Ames Family Papers, 1812-2008
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Biographical Note Members of the Plimpton and Ames families, ca. 1935 The Ames Family Papers span six generations and include two separate families with the surname "Ames," which came together in 1900 with the marriage of Blanche Ames and Oakes Ames. The Butler family is also represented to some extent, notably by Civil War general Benjamin Franklin Butler and his wife, Sarah Hildreth Butler. The following biographical sketches pertain to some, but not all, of the individuals whose papers are in the collection, beginning with Oakes Ames in Generation II and ending with George A. Plimpton in Generation VI. Additional information is located in SERIES I. FAMILY HISTORY, and in the Appendix. This section does not include information about family members whose papers are extremely small in volume, except, in a few cases, to provide context and to clarify familial and generational relationships. Detailed biographies of some individuals may be found in American National Biography, the Dictionary of American Biography, and Notable American Women. Generation II Oakes Ames Oakes Ames, the elder son of Oliver Ames and Susanna Angier Ames, was born on January 10, 1804 in Easton, Massachusetts. He was married to Evelina Gilmore, with whom he had four children: Oakes, Oliver III, Frank, and Susan. At an early age he entered into his father's business, Ames Shovel Works, management of which he and his brother, also named Oliver, took over in 1844. The discovery of gold in California in 1849 led to the profitable expansion of the company, which by then had been renamed Ames and Sons. During the Civil War, Oakes Ames was urged to run for government office and in 1862 won a seat in the U.S. Congress, where he served for ten years. He was involved in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, and in the attendant congressional Credit Mobilier stock scandals of 1872-1873. Oakes Ames died on May 8, 1873. Oliver Ames Oliver Ames was born on November 5, 1807 in North Easton, Massachusetts, the second son of Susanna Angier Ames and Oliver Ames. He attended local schools and, after briefly working in a law office, joined his father and brother, Oakes, in the Ames Shovel Works (later renamed Ames and Sons). In 1833 he married Sarah Lothrop, with whom he had two children, Frederick and Helen. The shovel company thrived under the brothers' management and by 1860 was valued at $4 million. Oliver Ames was instrumental in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad; however, unlike his brother, he was not implicated in the Credit Mobilier scandals. After the rail line was completed, he served as President of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1866 to 1869; he remained a director until his death. After leaving the Union Pacific presidency, he turned his full attention to the shovel company, which was facing bankruptcy at the time, and returned it to profitability. He was director of a number of railways other than Union Pacific, and also of several banks in Boston and in North Easton. He was a vice president of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society and a member of the Unitarian Church. Oliver Ames died on March 9, 1877. Benjamin F. Butler and Sarah Hildreth Butler Benjamin Franklin Butler was born in Nottingham, New Hampshire on November 5, 1818, the son of Charlotte Ellison and John Butler. Having failed to gain admission to West Point, he attended Waterville College (now Colby College), graduating in 1840. He studied law for two years and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1842. Butler served one term as state representative in 1853 and one term as state senator in 1858. His involvement in politics led to a generalship in the Civil War, despite a lack of military training and experience. He served as controversial military governor of New Orleans and, after the war, as Congressman from Massachusetts (1867 to 1875). Butler, a staunch Reconstructionist, supported the first Civil Rights Act as well as efforts to curtail the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1882 he won the governorship of Massachusetts and in 1884 he ran unsuccessfully for President. Benjamin F. Butler died in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 1893. Sarah Hildreth was born on August 17, 1816 in Dracut, Massachusetts, the daughter of Dolly Jones and Israel Hildreth. Having shown considerable talent in dramatics, she was sent to Boston at the age of sixteen for formal training, after which she acted to great acclaim in Boston, New York, Charleston, South Carolina, and Cincinnati, Ohio. She gave up her stage career after marrying Benjamin F. Butler in 1844. The couple had four children, three of whom survived to adulthood: Blanche, Paul, and Benjamin (aka Ben-Israel). Sarah Hildreth Butler died on April 8, 1876. Generation III Adelbert Ames and Blanche Butler Ames Adelbert Ames was born in Rockland, Maine on October 31, 1835 to Martha Tolman Ames and Jesse Ames. His was a seafaring family, descended from both Pilgrims and Puritans, and bore no relation to the family of Oakes Ames. In 1868 Jesse Ames purchased a flour mill in Northfield, Minnesota, which the family developed into a flourishing business. Adelbert Ames graduated from West Point in 1861 and immediately entered the Union Army. A highly decorated officer, he fought in the Battle of Bull Run, for which he received the Congressional Medal of Honor. During his military service, Ames met General Benjamin F. Butler and, later, Butler's daughter, Blanche, whom he married in 1870. In 1868, Ames was appointed Provisional Governor of Mississippi, later serving that state as U.S. Senator (1870-1873) and Governor (1873-1876). After his stint in the South, he moved back to Lowell, Massachusetts and turned his attention the family milling business, which interests he represented in the East. He returned briefly to the battlefield during the Spanish-American War, serving as commander of U.S. volunteers. Adelbert Ames died in Ormond, Florida on April 13, 1933, the last surviving general of the Civil War. Blanche Butler was born in 1845 to Sarah Hildreth Butler and Benjamin F. Butler. She spent a lot of time with her father in Washington, D.C., where she met her future husband, Adelbert Ames, with whom she had six children: Butler, Edith, Sarah, Blanche, Adelbert, Jr., and Jessie. Blanche Butler Ames did extensive genealogical research on her family, and the portion of the Ames Family Papers pertaining to her life includes a great deal of historical and genealogical information. She was also a gardener and a sculptor known for her fanciful creations, numerous photographs of which are in the collection. In 1935 she compiled a collection of letters that the family published in 1957 as Chronicles From the Nineteenth Century: Family Letters of Blanche Butler and Adelbert Ames. Blanche Butler Ames died in 1939. Oliver Ames III Oliver Ames III was born in North Easton, Massachusetts on February 4, 1831, the son of Evelina Gilmore and Oakes Ames. He married Anna Coffin Ray with whom he had six children: Anna Lee, Evelina, Lilian, Oakes, Susan, and William Hadwen. He served as governor of Massachusetts from 1887 to 1890. Ames was elected an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1917, by the fraternity's Alpha Chapter at the New England Conservatory in Boston. He is the only known honorary member known to be elected after his death. Oliver Ames III died on October 22, 1895. Paul Butler Paul Butler, married to Joanna H. Butler, had numerous business interests, including the Lowell (Massachusetts) Airport Corp., the U. C. Cartridge Co., and the Butler Ranch in Colorado. He died in Lowell on September 6, 1918. Generation IV Adelbert Ames, Jr. Adelbert Ames, Jr., an ophthalmologist and perceptual psychologist, was born on August 19, 1880 in Lowell, Massachusetts to Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames. He attended Phillips Academy at Andover and earned his undergraduate and law degrees at Harvard in 1903 and 1906, respectively. He was married to Fanny Vose Hazen, with whom he had two children: Adelbert III and Priscilla. After working as a lawyer in Boston for four years, Ames abandoned that career and turned to painting. He collaborated with his sister, Blanche Ames Ames, in developing the System of Color Theory, which involved mixing and charting over three thousand different color variations. This in turn led to an interest in the physics of how the human eye perceives color. In 1914 Ames received a research grant in physiological optics and moved to Worcester, Massachusetts to work with Clark University professor Wallace Baird in that field. He served as an aerial observer in World War I and afterwards (due to Baird's death) relocated to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire to work with Charles Proctor. Fascinated by his inquisitive mind, the Dartmouth administration created the faculty post of Professor of Physiological Optics for Ames, wherein he did not teach and was free to devote all his energies to research. Around 1924 Ames's work yielded the important discovery that in certain people the two eyes do not perceive the same object in the same dimensions; many suffered from debilitating headaches as a result, the source of which had mystified doctors for years. The condition was named "aniseikonia," the Dartmouth Eye Institute was subsequently founded, and people flocked to it for successful treatment in the form of compensating lenses. Ames was also famous for creating the American Indian bust that Shawmut Bank of Boston adopted as its trademark, and he was well-known for inventing the Ames Demonstrations in Perception, the most famous of which is a full-sized room that looks normal but in which people appear to shrink as they walk across it. He also discovered that as many as 20% of humankind cannot perceive level when they see it, a matter of obvious concern to naval aviation, and he worked extensively with aircraft carrier pilots during World War II. After the war he took up the problem of vision in automobile traffic, and his findings have been instrumental to the work of U.S. highway departments and safety organizations. Adelbert Ames, Jr. died in 1955. Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames Blanche Ames was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on February 18, 1878 to Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames. She attended the Rogers Hall School in Lowell and earned her B.A. from Smith College in 1899. She married Harvard botanist Oakes Ames (unrelated) in 1900, with whom she had four children: Amyas, Evelyn, Oliver and Pauline. Blanche Ames Ames was an accomplished artist, perhaps best known for the botanical drawings undertaken to illustrate her husband's work. She was a talented portraitist as well, and her oil portraits are in collections at Columbia University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Phillips Exeter Academy, and the Mississippi Hall of Governors. In collaboration with her brother, Adelbert Ames, Jr., she developed the System of Color Theory, based on the relationship between how the human eye perceives color and how painters depict it. Ames was a tireless and dauntless activist for women's rights, notably suffrage and birth control. She was Treasurer of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage League from 1915 to 1918, and in 1916 co-founded and served as first President of the Birth Control League of Massachusetts. Her interest in women's health led her to serve first as board member and later as President of New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston. At the age of eighty, Ames researched and wrote Adelbert Ames, Broken Oaths and Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1835-1933, in which she defended her father, Adelbert Ames, whom John F. Kennedy had termed a carpetbagger in his book, Profiles in Courage. Ames was also an inventor and applied for patents for a hexagonal lumber cutter (1939), a propeller snare to bring down low-flying aircraft during World War II (1945), and an anti-polluting toilet (1968). Blanche Ames Ames died at Borderland, her home in North Easton, Massachusetts, on March 1, 1969. (Researchers may also wish to consult My Dear Mrs. Ames: A Study of the Life of Suffragist, Cartoonist and Birth Control Reformer, Blanche Ames Ames, 1878-1969 by Anne Biller Clark (1996), in the SSC Browsing Collection.) Blanche Ames Ames's husband, Oakes Ames, was born in North Easton, Massachusetts on September 26, 1874 to Anna Coffin Ray and Oliver Ames III, former governor of Massachusetts. He attended the Noble and Greenough School in Boston and earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in botany at Harvard in 1898 and 1899, respectively. He was instructor in botany at Harvard from 1900 to 1910, assistant professor from 1915 to 1926, and professor from 1926 to 1932. He served as Arnold Professor of Botany from 1932 until 1935, and as research professor of botany from 1935 to 1941. After his 1941 retirement he held the title of research professor emeritus until his death. In addition to teaching at Harvard, Ames also held numerous administrative posts, including Chairman of the Division of Biology from 1926 to 1935; Assistant Director of the Botanic Garden from 1899 to 1909, and director from 1909 to 1922; Curator of the Botanical Museum from 1923 to 1927; Supervisor of the Biological Laboratory and Botanic Garden in Cuba and of the Arnold Arboretum from 1927 to 1935; and Supervisor of the Botanical Museum from 1937 to 1945, Director of the museum from 1937 to 1945, and Associate Director from 1945 until 1950. Ames's independent family wealth allowed him to pursue intensively the study of orchids, and he was the foremost orchidologist of his day. He traveled worldwide, taking copious notes and collecting specimens; as a result of his work, orchids are today among the best studied of plant families. Oakes Ames died in Ormond, Florida on April 28, 1950. Butler Ames Butler Ames was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on August 22, 1871, the son of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1890 and from the United States