SOUTH CAROLINIANA LIBRARY
MANUSCRIPTS
John Shaw Billings Scrapbooks, 1809-1974
1. Manuscript volume bound., 1887-1939.
History of Redcliffe [owners, buildings, grounds,
furnishings]:
- previous owners.
- "The Old Yard" (house built by Galphins before 1800
on present Redcliffe land).
- pictures showing outside and inside, including furniture
and portraits.
- record of Billings' restoration (work schedules, blue
prints, pictures of work in progress, electrical
fixtures, etc.).
- shrubs and other plantings.
- new sections of cemetery wall.
- map of the plantation, showing roads.
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2. Photograph volume bound, 1862-1913.
- Billings family genealogical chart.
- pictures of family homes.
- members of the John Shaw Billings (1838-1913) family.
- Army Medical Library and Museum, Washington, D.C.
- Johns Hopkins Hospital staff.
- offices of John Sedgwick Billings (1869-1928).
- family tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery.
3. Photograph volume bound, circa 1875-1912.
- Earliest pictures of John Shaw Billings (1898-1975).
- Hammond and Billings relatives.
- Various Billings homes in South Carolina (Redcliffe and
Old Yard); New York; and elsewhere.
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4. Manuscript volume bound, 1877-1959.
Career data on John Sedgwick Billings (1869-1928):
- Autobiographical sketch of his training at University of
Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins.
- Experience as Chief of Bureau of Communicable Diseases,
(New York, N.Y.)
- His life as a Major in Medical Corps, World War I;
- Clippings, pictures, programs.
5. Manuscript volume bound, 1855-1908.
- Autobiographical account of "the early life of John Shaw
Billings II" (1898-1975) in detailed prose, with
childhood drawings (photostats) and photographs that
include his family, relatives, friends, homes, and
places visited.
- Biographical sketches of John Sedgwick Billings and
Katharine Hammond Billings (1867-1925).
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6. Photograph volume bound, 1864-1924.
Photograph album, including
- Billings family.
- Irene Castles.
- Marilyn Miller.
- Staff, circa 1864, of General George Gordon Meade
(1815-1872).
- Offices of John Sedgwick Billings.
- Home of John Sedgwick Billings at Douglas Manor, Long
Island, N.Y.
7. Photograph volume bound, 1909-1910.
Scrapbook of clippings.
8. Manuscript volume bound, 1912-1915.
St. Paul's School (Concord, N.H.)
- Pictures, curriculum, compositions, exams, reports.
- Programs, souvenirs, clippings.
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9. Photograph volume bound, 1910-1916.
- Snapshot album with pictures of Repton and St. Paul's
schools;
- family outings at Woods Hole and Bay Head;
- Douglas Manor on Long Island, N.Y.;
- John Sedgwick Billings' trip to Panama.
10. Manuscript volume bound, 1915-1920.
St. Paul's School, Harvard
- pictures, programs, souvenirs, letters.
11. Photograph volume bound, 1914-1926.
- Newspaper and magazine clippings.
- snapshots
- New York Public Library memorial bookplate to John Shaw
- obituaries re death of Katharine Hammond Billings.
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12. Manuscript volume bound, 1917-1918.
- Snapshots with comments re John Shaw Billings' World War I
service in France.
13. Manuscript volume bound, 1917-1918.
- Record of John Shaw Billings' service as an ambulance-driver in France and with the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, U. S. A., World War I.
14. Manuscript volume bound, 1916-1920.
- Notes and practice sketches.
15. Manuscript volume bound, 1918-1919.
- Plots and jottings for short stories, character sketches,
original poems, personal experiences.
- lists of publishers of short stories
and poems.
16. Manuscript volume bound, May-Nov. 1919.
- Sketches of persons and plots, largely from personal
experience, for use in a class on writing composition
at Harvard.
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17. Manuscript volume bound, Feb. 1917 - Jan. 1918.
- Chronicle of John Shaw
- Billings' one sided love-affair with Marilyn
Miller. In three volumes--a, b, c.
18. Photograph volume bound, 1919-1920.
- Clippings, chiefly poems.
