John Hay: Research

John Hay: Research

If you'd like to dip your toe in the waters of Hay scholarship, here are references to a sampling of books, articles, letters, diaries and printed ephemera related to John Hay. These more obscure materials are found in the Harvard University Unified Catalog (HOLLIS):

"History of amendments proposed to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty" -- Presented to Mr. Root, and ordered printed Jan. 18, 1911. A brief history of the amendments proposed and considered relative to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty with Great Britain, resulting in the treaty submitted December 14, 1901. Prepared in the Department of State, and sent by Mr. Hay to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Includes references to John Hay, and extracts from his correspondence. (Published 1911, Government Printing Office.)

"61st Congress, 3rd session. Senate. Doc. 746" -- Personal mention by Elihu Root of John Hay in relation to treaties with Great Britain of 1850 (Apr. 19) and 1901 (Nov. 18). (Published 1911, Government Printing Office.)

"The Law of Blockade" by Charles Noble Gregory (1851-1932) -- John Hay mentioned on p. 11 of this 13-page pamphlet. (Reprinted from Yale Law Journal, March-April, 1903.)

"Abraham Lincoln and the Widow Bixby," by Sherman Day Wakefield -- A reply to F. L. Bullard's work, defending John Hay's authorship of the letter to Mrs. Bixby. Author's autograph presentation copy. (Published 1947 in New York.)

"Commemorative tributes" by Brander Matthews -- Pamphlet publication of American Academy of Arts and Letters notes and monographs on Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, John Hay, Edward MacDowell. (Published 1922 in New York.)

Annual Publication of the Ohio Society of New York -- A pamphlet record of the diplomatic banquet of the society, Jan. 17th, 1903, in tribute to John Hay. (Also annual dinner of the society, Nov. 29th, 1902, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the admission of Ohio to the Union.) (Published 1903 in New York.)

"Henry James and John Hay: the record of a friendship" by George Monteiro -- Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p.147-187), and bibliography: p.191-197. (Published 1965, the Brown University Press.)

"John Hay-Howells Letters" edited by George Monteiro and Brenda Murphy -- The correspondence of John Milton Hay and William Dean Howells, 1861-1905. (Published 1980, Twayne Publishers.)

"John Hay, Scholar, Statesman" by Joseph Bucklin Bishop -- An address delivered before the Alumni Association of Brown university, June 19, 1906. (Published 1906, Standard Printing Co.

"John Hay: The Gentleman as Diplomat" by Kenton J. Clymer -- (Published 1975, University of Michigan Press.)

Joseph Halle Schaffner autograph collection -- This collection of letters and documents of American and British historical and literary figures includes 57 letters, 1878-1891, by John Hay, mostly to his brother Leonard Hay, and 129 letters, 1885-1916, from Henry Adams to Lucy W. Baxter, Bernard Berenson, William Hallett Phillips, James Ford Rhodes, Charles Warren Stoddard and others. (Bequest of Joseph Halle Schaffner to Harvard University, 1972. Houghton Library. Harvard University.)

"Letters of John Hay and Extracts from Diary" -- Modern edition of a work printed but not published, in 1908 (?) (Published 1969, New York, Gordian Press.)

Papers of John Hay and papers of Abraham Lincoln -- A collection of papers of John Hay and papers of Abraham Lincoln collected by Hay. It includes the manuscript of Hay's novel, "The Bread-Winners," together with a 1911 printing of the book annotated to show variations from the manuscript and a reader's report in French, the basis for the acceptance of the book by the French publisher Hachette. Also included are portions of the manuscript (in Hay's hand) of John G. Nicolay and Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History. Lincoln manuscripts include Thanksgiving proclamation, 1863; speech on the abolition of slavery in Maryland, 1864; five letters, 1845-1846, to B. F. James; two manuscripts relating to legal cases, 1840-1842; a facsimile copy of the Emancipation Proclamation; and a retained copy of a letter, 1865, from Mary Todd Lincoln to Queen Victoria. Also included is a 28-page letter, 9 August 1903, from Theodore Roosevelt to John Hay giving an account of Roosevelt's western trip in the summer of 1903. (Bequest of Clarence Leonard Hay. In the collections of Harvard University.)