Military Academy in 1894. He earned his graduate degree in mechanical and electrical engineering at MIT in 1896. He was married to Fifille Willis. Ames served in the Spanish-American War and afterwards as a civil administrator in Puerto Rico. During World War I Governor Calvin Coolidge promoted him to major general and assigned him to reorganize the Massachusetts State Guard. Ames served in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1898-1890 and represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress from 1903 to 1913. He was active in numerous businesses, including the Wamesit Power Co., the Ames Textile Corp., the Union Land Grazing Corp., and the U.S. Cartridge Co. He also invented the Ames Electric Stove; the Odorless Cooker; and the "Silver Slippers," shoe inserts for symptomatic relief of arthritis. In 1919 Ames purchased the Villa Balbianello on Lake Como in Italy, which remained in the family until 1974. Butler Ames died on November 7, 1954 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. William Hadwen Ames William Hadwen Ames was born on March 1, 1861, the eldest son of Anna Coffin Ray and Oliver Ames III. He attended the MIT School of Mechanical Arts from 1879 to 1880. He was employed as secretary of the Ames Shovel Works, and later as president of American Pneumatic Services Co. He was first married to Mary Elizabeth Hodges and then to Fanny Elizabeth Holt. He served in the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1905-1906. William Hadwen Ames died in Boston on March 26, 1918. Winthrop Ames Winthrop Ames was born in North Easton, Massachusetts on November 25, 1870. He was the son of Cathrine Hobart and Oakes Angier Ames, and a first cousin of Oakes Ames, the husband of Blanche Ames Ames. He married Lucy Fuller and with her had two children: Catherine and Joan. Ames was a theatrical producer and manager, and in 1904 traveled to Europe to study the management of sixty opera and theatre companies. After co-managing a Boston theatre, he became managing director of New York City's New Theatre (1908-11). He founded the Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes Theatre) and the Booth Theatre, where he produced and directed such plays as The Philanderer (1913), Beggar on Horseback (1924), and a series of Gilbert and Sullivan revivals (1926-29). His Snow White (1913) was the first play produced in the U.S. especially for children. Winthrop Ames died in Boston on November 13, 1937. Sarah Ames Borden Sarah Ames was born on October 1, 1874, the daughter of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames. She was married to Spencer Borden with whom she had four children: Blanche, Joan, Ames, and Richard. She corresponded extensively with her family, notably her sister, Blanche Ames Ames. She died on February 18, 1931. Jessie Ames Marshall Jessie Ames was born on November 2, 1882, the daughter of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames. She was married to Andrew Marshall with whom she had four children: Andrew, Jr., Blanche, Jessie, and Malcolm. She corresponded extensively with her family, notably her sister, Blanche Ames Ames, with whom she also worked in the birth control movement. Jessie Ames Marshall died on February 9, 1967. Edith Ames Stevens Edith Ames was born on March 4, 1873, the daughter of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames. She was married to C. Brooks Stevens with whom she had four children: Ames, Edith, Harriet, and C. Brooks, Jr. She corresponded extensively with her family, notably her sister, Blanche Ames Ames. She died on December 6, 1958. Generation V Amyas Ames Amyas Ames was born in Sharon, Massachusetts on June 15, 1906 to Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames. He attended the Country Day School for Boys of Boston, received his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1928, and went on to earn his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He was married to Evelyn Ingeborg Perkins with whom he had four children: Oakes, Edward, Olivia, and Joan. He married his second wife, Lucia Millham, in 1995. During World War II he served as an administrative officer of the War Shipping Administration in Washington. He went into banking and was a managing partner at Kidder, Peabody and Co. An amateur musician and lover of the arts, he was a member of the board of the New York Philharmonic from 1955 to 1983, and from 1970 to 1980 served as chairman of Lincoln Center. Amyas Ames died in Lexington, Massachusetts on January 24, 2000. Oliver Ames Oliver Ames was born on May 20, 1903 to Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames. He attended the Country Day School for Boys of Boston and received his B.A. from Harvard in 1927. He was married to Ellen Moseley, with whom he had three sons: Oliver, Angier and Thomas. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy, both as an aviator and as commanding officer of an aircraft carrier. He was president of the Ames Aircraft Corp., and a director of the First National Bank of Easton and of the Ames Shovel and Tool Co. He was a trustee of the North Easton Savings Bank and of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Oliver Ames died in 1971. Evelyn Ames Davis Evelyn Ames was born on January 10, 1910 to Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames. She attended the Winsor School in Boston and received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in 1932. She was married to Episcopal minister Rev. John Paschall Davis, with whom she had four children: Blanche, John P., Jr., Evelyn, and Ames. She lived with her family in Tennessee, where in 1964 she co-founded the Planned Parenthood Association of Nashville. She served as the organization's southeastern representative for nine southern states, and on the executive committee of the national board of directors of Planned Parenthood-World Population. She was also a founder and member of the board of the Nashville chapter of Concern for Dying, an advocacy group for the right to die. Correspondence with her sister, Pauline Ames Plimpton, is voluminous. Evelyn Ames Davis died in 1993. Pauline Ames Plimpton Pauline Ames Plimpton was born on October 22, 1901 to Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames. She attended the Winsor School in Boston and graduated from Smith College in 1922. She was married to lawyer and diplomat Francis T. P. Plimpton, with whom she had four children: George, Francis, Jr., Oakes, and Sarah. Civically and philanthropically active throughout her life, she served on the boards of numerous organizations, including Planned Parenthood, the Institute for World Affairs, the Public Education Association, and the New York House of School and Industry. She was also actively involved in the libraries of Amherst College, Columbia University, and Smith College, and with the Smith College Museum of Art and the Smith College Alumnae Association. She authored several books about her family: Oakes Ames: Jottings of a Harvard Botanist (1979), The Plimpton Papers: Law and Diplomacy (1985), The Ancestry of Adelbert Ames and Blanche Butler Ames (1987), A Window on Our World: More Plimpton Papers (1989), and A Collector's Recollections: George Arthur Plimpton (1993). Pauline Ames Plimpton died in New York on April 15, 1995. Francis Taylor Pearsons Plimpton Francis T.P. Plimpton was born on December 7, 1900, the son of Frances Taylor Pearsons and George Arthur Plimpton. His mother died when he was born and he was raised by his father, his maternal grandmother, and governesses. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, received his undergraduate degree from Amherst College in 1922, and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1925. He worked for the law firm of Root, Clark in New York from 1925 until 1933, when he joined Debevoise and Stevenson as a full partner (the firm was subsequently renamed Debevoise, Stevenson and Plimpton). Plimpton served as Ambassador to the United Nations under the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations from 1961 to 1965, as President of the New York Bar Association from 1970 to 1972, and as Chairman of the New York City Board of Ethics from 1966 to 1980. He died in Huntington, New York on July 30, 1983. Generation VI George A. Plimpton George A. Plimpton was born in New York on March 18, 1927, the eldest child of Pauline Ames Plimpton and Francis T.P. Plimpton. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Harvard (B.A. 1950), and went on to earn a second B.A. at King's College, Cambridge. He was married first to Freddy Espy, with whom he had two children, Medora and Taylor; the marriage ended in divorce and he later married Sarah Dudley, with whom he had twin daughters, Lauren and Olivia. Plimpton co-founded The Paris Review in 1953 with Harold L. Humes and Peter Matthiesson, whom he met while at Cambridge, and served as that magazine's editor until his death. Plimpton came into his own as a writer after publishing the widely acclaimed books Out of My League (1961) and Paper Lion (1966), based on his experiences as a temporary guest member of professional baseball and football teams, respectively. He successfully pursued this unique form of participatory journalism by entering a match against boxing champion, Archie Moore; playing percussion for Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic; swinging from a trapeze in a circus's big tent; and playing golf in a pro tournament, bridge with professionals, and tennis with Poncho Gonzales. He acted in several films and served, unofficially, as New York's first Fireworks Commissioner. Plimpton, a long-time friend of the Kennedy family, was with Bobby Kennedy when he was assassinated and, in the ensuing chaos, helped subdue Sirhan Sirhan. Genial and well-liked, he was famous for the parties he frequently gave in his home above The Paris Review offices in New York. George A. Plimpton died in New York on September 26, 2003.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Ames Family Papers consist of 60.5 linear feet of biographical materials, correspondence, diaries, artwork, writings, photographs, and printed materials dating from 1812 to 2004. The bulk of the collection pertains to suffragist and early birth control advocate, Blanche Ames Ames, and to her father, Civil War general Adelbert Ames; the papers of her daughter, Pauline Ames Plimpton, are also significant in volume. Other family members are included through their biographical materials, correspondence and, in some cases, their writings. There is also considerable genealogical information about the extended Ames and Butler families, compiled primarily by Blanche Butler Ames and added to over time by other family members, that traces the family's roots back to its European origins. Correspondence comprises a large part of the collection and reveals the inner workings of numerous primary family relationships, as well as offering insight into the moral, social, and political climates through a long continuum of U.S. history. Of particular interest are the courtship letters of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames, Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames, and Pauline Ames Plimpton and Francis T.P. Plimpton, as well as life-long correspondence between these couples after they married. Letters among several sets of mothers, daughters and sisters are also significant, especially in that they span the entire lives of the individuals concerned. The military careers of Benjamin Franklin Butler and Adelbert Ames are well documented in the portions of the collection pertaining to them. Legal documents relevant to numerous lawsuits in which Butler was involved may also be of interest to scholars of legal history. Further information about Adelbert Ames is located in the papers of his daughter, Blanche Ames Ames, who researched and wrote Adelbert Ames: Broken Oaths and Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1835-1933 in defense of his political career in Mississippi during Reconstruction, and in SERIES III. CLIPPINGS. The papers of Blanche Ames Ames contain significant materials about the early birth control movement, especially the Massachusetts Birth Control League. There is also some information about Margaret Sanger and about other birth control organizations, including the American Birth Control League, in this portion of the collection. Documents generated during Ames's tenure as board member and as president of the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston are included, as well. Blanche Ames Ames's papers contain information about her career as an amateur artist, including drawings and sketches of family and friends, and information about the System of Color Theory. There is a small amount of material about the suffrage movement, notably political cartoons by Ames and others. Ames' papers also shed considerable light on her involvement in the career of her husband, Oakes Ames. Pauline Ames Plimpton wrote several books about various members of the Plimpton family, which document much of that family's history, and the bulk of that information is located in her papers. Materials about the life of noted literary figure and editor of The Paris Review, George A. Plimpton, are also included in the collection. The history of various pieces of real estate owned by the Ames family in the U.S. and in Europe is well documented, most significantly that of Borderland, the North Easton, Massachusetts home of Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames, and the Villa Balbianello on Lake Como in Italy. There are also files pertaining to Bay View, a compound of summer cottages in Gloucester, Massachusetts; the Whim, the family's winter retreat in Ormond, Florida; and several Boston-area residences. Photographs of these properties are located in SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS. The bulk of the papers date from 1861 to 1995 and focus primarily on the Civil War, Reconstruction, birth control, suffrage, and the personal and professional lives of members of the Ames family. Types of material include correspondence, diaries, writings, speeches, legal documents, photographs, journal articles, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and printed sources.
