Milwaukee County Historical Society

Curtin, Jeremiah & Alma (Cardell)

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Papers, 1827-1998
Call Number: Mss - 0811
Bulk: 16.2 cubic feet

Abstract:

The collection as a whole offers a rare dual perspective on a unique 19th century couple. Their social and business correspondence, together with Alma’s diaries, reveal the activities and reactions of a 19th century woman in a public world still thought to be the domain of men.  At the same time, familial correspondence spanning three generations (from Alma’s grandmother down to Alma and her sister), over the course of 65 years, allows a glimpse of women’s domestic life and concerns in the last half of the 19th century and the first third of the twentieth.
The collection is organized into seven series.  See the scope and content note for a more specific description of the organizational structure.

Biographical Note:

Jeremiah Curtin (1835-1906) was one of the 19th century America’s foremost ethnologists and linguists.  Born in Detroit, he was brought to Milwaukee County while still an infant.  His family was among the earliest Irish settlers in the area, and their homestead is preserved as an historical landmark and museum in the present-day village of Greendale.  Jeremiah spent his formative years in the Milwaukee area, attending Milwaukee University (a private high school) in Milwaukee and Carroll College in Waukesha before leaving for Harvard in the fall of 1859.

Upon graduation from Harvard, Curtin spent a year in New York studying the law and languages.  His particular interest in Russian secured for him an appointment, from President Lincoln, as Secretary to the United States legation to Russia in 1864; Curtin spend the next eight years in that position at St. Petersburg.  In 1872, he arranged for and joined Russia’s Grand Duke Alexis’ visit to Milwaukee.
While on this trip, Curtin met and married Mary Alma Cardell (1847-1938), a Vermont-born teacher then working at a school in Madison.  They spend the next 34 years together in a unique partnership.  Alma returned to Russia with Jeremiah, where they tried to establish a timber business in the Crimea.  With the outbreak of war between Russia and Turkey in 1877, the Curtins abandoned their plans and returned to the United States.  For the next four years, the Curtins lived in the Midwest, where Jeremiah lectured and worked on an encyclopedia for a Chicago firm.

In 1882, Curtin joined the staff of the Smithsonian Institution’s Bureau of Ethnology, where he specialized in collection vocabularies and myths of American Indian tribes.  From then until Jeremiah’s death in 1906, the Curtins travelled extensively and continually, collection folklore from a variety of cultures (Russian, Irish, East European, Central American).  In addition, Jeremiah made extensive translations of popular European literature into English.  In this capacity, he is the best known translator of the works of Nobel Prize-winning Polish author, Henryk Sienkiewicz, whose Quo Vadis? Was one of the most popular books in both Europe and the United States at the end of the 19th century.

Alma Curtin was herself fluent in Russian and French.  In addition to assisting her husband in the collection of folktales and myths, she acted as his copyist and photographer.  Following her husband’s death, she prepared several of his manuscripts for publication, and wrote much of the account that was published in 1940 as The Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin.  She continued to travel within the United States, but lived with her family in Vermont until her death in 1938.

Scope and Content:

This collection covers primarily the period of the Curtins’ married life from 1872 until Jeremiah’s death in 1906.  It is divided into seven series:

SERIES I consists of Jeremiah Curtin’s Materials, General and Miscellaneous.  It includes working and finished copies of Curtin’s Indian material (arranged by tribe and geographic area), and drafts and edited versions of the Memoirs.  Early drafts are in Jeremiah Curtin’s hand and contain information that Alma edited out in revised drafts prepared after his death.  Curtin’s account of his early life and aspects of his dispute with the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Cassius Clay, are among the details that did not appear in the published version.  The final edited transcript is also included. In addition, the first series includes Jeremiah’s correspondence with family as well as business and social acquaintances.  Except for brief postscripts to his wife’s letters home, Curtin’s correspondence with his own family after his years at Harvard was either very meager, has been lost, or has not yet come to public attention.  He did, however, correspond with several noted figures of his day; of particular interest may be his correspondence with Russian artist Vassily Vereschagen and Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz.

SERIES II consists of Jeremiah Curtin’s Materials, Legends, Myths and Folktales.  This series consists of materials relating to Jeremiah Curtin’s writings on the customs, ledges and beliefs of Native Americans and other previously ignored 19th century cultures.  These materials afford the researcher a window on some of the vestiges of, and differences between, pre-industrial societies in both the United States and abroad.  Moreover, read together with Alma Curtin’s daily diary entries and letters, they help shed light on the work of the ethnographer and reveal the development of the social science of ethnography in its infancy

SERIES III consists of Alma (Cardell) Curtin Materials.  This series consists of Alma Curtin’s diaries/journals, correspondence with her family and friends, and scrapbooks.  James & Mary Cardell often co-wrote letters to the Curtins, as did Mary and Jennie Cardell Norton.  The letters are arranged under the name of the person who opened the letter.  The scrapbooks offer a wide range of clippings from around the world, covering the Curtins’ activities and giving critical reaction to their published works. 

SERIES IV consists of material compiled by the Milwaukee County Historical Society that pertain to the Curtins and the Curtin House in Greendale.

SERIES V consists of Miscellaneous Family Materials.  This series contains diaries/journals as well as correspondence related to Jeremiah’s and Alma’s relatives: the Bugbee, Bradley, Cardell, Curtin, and Norton families.  The correspondence is to/from various family members (other than Jeremiah and Alma which is included in their respective sections) and is arranged by the author of the letter and there under chronologically.  The dating and matching of this material, and indeed, of all the correspondence in the collection, was done on the basis of internal evidence, utilizing dates and information given in Alma Curtin’s diaries, Jeremiah Curtin’s Memoirs, and the Bugbee, Bradley, and Cardell family histories given by Alma Curtin.  Since there is a margin of error with these letters, the researcher should use them with some caution. 

SERIES VI consists of an extensive collection of books which Jeremiah Curtin wrote and collected.  This is his personal library, which is housed in the Cudahy Library at MCHS.

SERIES VII consists of photographs–most of them probably taken by Alma Curtin–of family, friends, and various travels. The photos are arranged topically.

Administrative Info:

This collection was compiled from a number of sources.  Some of the collection was donated by the Curtin family members.  Other portions of the collection were purchased at auction.  The collection was processed in 1999 by Judith A. Simosen and reprocessed in September 2004 by Kevin Abing.  This finding aid was updated in July 2009.

Related Collections:

McShane/Curtin Papers, Mss 2645
Olson-Curtin Papers, Mss 2646

Contents List:

 

Series 1: Jeremiah Curtin Material, General/Miscellaneous

Box Number

Folder

 

 

 

Articles of Agreement Between Russia & Japan re: Korea, ca. 1905

1

1

Assorted Maps

1

2

Assorted Notes Copied from Jeremiah’s Notebooks by Alma, n.d. (31 pages)

1

3

Assorted Notes - Fragments, n.d.

