Field Family Papers, 1820-1949
Abstract
The Field family has ties to Amherst and the Samuel Minot Jones family. Roswell and Eugene Field were both authors and our collection includes some original manuscripts, correspondence, and other family papers. Although the Field family lived in Vermont and in the Midwest, their family connections to the town and the Jones family forms the basis of our collection.Biographical Note
The relationship of the Field family with Amherst is richly intertwined with the history of the town. Esther Smith Kellogg (1779-1867), wife of General Martin Field (1773-1833), was the daughter of prominent Amherst resident Daniel Kellogg. When Esther and Martin's son Roswell's wife died in 1856, his sons Eugene (1850-1895) and Roswell, Jr. (1851-1919) were sent to Amherst to live with their cousin Mary Field French, granddaughter of Martin Field and half-sister of Samuel Minot Jones, benefactor of this library. Later, Eugene was under the guardianship of John W. Burgess, husband of Samuel Minot Jones' sister Augusta. Burgess's second wife, Ruth Payne Jewett, was the granddaughter of Charles K. Field, Martin Field's eldest son.Scope and Contents
The Field Family Papers contains materials from multiple generations of the Field family, and totals some 1100 items. The collection includes letters and engravings of General Martin Field, a lawyer in Newfane, Vermont, and letters and other papers of his wife Esther Smith Kellogg. Also, letters and photographs of their son Charles Kellogg Field (1803-1880), another lawyer in Newfane, and a letter and other papers from his brother Roswell Martin Field, Sr. (1807-1869), well-known as the lawyer who represented Dred Scott. A large part of the collection is formed by the approximately 200 letters of Julia Kellogg Field (1829-1890), daughter of Charles K. Field and a schoolteacher in Virginia before her marriage to Elisha Payne Jewett.The papers of Eugene Field, son of Roswell M. Field, Sr., are varied and include articles, correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and ephemera. Although Eugene Field is best known for his children's verses he was also a noted political columnist and editorial writer whose work helped shape the political mood in Chicago for many years. Julia Comstock Field (1856-1936), the wife of Eugene, is represented by letters and clippings.
Roswell Martin Field, Jr. was also a journalist and author, and the collection contains manuscripts of poetry and essays, articles, correspondence, photographs, twenty volumes of his works and other materials.
Charles Kellogg Field (1873-1948), grandson of Charles Kellogg Field, was the noted author and radio personality "Cheerio." Included are letters, articles, music and poetry manuscripts.
The Field Family Papers are of interest not only for their materials relating to Eugene Field, but also for the light they shed on New England. The letters and papers show one family's growth and movement for the whole of the nineteenth century as the family traveled south and moved westward.
Collection Inventory
Box | Title | Date |
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1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1803-1880) - Letters to his wife | 1848 |
1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1803-1880) - List of letters | |
1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1803-1880) - Lithograph | |
1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Acorn | 1890 |
1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Article Oversized |
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1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Field Family Trust | 1933 |
1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Letters Written mostly to his cousin, Ruth Payne Jewett Burgess. |
1915-1918, 1931-1932 |
1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Miscellaneous | |
Oversized | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Music |
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1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Obituary | 1948 |
1 | Field, Charles Kellogg (1873-1948) - Poetry | 1895-1896, 1905, 1907 |
1 | Field, Esther Smith Kellogg - Miscellaneous | |
1 | Field, Eugene - Amherst | |
1 | Field, Eugene - Bibliography | 1936, 1954 |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Birthplace | |
1 | Field, Eugene - Burgess Collection - Letters Letters written by Eugene Field to various members of his family, and a few miscellaneous items |
1879, 1884-1889, 1891 |
1 | Field, Eugene - Burgess Collection - Receipts Receipts written by and for expenses sustained by Eugene Field |
1871 |
1 | Field, Eugene - Catalogues Catalogues and other papers detailing sales of various works of Eugene Field |
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1 | Field, Eugene - Chicago | |
1 | Field, Eugene - Comstock Letters Letters written by Eugene to his wife, Julia Comstock |
1872-1874, 1881-1882 |
1 | Field, Eugene - Comstock Letters, copies | |
1 | Field, Eugene - Correspondence about | |
1 | Field, Eugene - Dennis Collection | 1936 |