Related Material There are related collections in the Sophia Smith Collection and at other institutions as follows: Papers of extended Ames and Butler families at the Easton Historical Society, North Easton, Mass.; and Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Papers of Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames at the Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Massachusetts; and Union Pacific Railroad Co., Omaha, Nebraska Papers of Oliver Ames III at the Stonehill Industrial History Center, Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts Benjamin F. Butler Papers at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Blanche Ames Ames Papers at the Smith College Museum of Art; and Schlesinger Library, Harvard University Oakes Ames Papers at the Arnold Arboretum Library and Archives, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; Boston Athenaeum, Boston, Mass.; University Archives, Harvard University; Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium, Harvard University; Lundell Rare Book Library, University of Texas at Dallas.
Birth control--Massachusetts--History--Sources
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Courtship--United States--History--19th century--Sources
Family--United States--History--Sources
Marriage--United States--History
Physiological optics--History--Sources
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Mississippi--Personal narratives
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Voyages and travel--History--Sources
Women artists--United States--Biography--Sources
Women inventors--United States--Biography--Sources
Women--Suffrage--Caricatures and cartoons--History--Sources
Women--Suffrage--Massachusetts--History--Sources
Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933
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Ames, Blanche
Ames, Blanche Butler, 1845-1939
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893
Butler, Sarah Hildreth, d. 1876
Plimpton, Francis T.P. (Francis Taylor Pearsons), 1900-1983
Plimpton, Pauline Ames, 1901-1995
Ames family--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts
Butler family
Plimpton family
New England Hospital for Women and Children--History--Sources
Smith College--Students--History--Sources
North Easton (Mass.)--History--20th century--Sources
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SERIES I. FAMILY HISTORY (1859-2004)
This series consists of historical and genealogical information about the Ames and Butler families, and includes correspondence, notes, family trees, directories, books, clippings, and newsletters. Further materials pertaining to specific individuals are located primarily in SERIES III. INDIVIDUALS.
SERIES II. REAL ESTATE (1891-1994)
This series contains information about various properties owned by the extended Ames and Butler families. The nine subseries are listed alphabetically either by property name or by the town or city in which it is, or was, located: Bay View, Borderland, Boston, Highland Meadows, Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, The Whim, Winthrop Ames Mansion, Miscellaneous U.S. Real Estate, and Villa Balbianello. The histories of Borderland, now a Massachusetts state park, and Villa Balbianello, now owned by the Italian government, are documented particularly well. Types of materials include correspondence, contracts and leases, deeds, floor plans, drawings, maps, financial information, and reports. Information that is limited to the residences of nuclear families (as opposed to family compounds, jointly owned properties, or real estate ultimately taken over by state or national governments) is located in SERIES III. INDIVIDUALS. Photographs of many of the buildings and grounds described in this series may be found in SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS.
SERIES III. INDIVIDUALS (1812-2003)
This series comprises the bulk of the collection, and is arranged first by generation and then alphabetically by last name. Spouses follow directly after the member of the Ames and Butler families to whom they are, or were, married. Correspondence in this series is voluminous and is filed primarily by author. However, the papers of some individuals contain both outgoing and incoming correspondence, when the total volume of a correspondent's papers did not warrant a discrete subseries for that person. In addition to correspondence, this series contains biographical and financial information and, particularly in the papers of Blanche Butler Ames, Blanche Ames Ames and Pauline Ames Plimpton, extensive files about their writings. The papers of Blanche Ames Ames richly document the early years of the Massachusetts Birth Control League and related organizations; files pertaining to her suffrage activities, including the cartoons in the Art subseries, are also noteworthy. Related materials about most individuals in this series are located in SERIES I. FAMILY HISTORY, SERIES II. REAL ESTATE, and SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS; further information about civil, cultural, military and political issues of interest to Adelbert Ames may be found in SERIES V. CLIPPINGS.
SERIES IV. PHOTOGRAPHS (1855-1993)
This series contains most of the photographs pertaining to the Ames and Butler families, with the following exceptions: Photographs originally found in Blanche Ames Ames's Smith College scrapbook are filed in her biographical subseries, and photographs relating to books are filed with the individual author's papers. The three subseries follow exactly the arrangement of the first three primary series: Family history, Real estate, and Individuals. The Real estate and Individuals subseries are extensive and contain formal portraits as well as casual photographs of the family at work and at play. pertain
SERIES V. CLIPPINGS (1852-1904)
This series consists entirely of newspaper clippings cut by Adelbert Ames from unidentified newspapers. The clippings, some of which are annotated, document a variety of subjects of particular interest to Ames and also provide a unique overview of national and international politics and culture over more than half a century.
Gift agreement for watercolors by Blanche and Oakes Ames, 7 Nov 1973
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections: report, 1976
List of holdings in Schlesinger Library, n.d.
Clippings and pamphlet, 1958-94, n.d.
Genealogies
Ames, Butler, and Hildreth families
Correspondence re: tracing family lines, 1894-1988, n.d.
Family trees, 1926, n.d.
Ames family directories, 1966-94
Society of Mayflower Descendents: certificate and pamphlets, 1955-62
Eames, Anthony and Mark: typed excerpts from public records and published books, and related correspondence, 1897, n.d.
Notes on Ames family genealogy, compiled by Blanche Butler Ames, n.d.
Ames family reunion
Correspondence and memoranda, 1988-89
Programs and reminiscences, 1988
Butler family genealogies and newsletters, 1874, 1979-93, n.d.
Books
Origin and Genealogy of the Hildreth Family, 1892
Harriet Hildreth Heard by "her daughter Hildreth," 1942
Biographical Sketch of Israel Hildreth, 1859
Other family branches: correspondence, notes, and related documents
Badcock/Babcock, Barber/Barbour, Barstow, and Bullard, 1913, n.d.
Calderwood and Cutter, 1894-96, n.d.
Ellison, n.d.
Fisher, Fuller, Hill, and Howland, 1898-1913, n.d.
Ingraham, 1894-96, n.d.
Keen, 1896, n.d.
Leland, n.d.
Perry, 1891-1963
Smith, 1928, n.d.
Tolman, 1897-1900, n.d.
Williams and Wooster, n.d.
Summary of facts relating to death of Frederick L. Ames, 1932
The Whim (family newsletter)
Published issues, 1993-2007
Correspondence and drafts, n.d.
Miscellaneous, 1943-64, n.d.
Bay View
General correspondence, 1914-42
Beach Realty Trust
Correspondence, memoranda, and legal documents, 1925-93, n.d.
Annual report, 1955
Borderland
Floor plans, 1910
Friends of Borderland
Advisory Council: minutes, 1977-87
Board of Directors: minutes, 1984-94
Newsletters, 1984-94
Miscellaneous, 1984-94, n.d.
Dispute with Thomas Hind Co.: correspondence and bills, 1928-33
General correspondence, memoranda, and notes, 1914-94, n.d.
Land use maps and instructions, 1948
Game farm: correspondence and financial materials, 1913-48
Accounts and ledgers, 1912-54
Inventory of library holdings, n.d.
Pamphlets and brochures, 1973, n.d.
Clippings, 1974-88, n.d.
Boston
Bay State Road: Charles River Basin Fill: blueprints, correspondence, reports, and notes, 1931-32, n.d.
231 Bay State Road: correspondence and notes, 1928-49, n.d.
355 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.: correspondence, appraisals, and floor plan, 1899, 1919, n.d.
Highland, New Jersey: correspondence and contracts, 1891-1906, n.d.
Meadow Lakes (location unknown): correspondence, 1938
Oakes Ames Memorial Hall (North Easton, Massachusetts)
Correspondence, notes, plans, reports, and receipts, 1961-66
Clippings, 1963-67
The Whim (Ormond, Florida): correspondence, 1924-68, n.d.
Winthrop Ames Mansion (North Easton, Massachusetts): correspondence and essay, 1950-70
Miscellaneous U.S real estate: deeds, easements, leases, and insurance policies, 1896-1939
Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy)
History
"The Villa Balbianello," by General Butler Ames
Typescript and photocopies, 1951
Privately printed pamphlet, 1991
Notes and correspondence, 1958-93, n.d.
Library holdings: correspondence, 1972
List of phonograph records, 1959,1967
Clippings and articles, 1989, n.d.
"The Byron Garbage Divertor" [sic]: pen and ink drawing, Jun 1965
Use by family and others
Correspondence and memoranda, 1955-75, n.d.
Rules of use, 1973-74, n.d.
General management
Reports, 1955-60
Correspondence with staff, 1958-75
Monthly statements, 1961-75
Legal
Estate of Butler Ames
Appraisal of Villa Balbianello, 1955-56
Overpayment of inheritance taxes: correspondence, 1956-70
Estate of Oliver Ames
Transfer of his share in the villa to his children: correspondence, 1972-73
National monument status: correspondence, 1973
Sale
Correspondence
Jun 1974-Dec 1975
Appraisal, 1976
Plat maps, n.d.
Artwork: correspondence, notes and photographs, 1974, n.d.
Other household contents: correspondence, 1976
Capital gains tax dispute: correspondence and memoranda, Jan 1976-Aug 1980
Development (proposed) and sale of Upland Meadow: correspondence, 1977-84
Unidentified house: drawing, n.d.
GENERATION I: Butler, John (1782-1819): commissions, 1812 (photostats)
GENERATION II
Ames, Oakes (1804-1873)
Oakes Ames: A Memoir, 1883
Correspondence (found in book), 1962
Correspondence: Puffer, Loring W., 1870, 1915
Ames, Oliver: clipping and American National Biography entry, 1963, 2000
Butler, Benjamin F. (1818-1893)
Biographical materials
Articles, clippings, poems, and certificates, 1861-1964, n.d.
Commission, 1861 (photostat)
General Butler in New Orleans by James Parton: book and notes, 1964, n.d.
New Orleans Under General Butler by Howard P. Johnson, 1941
Benjamin Franklin Butler: The Damnedest Yankee by Dick Nolan: correspondence, 1991
Marriage to Sarah Hildreth: contract, account of wedding, and property transfer document, 1844, 1872
Property valuations, 1861-69, n.d.
Estate: financial information and reports, 1900-37
Biographies and memorials: correspondence, 1914-62
Memorabilia: copper nameplates, wallets, and date book, 1892, n.d.
Outgoing
Ames, Adelbert, 1870-89
Ames, Blanche Butler, 1871-91
Butler, Sarah Hildreth, 1871
Others, 1860-89
Incoming: Phillips, Wendell, 1867-75, n.d.