1

4

Assorted Notes (Handwritten), n.d.

1

5

Autobiographical Notes - Early Childhood Years (covers pp. 31-38 of Memoirs)

1

6

Autobiographical Notes - Preparing for College (in Alma’s hand; copied from 1897 notes)

1

7

Autobiographical Notes - Curtin’s Life, 1846-1873

1

8

Autobiographical Notes (Comprises pp. 201-06, 306-07, 323-36, & 469-72 of Memoirs)

1

9

Autobiographical Notes - Travel Notes/Meeting with Charles Dana (forms basis of chapter 30 of Memoirs)

1

10

Autobiographical Notes - Alma Curtin’s Account of Meeting w/Leo Tolstoy & Travels in Russia (detailed background to material published in Memoirs pp. 783-815)

1

11

Autobiographical Notes - Travel Notes re: Russia (In Alma Curtin’s Hand; Comprises roughly pp. 78-80, 103-128 of Memoirs)

1

12

Autobiographical Notes - Jeremiah & Alma Curtin’s Itinerary, 1897-1904

1

13

Autobiographical Notes - Travel Notes re: Ireland & Scotland [in both Alma’s & Jeremiah’s hands]

1

14

Autobiographical Notes - Travel Notes re: Siberia & Buriat Funeral [in Alma Curtin’s hand]

1

15

Autobiographical Notes - Travel Notes re: Siberia & Buriat Life [in Jeremiah Curtin’s hand]

1

16

Autobiographical Notes - Travel Notes/Alma’s Account of Russian Trip, 1873 [pp. 5-10 missing]

1

17

Autobiographical Notes - Notes on History of Manchus [in Jeremiah’s hand]

1

18

Autobiographical Notes - Travel Notes/Alma Curtin on Trip to Holy Land, ca. 1899

1

19

Autobiographical Notes re: Russia & Clay, pp. I-XV

1

20

Autobiographical Notes, pp. A-Z

1

21

Calling Cards - Miscellaneous (In Envelope)

1

22

Christmas Cards

1

23

Certificate (in Russian), 1904 [Note: in two pieces, very fragile)

OS SM “C”

Compositions/Essays, ca. 1840s?  (Jeremiah Curtin’s?)

1

24

Contemporary Articles & Reviews Collected by Curtin

1

25

Contracts with Vassily Vereschagen, n.d.

1

26

Diaries/Notebooks, 1896-1900 & Undated

1

27

Envelopes - Miscellaneous, Empty

1

28

Essay, “The Germanic Element in Civilization” [Harvard Composition?]

1

29

Family Histories - Curtin/Cardell/Bugbee/Bradley Families

1

30

Foreign Language Materials - Letters, Certificates, etc., ca. 1869-1906

2

31

Grain Business with Russian Government

2

32

Grand Duke Alexis in Milwaukee - Menu & Invitation, 1872

2

33

“Introductory Remarks & Biographical Sketch of Henryk Sienkiewicz,” 1897 (Draft of Curtin’s Century Magazine article)

2

34

Japanese Items from Travels

2

35

Jeremiah Curtin Monograph by Daniel F. Curtin

2

36

Letters Received - From Maude (Mathilda) Curtin [Jeremiah’s Sister, a nun], 1891 (letters to Jeremiah & Alma)

2

37

Letters Received - Re: Family Matters From People Outside the Family, 1879-1898

2

38

Letters Received - Social/Business - From John B. Alden (publisher), 1888

2

39

Letters Received - Social/Business - From Charles Dana (editor, The Sun), 1890-1896

2

40

Letters Received - Social/Business - From Porfirio Diaz (President of Mexico), 1895, 1897 [letters of introduction on Curtin’s behalf]

2

41

Letters Received - Social/Business - From John Fiske, 1878-1893

2

42

Letters Received - Social/Business - From John Hay (U.S. Secretary of State), 1900-1903 [letters of introduction on Curtin’s behalf]

2

43

Letters Received - Social/Business - From Little, Brown & Co. (publishers), 1892-1899

2

44

Letters Received - Social/Business - From Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1897-1906

2

45

Letters Received - Social/Business - From Henryk Sienkiewicz (letters of introduction on Curtin’s behalf), 1897, 1903

2

46

Letters Received - Social/Business - Agreements with Henryk Sienkiewicz, 1898

2

47

Letters Received - Social/Business - From Vassily Vereschagen, 1891, 1901

2

48

Letters Received - Social/Business - Assorted Letters of Introduction Written on Curtin’s Behalf, 1895-1904

2

49

Letters Received - Social/Business - Re: Wintu Tribe, 1889-1890

2

50

Letters Received - Social/Business - From Acquaintances in Indian Territory, 1885-1890

2

51

Letters Received - Social/Business - 3rd Party Letters re: the Curtins, 1890-1900

2

52

Letters, Notes, & Invitations Received, 1870-1879

2

53

Letters, Notes, & Invitations Received, 1880-1889

2

54

Letters, Notes, & Invitations Received, 1890-1899

2

55

Letters, Notes, & Invitations Received, 1900-1906

2

56

Letters, Notes, & Invitations Received, Undated

3

57

Letters Received - Miscellaneous - J. G. Vore to Andrew Curtin re: Indian Affairs, April 5, 1886 (letter given to Jeremiah Curtin)

3

58

Letters Sent - To Alma (Cardell) Curtin [wife], 1872-1891

3

59

Letters Sent - To His Sister (From Harvard), 1860-1861

3

60

Letters Sent - To Morgan Furlong (cousin), 1855, 1859-1861

3

61

Letters Sent - To James & Mary (Bradley) Cardell [Parents-in-Law], 1872-1897

3

62

Letters Sent - To Lucretia (Bugbee) Bradley [Grandmother-in-Law], 1873-1877

3

63

Letters Sent - To Anson M. Norton (brother-in-law), 1899

3

64

Letters Sent - Social/Business - Assorted, 1885-1901

3

65

Letters Sent - Social/Business - To Little, Brown & Co. (Publishers), 1891-1902

3

66

Letters Sent - Social/Business - To Henry Sienkiewicz, 1901, 1904

3

67

Memoirs (manuscript - original), pp. 1-25 & pages re: John Fiske

3

68

Memoirs (manuscript), pp. 1-202 [In Alma Curtin’s Hand; pp. 31-317 in published Memoirs]

3

69

Memoirs (manuscript), pp. 13-107 [pp. 356-476 in published Memoirs)

3

70

Memoirs (manuscript), pp. 437, 475-720 [pp. 667-920 in published Memoirs]

3

71

Memoirs (manuscript), p. 78 [pp. 142-43 of published Memoirs]

