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Abbott Memorial Collection,
1716-1928, n.d.
26.5 linear feet.
Catalog Number: M1
Series List:
- Correspondence, 1778-1928, n.d. 5.75
linear feet
- Biographical records, 1716-1903, n.d.
1 linear foot
- Documents, essays, ephemera, etc., 1743-1909,
n.d. 0.5 linear feet
- Cyrus Hamlin: correspondence, 1828-77,
n.d. 0.5 linear feet
- Hannibal Hamlin: correspondence, manuscripts,
etc., 1830-62, n.d. 0.25 linear feet
- Jacob Abbott: essays, journals, manuscripts,
etc., 1823-79, n.d.
- Lyman Abbott: notebooks, journals, clippings,
etc., 1859-1922, n.d.
- Lyman Abbott autograph collection
3.75 linear feet.
- Gorham D. Abbott: journals, essays, documents,
etc., 1830-73, n.d.
- Edward Abbott: essays, scrapbooks, etc.,
1860-1908, n.d.
- Literary World records
- Images
- Realia, 2.5 linear feet.
| Agency History / Biographical Note:
The papers, 1716-1928, of the Abbott family of Farmington, Maine,
center on two generations: Jacob (1803-79), John S.C. (1805-77)
and Gorham (1807-74) Abbott, and the brothers Hannibal (1809-62)
and Cyrus (1811-1900) Hamlin; and Jacob's sons Edward (1841-1908)
and Lyman (1835-1922) Abbott. Other 18th-20th century members of
the family are also represented, several of them women, including
Sallucia Abbott (1801-86), a school teacher.
The elder Abbotts were ministers, writers of juvenile, historical
or religious works, and educators. Jacob Abbott is best known for
his series of Rollo books for boys. Hannibal Hamlin, cousin to the
vice-president of the same name and a merchant and later employee
of the U.S. Treasury, married an Abbott and became Lyman's father-in-law;
Cyrus Hamlin was the missionary president of Roberts College in
Constantinople. The younger Abbotts were both clergymen and were
the editors of the Literary World and the Christian Union
or Outlook respectively.
Scope and Content:
The collection contains correspondence, much of it within the family;
biographical records on family members; the literary manuscripts of Jacob,
Lyman, and Edward Abbott; diaries, journals and scrapbooks kept by or
concerning family members; photographs; documents; and other records.
The Literary World records consist largely of letters written by
prominent Americans in tribute to Emerson, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier.
Other prominent names also appear in the autograph collection including,
among the approximately 850 British and American names therein, Booker
T. Washington, Louis Agassiz, Julia Ward Howe, Dolley Madison, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, Thomas Brackett Reed, John Greenleaf Whittier, and U.S.
Presidents Garfield, Grant, Hayes and Pierce. The manuscripts are complemented
by an extensive collection of published works.
Provenance:
Cite as: Abbott memorial collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library
Access Restrictions: None.
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