Butler's Book, 1892 (unfoldered)
The Private and Official Correspondence of Benjamin F. Butler, 1917
List of libraries that own this book and a copy of the top of the box in which the books were originally issued, n.d.
Published copies of book (2 sets of 5 volumes each)
Professional activities
Outgoing, 1864-85
Incoming, 1868-98
Lawsuits
Bryant vs. Craig: speeches, 1977
Butler vs. Huerfano Valley Ditch and Reservoir Co.: court document, n.d.
Darling vs. Butler, 1885-94
Correspondence, 1885-94
Legal documents, 1890-92
Thomas Leitensdorfer vs. William M. Campbell and William Craig (pertaining to the Vigil and St. Vrain, and the Las Animas land grants)
Conveyances and deeds, 1886
Legal documents, and notes, 1844-87, n.d
Legal pamphlets, 1875, 1885
Machen vs. Butler: correspondence and legal documents, 1887-93
Miscellaneous speeches and legal arguments, 1853-80, n.d.
Miscellaneous court cases: legal documents, 1875
Butler, Sarah Hildreth (1816-1876)
Biographical materials: clipping, n.d.
Outgoing: Blanche Butler Ames (daughter), 1870-76
Incoming, 25 Sep 1860-92
GENERATION III
Ames, Adelbert 1835-1933)
Correspondence, articles, and essays, circa 1910-80, n.d.
Obituaries and eulogies, 1933-34
Exam results, marriage certificate, poem and clipping about marriage, pension certification, and calling card template, 1867-1917, n.d.
Interview: typescript, 1876
Inventories, affidavits, correspondence and memoranda, and death certificate, 1933-37, n.d.
Account books and ledgers, 1933-37 (unfoldered)
Diaries, 1866-67 (same key as Camera Lucida)
Excerpts from diaries, 1866-67 (bound typescript, unfoldered)
Scrapbook of images of European art, 1866-67
Unidentified diary (photocopy of excerpts), n.d.
Note cards containing information about Adelbert Ames's military career, n.d.
Appointment books, 1916-25
Account books, 1893-96
Honors and awards, 1869-1963
Military societies
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S.: programs and receipts, 1868
Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba: by-laws, correspondence, memoranda, and certificate, 1900-17, n.d.
Report to House of Representatives and Congressional directory, 1869-72
Invitations, 1869-1916
Articles and clippings, 1835-1933
Publications: The Testimony in the Impeachment of Adelbert Ames as Governor of Mississippi, 1977 (2 copies)
"Plea for Truth": typescript, 1956
Correspondence about Adelbert Ames, 1957-65
Personal
Ames, Adelbert, Jr. (son), 1914
Ames, Blanche Ames (daughter), 1893-1928
Ames, Blanche Butler (wife)
Apr 1870-Dec 1871
Jan 1872-Nov 1875
Apr 1876-Dec 1894
Ames, Butler (son), 1892-1933
Ames, Jesse and Martha (parents), 1861-1900, n.d.
Ames, John J. (brother), 1862-78
Ames, Oakes (son-in-law), 1919
Borden, Sarah Ames (daughter), 1886-1900
Butler, Benjamin F. (father-in-law), 1870-86
Marshall, Jessie Ames (daughter), 1914-16
Rockefeller, John D. and Roosevelt, Franklin D., n.d.
Stevens, Brooks (son-in-law), 1911
Stevens, Edith Ames (daughter), 1893-1916
Ames children, 1886-96
Incoming
Ames, Jesse and Martha (parents), 1870-94
Ames, John T. (brother), 1886, 1903
Other relatives, 1861-99
Professional (includes related documents)
Antebellum: 1856, 1860
Civil War: 25 Apr 1861-9 Feb 1865
Reconstruction
26 Apr 1865-31 Mar 1870
1 Apr-30 Jun 1870
1 Jul 1870-28 Feb 1871
1 Mar-9 Oct 1871
1 Nov 1871-15 Mar 1872
16 Mar-29 Jun 1872
1 Jul 1872-7 Feb 1873
8 Feb-30 Apr 1873
1 May 1873-2 Feb 1897, n.d.
Burrigan, Joseph: re: superintendence of National Cemeteries, Jan-Mar, 1873
Knight, Captain Newton, 1871-73
White, D.W.: re: appointment as Chancery Clerk of Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, 1870-73
Mississippi judgeships, 1872-73
Tobacco statistics, 1872
Spanish American War
Medical supplies: correspondence and reports, Jan-Dec, 1898
Military orders, 1898
Speeches, 1912,1926
Friends and associates
Garner, James W., 1899-1900
Hoover, Herbert, 1932
Lynch, John R., 1914
Riley, Franklin, 1900-01
Spear, Ellis, 1910-13
Taft, William Howard, 1912
Wilson, James H., 1912-14
Miscellaneous, 1892-1932, n.d.
Financial materials
Ames Mill (Northfield, Minnesota): correspondence, 1902-06
North Star Mine (Silverton, Colorado): correspondence, 1896-1902, n.d.
Miscellaneous bills and receipts, 1891-1905, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Butler (1847-1939)
Diary, 1870
Poems about Blanche Butler Ames, 1869-70
Financial and legal materials
General correspondence, 1919-38, n.d.
Widow's claim to veteran's pension: correspondence, 1933-34
Annual statements,
Account books and ledgers, 1919-39
Powers of attorney and related correspondence, 1918-20, 1931
Estate settlement
Wills and related correspondence, 1918-38
Correspondence and memoranda, 1939-50, n.d.
Appraisals and valuations, 1939-40
Executors' accounting documents, 1940-45, n.d.
Loans, gifts, and other disbursements, 1903-41, n.d.
Checkbook, ledgers, and receipts, 1939-42, n.d.
Ledgers and cancelled checks, 1939-45 (unfoldered)
Filet work, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert (husband)
Apr 1870-Jul 1873
Aug 1873-Aug 1878
Jul 1879-Feb 1909, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert, Jr. (son), 1893-1937, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames (daughter)
Ames, Butler (son), 1891-1939
Ames, Jesse (father-in-law), 1875
Borden, Sarah Ames (daughter), 1896-1923
Butler, Benjamin F. (father), 1861-83)
Butler, Sarah Hildreth (mother), 1860-76
Marshall, Jessie Ames (daughter), 1900-31
Stevens, Edith Ames (daughter), 1896-1923
Ames daughters, 1896
Ames children, 1893-1925
Others (non-family), 1862
Parton, James, 1870
Spofford, Harriet, 1876
Others, 1861-1939
Writings
Character notes for the fictional "Jabez Stout," 1902
Book: Chronicles From the Nineteenth Century: Family Letters of Blanche Butler and Adelbert Ames (1957)
Typescripts, carbon copies, and photocopies
Section I: (pp. 871-1095), Jan-Dec 1872 (incomplete)
Section II: (pp. 1-762), Jan 1873-Dec 1874
Section II: (pp. 763-1895), Jan 1875-Aug 1893
Section II: (pp. 1896-2119), Feb 1894-Nov 1898
Poems about:
Blanche Butler Ames, 1869
Benjamin F. Butler, n.d.
Sarah Hildreth Butler, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert
Military record, n.d.
Executive documents, 1869-70
Spanish American War documents and photographs, circa 1898
Trial testimony: John T. Ames and John Handy vs. Adelbert Ames and Benjamin F. Butler, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert with parents and brother, 1861-75
Ames, Blanche Butler and Sarah Hildreth Butler, 1860-76
Condolence letters to Blanche Butler Ames re: death of Sarah Hildreth Butler, 1878
Butler, Benjamin F. to Blanche Butler Ames, 1888-91
Ames, Adelbert and Blanche Butler Ames
Apr-Dec 1870
Jan 1871-Nov 1873
Jul 1874-Oct 1879
May 1880-Oct 1903
Excerpts of letters
Jan 1874-Dec 1875
Jan-May 1876
Copy of excerpts, Jan 1874-May 1876
"Letters probably not needed," Mar 1877-Oct 1903
"Letters omitted"
"Duplicates," 1870-77, n.d.
Galley proofs, circa 1957
Notes, circa 1957
Correspondence and clippings, 1957-71
Copy of published book (2 volumes)
Ames, Oliver III (1831-1895): inventory of house contents, and copper nameplate, 1919, n.d.
Ames, Anna Coffin Ray: correspondence with Oakes and Blanche Ames Ames, 1915-17, n.d.
Butler, Ben-Israel: biographical information and correspondence, 1976
Butler, Paul
Will and clipping, 1918
Financial materials, and related correspondence, 1901-18
Estate
Correspondence and related documents, 1918-68, n.d.
Colorado and New Mexico real estate (includes Butler Ranch): correspondence and reports, 1919-37, n.d.
Correspondence, 1876-78
Butler, Joanna (aka Anna): correspondence, 1922-1940s
GENERATION IV
Ames, Adelbert, Jr. (1880-1955)
Obituaries, honors and awards, articles, clippings, essay, and life chronology, 1923-55, n.d.
Articles by Roy Behrens and related correspondence, 1987-98
Ames, Adelbert and Blanche Butler Ames (parents), 1918-39, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames (sister), 1915-55, n.d.
Ames, Butler (brother), 1891
Marshall, Jessie Ames (sister), 1929-33
Miscellaneous, 1911, 1935
Writings: bulletins and typescripts, 1921-25, n.d.
Ames, Fanny Vose Hazen: correspondence, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames (1879-1969)
Birth and marriage certificates, obituaries and eulogies, "Who's Who in America" forms, articles, essays, and clippings, 1899-1992, n.d.
Guidelines for unidentified health regimen, 1909
Passport, circa 1920
Passenger list for ship "Santa Clara" and Florida itinerary, 1940, 1960
Membership cards and certificates, 1942-65, n.d.
Award, 1958
80th birthday celebration, Feb 1958
Correspondence, poems, and telegrams
Responses to toasts, by BAA
Address and Christmas lists, 1962-63, n.d.
Illness charts, 1965-66
Burial: correspondence, 1969
Diaries (incomplete)
Smith College
Scrapbook, and loose items found in scrapbook, circa 1896-1900
Photographs
Classmates
Groups
Dramatics
Basketball team
Various people and buildings
Poems, cards, invitations, and memorabilia, circa 1895-99
Letter from Adelbert Ames, 1898
Class schedule, n.d.
Award for artwork, 1899
Drawings, n.d.
Drafts of skits, n.d.
Smith College programs and songbook, n.d.
Clippings, 1898-99
Class of 1899
Constitution
Commencement
Programs and lists of names
Ivy Day: program and notes
Reunion programs and alumnae registers, 1901-44
Alumnae correspondence, 1899-1966, n.d.
Oakes Ames Botanical Library Fund: correspondence, 1957
Miscellaneous, 1896-99, n.d.
"Rouge et Verte" or "Five Long Years," 1898
Draft
Floor plan (enclosed in draft)
The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare
Notebook with enclosed script, 1899
Program and documents enclosed in notebook, 1899
Photographs, 1899
Memorabilia, 1930, n.d.
Codicil, will, and related documents, 1933-74
Estate of William H. Ames: correspondence and court documents, 1921-33
Unidentified legal issue involving C. Brooks Stevens: correspondence, 1919-20
Insurance coverage: correspondence and essay, 1923-66
Charitable donations and membership dues, 1925-68, n.d.