3

72

Memoirs (manuscript) - “A Few Pages of Autobiography,” pp. 1, 326-327 [Comprising pp. 1, 478-81 of published Memoirs; all in Alma Curtin’s hand]

3

73

Memoirs (manuscript), p. 36 [pp. 385, 399-400 of published Memoirs]

3

74

Memoirs (manuscript), no page # [p. 450 in published Memoirs]

3

75

Memoirs (manuscript) - draft [p. 359 in published Memoirs]

3

76

Memoirs (manuscript) - Last Page [in Alma Curtin’s hand]

3

77

Memoirs (manuscript) - pp. 691 & 720

3

78

Memoirs (typescript), pp. 1-300

3

79-80

Memoirs (typescript), pp. 301-827

4

81-84

Miscellaneous

4

85

Monograph on Quo Vadis

4

86

Mythology Lecture

4

87

Newspaper Clippings re: Jeremiah Curtin’s Folk Tales, 1893, 1901

4

88

Newspaper Clippings re: Jeremiah Curtin (includes obituary), ca. 1906-1953

4

89

Newspaper Clippings re: Family Members, 1891-1955

4

90

Newspaper Clippings re: Visit of Grand Duke Alexis of Russia to Milwaukee & U.S., 1872

4

91

Newspaper Clippings re: Henryk Sienkiewicz, ca. 1914-1916

4

92

Newspaper Clippings - Russian & Polish, 1906-1907

4

93

Newspaper Clippings - Miscellaneous

4

94

Newspapers - The Vicksburg (Miss.) Daily Citizen, July 2, 1863 (Facsimile -last of the “wallpaper edition,” 2 days before surrender of southern army)

4

95

Notes on Mythology & Curtin’s Philosophy

4

96

Passports for Jeremiah Curtin, 1894, 1900

OS SM “C”

Portsmouth Peace Conference, 1905

4

97

Postcards (Miscellaneous) from Various Travels

4

98

Publication Agreements & Copyrights

4A

99

Publication-Related Material - Miscellaneous

4A

100

Publications Owned by Curtin, Preface to, with extracts,  A Book of the Beginnings by Gerald Massey

4A

101

Publications Owned by Curtin, “Remarks on the Centres of Ancient Civilization in Central America,” by Dr. C. Hermann Berendt

4A

101

Publications Owned by Curtin, Lucasen

4A

101

Published Articles Written by Jeremiah Curtin

4A

102

Reviews of Curtin’s Works

4A

103

Stanson, George (Stojanovitz) & Jeremiah Curtin (includes photos)

4A

104

Tickets & Receipts from Various Travels

4A

105

Travel Memorabilia - General

4A

106

Will & Probate Records, 1898, 1907

4A

107

Working books, Prus, Boleslaw. (Alexander Glowacki). Faraon. Vol. III. Warsaw: Naklad Gebethnera I Wolffa, 1897. Notation by Curtin on p. 387, “Finished, Nov. 24, 1899,” in Polish

7A

Loose

Working books, Senkiewicz, Henryk. Pisma [Collected Writings].
- Tom. I: 294 pp., no covers. Includes “Stary Sluga,” “Szkice Weglem,” “Janko Muzykant,” and “Hania.”

7A

Loose

Working books, Senkiewicz, Henryk. Pisma [Collected Writings].
- Tom IV: 270 pp., no front cover. Includes “Przey Stepy,” “orso,” “Z pamietnika poznanskiego naucyciela,” “Czyja wina?” & “Za chlebem.”

7A

Loose

Working books, Senkiewicz, Henryk. Pisma [Collected Writings].
- Tom. V: “Latarnik,” “Niewola Tatarsk,”  “Jamiol,” “Najednkarte,” “Bartek Zwyciezca.”

7A

Loose

Working books, Senkiewicz, Henryk. Pisma [Collected Writings].
- Tom XX: “Wyrok Zeusa,” “Z Wrazen Wloskich,” “Organista Z Ponikly,” “U Zrodla,” “Lux in Tenebris Lucet,” “Badz Blogoslawiona!,” “Pojdzmy Aznim!,” “Listy O Zoll.” 212 pp.

7A

Loose

Working books,  Senkiewicz, Henryk.  Potop [The Deluge].  Warsaw: 1886.  (Tom II only).

7A

Loose

Working books, Unknown. Polish Text, 242 pp., no covers, title, author, or date

7A

Loose

Working books, Unknown. “Tribal Names & Synonyms.” No publisher, n.d.  54 pp., no covers

7A

Loose

 

Series 2: Jeremiah Curtin’s Materials, Legends, Myths and Folktales

Box Number

Folder

 

 

 

Native Americans:

 

 

New York Indians - Seneca Myths

5

108

Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Tribes - Creek Myths/Customs

5

109

Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Tribes - Muskota Myths

5

110

Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Tribes - Osage, Pottawatami, & Sac & Fox Myths

5

111

Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Tribes - Paiute Myths/Customs

5

112

Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Tribes - Seminole Legends/Customs

5

113

Oregon Tribes - Warm Springs Myths

5

114

Oregon Tribes - Wasco Legends

5

115

California Tribes - Bluff Creek Myths

5

116

California Tribes - “General Bidwell” Legends

5

117

California Tribes - Hat Creek Myths

5

118

California Tribes - Hoopa (Hupa) Myths

5

119

California Tribes - Klamath & Hoopa [working copies]

5

120

California Tribes - Klamath

5

121

California Tribes - Hoopa (Hupa) [working copies]

5

122

California Tribes - Orleans Bar Myths

6

123

California Tribes - Pitt River Myths

6

124

California Tribes - Shasta Myths [working copies - Books I - IV]

6

125

California Tribes - Shasta Myths [finished copies]

6

126

California Tribes? - Shawnee Myths

6

127

California Tribes - Somes Bar Legends

6

128

California Tribes - Uchee (Yuchi) Myths

6

129

California Tribes - Wintu Myths

6

130

Pacific Coast Tribes - 2 unidentified myths/general notes/vocabularies

6

131

Draft Notes for Introduction to Published Myths of Wintus

6

132

 

 

 

Assorted Groups:

 

 

Indian Stories from Victoria, British Columbia

7

133

Spanish/Indian Stories from Central America & Spain

7

134

Spanish/Mexican Stories

7

135

Serbian Legends

7

136

Egyptian Legends

7

137

Irish Songs

7

138

Irish Stories

7

139-142

Vocabularies/Miscellaneous Notes

7

143

 

 

 

 

Series 3: Alma (Cardell) Curtin Material

Box Number

Folder

 

 

 

