Detailed Description of the Collection
Damon Collection
Table of Contents
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
The Letters and Papers of Samuel Chenery Damon (1815-1885) ~ 1810-1915 ~ Boxes 1-7
Box 1
Very early letters of Damon and Mills families ~ 1810-1830s
Box 1 Folder 1A
Very early letters of Damon and Mills families ~ 1810-1830s
Folder 1B
Pre-Hawaii essays, dramas, etc. ~ 1830s
Folder 2
Compositions, senior year
Folder 3
Letters received 1837-1840 ~ Jan 1837 - Aug 1838
Folder 4A
Letters received 1837-1840 ~ Sep 1838 - Dec 1838
Folder 4B
Letters received 1837-1840 ~ Jan 1839 - Mar 1839
Folder 5A
Letters received 1837-1840 ~ Apr 1839 - Dec 1839
Folder 5B
Letters received 1837-1840 ~ Jan 1840 - Mar 1840
Folder 6A
Letters received 1837-1840 ~ Mar 1840 - Dec 1840
Folder 6B
Box 1a
Letters from family & friends 1841-1842 ~ Jan 1841 - Mar 1841
Folder 7A
Letters from family & friends 1841-1842 ~ Mar 1841 - Jan 1842
Folder 7B
Letters received 1841-1843 (Small notebook - S.C.D's Handwriting) ~ 1841-1842
Folder 8A
Letters received 1841-1843 (Small notebook - S.C.D.'s Handwriting) ~ 1843
Folder 8B
Letters received 1843-1849 ~ 1843-1845
Folder 9A
Letters received 1843-1849 ~ 1846-1849
Folder 9B
Letters sent and received 1844 ~ Jan - Jun, 1844
Folder 10A
Letters sent and received 1844 ~ Jul - Aug, 1844
Folder 10B
Letters sent and received 1844 ~ Sep - Dec, 1844
Folder 10C
Letters to family in New England and journal letter ~ 1844
Folder 11
Description and reaction to the illness and death of first born son ~
Folder 12
Box 2
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Jan - Mar, 1845
Box 2 Folder 1A
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Apr - Jun, 1845
Folder 1B
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Jul - Sep, 1845
Folder 2A
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Oct - Dec, 1845
Folder 2B
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Jan - Feb, 1846
Folder 3A
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Mar - Apr, 1846
Folder 3B
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ May - Jun, 1846
Folder 4A
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Jul - Aug, 1846
Folder 4B
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Sep - Oct, 1846
Folder 5A
Letters received 1845-1846 ~ Nov - Dec, 1846
Folder 5B
Box 2a
Letters received 1847-1848 ~ Jan - Feb, 1847
Box 2a Folder 6A
Letters received 1847-1848 ~ Mar - Apr, 1847
Folder 6B
Letters received 1847-1848 ~ May - Jun, 1847
Folder 7A
Letters received 1847-1848 ~ Jul - Aug, 1847
Folder 7B
Letters received 1847-1848 ~ Sep - Dec, 1847
Folder 8
Letters received 1847-1848 ~ Jan - Jun, 1848
Folder 9
Letters received 1847-1848 ~ Jul - Nov, 1848
Folder 10
Box 3
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Jan - Mar, 1849
Box 3 Folder 1A
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Apr - Jun, 1849
Folder 1B
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Jul - Sep, 1849
Folder 2A
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Oct - Dec, 1849
Folder 2B
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Jan - Apr, 1850
Folder 3A
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ May - Dec, 1850
Folder 3B
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ 1852
Folder 4
Record book of letters & accounts of requests regarding
main of seamen to be collected and forwarded ~ 1852-1855
Folder 5
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ 1854
Folder 6
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Jan - Sep, 1855
Folder 7A
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Oct - Dec, 1855
Folder 7B
Oversized posters and broadsides related to the Seamen's
Chaplaincy, Sailors Home fundraising, programs and special events ~
Folder 8
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Jan - Jun, 1856
Folder 9A
Letters received 1849-1856 ~ Jul - Dec, 1856
Folder 9B
Box 3a
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Feb - Sep, 1857
Box 3a Folder 10A
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Oct, 1857
Folder 10B
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Nov - Dec, 1857
Folder 10C
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Jan - Feb, 1858
Folder 11A
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Mar - May, 1858
Folder 11B
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Jun - Jul, 1858
Folder 12A
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Aug, 1858
Folder 12B
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Sep - Oct, 1858
Folder 13A
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Nov - Dec, 1858
13B
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Jan - Feb, 1859
Folder 14A
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Mar - Apr, 1859
Folder 14B
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ May - Aug, 1859
Folder 15A
Letters received 1857-1859 ~ Sep - Dec, 1859
Folder 15B
Box4
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Jan - Mar, 1860
Box 4 Folder 1A
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Apr - Jun, 1860
Folder 1B
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Jul - Sep, 1860
Folder 2A
