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bMS 516

Skinner, James Ralston. Papers, 1863-1887.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 516
Title: Skinner, James Ralston. Papers, 1863-1887.
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 2 boxes

Administrative Information:

ccess: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Biographical Information:

James Ralston Skinner was a leading theosophist and colleague of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the founder of the theosophist movement. He wrote A Key to the Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery in the Source of Measures (1875).

Scope and Content:

The collection is organized into the following series:

Series I. Collection Information and Photograph of Madame Blavatsky
Series II. Correspondence
Series III. Miscellaneous Items

See related collection: bMS 34, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.

Container List:

Series I. Collection Information and Photograph of Madame Blavatsky

bMS 516/1 (1) Comments on the gift.
bMS 516/1 (2) Photograph of Madame Blavatsky; May 1887.

Series II. Correspondence

Note: letters arranged in alphabetical order by author's surname; within individual's letters, arrangement by addressee and date.
bMS 516/1 (3) Adams, Charles Francis to Skinner; May 8, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (4) Anderson, Catharine L. to Skinner; April 26; no year.
bMS 516/1 (5) Ball, F. to Skinner; July 24, 1863.
bMS 516/1 (6) Baxter, J. H. to J. A. Garfield; April 24, 1878.
bMS 516/1 (7) Baxter, J. H. to Skinner; April 24, 1878.
bMS 516/1 (8) Baxter, J. H. to Skinner; May 6, 1878.
bMS 516/1 (9) Bevan, W. L. to Skinner; Sept. 11, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (10) Bevan, W. L. to "dear sir"; Feb. 22, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (11) Binel, Louis to Skinner; May 31, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (12) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Skinner; Feb. 17, 1887.
bMS 516/1 (13) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Skinner; Feb. 17, 1887 (copy).
bMS 516/1 (14) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to "my dear and kind brother";
March 3, 1887.
bMS 516/1 (15) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to "my dear and kind brother"';
March 3, 1887 (copy).
bMS 516/1 (16) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Skinner; April 5, 1887.
bMS 516/1 (17) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Skinner; April 5, 1887 (copy).
bMS 516/1 (18) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Jirah Dewey Buck; May 7, 1887.
bMS 516/1 (19) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Jirah Dewey Buck; May 7, 1887 (copy).
bMS 516/1 (20) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Skinner; May 27, 1887.
bMS 516/1 (21) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to Skinner; May 27, 1887 (copy).
bMS 516/1 (22) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna to unidentified; undated.
bMS 516/1 (23) Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna; flier for French theosophical journal Le Lotus; April 1887.
bMS 516/1 (24) Bradbury, W. E. to unidentified; March 19, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (25) Chase, Salmon P. to Skinner; July 31, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (26) Chase, Salmon P. to Skinner; March 9, no year.
bMS 516/1 (27) Crosby, Howard to Skinner; Jan. 22, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (28) Dana, James D. to Skinner; March 11, 1867.
bMS 516/1 (29) Davies, George C. to Skinner; Nov. 14, 1880.
bMS 516/1 (30) Davies, Thomas A. to Skinner; Oct. 30, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (31) Derry, Charles to Skinner; Dec. 10, 1886.
bMS 516/1 (31a) Draper, John William to Skinner; June 7, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (31b) Draper, John William to Skinner; June 9, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (32) Emery, Mary C. to Skinner; April 18, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (33) Garfield, James A. to Skinner; Jan. 14, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (34) Garfield, James A. to Skinner; April 21, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (35) Garfield, James A. to Skinner; Jan. 25, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (36) Garfield, James A. to Skinner; Dec. 12, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (37) Garfield, James A. to Skinner; April 25, 1878.
bMS 516/1 (38) Garfield, James A. to Skinner; Nov. 17, 1880.
bMS 516/1 (38a) Garrett, Alexander C. to "my dear sir"; Jan. 22, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (39) Geso, E. to Skinner; Sept. 20, 1874.
