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(410)-516-8348 Adams (Herbert Baxter) 1850-1901
Papers 1851-1901
Ms. 4 Size: 46 document boxes
15 pamphlet boxes
15 flat boxes
1 oversize drawer
(35 linear feet) Processed: 1988
By: Margaret N. Burri Provenance: The papers were bequeathed to The Johns Hopkins
University by Herbert Baxter Adams upon his death
in 1901. Access: Access is unrestricted. Permission: Permission to publish material from this
collection must be requested in writing from the
Manuscripts Librarian, Special Collections, Milton
S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, MD, 21218. Citation: Herbert Baxter Adams Papers Ms. 4
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Table of Contents
Provenance.................................................1
Biographical Sketch........................................1
Scope and Content Note.....................................2
Series Descriptions:
Series 1: Correspondence.............................4
Series 2: Lectures...................................4
Series 3: Writings...................................5
Series 4: Research Material..........................6
Series 5: Johns Hopkins University...................6
Series 6: U.S. Bureau of Education...................7
Series 7: AHA Committee of Seven.....................7
Series 8: Personal...................................8
Series 9: Prints and Photos..........................8
Container List.............................................10
Appendices:
Appendix 1: Correspondents...........................30 Appendix 2: Prints in the Herbert Baxter Adams
Papers.................................32
Appendix 3: Maps in the Herbert Baxter Adams Papers..42 Appendix 4: List of Courses Taught by Herbert
Baxter Adams...........................45 Appendix 5: List of Public Lectures Delivered by
Herbert Baxter Adams...................46
Provenance
The papers were bequeathed to The Johns Hopkins University by
Herbert Baxter Adams upon his death in 1901. The bequest
included his library of historical works and pamphlets. The
books have been integrated into the holdings of the Milton S.
Eisenhower Library. Biographical Sketch Herbert Baxter Adams was born in Shutesbury, Massachusetts on
April 16, 1850. He attended secondary school at Phillips Exeter
Academy and received his B. A. from Amherst College in 1872. He
taught for a year at Williston Seminary, and then decided to
pursue doctoral studies at the University of Heidelberg. He
received his Ph.D. in 1876. While in Europe, Adams learned of
the fellowships for advanced study available at the newly founded
Johns Hopkins University. He was accepted, and came to Baltimore
in the fall of 1876. Between 1876-1878, Adams helped Dr. Austin Scott conduct a course
in American history. When Scott left, Adams was promoted to
associate professor, a position he held until his appointment to
full professor in 1891. Despite his acknowledged leadership in
forming the Historical Seminary, Daniel Coit Gilman, President of
the University, sought outside talent for the position of
department chairman. Only after several fruitless searches, and
an offer made to Adams by the fledgling University of Chicago,
did Gilman accord Adams, in 1891, the position he had earned. Although Adams never accepted a full-time offer from another
university, he did agree to spend his spring teaching at Smith
College. He started in 1878 and continued until 1881. Despite
his short tenure there, he was very popular with the Smith
students. Adams instituted the seminary method of historical instruction at
Hopkins. Rather than absorbing tedious daily lectures, the
graduate students were expected to prepare and discuss original
papers on historical and political subjects. After 1882, the
best of these papers found their way into the Johns Hopkins
Studies in Historical and Political Science. Started by Adams as
a forum for historical research, he edited the series from its
institution until his death in 1901. Herbert Baxter Adams's own research interests lay in the fields
of institutional and international history. Adams's interest in
international affairs began during his doctoral studies in
history and political science at Heidelberg. There he studied
international law with the renowned Swiss jurist, Johann Kaspar
Bluntschli. Adams's course in international law, which he taught
from 1879-1893, owed much to Bluntschli's approach. Adams was a
popular teacher and his course attracted a number of graduate and
undergraduate students, among whom were Albert Shaw, Newton D.
Baker and Woodrow Wilson. Adams's teaching contributed
substantially to the internationalism of his more renowned
students. Adams's best known monographs, Germanic Origin of New England
Towns, Norman Constables in America, and Saxon Tithingmen in
America concerned the institutional origins of New England towns.
