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Manuscript Archive of Correspondence of the Hughes Family of Texas Massachusetts and New Hampshire including Lucy Stephenson Hughes and her daughter traveling department store professional Jeanie Hughes and George Forbes Hughes and Gerard Hastings Hughes students at Harvard University and early Aviators in world War One American Expeditionary Force dating - 1900-1966.

30367Archive consisting of 374 letters totaling 1888 pages 207 retained mailing envelopes plus over 100 pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera. Of the 374 letters in this collection 270 are incoming correspondence to Lucy Stephenson Hughes wife of Texas rancher William George Hughes an English immigrant to Texas in 1878. Of the letters written to Lucy 82 were written by her daughter Jeanie 63 by her son George and 47 by her son Gerard. George and Gerard were for the most part attending Harvard University at the time they were writing their mother. Lucy wrote 48 of the letters mostly to her children. Other correspondents to Lucy are her aunts in England 8 letters a niece Esther Stout in California 18 letters as well as another family member Sarah F. Hughes 15 letters. There are other correspondents with Lucy who appear to be friends or associates. Biography of the Hughes Family William "Willy" George Hughes rancher was born at Kensington London England on May 29 1859. He attended Marlborough College and immigrated to America; he arrived in New York on September 15 1878 reached San Antonio on the twenty-ninth and immediately entered apprentice training as a shepherd without pay. He soon bought 160 acres of land three miles west of Boerne in Kendall County where on March 22 1879 he began what later became a very successful ranching operation. One of his early achievements was to import the superior Oxfordshire Downs sheep and start developing high-quality breeding stock that brought premium prices. Also through diversification outstanding management skills and hard work he amassed some 7000 acres of ranchland of his own and leased several hundred additional acres of state school land. Hughes quickly recognized the potential of Angora goats in his integrated ranching operation and was among the first ranchers to bring this breed to Kendall County. He purchased his seed stock from William M. Landrum of Laguna Uvalde County who moved to Texas from California in 1883. When President Grover Cleveland persuaded Congress to reduce import tariffs and Australian wool flooded the United States market in 1887 Hughes immediately switched from sheep to Angora goats and mohair production. Another innovative ranching practice he initiated was to buy cheap mustang mares and breed them to his registered Arabian stallion thus producing a durable high-quality riding horse that was popular with the United States Cavalry. During the Spanish-American War he trained and delivered hundreds of horses to cavalry units both in San Antonio and at the Mustang Island staging area near Corpus Christi. Hughes married Lucy C. Stephenson on June 28 1888. Lucy was born August 18 1864 at Alston Nenthead Cumberland England. She died sometime after 1940. She was the daughter of John James Stephenson 1821-1895 and Ann Dover Clark 1827-1905. Her parents immigrated to Kendall County Texas about 1872 where her father had a farm. The family is found in Kendall in the 1880 Census. After her marriage in 1888 Lucy's mother came to live with her and her husband and they are found together in Kendall County in the 1900 Census. Lucy's sister Ella was also living with them. The couple had three children Jane Elizabeth "Jeannie" Hughes 1889-1977 George Forbes Hughes 1892-1971 and Gerard "Jerry" Hastings Hughes 1895-1996. In addition to attending her children and keeping house Lucy encouraged by her husband began a productive dairy business with a herd of registered Jersey cows. The dairy sold up to 400 pounds of butter a month in San Antonio. Hughes founded Hastings Texas and became its first postmaster on April 17 1890. The post office was named for his father William Hastings Hughes. Hughes helped organize the Hastings one-teacher school in the mid-1890s. He wrote numerous articles and scientific papers on raising and marketing Angora goats. He also collaborated with his famous uncle Thomas Hughes author of the classic Tom Brown's School Days and founder of Rugby Tennessee in writing letters about his early Texas ranching experiences that were later published in a book GTT -Gone to Texas 1884. Hughes died in a train accident at Bellville Illinois on November 25 1902 while on his way to show his prized Angoras at a northern livestock exhibition. William "Willy" George Hughes was the son of William Hastings Hughes an established wine importer who invested in failed land deals with his brother Thomas Hughes which forced the young Willy to head out on his own to Texas. William George Hughes' uncle Thomas Hughes was a scholar known for his classic book "Tom Brown's School Days" 1880. Thomas visited America for the first time in 1870 to visit his friend James Russell Lowell. He later founded a Christian-Socialist oriented community at Rugby Tennessee and edited the book "G.T.T. Gone to Texas" published in London by Macmillan & Co. in 1884. The book includes letters written by Thomas' three nephews sons of his brother William: William George Hughes Gerard "Chico" Hughes and Henry "Harry" Hughes. The book is an excellent account of cattle and sheep ranching in Texas and it was intended by Thomas to be used to help prospective English immigrants to Texas. The book is considered one of the best accounts of Texas immigrants and ranch life. William George Hughes' father William Hastings Hughes later in life immigrated to New York. William Hastings Hughes' grandfather was John Hughes an artist and author. His wife Margaret Elizabeth Wilkinson immigrated to Thomas Hughes community at Rugby Tennessee. John Hughes was the only child of the Rev. Thomas Hughes vicar of Uffington Church one of three canons at St. Paul's Cathedral London England. The Rev. Hughes wife was Mary Ann Watts friend of Sir Walter Scott. She wrote a biography of Scott. After the death of her husband Lucy gave up Texas and moved to Massachusetts where she is found in the 1910 Census living at Milton Norfolk County Massachusetts. Lucy's sons George and Gerard attended Milton Academy. After Milton Academy George and Gerard attended Harvard together. The boys lived in the "yard" at 42 Matthews Hall when in the fall of 1916 a notice was posted which stated