Diaries/Journals, 1861-1862, 1864-1866

8

144

Diaries/Journals, 1869-1870, 1874, 1884-1886

8

145

Diaries/Journals, 1887-1889

8

146

Diaries/Journals, 1891-1894

8

147

Diaries/Journals, 1894-1899

8

148

Diaries/Journals, 1899-1904

9

149

Diaries/Journals, 1904-1936

9

150

Letters Received - From Assorted Relatives/Friends, 1881-1891

9

151

Letters Received - From Lucretia Bugbee Bradley [Grandmother], 1874-1886

9

152

Letters Received - From William H. Bradley [Alma’s Uncle], 1894

9

153

Letters Received - From David Bugbee [Alma’s Great Uncle], 1892, 1895

9

154

Letters Received - From James Cardell [Alma’s Father], 1876-1889

9

155

Letters Received - From Jeremiah Curtin Cardell [Nephew], 1913 (post card)

9

156

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell [Alma’s Mother], 1860s

9

157

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1873-1877 (to Curtins in Russia)

9

158

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1880-1883

9

159

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1884-1885

9

160

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1886

9

161

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1887-1888

9

162

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1889

10

163

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1890

10

164

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1891 (through September)

10

165

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, Dec. 1891-1892 (to Curtins in Ireland)

10

166

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, Jan.-Sept. 1893 (to Curtins in Ireland)

10

167

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, Oct. 1893-1894 (to Curtins in Italy)

10

168

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1895

10

169

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1896-1897 (to Curtins in Mexico)

10

170

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1897 (to Curtins in US/Europe/Russia)

10

171

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1898 (to Curtins in U.S. & Europe)

10

172

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1899 (to Curtins in Europe/Middle East)

10

173

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1900 (to Curtins in Europe/Russia/etc.)

10

174

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1901 (to Curtins in Europe)

10

175

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, 1902 (to Curtins in U.S.)

10

176

Letters Received - From Mary Cardell, Undated Fragments

10

177

Letters Received - From William H. Cardell [Brother], 1882, 1886

10

178

Letters Received - From David & Anne (Decker) Curtin [Brother- & Sister-in-law], 1879-1908

10

179

Letters Received - From Joanna Curtin [Jeremiah’s Sister], 1872

10

180

Letters Received - From James Cardell Norton [Alma’s Nephew], 1902

11

181

Letters Received - From Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton [Alma’s Sister], 1870s

11

182

Letters Received - From Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1880s

11

183

Letters Received - From Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1890s

11

184

Letters Received - From Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1900s

11

185

Letters Received - From Ella Bradley Raymer [Cousin; Daughter of William H. Bradley], 1882, 1895

11

186

Letters Received - General Social Correspondence, ca. 1870s-1912

11

187

Letters Received & Sent re: Jeremiah Curtin’s Death & Literary Estate, 1906-1909

11

188

Letters Sent - To Assorted Relatives, 1862-1896

11

189

Letters Sent - To Lucretia Bugbee Bradley [Grandmother], 1873-1877

11

190

Letters Sent - To Lucretia Bugbee Bradley, 1880-1885

11

191

Letters Sent - To Anice Tucker Cardell [Sister-in-Law], 1904 (post card)

11

192

Letters Sent - To James Cardell [Nephew], 1905-1908 (post cards)

11

193

Letters Sent - To Jeremiah Curtin Cardell [Nephew], ca. 1906

11

194

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell (parents), ca. 1860-1871

11

195

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1872

11

196

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1872 (from England & Russia)

11

197

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1873 (from Russia & England)

11

198

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1874 (from Russia & Europe)

12

199

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1875 (from Russia & Europe)

12

200

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1876 (from Russia & Europe)

12

201

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1877 (from London)

12

202

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell (letter fragments), 1872-1877

12

203

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1879-1881

12

204

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1882-1883 (from Washington, D.C)

12

205

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, Nov.-Dec. 1883 (from New York state)

12

206

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1883-1884 (from Indian Territory)

12

207

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1884-1885 (from west coast)

12

208

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1886 (from Washington, D.C.)

12

209

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1887 (from New York state)

12

210

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, Sept. 1887 (from Ireland)

12

211

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1888 (from Washington, D.C.)

12

212

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell,, 1888-1889 (from California, Washington, D.C., & Boston)

12

213

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1890-1891 (from Washington, DC)

12

214

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1891-1893 (from Ireland & Scotland)

12

215

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1894 (from Europe)

12

216

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1895-1897 (from Mexico & Guatamala)

12

217

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1897-1898 (from Europe & U.S.)

12

218

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1899 (from Middle East)

13

219

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1899 (from England & Ireland)

13

220

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1900 (from round the world trip)

13

221

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1901 (from round the world trip)

13

222

Letters Sent - To Mary &/or James Cardell, 1902 (from Washington, D.C.)

13

223

Letters Sent - To William H. Cardell [brother], 1873-1877

13

224

Letters Sent - To William H. Cardell, 1888

13

225

Letters Sent - To William H. Cardell, 1895-1899

13

226

Letters Sent - To William H. Cardell, 1903-1904

13

227

Letters Sent - To William H. Cardell, 1906, 1908 (post cards)

13

228

Letters Sent - To Anne Decker Curtin [Sister-in-Law], 1893

13

229

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton [Sister], 1873-1877 [from Europe & Russia]

13

230

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1879-1882 (from U.S.)

13

231

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1885 (from Oregon)

13

232

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1886 (from Washington, D.C.)

13

233

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1889 (from California)

13

234

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1890 (from Washington, D.C.)

13

235

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1892-1893 (from Ireland & Scotland)

13

236

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1894 (from Italy)

13

237

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1896, 1898 (from Mexico & England)

13

238

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1901 (from Japan)

13

239

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1903 (from Europe & Russia)

13

240

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1904, 1906 (from Europe, etc.)

13

241

Letters Sent - To Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton, 1911

13

242

Liquidation & Endowment Certificate from Daughters of the American Revolution to Alma Curtin, Ca. 1911

OS SM “C”

Newspaper Clippings re: Alma Curtin

13

243

Passport for Alma Curtin, 1903

OS SM “C”

Tax Records/D.A.R./American Pen Women’s Association, 1912-1937

13

244

Scrapbook, Curtin, Alma. Contains account, in Alma’s hand, of her marriage; numerous accounts of her travels published in U.S. papers; press announcements of Jeremiah Curtin speeches & appearances; interview w/Jeremiah; poems; clippings re: execution of Haymarket Square martyrs, 1870s - 1887

13

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Scrapbook, Black Binding w/”Annl. Mess. And Acc’g. Docs. 1849-1850. Part II” embossed on spine.  Contains poetry clippings from papers, accounts of Jeremiah Curtin’s activities & speeches, and reprints of 2 Irish myths. 1870s-1880s. Alma Curtin’s