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Oct - Dec, 1860
Folder 2B
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Jan - Mar, 1861
Folder 3A
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Apr - Jun, 1861
Folder 3B
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Jul - Dec, 1861
Folder 4
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Jan - Apr, 1862
Folder 5A
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ May - Jun, 1862
Folder 5B
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Jul - Dec, 1862
Folder 6
Letters received 1860-1863 ~ Jan - Jun, 1863
Folder 7
Box 4a
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Jul - Sep, 1863
Box 4a Folder 8A
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Oct - Dec, 1863
Folder 8B
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Jan - Jun, 1864
Folder 9
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Jul - Sep, 1864
Folder 10A
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Oct - Dec, 1864
Folder 10B
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Jan - Mar, 1865
Folder 11A
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Apr - Jun, 1865
Folder 11B
Letters received 1863-1865 ~ Jul - Dec, 1865
Folder 12
Box 5
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jan - Feb, 1866
Box 5 Folder 1A
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Mar - Jun, 1866
Folder 1B
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jul - Sep, 1866
Folder 2A
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Oct - Dec, 1866
Folder 2B
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jan - Jun, 1877
Folder 3
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jul - Dec, 1867
Folder 4
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jan - Sep, 1868
Folder 5
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jan - Mar, 1869
Folder 6
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Apr - May, 1869
Folder 7A
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jun, 1869
Folder 7B
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Jul, 1869
Folder 8A
Letters received 1866-1869 ~ Aug - Sep, 1869
Folder 8B
Box 5a
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ Oct - Dec, 1869
Box 5a Folder 9
Letters written to William Williams ~ 1869 & 1870
Folder 10
Letters written by S.C. Damon to son Francis William (Frank) Damon ~
Folder 11
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ 1870
Folder 12
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ 1871
Folder 13
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ Feb - Aug, 1872
Folder 14A
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ Sep - Dec, 1872
Folder 14B
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ Jan - Jul, 1873
Folder 15A
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ Aug - Dec, 1873
Folder 15B
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ Jan - Jul, 1874
Folder 16A
Letters received 1869-1874 ~ Aug - Dec, 1874
Folder 16B
Box 6
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ Jan - Jun, 1875
Box 6 Folder 1
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ Jul - Sep, 1875
Folder 2A
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ Oct - Dec, 1875
Folder 2B
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ Jan - Apr, 1876
Folder 3A
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ May - Dec, 1876
Folder 3B
Letters written during a trip to the U.S. Centennial Celebration
in Philadelphia ~ 1876
Folder 4
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ 1877
Folder 5
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ 1878
Folder 6
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ 1879
Folder 7
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ Jan - Jun, 1880
Folder 8A
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ Jul, 1880
Folder 8B
Letters received 1875-1880 ~ Aug - Dec, 1880
Folder 8C
Box 6a
Letters received from children, 1880-1885 ~ 1880
Box 6a Folder 9
Letters received 1880-1885 ~ 1881
Folder 10
Letters received 1880-1885 ~ 1882
Folder 11
Letters received 1880-1885 ~ Feb - Mar, 1883
Folder 12A
Letters received 1880-1885 ~ Apr - Dec, 1883
Folder 12B
Letters received 1880-1885 ~ Jan - Jun, 1884
Folder 13A
Letters received 1880-1885 ~ Jul - Dec, 1884
Folder 13B
Letters received 1880-1885 ~ 1885
Folder 14
Various Letters ~ Undated
Folder 15
Various Letters ~ Undated
Folder 16
Notebook kept on trip to the Orient ~ 1884
Folder 17
Box 7
One letter (mutilated and unusable) ~
Box 7 Folder 1
Letters by James Hunnewell, 1822-1869 ~ 1822-1857
Folder 2A
Letters by James Hunnewell, 1822-1869 ~ 1858-1859
Folder 2B
Letters by James Hunnewell, 1822-1869 ~ 1860-1864
Folder 3A
Letters by James Hunnewell, 1822-1869 ~ 1865-1869
Folder 3B
Letters by S.C. Damon (some are copies) ~
Folder 4A
S.C. Damon's passport ~
Folder 4B
Correspondence concerning the publication of the Friend ~ 1848; some undated
Folder 5
Box 7a
Business and real estate interests in New England, 1871-1885 ~ 1871-1872
Box 7a Folder 6A
Business and real estate interests in New England, 1871-1885 ~ 1873-1880
Folder 6B
Material concerning literature (no Hawaiiana) ~
Folder 7
