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Inventory of the Lancelot Minor Harris Papers, 1872-1940

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: The Lancelot Minor Harris papers contains personal papers, correspondence, and written materials. Correspondents include James Easterby, DuBose Heyward, Ludwig Lewisohn, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Albert Simons, Thomas Tobias, and others. Written materials include notes concerning Harris' classes and personal writing, prepared by Paul Weidner. Also included in the collection are the personal papers and correspondence of Carlotta Harris.
Title: Lancelot Minor Harris papers
Creator: Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941
Date(s): 1872-1940  (bulk 1890-1930)  
Extent: 6.25 linear feet
(15 document boxes, 1 slim document box, 1 oversize folder)
Repository: Special Collections, College of Charleston Libraries
66 George Street
Charleston, SC 29424
Phone: (843) 953-8016
Fax: (843) 953-6319
URL: http://archives.library.cofc.edu
Call Number: Mss 0022
Language of Material: Materials predominantly in English; One letter and parts of correspondence in Latin

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Biographical Note

Lancelot Minor Harris was a professor of English at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina for 43 years. His father was a professor at the University of Virginia. Harris graduated from Washington and Lee in 1888, then taught Latin at Tulane High School in New Orleans for a year before returning to Washington and Lee to teach German and Latin. While working on his Ph. D. at Johns Hopkins University, Harris became an instructor of English at Indiana University. Upon graduating Harris accepted a position at Charleston, Harris married Carlotta Letitia Morrow Hill (b. 1865) in 1917.


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Collection Overview

Papers (1872-1940) relating to Lancelot Minor Harris include a Harris genealogy, funeral arrangements for Harris, correspondence, Harris family financial papers, Indiana University yearbooks, items from Harris's travels in the United States and Europe, sketches, ephemera, notes, published and unpublished writings, and photographs.

Letters to Harris from family, friends, colleagues, and others concern professional and family matters. Correspondents include James Easterby, DuBose Heyward, Ludwig Lewisohn (including typescripts of unpublished poems), Herbert Ravenel Sass, Albert Simons, Thomas Tobias, and others.

Notes and notebooks pertain to Harris' classes and writings. A catalog of Harris's writing prepared by Paul Weidner is included. Writings, both cataloged and uncataloged include clippings, printed articles, a typed diary (1910), speeches, a holograph, and typed prose and poetry. Included are Carlotta Harris's miscellaneous papers and letters from family and friends concerning personal and family matters. The correspondence of other family members is also included. Photographs are of various locations in Charleston, S.C. and of family and friends.

Collection Arrangement

The collection is arranged by topic into 8 series. The first series contains biographical and 18th century genealogical materials, as well as funeral arrangements. The second series is comprised of correspondence between Harris, friends, and family. The third series is made up of personal papers; diplomas, financial papers, letters of recommendation, a marriage certificate, passports, etc. The fourth series is a compilation of Lancelot Minor Harris' writings, both published and unpublished. The fifth series is devoted to the correspondence of Carlotta Harris, friends, and family. The sixth series contains the correspondence of the Harris's family and friends. The seventh series is a compilation of photographs taken of Charleston, South Carolina, family, and friends. The eigth series is comprised of additions, including correspondence, notes, lectures, and research papers.

1.  Biographical information
2.  Correspondence
3.  Personal papers
4.  Writings
5.  Correspondence of Carlotta Harris
6.  Correspondence of Lancelot and Carlotta Harris's family and friends (not addressed to the Harris's)
7.  Photographs
8.  Additions


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Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person, family, or organization, by topical subject, by place, and by types of material.

    Names

    • Harris, Lancelot Minor, 1868-1941
    • Harris, Carlotta Letitia, b. 1865
    • Easterby, J. H. (James Harold), 1898-1960
    • Heyward, DuBose, 1885-1940
    • Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955
    • Sass, Herbert Ravenel, 1884-1958
    • Simons, Albert, 1890-
    • Tobias, Thomas J.

    Subjects

    • American literature--South Carolina--Charleston
    • English teachers--South Carolina--Charleston

    Places

    • South Carolina--History--1865-
    • South Carolina--Social life and customs

    Types of Material

    • Letters (correspondence)
    • Photographs
    • Sketches
    • Ephemera
    • Published and unpublished writings
    • Clippings (information artifacts)
    • Notes
    • Poetry
    • Speeches

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    Related Resources

    Related Material

    Related collections in Special Collections include the Ludwig Lewisohn papers (Mss 0028) and the Stephenson family papers (Mss 0050).


