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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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