Adams theorized that both English and colonial American
development owed much to Teutonic institutions. As his students
investigated local institutions in their own parts of the
country, and began to show that the transference of Germanic
institutions had not been as encompassing as Adams initially
believed, he accepted their findings. Although he decreased his
emphasis on Teutonic roots, he continued to promote the value of
local studies as the key to the development of American
institutions. Adams was active in the founding of the Johns Hopkins University
Club, later the University Club. Continued ill health led to his
letter of resignation addressed to Daniel Coit Gilman on December
2, 1900. He died on July 30, 1901 in Amherst, Massachusetts. He
was unmarried. Scope and Content Note The collection consists of nine series, spanning 1851-1903, with
the bulk of the material covering 1876-1901, the years of Adams's
tenure at Hopkins. The series are correspondence, lectures,
writings, research material, Johns Hopkins University, United
States Bureau of Education, American Historical Association
Committee of Seven, personal, and prints and photos. Most of the
series reflect Adams's passion for teaching and historical
studies. The correspondence (1876-1901) forms the largest series,
containing incoming letters arranged alphabetically. (A partial
set of typescripts, arranged chronologically, follows the
alphabetical arrangement.) Adams kept close ties with colleagues
and former students. They apprised him of their careers, and
described their teaching techniques and methodologies. The study of university extension and its effectiveness as an
educational tool was one of Adams's longtime interests. His
incoming letters from Edward Bemis, Frank Blackmar, Nathaniel
Butler, Melvil Dewey, Richard T. Ely, William Rainey Harper,
William T. Harris, Richard G. Moulton, Lyman Powell and George
Vincent outline much of the theory, practice, success and
failures of the university extension movement. The size of the series, its breadth and scope, make it a valuable
resource for studying aspects of higher education in the
nineteenth century. A list of correspondents follows the
container list. Adams delivered lectures on a variety of topics to a variety of
audiences. The lecture series contains not only lectures given
to Hopkins students, but those delivered to Baltimore school
teachers, summer Chautauqua, and public audiences at the Peabody
Institute. Because Adams devoted so much time to teaching, he did not author
a large number of monographs. Although he encouraged his
students to research and publish, Adams's own work was limited
mostly to short articles on a variety of topics. The writings
series contains manuscript, typescript and/or reprints of many of
the articles. Adams did plan a life work on the origin of New
England towns. Manuscript drafts of chapters of this unpublished
work are also found in this series. Adams conducted extensive research for his lecture and writing
topics. The magazine articles and pamphlets complement the
material in the lecture and writings series. Besides these
secondary sources, Adams made holographic copies of related
primary materials. These notes are included in this series. In 1876, Adams came to Hopkins as one of its first fellows. He
worked his way through the ranks of associate and full professor
to department chairman. Although he received offers from other
schools, most notably the fledgling University of Chicago, he
chose to stay at Hopkins. The Johns Hopkins University series
illustrates aspects of Adams's tenure and includes administrative
records, papers by his students, a typescript copy of the
Historical Seminary minutes, and clippings and pamphlets
collected for the Historical Seminary Library. This material,
along with his lectures, provide a fairly complete picture of his
activities at Hopkins. Adams's interest in higher education extended beyond the Hopkins
campus. In 1887, the United States Bureau of Education
approached him to edit a series of monographs on higher education
in the United States. The goal was to cover all the states. The
Bureau of Education series contains lists of contributors and
titles, and a partial manuscript draft of Contributions to
Educational History. The Bureau shared Adams's interest in
university extension, and wanted him to research the movement in
America and Great Britain. He collected syllabi and catalogs
from domestic and foreign programs which are a part of this
series. The study of history in the secondary schools was another of
Adams's concerns. In 1896, he joined with six other scholars to
form the American Historical Association Committee of Seven,
which was charged with assessing the state of history instruction
in the high schools. This series contains minutes of the
Committee and a typescript draft of its report. Despite his obvious devotion to the University, Adams did not
neglect his personal life. Tributes after his death indicate
that he was genuinely liked and respected. Material in the
personal series supports this. Two personal scrapbooks contain
cards from students and friends, carte-de-visites, report cards,
and copies of the Amherst student paper. The series also
contains financial records, newspaper clippings, genealogical
material and reminiscences. The prints and photos series contains material that Adams used as
visual adjuncts to his lectures. Carte-de-visites and cabinet
photographs of famous men, works of art, European cities, the
western United States, a Trappist monastery in Canada, and
various American colleges and universities form the bulk of this
series. In Adams's lecture notes there are often marginal
comments to "show a picture of ________." The images were
supplied either from his photographic or print collection. There
are also some personal photographs of his Smith students, family
and friends. The Johns Hopkins University Circulars, while not part of this
collection, are another source for researching Adam's career.
The Circular lists courses taught, publications, and public
lectures delivered. Copies may be found in the University
Archives and in the Bibliographic Reference Area, M Level.
Series Descriptions
Series 1: Correspondence, 1876-1901, Boxes 1-19 The letters are arranged alphabetically, and there are two boxes
of typescripts of some of the letters, arranged chronologically,
following the correspondence. The letters are from his friends,
colleagues and students, and address various aspects of teaching,
research and university extension. A list of correspondents
follows the container list.
Series 2: Lectures, c. 1878-1899, Boxes 19-31
This series contains lectures and speeches Adams presented to his
classes, to a teachers' conference, public gatherings, and the
History and Political Science Association. The lectures are
arranged alphabetically, and a complete list appears in the
container list. The classroom lectures form the bulk of the
series, and cover many of the courses Adams taught. Their titles
are drawn from the listings in the Johns Hopkins University
Circulars, and range from American colonial to church to Greek
and Roman to Oriental history. Adams often preferred to approach
history topically, rather than geographically, as indicated by
his lectures on the beginnings of church and state, family
history, international law and diplomacy, and modern absolutism
and revolution. Quiz questions, essay topics and syllabi are
included where available. In 1898, at the request of Baltimore school teachers, Hopkins
appointed Adams to a three man committee to arrange a special
lecture course for teachers. The committee planned a program of
courses in the arts, sciences and education to be given Friday
evening and Saturday mornings. Adams contributed a series of 10
lectures on the history of education: Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew,
classical, medieval, education in France, England and Germany,
and University Extension in England. The lectures Adams
delivered to the Teachers'Course of Lectures (1898-1899) indicate
his interest and expertise in the history of education. In
addition to the lectures from the teachers course, this part of
the series contains class lists, syllabi, and some financial
records. Adams believed in making knowledge available to a wide range of
people. He lectured before audiences at the summer Chautauqua
and the Peabody Institute. His public lectures reflect his wide
range of knowledge--local life and home institutions, renaissance
of geography and the discovery of America, and pioneers of
popular education. Adams conducted an applied social science seminar which focused
on one specific topic. This series contains minutes from the 11
lectures of the fall 1888 course which discussed charities and
philanthropic works, their history and their function in present
day society. To better understand charities, the students
visited St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, the House of Refuge,
Friendly Inn, and the Home for the Incurables. In 1896-1897, students met and discussed various aspects of
education--pedagogical methods, how children learn, and the
history of education. Adams lectured on educational history from
the Jews, to the Greeks and Romans, and Christian education. He
also addressed the three great revivals of learning--Charles the
Great, Scholasticism and the Renaissance. This series contains
minutes from the conference which briefly describe Adams's
lectures and subsequent discussion. The only lectures which
survived are those on education in classical Greece.