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    Detailed Description of the Collection

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    1. Biographical information



    Biographical and genealogical materials, funeral arrangements, and 18th century genealogy   box 1 | folder 1

    See also LMH-correspondence-Annie Gordon.


    2. Correspondence, 1887-1940  



    "A.," undated   box 1 | folder 2


    Adams, H.B., 1894   box 1 | folder 3


    Adams, Joseph, 1935   box 1 | folder 4


    Adler, Felix, 1928   box 1 | folder 5


    Aken, J.T., 1894, 1896, 1897   box 1 | folder 6


    Anderson, L.S.B., 1894   box 1 | folder 7


    Ashby, J.M., 1897   box 1 | folder 8


    Baker, Katherine M., 1897-1901   box 1 | folder 9


    Barker, Theodore, 1907   box 1 | folder 10


    Barnard, John (?), 1939   box 1 | folder 11


    Belden, H.M., 1893-1900, 1903-1904, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1815, 1919, 1934, 1935, 1939   box 1 | folder 12

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Bellitz (?), 1897   box 1 | folder 13


    Bennett, Harold, undated   box 1 | folder 14


    Bennett, John, 1908, 1918, 1920, 1927, 1931, 1934, 1939   box 1 | folder 15


    Berkeley, Fanny, 1909   box 1 | folder 16

    See also Young, Fanny Berkeley.



    Berkeley, William, 1919-1920, 1924, 1926-1928   box 1 | folder 17


    Blandiford, Merlin, 1915   box 1 | folder 18


    Blue, Elisha, 1931   box 1 | folder 19


    Boni, 1890   box 1 | folder 20


    Bright, James W., 1898   box 1 | folder 21

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Brooks, Alfred M., 1897   box 1 | folder 22


    Brown-James, B.H., 1901   box 1 | folder 23


    Brown, W.G., 1889, 1915   box 1 | folder 24


    Broyles, Frank E., 1916-1917, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1939   box 1 | folder 25


    Bryan, W.A., 1940   box 1 | folder 26


    Bryce, James, 1905   box 1 | folder 27


    Campbell, H.D., 1922   box 1 | folder 28


    Campbell, J.L., 1898, 1904   box 1 | folder 29


    Campbell, Killis, 1921   box 1 | folder 30


    Campbell, Leslie L., 1933, 1934, 1940   box 1 | folder 31


    Carichoff, 1887-1890   box 1 | folder 32


    Carlyle, A.I., 1926   box 1 | folder 33


    Chamberlain, Olin, 1934   box 1 | folder 34


    Christie, Frank L, 1928   box 1 | folder 35


    Cowley, Gail, 1900-1901, 1906   box 1 | folder 36


    Craigie, W.A., 1935   box 1 | folder 37


    Crow, C.L., 1889-1898   box 1 | folder 38

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Currell, W.S., 1898, 1919   box 1 | folder 39


    Davidson, Charles, 1897-1898   box 2 | folder 1


    Della Torre, Thomas, 1912, 1915, 1916-1918, 1920, 1922-1924, 1929-1930, 1932, 1939   box 2 | folder 2


    Dewberry, Charles, 1924, 1927   box 2 | folder 3


    Dick, A.C., 1920   box 2 | folder 4


    Dowden, Edward, 1910   box 2 | folder 5


    Duval, Esther, 1887-1889, 1899   box 2 | folder 6


    Easter, D.B., 1916-1917, 1923, 1928-1929   box 2 | folder 7


    Easterby, James, 1928   box 2 | folder 8


    Edson, Helen Poe, 1931   box 2 | folder 9


    Fishburne, 1915, 1924   box 2 | folder 10


    Fitzsimmons, E.M., 1907-1908, 1919-1922, 1924-1926, 1929-1931, 1933, 1935, 1939-1940   box 2 | folder 11


