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Charles Conrad Abbott (1843-1919), American naturalist and author, was the first archaeologist to dig a historic site in New Jersey. Abbott, the son of Timothy and Susan Conrad Abbott, was born on June 4, 1843, in Trenton, New Jersey, and spent the majority of his life in that area. He was educated at the Trenton Academy, from 1852 to 1858, and at the University of Pennsylvania, earning his B.A. in 1861 and his M.D. in 1865. During the Civil War, Abbott served as a member of the New Jersey National Guard. In 1867, Abbott married Julia Boggs Olden (1846-1921) and they lived in the Abbott family home, "Three Beeches," along with their five children, three of whom lived to adulthood. It was on the family property, just south of Trenton, that Abbott believed that he found proof of the existence of Paleolithic man, however, over the years, his theories were disproved. After "Three Beeches" was destroyed by fire in 1914, the Abbotts moved to Bristol, Pennsylvania, where Charles C. Abbott died in 1919.
An active naturalist, archaeologist, and author, Abbott was heavily involved in local archaeology and Native American history in the Delaware Valley. In 1875 he was appointed field assistant to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, presenting them with his extensive collection of early Indian material. Later in life from 1889 to 1892, Abbott was associated with the Museum of Science and Art of the University of Pennsylvania. Abbott's most important written contribution to science was Primitive Industry or Illustrations of Handiwork in Stone, Bone, and Clay of the Native Races of the North Atlantic Seaboard (1881), although he published over a hundred short papers in publications such as American Naturalist, Popular Science Monthly, and Science Gossip. He is most widely known for his works pertaining to a nature study near his home in Trenton entitled A Naturalist's Rambles about Home (1884), as well as Days Out of Doors (1889), Recent Rambles (1892), Upland and Meadow (1886), and Travels in a Tree-top (1894).
Charles Abbott's son, Richard M. Abbott, was born in 1871. He married Margaret Appleton and was the father of Charles Conrad Abbott II. Until at least 1907, Richard Mauleverer Abbott was working as a farmer on "Three Beeches," but he eventually moved to Maryland.
The collection consists primarily of correspondence (1885-1919) and diaries (1874-1918) containing personal reflections of Charles Conrad Abbott. The collection reflects Abbott's life-long interest in the investigation, observation, and description of nature and Native American archaeology in the Delaware River Valley of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. A large portion of the correspondence is between Charles Conrad and his son Richard M. Abbott. Also included are a small selection of essays by Abbott, titled "The After-Thought of Age: A Series of Out-Spoken Essays," "The Archeological Significance of an Ancient Dune," "Old Fashioned Essays," "Paul Ingram: Pagan," and "Thoughts without Thinking."
Over 50 photographs are present depicting local scenes, friends and family, portraits, and archaeological work. Many are captioned on the verso. They range in size from 3 x 3 cm. to 19 x 24 cm. and consist of albumen prints, collodion prints, gelatin silver prints, a cyanotype and an ambrotype along with other photomechanical prints. Other material include newspaper clippings (1905-1918), two glass plate negatives, miscellaneous clippings, a Certificate for The Royal Northern Archeological Society, and Abbott's medical diploma from the University of Pennsylvania (1865).
This collection is arranged in five series: "Essays," "Diaries," "Correspondence To and From Charles C. Abbott," "Photographs and Images," and "Clippings and Ephemera."
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- Indians of North America -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Antiquities
- Natural history -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
- Naturalists -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
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Collection Inventory
This series includes six folders of essays.
The materials in this series are arranged alphabetically.
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The diaries are arranged chronologically.
This series includes Charles Conrad Abbott's diaries from 1874 to 1918. It appears that Abbott did not keep a diary in 1917.
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This series includes a large amount of correspondence, mostly to and from Charles Conrad Abbott, however, there is some correspondence not written by Abbott which was addressed to his son, Richard M. (Mauleverer) Abbott. Charles Conrad Abbott and his son had an active and extensive correspondence with each other, and their letters make up a large portion of the series.
Also of note are numerous letters written by Charles Conrad Abbott to "My dear Cousin." It is not clear who this cousin is, as Abbott corresponded with numerous cousins. Possibilities may include Miss Margaret Brown, William Brown, Henry Collins, Jr., Albert Moyer, Elise G. Moyer, and Amy H. Rickey.
The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
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Correspondents include: D. Appleton & Co., publishers and Harper & Brothers, publishers.
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Correspondents include: Harper & Brothers, publishers and James Purves.