Series 3: Writings, 1872-1901, Boxes 32-34
This series contains manuscript and typescript drafts of
published and unpublished works as well as reprints of articles,
arranged alphabetically. Adams's best known monographs were on
the origin of New England towns and their institutions. He
intended to expand this into one comprehensive volume which would
cover New England from its earliest settlement through the
expansion of its towns and the development of its institutions.
A manuscript outline, table of contents and some chapters of this
work are in the series. Other writings of note are a partial typescript draft of The Life
of Jared Sparks, a chapter entitled "A General View of Europe in
the Nineteenth Century" from an unnamed, unfinished work, and an
outline of proposed writings. In 1897 Adams drafted a study on
types of University Extension programs with chapters on various
institutes such as those run by churches, the YMCA and social
settlements. This was probably done for the U.S. Bureau of
Education study. See Series 6. A complete list of the writings is
in the container list.
Series 4: Research Materials, c. 1876-1901, Boxes 35-42
Adams collected articles and pamphlets on many of his lecture and
writing topics. He also made holographic copies of primary
material for his work on New England towns. This series contains
both secondary material and notes on primary material that he
used in his work. The items are arranged alphabetically by
topic. In 1885, Thomas G. Cary, historian of early California history,
sent holographic copies of his works Alta California after the
Mexican War, The First Vigilance Committee, Chinese in
California, and The Vigilance Committee of 1856 to Adams for the
use of Josiah Royce, a former Hopkins fellow. Royce eventually
published two works on California. Cary's manuscripts are
contained in this series.
Series 5: Johns Hopkins University, 1878-1901, Boxes 42-54
Material in this series, along with Adams's lectures, paint a
fairly complete picture of his activities at Hopkins. It
includes administrative records, papers turned in by Adams's
students, and a typescript copy of the Historical Seminary
minutes. The originals of the minutes are in the University
Archives. A microfilm copy is available in the Audio/Visual
Department, film #2735, 2736. The Seminary minutes have been
edited by Marvin Gettleman and published. Adams played a number of roles at Hopkins. In addition to his
teaching responsibilities, he conducted the Seminary of
Historical and Political Science. The Seminary consisted of a
group of full-time graduate students in history and political
science. Original papers on historical and political subjects,
and methods and products of research were presented and discussed
in this forum. Some of the papers were later published in the
Studies in Historical and Political Science. In November 1881, the noted English historian, Edward A. Freeman,
visited Baltimore, and lectured to graduate students at Hopkins.
Manuscript copies of his remarks on American institutional
history and French and English towns are in this series. Adams edited the Studies from their institution in 1882 until his
death in 1901. Manuscripts submitted for publication are
contained in this series. The manuscripts by Charles Levermore
and George Brown did appear in the series. The anonymous history
of Baltimore was not published. It is assumed that they came to
Adams because of his editorial skills. Adams collected articles by his former students. These, too,
were made available to the Seminary. A complete list of authors
and may be found in the container list.
The Seminary Library housed a newspaper bureau instituted by
Adams. Articles on economic, political, social, legal,
historical and educational subjects were cut out and pasted on
sheets of brown paper. The articles were indexed, arranged
alphabetically, and placed in open pamphlet boxes to be browsed
at will. These clippings are part of this series.
As de facto chairman of the history department, Adams performed
various administrative tasks. He set guidelines for graduate and
undergraduate degrees, organized lectures, kept a list of Ph.D.
dissertation topics, and oversaw the Historical and Political
Science Association. Items in this series document these tasks.
Series 6: United States Bureau of Education, 1887-c.1890,
Boxes 55-59
In 1887, Adams began editing for the United States Bureau of
Education a series of contributions to American educational
history, as well as researching University Extension in Great
Britain and America. Adams collected syllabi and catalogs from
both domestic and foreign University Extension programs. These
pamphlets form the bulk of this series, and a complete list may
be found in container list. The pamphlets are divided into
domestic and foreign institutions, and are in rough alphabetical
order. Drafts of Adams's writings on University Extension are in
Series 3.
Series 7: American Historical Association Committee of
Seven, 1896-1897, Box 59
In early winter of 1896, the Committee of Seven was formed by the
American Historical Association to consider the subject of
history in the secondary schools and to draw up a scheme of
college entrance requirements. The committee members were Andrew
C. McLaughlin, Chairman, Herbert Baxter Adams, George L. Fox,
Albert Bushnell Hart, Charles H. Haskins, Lucy M. Salmon and H.
Morse Stephens. This series contains draft manuscripts of their
final report. Series 8: Personal, 1851-1901, Boxes 60-68 This series consists of notebooks from Adams's studies in
Heidelberg (1874-1876), estate records (1901-1907), financial
records (1897-1902), genealogical material, reminiscences,
reports from the "Eight O'Clock Reading Club" (1878-1879),
newspaper clippings (1873-1901), obituaries and tributes, and
four scrapbooks (1851-1894). Two of the tributes, citations from
the American Historical Association, are located in the oversize
cabinet in the manuscript workroom. The "Eight O'Clock Reading Club" consisted of a group of men and
women who met to exchange ideas on literature. Although the
reports are not detailed, they do document a literary society
during the height of the movement. Two of the scrapbooks (Box 62 and Boxes 63-65) contain
memorabilia from Adams's time at Exeter, Amherst, Williston
Seminary, Smith, and the University of Heidelberg. The
memorabilia includes report cards, greeting cards, sketches,
carte-de-visites of friends and copies of the Amherst student
paper. The third scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, c.