Correspondence and memoranda pertaining to investment accounts, dividends, and taxes
Banking and investment management reports (mostly Kidder, Peabody, and Co.), 1946-63
Account books: 1905-14, 1920-22
Annual statements
Bills and receipts, 1916-63, n.d.
Bank statements and cancelled checks, 1899-1967, n.d.
Management of family assets
"Union of Workers and Minors" [sic]: correspondence, 1942-43
General correspondence and memoranda, 1924, 1943-57, n.d.
Ames Textile Corporation and Ames Worsted Company: correspondence, memoranda, charts, and reports, 1935-54, n.d.
Heinze Electric Company
Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, 1915-37
Annual reports and audits, 1918-32, n.d.
Lowell Airport Corporation: contracts, correspondence, and reports, 1927-47
National Lead Company and U.S. Cartridge: correspondence, 1918-26
Wamesit Power Company
Correspondence, 1911-54
Annual reports and statements, 1917-34
Family
Ames, Adelbert (father), 1885-1929, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert and Blanche Butler Ames (parents), 1893-1937, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert, Jr. (son), 1922-61, n.d.
Ames, Amyas (son), 1915-66, n.d.
Ames, Anna (mother-in-law), 1915, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Butler (mother)
n.d.
Ames, Butler (brother), 1887-94, 1927
Ames, Charley (cousin?), 1961
Ames children, 1961, n.d.
Ames, Evelyn Perkins (daughter-in-law), 1954, n.d.
Ames, Oakes (husband), 1899-1905, n.d.
Ames, Oakes (grandson), 1955
Ames, Oliver and Amyas (sons), 1915-54, n.d.
Borden, Ames (nephew), n.d.
Borden, Sarah Ames (sister), 1890-96, n.d.
Butler, Paul (uncle), 1895
Davis, Evelyn Ames (daughter), 1940, 1958, n.d.
Hoblitzelle, Olivia Ames (granddaughter), n.d.
Marshall, Andrew, Jr. (nephew) and Margaret Sayre, n.d.
Marshall, Jessie Ames (sister), 1902, 1956, n.d.
Pittarelli, Evelyn Davis (granddaughter), 1965
Plimpton, Pauline Ames (daughter), 1919-61, n.d.
Plimpton, Francis T.P. (son-in-law), 1944
Stevens, Edith Ames (sister), 1895-1940, n.d.
Others, 1898(?)-1967, n.d.
Ames, Charlie and David Ames, 1951-59
Plimpton, Fanny (Ann) Hastings and Ruth Plimpton, 1940s-60s
Children's education, health, and recreation, 1912-26, n.d.
Others
Sax, Hally and Karl, 1944-67, n.d.
Orchids and the work of Oakes Ames (after his death)
Harvard University
Arnold Arboretum, 1950-66
Botanical Museum and Oakes Ames Herbarium
Bierweiler, Louis, 1950-51, n.d.
Mangelsdorf, Paul, 1949-82
Schultes, Richard, 1949-67, n.d.
Schweinfurth, Charles, 1949-56, n.d.
Disposition of Oakes Ames' botanical library, 1956-86, n.d. (includes Pauline Ames Plimpton correspondence)
Donovan S. Correll re: Orchids of Guatemala, 1950-52, 1987
Articles and correspondence about Oakes Ames and orchids, 1929-53
Lectures and speeches
"Florida Orchids": typescript, 1947
"Speaking on Orchids"
Typescript, 1951 (incomplete)
Draft manuscript, 1951
"It Happened to Me": draft manuscript, 1954
"Flora of the Islands of the Pacific": typescript, n.d.
Article: "Painting Round the World": The Woman's Journal, 30 Dec 1930
Travesty: Two College Men of Boston: Some Shakespearean Balderdash Depleted": typescript, 1938
Poems, 1938-39, n.d.
Drafts and notes of other writings
"Title of Nobility": draft manuscript, 1934
"Wanted: Normal Americans": typescript, 1943
"Credo of Blanche Ames Ames": typescript, 1950s (?)
Unidentified, n.d.
Book: Adelbert Ames: Broken Oaths and Reconstruction in Mississippi, 1835-1933
Alleged factual errors in Profiles in Courage
John F. Kennedy: originals, copies, and photocopies, 1956
Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1956
Copies of correspondence and other documents, prepared by Blanche Ames Ames for use in potential lawsuit, circa 1963
Saudek, Robert and Theodore Sorensen, 1963-64
Others, 1956-60
Articles and clippings, 1954-64, n.d.
Other correspondence
Publishers and editors, 1956-70, n.d.
General, 1951-66
Attempts to find impartial biographer for Adelbert Ames, 1956
Lists to whom book was sent, 1964
Letters of thanks for copies of book, 1964-65
Publication announcement and reviews, 1964
Typescript, n.d.
"Specimen pages," 1962
Galley proof, circa 1962-63
Galley proof: corrections and notes, n.d.
Corrections to text
Hunt, Draper, 1960 (includes related correspondence)
Notes re: general corrections, n.d.
Drafts, n.d.
Illustrations and maps
Chapters 1-5, n.d.
Chapters 6-32, n.d. (no illustrations found for Chapters 14 and 33)
Copies of reproduction photographs, n.d.
Photostats of maps, n.d.
Negatives, n.d.
Photographs not used, n.d
Notes about appendices, n.d.
Notes about maps and illustrations, n.d
Notes about bibliography, n.d.
Notes about possible revisions, n.d.
Research materials
Mississippi State Archives, 1951-58
West Point Military Academy, 1957-58
General requests for documents and for permission to publish, 1956-63, n.d.
Photostats of letters by Adelbert Ames, 1895-1901 (from Mississippi State Archives)
Photostats of letters by Adelbert Ames, 1862-1916, n.d. (from National Archives)
Notes about military career of Adelbert Ames, n.d.
"Annual Message of Adelbert Ames to the Legislature of Mississippi": pamphlet, 1876
Fort Fisher (North Carolina)
"The Capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 15, 1865" by Adelbert Ames: pamphlet, 1865
"The Capture of Fort Fisher, North Carolina, January 15, 1865" by Adelbert Ames: photocopy, n.d.
"Fort Fisher: Second Expedition" by Adelbert Ames: typescript, n.d.
"Account of the Capture of Fort Fisher" by H.C. Lockwood
Manuscript, circa 1865
Brochures about Fort Fisher (and Fort Anderson), 1961-1962
Brief biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Adelbert Ames: manuscript, n.d.
"My Story of Fredericksburg" by Joshua L. Chamberlain and "Comments by One Who Was There" by Ellis Spear: typescripts, n.d.
Ku Klux Klan: notes, n.d.
Lamar, Lucius Q.C.
Book: Lucius Q.C. Lamar: His Life, Times and Speeches by Edward Mayes, 1896
Notes, n.d.
Mississippi
State constitution: notes, n.d.
Legal pamphlets, 1870-76
Oaths: notes, n.d.
"Story of the Civil War": maps, n.d.
Notebook of clippings, 1898
Photocopies of notebook of clippings
Article about U.S. Grant III: Boston Sunday Herald, 16 Oct 1960
Notes
Published copy of book
Activities
Emergency Fund Drive (for Boston charitable organizations): clippings, 1934
Miscellaneous civic associations and organizations: correspondence, newsletters, pamphlets, and brochures, 1898-1966, n.d.
Art
General correspondence, 1913-63, n.d.
Boston studio: correspondence and leases, 1914-17
Interior decoration commissions
Correspondence, notes, and sketches, 1930, n.d.
Paint samples, circa 1930
Notebooks
Circa 1918-54
Notes, 1946, n.d.
Pencil sketches of Benjamin F. Butler, n.d.
Copies of portrait of Adelbert Ames as a Civil War general, 1933
Paintings, photographs, prints, drawings, and sketches (various subjects), 1910-43, n.d.
Drawings and sketches of flowers, n.d.
Christmas cards, 1940-49, n.d.
Notes for color schemes in various paintings, 1915, n.d.
Reproduction photographs, slides, and negatives of paintings, n.d.
Color tint charts, n.d.
Color theory: "System of Color Standards"
Correspondence re: patent, 1922-26
Essay, notes, and sketches, circa 1920
Article: "Vision and the Technique of Art," by Adelbert Ames, Jr., C. A. Proctor and Blanche Ames Ames, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Feb 1923
Art supplies: brochures and invoices, n.d.
Exhibits and art association memberships: correspondence, brochures, and pamphlets, 1923-62, n.d.
Art events: articles, brochures, and pamphlets, 1915-57, n.d.
Posthumous publications and exhibits about the art of Blanche Ames Ames
Orchids and Artists, 1991
Brockton Art Museum
Correspondence, announcement, and reviews, 1982-84, n.d.
Catalogue, and copies of photographs used in it, 1982
Article: "There Were Ladies Present: American Women Cartoonists and Comic Artists in the Early Twentieth Century" by Alice Sheppard
Sketchbooks, 1899-1906, n.d.
Camera Lucida (microscope used for botanical drawings), n.d. [same key as Adelbert Ames diary]
Inventions
Cutting lumber: correspondence and diagrams, 1938-40
Excreta disposal system
Correspondence, photographs, and diagrams, 1966-67
Notes and clippings, 1966-67
Incineration information: correspondence and brochures, 1967
U.S. patent application, 1967
Information about existing sewage disposal patents, 1959-67
Propeller snare: correspondence, invoices, clippings, diagrams, and photographs, 1940-82, n.d.
Snow fencing: correspondence and clipping, 1957
Solar stills: correspondence, 1957
Excreta disposal system: memorabilia (paraphernalia designed for possible use with this invention), circa 1967
Reproductive rights and women's health
Birth control
Writings: review of book on contraceptive technique: draft, n.d.
American Birth Control League
Correspondence and invitations to meetings, 1922-34, n.d.
By-laws, minutes, and reports, 1931-35
Articles, forms, and statistical information, 1929-34, n.d.
Brochures, clippings, and pamphlets, 1928, n.d.
Massachusetts Birth Control League
General
Aug 1919-65, n.d.
Marshall, Jessie Ames, 1928-38, n.d.
Legal, 1928-35, n.d.
Form letters, 1919-35
Open letters, position papers, and speeches by BAA and others, 1928-35, n.d.
Drafts of letters and statements, and notes, 1925-35, n.d.
History of the organization: manuscripts, typescripts, and notes, 1921, n.d.
Constitution, 1916-32
Annual meetings: minutes and reports, 1928-35
Executive Board: membership lists, 1932-35
Executive Committee: minutes, 1916-circa 1935
Treasurer's reports, 1931-34
Fundraising
Correspondence and notes, circa 1916-20(?)
Forms, receipts, and lists of contributors, 1917-27
Committees (various): minutes and reports, 1916-34, n.d.
Membership questionnaire, circa 1916(?)
Brochures, clippings, and pamphlets, 1935-36, n.d.
Doctors' Bill to Clarify the Law
Correspondence, 1929-40, n.d.
Form letters, 1930-31, n.d.