the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps the Army Air Corps of those days wanted a group of volunteers to enlist for the purpose of learning to fly and becoming Reserve Military Aviators RMAs. George and Jerry decided to apply together. They were among the vanguard of the early fliers. George had previously had some flying experience when he joined the flying club while attending Dartmouth 1911-1912. They applied and were asked to report to Governor's Island NYC for physical examinations in December of 1916. In late February 1917 they were told to travel to Mineola Field Garden City Long Island New York for one last series of tests they arrived in April of 1917 just at the time that America entered World War One. The lack of trained military pilot instructors meant that the Hughes brothers were taught by civilians. The Hughes brothers were among the first of the new American pilots and as such instead of heading to the front and fighting in the war as they had hoped they were initially assigned as pilot instructors. After pilot training and even before his commission as lieutenant George F. Hughes was sent to Dayton Ohio in July of 1917 to be a flight instructor at the new Wilbur Wright Field. There were simply not enough military instructors so George was hurried into becoming an instructor. By October 1917 George was made squadron commander of the 12th Aero Squadron moving it from Dayton Ohio to New York on to Amanty France then to the front. He went from being a flight instructor to being in charge of 10 officers and 150 men and their equipment which formed the 12th Aero Squadron and to make sure everyone and everything arrived in France safely by December 1917. The 12th Aero Squadron was designated an "observation" squadron and were combat ready by May 1918. George flew with the 12th Aero until the middle of July than was put in command of a new outfit the 258th Aero Squadron which he helped to ready. Just as the 258th became combat ready the war ended. George's brother Jerry after flight school was also assigned to a position as flight instructor. His station was at Chanute Field Rantoul Illinois. He arrived at the new air field in September of 1917. In December 1917 Jerry got orders to proceed to Rich Field at Waco Texas. He instructed at Waco until August of 1918 when he was sent to France. Foul weather slowed his training at Issoudun's American flying school. After Issoudun he spent time at the American gunnery school at St. Jean de Monts which he completed in a week. He was assigned to a combat unit but arrived in Toul France just as the war ended. The brothers thought they would be with the 258th Aero Squadron as part of the occupying forces in Germany but George took sick emotional breakdown and the brothers came back to New York with most of the other soldiers being released from service in February of 1919. In 1920 Lucy was found living with her daughter Jeanie in Newburgh Orange County New York. Lucy was listed as not working while Jeanie was a superintendent at a department store. After the war the Hughes brothers bought the Garden City Garage Garden City Long Island New York. Here they ran an airplane and auto mechanic business until 1946. Jerry was active in founding the Garden City Chamber of Commerce and served as its 3rd President. He also helped in a plan to create 6000 parking spaces in the Garden City area for customers of its businesses a project that drew national attention for its scope and planning. Lucy in 1925 is found in the New York State Census to be living at Hempstead Nassau County New York with her daughter Jeanie who was now working in real estate and her son Gerard who had the garage. The two brothers had married: George to Frona Brooks in 1927 and Jerry to Charlotte Christ 1904-1995 in 1928. George and his wife had two children Octavia and Anita. Jerry and his wife had four children Anne Thomas Jean and Marian. In the 1930 Census Lucy and her daughter are living together at Garden City Long Island Nassau County New York. Jeanie is now listed as a "psychologist." The two women are living with Octavia the daughter of George who was divorced living with his daughter Octavia and his sister Jeannie and his mother. Gerard Hughes appears to have outlived everyone in the family dying in 1995 at 101 years old. His sister Jeannie died in 1977 with Lucy dying sometime after 1940. Description of Archive: 1900 - 1903. 3 letters 13 pages 2 envelopes all three of these letter are to Mrs. Lucy Stephenson Hughes at Hastings Texas. One is written by S. F. Hughes Milton MA and two from W. Cameron Forbes Sheridan WY & Boston MA. W. Cameron Forbes is likely to be William Cameron Forbes partner in J. M. Forbes & Co. he writes to Lucy on the company letterhead. An investment banker he later became Governor-General of the Philippines 1908-1913 and Ambassador of the United States to Japan 1930-1932. He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes President of Bell Telephone Company and Edith Emerson daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 1912 -1913. 43 letters 245 pages 37 envelopes of these 43 letters most are written in 1913. Of the 43 letters 37 are written to Mrs. Lucy Stephenson Hughes including letters from her children George 12 Gerard 8 and Jennie 6. Other letters to Lucy are written by her Aunts 5 from England Robeston Wathen Narberth. Sarah F. Hughes writes to Lucy 3 times and 3 times to George Forbes Hughes from Orchard Knoll Milton MA. Other letters are written to Lucy from friends or others. There are also 2 letters written by George one each to his sister Jennie and brother Gerard and one letter written by Gerard to his brother George and one letter written by Gerard to his brother George. The letters to Lucy start out addressed to her at Ossipee New Hampshire but apparently George temporarily moved to Everett Washington There is talk in one letter of George not being able to enter Harvard but instead going to Washington State for work. George writes to his family on the letterhead of the "Everett Railway Light and Water Company" where he apparently worked in its office. Some of the letters from 1913 from Gerard H. Hughes are written when he was attending Harvard University and he and his family are trying to convince George to give up Everett and go to Harvard. The letters offer a look at life at the university at this time. Gerard was living at 42 Gray's Hall in the "yard." One letter talks about unannounced guests a student dropped by in the middle of the night to crash at his place: "He had with him a futurist picture done by the illustrious Edward Forbes curator