    Fred, undated   box 2 | folder 12


    Fronet, Horace Howard, 1906   box 2 | folder 13


    Frost, Celestine, 1939   box 2 | folder 14


    Gamotes, A., 1889   box 2 | folder 15


    Gayley, Charles Mills, 1895   box 2 | folder 16


    Geibel, Emanuel, undated   box 2 | folder 17


    Geiserhevne, 1933-1934   box 2 | folder 18


    Generelly, Laurence, 1889-1891   box 2 | folder 19


    Gilbert, 1920   box 2 | folder 20


    Gillis, Adolph, 1931-1932   box 2 | folder 21


    Goney, J.H., 1930   box 2 | folder 22


    Gordon, Annie, 1939   box 2 | folder 23


    Gordon, Mary, 1925   box 2 | folder 24


    Gorrell, Hendren, 1893, 1896, 1935, 1939   box 2 | folder 25


    Graeser, C.A., 1901, 1906, 1917-1918, 1921-1922, 1929, 1939-1940   box 2 | folder 26


    Grave, Jeannie, 1906, 1909, 1936   box 2 | folder 27


    Green, George, 1923   box 2 | folder 28


    Guerry, W.A. Bishop, 1921   box 2 | folder 29


    Hall, W.S., 1897   box 2 | folder 30


    Hamilton, Mrs., 1932   box 2 | folder 31


    Harris, Agnes (sister) 1892, 1906, 1909-1910, 1920, 1924   box 2 | folder 32


    Harris, Alice, 1898   box 2 | folder 33


    Harris, C.K. (mother) 1893-1903, 1907-1909   box 2 | folder 34


    Harris, Carlotta (wife) 1907, 1909, 1912, 1914. 1917, 1920-1928   box 3 | folder 1


    Harris, C.J. (father) 1891, 1893, 1894   box 3 | folder 2


    Harris, Cassie (sister) 1906, 1910, 1924-1925, 1935   box 3 | folder 3


    Harris, Lillian (sister-in-law M.Temple) 1897, 1915   box 3 | folder 4


    Harris, Norvell W. (uncle) 1894, 1902, 1915, 1916   box 3 | folder 5


    Harris, Temple (brother) 1887, 1890, 1893-1898, 1903, 1914-1915   box 3 | folder 6


    Harris, W.B.T. (brother) 1883-1887   box 3 | folder 7


    Harris, W.W.H. (brother) 1876, 1897-1899   box 3 | folder 8


    Harris, Walter D. (no direct relation) 1908   box 3 | folder 9


    Harrison, James A., 1897-1898   box 3 | folder 10

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Harry, 1898   box 3 | folder 11


    Haymaker, Richard, 1939   box 3 | folder 12


    Hennesey, Pinckeney Caroline, 1933   box 4 | folder 1


    Henog, Edna, 1916   box 4 | folder 2


    Heyward, DuBose, 1922-1923   box 4 | folder 3


    Hight, V.A., undated   box 4 | folder 4


    Hill, James, 1925-1933, 1917, 1921-1922   box 4 | folder 5


    Hopstein, Fannie, 1887-1888, 1890   box 4 | folder 6


    Hutty, Alfred, 1927   box 4 | folder 7


    Hyde, Joseph, 1927   box 4 | folder 8


    Jervey, Theodore, 1917-1918   box 4 | folder 9


    Jones, Harry, 1920-1924, 1936, 1939-1940   box 4 | folder 10


    Joynes, Edward S., 1899, 1908   box 4 | folder 11


    Kaute, Gustave, 1894   box 4 | folder 12


    Keir, Lindsay, 1929   box 4 | folder 13


    Kelley, W.B., 1914   box 4 | folder 14


    Kennoway, Katharine, 1901-1902, 1929, 1939, 1940   box 4 | folder 15


    Kurt, Charles L., 1909   box 4 | folder 16


    Kurt Charles L., undated   box 4 | folder 17


    Lavergne, Edward, 1929-1931   box 4 | folder 18


    Lavergne, Helene, undated   box 4 | folder 19


    Lee, Eleanor, 1894-1896   box 4 | folder 20


    Letcher, Greenlee, 1933-1934   box 4 | folder 21


    Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1902-1925, 1953   box 4 | folder 22


    Lewisohnn's (Ludwig) unpublished writings   box 4 | folder 23


    Lewisohn, Mary Arnold, 1903, 1923   box 4 | folder 24


    Literary Digest, 1936   box 5 | folder 1


    M.M., 1882   box 5 | folder 2


    Maas, Charles, 1896   box 5 | folder 3


    McAnde, R.J., undated   box 5 | folder 4


    McCrum, Blanche, 1935   box 5 | folder 5


    MacDouglad, H.K., 1889   box 5 | folder 6


    McGillivary, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1922, 1936, 1940   box 5 | folder 7


