Lois Lenski Collection

 
• May 31 Argosy Bookstore, NYC
• June 15

 
• March 9 Baker, Louise and Lee Byron
• March 24 Bellows Falls, VT with list

 
• Nov. 7 Booklovers Shop, Hartford, CT

 
• Oct. 19 Bookshop for Boys and Girls Mary Fitzgerald

 
• April 7 Dobell, P.J. & A.E., London
• April 15 P.J. Dobell
• May 6
• May 26 April 1932 catalogue

 
• May 10

 
• March 16

 
• March 13 Foyle, W. & G., Ltd., London

 
• May 9 Goodnow, Earle T.
• June 6 Paper Mill Village
• June 15 W. Cummington, Mass.
• June 21

 
• Sept. 25 interested in dolls?
• Oct. 2
• Oct. 7

 
• July 26
• Aug. 12 Panorama Visit of Santa Claus to the Happy Children $7.50/Lenski for $5
• Aug. 23 5 pp. explaining dealer's prices and expenses etc.
• Aug. 26

 
• March 20 Goodspeed's, Boston
• April 29 George T. Goodspeed
• Oct. 19

 
• May 7
• May 20

 
• Jan. 9 Hall, G.J., Bridgeport, CT to Wilbur M. Stone/fwd to Lenski

 
• Janvier, Meredith., Baltimore, MD
• March 8 to Wilbur M. Stone
• March 23 to Lenski
• March 26

 
• March 17 Johnson's Bookstore, Springfield, MA

 
• May 18 E.B. Lundberg
• Aug. 9

 
• July 13 Marshall, Vause W., Williamsport, WV

 
• March 23 Mitchell, Edwin Valentine, Hartford, CT

 
• Feb. 27 Pegasus Book Shop
• April 7 New York, NY
• April 13 C.W. Cavanaugh
• April 16
• April 23

 
• April 25 Scopes, John E., & Co., Albany, NY
• May 11

 
• April 15 Scribner's, Charles, Sons, NY

 
• May 9 Southworth Press, Portland, ME; Constant Southworth with Prospectus for limited edition publication on A.S.W. Rosenbach collection of Early American children's books
• June 14

 
• May 17 Stevens, Henry, Son & Stiles
• June 24 London
• July 28

 
• [April] Thomas, Charles H., Lewiston, ME

 
• Jan. 26 The Tuttle Co., Rutland, VT, list with prices

 
• March 2 Wagon Wheel Antiques, Oxford, ME
• March 11 postcards
• June 28
• July 5
• July 6
• Aug. 3

 
• March 26 Whitlock's Book Store, New Haven, CT; letter to Wilbur M. Stone/fwd to Lenski
• April 2 to Lenski
• April 14
• April 27

 
• July [11?] York, Frank P., Freeport, ME
• July 19

 
• April 19 Abbott, Mrs. Lottie J.
• June 21 Eliot, ME

 
• Feb. 2 Adamson, Andrew.
• Feb.21 West Newbury, VT

 
• May 16 Aldrich, Mary
• May 31 Northampton, MA.
• June 19
• July 8 Piece of Plymouth Rock given by husband's uncle Winslow Standish who kept Old Curiosity Shop in Plymouth
• Aug. 12

 
• July 31

 
• Aug. 9

 
• [Mar.] Barber, Mrs. Walter, Adams, MA
• n.d.
• n.d.
• April 1

 
• April 5 Barker, Esther, Richmond, VT

 
• July 10 Barreotis, Addison, Canaan, CT

 
• March 16 Barry, Mrs. Louise N., Jr.
• April 1 Richmond, VT
• Dec. 7 Bolton, VT
• Dec. 16
• Dec. 29 death of 28-year-old husband on Dec. 26

 
• April 15 Beach, Lena, Winsted, CT
• May 25 the swindled sisters
• May 29 not a penny in house/food for
• June 4 only one day. $6 from town for
• July 10 food each week/no money to feed
• July 16 chickens.