bMS 516/1 (40) Goldmann, J. J. to Skinner; Sept. 6, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (41) Goldmann, J. J. to Skinner; Oct. 12, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (42) Hazard, Rebecca N. to Mrs. Pollak; April 12, 1880.
bMS 516/1 (43) Hoadly, George to Skinner; May 31, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (44) Hoadly, George to Skinner; May 25, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (45) Hoyt, J. B. C. to Skinner; no date.
bMS 516/1 (46) Jennings, Hargrave to Skinner; August 31, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (47) Jewett, E. to Skinner; Jan. 15, 1867.
bMS 516/1 (48) Jewett, E. to Skinner; June 6, 1867.
bMS 516/1 (49) Jewett, E. to "my dear Major"; Nov. 8, 1866.
bMS 516/1 (50) Keightley, Bertram to Skinner; April 17, [1887?].
bMS 516/1 (51) Keightley, Bertram to Skinner; April 17, [1887?] (copy).
bMS 516/1 (52) Le Plongeon, Augustus to Skinner; Dec. 22, 1886.
bMS 516/1 (53) McIlvaine, C. P. to Skinner; June 3, no year.
bMS 516/1 (54) McIlvaine, C. P. to Skinner; June 13, no year.
bMS 516/1 (55) Morris, R. V. to Skinner; Oct. 9, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (56) Morris, R. V. to Skinner; Oct. 23, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (57) Morris, R. V. to Skinner; Feb. 11, 1878.
bMS 516/1 (58) Olmstead, L. G. to "gentlemen"; August 16, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (59) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Nov. 1, 1869.
bMS 516/1 (60) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Dec. 6, 1869.
bMS 516/1 (61) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Dec. 8, 1869.
bMS 516/1 (62) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Dec. 23, 1869.
bMS 516/1 (63) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Jan. 22, 1870.
bMS 516/1 (64) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Feb. 5, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (65) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Nov. 16, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (66) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Jan. 21, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (67) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Jan. 25, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (68) Parker, John A. to Skinner; Feb. 27, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (69) Parker, John A. to Skinner; May 28, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (70) Parker, John A. to unidentified; Nov. 3, 1869.
bMS 516/1 (71) Parsons, Theophilus to Skinner; June 5, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (72) Parsons, Theophilus to Skinner; June 9, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (73) Pepper, William Platt to Skinner; Sept. 8, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (74) Pepper, William Platt to Skinner; Dec. 14, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (75) Perkins, Albert C. to Samuel W. Skinner; August 6, 1874.
bMS 516/1 (76) Pierrepont, William C. to Skinner; Oct. 25, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (77) Pierrepont, William C. to Skinner; July 13, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (78) Pierrepont, William C. to Skinner; Sept. 2, 1871.
bMS 516/1 (79) Pollak, Sallie Perry to "my dear Louise"; April 14, 1880.
bMS 516/1 (80) Potter, J. F. to Skinner; Nov. 27, 1866.
bMS 516/1 (81) Potter, J. F. to Skinner; July 15, 1867.
bMS 516/1 (82) Potter, J. F. to Skinner; July 23, 1867.
bMS 516/1 (83) Rosecrans, William I. to "my dear Major"; Dec. 1870.
bMS 516/1 (84) Schloeser to Skinner; July 8, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (85) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; March 25, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (86) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; July 1, 1872.
bMS 516/1 (87) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; June 7, 1875.
bMS 516/1 (88) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; Feb. 23, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (89) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; July 26, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (90) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; Oct. 25, 1876.
bMS 516/1 (91) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; Feb. 12, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (92) Seyffarth, Gustavus to Skinner; Dec. 5, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (93) Seyffarth, Gustavus to "my dear sir"; Jan. 29, 1877.
bMS 516/1 (94) Seyffarth, Gustavus to "my dear sir"; June 14, 1880.