    McKeithan, D.M., 1932, 1937-1938, 1940   box 5 | folder 8


    MacLaughlin, Martin, 1931   box 5 | folder 9


    Marckwardt, Madame, undated   box 5 | folder 10


    May, Philip, 1920, 1930, 1936   box 5 | folder 11


    May, T.K., undated   box 5 | folder 12


    Mazyck, Arthur, 1909, 1914   box 5 | folder 13


    Mebane, Isabelle, 1930-1932   box 5 | folder 14


    Mills, George   box 5 | folder 15


    Minor, Ellen, 1897-1898   box 5 | folder 16


    Moore, Glover, 1887   box 5 | folder 17


    Morrison, W.M., 1890   box 5 | folder 18


    Morrow, Maggie (Carlotta's sister) 1914, 1917   box 5 | folder 19


    Morrow, Mrs. (Carlotta's mother) 1920   box 5 | folder 20


    New York Times, 1936   box 5 | folder 21


    Ogg, David, 1926, 1932, 1933, 1939-1940   box 5 | folder 22


    Owen, Blanche, 1897   box 5 | folder 23


    Pancoas, Henry, 1917,1921, 1927   box 5 | folder 24


    Parker, Thomas Drayton, 1933   box 5 | folder 25


    Parker, William, undated   box 5 | folder 26


    Payton, Mathew, 1929   box 5 | folder 27


    Phelps, George T., 1901-1902, 1907   box 5 | folder 28

    Includes Mrs. Pretry.



    Phon, 1917   box 5 | folder 29


    Poindexter, Daisy, 1898   box 5 | folder 30


    Poindexter, Miles, 1912   box 5 | folder 31


    Poteat, William Louis, 1916   box 5 | folder 32


    Pothier, Blanche, 1890-1891, 1893-1894, 1896   box 5 | folder 33


    Pothier, O.L., 1890   box 5 | folder 34


    Povohovshikov, 1935   box 5 | folder 35


    Powell, S. Vance, 1915   box 5 | folder 36


    Prather, Agnes   box 5 | folder 37

    See Agnes Harris.



    Prather, C.H., 1896-1898   box 5 | folder 38


    Prather, Eva, undated   box 5 | folder 39


    Prather, Mary Lou, 1902-1907   box 5 | folder 40


    Prescott, Henry L., 1897-1898   box 5 | folder 41

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    R., Edith G., 1894-1895   box 5 | folder 42


    Randolph, H., 1898-1941   box 5 | folder 43


    Ritchie, Gertrude, undated   box 6 | folder 1


    Ritchie, John, 1938-1939   box 6 | folder 2


    Rivers, H. Rutledge, 1923   box 6 | folder 3


    Robinson, Fred, undated   box 6 | folder 4


    S., B.F., 1898 (?)   box 6 | folder 5


    S., C.J., 1895-1896, 1898   box 6 | folder 6


    Sampson, Martin, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1907-1909, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1925   box 6 | folder 7

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Sass, G.H., 1901, 1903   box 6 | folder 8


    Sass, Herbert Ravenel, 1921, 1924-1935   box 6 | folder 9


    Saul, Theodore, 1907, 1932   box 6 | folder 10


    Scott, A.L., 1897   box 6 | folder 11


    Scott, Frances Greenhom, 1893, 1898, 1936   box 6 | folder 12


    Scott, Katherine, 1896   box 6 | folder 13


    Scott, Leroy, 1896   box 6 | folder 14


    Scott, Millie, 1897, 1901-1902   box 6 | folder 15


    Scott, N.E., 1893-1901, 1903, 1903, 1911-1912   box 6 | folder 16


    Scott, Sadie, 1899   box 6 | folder 17


    Scott, Sally, 1893-1895, 1902, 1905   box 6 | folder 18


    Shaffer, E.T.H., undated   box 6 | folder 19


    Shannon, Edgar, 1935   box 6 | folder 20


    Simons, Albert, 1925   box 6 | folder 21


    Sinkler, Spogen(?), 1919   box 6 | folder 22


    Skeat, W.W., undated   box 6 | folder 23


    Sledd, Benjamin, 1884-1888, 1891-1904, 1907-1908, 1910-1911, 1914, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1935, 1936   box 7 | folder 1

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Smith, Alphonse, 1893-1898, 1909-1910, 1900-1902, 1904-1905. 1915, 1917, 1921, 1923   box 7 | folder 2

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Smith, Caroline R. Huger, 1916   box 7 | folder 3


    Smith, Fred, 1930   box 7 | folder 4


    Spellman, Frank J., 1918, 1935, 1932, 1936, 1940   box 7 | folder 5


    Stemple, Guido, 1898, 1904, 1926, 1935   box 7 | folder 6

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Stephenson, Nathaniel, 1896-1899, 1901-1903, 1906, 1909, 1912, 1923   box 7 | folder 7

    See also Letters of recommendation-1898.



