Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876

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Physician, reformer, and husband of Julia Ward Howe.

From the description of Papers, 1868. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 46344998

Humanitarian crusader for many causes including Greek freedom, education for the disabled, prison reform, abolition, and black suffrage, Howe founded the Perkins School for the Blind and was the chairman of the Massachusetts Board of State Charities. When just out of the Harvard Medical School, he went to Greece as an army surgeon.

From the description of Letters and journals, 1824-1835. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612370977

Physician. The first to train the blind and deaf mutes in the United States.

From the description of Papers, 1851-1872 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35092711

Reformer.

From the description of Letters of S. G. Howe, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451047

American humanitarian.

From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Boston, to Horace Mann, [1847] Dec. 4-[1848] Mar. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269543205

American philanthropist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to General Babcock, 1871 Apr. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523304

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Wm. L. Stam, 1866 Sept. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269523287

Philhellenist and reformer; husband of Julia Ward Howe.

From the description of Correspondence, 1862-1863. (State Library of Massachusetts). WorldCat record id: 70967762

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referencedIn Howe family. Papers of the Julia Ward Howe family, 1787-1984 (inclusive), 1787-1944 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Bird, Francis William, 1809-1894. Papers, 1826-1924; bulk: 1847-1889 Houghton Library
referencedIn Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884. Papers of Edward Jarvis, 1825-1888 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900. Papers, 1765-1935 (bulk 1830-1899) Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876,. Autograph letter signed from Samuel Gridley Howe, Boston, to [Frances Anne] Kemble [manuscript], 1857 April 5. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888. Additional correspondence, 1787-1886 Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn United States American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission records, 1862-1864. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers concerning the 1872 resolution of condemnation against Charles Sumner, 1862-1873. Houghton Library
referencedIn Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872. Francis Lieber papers, 1808-1969. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. The rough sketch : manuscript, [1901?] Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. ALS : Santa Barbara [Calif.], to Dear sir, 1859 June 11. Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
referencedIn Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860. Letter, 1855 May 5, Boston, to [Parker L.] Spofford [n.p.] University of Michigan
referencedIn Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887. Papers, 1798-1893 (bulk 1827-1887) Houghton Library
referencedIn Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881) Houghton Library
referencedIn Documents relating to Charles Sumner, 1828-1912. Houghton Library
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Letter : [Washington, D.C.] to Samuel Gridley Howe, 1855 Feb.18. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf Emerson, George B. (George Barrell), 1797-1881. Letters to George Barrell Emerson, 1845-1865. Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Howe family papers, 1819-1910. Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. [Letter, 1872]. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. The Yellow House papers : the Laura E. Richards collection, [19--]-2002. Maine Historical Society Library
referencedIn Briney, Melville Otter, 1899-1986. Melville Otter Briney : miscellaneous papers, 1958. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874. Papers, 1762-1962 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886,. Documents relating to Charles Sumner, ca. 1828-1912. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Correspondence, 1862-1863. State Library of Massachusetts
creatorOf Bunyan, John, 1628-1688. [Collection of samples of raised-letter line types for printing for the blind.] Library company of Philadelphia
referencedIn Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882. Houghton Library
referencedIn Charles Eliot Norton papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Letters, 1843 Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Correspondence with Robert Montgomery Bird, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Huntington Library. Francis Lieber Papers.
referencedIn Letters sent to Cornelius Conway Felton from various correspondents, 1849-1860. Houghton Library
referencedIn Sanborn, F. B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1831-1917. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn papers, 1845-1936 (bulk 1845-1936) Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection
referencedIn MacKaye, James Morrison, 1805-1888. Papers of James Morrison MacKaye, 1862-1953. Library of Congress
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Letters recieved by Samuel Gridley Howe, 1838-1874. Massachusetts Historical Society
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. [Essays on Oliver Caswell and Julia Brace]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873. Correspondence and other papers, 1821-1877 Houghton Library
referencedIn Vaughan, John, 1755-1841. Papers, 1768 - ca. 1936 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Letter to Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, 1832 May 31. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Stewart, William T., 1826 or 27-1851. William Stewart's journal, 1850 : a young man's account of his overland trip to the gold fields of California, 1850 March 30-1851 February 3. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers, 1857-1961 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Letter, New Port, to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn [manuscript] 1871 Oct. 10. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dana Family. Papers of the Dana family [manuscript], 1840-1881. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn James Freeman Clarke additional papers, 1806-1936. Houghton Library
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Letters, Boston, Mass. / Julia Ward Howe. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Julia Ward Howe papers, 1891-1898. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, UNCG University Libraries
creatorOf Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. Letter, 1836 November 18, Hartford, Conn., to Samuel Gridley Howe, Boston, Mass. Connecticut Historical Society
creatorOf Howe, Samuel Gridley, 1801-1876. Autograph letters signed (2) : Boston, to Horace Mann, [1847] Dec. 4-[1848] Mar. 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Earle, Pliny, 1809-1892. Papers, 1806-1897. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Samuel Gridley Howe letters 1840-1849 1840-1841 Howe, Samuel Gridley letters William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Robert Carter letters from various correspondents, 1851-1898 (inclusive), 1851-1862 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860. Letters to Samuel Gridley Howe, 1846-1856. Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