1869-1897, and the last is material from the Adjutant General's
Office of the Confederate States of America (1862-1864). The CSA
material consists of letters of discharge, autographs, and
reports from the front, and was sent to Adams by Nicholas Butler,
the University librarian, for inclusion in the History
Department's Southern History collection.
Series 9: Prints and Photos, Boxes 69-76
(Information on Adams's use of photographs has been generously
provided by Dr. Raymond Cunningham, Professor of History, Fordham
University.) Adams illustrated his lectures with appropriate photographs,
prints and maps. These materials were also used in the Seminary
setting. The maps aided in the study of historical and political
geography; Adams believed strongly in thoroughly acquainting the
students with the geography of an area before embarking on a
study of its history. The majority of the photos are carte-de-visites and cabinet
photographs of friends, family and colleagues, and souvenier sets
of famous works of arts and buildings. Adams's friends,
colleagues and students at Smith gave him their photographs;
these, along with a few of his nieces and nephews form the
personal photographs. There are also two albums: one of prints
that may have been taken by Adams, rather than collected or
purchased; the other of commercially produced views of
Heidelberg.
During the late nineteenth century, people avidly collected
carte-de-visites, and later, cabinet photographs of famous people
and places. Adams purchased photographs of the West, the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska during his travels in that area. He also
bought photographs of the Indian Training School at Carlisle,
Pennsylvania, a Trappist monastery in Canada, sights of
Heidelberg, Paris, Zurich and other European cities, buildings of
other American universities, and well-known works of art.
In addition to the carte-de-visites and cabinet photographs,
Adams collected stereocards of European and American sights.
Container List SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE Box 1: Ab-Ay
Box 2: Ba-Broo
Box 3: Brou-Clark, W.
Box 4: Cle-Dy
Box 5: E-Flu
Box 6: Fo-Gilman
Box 7: Gilmore-Hart
Box 8: Has-Hy
Box 9: I-Ka
Box 10: Ki-Ly
Box 11: Mab-Moo
Box 12: Mor-Pay
Box 13: Pea-Rh
Box 14: Ri-Sey
Box 15: Sha-Sto
Box 16: Str-War
Box 17: Warn-Z
Box 18: Transcripts, 1873-1893
Box 19: Transcripts, 1894-1901 SERIES 2: LECTURES Box 19: Class Lecture Notes
American Colonial History, 10 folders
American Constitutional History, 6 folders
American Diplomatic History, 1 folder Box 20: Class Lecture Notes American History, 1789-1840, 1 folder
Ante-Classical History, 4 folders
Ancient Politics: Quiz Questions, 1 folder
Beginnings of Church and State, 1 folder
Church History, 9 folders Box 21: Class Lecture Notes Church History, 7 folders
Classical History, 1 folder
Comparative Constitutional History, 1 folder
Early Germanic Institutions, 11 folders Box 22: Class Lecture Notes Egypt, 9 folders
English History, 8 folders
Family History, 4 folders
SERIES 2: LECTURES (continued) Box 23: Class Lecture Notes French Absolutism, 9 folders
Greek and Roman Politics, 3 folders
Greek Politics, 4 folders
Box 24: Class Lecture Notes History of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, 1 folder
History of International Law and Diplomacy, 2 folders
History of Political Economy, 1 folder
History of the Netherlands, 1 folder
History of Switzerland and the Swiss Reformation, 1 folder
Institutional History, 1 folder
International Law, 6 folders
Introduction to French History, 2 folders
Italian History, 2 folders
Medieval History, 2 folders Box 25: Class Lecture Notes Medieval History, 2 folders
Modern Absolutism and Revolution, 3 folders
Modern History, 1 folder
Old German Empire and the Rise of Prussia, 5 folders
Oriental History, 4 folders Box 26: Class Lecture Notes Oriental History, 3 folders
Plan of Work at Smith College, 1 folder
Rise of Prussia, 8 folders
Roman and Medieval Writers on the State, 1 folder
Roman Constitutional History, 4 folders Box 27: Class Lecture Notes Roman History, 7 folders
Six Modern Teachers of History and Politics, 1 folder
Sources of Early European History, 2 folders Box 28: Class Lecture Notes Sources of Early European History, 2 folders
Study of History, 4 folders SERIES 2: LECTURES (continued) Box 28: Teachers' Course of Lectures Classical Education, 3 folders
Educational Movements in Modern France, 1 folder
Hebrew and Early Christian Education, 1 folder
History of Education: Oriental Institutions, 1 folder
History of Judaism, 5 folders Box 29: Teachers' Course of Lectures History of Judaism, 3 folders
Medieval Schools and Universities, 2 folders
Public Education in England, 2 folders Printed Material, 1 folder
Quiz and Essay Topics, 1 folder
Class Lists, 1 folder
Financial Records, 1 folder Box 29: Speeches Academies and the Universities, 1 folder
[Account of Adams's Speech on Judge Brown, 1890], 1 folder
[Account of Speech Given at Laurel Hill, Mass.]