    Sunbower, C.J., 1908   box 7 | folder 8


    Svendsen, James, 1936   box 7 | folder 9


    Swain, Joseph, 1897   box 7 | folder 10


    Swiggett, Glen, 1895-1896   box 7 | folder 11


    T., Elizabeth, 1939   box 7 | folder 12


    Taylor, George Coffin, 1934   box 7 | folder 13


    Theobald, John, 1932-1933, 1940   box 7 | folder 14


    Thomas, Charles J., 1921   box 7 | folder 15


    Tobias, Thomas, 1929-1930   box 7 | folder 16


    Townsend, Evelyn, 1933   box 7 | folder 17


    Townsend, Minnie Ethel, 1897   box 7 | folder 18


    Trent, W.P., undated   box 7 | folder 19


    University of Michigan: Early Modern English Dictionary Project   box 7 | folder 20


    W., E., 1893-1894   box 7 | folder 21


    Walker, Legare, 1934-1935   box 7 | folder 22


    Walton, E.P., 1925, 1927-1931   box 7 | folder 23


    Walton, Mary, undated   box 7 | folder 24


    Waring, T.R., 1925   box 7 | folder 25


    Warner, Charles, 1888   box 7 | folder 26


    Waugh, Cassie, 1896, 1898   box 7 | folder 27


    Waugh, T.M., 1903   box 7 | folder 28


    Wauchope, G. Armstrong, 1897, 1927   box 7 | folder 29

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Weber, W.L., 1897   box 7 | folder 30


    Weidner, Paul, 1923-1927, 1936, 1939-1940   box 7 | folder 31


    White, H.J., 1892, 1897-1898   box 7 | folder 32


    Whitney, Sherwood G., 1917   box 7 | folder 33


    Wilbur, Walter: 1902, 1904   box 7 | folder 34


    Williams, Albert C., 1897   box 7 | folder 35


    Willie, W., undated   box 7 | folder 36


    Wood, Henry, 1893   box 7 | folder 37

    See also Letters of recommendation.



    Young, Fanny Berkeley, 1909, 1928   box 7 | folder 38


    Unidentified   box 7 | folder 39

    3. Personal papers, 1888-1939  



    Bel-Aire   box 8 | folder 1

    See also LMH-N.E. Scott.


    Diplomas   Oversize Paper Folder 1
    (Flat storage)
    Bachelor of Arts, Washington and Lee, 1888
    Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1898
    Doctor of Letters, Wake Forest College, 1917


    Financial papers or Lncelot Minor Harris family, 1913-1920, 1929, 1936, 1939   box 8 | folder 2

    See also Notebooks.



    Indiana University yearbook, 1894   box 8 | folder 3


    Letters of recommendation, 1893-1898   box 8 | folder 4


    Marriage certificate, 1917   box 8 | folder 5


    New Orleans: prints collected during a year's stay, 1889   box 8 | folder 6


    Newspaper clippings; poems, literary articles, and WWI   box 8 | folder 7


    Passports and registration certificates (Great Britain), 1920, 1925   box 8 | folder 8

    With photos of Lancelot and Carlotta.



    Sketches (unattributed)   box 8 | folder 9


    Travels in America and Europe   box 8 | folder 10

    See also Correspondence and cataloged writings, letter books.



    Two unpublished numbers of the Spoon River   box 8 | folder 11

    Anthology, possibly illustrated by Carlotta Harris (C.M.H.).


    4. Writings



    Notes and notebooks   box 8 | folder 12


    Catalog of Harris' writings   box 8 | folder 13

    Prepared by Paul Weidner.