13

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Scrapbook, Curtin, Alma. Newsclippings of Jeremiah Curtin’s activities, reprints of Irish myths along with press reviews, 1889-1892

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Scrapbook, Curtin, Alma. Press notices re: Jeremiah Curtin, 1889-1905.  Also includes copy of J. Curtin’s pamphlet “The Visit of the Grand Duke Alexis to Milwaukee, June 2, 1872 “ (London, 1874)

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Scrapbook, Curtin, Alma. Newspaper clippings re: Jeremiah Curtin’s activities & life; press reviews; obituaries of J. Curtin from around the world.  Packet of clippings re: Grand Duke Alexis’ visit to Milwaukee; assorted loose clippings; 1868-1906

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4 Envelopes with loose scrapbook pages and loose clippings

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Series 4: MCHS Material Re: Jeremiah & Alma Curtin

Box Number

Folder

 

 

 

Collection Guide & Abstract (Outdated)

14

245

Curtin Collection, MCHS: Correspondence & Materials re: Development

14

246

Curtin Collection, MCHS: Books/Bibliographies/Research Guides

14

247

Biographical/Genealogical Information re: Jeremiah & Alma Curtin

14

248

Chronology - Life of Jeremiah Curtin (compiled from diaries & memoirs)

14

249

Additional Archival Sources with Curtin Material

14

250

Research & Writings on the Curtins (by M.C.H.S. & other Journals)

14

251

Sienkiewicz, Henry, File

14

252

Reference File: Curtin’s Translation of “The Trilogy”

14

253

Polish Newspaper Article on Curtin, 1992, & Recent Newsclippings

14

254

David Curtin's property inventory & those of his neighbors

14

255

Information on Curtins' neighbors

14

256

Acquisition, restoration & dedication of Curtin homestead: news clippings, programs, & articles

14

257

1936 D.A. R. meeting: program & news clippings (photocopies)

14

258

1938 Centennial Celebration:  programs & copy of news clippings

14

259

Archeological digs, Jamestown, VA.

14

260

Ireland's architecture - reference

14

261

Research file - mainly Furlongs

14

262

Newspaper Clippings re: Greendale, WI, as a “Greenbelt” Community, 1936-1937

14

262A

Curtin House furnishing committee

15

263

Research notes - Curtin House (Director's File HHA)

15

264

Research notes - misc. (Director's File HHA)

15

265

Research notes - misc. (Director's File HHA)

15

266

Correspondence - misc. (Director's File HHA)

15

267

Research notes - Curtin manuscript papers

15

268

Mikos, Michael - Research on Curtin

15

269

Audiocassettes (6) -- recorded conversations w/Jeremiah Curtin Cardell, conducted by Robert & Betty Norton in Florida in 1982: recollections of the Curtins.

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Boxes of Slides re: Curtin House (16)

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MCHS Printed Captions 1953/54 ? Exhibit

16

270

MCHS Typed/Laminated Excerpts from Alma Curtin's Diaries/Letters (For Exhibit?)

16

271

MCHS Curtin Slide Show Text, Updated 1998 & 1987 Curtin Exhibit Text

16

272

MCHS Negatives, Misc. Copies of Curtin Images

16

Envelope

MCHS Negatives for Slide Show Browntones

16

Envelope

MCHS Negatives for Curtin 1987 Exhibit

16

Envelope

MCHS Microfilm on Curtin

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Series 5: Miscellaneous Family Materials

Box Number

Folder

 

 

 

Bugbee Family

 

 

Aurin Bugbee [Alma’s Great Uncle] Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (Sister), 1853-1858

17

273

David Bugbee [Alma’s Great Uncle] Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (Sister), 1865-1886

17

274

David Bugbee Letters to Mary Bradley Cardell (Niece), 1886

17

275

David Bugbee Letters to James Cardell (Nephew-in-Law), 1885-1886

17

276

David Bugbee Letters to Jennie Cardell Norton (Grand-Niece), 1892

17

277

David Bugbee - Notes on Money Given to Sisters

17

278

James Bugbee [Alma’s Great Uncle] Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (Sister), 1827

17

279

Lizzie Bugbee Letters to David Bugbee (Uncle), 1893

17

280

 

 

 

Bradley Family

 

 

Lucretia Bugbee Bradley [Alma’s Grandmother] Letters to Children & Grandchildren, 1845-1872

17

281

Lucretia Bugbee Bradley Letters to Friends, 1845

17

282

Lucretia Bugbee Bradley Letters Received from Friends & Relatives, 1862-86

17

283

William Bradley Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (wife), 1856-1862

17

284

William H. Bradley [Alma’s Uncle] Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (mother) , 1852-1887

17

285

William H. Bradley Letters to Mary Bradley Cardell (Sister), 1890-1894

17

286

William H. Bradley Letters to Jennie Cardell Norton (Niece), 1894

17

287

William H. Bradley Letters to Ella Bradley Raymer (Daughter) & Lizzie Bradley Parker (Daughter), 1882, 1892

17

288

Sarah Bradley [d. 1881] Letters to William H. Bradley (Husband), 1856

17

289

Malcolm C. Bradley [d. 1890; “Mac”] Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (Grandmother), n.d.

17

290

Ella Bradley (Raymer) Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (Grandmother), 1872-1885

17

291

Ella Bradley Raymer Letters to William H. Bradley (Father), 1890-1891

17

292

Ella Bradley Raymer  Letters to Mary Bradley Cardell (Aunt), 1895, 1897

17

293

 

 

 

Cardell Family

 

 

William Cardell, Sr., Letters to James Cardell (Son), 1845

17

294

William Cardell, Sr., Letters Received, 1844

17

295

William Cardell, Jr., Letters to Parents, 1839-1840

17

296

William Cardell, Jr., Letters to James Cardell (Brother), 1839-1852

17

297

Hiram Cardell (d. 1844) Letters to James Cardell (Brother), 1841-1842

17

298

Loren Cardell Letters to James Cardell (Brother), 1844-1845

17

299

Emeline & Eliza Cardell Letters to James Cardell (Brother), ca. 1856

17

300

Elizabeth Cardell Letters Received from Esther Davis, 1857

17

301

James Cardell [Alma’s Father] Letters Received from Old Girlfriends, 1844-48

17

302

James Cardell Letters to Loren Cardell (Brother), 1846

17

303

James Cardell Letters to Family/Wife, 1835-1863

17

304

James Cardell Letters to Family/Wife re: Western Trip, 1871

17

305

James Cardell - Notebook, ca. 1870s

17

306

Mary Miranda Bradley Cardell [Alma’s Mother] - Autograph/Poetry Book,
1839-1844

17

307

Mary Miranda Bradley Cardell Diaries/Journals, 1879-1883, 1890-1892, 1894, 1896-1897 (Note: 1879-1882 diary also includes entries by Jennie Cardell Norton)

