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Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical/Historical note ...... 3 Scope and Contents note ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 5 Related Materials ...... 6 Controlled Access Headings ...... 6 Collection Inventory ...... 6 Series I: Greece Under King George ...... 6 Subseries I: Typewritten extracts from numbered notebooks ...... 6 Subseries II: Handwritten notebooks ...... 8 Series II: Miscellaneous typewritten manuscripts ...... 11 Series III: Handwritten notebooks ...... 14 Series IV: Notebooks, sketchbooks, and scrapbooks ...... 15
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Summary Information
Repository: Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester Creator: Read, John Meredith, 1837-1896 Title: John Meredith Read papers ID: A.R28 Date [inclusive]: circa 1870-1907 Physical Description: 13 boxes Language of the English Material:
Preferred Citation
[Item title, item date], John Meredith Read Papers, A.R28, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
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Biographical/Historical note
John Meredith Read, Jr. was born in Philadelphia on February 21, 1837. The Read family was prominent in American political life; Read's great-grandfather George Read signed the Declaration of Independence and was a framer of the Constitution; his father, John Meredith Read, Sr., was a prominent Pennsylvania jurist who was outspoken on the "Free Kansas" issue and was later appointed Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Read was educated at a military school, followed by college education at Brown University and Albany (New York) Law School, from which he graduated in 1859. That year he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar and married Delphine Marie Pumpelly.
Read was an active supporter of Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party in the elections of 1860. As a reward, he was promoted to brigadier-general (the youngest man ever to hold this rank) and made adjutant-general of New York State, directing military affairs there during the Civil War with great success, eventually receiving official recognition from the War Department. His support of the Republican party continued through the Civil War, and he was active in General Ulysses S. Grant's campaign for President in 1868. His reward for service this time was to be appointed consul-general to France and Algeria in 1869. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), Read acted as the representative for the German government, protecting German interests and citizens until the Germans - Page 3- john_meredith_read_papers re-established diplomatic relations in 1872; for this, the Kaiser eventually tried to confer a knighthood on Read, but Congress never passed the resolution that would have allowed this. Read also looked after American and French interests during the Paris Commune uprising and the second siege of Paris. The French held him in such high esteem that in 1872 the Minister of War appointed him president of a commission to determine whether French troops should be taught English.
Recognizing Read's talents in the diplomatic service, Grant appointed him the first resident minister to Greece in 1873. Once again, his term of office was marked with diplomatic successes. One of his first accomplishments was to gain the release of the American ship Armenia from Greek authorities. In 1876, he compelled the Greek government to revoke an order banning sales of English translations of the Bible. In 1877, he notified the U.S. press that the Russo-Turkish War was disrupting Russia's wheat exports to Europe and that U.S. exports to Europe at that time might capture the market. The resulting grain exports to Europe netted U.S. businessmen $73 million. As minister, he was also responsible for protecting American interests and citizens during the Balkan crisis and War of 1875-1878.
Although Read was acclaimed both in Greece and America for his skillful diplomacy, Congress soon reduced the appropriations for Read's office during the financial slump of the late 1870's. He was reduced to the rank of chargé d'affaires in 1876, and the funding for the legation was cut off completely in 1878. As the Greek crisis with Turkey was at its height (and the Berlin Conference, which was to settle the issue, was still in the planning stages), Read, with the backing of the State Department, the Greek Prime Minister and King George I of Greece, declined to close the mission and remained in Greece at his own expense until 1880, at which time he retired. In 1881, King George made him a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer, the highest award the Greek government could bestow. He was also a member and later President of the Archaeological Society of Athens.
Read gained a reputation during his life as a scholar and historian. His best known work is A Historical Inquiry Concerning Henry Hudson (1866), which made new discoveries concerning the explorer's ancestors and antecedents; he was also the author of The Relation of Soil to Plants and Animals (1860), "First Annual Discourse before the Delaware Historical Society" (1864) and "A Letter in Greek and English addressed to the Archaeological Society of Greece upon the Death of the 5th Earl Stanhope, the Historian of the Reign of Queen Anne" (1875). Read spent his final years in Paris editing his collection of historical manuscripts relating to France, England, America and Greece; he also spent time preparing these manuscripts, as well as his various memoirs and letters, for publication. Read died in Paris on December 27, 1896. His final work, Historic Studies in Vaud, Bern and Savoy; from Roman Times to Voltaire, Rousseau and Gibbon appeared posthumously in 1897.