bMS 516/1 (95) Seyffarth, Gustavus to "my dear sir"; May 23, 1881.
bMS 516/1 (96) Skinner, Samuel W. to Skinner; Dec. 2, 1874.
bMS 516/2 (1) Skinner, Samuel W. to Aunt Laura; Dec. 6, 1874.
bMS 516/2 (2) Skinner, Samuel W. to mother; Dec. 20, 1874.
bMS 516/2 (3) Skinner, Samuel W. to father; Oct. 23, 1877.
bMS 516/2 (4) Skinner, Samuel W. to father; April 19, 1880.
bMS 516/2 (5) Smith, B. B. to Skinner; April 11, no year.
bMS 516/2 (6) Smith, B. B. to "my dear sir"; April 26, 1871.
bMS 516/2 (7) Smith, Thomas Kilby to Skinner; Sept. 13, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (8) Smith, Thomas Kilby to Skinner; Oct. 21, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (9) Smyth, Charles Piazzi to Skinner; April 12, 1871.
bMS 516/2 (10) Smyth, Charles Piazzi to Skinner; Feb. 2, 1880.
bMS 516/2 (11) Smyth, Charles Piazzi to "my dear sir"; Jan. 25, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (12) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; May 21, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (13) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; May 31, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (14) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; July 9, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (15) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; July 10, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (16) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; July 12, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (17) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; Oct. 15, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (18) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; Oct. 22, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (19) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; Nov. 26, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (20) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; Jan. 13, 1873.
bMS 516/2 (21) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; March 4, 1873.
bMS 516/2 (22) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; Oct. 10, 1874.
bMS 516/2 (23) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; May 27, 1875.
bMS 516/2 (24) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; June 15, 1875.
bMS 516/2 (25) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; Feb. 19, 1876.
bMS 516/2 (26) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; March 21, 1878.
bMS 516/2 (27) Spalding, John Franklin to Skinner; April 24, 1878.
bMS 516/2 (28) Spalding, John Franklin to unidentified; July 3, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (29) Sprague, Katherine C. to Skinner; Sept. 1, 1873.
bMS 516/2 (30) Sprague, Katherine C. to Skinner; Jan. 7, 1875.
bMS 516/2 (31) Sprague, Katherine C. to Skinner; May 5, 1875.
bMS 516/2 (32) Sprague, Katherine C. to Skinner; Sept. 12, 1875.
bMS 516/2 (33) Sprague, Katherine C. to Skinner; Jan. 12, 1879.
bMS 516/2 (34) Steiger, E. to Skinner; June 16, 1870.
bMS 516/2 (35) Swift, Frederick B. to Thomas Kilby Smith; August 17, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (36) Swift, Frederick B. to Thomas Kilby Smith; Sept. 12, 1872.
bMS 516/2 (37) Thompson, Arthur D. to Skinner; May 9, 1873.
bMS 516/2 (38) Thornton, Edward to Skinner; March 27, 1871.
bMS 516/2 (39) Thornton, Edward to "sir"; April 3, 1871.
bMS 516/2 (40) Townsend, E. D. to Skinner; Feb. 28, 1878.
bMS 516/2 (41) Wachtmeister, Countess Constance to Skinner; May 14, 1887.
bMS 516/2 (42) Wachtmeister, Countess Constance to Skinner; May 14, 1887 (copy).
bMS 516/2 (43) Whitney, William D. to Skinner; June 22, 1880.
bMS 516/2 (44) Winslow, C. F. to Skinner; June 3, 1870.
bMS 516/2 (45) Winslow, C. F. to Skinner; June 14, 1870.
bMS 516/2 (46) Wise, Isaac M. to Skinner; Sept. 2, 1875.
bMS 516/2 (47) Woolley, C. W. to Skinner; August 27, 1880.
bMS 516/2 (48) Postmaster of New York City to Skinner; May 19, 1887.
bMS 516/2 (49) Duke of Argyll to "sir"; Oct. 12, 1869.
bMS 516/2 (50) Unidentified German minister to U. S. to Skinner; April 10, 1871.
bMS 516/2 (51) Unidentified German minister to U. S. to Skinner; June 6, 1871.
bMS 516/2 (52) Unidentified to Skinner; no date.
bMS 516/2 (53) Unidentified to unidentified; no date.

Series III. Miscellaneous Items

bMS 516/2 (54) Offprint of article by George Henry Felt entitled "The Kaballah of the Egyptians"; no date.
bMS 516/2 (55) Handwritten notes by Charles Rice entitled "Notes on Caesarian Section"; no date.
bMS 516/2 (56) Handwritten notes by Gustavus Seyffarth on Egyptian papyrus from ca. 600 BCE; no date.
bMS 516/2 (57) Unidentified to editor of Our Rest re "The Parker Modulus"; no date.