An Address before the Graduates of the Law School at the
University of Maryland, May 29, 1891, 1 folder
Address on the Unveiling of the Fountain Inn Tablet in
Memory of George Washington, Feb. 22, 1899, 1 folder
Address to the Old Town Merchants and Manufacturers Associa-
tion on the Relation of JHU to Baltimore, 1 folder
Chautaqua, 1 folder
The Encouragement of Higher Education, 1 folder
The Higher Education of the People, 1 folder Box 30: Speeches Longfellow's Life and Work, 1 folder
[Science and the Creation], 1 folder
Speech by John Glenn on the Negro Problem, 1 folder
Speech on Teaching History to Children, 1 folder
Speech on Travelling Fellowships, 1 folder
Speech to the American Historical Association, 1 folder
Student Life in Germany, 1 folder
Study and Teaching of History, 1 folder
Study of History by Women, 1 folder
The Teaching of History, 1 folder
Theses Suggesting the Progress of Democracy, 1 folder
Thomas Arnold, 1 folder
The Town Commons and Village Improvement in Amherst
Valedictory: Pleasure or Principle, 1 folder SERIES 2: LECTURES (continued) Box 30: Public Lectures Arbitration, 1 folder
The Jews, Ancient and Modern [Chautauqua], 4 folders
Local Life and Home Institutions [Peabody Institute]
Oratory and Public Speaking, 1 folder
Pioneers of Popular Education, 1 folder
Public Speaking, 1 folder
Renaissance of Geography and the Discovery of
America Box 31: Educational Conference, 1896 Minutes, 1 folder
Education in Greece, 2 folders
Box 31: Social Science Course [Charities]
Minutes, 1 folder
Box 31: Historical and Political Science Association Lectures
Lord Amherst and the Conquest of Canada, 1 folder
On Newspapers as a Source of History, 1 folder
Relation of Science to Good Government, 1 folder
[Trip to Alaska], 2 folders
SERIES 3: WRITINGS
Box 32: Writings, A-M "Abstract of French History," Ms.
"American Historical Literature," Reprint
"Arnold Toynbee," Reprint
[Autobiographical Sketches], ts.
[Biographical Sketches: Steven B. Weeks,
W. Bagehot, L.S. Merriam] ts.
[Biography of Jefferson Davis], ts.
[Burial Hill], ms. "Chapter IX: A General View of Europe in the Nineteenth
Century," ts.
"Constables," reprint
"Creed," ts.
SERIES 3: WRITINGS (continued)
Box 32 (continued)
"Early History of the Carmelite Order," ms. and ts.
[Editorial on William Sydney Drewry's The Southhampton
Insurrection], ts.
"The English Parish in America," ms. "Facts for the People," reprint
"Frauenemancipation von dem Standpunkt der Amerikanischen
Staatsider," ms.
"Freeman, the Scholar and Professor," reprint
"Getting a Doctor's Degree in Germany," reprint
"Graveyard Literature" and "Among the Graveyards," ms. "Higher Education of the People," reprint
"Historical Work at the Old South Meeting House, Boston,
Massachusetts," ms.
"History of the Thomas Adams and Thomas Hastings Families of
Amherst, Massachusetts," reprint
"Is History Past Politics?" ts.
"Jared Sparks," ts.
"Joseph Neesmia: The Japanese Student Missionary," ts. "Leopold von Ranke," ts.
"Life and Works of Brasseur de Bourbourg," reprint
"The Long Lost Islands," ms. and ts.
"Lord Amherst," ms. and reprint
"Lost in the Clouds," ms. "Maryland in Liberia," ms.
"Memorandum on the records and papers of the Continental
Congress. What they comprise," ts.
Box 33: Writings, N-O
"New England Towns" [all chapters are corrected ts.]: Table of contents and preface
Chapter III: "The Pilgrim Fathers as Colonists"
Chapter IV: "The Planting of the Ancient Town of Plymouth"
Chapter V: "Individual and Family Allotments of Land"
Chapter VI: "Evolution of the Towns in Plymouth Colony"
Chapter VII: "Survival of Common Lands in the Town of
Plymouth"
Chapter X: "Town Meetings in Plymouth"
Chapter XII: "Reverance of Plymouth Colony for English Law
and Civil Government" SERIES 3: WRITINGS (continued) Box 33 (continued) [The following are also part of "New England Towns" but did not
have chapter numbers. They are from the section that Adams
planned on the Cape Ann and Salem Plantation. (See the Table of
Contents.)] "Cape Ann and Salem Plantations"
"Charlestown: Salem's First Colony"
"Evolution of Towns from Salem"
"North Hampton and Its Institutions"
"Town Colonies and Village Improvements in Berkshire"
"Origin of Common Schools in Massachusetts," ts.
"Origin of the Ministerial System in Europe and America,"
ts.
"Origin of Local Self-Government and Representation in
Massachusetts," ts.
[Outline of proposed writings], ms.
Box 34: Writings, P-W
[Partial translation and commentary on Bluntschli's
Staatslehre fur Gebildete], ms.
"Public Education in Germany," ts.
"Der Rabe" and "Das Leben am Rhein" [translation], ms.
"Sonderabdruck aus den Jarhresberichten der
Geschichtswissenschaft," reprint
"Summer Schools in England, Scotland, France, and
Switzerland," ts.
"Tithingmen," reprint [The following are two chapters from an unpublished work, "The
Town Institutions of New England":]
Chapter I: "Theories Concering the Origin of New England
Towns," ts.
Chapter II: "The Historical Village Community," ts. "The Towns of New England: Their Germanic Origins and Their
Mission to the South," ts.
"Types" and "Half-hour Spent at Lakeside," 2 poems, ts.