of the Fogg Museum and instructor of art in Harvard - at least that's what grandma told Miss Wakefield. It was news to me. The picture was supposed to represent a nigger in a water-melon patch Oh those witty Forbes! So Clever!. When Walter went he said he didn't like carrying that picture because people might think he did it. They would have grounds all right; 'cause he looks like a wandering artist without a cent." The same letter describes a prank pulled on a new Jewish student: "Speaking of kidding people I must tell you about our top floor. The occupants are: Kimball and Richardson K & R. Co. Sylvester Rothschild commonly known as Uncle Roth or simply Roth also "Unk". Besides these are minor characters: Mr. Zunston Zee Saffron & Schoenfeld. Uncle Roth is always on his high horse and one time bade me not speak to him "in such an authoritative manner." He is a Jew and a Freshman and as green as grass. K & R. Co. have been trying to get his goat all year and they have succeeded pretty well. The other day they were fooling with him and he bust a window pane. Then they saw their chance. They borrowed Zee's typewriter and wrote a letter for "Unk" in which they stated that they were sorry to inform him that because of disorderly conduct he was placed on probation. They signed the letter with "Henry A. Yeomans." Yeomans was the dean of the undergraduates Roth got the letter yesterday and hasn't slept since. He asked the janitor if he had squealed on him and the janitor said he hadn't. Unk then went and saw his faculty adviser. This august personage fell for it too and said that he couldn't tell how serious it might be but that he didn't like the sound of "disorderly conduct." Natural the poor goat is wild. He left the letter lying on his desk and K & R Co. naturally pinched it and burnt it destroying all evidence against themselves. In the meantime these rascals have been sympathizing with him and scaring him to death. They told him that if he cut he would be fired and so he can't get to see the Dean for fear of cutting. Anyhow he is going to try and see the Dean tomorrow and confess all his sins. When he tells Yeomans that he is on "pro" for busting a window pane the old boy will die laughing. I have never seen such a simple fool as Rothschild is." Rothschild later became the Vice-Consul to Gothenburg Sweden. 1914 - 51 letters 280 pages 40 envelopes of these letters 42 are written to Lucy C. Stephenson Hughes Her children Gerard 15 Jennie 10 and George 3 wrote most of them but there are also 7 letters written to Lucy from her niece Esther Stout of California 2 letters from her Aunt in England 1 letter from Sarah F. Hughes and 4 letters written by others including her friends and Henry A. Yeomans the Dean of undergraduates at Harvard University where her sons George and Gerard are studying. Also among these 51 letters is one letter written by Lucy to Dean Yeomans a typed copy of the letter sent by Dean Yeomans to Gerard 5 letters from Lucy to Gerard and 1 letter from George to Gerard. It would appear that Gerard was having a tough Freshman year at Harvard and was risking not being welcomed back for Sophomore year. There is also a letter from George to his Uncle Ainslie expressing his thoughts of quitting his job in Everett Washington and returning East to go to school at Harvard. The letters written by George and Gerard are written from Harvard and discuss chool life etc. 1915-1916 186 letters 894 pages 120 envelopes of these letters 124 are written to Lucy with 100 of these 124 written to her by her children Jennie 60 George 19 and Gerard 21. Others were written to Lucy by her Aunt in England 1 Sarah F. Hughes 4 her niece Esther Stout of California 10 and the rest by friends or associates. There are also four letters to Lucy from her stock broker W. C. Buck of J. M. Forbes & Co. The rest of the letters in this group are 9 letters from Lucy to her "boys" George and Gerard combined with 19 letters from Lucy to her son Gerard and 12 letters from Lucy to her son George and one letter to her daughter Jeanie. There are also 7 letters to Gerard from his sister Jeanie and 6 from Jeanie to her brother George. There are 2 letters from Sarah F. Hughes to George plus 1 letter from Esther Stout to her cousin Jeanie and 1 letter from "Edith" to George. One letter to Lucy is from the Dean's Office at Harvard concerning her son George. One letter is written by Gerard to his brother George. There is also a copy of a letter from Dean B. S. Hurlbut concerning the poor academic record of George at Harvard which lands George on probation with the University as well as other letters concerning life at Harvard. For several years Jeanie worked in the department store field W. T. Grant Company Deisel - English Stauses traveling throughout the Midwest New England and New York. In one letter she talks of a company in Ohio wanting her to move there to be their buyer and in another she writes to her mother about being in New York City and happy to get out: "I am rather glad to be out of New York just at present with so many strikes going on. The men on theFifth Avenue busses were striking when I left & now all of the Third Ave Street lines are striking. Don't worry dear about my becoming intimate with my business associates. There is a barrier which they cannot vault & which they seldom try to overcome." She also seems to have addressed women's clubs on her work: "Before leaving Lima OH today I went to the College Women's Club Luncheon as their only speaker and gave them a short talk on my work. They seemed very much interested. There were only 37 women I believe. I didn't mind talking the least bit." In 1916 it was still quite unusual for women to be in the workplace especially traveling on the road. Jeanie experiences what today would be termed sexual harassment. In one letter 22 Mar 1916 to her brother Gerard she writes: "I am staying at a hotel - you can imagine what it is like - city about thirty to forty thousand salesmen - "drummers" - Moses! How I hate the breed - a victrola that nearly sets my teeth on edge." Later in the same letter she writes: "Oh these drummers! How I hate the breed. My I do wish I could lay some men dead with a glance! There would be a few ready for their coffins in this junk place! One glance is enough to give them my opinion of them and that is all that is really necessary." Jeanie also reveals some tricks of the trade to keep men at bay when on the road: "My little ring is a wonderful asset - it always puts people at ease. Men are such conceited things that if they don't think you are engaged they are sure you are