19. Manuscript volume bound, 1919-1921.
- Notes and practice sketches.
20. Manuscript volume bound, June-July 1920.
- Clippings from Bridgeport Telegram
(Bridgeport, Conn.) "My first newspaper endeavours."
21. Photograph volume bound, 1921-1922.
- Brooklyn Eagle stories by John Shaw Billings
- other clippings, snapshots, credentials to The Harvard
Club and The Union Club.
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22. Photograph volume bound, 1922-1930.
- Snapshots of John Shaw Billings and Frederica
Wade Billings, with comments.
23. Manuscript volume bound, 1924-1927.
- Washington, D.C. "A sort of Commonplace Book containing
unimportant and unambitious odds and ends. . . ."
24. Manuscript volume bound, 1926-1936.
- invitations
- copies of paintings by Henry Billings,
- Time Inc. memos.
25. Photograph volume bound, 1930-1939.
- Snapshots of John Shaw Billings and Wade Billings;
- their home in New York, relatives, outings, and vacations.
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26. Photograph volume bound, 15 Sept. - 23 Oct. 1931.
- Trip to Alaska by John Shaw Billings and Frederica Wade
Billings: pictures, clippings,itinerary.
27. Manuscript volume bound, 1934-1938.
- Photos and snapshots of John Shaw Billings and Frederica
Wade Billings, their life in New York City, outings;
- Time, Inc. activities;
- Henry Billings' home at Milan Hollow, N. Y.;
- Uncle Henry Hammond's home in Augusta, Ga.;
- Cottage Cemetery, Augusta, Ga., with graves
of Fitzsimmons, Spanns, and Hammonds.
28. Photograph volume bound, 1938-1940.
- Life in the Billings penthouse,1200 Fifth Avenue;
- photos of some of Time Inc. staff.
29. Photograph volume bound, 1940-1946.
- Snapshots at New York and Redcliffe;
- Mt. Zion Cemetery and graves of Joseph Bryan and Maria
Bryan.
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30. Manuscript volume bound, 1870-1946.
- Redcliffe after Billings restoration;
- Hammond and Cumming correspondence and pictures;
- clippings "5 rose bushes from Mount Vernon to Redcliffe";
- pictures of children (names included) on Downer School
steps, 1901.
31. MP volume bound, 1949.
- Clippings. "Bits and pieces of news and ads . . . to pin
down the evidence . . . of the tastes and feelings of
1949"
32. MP volume bound, 1950-1952.
- Clippings, with comments, from newspapers and New Yorker
re current news and issues, including Judge Julius
Waties Waring (1880-1968) and his wife, Elizabeth Avery
Waring (1895-1968), re race relations in S. C.;
- nuclear bombs, sex, and something new -- television.
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33. Photograph volume bound, 1953-1954.
- Pictures of life at 1200 Fifth Avenue and Redcliffe.
- Clippings, with comments, from newspapers and New Yorker
re current news and issues.
35. Manuscript volume bound, 1952-1957.
- Billings' move to Redcliffe from New York;
- histories of some of the portraits at Redcliffe;
- copy of deed of northern/section of Redcliffe Cemetery to
Beech Island community;
- arrival of desk of John Shaw Billings (1838-1913) from
Billings Wilson;
- pictures of family gatherings;
- compass map with Redcliffe in center, showing directions
to various places and cities.
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36. Photograph volume bound, 1954-1956.
- Pictures of activities at Redcliffe;
- visiting Hammond and Wade-Black relatives.
37. Manuscript volume bound, 1958-1964.
- Chiefly personal pictures of John Shaw Billings and
Frederica Wade Billings, their pets, life at Redcliffe;
- theft and restoration of bust of Governor Hammond;
- illnesses and death of Frederica;
- two letters from Chalmers Davidson.
38. MP volume bound, 1956-1961.
- Days at Redcliffe, visiting relatives;
- Frederica Wade Billings' illnesses;
- fire destroys "Brezivu" (Frederica Wade Billings' Beech
Island house before marriage);
- tombstone for Uncle Henry Hammond.