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Correspondents include: Harper & Brothers, publishers.
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Letters and memorandums of sales from Harper & Brothers, publishers.
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Correspondents include: D. Appleton & Co., publishers; H. Hale; Harper & Brothers, publishers (letters and memorandums of sales); and Alexis A. Julien.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Julia Abbott during an expedition to western United States (Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona); Richard M. Abbott, letters to Charles C. and Julia Abbott, while on a trip to western United States; D. Appleton & Co., publishers (statement of sales); and Harper & Brothers, publishers.
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Correspondents include D. Appleton & Co, publishers and Harper & Brothers, publishers.
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Correspondents include: M. Boulig; Edward Wight Clarke; Crosswicks and Trenton Turnpike Company (lease); D. Appleton & Co., publishers; Joseph B. Gilder, Critic; R.W. Gilder, editor of Century Magazine; Harper & Brothers, publishers; C.C. Harrison; J.B. Lippincott Company, publishers (accounts and agreements); Kate Sanborn; and Daniel Wilson.
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Correspondents include: David Cole; D. Appleton & Co., publishers; Harper & Brothers, publishers; and J.B. Lippincott Company, publishers (account and memorandum of agreement).
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Correspondents include: Carl Vilhelm Hartman, curator of Botanic Garden in Stockholm; J.B. Lippincott Company, publishers (memorandum of agreement); and "Scorpion Jim," letter addressed to R.M. Abbott. The letter signed by "Scorpion Jim," appears to have been written by a child (R.M. Abbott was 23 years old in 1894). It is threatening in nature, indicating that Richard M. Abbott did not keep his promise to a lady. The letter is illustrated with skulls, weapons, coffins, and gallows.
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Correspondents include: Harper & Brothers, publishers (memorandum of sales) and J.B. Lippincott Company, publishers (account, letter and memorandum of agreement).
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Correspondents include: George J. Brown; Century Co., publishers (memorandum of agreement); William Everitt Cram; Margaret Deland; Walter [Foyon], Harper & Brothers, publishers (letters and memorandums of sales); Alfred W. Hosmer; J.B. Lippincott Company (accounts, letters, and memorandums of agreement); Louise Markscheffel; and Thomas Proctor.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letter to Ernest Ingersoll; Elizabeth Bolles of the Massachusetts Audubon Society; Century Co., publishers (letters, monthly statement, and royalty account); J. Duffy, editor of The Press; Amy DuPuy; Walter [Foyon]; Joseph B. Gilder, president of The Critic; Harper & Brothers, publishers (memorandum of sales); Ellen Lathrop Hopkins; Fred M. Hopkins; Alfred W. Hosmer; J.B. Lippincott Company, publishers; Albert Moyer; Thomas Proctor; Edmund B. Southwick, entomologist of the Central and City Parks of New York; and James Grant Wilson, editor at D. Appleton Co.
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Correspondents include: Frederic Condit; Franklin Dye, secretary of State Board of Agriculture for New Jersey; Ellen Lathrop Hopkins; J.B. Lippincott Company, publishers; Elizabeth A. Lauron; [Olim] Miller; Harrison S. Morris, managing director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Albert Moyer, cousin; Frank H. Scott, president of the Century Co., publishers; H.S. Watson; and Joseph Wharton.
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Correspondents include: Clinton G. Abbott; George Maurice Abbott; American Philosophical Society; Century Co., publishers; Henry H. Collins, Jr., cousin; Francis Conrad; William Everitt Cram; Joseph B. Gilder; Harper & Brothers, publishers; Anna Haviland; H.S. Watson; and Joseph Wharton.
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Correspondents include: Albert Brandt with agreement for "In Natures Realm;" Harriet Buchman; Jesse Y. Burd; Henry H. Collins, Jr., cousin; Francis Conrad, cousin; Joseph and Jeannette Gilder, editors for The Critic; John W. Harshberger, instructor in botany at University of Pennsylvania; Dr. A. Hidlicka of the American Museum of Natural History; Howard W. Lloyd; Henry C. Mercer; Ernest C. Richardson; Virginia Smith; William S. Stryker; H.S. Watson; and Annie White, cousin.
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Correspondents include: Century Co., publishers (letters and royalty account); Francis C. Conrad; D. Appleton & Co., publishers; William D. Duane; C. Willing Hare; Harper & Brothers, publishers; Alfred W. Hosmer; J.S. Morgan; Harrison S. Morris; Ernest C. Richardson from the Library at Princeton University; and Benjamin E. Smith.