after them." Jeanie feels particularly harassed by Jewish men. In a letter dated April 1916 Jeanie is at Toledo Ohio and Anti-Semitic feelings are aroused: "Back to the Travelers tonight armed with a smile.I am glad that it is to be only two more weeks for although I am getting lots of fun out of it I must say that I shall be glad to be back. I dislike drummers & traveling men and when they begin to think that mine is a traveling profession I hate them worse than ever. Marshall Fields men are usually real men - nice clean cut looking the sort you can talk to about the sale of certain things without putting them into their place every two seconds. But some of those little jews - liars! And vulgar - I feel as though a conversation with them contaminated me. However my work brings me in contact with them abut seldom. The teaching & general efficiency work I enjoy to the fullest. If the Strauses want to pay me $5000.00 I'll see what I can do to elevate them - I wouldn't go for less. I would heaps rather stay with the Deisel people for $1600 any day then go to that place and make thousands for the Strauses anyway. I declare I am getting to hate Jews - they deserve to be persecuted." Overall the content of Jeanie's letters relating to her work on the road for department store companies is quite interesting for the time period. 1918 - 25 letters 112 pages 1 envelopes; of these 25 letters 2 are written to Gerard 1 to Jennie and 23 to their Mother. Of the letters written to Mother 22 are written by her son George and 1 by her son Gerard. These 1918 letters offer much interesting description and observation on the lives and experiences of military aviators during World War One. One letter dated 26 August 1918 George makes the following comments to his brother Gerard: "Paris is a hell of a place take the advice of an older brother and stay away from it. I went there with about $400 and came away poverty stricken in less than a week and didn't have anything to show for it except a pair of shoes that cost me the grand sum of 225 francs. One would have a duck fit back home if a dealer asked $40 for some foot wear but over here it's a case of "c'est la guerre" and one becomes quite immune to little chings like that." Later in the same letter he writes: "I think I'll try and get into bombing in the near future and from there to chasse. I'm beginning to get "fed up" on this observation game. I hear that back in the States they are giving men advance training in the various branches and you cast your lot for better or worse with no chance of transfer from bombing to chasse or vice versa or anything else. If that's so stick at the game of instructing and leave this war business alone. Chasse is too swift a game to go into with out some previous experience on the front and yet I'll be damned if I want to keep on warping these old hay racks for the rest of my days. Of course if one is lucky enough to get into a bunch using a two-seater fighter like the "Bristol" that's all right but ------! All the evidence personal and otherwise that I can get hold of still tends to show that flat skidding turns are the best maneuvers to pull to escape archies and hostile airplane and as a last resort go down in a fast spiral. But the main thing is to keep your eyes peeled in my opinion about 7/10 of all two-seaters shot down were caught napping or the observers' guns jammed; 3/10 may be shot down in a regular fight but I doubt it. A single chasse plane won't go near a two-seater that shows signs of having spotted him - surprise is their winning card and the one they try to play at all times." In a letter of 23 Oct 1918 George writes to his mother about the plane he was flying and the difficulty of it: "I have always had good luck in drawing ships most generally get eh best one in the market; my luck held good that trip and I drew an exceptionally good bus for a Sop. I was the last to take off and strange to say I arrived at the end of our journey about two hours ahead of the next there. It was quite a trip almost up to Calais; its quite a trick to run one of those rotary motors and the gang at the Paris field didn't think I could get away with it as I had never driven anything but a stationary motor; in the rotary type the cylinders are arranged in a circle and the whole think revolves like a big grindstone; naturally when it gets turning over at a clip of 1200 -1350 revolutions a minute there's quite a torque which tends to pull the nose of your ship to one side or the other. I took off down the field lie this â†’ the first think I knew I was in the air like this â†’â†‘ and before I could stop the damn thing I was going back down the field over the hangars "commuca" Â Strange to say I reached my destination without mishap but the next time I tried to fly the fool think - I could keep the motor running long enough to get off the ground." Almost all of the 1918 letters offer this sort of insight into the World War One aviator. 1949 -1966 - 11 letters 32 pages 3 envelopes; 3 letters dated 1949; 7 letters dated 1950 1 letter dated 1966; 3 letters are written by George to his daughter Octavia; 3 letters are written to Octavia from her Aunt Jeanie Hughes; 1 letter written to Octavia from her grandmother Lucy C. Hughes; 1 letter to Octavia from her sister Ann Hughes; 1 letter written to Octavia and Jeanie from a friend; and 1 letter to Jeanie from a friend in England. Undated - 55 letters 308 pages 4 envelopes. Of these 55 letters 41 of them are written to Lucy C. Hughes with 39 of them written to her by her children Jeanie George and Gerard. There is one letter written to Lucy by Sarah F. Hughes and 1 letter to Lucy by her niece Esther Stout of California. There are 7 letters written to George 3 from his sister Jeanie 1 from his brother Gerard 1 from Sarah F. Hughes and 2 others; 5 letters written to Gerard H. Hughes from his sister and mother and 2 letters are written to Octavia Hughes by her father George F. Hughes. Several letters appear to be incomplete. Miscellaneous Ephemeral Items Checking Account register of Lucy Stephenson Hughes 13 pages1903-1906. 3 telegrams Jeanie to her mother circa 1913-1915. 12 postcards/cards 1914-1916. 1 mss page hours worked for Mrs. Hughes 1914. 54 letterhead receipts 1913-1915 mostly 1914. 1 paystub for Octavia Hughes 1949. 58 mss pages no date appears to be notes some in French for perhaps classwork some verse etc. 20 various printed items: invitations notices advertisements school items etc. 1913-1965. 9 envelopes. books