"Educational Extension in the United States" [table of
contents] SERIES 3: WRITINGS (continued Box 34 (continued) "University Extension," ts. and ms. (chapters on institutes,
settlements, YWCA): Teachers' Institutes, Colleges and Training Schools
League for Social Service
Farmers' Institutes
City Parks
"Hopeful Words to YMCA Evening Institutions
"Town and Gown Association of Edinburgh"
"Opinions of University Extension"
"The State and Popular Education"
"University of the State of New York: University
Extension or Home Ecucation"
Comments on R. G. Moulton's pamphlet
"A New Summer School in Chicago for Teachers"
"National Educational Association"
"Home Reading Circles"
"Summer Meetings at Cambridge"
"A History of Popular Education"
"Connection between English and American Mechanics
Institute"
"College Settlements"
"The Andover House"
"East Side House"
"Institute Work, Park Presbyterian Church"
"Lawrence House in Baltimore"
Summer Meetings at Oxford, Cambridge
"University Summer Schools"
"List of Lecturers and Subject of the London
Society for the Extension of University Teaching"
"A Plea for History in University Extension"
"University Extension in America," reprint
"Educational Work of the YMCA," ts.
"A Visit to a Carmelite Monastery," ms.
"Vive le Faculty" and "Pinafore Parody," ms.
"Work Among the Workingwomen in Baltimore," reprint.
Scandanavian Elements in English SERIES 4: RESEARCH MATERIAL Box 35 [pamphlet box]: America-China America: Discovery
China Box 36 [pamphlet box]: China-England China
Church History
Educational History
Egypt
England Box 37 [pamphlet box]: Family-Japan Family History
France
Greece
Germany
Japan Box 38 [pamphlet box]: Japan-New England Japan
Jewish History
New England Box 39: [pamphlet box] New England- United States New England
Rome
Russia
Sources of European History
Theatre Receipt Book
United States Box 40: Alamanni-Italy Alamanni Sources
Alaska
American Colonial History
Carmelites SERIES 4: RESEARCH MATERIAL Box 40 (continued)
Cary, Thomas G.
"Alta California After the Mexican War"
"Chinese in California"
"First Vigilance Committee"
"Vigilance Committee in 1856" China
"Communications to the Universities and Academical
Institutions of Foreign Countries. Export Catalog."
[from Germany] Egypt
England
English Institutions
Greece
Hopkins, Johns
Italy Box 41: Japan-Rise Japan
Jared Sparks's Regarding American Archives
Jones, David. Copy of Last Will and Testament
London. Extracts from Norton's London New England Colonial History
New England Towns
New England Towns: Extracts from the town records of
Sandwich
New England Towns: Extracts from the records of Nantucket
Nineteenth Century
Notes on Treaties and Maritime Law Oratory and Public Speaking
Popular Education
Prussia
Public Ownership Review, 1897-1898, 6 issues
Rise of the Dutch Republic Box 42: Sources-University Sources of Early European History
Teachers' Course of Lectures
University Extension SERIES 5: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Box 42: Johns Hopkins University Administrative: Academic regulations for graduate and
undergraduate students, 1 folder.
Administrative: Application for L. T. Phillips and
Appropriations for the Historical Department, 1896-
1898, 1 folder
Administrative: Plan of work of graduate curriculum, 1
folder Announcement of lectures, 1 folder Historical and Political Science Association: Membership
lists, 1 folder
Historical and Political Science Association: Subjects for
essays, 1 folder
Historical and Political Science Association: [Summary of
three lectures on the state, given by Daniel Coit
Gilman, 1889] 1 folder Historical and Political Science Seminary: Description, 1
folder
Historical and Political Science Seminary: The Family in
Modern Society. Lectures by E. R. L. Gould (Incomplete)
1888, 1 folder
Historical and Political Science Seminary: Freeman, Edward
A. "An Introduction to American Institutional History"
and "French and English Towns," ms.
Historical and Political Science Seminary: Florentine Life
During the Renaissance. A course of lectures given by
Walter H. Scaife [outline]
Historical and Political Science Seminary: Receipts for
books purchased for the Seminary Library, 2 folders Miscellaneous, 1 folder
Printed Material, 1 folder Student Records:
Candidates for the Ph.D. and their theses topics, 1878-1898,
1 folder.
Critiques of Students in the Public Speaking Class, 1 folder
Grades, 1 folder
Notes on Students, 1 folder
Syllabi for lectures by students, 1 folder
Topics in Political Economy for Oral Examination, April 5,
1879, 1 folder
SERIES 5: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (continued)
Box 43: Johns Hopkins University: JHU Studies in Historical and
Political Science Announcement of Publications, 1 folder
[History of Baltimore], ms., 3 folders
Brown, George William, "Baltimore on the 19th of April,
1861," ms., 3 folders
Levermore, Charles H. "The Republic of New Haven," ms., 4
folders
Levermore, Charles H. "The Town and City Government of New
Haven," ms. 3 folders [List of people to whom Ely's Recent American Socialism was
sent], 1 folder
Box 44: Reprints of former students' works
Blackmar, F. W.
Browning, Oscar
Bonaparte, Charles
Callahan, J. M.
Callaway, Morgan
Clark, John B.
Clifford, John
Commons, John R.
Cooley, Hrney Scofield
Craven, A. F.
Daish, John B.
Davies, Emily
Dewey, John
Dixon, Thomas Jr.
Egge, Albert Box 45: Reprints of former students' works Ewing, James Rees
Files, George Taylor
Finley, Robert
Fisk, George M.
Flood, Ned Arden
Forman, Samuel E.
Franklin, Fabian
Friedenwald, Herbert
Gould, E. R. L.
Green, David I.
Griffin, Edward
Knight, George W.
Kiehle, D. L. SERIES 5: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (continued) Box 45 (continued)
Lake Mohonk Conference
Libby, Grant
Mason, Otis Tufton
Morse, Edward S.
Perry, Thomas
Piatt, Roy Box 46: Reprints of former students' works Powell, John Wesley
Robinson, James Harvey
Salmon, Lucy P.