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Correspondents include: Mary Willits Brown; Henry Collins, Jr., cousin; Francis C. Conrad, cousin; D. Appleton & Co., publishers (letters and royalty statements); Harper & Brothers, publishers (accounts and letters); J.S. Morgan; J.A. Oakes; and H.S. Watson.
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Correspondents include: C.G. Abbott; L.H. Bailey, editor of Country Life in America; W. Brown; Varnum Lansing Collins; D. Appleton & Co., publishers; Marcus S. Farr; Henry W. Fowler of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia; Harper & Brothers, publishers; John W. Harshberger; Alfred W. Hosmer; Henry C. Mercer; George Maclorkie; G. Abbott Manwaring, president of Investors Surety Company; J.S. Morgan; Hal Sayre; E.L. Stewardson, Cope & Stewardson Architects; Amelia Van der Veer; Belle Vansant; Joseph H. West, secretary of Hamilton Square Branch of State Mutual Building and Loan Association of New Jersey; and [Alfred] Woodhull.
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Correspondents include: C. Abbott, D. Appleton & Company, publishers; D. Beard; Flora G. Kling; J.S. Morgan; H. Morris; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; and W.A. Roebling.
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Correspondents include: Mary B. Abbott; Clinton G. Abbott; John B. Clement; Henry Collins, Jr., cousin; Varnum Lansing Collins; Marcus S. Farr; Henry W. Fowler; H.F. Hamilton; [George] Jacobs; Francis B. Lee; Henry C. Mercer; J.S. Morgan; Albert Moyer, cousin; Charles Muskad; Moses Taylor Pyne; Belle Vansant; and Susan R. Williams. There are also letters from a niece named Ada and a cousin named Emily.
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Correspondents include: American Philosophical Society; Margarette W. Brooks; Varnum Lansing Collins; William F. Collins; Henry W. Fowler; Louise Hewitt; J.B. Lippincott Company, publishers; Mary Lloyd; Ebenezer Mackey; John C. Maule; Cassie Peters; Moses Taylor Pyne; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; W. Taylor; Belle Vansant; John W. Ward, medical director at New Jersey State Hospital; Edmund N. Willik; and Alfred Woodhull.
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Correspondents include: W.W. Bishop, reference librarian at Princeton University; John B. Clement; Varnum Lansing Collins; William H. Dall of the Smithsonian Institution; W. Davis; John Evans; Arthur Hallick; John W. Harshberger; Lewis M. Haupt; William Libbey; MacCrellish & Quigley, printers; John Marshall; Edward S. Morse, director of Peabody Museum; William Nelson; New York Academy of Sciences; Moses Taylor Pyne; Helen B. Shriver; John B. Smith, entomologist of New Jersey Agricultural Stations; John W. Ward, medical director at New Jersey State Hospital; N.H. Winchell, geologist; and G. Frederick Wright, professor of the Harmony of Science and Revelation, Oberlin.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" Edwin Balch; N.L. Britton; E.F. Carr; Varnum Lansing Collins; John Evans; H.F. Hamilton; Lewis M. Haupt; Arthur Hollick; MacCrellish & Quigley, printers; John Marshall; Henry C. Mercer; J.S. Morgan; Elise G. Moyer, cousin; William Nelson, New Jersey Historical Society; Moses Taylor Pyne; Mary Lorne Landis Scott; Helen B. Shriver; John B. Smith, entomologist for New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stations; N.H. Winchell; and James Wood.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" Edwin Balch; W. Brown; E.F. Carr; E. Clark; Mrs. J.M. Forst, Old Barracks' Association; Conrad Hewitt; William Ford Mason; Moses Taylor Pyne; and W.B. Scott.
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The vast majority of these letters were written to and from Charles C. Abbott, his wife Julia, his son Richard M., and his daughter Julia while he was on a trip to Europe with his brother Francis Abbott. In addition to letters, material from 1910 includes ship plans and ephemera for the Red Star Line ships Kroonland and Finland and the American Line ship New York.
Correspondents for Box 9, Folder 5 include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Julia and Richard M. Abbott; Julia Abbott; Richard M. Abbott; Varnum Lansing Collins; B.F. [Fackenthal]; Marcus M. Farley; Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers; H.E. Josselyn, engineer; Henry C. Mercer; and Moses Taylor Pyne.