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Scope and Contents note
The collection consists primarily of documents relating to the latter half of Read's career, specifically to his posting in Greece. These documents were transcribed into a series of typewritten folios with the intention of being published as a book, tentatively titled Impressions of Greece Under King George, 1873-1882. The transcriptions include extensive notes on historical and travel works by other
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Rush Rhees Library Second Floor, Room 225 Rochester, NY 14627-0055 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.rochester.edu/spaces/rbscp
Restrictions on Access The John Meredith Read Papers is open for research use. Researchers are advised to contact the Rare Books Special Collections & Preservation Department prior to visiting. Upon arrival, researchers will also be asked to fill out a registration form and provide photo identification.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note Purchased at the City Book Auction, New York, February 23, 1942.
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Restrictions on Use In consultation with a curator, reproductions may be made upon request. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from a curator. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
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Related Materials
Related Archival Materials note
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Controlled Access Headings
• Greece • Diplomats • Correspondence • Albums (Books) • Photographs • Read, John Meredith, 1837-1896 • George I, King of the Hellenes, 1845-1913
Collection Inventory
Series I: Greece Under King George
Subseries I: Typewritten extracts from numbered notebooks Title/Description Instances Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire: Extracts from Box 1 Folder 1 notebooks 2, 19, 43
Athens, April 24-July 27, 1875. Ministerial crisis: Governmental Box 1 Folder 2 doings; Social notes: Extracts from notebooks 5, 29, 41
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Excursions about Athens; notes for letter concerning Philip, Box 1 Folder 3 5th Earl of Stanhope, President of the Antiquaries of London: Extracts from notebooks 7, 33
Notes about Mr. Bulgaris (Prime Minister), the Soutzo Family, Box 1 Folder 4 and M. Littra (an artist); miscellaneous notes: Extracts from notebooks 7, 33
Extracts from "Voyage dans la Grèce"; The Argolides; Mistra Box 1 Folder 5 and Argos. Also clippings on "Saronic Gulf" and "Tiryns" by E.A. Freeman Esq.: Extracts from notebooks 6, 8, 46
Notes upon George Finlay Esqre, the distinguished historian of Box 1 Folder 6 Greece. Also copy of manuscript page with Finlay's bookplate and facsimile signature: Extracts from notebook 10
Aegina (General Meredith Read's visit to Aegina; Mr. Box 1 Folder 7 Cochrane's visit to Aegina); Psyttalea; Voyage from Brindisi to the Piraeus in 1875: Extracts from notebooks 7, 11.