Material concerning the family property in Holden, Mass, 1851- 1875 ~ 1851-1858
Folder 8A
Material concerning the family property in Holden, Mass, 1851- 1875 ~ 1859-1863
Folder 8B
Material concerning the family property in Holden, Mass, 1851- 1875 ~ 1864-1875
Folder 8C
Clippings from various newspapers ~
Folder 9A
Clippings from various newspapers ~
Folder 9B
Letters sent and received by Julia Mills Damon ~ 1863-1889 ~ Box 8
Letters sent and received ~ 1863-1864
Box 8 Folder 1
Letters sent and received ~ Feb, 1885
Folder 2A
Letters sent and received ~ Mar - Jun, 1885
Folder 2B
Letters sent and received ~ 1877-18 86
Folder 3A
Letters sent and received ~ 1887-1889; some undated
Folder 3B
Letters sent and received by Edward Chenery Damon ~ 1861-1884 ~ Box 8
Letters sent and received ~ 1861-1884
Folder 4
Letters sent and received ~ 1869-1880
Folder 5A
Letters sent and received ~ 1884
Folder 5B
Letters and papers of William Frederick Damon ~ 1868-1883 ~ Box 8a
Letters and papers ~ 1868-1872
Box 8a Folder 6A
Letters and papers ~ Sep - Oct, 1874
Folder 6B
Letters and papers ~ Nov - Dec, 1874
Folder 6C
Letters and papers ~ Jan - Jul, 1875
Folder 7A
Letters and papers ~ Aug - Sep, 1875
Folder 7B
Letters and papers ~ 1876-1879
Folder 8
Letters and papers ~ 1869-1876
Folder 9
Letters and papers ~ Jul - Nov, 1879
Folder 10A
Letters and papers ~ 1879-1883
Folder 10B
Letters and misc related to S.C. Damon's genealogy research ~ 1865-1882 ~ Box 9
Requests for genealogy information ~ Various dates; some undated
Box 9 Folder 1
Requests for genealogy information ~ 1870's
Folder 2
Requests for genealogy information ~ 1870's-1880's
Folder 3
Requests for genealogy information ~ Feb - Jul, 1881
Folder 4A
Requests for genealogy information from mainland relatives ~ Aug - Dec, 1881
Folder 4B
Requests for genealogy information ~ Jan - Jun, 1882
Folder 5A
Requests for genealogy information ~ Jul - Dec, 1882
Folder 5B
Requests for genealogy information ~ 1865-1869
Folder 6
Requests for genealogy information ~ 1875-1879
Folder 7A
Requests for genealogy information ~ Various dates; some undated
Folder 7B
Box 9a
Requests and misc. printed material and bound books ~ Various dates
Box 9a Folder 8
Requests and misc. printed material and bound books ~ Various dates
Folder 9
Requests and misc. printed material and bound books ~ 1882
Folder 10
Requests and misc. printed material and bound books ~ Various dates
Folder 11
Correspondence and accounts with the American Seamen's Friend Society regarding Seamen's Bethel and Seamen's Home in Honolulu ~ 1837-1865 ~ Box 10
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1837-1845
Box 10 Folder 1
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1845-1846
Folder 2A
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1847-1849
Folder 2B
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1850-1854
Folder 3
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1855-1856
Folder 4A
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1857
Folder 4B
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1858-1859
Folder 4C
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1860-1862
Folder 5A
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1863-1865
Folder 5B
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1865-1869
Box 10a
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1865-1869
Box 10a Folder 6
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1870-1874
Folder 7
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1875-1879
Folder 8
Correspondence and accounts ~ 1880-1885
Folder 9
Correspondence and accounts ~ Various dates; some undated
Folder 10A
Correspondence and accounts ~ Undated
Folder 10B
Church certificates of membership and letters of transfer ~ 1838-1885 ~ Box 10a
Church certificates of membership and letters of transfer ~ 1838-1853
Box 10a Folder 11A
Church certificates of membership and letters of transfer ~ 1856-1866
Folder 11B
Church certificates of membership and letters of transfer ~ 1867-1885; some undated
Folder 12
S.C. Damon sermons and misc materials ~ Box 11
Sermons and misc. ~ 1842 - Aug 1872
Box 11a
Sermons and misc. ~ Nov 1872 - 1880; some undated
Box 11b
Sermons and misc. ~ 1840s-1880s
Papers and letters of Francis William Damon ~ Box 12
Papers and Letters ~ 1863-1866
Box 12 Folder 1
Papers and Letters ~ Various dates; some undated
Folder 2
Papers and Letters ~ 1869-1877; some undated
Folder 3
Papers and Letters ~ May 1878 - Aug 1880
Folder 4A
Papers and Letters ~ Sep 1880 - Jun 1881
Folder 4B
Papers and Letters ~ 1883-1884; some undated
Folder 5
Papers and Letters ~ 1885
Folder 6
Papers and Letters ~ 1894-1895; 1908
Folder 7
Papers and Letters ~ 1878-1888
Folder 8A
Papers and Letters ~ 1889-1899; some undated
Folder 8B
Papers and Letters ~ 1912; some undated
Folder 9
Papers and Letters ~ 1915; some undated
Folder 10A
Papers and Letters ~ Undated
10B Folder
Papers and Letters of Samuel Mills Damon ~ 1863-1896 ~ Box 13
Papers and Letters ~ 1863-1869
Box 13 Folder 1A
Papers and Letters ~ 1870-1896
Folder 1B
Miscellaneous ~ Box 13
Letter book (empty); envelope addressed to S.C. Damon ~ 1870-1896
Box 13 Folder 2