Correspondents for Box 9, Folder 6 include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" Julia Abbott (wife); Julia Abbott (daughter); Mary G. Abbott; Richard M. Abbott; Elise G. Moyer, cousin; and Moses Taylor Pyne.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott to "My dear Cousin," and M. Wilman of the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" Richard M. Abbott; Edwin S. Balch; Cora H. Clarke; Henry W. Fowler; H.F. Hamilton; E. [Macy]; J. Putnam; Moses Taylor Pyne; N.H. Winchell; and G. Frederick Wright of the Biblotheca Sacra Company, publishers.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" J.C. Abbott; Edwin S. Balch; H.F. Barrell; Cora H. Clarke; M.R. Harrington of the University Museum; W.G. Howell; Mrs. Keim; Allan Maynard; Louis C. Massey; Henry C. Mercer; Moses Taylor Pyne; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; E.D. Scudder; Helen B. Shriver; Samuel S. Stryker; Amelia Van der Veer; and Annie G. Hewitt White.
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In November 1914, Charles Conrad Abbott's home was lost to fire, along with most of his property, including many of his books, manuscripts, photographs, and antiques. Many letters addressed to Abbott following the fire express sympathy for the loss. There is also a newspaper clipping regarding the fire.
In box 10, folder 4, correspondents include: Richard M. Abbott; Edwin S. Balch; Mr. and Mrs. DuPuy; William G. Howell; Helen Ingersoll; Amy DuPuy McHenry; Julia G. Moyer; Moses Taylor Pyne; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; Ernest Volk; Mrs. N.H. Winchell; Laura E. Woodward; and G. Frederick Wright, president of Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.
In box 10, folder 5, correspondents include Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" Clinton G. Abbott; Richard M. Abbott, with letters to him from H. Wilcockson; Edwin S. Balch; G. Hatt; Emma Margerum; Elise G. Moyer, cousin; Mrs. Walter Mueller (first name illegible); Moses Taylor Pyne; and William Watling. There is also one letter from a cousin named Bert.
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Correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Julia Abbott and "My dear Cousin;" Richard M. Abbott, letters and photographs from H. Wilcockson, discussing World War I preparations in Toronto, and letters to his father, Charles C. Abbott; E.J. Brooke; Mary C. Dickinson; J.F. Garrette; Harper & Brothers, publishers; George [Kruz]; Philip Little; Angelia Main; Amy DuPuy McHenry; George Brinton Phillips; G. Rogers; Laura N. Rogers; Bayard Stockton; Ernest Volk; and Charles C. Willoughby of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University.
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In box 11, folder 1, correspondents include: Julia Abbott, Richard M. Abbott, Edwin S. Balch, John B. Clement, Warren S. Ely, Frederick L. Jerris, George Brinton Phillips, Moses Taylor Pyne, and Amy H. Rickey, cousin.
In box 11, folder 2, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott and Julia Abbott, letters to Richard M. Abbott; and a postcard from Anna Dressig.
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In box 11, folder 3, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Richard M. Abbott.
In box 11, folder 4, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin" and Richard M. Abbott.
In box 11, folder 5, correspondents include: Margaret Abbott, letter to Richard M. Abbott; Mary G. Abbott; Richard M. Abbott; American Philosophical Society; Edwin S. Balch; Charles L. Bowman & Co., publishers; George W. Ellis; Hugo Erichsen, M.D.; Ellen M. [Forrey]; Elise G. Moyer, cousin; George Brinton Phillips; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; George E. Rines of the Encyclopedia Americana Corporation; J.J. Scannell, publisher of New Jersey's First Citizens; Henry T. Schmittkind, Straford Company, publishers; Ernest Volk; and A.P. Willits.
In box 11, folder 6, correspondents include: Edwin S. Balch; William Blackie, Reverend; Harriette L. Jerris; George Brinton Phillips; Moses Taylor Pyne; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; Hamilton Schuyler, Reverend; E.H. Sellards, state geologist for the Florida State Geological Survey; Joseph M. Swain; Leslie Whittlesey; and Clark Wissler, curator or American Museum of Natural History.
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In box 12, folder 1, correspondents include: Richard M. Abbott; Edwin S. Balch; Henry C. Mercer; Moses Taylor Pyne; and Amy H. Rickey, cousin.
In box 12, folder 2, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Richard M. Abbott and "My dear Cousin;" and Julia Abbott, letters to Richard M. Abbott.
In box 12, folder 3, correspondents include: Mary G. Abbott; Richard M. Abbott; George Brinton Phillips; Louis Massey; and Hamilton Schuyler.