Note-book commenced at Athens. Feb. 8, 1876: Extracts from Box 1 Folder 8 notebook 13
Corfu: Parts I, II, and III. (3 folios): Extracts from notebooks 17, Box 1 Folder 9 18, 45
Short extracts from books upon Greece and the Orient: Extracts Box 1 Folder 10 from notebook 20
The Phanariote quarter at Constantinople and the History of the Box 1 Folder 11 Phanariotes: Extracts from notebook 26
Mr. Rawdon Brown [antiquary and archeologist] at Venice: Box 1 Folder 12 Extracts from notebook 27
Doctor J.F. Julius Schmidt, Esq. [Director of the Observatory Box 1 Folder 13 at Athens]; some meteorological observations: Extracts from notebooks 28, 47
Miscellaneous notes on People and Things, made at Athens, Box 1 Folder 14 July-Sept. 1876: Extracts from notebook 31
People encountered during residence at Athens. Parts I and II: Box 1 Folder 15 Extracts from notebooks 36, 37, 38
Judges; Lawyers' fees; Doctor's fees: Extracts from notebook 40 Box 1 Folder 16
Titles of publications to be purchased in London. [July 1876]: Box 1 Folder 17 Extracts from notebooks 41, 53
Servants in Greece: Extracts from notebook 42 Box 1 Folder 18
Ancient Greece and Greek literature; extracts from a memoir of Box 1 Folder 19 Sir Those. Wyse and Miss Wyse, 1854: Extracts from notebooks 13, 43
Excursions about Athens. Part II: Extracts from notebook 53 Box 2 Folder 1
Megara: Extracts from notebook 54 Box 2 Folder 2
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Box 2 Folder 3
An archaeological expedition to Nauplia; extracts from Box 2 Folder 4 Herodotus on Nauplia: Extracts from notebook 63
Concerning discovery of arms of Venus de Milo: Extracts from Box 2 Folder 5 notebook 95
Social notes: April 10-June 29, 1877: Extracts from notebook Box 2 Folder 6 101
An archaeological expedition to the Argolide, Or A mediaeval Box 2 Folder 7 glimpse at Nauplia and Greece at large. Parts I, II, and III: Extracts from notebook 102
People encountered during residence at Athens: Extracts from Box 2 Folder 8 notebook 109
Cannes to Athens and return, May 1879. A series of telegraphs, Box 2 Folder 9 letters, bills, etc.
Greek prisons Box 2 Folder 10
La Duchesse de Plaisance: Extracts from notebooks 9, 30, 36, Box 2 Folder 11 46, 58
Invitations and receptions at Athens Box 2 Folder 12
List of books purchased by General Read at Athens: Extracts Box 2 Folder 13 from notebooks 1, 11, 12, 53
Miscellaneous Box 2 Folder 14
Observations on Athens ancient and modern and the price of Box 2 Folder 15 land in and about Athens: Extracts from notebooks 29, 32
Tables of contents of note books unprinted. Extracts from Box 2 Folder 16 notebook 58. The Acropolis and the Parthenon: Extracts from notebook 48
Tables of contents of several note books Box 2 Folder 17
Newspaper clipping and engraving of the wedding of the Crown Box 2 Folder 18 Prince of Greece and Princess Sophie of Prussia. From The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper, November 23, 1889
Subseries II: Handwritten notebooks Title/Description Instances Description of Athens in the summer. Chapters I and II: Box 7 Folder 1 Notebook 25
Greece, etc. July 22-Sept. 11, 1876: Notebook 31 Box 7 Folder 1
Correspondence concerning General Read's discovery of the Box 7 Folder 2 authorship of a couplet quoted by Lord Macaulay in his Journal of Feb. 15, 1851: Notebook 49
Extracted from the Mémoires D'Archeology et d'Histoire par Box 7 Folder 2 George Perrot. Paris 1875: Notebook 70 - Page 8- john_meredith_read_papers
Scope and Contents
Notes concerning the popular superstitions of the Modern Greeks. Vol. A.
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Vol. I.: Box 7 Folder 3 Notebook 47
Greece. Monasteries and the Census of 187[2?]: Notebook 56 Box 7 Folder 4
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Vol. II.: Box 7 Folder 5 Notebook 57
Alphabetical note book No. 2 upon Greece commenced at Box 7 Folder 6 Athens Apr. 15, 1876.: Notebook 59
Extracted from the Mémoires D'Archeology et d'Histoire par Box 7 Folder 7 George Perrot. Paris 1875: Notebook 71 Scope and Contents
Notes concerning the commerce of silver at Athens. Vol. B.
Extracted from the Mémoires D'Archeology et d'Histoire par Box 7 Folder 8 George Perrot. Paris 1875: Notebook 72 Scope and Contents
Notes concerning the commerce of silver at Athens. Vol. C.
