Series III. Feins Research Notes, 1811-1994

Letters to and from various institutions and people inquiring as to the location and nature of research materials pertinant to the life and work of Jacob Harvey. Also includes letters to various publishers submitting for consideration a perspectus for the use of the Jacob Harvey papers.

Letters to and from various institutions and people inquiring as to the location and nature of research materials pertinant to the life and work of David Hosack. Includes application materials and forms — as well as a letter of rejection — for a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, (1948).

Letters to and from various institutions and people inquiring as to the location and nature of research materials pertinant to the life and work of David Hosack.

One bound volume comprising the masters theses of both Claire and David Feins.

Three copies of an article by Claire Feins reprinted from the December 1939 issue of the Columbia University Quaterly.

Three copies of an article by Claire Feins reprinted from the February 1941 issue of the Columbia University Quaterly.

Two circulars from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at the University of the State of New York. These had been filed by Feinses in a folder titled "College of Physicians and Sergeons."

Two copies of "A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Hosack," from the U.S. Medical and Surgical Journal (Jan. 1836); Part XIX. of The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans with portraits and essays depicting Henry Knox, David Hosack, and Francis Barber; and Emily H. Rodgers's copy of A Memoir of the Late David Hosack M.D. by His Son Alexander Eddy Hosack.

Includes, among other documents, correspondence between the Feinses and the Biddle sisters. Of particular interest is one letter from Miss Alice Biddle (1962) inquiring as to the location of the Harvey Papers, and a draft of a response to her stating that her sister, Miss Constance Biddle, had left the family papers to the Feinses with the understanding that they would eventually be given to a library in New York. Also included is a Hosack Family tree written by Georgina Biddle.

Includes typescripts of manuscripts from a number of collections, including those at the New-York Historical Society, the New York Public Library, and the American Philosophical Society.

Includes typescripts of manuscripts from a number of collections, including those at the New-York Historical Society, the New York Public Library, and the American Philosophical Society.

Department of the Interior Geological Survey of the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site.

Includes an essay on the Elgin Botanic Garden, titled "Dr. Hosack's Garden," by Kenneth Andrews, printed in April 1938.

Includes photographic reproductions of sketches and paintings of Elgin Garden.

These folders consist predominantly of notecards and typescripts prepared by the Feinses. There is also a small amount correspondence between the Feinses and various people and institutions regarding the location and nature of research resources pertaining to the life and work of David Hosack. Of particular interest are correspondence with the Biddle sisters and Christine C. Robbins.

Folder 23: includes, among other documents, correspondence between the director of the Museum of the City of New York and Constance Biddle (1947) which was forwarded by Biddle to Claire Feins, on the topic of Hosack manuscripts and the Coster family.

Folder 24: includes, among other documents, correspondence between Constance Biddle, John Hampton Barnes, and Claire Feins regarding some Hosack material, including a portrait that may, or may not, have been painted by John Trumbull, and some sketchbooks that may have been lost in the mail.

Folder 25: includes, among other documents, correspondence between Christine C. Robbins and Claire Feins.

Includes an article written by Daniel Feins, and sent for consideration to the New York Times Magazine, in 1941. Also included are several drafts of the article, a letter from Feins to the editor, and a letter of rejection from the magazine.

An empty binder from which some of the typescripts prepared by the Feinses were pulled.