    Cataloged writings, 1-8   box 9 | folder 1


    Cataloged writings, 9-11   box 9 | folder 2


    Cataloged writings, 12-13   box 10 | folder 1


    Cataloged writings, 14-35   box 10 | folder 2


    Cataloged writings, 36-40, 42-43   box 10 | folder 3


    Articles (some photocopies)   box 10 | folder 4


    "Oxford"   box 10 | folder 5


    Program, Part I: A retrospect of Tannhauser   box 10 | folder 6


    Programs for selections from Lohengrin   box 10 | folder 7


    "Sentimentalism in Shakespeare and Elsewhere"   box 10 | folder 8


    "Studies in the Anglo-Saxon Version of the Gospels-part I"   box 10 | folder 9


    "Style and Literature"   box 10 | folder 10


    Untitled address   box 10 | folder 11


    Untitled manuscript, prose and poetry   box 10 | folder 12

    5. Correspondence of Carlotta Harris, 1886-1940  



    A., L.L., 1939   box 11 | folder 1


    Armstrong, M., 1927   box 11 | folder 2


    Bella, 1936   box 11 | folder 3


    Bennett, John, 1926   box 11 | folder 4


    Berkeley, Helene, undated   box 11 | folder 5


    Berkeley, William, 1922, 1923   box 11 | folder 6


    Betty, 1939   box 11 | folder 7


    Blidsol, E.P., 1927   box 11 | folder 8


    Daisy, 1917   box 11 | folder 9


    Datton, Eleanor, 1930   box 11 | folder 10


    Dewberry, Isabellle, 1924   box 11 | folder 11


    Geiz, 1939   box 11 | folder 12


    Geisenheimer, A.L., undated   box 11 | folder 13


    Gussie, 1933   box 11 | folder 14


    H., L.H., 1921   box 11 | folder 15


    Harris, Agnes, 1917, 1924   box 11 | folder 16


    Harris, James, undated   box 11 | folder 17


    Harris, L.M., 1908, 1913-1915   box 11 | folder 18-21


    Joanna, undated   box 12 | folder 1


    Hartley, Edwin, 1920   box 12 | folder 2


    Hight, V.A., 1925-1936   box 12 | folder 3-5


    Hill, James, 1917, 1920-1922, 1925, 1930, 1933   box 12 | folder 6


    Isabelle, 1928-1930   box 12 | folder 7


    Jones, H., 1939   box 12 | folder 8


    Keir, Lindsay D., 1926   box 12 | folder 9


    Keir, Ella, 1929   box 12 | folder 10


    Keir, Lizzie, 1925, 1930   box 12 | folder 11


    Kennedy, Jean, 1928   box 12 | folder 12


    Lees, Ronald, 1926   box 12 | folder 13


    Logan, Ellen, 1940   box 12 | folder 14


    May, Anne, undated   box 13 | folder 1


    May, Phillip, 1919-1920, 1925   box 13 | folder 2


    Mills, Madelene, undated   box 13 | folder 3


    Mitchell, Helen, undated   box 13 | folder 4


    Montgomery, Gertrude, 1926-1927   box 13 | folder 5


    Morris, May, 1925   box 13 | folder 6


    Morrow, James, 1886-1888   box 13 | folder 7


    Morrow, Maggie, 1919, 1921, 1923-1925, 1927   box 13 | folder 8-9


    Morrow, Mrs., 1899, 1920   box 13 | folder 10


    Ogg, Lonnie, 1939   box 13 | folder 11


    Pancoars, Dorothea, 1923   box 13 | folder 12


    Phelps, GeorgeT., 1896-1905, 1909-1910, 1912-1914   box 13 | folder 13


    Pigott, R.J., 1927   box 13 | folder 14


    Randolph, Harrison, 1917, 1938   box 13 | folder 15


    Richeson, Mary, undated   box 13 | folder 16


    Rolge, Lavra P., 1921   box 13 | folder 17


    Scott, Ethel S., 1926-1927   box 13 | folder 18


    Scott, F.G., undated   box 13 | folder 19


    Siegling, Rudolph, 1933   box 13 | folder 20


    Sledd, Ben, 1939   box 13 | folder 21


    Smith, Alice R.H., undated   box 13 | folder 22


    Stephenson, Martha, undated   box 13 | folder 23


    Theobald, John, 1931   box 13 | folder 24


    Underhill, Isabell, 1926-1927, 1929   box 13 | folder 25


    W., Lavra, 1940   box 13 | folder 26


    Wilson, B.G., 1925-1927, 1923   box 13 | folder 27

    Includes N.L. Wilson 1848, 1851; photo of C.H.'s uncle-1861.