creatorOf Jackson, Patrick Tracy, 1818-1891. Massachusetts Kansas Aid Committee records, 1856-1857. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Winthrop, John, 1606-1676. John Winthrop, Jr., papers, 1644-1848. New London County Historical Society
referencedIn Papers, 1857-1961 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf OAC Review Index. College life, OAC Review, v.40, no.4, Dec. 1927, p.116-120. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Papers, 1851-1872 and undated. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Papers, 1868. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Howe, Samuel Gridley, 1801-1876. Autograph letter signed : Boston, to General Babcock, 1871 Apr. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872. Papers of Francis Lieber, 1815-1888; (bulk 1835-1872). Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
referencedIn Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872. Papers, 1805-1896 (bulk 1814-1863) Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. Papers, 1790-1951. Houghton Library
referencedIn Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877. Correspondence, Sept. 16, 1844-1876. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Clapp, William Warland, Jr., 1826-1891. Correspondence, 1790-1891 (bulk 1840-1891) Houghton Library
referencedIn Horace Mann papers 1823-1876 1823-1857 Mann, Horace William L. Clements Library
referencedIn May family. Papers of the May and Goddard families, 1766-1912 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Weather Bureau National Archives at College Park
creatorOf OAC Review Index. College life, OAC Review, v.40, no.3, Nov. 1927, p.78-83. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Letters and journals, 1824-1835. Houghton Library
referencedIn Neal, John, 1793-1876. Papers, 1803-1880 Houghton Library
creatorOf Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880. Papers, 1818-1881. Raymond H. Fogler Library
referencedIn Palfrey family papers, 1713-1915 Houghton Library
referencedIn Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Additional papers, 1767-1898. Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe, Samuel Gridley, 1801-1876. Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Wm. L. Stam, 1866 Sept. 29. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Howe, Julia Ward, family. Papers, 1787-1984 (bulk 1787-1944) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Howe family. Howe family papers, 1819-1910. Houghton Library
referencedIn Papers, 1790-1951. Houghton Library
creatorOf Earle, Pliny, 1809-1892. Papers, 1806-1897. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Autograph File, H Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph album, 1877-1893. Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe family, of Dorchester (Boston, Mass.). Howe family of Dorchester papers, 1763-1858. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
creatorOf Wade, Benjamin Franklin, 1800-1878. Memorandum of thanks : to Captain William G. Temple of the U.S. Steamer Tennessee, docketed 1871 Mar. 26. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin, Papers, 1847—1915 American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents, 1820-1894 Houghton Library
creatorOf Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867. Papers, 1798-1908. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk) Houghton Library
creatorOf Howe, S. G. (Samuel Gridley), 1801-1876. Letters of S. G. Howe, 1862. Library of Congress
creatorOf Smith, Sydney, 1771-1845. Letter, 1843 Jun. 2 [London] to Dr. [S.G.] Howe [London]. University of Michigan
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associatedWith Barnard, Henry, 1811-1900 person
associatedWith Bigelow, John P. (John Prescott), 1797-1872 person
correspondedWith Bird, F. W. (Francis William), 1809-1894 person
associatedWith Brace, Julia, 1807-1884. person
associatedWith Bridgman, Laura Dewey, 1829-1889. person
associatedWith Briney, Melville Otter, 1899-1986. person
associatedWith Brown, John, 1800-1859. person
associatedWith Carter, Robert, 1819-1879 person
associatedWith Caswell, Oliver, 1829- person
associatedWith Clapp, William Warland, 1826-1891 person
associatedWith Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888 person
associatedWith Conway, M. F. (Martin Franklin), 1827-1882. person
associatedWith Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. person
associatedWith Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880. person
associatedWith Dana Family. family
correspondedWith Davis, George C., fl. 1862-1863 person
associatedWith Dickinson family, collector. family
associatedWith Diedrich, D. N. (Duane Norman) person
associatedWith Dinsmoor, Samuel, 1799-1869 person
correspondedWith Dix, Dorothea Lynde person
associatedWith Earle, Pliny, 1809-1892. person
associatedWith Emerson, George B. (George Barrell), 1797-1881. person
correspondedWith Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 person
associatedWith Felton, Cornelius Conway, 1807-1862 person
associatedWith Flourens, P. (Pierre), 1794-1867. person
associatedWith Free Soil Party (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Green, James person
correspondedWith Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 person
associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 person
correspondedWith Horr, Asa person
associatedWith Houghton Library. corporateBody
correspondedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
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associatedWith Howe family. family
correspondedWith Howe family. family
associatedWith Howe family, of Dorchester (Boston, Mass.) family
associatedWith Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910. person
associatedWith Howland, Mary Bryant, collector. person
associatedWith Jackson, Patrick Tracy, 1818-1891. person
associatedWith Jarvis, Edward, 1803-1884. person
associatedWith JULIA (WARD) HOWE, 1819-1910 person
associatedWith JULIA (WARD) HOWE FAMILY family
correspondedWith Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893 person
correspondedWith Lieber, Francis, 1800-1872. person
correspondedWith Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 person
correspondedWith Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891 person
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associatedWith MacKaye, James Morrison, 1805-1888. person
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associatedWith Perkins School for the Blind. corporateBody
correspondedWith Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 person
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associatedWith Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard), 1791-1865. person
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associatedWith Stam, William L., person
associatedWith Sterns, George L., 1809-1867. person
associatedWith Stevens, Josiah, 1795-1869 person
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associatedWith United States. American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. corporateBody
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associatedWith Wade, Benjamin Franklin, 1800-1878. person
associatedWith Whitman, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1812-1883. person
associatedWith Winthrop, John, 1606-1676. person
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United States
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Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Deafblind people
Exchanges Of Publications
Hydrotherapy
Letters
Meteorology
Phrenology
Reformatories
Scientific publications
Smithsonian Exchange
Social reformers
Occupation
Reformers
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Birth 1801-11-10

Death 1876-01-09

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