In box 12, folder 4, correspondents include: letters to Richard M. Abbott from Charles C. Abbott, Margaret Abbott, and H. Wilcockson. The letters from H. Wilcockson were written from France while he was serving in World War I.
In box 12, folder 5, correspondents include: William Brown, cousin.
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Letters from William Brown, cousin.
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In box 13, folder 1, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Richard M. Abbott; Richard M. Abbott; Edwin S. Balch; John S. Cook; Oliver P. Hay, associate of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Harry D. Leavitt, assistant cashier of Mechanics National Bank of Trenton; Henry C. Mercer; George Brinton Phillips; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; E.H. Sellards, state geologist for the Geological Department of the State of Florida; Walter [no last name]; and Ernest Volk
In box 13, folder 2, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" Margaret Abbott; and Richard M. Abbott.
In box 13, folder 3, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Margaret and Richard M. Abbott; Margaret Abbott; Richard M. Abbott; and H. Wilcockson, letter to Richard M. Abbott, from France while serving in World War I.
In box 13, folder 4, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Richard M. Abbott.
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In box 13, folder 5, correspondents include: William Brown, cousin.
In box 13, folder 6, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to Richard M. Abbott.
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In box 14, folder 1, correspondents include: Charles C. Abbott, letters to "My dear Cousin;" Margaret Abbott; Richard M. Abbott; Edwin S. Balch; George G. Heye, chairman and director of the Museum of the American Indian; Rodney Miller; Elise G. Moyer, cousin; H.E. Reid, Cornhill Company, publishers; Amy H. Rickey, cousin; Joseph A. Whitacre; Ernest Volk; H. Wilcockson, letter to Richard M. Abbott; and Helen [no last name].
In box 14, folder 2, correspondents include: Richard M. Abbott; American Philosophical Society; Edwin S. Balch; Henry W. Fowler; R.B. Harwick; Oliver P. Hay, associate of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Elise G. Moyer, cousin; Julie G. Moyer; W.E. Reid of Cornhill Company, publishers; Ernest Volk; Clark Wissler, curator of Anthropology in the American Museum of Natural History; Daniel Z. Woodruff; Helen [no last name]; and a cousin named Emily.
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Correspondents include: Charles William Burrows; Joseph M. Swain; and H. Wilcockson.
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This folder includes ephemera from a trip Richard M. Abbott took to the Caribbean in 1914. It is possibly on this trip that Richard M. Abbott met H. Wilcockson, with whom he corresponded until at least 1919. The folder also contains a receipt from Showell, Fryer & Co, from 1915, a copy of Early Man in America, by Edwin Swift Balch, published in 1917, and two letters from Eric W. Moorhead to Mrs. Abbott in 1944.
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This series includes six folders of photographs and images, many of which were identified by Charles C. Abbott. In several cases, the portraits are unidentified, as are the locations of the landscapes.
These items are arranged by format: first photographs and photomechanical prints, followed by glass plate negatives, photogravure copper plates, and a cased ambrotype photograph.
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These three folders contain photographs of Charles Conrad Abbott, landscapes, buildings, and the Abbott family. The majority of these photographs are labeled by Abbott. The first folder contains images of landscapes, the city of Philadelphia, and Charles Abbott at work, either taking notes or working on archaeological digs. The second and third folders contain the same types of images as the first folder, but also contain some portraits of family members.
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It is possible that the unidentified man is Charles C. Abbott as a young man. All identified portraits of Abbott in the collection are of a much older man.
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This series contains numerous newspaper clippings; ephemera; and wallets, which appear to have belonged to other family members. The newspaper clippings relate mostly to scientific matters (the solar halo, for example), but there are a significant number regarding regional issues and World War I. One notebook, which probably belonged to Charles C. Abbott, contains notes, verses, and drafts of writings. It is undated, and while the handwriting is similar to Abbott's, it is uncertain if it was created by him. Several wallets contained poems, receipts and other financial documents, and newspaper clippings, dating from 1795 to 1916. Many of these records appear to have belonged to Frances Abbott, John Abbott, Lucy Abbot, and Susannah Abbott. There are also writing portfolios with notations by Charles Conrad Abbott which are largely empty, but indicative of the method in which he worked. Finally, there are writings by others, including Edwin Swift Balch; publications from organizations such as the American Philosophical Society and the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology; and articles from Science, catalogues of art, and poetry.
The folders in this series are arranged alphabetically.
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