Laurence, Abbott. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1852 Jun 18		Box 1: folder 54

Lee, Richard Henry. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1852 Sep 17		Box 1: folder 55

Lee, Richard Henry. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1852 Sep 23		Box 1: folder 56

Library of Congress. Copyright Office. ALS, to Emily Goodrich Smith; request from A.R. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, for four Peter Parley books	1878 Feb 25		Box 1: folder 57

Longfellow, H.W. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1856 Nov 24		Box 1: folder 58

Manufacturers Trust Company. Reproduced signatures of four assistant secretaries	[1950] Nov 1		Box 1: folder 59

McGill, [William A.] and Schwing, [S.] ALS, to Samuel Goodrich, requesting to "take a photograph likeness of 'Peter Parley'"	1859 Nov 28		Box 1: folder 60

Montez, Lola (Marie de Lansfeld). ADS, contract with Legrand Smith for publicity services, witnessed by Samuel Goodrich	1851 Aug 8		Box 2: folder 7

Morse, Samuel F.B. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1850 Jan 25		Box 1: folder 61

Morse, Samuel F.B. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1855 Dec 12		Box 1: folder 62

Munson, Samuel [B?]. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich (on a proof of an engraving by Munson)	1828 Feb 24		Box 1: folder 63

Mussey, Barrows. TLS, to Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Boyd, asking permission to see the Samuel G. Goodrich Collection. With printed advertisement for Swissair Far East featuring an excerpt from Peter Parley's Geography for Children	1972 May 18		Box 1: folder 64

Mussey, Barrows. TLS, to Harmon S. Boyd	1972 Jul 17		Box 1: folder 65

Ollendorff, H.G. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich]	1854 May 31		Box 1: folder 66

Pitkin, Timothy. ALS, to Richard Rush	1823 Nov 10		Box 2: folder 8

President of the United States of America. MS.L.S. (copy), from Americans resident in Paris to the President of the U.S., requesting the retention of Samuel Goodrich as Consul	1853 Jan		Box 1: folder 67

Rothschild Freres. AL, to Samuel Goodrich	1852 Jan 16		Box 1: folder 68

Scott, Winfield. ALS, to Messrs. Niven, Fullerton, and Monel	1850 Jul 8		Box 1: folder 69

Sigourney, Lydia H. ALS [to Samuel Goodrich]	1856 Nov 23		Box 1: folder 70

Sigourney, Lydia H. AL (initialed), to Mrs. Samuel Goodrich	1860 May 31		Box 1: folder 71

[Smith, Eleanor Goodrich.] Printed railway ticket. The first ticket purchased at Southbury for the first passenger train on the New York & NE Railroad. With a descriptive clipping	1881		Box 1: folder 72

Smith, Emily [Goodrich] Printed ticket for passage and board on the steamer Frances	1876 May 29		Box 1: folder 73

Smith, Emily Goodrich. ALS, to Helen Shove, mother of Harmon Boyd	1895 May 25		Box 1: folder 74

Sparks, Jared. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1833 Jan 22		Box 1: folder 75

Stroh, W. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1850 Sep [19?]		Box 1: folder 76

Taylor, Bayard. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1852 Sep 15		Box 1: folder 77

Toqueville, A. de. ANS, [to Samuel Goodrich?]	1853 Apr 30		Box 1: folder 78

Warden, Francis. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1854 Sep 15		Box 1: folder 79

Webster Daniel, and Millard Fillmore. Printed document signed, on vellum, appointing Samuel Goodrich Consul at Paris.	1851 Mar 12		Box 2: folder 2

Webster, Daniel. Passport of Samuel Goodrich as Consul for Paris	1851 Mar 15		Box 2: folder 9

Webster, Daniel. ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1851 Mar 15		Box 1: folder 80

Willis, N.P. ALS, [to Samuel Goodrich]	1827 Jun 7		Box 1: folder 81

Woodruff, C.T. [and 6 others.] ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1858 Jun 22		Box 1: folder 82

Wolcott, Oliver. ADS.	1823 Sep 30		Box 1: folder 83

Wolcott, Oliver. ADS.	1825 Aug 27		Box 1: folder 84

Wyckoff, Mary C. [for the Executive Committee of the Alumnae of the Albany Female Seminary.] ALS, to Samuel Goodrich	1850 May 29		Box 1: folder 85

Yale College. Junior Class. Broadside: "Order of exercises at the presentation of the wooden spoon… May 23, 1851." Relation to Samuel Goodrich is unclear.	1851 May 23		Box 1: folder 86

[Unidentified.] ALS fragment (last portion), to Mr. Baudric	1832 Aug 13		Box 1: folder 87

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Subjects

American literature--19th century--Biography--Sources.
Children's literature, American--Biography--Sources.
Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860.

Contributors

Amherst College. Class of 1917. Boyd.
Boyd, Harmon, 1896- collector.

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