Alvah Sulloway Papers, 1836-2006

Title:

Alvah Sulloway Papers, 1836-2006

Creator:

Sulloway, Alvah, 1915-2006

Accession / Call Number:

2007.035

Object ID:

2007.035

Date:

1836-2006

Physical Description:

18 boxes

Scope and Content:

The Alvah Sulloway Papers, 1836-2006, primarily consists of correspondence between members and friends of the Sulloway family with the majority of letters to or from Alvah Sulloway (1915-2006). The collection also includes Alvah Sulloway's diaries kept between 1970 and 2006 and well as the musical compositions he wrote with his first wife, Alison Green Sulloway, in the 1940's. Alvah Sulloway compiled and excerpted family letters and diaries publishing them as two books: Put It Iin Writing: A Way of Life for Three Generations of a New Hampshire Family, and On Their Own: Three New Hampshire Scholars Chronicle their Adventures Abroad. He also wrote introductory and connecting commentary explaining and augmenting matters discussed therein. Most of the letters and diary entries reprinted in the books are also present in the collection in manuscript form. The books themselves are found in the first box. The papers are divided into four series based on the type of material: Series 1: correspondence; Series 2: Diaries; Series 3. Essays, Fiction, Memorabilia; and Series 4. Music. Correspondence in the collection is primarily among Sulloway family members, starting with the courtship and early married letters between Frank and Margaret Sulloway and ending with letters between Alvah Sulloway and his sons and friends. The content of the correspondence is largely domestic. The second part of the collection includes the diaries of Alvah Sulloway and his maternal uncle, William Wentworth Thayer. The third series in the collection includes essays, fiction, and memorabilia primarily written by Alvah Sulloway but some by his uncle William Wentworth Thayer. The final series includes the music written by Alvah Sulloway and Alison Green Sulloway. Alvah wrote the lyrics and Alison wrote the music.

Subjects:

Correspondence , Diaries , Travel , World War, 1939-1945 , Lawyers , Musicians. , Scholars , Tennis players--United States , Authors

Locations:

Cambridge, MA
Concord, NH
Washington, DC
Darien, CT
Hebron, CT
Kittery Point, ME

People:

Bishop, Robert H., 1916-1963 , Price, Lucien, 1883-1964 , Sulloway, Alison-2004 , Sulloway, Alvah, 1915-2006 , Sulloway, Alvah Woobury, 1941 , Sulloway, Frank Jones, 1883-1981 , Sulloway, Frank Jones, II, 1947 , Sulloway, Lucien Price, 1944 , Sulloway, Margaret , 1882-1967 , Sulloway, Sally Kruger Goff , Sulloway, Stewart Estabrook, 1956 , Sulloway, Susan, 1924-2003 , Thayer, William Wentworth

Organizations:

Camp Pasquaney (N.H.)
Sulloway family

Credit Line:

The Alvah Sulloway Papers were a gift of the Alvah Sulloway estate in 2007.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS24855_Sulloway_Alvah_Papers_2007.035.pdf