18

308

Mary Miranda Bradley Cardell Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (Mother), 1845

18

309

Mary Miranda Bradley Cardell Letters to David Bugbee (Uncle), 1886-87, 1899

18

310

Mary Miranda Bradley Cardell Letters to Jennie Cardell Norton (Daughter), 1886-1896

18

311

Mary Miranda Bradley Cardell Letters Received from Friends/Relatives, 1834-1898

18

312

Mary Miranda Bradley Cardell - Deed for Family Pew, 1882

18

313

William Henry Cardell {Alma’s Brother] Letters to Mary Bradley Cardell (Mother), 1896-1899

18

314

William Henry Cardell Letters to Jennie Cardell Norton (Sister), 1886-1892

18

315

William Henry Cardell Letters Received - Miscellaneous, 1899-1902

18

316

Annice Tucker Cardell [Mrs. William H.] Letters to Mary Bradley Cardell (Mother-in-Law), 1896-1897

18

317

Jeremiah Curtin Cardell [Son of Annice & William] Letters to Robert A. Norton (2nd Cousin), 1965, 1975

18

318

Mrs. J. C. Cardell Letters Received, 1936, 1942

18

319

Cardell Letter (author unknown) to Knights Templar re: Temperance, n.d.

18

320

List of Cardell Beneficiaries of Cadwell Estate, n.d.

18

321

Deeds to Cardell Family Land in Vermont, 1899

18

322

Agreement between Warren, Vermont, Selectmen (including L. Cardell) & Contractor for Construction of a Bridge, 1844

18

323

 

 

 

Curtin Family

 

 

Jo Curtin [Jeremiah’s Sister] - Scrapbook

18

323A

 

 

 

Norton Family

 

 

Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton [Alma’s Sister] - Bequests, n.d.

18

324

Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton - Description of Colors for Paintings, n.d.

18

325

Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton - Diary/Journal, Feb.- May 1882 (Note: Includes some entries by Mary Bradley Cardell)

18

326

Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton Letters to Lucretia Bugbee Bradley (Grandmother) , 1882

18

327

Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton Letters to Mary Bradley Cardell (Mother), 1885-1898

18

328

Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton Letters to Anson M. Norton (Husband), 1888-92

18

329

Jennie Hazard Cardell Norton Letters Received, 1887-1950

18

330

Dr. Anson M. Norton [Jennie’s Husband] Letters to Jennie Cardell Norton (wife), 1889, 1896

18

331

Dr. Anson M. Norton Letters/Bills Received, 1890-1895

18

332

Robert A. Norton [Alma’s Grand-Nephew] Letters to Jennie Cardell Norton (Grandmother), 1948

18

333

Robert A. Norton Letters to James & Ruth Norton (Parents), n.d.

18

334

Robert A. Norton Letters Received, ca. 1940

18

335

Cardell Norton - School Language Exercise, 1900

18

336

 

Series 6: Curtin’s Personal Library (Books and Articles)

 

Written and Collection by Jeremiah Curtin:

Curtin, Jeremiah and J.N.B. Hewitt.  “Seneca Fiction, Legends and Myths,” ed. By J.N.B. Hewitt.  In
Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution.  Washington: Government Printing Office, 1918.

Curtin, Jeremiah.  “Gogol’s Taras Bulba, With a Sketch,” in Literature, vol. 3, 1888. (2 copies)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  “Myths and Legends of Wisconsin Indians,” edited and arranged by Harry H. Anderson.
Historical Messenger of the Milwaukee County Historical Society, vol. 28, no 1 (Spring 1972): 2-44.

Curtin, Jeremiah.  “The Author of ‘Quo Vadis’: My Acquaintance with Sienkiewicz,” in Century
     Magazine, vol. 55.

Curtin, Jeremiah.  A Journey in Southern Siberia: The Mongols, Their Religion and Their Myths.  Boston:
Little, Brown & Co., 1909. (319 pp., illus., maps)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Creation Myths of Primitive America.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1911 (531 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe.  New York: McBridge, Nast & Company, 1914.
(259 pp., illus.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Hero Tales of Ireland.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1894.  (558 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Irish Folk-Tales.  Edited & with an introduction by Seamus O’Duilearga.  Dublin:
Educational Council of Ireland (for the Folklore of Ireland Society), 1943.  (166 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin.  Ed., with notes and introduction by Joseph Schafer. 
Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1940. (925 pp., illus.) (Wisconsin Historical
Publications – Biography Series, vol. II)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Myths and Folklore of Ireland.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1911 (345 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Myths and Folk-Tales of the Russians, Western Slavs and Magyars.  Boston: Little,
Brown & Co., 1903.  (555 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Myths of the Modocs.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1912 (389 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Seneca Indian Myths.  New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1923

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Tales of the (Irish) Fairies [And of the Ghost World Collection From Oral Tradition in
     South-West Munster.]  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1895.  (198 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  The Mongols in Russia.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1908. (481 pp., folding map) 
Companion volume to the Author’s History.

Curtin, Jeremiah.  The Mongols: A History.  With Forward by Theodore Roosevelt.  Boston: Little,
Brown & Co., 1908.  (426 pp.)

Curtin, Jeremiah.  Wonder Tales from Russia.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1921.  (270 pp.)

 

Translated by Jeremiah Curtin:

Glovatski, Alexander.  The Pharaoh and the Priest.  An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt.  Translated
from Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1902.  (696 pp., illus.)

Gogol, Nikolai.  Taras Bulba.  A Historical Novel of Russia and Poland.  Translated from Russian by J.
Curtin.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1888.  (208 pp.)

Gogol, Nikolai.  Taras Bulba.  A Historical Novel of Russia and Poland.  Translated from Russian by J.
Curtin.  New York: Nims & Knight, 1889.  (208 pp.)

Orzeszko, Eliza.  The Argonauts.  Translated from Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.  New York: Charles
Scribner’s Sons, 1901.  (291 pp.)

Potocki, Count Joseph.  Notatki Mysliwskie Z Afryki Somali.  Warsaw: Gebethner I Wolff, 1897.

