Series IV. Family Correspondence and School Records, 1898-1973 (bulk, 1898-1948)

Includes a set of pages from what appears to be a baby album containing the announcement of HRL's birth, his weight and the bestowal of his name; handwritten notes about HRL, a sketch of a house plan, letters to his father and to Dr. Kingdom which were dictated to his mother and signed by HRL, drawing of a flag and shapes, arithmetic and grammar test with a grade, a blank Chefoo school form, a report card from Chefoo Preparatory School, handwritten prayers, poems, the sermon "The Story of David," a short story "A Story of a Cat and Dog," drawing of two trees, apology note to his mother, and two valentine cards made by HRL for his father and mother.

Includes a letter sent from Pelham Manor, NY with a drawing of a steamship, sermons, Sunday school lessons written on the back of a large calendar page, letter to HRL's mother Elizabeth Luce from her Aunt Clara, and a letter of gratitude from Uncle Charlie in Scranton, PA.

Includes a drawing, notes on a sermon, and a plan to start a poultry farm.

Includes a sketch of a house plan, and the compositions written by HRL "Work, Bless, Preach and Pray: A Missionary Hymn by Henry Robinson Luce written in 1908" and "Jesu Domminus." Pages from two of the letters are missing.

Contains a letter to Dr. Vail together with a large number of stamps in envelopes labeled 1.China (3 stamps); 2. Hong Kong (5 stamps); 3.China?-Kewriang (1 stamp); 4. Japan (6 stamps); 5.China?-Kiautschou (4 stamps); 6.China Deutsches Reich (1 stamp); 7.China - Shanghai (1 stamp); 8. China (7 stamps). Additional stamps in unnumbered envelopes consist of China - Hankow, Chefoo (2 stamps); Great Britain (4 stamps); Japan (3 stamps); Italy (1 stamp); Bavaria (1 stamp); Austria (4 stamps); Argentina (1 stamp); United States (1 stamp); Cape of Good Hope (1 stamp); Australia - Western Australia, New South Wales (3 stamps); Egypt (2 stamps); Netherlands (5 stamps); Siam (2 stamps); Belgium (2 stamps); Denmark (1 stamp); France (1 stamp); Sweden (1 stamp); Switzerland (1 stamp); Portugal (1 stamp); and Miscellaneous (6 stamps).

Pages of some of the letters are missing.

Includes letters with stories "How the Crow Got It's Streak White" and "How the Man Became Master." One of the letters includes a set of pictographic riddles on well known books.

Includes HRL's letters from Peking, Tientsin and Tsing Tau. One of the letters includes an outline of work HRL has to do in school. Two of the letters discuss the Chinese Revolution.

Includes an extract from HRL's letter to Mrs. Linen written in Mrs. Luce's hand, a handwritten notice announcing a debate where HRL will preside as chairman and his opening statement at the debate, the essay "The Use and Abuse of Fiction," a letter dated 24 March 1912 discussing a plan to start a school newspaper with HRL as Editor- in-Chief, and a letter from HRL to Miss Dolph.

Includes the poem "Longing" written by HRL on the day before his 14th birthday, the poem "To a Missionary," and letter sent from Tengchow and Iltus Huk.

Contains letters sent from Tientsin Puko Railroad, Nanking, Shanghai, Penang, Malaysia, ship Prinz Eitel Friedrich; Hong Kong, Singapore, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Port Said, Egypt, Naples and Genoa, Italy. Includes a passport photograph of HRL, a letter from Ella R. Shields to Mrs. Luce regarding HRL, a letter sent from Sri Lanka with two tree leaves taped to the front page. Pages of some of the letters are missing.

Contains correspondence sent from St. Albans, England, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and aboard the Hamburg-Amerika Line ship "Patricia." Includes HRL's poem "Idolatry." Part of one of the letters is missing.

Contains a map, likely of Brussels with HRL's text on the back describing his trip to Germany and Belgium.

Includes the Van Dyck prize oration "Through Precedent to Liberty," the "Tentative 1916 Class Poem," "Kenneth Grahame," an untitled essay in competition for a prize, oration on the armament of the United States, the play "The Fortunes of War," the poem "Herod: Thus Spake Herod the Great," speech given before the Forum Literary Society titled "The Causes of the European War," the oration "Patches of Light," clipping of HRL's "Class Poem -1920," a Hotchkiss School Class Day Exercises Program; HRL's poem "Hotchkiss, Thy Blue and White!," and the oration "Individualism and Conviction." Also includes correspondence regarding HRL's address at Duke University in March of 1946.

