Dartmouth College Library
Collection Management & Development Program
Collection Development Policy
MANUSCRIPTS:
NEW HAMPSHIRE
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- COLLECTION AREA
- GENERAL PURPOSE
- DARTMOUTH COLLEGE PROGRAM
- GENERAL SUBJECT BOUNDARIES
- LANGUAGES
- GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
- TYPES OF MATERIALS COLLECTED
- FORMAT OF MATERIALS COLLECTED
- DETAILED SUBJECT AREAS
- OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE
- CREATION DATE
- REVISION DATE
- LC CLASS
- BIBLIOGRAPHER
Manuscripts: New Hampshire
Because of its geographical location and its stature as an institution, Dartmouth College has been and remains a focus for research on the state of New Hampshire. There is an obligation, shared with several other New Hampshire institutions, to collect, protect and promote those manuscripts and other records that illuminate the state and its history. The collection, therefore, supports research on all aspects of the state's history and life, with particular emphasis on the Connecticut River Valley and the White Mountains.
The collection supports the teaching and research activities of both students and faculty on all levels. Materials are available for students preparing assignments, papers and theses as well as for the teaching and research needs of the faculty. Use of the collection is broadly based; there is no single discipline that is supported by the materials. Manuscripts are used by students and faculties in the arts and sciences as well as in business administration.
Any materials that pertain to the history of the state and its people are within the scope of the collection.
While English is the predominant language, some French material, reflecting the Franco-Canadian portion of the population, is present.
The collection is defined geographically as the area of the state of New Hampshire plus that portion of the White Mountains National Forest found in Maine.
There are no chronological boundaries.
All manuscripts, as defined in the general Manuscripts policy, are of interest.
While papers relating to all facets and areas of New Hampshire are germane to the collection, several particular areas have come to the forefront:
A. White Mountains. This is primarily the area that is encompassed by the White Mountains National Forest in both New Hampshire and Maine. All facets of its political and social history, geography, climate and lore are of interest. Examples of materials in this area are the records of the Mount Washington Observatory (1932-1958) and the papers relating to the publication of Lucy Crawford's History of the White Mountains (1846).
B. Cornish Colony. The Cornish Colony was an enclave of artists, writers, and, later, politicians who at first summered in the Cornish-Plainfield area. The first of these summer residents moved in in the 1880's with the colony effectively surviving as a year-round enclave through World War I. Examples of bodies of papers from the colony are the papers of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Winston Churchill, and Juliet Rublee.
There are strong and complementary collections of manuscripts relating to New Hampshire at the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire State Library, New Hampshire State Archives, and the New Hampshire Historical Society. This is particularly evident in political and social history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and twentieth-century political papers. While no formal agreements have been made, informal arrangements allow for consideration of the common weal in competition for bodies of papers. A somewhat more formal arrangement may be found in the New Hampshire Political Papers Committee, a group composed of a representative from this library and from each of the four aforementioned institutions. This group meets periodically to determine strategy and policy in the acquisition of the papers of members of Congress from New Hampshire as well as the papers of senior New Hampshire state officials. This coordinated effort, the first in the nation, is proving to be of great use.
May 1983 (Philip N. Cronenwett)
March 1991 (Philip N. Cronenwett)
Philip N. Cronenwett
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