1 | Field, Eugene - Denver Library | |
1 | Field, Eugene - Dormitory at UMass Amherst | 1964 |
2 | Field, Eugene - Guestbook | 1896-1898 |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Immortal Little Willie | |
2 | Field, Eugene - Knox College | 1871, 1926, 1942, 1950 |
2 | Field, Eugene - Kubicek article | 1975 |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Letter to Mamma | |
2 | Field, Eugene - Letters | 1867-1895 |
2 | Field, Eugene - Library Two copies of the sale catalogue for Field's private library |
1923 |
2 | Field, Eugene - Little Willie | |
2 | Field, Eugene - Manuscripts | |
2 | Field, Eugene - Manuscripts - Correspondence Correspondence regarding various Field materials |
1930, 1933, 1934, 1968, 1970 |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Manuscripts - Facsimile | |
2 | Field, Eugene - Manuscripts - Facsimiles Transcriptions and copies of letters and poems |
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2 | Field, Eugene - Manuscripts - Field Correspondence Correspondence between Field's son Roswell and the Jones Library about the purchase of some letters |
1940-1942 |
2 | Field, Eugene - Manuscripts - The Fire-Hang Bird | 1890 |
2 | Field, Eugene - Lucius Smith and The Peter Bird | |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Memorial | |
2 | Field, Eugene - Miscellaneous | |
2 | Field, Eugene - Monson, Mass Various newspaper articles relating to Field's time in Rev. James Tufts' school in Monson |
Various |
2 | Field, Eugene - Monument | |
2 | Field, Eugene - My Book | |
3 | Field, Eugene - Newfane, Vermont | |
3 | Field, Eugene - Newspaper articles about | Various |
3 | Field, Eugene - Newspaper articles by | Various |
3 | Field, Eugene - Periodical articles about (3 folders) | Various |
3 | Field, Eugene - Periodical articles by | |
3 | Field, Eugene - Pictures | |
Map case | Field, Eugene - Poem - "Madge, Ye Hoyden" | |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Poetry set to music | |
Map case | Field, Eugene - Posters | |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Proofs - Profitable Tales | |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Proofs - Reid | |
Oversized | Field, Eugene - Proofs - Western Verse | |
3 | Field, Eugene - Re-burial | 1926 |
3 | Field, Eugene - St. Louis Materials related to the Eugene Field House and Society |
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3 | Field, Eugene - Saints and Sinners | 1899 |
3 | Field, Eugene - SS Eugene Field | 1943 |
4 | Field, Eugene - Wilson Copy of the poem Field wrote to Francis Wilson |
1893 |
4 | Field, Eugene - Writings | |
4 | Field, Julia Comstock (1856-1936) - Obituary | 1936 |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1850 |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1855-1856 June |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1856 July-December |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1857 January-May |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1857 June-December |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1858 January-April |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1858 May-December |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1859 |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Letters | 1860-1861 |
4 | Field, Julia K. (1829-1890) - Miscellaneous | |
4 | Field, Martin (1773-1833) - Letter Transcript of a letter written by Martin to his daughter Mary Hubbard Field |
1822 |
4 | Field, Martin (1773-1833) - Prints | |
4 | Field, Mary French (d. 1949) - Miscellaneous Daughter of Eugene Field |
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4 | Field, Roswell M., Sr. (1807-1869) - Letter | 1833 |
4 | Field, Roswell M., Sr. (1807-1869) - Libel suit | 1835 |
4 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Biography | |
Oversized | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Fornaro | |
Oversized | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Horace’s Odes | |
4 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Ixion’s Whistling Tour Through Tartarus | |
Oversized | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Letter | |
4 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Letters Many written to his cousin, Ruth Payne Jewett Burgess. |
1874-1916 |
4 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Letters to | 1893, 1900, 1906 |
5 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Manuscript | |
Oversized | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Masons | |
5 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Miscellaneous | |
5 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Newspaper articles From the Kansas City Times and Kansas City Star newspapers |
1882 and on |
5 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Pictures 1 | |
6 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Pictures | |
6 | Field, Roswell M., Jr. (1851-1919) - Writings | |
6 | Field Family - Genealogical information | |
6 | Field Family - Photographs | |
6 | Field Family Papers - Correspondence regarding | 1929, 1933, 1969 |