Sato, Shosuki
Scaife, Walter
Schmeckebier, L. F.
Schouler, James
Scott, Austin
Swift, Morrison
Taylor, F. M
Thomas, James Carey
Trent, William P.
Turner, Edward Raymond Box 47: Reprints of former students' works Turner, Frederick Jackson
Tuska, Benjamin
Waite, Frederick C.
Weeks, Stephen B.
Whitcomb, Merrick
Williams, Talcott
Williams, W. K.
Willoughby, W. F.
Willoughby, W. W. Box 48: Newspaper Clippings Adams, Herbert Baxter
Callahan, James Morton
Cator, George
Chapman, J. W.
Chamberlain, Joseph
Cohn, Morris
Coleraine, Antiquarians at
Cooley, Henry Scofield
Elting, Irving
Dewey, Davis R.
Daves, Edward Graham
Daish, John
Dixon, Thomas
Drummond, Henry SERIES 5: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (continued) Box 48 (continued)
Egleston, Melville
Egypt
Egypt and Mesopotamia
Egypt and the Israelites
Fredericq, Paul
Forman, Samuel E.
Field, Emily W.
Flood, Ned Arden
Finley, John H.
Fisher, John Alonzo
Gould, E. R. L.
Greek philsophy and Christianity
Green, David I.
Higher Criticism
Hirsch, Baron
Indian Land Grants in Stockbridge
Japan, Education
Japan, Railroad
Jewish Race
Judea
Mayo, A. D.
Ney, Marshall
Nile Inundation
Papacy and St. Peter
Parker, L. F.
Sadler, ?
Sato, Shosuke Box 49: Newspaper Clippings Sciafe, W. B.
Seminary, Johns Hopkins Historical
Schmeckbier, Lawrence
[Scrapbook of clippings on charity and reform]
Schuyler, Eugene
Scott, Austin
Swift, Morrison
Sylvester, John James
Taylor, Henry
Thom, William Taylor
Thomas, Thaddeus
Todd, H. A.
Thomson, Sir William
Trent, William
University Extension
Walker, Francis A.
Waite, F. C.
Weeden, William B.
Weeks, Stephen B. SERIES 5: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (continued) Box 49 (continued)
Wetzell, W. A.
White, Andrew D.
Williams, Talcott
Williams, George
Williams, William K.
Willoughby, W. F.
Willoughby, W. W. Box 50: Student Papers, A-Reader Anonymous
Adams, T.S.
Angelasto
B, F. F.
Ballagh, Wilber W.
Black, J. W.
Blakeslee, G. H.
Bole, J. A.
Brough, Charles Hillman
Brown, John Wilson
Brown, Hamilton W.
Callahan, J. M.
Chambers, H. E.
Chandler, J. A. C.
Collier, F. W.
Devries, William L.
Dorsey, WIlliam Reginald
Duvall, Rankin
Ewing, J. R.
Ferris, C. Jr.
Flood, Ned Arden
French, J. C.
Friedenwald, H.
Foster, R. C.
Gordon, Douglas H.
Grasty, R. M.
Guy, D. Dorsey
Guggenheimer
Hull
James
Kaye, Percy Lewis
Kaufman, M.
King, C. K.
Lancaster, Jesse
Lee, Guy Carleton
Lanier, C. H.
Lauchtheimer, S. H.
Lauer, Paul E.
Levering, Eugene, Jr.
Luchs, Monroe
Lynes, G. Briggs SERIES 5: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (continued) Box 50 (continued)
McCabe, William
Miller, T. H.
Moran, Thomas F.
Motley, D. E.
Paca, W. B.
Powell, L. P.
Ramage, B. J.
Reeves
Reizenstein, Milton
Remington, Seth
Reader, F. E. Box 51: Riley-Y
Riley, F. L.
Ritchie, Albert C.
Robinson, Ralph
Rosenbaum, L.
Rosewater, Victor
Rutter, Frank R.
"Reviews of Books by Different Commentators--General History"
"Reviews of Books by Different Commentators--Church History"
"Reviews of Books by Different Commentators--Economic"
"Reviews of Books by Different Commentators--Misc. Not Used."
Sato, Shosuke
Scaife, Walter
Smith, E. A.
Steiner, Bernard
Straus, J. L.
"Subjects for Essays in Jewish History"
Taylor, H. D.
Thom, W. T.
Thompson, A. H.
Thompson, W. B.
Torsch, C. Burnet
Vincent, John Martin
Watson, E. L.
Watts, Charles S.
Webster, W. C.
Weeks, Stephen B.
Whitelock, W. W.
Whitridge, William
Willoughby, W. W.
Woodburne, J. A.