Papers of William Dean Howells, 1850-1954 (inclusive) -- The collection of more than 50 boxes of material includes correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, journals, and business papers. There are fifteen boxes of letters to William Dean Howells from approximately six hundred correspondents, including Samuel L. Clemens, John Hay, Henry James, James Russell Lowell, and E. C. Stedman. The John Hay correspondence is published in "John Hay-Howells Letters" Edited by George Monteiro and Brenda Murphy. (Boston: Twayne, 1980.) The Samuel L. Clemens correspondence is published in "Mark Twain-Howells Letters" edited by William M. Gibson and Henry Nash Smith. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1960.) (Material in the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Acquired through purchase and gifts from Mildred Howells and John Mead Howells.)

Papers of Jane Gay Dodge -- Includes letters of John Hay to Dorothea Dix (?) (In the Schlesinger Library.)

Papers of Frederick William Holls -- Correspondence, mostly to Holls, pertains especially to the First International Peace Conference at the Hague in 1899. Included are letters and telegrams in code from John Hay to Holls or Andrew Dickson White, and much correspondence between Holls and Theodore Roosevelt. (Gift of Mrs. Robert W. Sayles, 1953.)

Papers of William Roscoe Thayer -- Material of the author of "The Life and Letters of John Hay" includes a printer's copy of that work.

"The Poetry of John Hay" by Sister Saint Ignatius Ward -- Thesis. (Published 1930, Washington D.C., The Catholic university of America.)

"Speeches in the House of Representatives, March 11, 13, 14, and 26, 1902" by Albert Sidney Burleson -- "Our pro-British Secretary of state."

Unveiling and consecration of the John Hay memorial window at the Temple of the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel (Elkins Park, Pa.) -- Speeches by Oscar S. Straus, Elihu Root, Andrew Dickson White, and Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf. (Published 1906, Philadelphia.)

"A College Friendship" -- A series of letters between John Hay and Hannah Angell. (Published 1938, Boston: Merrymount Press. "Privately printed. Copyright ... [by] Amy A.C. Montague.")

"John Hay's Pike County" by George Monteiro -- Monograph of criticism and interpretation, with bibliography. (Published 1984, Macomb, Ill.: Western Illinois University.)

Diaries, 1861-1905 -- Photostatic copies of Hay's diaries in five volumes: 1-3. War diaries, 1861-1865 -- 4. Paris, Vienna, Madrid, 1865-1870 -- 5. 1904-1905.

"Some facts about the National Library of Peiping" by Pei-ching tu shu kuan -- This pamphlet includes reference to the John Hay Memorial Collection on p. 4. (Published 1934, Peiping, China: National Library of Peiping.)

Dinner to His Excellency Jules Cambon, ambassador of France to the United States -- Pamphlet publication of speeches delivered on the occasion of a dinner to His Excellency Jules Cambon, Nov. 15, 1902. Speakers included Chauncey .M. Depew, James H. Hyde, and Jules Cambon. The secretary of state (i.e., John Hay) mentioned on p. 39. (Published 1903, New York, The Grafton Press, 1903.)

"The 1904 Republican" -- a collection of campaign literature, mainly reprints of Congressional speeches. "The Republican Party" by John Hay, listed in the contents, not present in this volume. A portrait of John Hay does appear on page 39. Published by the Young Men's Republican Club of Rhode Island, Providence, R.I. (Published 1904, Providence, R.I., Guide Publishing. Co.)

"The Mormon prophet's tragedy" -- by Orson F. Whitney -- A review of an article by the late John Hay, published originally in the Atlantic Monthly for December, 1869, and republished in the Saints Herald of June 21, 1905. (Published 1905, Salt Lake City, Utah, The Deseret News.)