Potocki, Count Joseph.  Sport in Somaliland.  Translated from Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.  London:
Rowland-Ward, 1900.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Children of the Soil.  Translated from Polish.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1895.
(675 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Hania.  Translated from Polish.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1897.  (551 pp.,
2 copies)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  In Vain.  Translated from Polish.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1899.  (237 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Life and Death and Other Legends and Stories.  Translated from Polish.  Boston:
Little, Brown & Co., 1904.  (65 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Lillian Morris and Other Stories.  Translated from Polish.  Boston: Little, Brown
& Co., 1894.  (247 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  On the Bright Shore.  Translated from Polish.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1898.
(147 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  On the Field of Glory.  A Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski.
Translated from Polish.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1906.  (334 pp., 3 copies)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Pan Michael.  A Historical Novel of Poland, Ukraine, and Turkey.  Translated
From Polish.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1894.  (527 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Pan Michael.  A Historical Novel of Poland, Ukraine, and Turkey.  Translated
From Polish.  Popular edition.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1898.  (527 pp., 2 copies)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero.  Translated from Polish.  Boston:
Little, Brown & Co., 1896.  (541 pp., 4 copies-1 signed by Curtin)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero.  Translated from Polish.  New,
Deluxe illustrated edition in 2 volumes.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1897.  (355 pp., 352 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero.  Translated from Polish.  New,
Deluxe illustrated edition in 2 volumes.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1897.  Purple cover. 
Owned by James Cardell.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Sielanka: A Forest Picture, and Other Stories.  Translated from Polish.  Boston:
Little, Brown & Co., 1898.  (592 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  The Deluge.  A Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden and Russia.  Translated from
Polish.  2 volumes.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1891.  (585 pp., 673 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  The Deluge.  A Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden and Russia.  Translated from
Polish.  Popular Edition.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1898.  (MCHS is missing vol. 2) 

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  The Judgement of Peter and Paul on Olympus.  Translated from Polish.  Boston:
Little, Brown & Co., 1900.  (24 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  The Knights of the Cross.  Translated from Polish.  2 volumes.  Boston: Little,
Brown & Co., 1900.  (412 pp., 345 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  With Fire and Sword.  A Historical Novel of Poland and Russia.  Translated from
Polish.  4th edition, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1892.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Yanko the Musician and Other Stories.  Translated from Polish.  Boston: Little,
Brown & Co., 1893.  (281 pp.)

Tolstoi, Count Alexis.  Prince Serebryani.  A Historical Novel of the Times of Ivan the Terrible and of
The Conquest of Siberia.  Translated from Russian.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1892. 
(430 pp.)

Zagoskin, Michael.  Tales of Three Centuries.  Translated from Russian.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co.,
1891.  (355 pp.)

 

Translated by Others:

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis?  Translated into English by S.A. Binion & S. Malevsky. 
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1897.  (515 pp., Illus.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis?  Translated into German by G. Bathorn.  Berlin: Halle & Co.,
undated.  (523 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis? A Story of the Time of Nero.  Translated into English by William E.
Smith.  New York: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Co., 1898.  (412 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis? A Tale of the Time of Nero.  Translated into English by S.A. Binion
& S. Malevsky.  New York: Hurst & Co., 1897.  (515 pp.)

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Quo Vadis? Erzablung aus dem Zeitalter Neros.  Translated into German by S.
Goldenring.  New York: & Baden: Ernst Kaufmann, undated.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  The Knights of the Cross (The Crusaders).  Translation unknown.  New York:
Street & Smith, 1900.  2 volumes

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  With Fire and Sword.  Translated into English by Samuel A. Binion.  5th edition,
rev.  Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1898.  (Illustrated by M. DeLipman)

 

Other Works in the Curtin Collection:

A’Kempis, Thomas.  The Imitation of Christ.  Translated by Rt. Rev. R. Challoner.  Dublin: M.H. Gill
and Son, 1885.

Alexander, Rev. Archibald.  History of the Israelites.  Philadelphia & Boston: Perkins & Marvin, 1834.

Champlin, John D. Jr., Ed.  Narrative of the Mission to Russia in 1866 of the Hon. Gustavus Vasa Fox.
From the Journal & Notes of J.F. Loubat.  New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1873.

Codex Dresdensis.  Mayan codex.  No publication or date.

Cortesiansis.  Mayan Codex.  D. Juan De Disco De La Rada Y Delgado & D Jeronimo Lopez de Ayla y
Del Hierras.  National Archiological Musuem, Madrid, 1892.

Cynthia.  New Haven: G. Bruce, 1798.

Edison, T.F., F.T. Baily, & Charles J. Westinghouse.  Edison’s Handy Encyclopedia of General
     Information and Universal Atlas.  Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1898.

Fiske, John.  Civil Government in the United States.  Considered with some Reference to its Origins. 
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890.

Fiske, John.  Life Everlasting.  Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901.

Fiske, John.  The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge.  Boston & New York: Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., 1887.

Fiske, John.  The War of Independence.  Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1890.

Goodrich, Jeremiah.  Murray’s Improved English Reader.  Windsor, VT: Simeon, 1826.

Holy Bible.  King James Version.  Oxford: University Press, 1859.  Owned by Jeremiah Curtin.  Front
Cover separate.

MacCurtin, Hugh (comp.).  English-Irish Dictionary.  Paris, 1732.  (Ancestor of Jeremiah Curtin)

MacHale, John (Archbishop of Tuam), trans. and ed.  A Selection of Moore’s Melodies.  New York:
Lynch, Cole & Meehan, 1880.

Manks Bible. (Isle of Man Bible).  London: George Eyre & Andrew Strahan, 1819.  In manx.  Curtins
Purchased in London.

Memoir of Sarah Maria Stearns.  Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1844.

Miss Laura’s Wedding Day.  Newport, RI: Sunday School of Trinity Church, Newport, undated.

Murray, Lindley.  The English Reader.  Bellows falls: Bill Blake & Co., 1820.

Peek, Hedley & F.C. Aflalo, eds.  Encyclopeia of Sport, 2 volumes.  London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd.,
1897.

Perry, Thomas Sergeant.  John Fiske.  In Beacon Biography of Eminent Americans Series.  Boston:
Small Maynard & Co., 1906.

Popovic, Georg.  German-Serbian Dictionary.  Pancova, 1895.

Powell, J.W.  First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian
     Institution, 1879-1880.  Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881.

Rohles, Dr. Friedrich.  German-English Dictionary.  Leipzig, undated.

Shakespeare, William.  The Plays of William Shakespeare. Vol. XVII: “Hamlet”.  Leipzig: Printed for
Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, 1811.

Sienkiewicz, Henryk.  Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland.  Translated from Polish by Iga
Young.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1893.  (2 copies)

Stevans, C.M.  American Dictionary for Vest Pocket.  Geo. M. Hill Co., 1899.

The First American Class Book.  (? Boston, 1820)

The New Testament.  London: George G. Eyre & William Spottiswoode, 1858.  Belonged to Alma
Curtin’s mother and grandmother.

Tolstoi, Count Leo.  The Cossacks.  Translated by Laura E. Kendall.  New York: George Munro, 1888.

Tolstoy, Count Leo.  The Cossacks: A Tale of the Caucasus in 1852.  Translated from Russian by Eugene
Schuyler.  New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1888.