Yager, Arthur
SERIES 5: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (continued)
Box 52: Historical and Political Science Seminary Minutes Minutes, 1877-1887 Box 53: Historical and Political Science Seminary Minutes Minutes, 1888-1892 Box 54: Historical and Political Science Seminary Minutes Minutes, 1892-1901 SERIES 6: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION Box 55: University Extension Pamphlets Alleghany College, 1 pamphlet
American Lectures on the History of Religion, 1 pamphlet
American Society for the Extension of University Teaching,
22 pamphlets Columbia College. University and School Extension, 22
pamphlets
Columbia University, 1 pamphlet
Drexel University, 1 pamphlet Glen Echo Chautauqua, 1 pamphlet
The Hopefully Well-Affected Club, 1 pamphlet
Indiana University Extension, 7 pamphlets
The Johns Hopkins University, 1 pamphlet
Kensington Centre, 1 pamphlet
Public School Teachers Association of Baltimore, 1 pamphlet
St. Johns College Department of University Extension, 1
pamphlet
University of Wisconsin, University Extension Department, 9
pamphlets
Box 56: University Extension Pamphlets
University of Chicago, University Extension Division SERIES 6: U.S. BUREAU of EDUCATION (continued) Box 57: University Extension Pamphlets University of Pennsylvania, 3 pamphlets
University of the State of New York. Extension Department,
28 pamphlets
United States Bureau of Education: Circulars of
Information:
"College of William and Mary"
"Confederate Text Books"
"Educational Extension in the United States"
"Summer Schools in England, Scotland, France and
Switzerland"
"University Extension in Great Britain" YMCA, 1 pamphlet
Box 58: University Extension Pamphlets, Great Britain
Cambridge University Extension, 14 pamphlets
Edinburgh University Extension, 25 pamphlets
London Society for the Extension of University Teaching, 6
pamphlets
Oxford University Extension, 2 pamphlets
University of Saint Andrews, 18 pamphlets
Victoria University Local Lectures, 2 pamphlets
Box 59: University Extension Pamphlets, Great Britain,
U.S.
Edinburgh University Lecture Extension Association, 4
pamphlets
Edinburgh University Summer School of Art and Science, 2
pamphlets
Glasgow University Extension Board, 1 pamphlet
London Society for the Extension of University Teaching, 2
pamphlets
Scottish Universities Commission, 1 pamphlet
Society for Education Extension School of Sociology, 1
pamphlet University of Chicago University Extension Division, 1
pamphlet
University of Saint Andrews, 2 pamphlets List of Lectures and Subjects of the London Society for the
Extension of University Teaching, 1 folder
SERIES 6: U.S. BUREAU OF EDUCATION (continued)
Box 59: United States Bureau of Education "Contributions to American Educational History," [lists of
contributors and titles], 1 folder
"Contributions to American Educational History," partial ms.
draft, 1 folder
Mount Holyoke Seminary: Statistics, 1 folder
"Popular Education in the U. S.," outline, 1 folder
Receipts for The Study of History in American Colleges and
Universities, 1 folder
Research Material, 1 folder
"The Sheffield Scientific School," ts. 1 folder
Survey of Teaching Methods, Smith College, 1 folder SERIES 7: AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE OF SEVEN Box 59: American Historical Association Committee of Seven Minutes of the Committee of Seven: April, December 1897;
April 1898 "Present Condition of Teaching History in Secondary
Schools" ts. draft 1 folder Report of the Committee of Seven, ts. draft, 1 folder Salmon, Lucy P. "History in German Gymnasia," ms. draft, 1
folder
SERIES 8: PERSONAL
Box 60 Cash Book, May 8, 1899-July 1901
Estate of Herbert Baxter Adams. Cash Book
"Inventory of Personal Effects, Assets and Liabilities.
Jan. 1, 1894" "Lectures on History." [Notes taken by George W. Lewis on
Adams's lectures, 1888] Box 61 Amherst: Lectures on Poetry and Music, c. 1872
Lectures on Architecture, c. 1872
SERIES 8: PERSONAL (continued) Box 61 (continued)
Heidelberg: c. 1873-1876
Notes on European Artists
Notes on German Vocabulary, 4 notebooks
Notes on German Vocabulary, with notes on American
Colonial History on Verso
Notes on French Vocabulary, 2 notebooks
Miscellaneous Notes, 2 notebooks
Trip to Berlin via Frankfurt am Main, Cassel & Weimar Notes on research in Amherst, 1879 Johns Hopkins University: c. 1877-1882
Miscellaneous, 2 notebooks
History of Education
"Books to start a Philosophical Library"
"Notes"
Notes on Roman History
Notes on United States History
Appointment Book, 1881-1882 Box 62 scrapbook 1851-1872 (contains memorabilia of Adams's years
at Exeter and Amherst; carte-de-visites of friends) Boxes 63-65 scrapbook 1872-1894 (contains memorabilia of Adams's years
at Williston Seminary, Heidelberg, travels in Paris and
Rome, Smith College, carte-de-visites of friends.) Box 66 scrapbook 1862-64 (contains material from the Adjutant
General's Office, Confederate States of America) Box 67 scrapbook 1869-1897 (newspaper clippings)
Box 68
Certificates of membership, 1 folder
"Eight O'Clock Reading Club," 1878-1879, 1 folder
Examination in Guizot's History of Civilization, 1863,
Financial Records, 1897-1902, 1 folder SERIES 8: PERSONAL
Box 68 (continued)
Heidelberg: Passport, 1873; Record of grades (1874);
Announcement of Ph.D., 1876, 3 folders
"Historical Notes. 1876-1877. Prof. Torrey's Diplomatic
History. International Law." 1 folder
"Memorial of the Maryland Historical Society to the
Honorable the General Assembly of Maryland," 1882, 1 folder Miscellaneous, 1 folder
Reminiscences, 1 folder Estate Records:
Correspondence, 1901-1907, 1 folder
Amherst Property; Board of Education Monographs; Jacob's
Notes, 1 folder
Kansas Lands; Personal Effects in Baltimore, Receipts, 1
folder
Last Will and Testament; Inventory; Statement of Securities;
1 folder Obituaries and Tributes, 1 folder
Newspaper Clippings, 1873-1901, 3 folders
SERIES 9: PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Box 69-70: Prints Box 70: Photographs Personal, Heidelberg Album, Personal Album Box 71: Stereocards Switzerland, Paris, Italy, Connecticut Valley,
Upstate New York
Box 72: Personal Photographs Northhampton, Smith students, family, one album, friends | 