List of invitees to lecture by Dr. James F. Cooper, May 1930
Lists of Massachusetts Representatives and Senators, 1929-31
Petitions, n.d.
Lists of supporters, n.d.
Lists of opponents, n.d.
Legislative leaflets and pamphlets, 1931
Court case summaries, 1930-31
Notes for reports and press releases, 1930-31, n.d.
Articles and clippings, 1931, n.d.
Parents' Petition to the Massachusetts Medical Society
Correspondence, 1929-35, n.d.
Speeches, 1929-30
Articles and notes, 1925-34, n.d.
Petition forms, 1935
Pamphlets, 1935
Controversy re: ad in Boston Transcript on 5 Jan 1935
Correspondence, notes, and reports, Dec 1934-Jan 1935
Letters of resignation and reconsideration, Dec 1934-Jan 1935
Clippings, Jan 1935
Debate with the Catholic Church about birth control
Articles and editorials in Atlantic Monthly, 1939-40
Correspondence, 1940
Speeches by Blanche Ames Ames, 1940-41
Essays by Blanche Ames Ames and Karl Sax, circa 1940
Notes and fragments, n.d.
Pamphlets, 1931, 1938, n.d.
Clippings, 1929-35, n.d.
Mothers' Health Office
Correspondence, 1931-34, n.d.
Reports, 1931-34, n.d.
Massachusetts Mothers' Health Council: correspondence and essay, 1939-42, n.d.
Margaret Sanger
Visit by Blanche Ames Ames and Jessie Ames Marshall to Margaret Sanger: report and notes, Feb 1934
"Margaret Sanger's Influence" by Blanch Ames Ames: typescript, n.d.
Article: "The Experts Debate the Birth Control Issue" by Margaret Sanger, Look, 8 Nov 1938
American Civil Liberties Union and Sanger's right to hold a meeting: report, 1925
Van Keeck Allison case: clippings, 1916
Other birth control organizations
Birth Control Federation of America: correspondence, 1940-41
Family Welfare Foundation: correspondence, essays, and reports, 1919
National Committee on Federal Legislation for Birth Control
Correspondence, 1928-35, n.d.
Newsletters and bulletins, 1929-35, n.d.
Planned Parenthood - World Population: correspondence, memoranda, and reports, 1965
Population Association of America: reports, 1934
Voluntary Parenthood League: correspondence and leaflets, 1915-30, n.d. (includes Mary Ware Dennet Defense Committee)
Published materials
Birth Control Review
Correspondence, 1916-34
Published issues: May and Nov 1929, Mar 1931, Dec 1934, and Jan 1935
Articles and newsletters, 1916-66, n.d.
Advertisements, 1918-66, n.d.
Clippings, 1916-66, n.d.
Eugenics
Brochures and pamphlets, 1931-32, n.d.
Eugenics: A Journal of Race Betterment, Jan & Feb 1931
Medical Journal and Record, 21 Mar 1928
New England Journal of Medicine, 1929-51 (8 issues)
New England Hospital
History, 1951, n.d.
By-laws and legal advice, n.d.
Staff by-laws, 1949-51
Annual reports, 1887-1956 (incomplete run)
Annual reports of President and Administrator, 1953-54
Board of Directors
Executive Committee: minutes, 1951-56, n.d.
Agendas, minutes, and reports, 1952-59
Lists of members, 1951-58, n.d.
Policy re: men on NEH medical staff: memoranda, 1952
Memoranda and notes, 1958, n.d.
Financial information: charts and reports, 1922-58
Statistical information, 1946-55
United Community Services: Faxon Report: reports, memoranda, and notes, 1950-54, n.d.
Evaluative reports and studies
"Report to the Trustees of the New England Hospital: A Study with Recommendations" by Philip D. Bonnet, 1952
"A Study of the New England Hospital" by Charles F. Wilinsky, 1958
Form letters, 1951-58, n.d.
Newsletters, 1933, 1953-54
Clippings, 1953-55, n.d.
Pamphlets, 1953-54
Hospital Council of Metropolitan Boston: minutes, 1953-54
Health and hospital administration
Medical journals, 1951-54
Pamphlets, 1951-54
Articles, newsletters, and clippings, 1949-58, n.d.
Miscellaneous notes and fragments, 1950-55, n.d.
Suffrage and women's rights
Correspondence, 1914-65, n.d.
Speeches by Blanche Ames Ames: drafts, n.d.
Easton Equal Suffrage League: agenda, minutes, reports, financial records, and notes, 1914-15
Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association: minutes, 1932
Signatures of citizens pledged to vote for woman suffrage, 1915
Political cartoons by Blanche Ames Ames and others, 1914-15
"Blanche Ames Ames and Woman Suffrage" by James J. Kenneally: pamphlet, typescript, and related article, 1993
Clippings and brochures about suffrage, 1891-1960
Photocopies of suffrage materials in the Schlesinger Library at Harvard University, 1892-1943, n.d.
Women's Centennial Congress
Correspondence and memoranda, 1940, n.d.
Clippings, programs, pamphlets, and reports, 1940-41, n.d.
Commission on Ethical and Religious Values: speech by Blanche Ames Ames: draft and notes, 1940
Subject files
Botanical: catalogs, brochures, order forms, and poems, 1947-57, n.d.
Business: articles, brochures, and pamphlets, 1933-66
Civil defense: correspondence, articles, and clippings, 1954-55, n.d.
Civil rights
Articles and notes, 1956-57, n.d.
Clippings, 1957-58, n.d.
Conservation: articles, clippings, brochures, and pamphlets, 1955-66, n.d.
Desalinization: articles and clippings, 1945-65
Harvard University: information about courses in economics, government and history, and the professors who taught them: correspondence and notes, 1951-57
Politics: articles and clippings, 1838-1962, n.d.
Religion: brochures and essay, 1943-54, n.d.
Science: articles and clippings, 1947-64, n.d.
Uranium and radiation detection: articles, brochures, and pamphlets, 1957-61, n.d.
Miscellaneous: brochures, magazines, and pamphlets, 1953-57, n.d.
Ames, Oakes (1874-1950)
Correspondence, genealogies, articles, and clippings, 1938-2004
Account of an Oakes Ames illness by Blanche Ames Ames, 1949
Obituaries, 1950
Condolences, 1950-51
Memorial service, 1950
Will and related documents, 1943-50
Oakes Ames Papers at Harvard University: correspondence, 1989-90
Memorials
Bronze bust (Harvard Museum of Natural History): correspondence and photographs, 1985-92 (includes Pauline Ames Plimpton correspondence)
Other: correspondence and photographs, 1950-67
Ames, Amyas (son), 1916-19, 1937
Ames, Anna C. (mother), 1897-1912, 1944
Ames, Blanche Ames (wife), 1898-1943
Ames, Blanche Butler (mother-in-law), 1900
Ames, Oliver (son), 1919, 1938
Davis, Evelyn Ames (daughter), 1919, 1945
Plimpton, Pauline Ames (daughter), 1919-28
Financial and legal
Amodeo, Anna Ray (niece), 1930
Hall, Susan Evelyn Ames (sister), 1932-35, n.d.
Nowell, Anna Lee Ames (sister), 1924-32, n.d.
Nowell, Ames (son of Anna Lee Ames Nowell), 1928-32
Zaiss, Lilian A. C., (niece) 1933-36, n.d.
Ames Shovel and Tool Company, 1899, 1924
Old Colony Trust Co., 1924-32
General, 1898-1950, n.d.
Diary excerpts: typescripts, 1901, 1930
A Handbook of Conservation: essay about frontispiece engraving, 1936
Untitled essay, n.d. (possibly by Oakes Ames)
Ames, Butler (1871-1954)
Biographical sketches, obituaries, condolence letter, and account of his last hours by Blanche Ames Ames, 1954, n.d.
"General Butler Ames: A Life Sketch" by Daniel Saul Hirschfield, 1963
Clippings and miscellaneous forms, 1899-1955, n.d.
Power of attorney, 1919
Correspondence about Butler Ames, 1953-65
Bills and receipts, 1892-1901
Cancelled checks, 1900-01
West Point
Notes, tests, and poem, circa 1890-94
Endorsements, musters, report cards, and leave of absence permissions, circa 1890-94
Invitations and memorabilia, 1890-94
Brochures, 1891-94
Political career
Clippings, 1899-1900, n.d.
Campaign literature, 1900
Notes and speeches, n.d.
Legislative documents, 1900, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert (father), 1894-1933, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Butler (mother), 1884-1936, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames (sister), 1888-1954, n.d.
"Sisters," 1896
Ames, Fifille Willis (wife), 1931
Extended family, 1892-94
Acquaintances, 1891-94, n.d.
General, 1892-1950
"Silver Slippers": shoe inserts, n.d.
Ames Electric Stove
Photographs and negatives, n.d.
Recipe and instructions, n.d.
Odorless Cooker
Instructions, plans, and photographs, n.d.
Royal Arcanum (club or society): membership application, certificates, and pamphlets, 1898-1900, n.d.
Subject file: Lower California Company, incident at Magdalena Bay in 1871: correspondence and copies of contemporary reports, 1912
Ames, William Hadwen (1861-1918): correspondence and clippings re: his estate, 1923, 1987
Ames, Winthrop and Lucy: correspondence, 1921-48, n.d.
Borden, Sarah Ames (1874-1931)
Ames, Adelbert (father), 1893-94, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Butler (mother), 1893-97, n.d.
Ames, Adelbert Jr. (brother), 1891
Ames, Blanche Ames (sister), 1893-1930, n.d.
Ames, Butler (brother), 1889-94
Stevens, Edith Ames (sister), n.d.
Borden, Spencer (1872-1937): correspondence, 1902-31
Davis, Hildreth: correspondence, 1950s, 1960s
Hall, Susan Evelyn Ames: letters to "Will," n.d.
Hall, Frederick F.
Letters to Blanche Ames Ames, 1935-41, n.d.
Condolences re: death of Susan Evelyn Ames Hall, 1940-41, n.d.
Marshall, Jessie Ames (1882-1967)
Ames, Adelbert (father), 1900, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Butler (mother), 1909-39
Ames, Blanche Ames (sister), 1909-39
Stevens, Edith Ames (sister), 1896-1949, n.d.
Beekman, Dean, n.d.
Marshall, Andrew M. (1879-1965): obituary, and correspondence, 1965, n.d.
Stevens, Edith Ames (1873-1958)
Ames, Adelbert (father), 1884-96
Ames, Blanche Butler (mother), 1892-1934
Ames, Blanche Ames, 1893-1956, n.d.
Ames, Butler (brother), 1892-96
Borden, Sarah Ames (sister), 1893-1916, n.d.
Marshall, Jessie Ames (sister), 1896-1935
Incoming from various individuals, 1943-63
Stevens, C. Brooks (1864-1949): correspondence, 1942-44
GENERATION V
Ames, Adelbert III (b. 1921) and Judith Derby Ames (1923-1973): correspondence, 1920s-1960s
Ames, Amyas (1906-2000)
Academic records and related correspondence, 1916-32
Clippings, marriage announcement, and obituary, 1948-2000
Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames (parents), circa 1910-69, n.d.