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Manuscript Travel Diaries of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde 1887-1932 widower of Babbitt Soap heiress Ida J. Babbitt Hayes; with Diaries of his daughter Elizabeth â€œLizzieâ€ Alvina Hyde 1911-1912

30590Collection of 28 diaries comprising approximately 5362 manuscript pages of entries 389 manuscript pp. of memorandum notes cash accounts etc. dated 1887-1932; with 5 miscellaneous account memorandum and address books totaling 184 manuscript pp. plus 14 photographs as follows:Diaries:26 diaries approximately 5154 manuscript pp. of diary entries plus 365 manuscript pp. of memorandum notes cash accounts etc. written by Dr. Frederick E. Hyde dated 1887 1896 -1897 1900 1903-1904 1907-1909 1911-1912 1914-1919 1921-1925 1927-1929 and 1932; one day entry per page format; cheap limp leather bindings volumes measure 3" x 5 Â¾" each; 12 diaries lacking spines the spines of 3 diaries are badly chipped 1 diary's front cover loose a number of the bindings are worn with chipping to covers spines otherwise interiors are good; text written mainly in ink first four volumes in pencil in a legible hand.2 diaries 208 manuscript pp. plus 24 pp. of memorandum notes cash accounts etc. written by Elizabeth "Lizzie" Alvina Hyde dated 1911 and 1912. The 1911 diary bound in stiff red cloth the 1912 diary is bound in limp red leather; both volumes measure 2 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches; in a 3 to 4 days entries per page format with most days entries completed; entries written in both ink and pencil in a crowded but legible hand; although the volumes are not identified cross-referencing with her father's diaries from the same years show that these two diaries were written by Lizzie Hyde.Miscellaneous Account Memorandum and Address Books:1 account book for expenses for "Westover Repairs" 46 manuscript pp. dated 5 February 1909 to 5 June 1923 measures 3 Â½" x 6" bound in limp leather good. Appears to have been written by Dr. Hyde and to be expenses for maintenance of a country home named "Westover" in Lawrence Long Island.1 miscellaneous memorandum book 27 manuscript pp.; measures 3" x 5 Â¼" bound in cloth binding written by Dr. Hyde and includes lists of books that he either read or wanted to read or add to his library plus notes on the presidential elections of 1884 and 1889 and other political notes statistics etc.1 address book 16 pp. measures 3 Â½" x 4 Â¼" leather includes names and addresses one to three or so entries per page not dated no signature likely kept Dr. Hyde.1 address book 63 manuscript pp. measures 3 Â½" x 5 Â¾" not dated bound in limp leather binding chipped includes names and addresses likely written by Dr. Hyde. This volume appears to be older than the one above.1 address book letters and telegrams notes 32 manuscript pp. measures 3 Â¼" x 4 Â½" bound in limp leather includes names and dates of letters and telegrams sent likely kept by Dr. Hyde.Photographs:10 carte-de visite photographs of Hyde family members including: 1 of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde taken in Paris France c.1870s; 1 of Elizabeth Alvina Hyde as a young woman dated 1890 taken by a Utica New York photographer W.C. North; 1 of Ida Josephine Babbitt as a young woman before she was married taken in a NYC studio; and the daughters of Ralph and Mary Hyde: 1 of Florence Emily Hyde; 1 of Alice Mary Hyde; 1 of Isabel Campbell Hyde; 1 of Ethel Hyde; 1 of Loina Brooks Hyde; as well as 2 unlabeled. 1 cabinet card black and white photograph of Ralph Underhill Hyde dated August 1896. 1 black and white matted portrait of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde dated c. 1897. 1 tintype photograph of Ida Josephine Babbitt as a young woman not dated.1 black and white photograph measures 3" x 5 Â½" of a group of men and women labeled: "At Mr. and Mrs. Warner M. Leed's residence Santa Barbara Cal. June 20 1919 Mr. Herbert M. Hyde at left."Description of Diaries:The 26 diaries kept by Dr. Hyde record the events of his many trips around the world. The wealthy widower of Babbitt Soap heiress Ida J. Babbitt Hayes Dr. Hyde traveled extensively after the death of his wife and was often accompanied by his second wife Katherine and/or his children and other family members. Hyde enjoyed first class travel on notable ships took many voyages to Europe and many other destinations stayed at the finest hotels; took a few train trips to the West Coast with nice accommodations on the Overland Limited; took a train trip to the 1915 San Francisco Panama Exposition plus regular trips to Pocono Manor Inn in Pennsylvania; York Cliffs in Maine; Ridgefield Connecticut and Atlantic City New Jersey. He also visited Canada and New Hampshire's White Mountains. The diaries were kept while traveling as follows:1887 â€“ Steamer Germanic for England Italy etc.; 96 pp. 22 pp.1896 â€“ France and Middle East; ship passage from France through Port Said via Gulf of Suez Bombay India etc. diary is for month of December only 31 pp.1897 - India Italy France and England â€“ trip to India November 1896 to 13 August 1897 included Dr. Hyde Elizabeth Josephine Mabel a maid and a courier; 200 pp. 21pp.1900 - Egypt â€“ Nile River trip Pyramids Cairo Luxor and Europe: Turkey Greece Italy Austria France England etc. included Dr. Hyde Isabel C. Hyde Ida Josephine Hyde; 149 pp. 11 pp.1903 â€“ England - 25 July to 24 Oct included Elizabeth Mabel Talbot Dr. Hyde to England down the Wye Paris â€“ Tours Chateaux; 102 pp. 30 pp.1904 - France â€“ automobile tour in Chateau Countryâ€“ 22 April to 16 July party includes Wm. Lord Sexton Mrs. Sexton Dr. Hyde's daughter Dr. Hyde; White Star Line "Canopia"to Azores Gibraltar Marseilles & Genoa; White Star Line "Cedric" Liverpool to NYC; 99 pp. 21 pp.1907 - Ship France to Paris France Palermo â€“ Sicily and Europeâ€“ Dr. and Mrs. Hyde to Italy Sicily Capri Sorrento Amalfi Ravello La Cava Naples etc. left 20 April on the Str Republic and arrived home 5 September on the Str. Romanic went to Camden Maine in September; 164 pp. 33 pp.1908 - Steamer Majestic Paris Tours Verona train trip Geneva London; Dr. and Mrs. Hyde sailed from NYC 29 April Str. Majestic for Cherbourg arriving 6 May; arrive Paris following day; visit Paris Tours Cortina Verona Bellagio Zermatt Geneva London leave England on 22 Oct on the Str. Cedric Liverpool to New York arrive 30 October; 240 pp. 27 pp.1909 â€“ Lawrence L.I. New York; Pocono Manor Inn Pennsylvania; and Ridgefield Connecticut; 118 pp. 3 pp.1911 - Trip Islesboro Isle au Hart sailing trip Ridgefield Connecticut; 220 pp. 2 pp.1912 - Steamer Lapland New York to Antwerp Montreux Lucerne comments on Titanic disasterâ€“ left New York 18 May arrived home in New York 29 September; visited Paris Montreux RossiniÃ¨re Oberhofen Lake Thun Lucerne Interlaken; 268 pp. 27 pp.1914 - Trip to Bermuda plus Pocono Manor Inn Pennsylvania; York Cliffs Maine; Walpole New Hampshire; 188 pp. 15 pp.1915 - Train Overland Limited to San Fran Panama Expo stays Fairmont Hotel muscles sore walking on the hills to Sausalito Presidio San Francisco â€“ "numerous guns & mortars" trip to Santa Barbara; other trips to Washington D.C.; Greenwich New York; Magnolia Massachusetts; Walpole New Hampshire; Buffalo New York; the Dr. traveled mainly with his wife in 1915; 207 pp. 12 pp.1916 - Pocono Manor Inn Pennsylvania and York Cliffs Maine trip to U.S. Military Reservation â€“ the Dr. traveled with his wife also went to New York City Philadelphia White Mountains etc.; 134 pp. 5 pp.1917 - Pocono Manor Inn and Atlantic City train trip to California â€“ Pasadena Riverside votes "no" on Women's Suffrage Nov 6 election; 239 pp. 4 pp.1918 â€“ Pasadena Del Norte Santa Barbara Los Angeles San Francisco CA; York Cliffs Maine; Pocono Manor Pennsylvania; 231 pp 12 pp.1919 â€“ Atlantic City New Jersey; Pocono Manor Pennsylvania; and York Cliffs Maine; 211 pp. 1921 â€“ SS Olympicto Paris Toursâ€“ the Dr. traveled with his wife; left New York on White Star S.S. Olympic 15 Oct; arrived Cherbourg 22 Oct visited Paris and Tours still in Paris when year ended; 188 pp. 26 pp.1922 â€“ SS OlympicParis to NY Cannes Ridgefield Connecticut â€“ diary begins in Paris visits Cannes before going home to New York in April; makes trip to York Cliffs Maine and later in year as well; 322 pp. 29 pp.1923 â€“ Quebec Canada; Wash. D.C.; Burlington Vermont; Pocono Manor Inn; 184 pp. 11 pp.1924 â€“ To London and elsewhere in England; 259 pp. 20 pp.1925â€“ SS France to Paris stays Villa Serbelloni Lake Como Switzerland; Atlantic City351 pp. 25 pp.1927â€“ Atlantic City New Jersey; and various U.S. locales; 325 pp. 2 pp.1928 â€“ To Europe U.S.; 298 pp. 4 pp.1929 â€“ Home New York; 257 pp. 3 pp.1932 â€“ Appears to be home; 54 pp. The two diaries kept by Elizabeth Alvina Hyde are crammed with entries on many events family gatherings club work and some U.S. travel. She leases a place on Park Avenue in New York City. Of particular interest are entries from April 1912 which comment on the Titanic disaster. The rear of the 1912 diary has ten pages of interesting entries in the memorandum section pertaining to parish work helping young girls make flowers and cross-stiches for sale etc."April 16 1912. White Star new boat Titanic was sunk after striking iceberg off Newfoundland early morning of 15th April 1000 lives lost. Survivors coming here on Carpathia."April 19 1912. Carpathia in last night with less than 800 survivors. Senate Investigation Committee begins probe into cause of accident. Sinking of Titanic greatest disaster of modern timesâ€¦" Babbitt and Hyde Families Benjamin Talbot Babbitt 1809-1889 was a self-made American businessman and inventor who amassed a fortune in the soap industry manufacturing Babbitt's Best Soap. He was born in 1809 in Westmoreland Oneida Co. New York the son of blacksmith Nathaniel Babbitt 1769-1855 and Betsey Holman 1768-. In 1851 he became the first to manufacture and market soap in individual bars which he packaged attractively and added a claim of quality. He took the ordinary and proved it could be turned into a marketable product. Babbitt invented most of the machinery he used in his production plants. He owned extensive ironworks and machine shops in Whitesboro New York. He held more than 100 patents. Babbitt became known as a genius of advertising. He rivaled his friend P. T. Barnum in originality and success becoming a household name throughout the U.S. His soap was one of the first nationally advertised products. The soap was sold from brightly painted street cars with musicians which helped lead to the iconic phrase: "get on the bandwagon." Babbitt was the first manufacturer to offer tours of his factories and one of the first to give away free samples.Babbitt died October 20 1889 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery Bronx New York. He was survived by his wife Rebecca McDuffie Babbitt 1820 - 1894 and his two daughters Ida Babbitt Hyde 1845-1896 and Lillia Babbitt Hyde 1856â€“1939 to whom he left one half of his $5000000 estate as well as the controlling interest in his company. Lillia Babbitt Hyde established The Lillia Babbitt Hyde Foundation in 1924 and served as its president until her death in 1939. The bulk of her estate was left to the Foundation raising the value of its assets as of June 1941 to approximately $3200000. Lillia Babbitt Hyde married Clarence Melville Hyde 1846-1908 the brother of Dr. Frederick E. Hyde who married Lillia's sister Ida Josephine Babbitt Hyde.Ida Josephine Babbitt Hyde married Dr. Frederick E. Hyde on 27 March 1869. The Hyde brothers were the sons of Edwin Hyde of Groton Connecticut and Elizabeth Alvina Mead. The Hyde family was the direct descendant of Sgt. James Hyde Jr. 1753-1809 of Norwich Connecticut who served with the 4th Regt. Connecticut Line in the American Revolution and was at Germantown Valley Forge Monmouth Stony Point and Yorktown. Dr. Hyde was born in New York City on 25 February 1844.Together Ida and her husband Frederick had at least four children: Elizabeth Alvina Hyde 1870-; Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde 1872-1933 who married Edith Moore daughter of James Moore of New York City in 1910; Frederick Hyde Jr. 1874-; and Ida Josephine Hyde 1877- who married William Lord Sexton; and Mabel Hyde 1882-. The Hyde's educated their sons at St. Paul's Military School on Long Island. When the Hyde's were first married the couple set up home in Ida Babbitt's parent's house on 36th Street in Manhattan in a fashionable neighborhood and Hyde at the insistence of Mrs. Babbitt had a medical practice for only the "best families" in New York City. The Hyde family also kept a country place "Quaker Ridge Farm" in North Greenwich Connecticut. By 1900 the Hyde's moved uptown to West 69th Street where they kept a large house with nine servants housekeeper cook maid parlor maid chamber maid waitress laundress lady's maid and a general servant.In 1889 Benjamin Babbitt died leaving a great inheritance that was split between his wife and two daughters. However his daughter Ida died six months later and her share of his estate in the millions went to her husband and two sons. After the death of his wife Ida Dr. Frederick E. Hyde retired from practicing medicine and spent a good deal of time traveling