Webster, Noah, comp.  An American Dictionary of the English Language.  Rev. and enlarged by
Chauncey A Goodrich.  Springfield, MA: Geo. & Charles Merriam, 1856.

White, Stewart Edward.  The Silent Places.  New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905.

Young, Arthur.  Hell Up to Date.  Chicago: Schulte Publishing co., 1892.

 

Harvard College Reports:

Harvard College.  Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1863.  July 1863 to July 1866.  Cambridge:
John Wilson & Sons, 1866.

Harvard College.  Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1863.  July 1866 to June 1869.  Boston: A.
Mudge & son, 1869.

Harvard College.  Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1863.  June 1875 to June 1883.  Cambridge:
John Wilson & Sons, 1883.

Harvard College.  Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1863.  June 1888 to June 1893.  Cambridge:
John Wilson & Sons, 1893.

Harvard College.  Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1863.  June 1903 to June 1913.  Cambridge:
University Press, 1913.

Harvard College.  The Seventh Report of the Secretary of the Class of 1862.  June, 1897.  Boston: A.
Mudge & son, 1897.

 

Foreign Language Books:

Batowskiego, St., G. Jankowskiego, and P. Stachiewicza.  Album Henryk Sienkiewicz: Potop w
     ilustracyach.  Warsaw: 1899. 

Grots, Caroline.  Volume of poetry in Russian.  St Petersburg, 1909.

Japanese book, paper, brightly colored covers.

Kossaka, Juljusz, et. al.  Album Henryka Sienkiewicza: Ogniem I Mieczem; Potop; Pan Wolod y jowski.
Warsaw, 1899.

Kossaka, Juljusz.  Album Henryk Sienkiewicza: Ogniem Mieczem.  Warsaw: 1899.

Polish Text, Warsaw, 1896.

Russian volume, 1870.

Sin Ioh Shu Kuan-Hua.  1888.  Romanized Mandarin.

Swietochowski, Aleksander.  Pisma. Volume 4.  Cracow: Gebethner, undated.

Trebitsch, Marianne.  Irsche Marchen.  Vienna: Rikola Verlag, 1926.

Wachowski, Kazmierz.  Stowianszczyana Zachodia.  Tom I. Warsaw, 1903.

 

Works collected/Research by MCHS about Jeremiah Curtin:

Agassiz, Louis.  The Classification of Insects from Embryological Data.  Paper presented to the American
Association for the Advancement of Science at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in August 1849. 
Published as part of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Vol. II, article 6, March 1850.

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XXXV (Autumn 1951): 17-20.

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Series 7: Photographs

Box Number

Folder

 

 

 

Family and Friends

 

 

Jeremiah Curtin

19

1-2

Alma (Cardell) Curtin

19

3

Curtin Family

19

3A

Drawings by Alma Curtin

19

3B

Cardell & Norton Family; Curtin Mausoleum

19

4

Cardell & Norton Family; Henryk Sienkiewicz (Negatives)

19

5

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Family, & Home (with Curtin)

19

6

Henryk Sienkiewicz, Family, & Home (with Curtin)

19

7

American & European Notables, Friends, & Acquaintances

19

8

6 contact proof sheets & 5 envelopes of negatives of photos of Cardell &
Norton families, also Furlongs of Milwaukee

19

9 (envelope)

Photos of Jeremiah Curtin House, Greendale, WI, taken by Robert A.
Norton (Alma Curtin’s Grand-nephew) on visit to Milwaukee

19

10 (envelope)

Photos of Jeremiah Curtin Hall, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, taken By Robert A. Norton on visit to Milwaukee

19

11 (envelope)

 

 

 

Russian Photos

 

 

Russia - Assorted Locales

20

12

Russian People

20

13

Siberia - Buriat Community

20

14

Siberia - Buriat People

20

15

Mongolian Masks

20

16

Russian Notables, Friends, & Acquaintances of the Curtins

20

17

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Peace Conference, 1905

20

18

Russia (Negatives)

20

19

 

 

 

Irish Photos

 

 

Aran Islands

21

20

Blasket Island

21

21

County Clare

21

22

County Cork

21

23

County Donegal

21

24

County Dublin

21

25

County Galway

21

26

County Kerry

21

27

Skellig Island

21

28

Tory Island

21

29

Ventry Strand

21

30

Ireland - Miscellaneous Locales

21

31

Ireland - Unidentified Locales

21

32

Ireland - Unidentified People

21

33

MCHS Prints of 35 Irish & Scottish Photos

21

34

MCHS Prints of 35 Irish & Scottish Photos

21

34A

MCHS Prints of 35 Irish & Scottish Photos

22

Loose

 

 

 

Other Locations

 

 

Native American Communities (New York & California)

23

35

Canada

23

36

Egypt

23

37

Egypt

23

37A

France (including Monaco)

23

38

Germany

23

39

Greece

23

40

Guatamala

23

41

Holy Land

23

42

Italy (including museum photos of classical Roman statuary)

23

43

Mexico

23

44

Poland

23A

45

Spain

23A

46

Switzerland

23A

47

Unidentified People & Places

23A

48

Negatives of California & Canada

23A

49

Negatives of Austria, Sarajevo, Naples, & Others

23A

50

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Photos

 

 

4 photo albums, primarily travel photos with some personal/family photos

24

Whole box

33 glass plate negatives; primarily of Jeremiah Curtin but also travel photos

25

Whole box

Packet of Oversize Photos

CL W7

 

 

 

Curtin House Photos

 

 

Photos - Curtin House 1902 & 1907  Alma Cardell Curtin photos & original negatives

26

51

Photos - Curtin House 1930's

26

52

Photos - Curtin House 1936 HABS photos and DAR meeting

26

53

Photos - Curtin House Ca. 1942 Albert Toepfer photos

26

54

Photos - Curtin House 1958-1962

26

55

Photos - Curtin House 1966-1967

26

56

Photos - Curtin House 1974 Jeremiah Curtin Cardell visit

26

57

Photos - Curtin House 1975

26

58

Photos - Curtin House 1975 MPS Milwaukee Public Schools Archeological Dig

26

59

Photos - Curtin House 1977 Restoration Work

26

60

Photos - Curtin House 1977 work, timber removal documentation

26

61

Photos - Curtin House 1978 MCHS Archeological Dig

26

62

Photos - Curtin House 1980 Restoration Work

26

63

Photos - Curtin House Opening/Dedication 1985

26

64

Photos - Curtin House Drawings/Models

26

65

Irish prototypes - Curtin House

26

66

Photos - Curtin House Furnishings (Contact Sheets)

26

67

Photos - Curtin House Exterior Views (Includes Negatives & Contact Sheets)

26

68

Photos - Curtin House - Miscellaneous Maps, Events, Negatives

26

69

Photos - “Brown-Toned” Photos for Use in Curtin House Slide Show

26

70