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IHLC MS 487 Albert Brisbane Papers, 1830-1832, 1840-1936 Manuscript Collection Inventory Illinois History and Lincoln Collections University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Note: Unless otherwise specified, documents and other materials listed on the following pages are available for research at the Illinois Historical and Lincoln Collections, located in the Main Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additional background information about the manuscript collection inventoried is recorded in the Manuscript Collections Database (http://www.library.illinois.edu/ihx/archon/index.php) under the collection title; search by the name listed at the top of the inventory to locate the corresponding collection record in the database. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois History and Lincoln Collections http://www.library.illinois.edu/ihx/ phone: (217) 333-1777 email: [email protected] 1 Albert Brisbane. Papers, 1830-1832, 1840-1936. Contents Correspondence, 1840-1936 ...................................................................................................................... 2 1840-1850 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1867-1869 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1870-1877 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1880-1885 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 1886-1889 ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Undated Correspondence ..................................................................................................................... 3 Miscellaneous Fragments ...................................................................................................................... 3 Correspondence of Redelia Brisbane .................................................................................................. 3 Correspondence of Arthur Brisbane ................................................................................................... 3 Brisbane Family Personal Papers, 1830-1832, 1849-1898, 1911-1935 ................................................... 3 Patents ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Legal Papers ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Papers of Arthur Brisbane .................................................................................................................... 4 Photographs ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Clippings ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Financial Records ................................................................................................................................... 5 Travel Diaries .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Lodoiska M. Brisbane v. Albert Brisbane, 1883-1885 .................................................................................. 5 Drafts of Publications, 1868-1889 ............................................................................................................. 7 Dated manuscripts ................................................................................................................................. 7 Undated manuscripts ............................................................................................................................ 9 French manuscripts .............................................................................................................................. 11 Transcripts of New York Tribune Articles, 1842-1843 ........................................................................... 12 Writings of Redelia Brisbane, 1876-1919 ............................................................................................... 17 Articles of Arthur Brisbane, 1924-1936 ................................................................................................. 17 Appendix A: Expanded Collection Inventory, created 1951-1955 .................................................... 18 2 Box 1 Correspondence, 1840-1936 1840-1850 (Part A, Folders 1-2) This subseries contains correspondence from Albert Brisbane to Nicholas Biddle, John S. Dwight, and an unknown recipient. These letters include discussions of Fourierism and socialism, as well as Brisbane's hopes to create a monthly magazine with Dwight concerning those philosophies. 1867-1869 (Part A, Folders 3-5) This subseries contains a number of letters exchanged between Albert Brisbane and E. P. Grant, and many of the letters and handwritten transcripts created by Grant of articles written by Brisbane. These articles include "What Constitutes Harmony?", "Functions of Man," "Universal Laws: Statistical and Dynamical," "Methods of Study," "Mode of Using the Method," "Plan of the Transitional Organization of Industry," "Organization," "Laws," "What Laws Are and Their Sources," "Organization of Labor," and "Law of the Series Applied to the Capital Stock of an Association Supposed to be Divided into Shares of $50 Each." All of the above were sent directly to E. P. Grant, except "Plan of the Transitional Organization of Industry," which was sent to T. C. Durant. This subseries also includes other, shorter letters exchanged between Brisbane and Grant. 1870-1877 (Part A, Folders 6-11) This subseries contains letters written by Albert Brisbane to his wife, Redelia Brisbane, dating from September 1872 to November 1877. It also contains a letter written to an unknown recipient on February 27, 1872, detailing Brisbane's thoughts on the development of the human race. 1880-1885 (Part A, Folders 12-18) This subseries primarily contains letters from Albert Brisbane to Redelia Brisbane, dating from January 16, 1880 to August 23, 1885, and these letters include the following articles: "Heads of Method," "Means of Acquiring Knowledge Which the Mind Creates for Itself," "Method," "Huxly on Method," "The Laws Underlying and Governing the Phenomena of the Inorganic and Organic Cosmos," "The Sun," "Stages of Mental Evaluation," "An Integral Theory of Geology," "Hypothese sur l'existene d'un force centrifuge," and "Nutrition." There are also three letters from Albert Brisbane to unknown recipients, as well as one letter written by James Mooney to George Brisbane (Albert's brother), dated November 13, 1884. 1886-1889 (Part A, Folders 19-22) This subseries includes letters written by Albert Brisbane to his wife Redelia and son Arthur, dating from April 25, 1886 to September 18, 1889. One letter to Arthur, penned 3 on November 3, 1886, is co-authored by Albert Brisbane's daughter, Alice. There is also one letter from Charles L. Dobson to Arthur Brisbane, dated December 22, 1886. Boxes 1 and 2 Undated Correspondence (Part A, Folders 23-25 in Box 1 and Part A, Folders 26-29 in Box 2) This subseries contains undated letters written by Albert Brisbane to a variety of recipients, most of which are thought to have been written in the 1870s and 1880s. These recipients include James A. Garfield, Redelia Brisbane, and Arthur Brisbane. There is also a letter written to a woman named Helen on the topic of utopian free love. Other topics include finances, religion, philosophy, and Brisbane's inventions. There are also several letters written by Redelia Brisbane to Albert Brisbane. Box 2 Miscellaneous Fragments (Part A, Folders 30-31) This subseries contains originals and transcripts of miscellaneous fragments of Albert Brisbane's letters. The transcripts were prepared by Redelia Brisbane. Correspondence of Redelia Brisbane (Part A, Folder 34) This subseries contains correspondence written to Redelia Brisbane, dating from 1890 to 1936. Correspondents include Charles L. Dobson, G. P. Putnam's sons, B. O. Flower, A. Fuibrand, Theodore Tilton, H. A. Powell, B. W. Willet, Edward P. Bates, Edwin Markham, Ruth Fesler, Winfield Shiras, P. H. Butler, Arthur Brisbane, George E. O'Dell, Upton Sinclair, Harold D. Carew, and E. A. Lundquist. There is also one letter written by Redelia to someone named Lillie in 1904, and a letter written by Henry L. Stimson to the American Diplomatic and Consular Officers in 1931 to introduce Redelia, as she intended to travel abroad. Correspondence of Arthur Brisbane (Part A, Folder 36) This subseries contains correspondence written to Arthur Brisbane, dating from 1891 to 1935. Correspondents include E. S. Mullins, Charles L. Dobson, William Frostick, Nathan Straus, Bess Mensendieck, and Adolphus Rosenberg. Brisbane Family Personal Papers, 1830-1832, 1849-1898, 1911-1935 Oversize materials Patents Patent #63,697 for "Improvement in Wooden Pipes," issued to Albert Brisbane, April 9, 1867 Patent #91,513 for "Improved Pneumatic