39. MP volume bound, 1971-1974.
- Clippings, cards, snapshots.
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40. Manuscript volume bound, 1964-1970.
- Chiefly clippings, including items re former colleagues at
Time Inc., letters, greeting cards, tributes to John
Shaw Billings (1838-1913).
- Comments by John Shaw Billings.
41. Manuscript volume bound, 1809-1962.
- Genealogical data re the Black, Kirkland, Robison, Reid,
Bryan, Lamar, and Peters families of Georgia and South
Carolina: charts, pictures, letters, and biographical
sketches.
42. Manuscript volume bound, 1853-1963.
- Genealogical data re the Wade, Ingersoll, Habersham, and
Washburn families of Georgia and
South Carolina
- charts, pictures, letters, biographical sketches,
including a photograph of the home of Dr. Crawford W.
Long.
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43. Manuscript volume bound, 1908-1912.
- Resume of John Sedgwick family history, including
grandparents and relatives on both sides, as well as
friends;
- experiences in schools and summer vacations.
44. Manuscript volume bound, 1895-1963.
- Chiefly condolence letters, newspaper clippings,
biographical sketches, tributes from scholarly,
scientific,and civic organizations re the death of John
Shaw Billings (1838-1913). Also photographs.
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45. Manuscript volume bound, 1817-1967.
- "A Miscellany of Clippings and Such with Mildly Historical
Overtones" including letters (copies) from:
James Monroe, 1817
General Lafayette (dictated), 1826
Andrew Jackson (photostat), 1843
Richard Henry Wilde, 1845
Grover Cleveland, 1894
William Osler, 1904
- Documents of
General Lafayette, 1824 (report of address)
Elisha Hammond, 1826
Henry Cumming, 1830
Harry Hammond, 1866 (pardon).
46. MP volume bound, 1950-1952.
- Tear sheets of advertisements with comments by John Shaw
Billings.
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47. Manuscript volume bound, 1973-1975.
- Letters, snapshots, clippings re gift of Redcliffe to
South Carolina and other items.
48. Manuscript volume bound, 1936-1940.
- Letters, memos, photographs, clippings, chiefly re Life
magazine and including letter and autographed picture
of Shirley Temple, pictures of Luce's Mepkin
Plantation;
- World's Fair art of Henry Billings. Filed in P.
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49. Manuscript volume bound, 1931-1953.
- Random thoughts re: public issues, himself, Henry R. Luce;
- Churchill's address on Russia and Communism at Luce
dinner;
- Cardinal Spellman, Louis B. Mayer, Robert
Sherwood, and other guests at Luce-Churchill dinner;
- the Maharaja of Nawanagar and Luce dinner in honor; and others. Also, Billings' Christmas gift lists,1947-1953;
- salaries and bonuses of Time Inc. executives, 1948-1950;
- Billings' tongue-in-cheek autobiographical sketch. Filed
in P.
50. Manuscript volume bound, c. 1860-1951.
- Time Inc. data: correspondence, staff memos, diagram of
Time Building in Rockefeller Center;
- picture of court martial of Gen. Billy Mitchell, 1925;
- letter from Duke of Windsor, Christmas card from Winston
Churchill (his painting on cover), 1947;
- advertisement in Honolulu paper containing code warning
local Japanese of forthcoming attack on Pearl Harbor.
Also floor plan of Billings penthouse at 1200 Fifth
Avenue;
- photos of Henry Billings' paintings; photos of ancestors,
family, relatives, friends, Redcliffe, buildings at St.
Paul's School, New Hampshire. Filed in P.
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51. Photograph volume bound, 1938-1943.
- Photos of Time Inc. editors, Billings penthouse,
Redcliffe, visit of Henry R. Luce and Ralph McGill to
Redcliffe in 1943. Filed in P.
52. Photograph volume bound, 1886-1951.
- Photos of Billings' colleagues at Time Inc., his office at
Time Inc., Henry R. Luce and Clare B. Luce, JSB in 1947, Harry Hammond family at Redcliffe in 1886,
- copies of family portraits at Redcliffe. Filed in P.