Extracts from Das Griechische Volk by Georg Ludw. von Box 7A Folder 1 Maurer: Notebook 64 Scope and Contents
1st Vol. Translated into Greek. Monasteries in Greece
Untitled. [Extracts from books on Greek history.]: Notebook 68 Box 7A Folder 2
Notes extracted from De l'Etat Actuel de la Grèce et des Moyens Box 7A Folder 3 d'arriver à sa Restauration par Frederic Thiersch. Vol. 1: Notebook 73
Notes extracted from De l'Etat Actuel de la Grèce et des Moyens Box 7A Folder 3 d'arriver à sa Restauration par Frederic Thiersch. Vol. 2.: Notebook 73
Notes extracted from De l'Etat Actuel de la Grèce et des Moyens Box 7A Folder 4 d'arriver à sa Restauration par Frederic Thiersch. Vol. 3: Notebook 75
Notes extracted from De l'Etat Actuel de la Grèce et des Moyens Box 7A Folder 4 d'arriver à sa Restauration par Frederic Thiersch. Vol. 4: Notebook 76
Extracts from Chateaubriand's Itineraire de Paris à Jerusalem. Box 7A Folder 5 Relating to Greece and Athens. Vol I: Notebook 77 - Page 9- john_meredith_read_papers
Extracts from Chateaubriand's Itineraire de Paris à Jerusalem. Box 7A Folder 5 Relating to Greece and Athens. Vol II: Notebook 78
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Vol. III: Box 7A Folder 6 Notebook 79
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Cicero's Box 7A Folder 6 connection with Athens. Vol. IV: Notebook 80
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Cicero's Box 7B Folder 1 connection with Athens. Vol. V: Notebook 81
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Extracts from Box 7B Folder 1 Athenes Ancienne et Noubell par le Sr. de la Guilletiere. Athens in April, 1669. Vol. VI: Notebook 83
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Extracts from Box 7B Folder 2 Athenes Ancienne et Noubell par le Sr. de la Guilletiere. Athens in April, 1669. Vol. VII: Notebook 84
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Notes from Mr. Box 7B Folder 2 Finlay's copy of Boeckh's Public economy of (ancient) Athens: Notebook 85
Notes on Venus de Milo. Athens, 1877: Notebook 96 Box 7B Folder 3
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Notes from Box 8 Folder 1 Strong's Greece as a Kingdom. 1842: Notebook 86
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Notes from A Box 8 Folder 1 picturesque tour through part of Europe, Asia and Africa by James Stuart Esq.: Notebook 87
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Notes from A Box 8 Folder 2 picturesque tour through part of Europe, Asia and Africa by James Stuart Esq. Vol. XII: Notebook 88
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. An Ancient Box 8 Folder 2 Athenian passeport or Sauf-conduit. Being historical observations upon a Bronze Plate which appears to have come from Athens, by M. Egger. Vol. XIII: Notebook 89
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Notes from Box 8 Folder 3 "Ten days in Athens" with "Notes by the way" and "Summer of 1861" by Dr. Corrigan. Vol. XIV: Notebook 90
Notes concerning Greece and especially Athens. Extracts from Box 8 Folder 3 Les oeuvres complètes de Ciceron. "Etude sur sa vie et ses ouvrages" par M. Charpentier... Paris 1870. Vol. I. Vol. XV: Notebook 91
Extracts on Ambelokipos and the Monastery of Hagios Box 8 Folder 4 Assomatos, Athens 1877: Notebook 92
Extracts on Mount Pentelicus and the Monastery of Penteli, Box 8 Folder 4 Athens 1877: Notebook 93
Extracts on Kephissia and Herodes Atticus also on Chalandri, Box 8 Folder 5 the birthplace of Pericles, Athens 1877: Notebook 94
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Extracts from La Venus de Milo, recherches sur l'histoire de la Box 8 Folder 5 découverte, d'après des documents inédits par Jean Aicard, Paris 1874: Notebook 97
The Venus de Milo: Notebook 98 Box 9 Folder 1
Fragmente aus den Orient von Dr. Jakob Ph. Fallmeyer: Box 9 Folder 2 Notebook 99
Athens, Attica and Greece by General Read: Notebook 104 Box 9 Folder 3
Dr. Schliemann. Letter to the Times: Notebook 105 Box 9 Folder 4
Hopf: Glance at the Internal condition of Greece during the Box 9 Folder 5 Frankish and Turkish Domination, 1204-1821: Notebook 107
The Phanariotes: Extracts translated from the History Of the Box 9 Folder 6 Greek Nation by C. Paparrigopoulos. Vol. II: Unnumbered notebook
Greece Under King George miscellaneous manuscripts Box 9 Folder 7
Notes, translated from the German, of Handbuch für "Reisende in Griechland" von Dr. Joh Ferd. Neigebaur, et.al.