Some of the poems were written by HRL before attending Hotchkiss and Yale. Poems include "August the Twenty Nine," "Life," "A Salvation Army Hymn," "Reflections on 'Twenty-Fourth of September,'" "Consecration," "Hotchkiss Thy Blue and White!," "La Fin," "Immortality," "To China," "Stanzas," "Shadows," "In Heaven," "Sacrifice," "God in the Eventide!," "Reveille!," and a handwritten version of "Class Poem - 1920."

Includes a letter from Professor Edgar Eugene Robinson sending HRL his Yale thesis "Theodore Roosevelt," and various blue book exams.

Includes HRL's Greek exams, and a blue book with the highest mark ever given at the time on a final exam in English, and a December 1915 issue of The Hotchkiss Literary Monthly where HRL served as editor.

Includes two of HRL's graded school papers "One of My Public Projects" and "A Lesson Taught Me by Franklin," a letter from HRL describing arrival in the United States and his preparations to go to school, and a clipping from a Hotchkiss publication mentioning HRL.

Includes a detailed chart of miles walked by HRL, members of his family, and others, an untitled Christmas poem, and a letter sent from Chicago.

Includes clippings from The Hotchkiss Record, a note added to one of HRL's letters by his mother to his father, letter to HRL from his father, notes on humility and forgiveness, a program for the Agora vs. Forum annual debate, a physical training department card with HRL's data, report cards, a prayer meeting card, honor roll cards, a ticket to the football game between Harvard and Yale, a ticket for the literary contest between Agora and Forum societies, and correspondence sent to HRL as editor of The Hotchkiss Record and The Hotchkiss Literary Monthly.

Includes the words for a school song by HRL "The White and Blue."

Includes letters sent by HRL from Mill Valley, California, the West Coast and Chicago during his summer vacation.

Includes the first typewritten letter sent by HRL to his parents, a letter from Knox Hat Company to HRL regarding advertisement in The Hotchkiss Literary Monthly, and a letter from H. G. Buehler, headmaster of Hotchkiss, to Henry W. Luce complaining about HRL.

Includes a note to HRL from his father regarding Dr. Buehler, a letter regarding journalistic opportunities in China, and letters from Linair and Williams Club in NY. Part of a letter is missing.

Includes two typed letters to HRL from his father, HRL letters sent from NY and Chicago, and HRL's report card.

Includes a typed letter to HRL from his father giving his son advice on classes, fraternities and other matters pertaining to Yale.

Letters from Linair where HRL spent the summer working on a farm.

Includes an Alpha Delta Phi fraternity card addressed to HRL and the poem "Le Credo Patriotique" by Henry Lavedan.

6 May 1918 letter includes HRL's opinions of marriage.

Includes clipping announcing HRL's election to the editorial board of the News, a note on a telegram form from HRL's father? regarding HRL having been elected, and other correspondence regarding HRL's chairmanship of the News.

Includes HRL's military pass, transparencies of some of the letters, a letter to Aunt Flo, a letter to Mrs. McCormick, a letter to HRL from Dean of Yale, Frederick S. Jones, and a sketch of Camp Taylor? Part of a letter is missing.

Includes an invitation to the Yale graduation ceremony and a letter sent from the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

Includes a letter from Geneva, Switzerland describing HRL's experiences at the League of Nations, and a letter regarding his smoking and drinking habits.

Includes letters sent from Germany, postcards of Oare Church and Lynmouth Bay, and an account of HRL's trip on the Orient Express.

Includes correspondence regarding HRL's working on and being fired from The Chicago News, a detailed letter from HRL to his father regarding the selection of the name "TIME" for the new magazine, potential slogans, and its development and financing.

Includes a letter dealing with the purchase of Time Inc. stock from the Hadden estate, a clipping with a caricature of HRL at the Banff Conference, a letter dealing with prohibition of liquor advertisements, a letter to HRL's father from Corinne Thrasher with an attached memo regarding a speech HRL made at the Yale Barn affair on the degradation of civilization. Also includes a carbon copy of a letter to Winston Churchill and a letter from HRL to his mother apologizing for a TIME article on Amsterdam.

Includes letters mentioning a meeting with Conde Nast, wedding to Lila Luce, the birth of Henry Luce III and Peter Paul Luce, and a letter from Lila Luce to HRL's mother.

Includes a postcard of the Haleakala Crater in Maui, a letter sent to Kay and Reese Taylor, letters sent from HRL's first round the world trip in 1932, a letter from Lila Luce to HRL's mother with paper notes used by HRL to communicate with his wife and a nurse when he was undergoing a medical procedure, a letter discussing his appointment to have tea with Franklin D. Roosevelt, and an invitation to an exhibition and sale of items brought from England by Miss Florence T. Gay.