Ames, Evelyn (sister), 1924
Ames, Evelyn Ingeborg Perkins (wife), 1940s
Ames, Oliver (brother), 1924
Plimpton, Pauline Ames (sister), 1924-94, n.d.
Other, 1986-94
Writings: "In Defense of Womankind," n.d.
Ames, Evelyn Ingeborg Perkins (1908-1990)
Funeral, program, eulogies, and obituary, 1990
Correspondence, 1920s-1960s
Ames, John ("Jack"): correspondence, 1952-54
Ames, Oliver (1903-1971)
Obituary, and academic records and related correspondence, 1914-71, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames (mother), 1915-64
Plimpton, Pauline Ames (sister), n.d.
Others, 1928, 1954
Ames, Ellen Moseley (b. 1919): correspondence, 1940s-1960s
Borden, Richard (b. 1920) and Elizabeth McGinley Borden (b. 1913): correspondence, 1942-63
Bruner, Blanche Marshall (b. 1915): correspondence, 1964-67, n.d.
Colt, Joan Borden (1907-1995): correspondence and obituary, 1930s-66, 1995
Davis, Evelyn Ames (1910-1993)
Condolences and tributes, 1993
Academic records, clippings, and correspondence 1917-88
Poems, n.d.
Ames, Amyas (brother), 1969
Ames, Blanche Ames and Oakes Ames (parents), circa 1920-1960s
Davis, Blanche (daughter), 1950
Plimpton, Oakes (nephew), 1974
Plimpton, Pauline Ames (sister), 1920-82
Stevens, Edith Ames (aunt), 1943
Acquaintances, 1956, n.d.
Davis, John Paschall (1908-1977)
Eulogy, 1977
Correspondence, 1935-66
Sermons, 1965-66
Frenning, Blanche Borden (b.1902): correspondence
Ames, Blanche Ames (aunt), 1931-67, n.d.
Borden, Sarah A. and Spencer (parents), 1934
Plimpton, Pauline Ames, 1920-28, n.d.
Financial, 1938
Marshall, Andrew, Jr. (b. 1912): correspondence, 1960s
Marshall, Malcolm (b. 1919): correspondence, 1942, 1967
Plimpton, Pauline Ames (1901-1995)
Education
Primary and secondary school records, 1911-16
Essays and exams, 1918-22
Exam questions, 1918-22
Course notes, 1918-22
Archaeology - History (English)
History (U.S.) - Mathematics
Commencement program, 1922
Postgraduate essays and notes, 1923-25, n.d.
Passport, 1921
Interview: transcript, 1987
Biographical sketches, obituary, resumes, and clippings, 1956-95, n.d.
Account of childbirth experiences, 1986 (for book by Patricia Bernstein)
Awards, 1985-96, n.d.
Fiftieth wedding anniversary party
Correspondence, Jun 1976
Manual, 1976
Guest lists, 1976
Other parties, 1974-86
Society of Mayflower Descendants: correspondence and forms, 1989
Marriage and death certificates, drivers license, Social Security card, and obituaries, 1926, 1995
Wills, Power of Attorney, health care proxy, and related correspondence, 1956-93
Condolences, 1995
Funeral
Program, 1995
Guest lists, 1995 (bound volumes, unfoldered)
Appointment books, 1989-95
Photographs of furniture and related correspondence, 1992
Travel
Central America
Diary, 1923
Typescript of 1923 diary, n.d.
Photograph album, 1923
China: itinerary, correspondence, reminiscence, memorabilia, and notes, 1976
Europe (?): negatives, 1922
Paris, France
Correspondence, 1929-31
Compilation of original correspondence: typescripts, 1980
Mediterranean cruise: correspondence, itinerary, and invoices, 1988, n.d.
Other: correspondence, itineraries, and passenger list, 1956-89, n.d.
Blanche Ames Ames Trust: correspondence and legal documents, 1970-75
William Hadwen Ames Trust: correspondence, legal documents, and statements of account, 1982-86
Paul Butler Trust: correspondence and statements of account, 1969-90
Evelyn Ames Hall Trust: correspondence and legal documents, 1948
Union Land and Grazing Company: correspondence and reports, 1983-94
Financial statements and related correspondence, 1939-94
Gifts, bequests, and donations
Trusts for children of Pauline Ames Plimpton and Francis T. P. Plimpton, 1976
Stocks and securities, 1976
Charitable donations: correspondence and lists, 1986-95, n.d.
Consignment of literary manuscripts: correspondence, contracts, and statements of account, 1975-86
Artwork: inventories and notes, 1968-91, n.d.
Real estate
Sweet Hollow Farm (Huntington, NY)
Ownership and upkeep: correspondence and memoranda, 1941-94
Landscaping: correspondence and memoranda, 1992
Proposal to subdivide property: correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, and maps, 1985-90, n.d.
Sale of property to Nature Conservancy: correspondence, memoranda, contracts, and legal documents, 1989-93
Maps of Huntington, NY and environs, n.d.
Apartment (New York, NY)
Appraisal, 1993
Correspondence and financial information, 1968, 1992
Interior design
Estimates, invoices, and notes, 1966-76, n.d.
Esther Willcox (interior designer): invoices, 1967-69
Furniture ideas: pages from magazines, brochures, and notes, 1968, n.d.
Carpet, fabric, paint and wallpaper samples, circa 1968-69
Big room
Guest room
Library
Living room
Master bedroom
Pantry hall
Rear hall
Unidentified rooms
Fireplace and bookcase designs: estimates, plans, drawings, and photographs, 1968
Measurements for rooms in various Plimpton residences, n.d.
Ames, Amyas (brother), n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames and Oakes Ames (parents)
Circa 1910-Mar 1918
While attending Smith College, Oct 1918-1922, n.d.
Ames, Ellen Moseley (sister-in-law), 1960
Davis, Evelyn Ames (sister), 1918-69, n.d.
Plimpton, Francis T.P. (husband), 1925-65, n.d.
Friends and associates, 1941-94, n.d.
Hall, Elton, 1972
Kirshner, Ralph, 1994
Plimpton, Fanny (Ann) Hastings, 1927-29, 1940s
Plimpton, George Arthur, 1926, 1929
Plimpton, Ruth (sister-in-law), 1958-59, n.d.
Schultes, Richard Evans, 1969-85, n.d.
Others, 1928-95, n.d.
Academic institutions
Amherst College: correspondence and pamphlet, 1936, 1979-94
Columbia University: correspondence and pamphlet, 1934, 1984-94, n.d.
Alumnae and fundraising: correspondence and financial information, 1970-95, n.d.
Libraries, Smith College Archives, and Sophia Smith Collection: correspondence, 1969-94, n.d.
Smith College Museum of Art: Orchids and Artists exhibit: correspondence, speech, and catalog, 1991
Libraries
Folger Shakespeare Library: correspondence and contracts, 1981-91
Schlesinger Library, 1966-83, n.d.
Other educational institutions: correspondence, 1988-95, n.d.
Cultural and philanthropic organizations
American Red Cross: correspondence, 1986-87
Foreign Visitors Committee: correspondence and memoranda, 1990-92
Institute of World Affairs: correspondence, agendas, and reports, 1967-89, n.d.
Metropolitan Museum: correspondence, 1971
Museum of the City of New York: correspondence and report, 1973
National Council of Women: correspondence, by-laws, and reports, 1974-75
National Museum of Women in the Arts: correspondence and contracts, 1986-95, n.d.
New York House and School of Industry
By-laws and history, 1927-52, n.d.
General, 1940-51
Mortgages: correspondence and contracts, 1942-43
Landmarks Preservation Commission: correspondence and memoranda, 1986
Men's Committee: correspondence, 1949
Merger with Greenwich House: correspondence and legal documents, 1949-50
Merger with Union Settlement: correspondence, 1950
U.S. Department of Labor: regulations, 1943, 1949
Planned Parenthood of Manhattan and the Bronx, Board of Directors: minutes, 1957
Young Women's Christian Association: agendas, minutes, correspondence, and memoranda, 1978-93
Other, 1953-93, n.d.
Clubs
Fortnightly Club: discussion topic and reading lists, 1987-95, n.d.
Other: handbooks and lists, 1958-94, n.d.
Essays
"Benjamin Franklin Butler of New England": typescript, 1979
"Orchids in Bronze": typescript, 1983
The Ancestry of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames
Correspondence, 1974-80, n.d.
Family trees and genealogies, n.d.
Drafts, circa 1975-77
Published copy of book, 1977
A Collector's Recollections: George Arthur Plimpton
General, 1987-94, n.d.
Acknowledgements of complimentary copies donated to academic libraries, 1994-95
Fan mail, 1994-95
Distribution lists, 1994
Financial information, 1993
Typescript, circa 1992
Partial typescript, circa 1992-93
Published copy of book, 1993
Jottings of a Harvard Botanist
Correspondence and financial information, 1978-87, n.d.
Reviews, 1979-80
Typescript of forward and other sections, n.d. (incomplete)
Published copy of book, 1979 (unfoldered)
Orchids at Christmas
Correspondence, 1975-83, n.d.
Published copy of book, 1975
The Plimpton Papers: Law and Diplomacy
University Press of America: correspondence and contract, 1984-87
General correspondence and notes, 1983-95, n.d.
Reviews, 1985-87, n.d.
A Window On Our World
British American Publishing, Inc: correspondence and financial information, 1988-95, n.d.
Other publishers: correspondence, 1987-88
Design: correspondence, notes, and brochures, circa 1985, n.d.
General correspondence, 1987-94, n.d.
Reviews, 1985
Photographs, 1973, n.d.
Typescript, circa 1988
Typescript, circa 1988 (incomplete with some duplication)
Galley, circa 1989
Photocopy of galley, circa 1989 (incomplete)
Published, unbound copies of book (2), 1989
Speeches
Cambridge Rally (UK): correspondence and related documents, 1979-80, n.d.
Other, 1962-84, n.d.
Miscellaneous articles, clippings, lists, and notes, 1920-94, n.d.
Plimpton, Francis Taylor Pearsons (1900-1984)
Clippings, correspondence, lists, funeral program, and notes, 1909-91, n.d.
Francis Taylor Pearsons Plimpton Memorial Lecture: correspondence, fliers, and lists, 1991-95
Financial information, 1981-83
Appraisals: real estate and furnishings (Huntington, NY), 1983
Federal Estate Tax Return, 1984
Final Accounting of Executrix, 1984
Posthumous donations to archives and libraries: correspondence, 1984-87
Ames, Blanche Ames (mother-in-law), 1925
Plimpton, Fanny (Ann) Hastings (stepmother), 1926-28, n.d.
Plimpton, Francis T. P., Jr. (son), 1981
Plimpton, George Arthur (father), 1906-33
Plimpton, Pauline Ames (wife), 1925-65
Plimpton, Sarah Gay (daughter), 1963
Others, 1933-83, n.d.
Writings: press releases and typescripts, 1957-75
Miscellaneous, 1898, 1958, n.d.
Robey, Harriet Stevens (1900-1993)
Biographical materials: obituary, funeral program, and eulogies, 1993
Ames, Blanche Ames, 1950s-1966
Plimpton, Pauline Ames, 1920-21, n.d.