53. Manuscript volume bound, 1950-1964.
- Clippings and data on Time, Inc., colleagues, with photos
and snapshots;
- personal notes and greeting cards. Filed in P.
54. Manuscript volume bound, Jan. 1855.
- Autograph album of 33rd U. S. Congress, prepared by Hestor
L. Stevens for his daughter Katharine Stevens [Billings], contains signatures of sixty-two Senators
and 101 Representatives, including Solomon Chasc, Sam
Houston, Charles Sumner, William H. Seward, I Hamilton
Piah, A. P. Butler and John McQueen.
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55. Manuscript volume bound, 1880-1901.
- Scrapbook of Kate Stevens Billings.
- Clippings;
- programs;
- notes from guests, including Alexander Graham Bell.
56. Manuscript volume bound, 9 Mar. 1918 - 11 Mar. 1919.
- Pilot's Book. Record of JSB's airplane pilot training
certificate of membership in Federation Aeronautique
Internationale and in Aviation Section of the Signal
Corps Officers Reserve Corps.
57. Manuscript volume bound, 1921-1969.
- Analecta, "selected miscellaneous written passages."
Introspection and observation by JSB.
58. Manuscript volume bound, 1927 - n. d. "Myself and Family."
- Resume of early JSB recollections;
- paragraphs about incidents and members of the family,
cemetery epitaphs, "odds and ends of Augusta history."
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59. Manuscript volume bound, 1930-1957.
- "Hospitality through the Years." "What [JSB and FWB] did
for others and what they did for us."
60. Manuscript volume bound, Feb. - Sept. 1938.
- FWB's menus and grocery lists.
61. Manuscript volume bound, 8 Feb. 1939 - 1 Jan.1991.
- Diary of FWB.
62. Photograph volume bound, May 1940.
"The Life, Habits & Costumes of Dan Longwell" by JSB.
Photograph album. Filed in P.
63. Manuscript volume bound, Sept. - Dec. 1942.
- FWB's menus and grocery lists.
64. Manuscript volume bound, 1945-1960.
Lucky. Photo album with comments by JSB re the Billings'
cocker spaniel.
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65. Manuscript volume bound, 1951-1969.
[Journal]
"I would like to write here as if I were the last man alive
on earth." [JSB did not do this for long; book becomes
a summary of Frederica's illnesses.]
66. Manuscript(T) volume bound, Mar. 1953.
The Ideology of Time Magazine, Part II.
Prepared by Patricia Divver." Analysis of Time Inc. personnel: qualifications, opinions, activities (i. e. labor organizing, Communist participation) and other data. Filed in P.
66b. Manuscript(R) volume bound, Mar. 1953.
The Ideology of Time Magazine, Part I.
67. Manuscript volume bound, 1955. "Some more small family
facts." Chiefly accounts by JSB of incidents in all
branches of the Hammond connection. Also Billings
family birth, marriage, and death records.
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68. Manuscript volume bound, 1954-1966.
"Radcliffe dates and data."
One-line diary of events. (Useful.)
69. Manuscript volume bound, May - Oct. 1967. News notes by
JSB. "The one great cry from all quarters and causes is
money.. . . give us more money - or diasater will
follow. The two chief causes of this eternal cry are
the War in Vietnam and the Poor at home. The poor
really means the Negro and Civil Rights. Here are some
current clippings to illustrate this point."
70. Manuscript volume bound, Oct. 1967 - June 1968.
- News notes. Clippings with comments by JSB.
71. Manuscript volume bound, July 1968 - Mar. 1969.
- News notes. Clippings with comments by JSB.
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72. Manuscript volume bound, 19 Mar. - July 1969.
- News notes. Clippings with comments by JSB.
73. Manuscript volume bound, July 1969 - Aug. 1970.
- News notes. Clippings with comments by JSB.
74. Manuscript volume bound, n. d.
- Lists of sound (commercial) films, JSB's films,
music, records, contents of JSB films, television log,
clippings.
75. Manuscript volume bound, n. d.
- History. Short paragraphs by JSB re famous people and
events.