    Young, Fanny Berkeley, 1928, 1938   box 13 | folder 28


    Listing of property for sale, 1925   box 13 | folder 29


    Medical diet and exercise   box 13 | folder 30

    6. Correspondence of Lancelot and Carlotta Harris's family and friends (not addressed to the Harris's), 1883-1939  



    Grandmother Harris to Daisy, undated   box 14 | folder 1


    Gillbert to Thomas Della Torre, 1914   box 14 | folder 2


    Curlee to Ellen Fitzsimons, 1920   box 14 | folder 3


    Helen McCormack to Ellen Fitzsimons, 1939   box 14 | folder 4


    Benjamin Sledd to Ellen Fitzsimons, undated   box 14 | folder 5


    Ella to Agnes Harris, 1904   box 14 | folder 6


    Agnes Harris to C.K. Harris, 1898, 1902   box 14 | folder 7


    Alice Harris to C.K. Harris, 1896   box 14 | folder 8


    Temple Harris to C.K. Harris, 1885, 1887, 1888   box 14 | folder 9


    W.B.T. Harris to C.K. Harris, 1884   box 14 | folder 10


    W.W.H. Harris to C.K. Harris, 1883, 1889   box 14 | folder 11


    S.F. Scott to Carter J. Harris, 1883   box 14 | folder 12


    James H. Dillard to Carter J. Harris, 1887   box 14 | folder 13


    Henry Field to Carter J. Harris, 1888   box 14 | folder 14


    E.S.I. to E.J. Hou, 1891   box 14 | folder 15


    C.K. Harris to Carter J. Harris, 1893   box 14 | folder 16


    H.M. Harris to Carter J. Harris, 1886   box 14 | folder 17


    John Hart to Carter J. Harris, 1893   box 14 | folder 18


    William Henry to Carter J. Harris, 1889   box 14 | folder 19


    R.R. Howison to Carter J. Harris, 1880   box 14 | folder 20


    M.W. Humphreys to Carter J. Harris, 1872   box 14 | folder 21


    William Preston Johnson to Carter J. Harris, 1885, 1888   box 14 | folder 22


    R.G.H. Kean to Carter J. Harris, 1892   box 14 | folder 23


    W. Gordon McCabe to Carter J. Harris, 1883   box 14 | folder 24


    M. Miller to Carter J. Harris, 1889   box 14 | folder 25


    William Smith to Carter J. Harris, 1883   box 14 | folder 26


    Governor of West Virginia to Carter J. Harris, undated   box 14 | folder 27


    J.R.S. Steffett to Carter J. Harris, 1883, 1886   box 14 | folder 28


    "Sister" to W.W.H. Harris, 1899   box 14 | folder 29


    Philip May to Anne May, 1918   box 14 | folder 30


    N.G.H. to James Morrow, 1888   box 14 | folder 31


    Doctor Hill to James Morrow, 1888   box 14 | folder 32


    Mrs. Morrow to James Morrow, 1883   box 14 | folder 33


    Mary Davis to Maggie Morrow, 1929   box 14 | folder 34


    James Hill to Maggie Morrow, 1917, 1922, 1933   box 14 | folder 35


    J.A. Johnson to Maggie, Morrow, 1932-1933   box 14 | folder 36


    B.J. Wilson to Maggie, Morrow, 1919   box 14 | folder 37


    Governor of West Virginia to J.H. Robinson, 1893   box 14 | folder 38

    7. Photographs



    Charleston   box 14 | folder 39

    Battery, Harris' room, College library, lodge, Randolph Hall and campus



    Identified family and friends   box 14 | folder 40


    Unidentified   box 14 | folder 41

    8. Additions



    Letter from John Theobald to Harris, 1934   box 15 | folder 1

    See also Correspondence, 1887-1940.



    Letter from "M.W.H." to Harris, 1893   box 15 | folder 2


    Letters to Carlotta Harris (wife), 1908, 1913-1915, 1921   box 15 | folder 3-7


    Writings, "Sentimentalism in Shakespeare-and elsewhere"   box 15 | folder 8

    See also Writings.



    Writings, "The New Venus and Adonis"   box 15 | folder 9


    Handwritten notes   box 15 | folder 10


    Bible, 1940   box 16 | folder 1


    Psalms and Hymns book, 1867   box 16 | folder 2


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