Writings: books
Correspondence, 1992-93
Bay View: A Summer Portrait, 1979 (unfoldered)
No Luxury of Woe: Reflections on the Legacy of Ben and Sarah Butler, 1992
Stevens, Ames (b. 1897): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1915-56(?)
Stevens, C. Brooks, Jr. (b.1902): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, n.d. (circa 1940s-1960)
Stevens, Edith Stevens (b.1899): correspondence
Ames, Blanche Ames, n.d. (circa 1960s)
Plimpton, Pauline Ames, 1919-21, n.d.
Williams, Jessie Marshall (b. 1916): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, n.d. (circa 1950s-60s)
GENERATION VI
Ames, Angier (b. 1947): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1964-67, n.d.
Ames, Edward A. (b. 1933): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, n.d. (circa 1940s-60s)
Ames, Oakes (b. 1931) and Louise Kimball Ames (b. 1932): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1943-1991
Ames, Oliver, Jr. (b. 1945): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1954-65
Davis, Ames (b. 1945): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, n.d (circa 1950s-60s)
Davis, John P., Jr. (b.1936)
Essay: "Oakes Ames and the Credit Mobilier": typescript, n.d.
Correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1948-64, n.d. (includes correspondence from wife, Dee Walker Davis, and son, Randy)
Hoblitzelle, Olivia Ames (b. 1937): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames and Pauline Ames Plimpton, 1950-88
Matthews, Blanche Davis (b. 1934): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, n.d. (circa 1940s-60s)
Miner, Phebe Stevens (b. 1923): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, n.d. (circa 1940s)
Myers, Harriet Robey (b. 1932): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames and Pauline Ames Plimpton, 1991, n.d.
Pittarelli, Evelyn Davis (b. 1941)
Commencement program and drawings, 1958, n.d.
Correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames and others, 1940s-64
Plimpton, Francis T.P., Jr. (b. 9 Mar 1928)
Biographical materials: clippings and articles, 1951-89
Ames, Blanche Ames, 1941-66
Plimpton, Francis T.P. and Pauline Ames Plimpton, 1989-93
Plimpton, Susan Wadsworth (b. 1931): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1955-64
Plimpton, George A. (1927-2003)
Clippings, obituary, and memorabilia, 1961-2003, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames and others, 1930s-68, n.d.
Plimpton, Francis T.P. and Pauline Ames Plimpton, 1941-90, n.d.
Plimpton, Oakes, 1947
Plimpton, Oakes A. (b. 16 Jan 1933)
Wedding vows, 1977
Ames, Blanche Ames, 1945-66, n.d.
Plimpton, Pauline Ames, 1974-95, n.d. (includes clippings and enclosures)
Others, 1991-94
Plimpton, Sarah Gay (b. 4 Oct 1936): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, and Oakes and Pauline Plimpton, 1940s-90, n.d.
Robey, Nancy Hurlburt (b.1926): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1957-61
Stevens, Ames, Jr. (1929-2003): obituary, 2003
Stevens, Edward B. (b. 1922): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1964
Strater, Blanche Frenning (b. 1929): correspondence with Blanche Ames Ames, 1953-56
Woodcock, Joan Ames: correspondence with Ames, Blanche Ames, n.d. (circa 1950s-60s)
Miscellaneous and unidentified documents, 1951, n.d.
Family history
Ames Monument, Hildreth Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts: glass plates, n.d.
Coats of arms, n.d.
Bay View (Gloucester, Massachusetts)
House and views, 1893, n.d.
"Mother Goose" garden
Circa 1932
Descriptive text, n.d.
Borderland (North Easton, Massachusetts)
House site, circa 1907-10
Exterior, n.d.
Interior, n.d.
Grounds, n.d.
Butler Ranch (Colorado), n.d.
The Whim (Ormond, Florida)
House, n.d.
Grounds, 1947-50 (?), n.d.
Sculptures by Blanche Butler Ames, Blanche Ames Ames, and other family members, n.d.
Villa Balbianello (Lake Como, Italy), 1954-61, n.d.
Oakes Ames Memorial Hall and Free Library and miscellaneous and unidentified houses and properties, n.d.
Individuals
Generation I
Ames, Jesse (1808-1894), 1870, n.d.
Ames, Martha Tolman (1813-1904), n.d.
Jesse and Martha Ames's residences, n.d.
Butler, John, n.d.
Butler, Charlotte Ellison, n.d.
Hildreth, Israel and his wife, n.d.
Generation II
Butler, Benjamin F.
Portraits, and funeral procession, 1950-1933, n.d.
Monuments, n.d.
Miscellaneous photographs, n.d.
Military and political, circa 1961-65
Butler, Sarah Hildreth, 1845, n.d.
Generation III
As a West Point Cadet and as a boy, circa 1853, n.d.
Portraits, casual photographs, and funeral procession, circa 1869-1933
Steel engravings, n.d.
Civil War, 1864-65
Spanish American War, 1898
With wife and children, circa 1891, n.d.
Military and political friends and associates, circa 1860s, n.d.
Residences
The Hill, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, n.d.
Other, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Butler
Portraits and wedding scenes, circa 1855-1932, n.d.
Pencil drawing of Blanche Butler Ames and Adelbert Ames, 1868
Ames, Oakes Angier, n.d.
Ames, Oliver III et al., n.d.
Butler, Ben-Israel, n.d.
Butler, Paul, n.d.
Generation IV
Ames, Blanche Ames
Portraits and casual photographs, circa 1891-1960s, n.d.
Eightieth birthday party, Feb 1958
Artwork: copy and study photographs, 1981, n.d.
Photographs of orchids, 1964, n.d.
Ames, Oakes, circa 1880-1950, n.d.
Blanche Ames Ames and Oakes Ames with children and extended family, circa 1905-10, n.d.
Ames, Butler, 1914, n.d.
Generation V
Ames, Amyas and Evelyn Ingeborg Perkins Ames, 1907-54, n.d.
Ames, Oliver and Ellen Moseley Ames, 1942, n.d.
Davis, Evelyn Ames, circa 1914, n.d.
Plimpton, Pauline Ames
Portraits and casual photographs, circa 1912-1940s, n.d.
Smith College and unidentified, circa 1922, n.d.
With family, 1935-83, n.d.
West Hills house, 1971, 1984
Generation VI
Ames, Edward and Sue Holtz Ames, n.d.
Ames, John, Jr. and Isabel Ames, circa 1950 (?)
Ames, Oakes and Louise Kimball Ames, n.d.
Hoblitzelle, Olivia Ames and Harrison Hoblitzelle, 1950, 1965
Marshall family: unidentified children, n.d.
Mathews, Blanche Davis, 1955, n.d.
Mathews, Robert J. L. III, 1955
Plimpton, Francis T.P., Jr., George Plimpton, Oakes Plimpton and Sarah Gay Plimpton (siblings), and families 1993, n.d.
Woodcock, Joan Ames, 1942-50, n.d.
Generation VII
Marshall family: unidentified "grandchildren," 1964
Mathews, John P. and Robert J.L. IV (siblings), 1958, 1961
Miner, Phebe Stevens and Joshua Miner: their children, circa 1960s
Plimpton, Peter and Susan (siblings), 1955, 1959
Group and extended family, 1959, n.d.
Miscellaneous and unidentified, 1964-65, n.d.
Scrapbooks, 1825-1902
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
From SERIES I: FAMILY HISTORY: Ames family genealogy, 1930
From SERIES III: INDIVIDUALS
Generation II, Sarah Hildreth Butler: photograph, n.d.
Generation III, Blanche Butler Ames: filet work, n.d.
Generation IV, Blanche Ames Ames
Smith College scrapbook and loose items found in scrapbook, circa 1896-1900
Copy and study photographs, n.d.
Color theory charts, n.d.
Sketches, n.d.
Suffrage cartoons
Reproductions, n.d.
Published in newspapers, 1915
Etchings of orchids, 1931, n.d.
Photograph of nude woman on a cross, n.d.
Watercolor portrait of Pauline Ames (Plimpton) as a child, 1905
Poster for "Orchids and Artists" (Smith College exhibit), 1991
Oils, watercolors, and drawings, 1917-22, n.d.
Generation V, Pauline Ames Plimpton: A Window on Our World galley and dust covers, circa 1989
From SERIES IV: PHOTOGRAPHS
Generation III, Adelbert Ames
Spanish-American War, 1898
Albums (2): Unidentified individuals, n.d.
Ames, Blanche Ames: album of family photographs, 1909, n.d.
Ames, Oakes: portrait, n.d.
Plimpton, Frances Taylor Pearsons, 1890, n.d.
Unidentified photographs of Generations I - IV, n.d.
Generation V, Pauline Ames Plimpton, photograph albums of travels, 1962-81
Flat File Drawer 16
"Claim of Sall's Battery, Captain Newton Knight, Tallahoma MS," 1873
Adelbert Ames' Civil War citations, 1865-1901, n.d.
Borderland: floor plans, elevations, sketches, and aerial photographs, 1910, 1963, n.d.
Oakes Ames Memorial Hall: floor plan for toilet room (by Blanche Ames Ames), n.d.
Floor plan of residence at corner of Commonwealth & Mass. Aves., Boston, by architect Edward H. Prichard
Suffrage cartoons by various artists, 1915-16
Flat File Drawer 17
Family trees, n.d.
Real estate insurance policies, 1896-97
Villa Balbianello: clipping, correspondence, and maps, 1989, n.d.
Benjamin F. Butler: certificates and legal documents, circa 1893-1903, n.d.
Adelbert Ames
Article in "The Puritan," n.d.
Honors and awards, 1898-1927
Reconstruction: clipping and correspondence, and related documents, 1871-72
Blanche Butler Ames: financial information and research materials pertaining to writings, 1928-51, n.d.
Blanche Ames Ames
Galleys and research materials, 1963
Lists of Massachusetts Senators and Representatives, 1931
Articles about birth control, 1957-58
Correspondence about birth control, n.d.
Graph of birth rates, 1917
Suffrage clipping, 1867 (from Women's Centennial Congress, 1940)
Butler Ames: financial information, legislative documents, and drawings for Odorless Cooker, 1900, n.d.
Pauline Ames Plimpton
Real estate: plans and maps, 1960s
Correspondence: Archibald MacLeish, 1969
Travel: Chinese flag, 1976
Flat File Drawer 28
Sketches, 1919, n.d. (3 folders)
Portrait of David Fairchild, 1947 (reproduction print)
Portrait of Paul Mangelsdorf, n.d. (original charcoal drawing)
Suffrage cartoons: original pen and ink drawings, 1915
"The Dog Gives Them Away"
"Meanwhile They Drown"
"Progress"
"Two Good Votes Are Better Than One"
"Two Pedestals"
Photostats of above suffrage cartoons, n.d.
Suffrage sketches, circa 1915
Photostats, photographs, and galley proof for Adelbert Ames: 1835-1933 by Blanche Ames Ames, 1963
Smith College diplomas (2), 1899
Diagrams for excreta disposal system, circa 1967
House plans for Adelbert Ames and Blanche Butler Ames in Tewksbury, Mass., Dec 1906
Bay State Road, Charles River Basin Fill: blueprints, 1931