Condition of the city of Athens from is submission under Roman rule to the end of the Ottoman Empire by Denis Sourmelis. Literally translated from the Greek.
"The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia in Greece". Oct. 1875.
Genealogical chart and family pictures Box 9 Folder 8 Related Materials: Related Materials
See Box 4, Folder 4 for details
Residence of George Read, Jr. New Castle [Del.] A.D. 1802.
General John Meredith Read Jr.
The Honorable John Read, 1769-1854.
William Read Esqre
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Series II: Miscellaneous typewritten manuscripts Title/Description Instances Cuba; Note on Mr. [William Hood] Stewart; Home of Jefferson; Box 3 Folder 1 Arrival at Washington; Mr. Charles Sumner; Mr. [Edward] Everett; President Polk.
England; Mr. John Forster; America; The Corbin family Box 3 Folder 2
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General Meredith Read's English Recollections. Also, several Box 3 Folder 3 press clippings and transcriptions, including clippings of "Queen Elizabeth at Hatfield" (MacMillian's Magazine, March and April 1882; in 2 parts) and "James and John Stuart Mill" ( MacMillian's Magazine, April 1882).
General William Ayrault Jackson; General Chester Alan Arthur; Box 3 Folder 4 General Benjamin Welch; General M.R. Patrick.
Here and There. France Box 3 Folder 5
Here and There. Lord Lytton Box 3 Folder 6
His Excellency Theodore P. Delyani's conversation with General Box 3 Folder 7 Meredith Read. [July 18 20, 1889. Delyani was a former Greek Prime Minister.]
Impressions of Paris and France Before, During and After the Box 3 Folder 8 German Siege and the Commune. [1889] Various recollections and memoirs
Duc de Noailles; Marquis de Moustier
Reception at the German Embassy, 6th June 1890
Note on Dinner at the Palais Bourbon, 16th June 1890
Autumn Days in Burgundy
His Majesty, George I, the King of the Helenes Box 3 Folder 9 Physical Description: 2 copies
Luzerne, N.Y.; Madame de Saint-ours Box 4 Folder 1
Notes made by General Meredith Read in Switzerland, 1879: Box 4 Folder 2 Notebooks I-XI, XIII, XIV.
Subjects for dictation, selected by General Meredith Read from Box 4 Folder 3 Press-Copy Letter Books
Biographical notes on the life of General Meredith Read Box 4 Folder 4 Language of the Material: In French and English Scope and Contents
Also includes "Chart Showing the Descent of the Family of General John Meredith Read from the Mayflower Families of Cushman, Allerton, Warren, Bradford and Cook, and from the Early New England Families of Waterman, Freeman and Marshall" (Prepared by Major Harmon Pumpelly Read, 1907)
Typewritten copies of correspondence of General Read with Box 4 Folder 5 distinguished people: Americans.
U.S. Grant
General William Tecumseh Sherman
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Hon. Edwards-Pierrepont
Hon. James Lorimer Graham
Typewritten copies of correspondence of General Read with Box 4 Folder 6 distinguished people: English.
