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THAYER, WILLIAM ROSCOE. Archive of an historian's manuscripts, notes and correspondence.

THAYER, WILLIAM ROSCOE. Archive of an historian's manuscripts, notes and correspondence. 3 boxes of manuscript, typed, and printed material, various sizes and conditions. Vp, ca. 1885-1922

  • Notes: Prolific historian and poet William Roscoe Thayer (1859-1923) was an 1881 graduate of Harvard, and remained affiliated with the school for most of his life. This archive represents a broad cross-section of Thayer''s work as an historian, including manuscripts on George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the Italian patriot Cavour, some unpublished; and approximately 300 letters addressed to Thayer, mostly relating to his Italian research circa 1906-1915, almost all in original envelopes.
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