and pursuing his hobbies and philanthropic pursuits. There is a fjord in Greenland named Frederick E. Hyde Fjord. The fjord is located on a peninsula known as Peary Land. Frederick E. Hyde Fjord divides Peary Land into North Peary Land and South Peary Land. Robert E. Peary had been the first to reach the North Pole and the northernmost part of Greenland is called Peary Land. In a book written by Robert Peary entitled Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt 1905 -1906 on page 329 we learn that Peary's Expedition of 1898-1902 was made under the auspices of and with funds furnished by the Peary Arctic Club of New York City of which Frederick E. Hyde was a member and supporter. The book includes a chapter on the Peary Arctic Club. Frederick E. Hyde was one of the founding members and was elected as its first vice president. Dr. Frederick Erastus Hyde and his sons Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde and Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr. were members of several scientific institutions. Dr. Hyde was member and benefactor of the Linnaean Society the American Museum of Natural History and the American Association for the Advancement of Science among others. Frederick Jr. and his brother Benjamin were also members of some of the same organizations as their father. They also financed explorations in the American Southwest between 1893 and 1907. Dr. Hyde's sons founded the Hyde Exploring Expedition which helped to fund the work of Richard Wetherill 1858â€“1910 from about 1893 to 1903. Wetherill was a member of a prominent Colorado ranching family and was an amateur explorer in the discovery research and excavation of sites associated with the Ancient Pueblo People. Wetherill is credited with the discovery of Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde and was responsible for initially selecting the term Anasazi Navajo for ancient enemies as the name for these ancient people. He also discovered Kiet Seel ruin now included along with Betatakin ruin in Navajo National Monument in northeastern Arizona. "Slightly smaller than Cliff Palace Kiet Seel possesses qualities that in the eyes of some lend it greater charm and interest." Wetherill became fascinated by the ruins and artifacts and made a career as an explorer guide excavator and trading post operator.Predating this collection of diaries Dr. Hyde and his sons went on a world tour in 1892 and spent 70 days on horseback in Palestine and the Saini. Dr. Hyde died at the age of 92 on 16 September 1936 at his summer home in East Hampton L.I. Sample Quotes from the Diaries:"December 9 1896 â€¦Arrival Port Said about 8 p.m. anchored in canal. Cable to CMH 25 wordsâ€¦Most of passengers went ashore. We remained onboard. Coaled 800 tons in 4 hrs 9 to 1 night. Coal carried in baskets on shoulders of natives up planks 18-inch-wide 2 lines natives each side of boat.""January 13 1897Leave 3:16 for Calcuttaâ€¦Effect of Hindu worship as exhibited at Benares is disgusting & depressing.""January 14 1897Arrived at Howrah Station Calcutta 6:45 a.m. on timeâ€¦atmosphere of hotel depressing. Small pox at Howrah Cholera at Columbo. Drove at 4 Â½ p.m. Could not get livery carriage. A vice regal council being held. So took gharry skeletons of horses with strings of white beads around their necks." Howrah Junction also known as Howrah Station is the largest railway complex in India and it is a railway station which serves Kolkata and Howrah India"January 27 1900Left Abou Simbel at 8 a.m. warm day. Smooth water not a ripple. Am. Derr after tea dusty walk to temple through dirty village of mud huts. Temple not especially interesting.While visiting temple the Str. went across the river tied up at a sand flat. We were taken in yawl to east side of sand flat. The men were carried ashore & walked across flat to St. The ladies were rowed around in the boat. This shifting of the boat many considered entirely unnecessary. Derr temple not worth the annoyance. Tied up for the night at Magharah about 9:30 p.m." The Temple of Derr or el-Derr is a speos or rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia. It was built during the 19th Dynasty by Pharaoh Ramesses II"February 13 1900Assonan. 8 a.m. clear cool west side of Cataract Hotel.Left hotel 9:45 a.m. rode donkey to Barrage. John Arid & Co. contractors Fitzmaurice engineer. Mr. Mikelitis took us over the work 5600 men now employed 4000 of whom Italian stonecutters 34 sluice gates. The cubic meter the basis of labor payments. Boxes holding just 1 cm take out all the stone. 2 coffer dams over the cataract build permanent damn between. Left 12:28 to return Cataract Hotel 1:10" The Assiut Barrage is a dam on the Nile River in the city of Assiut in Upper Egypt 250 miles to the south of Cairo. It was completed in 1903"March 23 1900Constantinople. Clear cool. 9:45 called at Am Legation & obtained formal permit to see the Salamlik procession from windows in ___ opposite the private mosque of the Sultan. Soldiers gathered for an hour before the Sultan appeared in a bret drawn by 2 white horses. Opp the Sultan sat the Minister of War. Entered the mosque at 12:30 & came out at 12:50. Appears to be about 60 yrs of age. Prince in a carriage about 6 years 2 male companions walking. Ladies in harem in 4 coupes eunuchs walking. Regimental music excellent. 2 crack regts browns & grays cavalry. Back to hotel for lunch 2 p.mâ€¦" Abdul Hamid II 1842-1918 was the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the last Sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state"January 12 1909Signed lease today for "Westover' Lawrence L.I. NY period of five years from May 1 1909.""January 23 191210:21 train in Lawrence to Flatbush Ave Subway to 42d St taxi to 42d & 5th Ave & Penn Station 12 noon train to Broad St. Phila met Talbot in train met Charles Schedell at Broad St talked about repairs & insurance to warehouse 9th & Jefferson Sts. Met D.E. Dallam at his office 514 Walnut St. talked about sale or lease of warehouse. Left Phila 4:00 p.m. in Penn Station NY 6 p.m. took 6;17 p.m. L.I. train arr. Lawrence 6:57 p.m""November 8 1912Lovely autumn day. Maurice Fitzgibbons left Egan's Stables 205 East 38th St at 11:30 a.m. with Mabel's horses Peter Pan and Lady Woodstock. Came via 34th St Ferry L.I. City & Jamaica arrived at Westover Lawrence at 3:30 p.m.""San Francisco TripMarch 24 1915Left Lawrence on 11:51 a.m. train for Penn Station NY arrived 12:41 checked ulster in pared room. Katherine & I then had lunch in Penn Restaurant. Afternoon rechecked trunk to San Francisco & took suit case in taxi to do some