Lord Amherst
P.F. Campbell-Johnston
Duke of St. Albans
Rt. Hon. Lord Arhlumney
Sir Bernard Burke
Lord Lyons
Lord Tenterden
A.A.B. Beresford Hope
Lord Beaconsfield
Duchess of Cleveland
John Walter
Lord Northbrook
Sir Theodore Martin
Col. A. Moncrieff
C.I. Hernans
Typewritten copies of correspondence of General Read with Box 4 Folder 7 distinguished people: French Language of the Material: Correspondence in French
Monsieur Thiers and Madame Thiers
M. Joseph Arnaud de L'Ariege
León Gambetta
M. Leon Say
Monsieur Guizot
M. Michel Chevalier
M. Arsene Houssaye
Monsieur Jules Grevy
M. le General de Ladmirault
Monsieur Berryer
Monsieur et Madame de Parieu
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M. Rosseeau de Saint-Hilaire
M. Le Vicomte Napoleon Duchatel
M. de Quatrefages
S.E. J.C. Kern
Baron de Zuylen de Nyevelt
Son Excellence Monsieur Okouneff
M. Martin Costier
Le Chevalier Nigra
S.S. Mr. le Ministre de S.M.I. le Schah de Perse
Typewritten copies of correspondence of General Read to Box 4 Folder 8 distinguished people
Dr. Storer
Lady Bure
Edmund Blount
Francis P. Corbin
John Forster, Lord Lilford
Correspondence with General Simon Cameron Box 4 Folder 9
Correspondence with Lord Lady Salisbury; Lords Lytton and Box 4 Folder 10 Wantage
Correspondence from Mme. La Comtesse Charles de Remusat, Le Box 4 Folder 11 Comte Charles de Remusat et Le Comte Paul de Remusat Language of the Material: In French
Royal letters Box 4 Folder 12 Scope and Contents
Consists mostly of letters from the Prince and Princess of Wales and members of their household
Private letters of General Read. Athens, 1876 Box 4 Folder 13 Physical Description: 2 Volumes
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Series III: Handwritten notebooks Language of the Material: In French [with some English enclosures
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Notes for Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne and Savoy
Title/Description Instances Correspondances adressées à Mr. et à Mme. Loys de Bochat: Box 5 Folder 1 Notebook 10
Lausanne. La Grotte: Notebook 28 Box 5 Folder 2
Papiers concernant Gibbon de 1793 à 1794: Notebook 40 Box 5 Folder 3
Georges D'Eyverdun de 1753 à 17...: Notebook 45 Box 5 Folder 4
Evian les-Bains: Notebook 52 Box 5 Folder 5
Evian les-Bains: Notebook 53 Box 5 Folder 6
Typewritten notes in French: Notice historique sur la Famille de Box 5 Folder 7 Charrière par M. Godefroi de Charrière.
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Series IV: Notebooks, sketchbooks, and scrapbooks Title/Description Instances Private note book belonging to Harmon P. Read Box 6 Folder 1
Notebook and exercise-book of Mrs. Harmon P. Read Box 6 Folder 2
Sketchbook (gray cloth cover) Box 6 Folder 3
Sketchbook (black cover) Box 6 Folder 4
Exercise books belonging to Louise Carron (blue cover and brown Box 6 Folder 5 cover) Physical Description: 2 Volumes
Exercise books belonging to Louise Carron (purple covers) Box 6 Folder 6 Physical Description: 2 Volumes
Exercise books belonging to Louise Carron (red cover and blue Box 6 Folder 7 cover) Physical Description: 2 Volumes
Notebook: Collection de documents de Monsieur Ernest Box 6 Folder 8 Chavannes
[Notebook] no. 4. J.M. Read [Sr.?], October 17, 1856 Box 10 Folder 1
Notebooks of John Meredith Read Sr. [?] Box 10 Folder 2 Physical Description: 2 Volumes
"French Country Life" by [H.P. Read?] , 1901 Box 10 Folder 3
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Physical Description: Handwritten, with typewritten copy
Notebook with bibliography; List of art and of Cathedrals; Box 10 Folder 4 Cyclopaedia- Dictionary
American alphabetical [address] list Box 10 Folder 5
European alphabetical [address] list Box 10 Folder 6
Harmond P. Read Box 11 Folder 1 Physical Description: Scrapbook
Notes on General Read and his friends Box 11 Folder 2 Physical Description: Scrapbook
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings Box 11 Folder 3
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