shoppingâ€¦after further shopping arrived at Penn Station at 4:30 p.m. Elizabeth and Mabel arrived soon went aboard Overland Limited train leaving at 5:04 for Chicago. Katharine seeing us off. Dropped letter off for K at Harrisburg at 9:31 p.m. E & M had drawing room A in car 6 I h ad section 12 next to it.""NY to San FranciscoMarch 25 1915Passed Pittsburg 3:30 a.m. Eastern Time 2:30 Central Time. Changed here. Looking out my window as trains was leaving Pittsburg we were apparently passing through a brilliantly lighted subway. Archeo and Architectural lines with electric lights about two feet apart.Arrived in Chicago 2 p.m on time. As we were to leave here on the Chicago & Northwestern R.R. at 7:00 we had five hours so took rooms at Blackstone Hotel with baths refreshed ourselves with tubs & I with a shave & at 5:20 had a most satisfactory dinner. Left Chicago at 7 p.m. in car "Colorado" E & M in drawing room A & I in Section 8 same car. Mailed letter to K written on train also sent K night letter at 3 p.m. also mailed office key about 5 p.m.""NY to San FranciscoMarch 26 1915Arrived Omaha 7:30 a.m. mailed letter to K dressed & went out at the station to stretch my legs & get some fresh air. Weather cold. Station active engines moving about. Smoky atmosphere from much bituminous coal. Left Omaha at 8:00 a.m. light snowfall during the day. Patches of snow over the country apparently recent.Cold weather today temp. on floor of car platform at 11:40 a.m. 28Ëš F in the car 67Ëš F 4 p.m. on platform 30ËšF. Some snow drifted in on the platforms of the train.Arrived North Platte at 2:40 p.m. Central Time 1:40 Mountain Time at 12:21 p.m. passed Kearney where in 1866 I crossed the Platte River in a box wagon drawn by four mules or horses each pair controlled by a man up to his shoulders in the water.""NY to San FranciscoMarch 27 1915Due to a delay of 52 minutes at Green River waiting for the mail train that followed us from Chicago we were 52 minutes late arriving at Ogden due at 10:40 A.M. The Overland Limited takes a mail car from the mail train to secure the right of way over other trains if there is a congestion of trains anywhere.At Ogden Mountain Time changes to Pacific Time so put my watch back an hour. Sent train letter & telegram to K from here.15 minutes stop here & while the car wheels were being tested with a hammer it was found that one of the wheels of our car "Colorado" was broken. We were transferred to other cars there being few passengers & plenty of room. E & M to the "Deartrail" DRD & I to the Jathneil Sec 3.""NY to San FranciscoYesterday the country was covered with snow no great depth today only the mountains down to a certain line. Passing the Humboldt Mts. In the afternoon winding through the passes of the foot hills of the Sierras.At daylight to my surprise I looked out upon trees in foliage bright green grass lilies in bloom out of doors.Yesterday snow after leaving Ogden we crossed Salt Lake in on an embankment of rocks part of the way & over a wooden pile bridge another part of the way. Distance of 53 miles altogether. The lake was perfectly calm the train running slowly.We arrived at Oakland & San F on time were soon at the Fairmont Hotel Rooms 448 & 450. Night letters to Kâ€¦""San FranciscoMarch 29 1915We all went to the Panama Exposition this a.m. Cables Sacramento St transfer to Polk entering East end of grounds raining. Entrance fee 50c Must be exact amount to drop in the box at gate.The Joy Zone began at East Gate walked long distance to Fillmore St gate. Left the girls returned to hotel as an earlier walk to Union Ferry down the hills was very tiresome to muscles unused to the hills. E & M took moving platform seats and rode around rest of grounds.After lunch called in Mr. Edwin Parish of Niagara Fire Ins. Co. 334 Pine St Introduction from Mr. Harold Herrick referred us for Real Estate Agent to M.V.W. McAdam Co. 58 Sutter St.""San FranciscoMarch 30 1915Rain all day. Was called up by McAdam Co. their Mr. Fuller arranged to see them later. E & M went to fair all this p.m. I went to fair this a.m. rode about the streets for 25 minutes circumnavigating the place. Wrote J.T. Johnston of St. Barbara to see houses next Monday. This address from Mr. Parish immediately after lunch Mrs. Babcock of San Rafael called on Elizabeth very pleasant. Offered her motor car for use at San R invited us to tea afterward.Had arranged to go to San Rafael today but too rainy. Rain very welcome to this neighborhood & Sacramento Valley as weather had been dry for some weeks.""San Francisco & San RafaelMarch 31 1915Took 1:55 p.m. boat at Sausalito Ferry foot Market St. half town to Sausalito electric train to San Rafael arr. 2:55 p.m were met by Mrs. Babcock car & maid Mary McNally.Visited three houses Mrs. Martin's the Schonmein & Mrs. Nel's first & last were desirable places but as the valley much semi tropical foliage & masses of flowers but houses not on sufficient elevations.1st hour might have been taken if had been on elevation with view below but from all places had to look up for view.Took tea with Mr. & Mrs. Babcock at 4:30 to 5 They were very cordial. Have beautiful home. Garden with masses of flowers lilies blooming outdoors since last October.""San F to Sta BarbaraApril 3 1915Left San F on 7:45 a.m. train of Southern Pacific RR 3d & Townsend Sts. lovely morning. E & M took breakfast at the Fairmont Hotel. I took my breakfast on the train came via San Joe 47 miles. In 1867 this stretch of RR was the only RR in the state. The train follows valley floors & some elevations till we reach Sta Margarita where the rise is quite high & we pass through 6 tunnels. IN the gaps between tunnels we look down abruptly into deep valleys all green grass covered & with a wagons road winding up & down the steep sides of the valley. The original only means of the North & South communications previous to the RR & probably the road that I went over in a stage coach from Los Angeles to San Joe in 1867. From San Louis Obispo we run to the ocean side & follow close to the brink for several miles looking down on the waves rolling up the beaches. Arr Sta B 7:40 p.m. another bus took usâ€¦""Santa BarbaraApril 5 1915â€¦Afternoon we took trolley to the old mission of Sta Barbara. Saw it in 1867 & in 1901. About 6 yrs ago old rotted floor & wainscoting were removed tile floor & painting make it look very clean but has lost the look of age.""Nov 6 1917Election Day for Mayor of Greater New Yorkâ€¦Voted 'No' on Suffrage for Women 'Yes' on debt limitations for county town village." books

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