 
• Feb. 18 Belden, Mrs. S.L., Drewsville, NH
• March 4 offered Rollo books - Lenski not
• March 8 interested
• March 17
• May 4
• Oct. 17
• Oct. 27

 
• July 6 Walpole, NH

 
• March 10 Belknap, Carrie, Cuba, NY
• April 14 postcards
• n.d.
• n.d.
• May 4

 
• Feb. 2 Black, Breta W.
• March 6 Bernardston, MA

 
• Blodgett, Mrs. H.E., Coeymans Hollow, NY

• Blodgett, Leo, Coeymans Hollow, NY Valentines

 
• [March?] Boudette, Catherine A.
• April 25 White River Jct., VT

 
• Bray, Mrs. William. S., Holmdel, NJ

 
• Brewer, Mrs. W.D., Framingham, MA

 
• April 11 Brown, Mrs. G.A.
• April 28 N. Chichester, NH
• May 6 Candia, NH

 
• April 14 Brown, Mrs. Jerome, Drury, MA

 
• April 4 Bryant, Fred M., Mechanic Falls, ME
• April 13 Valentine, spectacles, & old fan offered.

 
• Oct. 12 Burns, Marguerite, NY, to Wilbur M. Stone, E. Orange, NJ. Offering Wilbur M. Stone books. Lenski bought all 4 (327-330)
• Oct. 13 Wilbur M. Stone to Lenski
• Oct. 16 Wilbur M. Stone to Lenski
• Oct. 20 Burns, Marguerite to Lenski
• Oct. 25 Burns, Marguerite to Lenski
• Oct. 30 Burns, Marguerite to Lenski

 
• March 14 Bushey, Mrs. Henry, Charlotte, VT
• April 16 antique rugs
• April 22 cloth sample

 
• April 4 Buxton, Bessie A., Plainfield, VT

 
• April 27 Cass, Mrs. Lubbie A., W. Springfield, NH

 
• Feb. 3 Chapman, Mrs. Curtis, Kezar Falls, ME

 
• Feb. 23 Clark, A.L., Bryant Pond, ME; Lenski reply noted "no relig, or school or adult books" [2/26/31]
• March 3
• March 17

 
• June 15 Clark, Lillian, Limerick, ME
• June 29 wants to sell farm
• Sept. 28
• Oct. 15
• Oct. 21 trying to sell farm - winter bad time

 
• May 2 "there is such a depression all over the world"
• Aug. 1

 
• Feb. 16 Clarke, Helen E., Putnam, CT
• March 3 blind lady selling aprons
• March 5
• March 16
• March 17

 
• May 4 Cole, Annie, Thorndike, ME
• May 11
• May 16 interested in patchwork quilts?
• May 28
• June 5

 
• April[?] Converse, Mrs. Fred B., Putnam, CT
• May 22
• June 1
• June 5
• June 24
• Sept. 18
• Sept. 26

 
• Feb. 21 Cook, Mrs. Harry E., Stratford, CT

• Feb. 21 Coolidge, Mrs. V.M., Bolton, MA
• March 16

1931

• n.d.[Feb.?] Couchey, Mrs. Alec, Essex, NY
• Feb. 28
• March 10

1931

• March 7 Creed, Mrs. Fred G., Augusta, ME

1931

• n.d. Davis, Mrs. Charles S., Berwick, ME
• [before 5/4]
• May 4
• n.d.
• [after 5/4]

 
• Feb. 5 Davis, S.F., Whitefield, NH

 
• Derusha, Mrs. A.W., Putnam, CT

 
• Feb. 24 Dimon, Mrs. C.B., Stanley, NY
• April 4

1931

 
• Feb. 26 Drake, Mrs. Fred, Sayre, PA
• April 14 "have chain of pennies every date for over 100 years."

1931

 
• Feb. 9 Eke, Mrs. Carl E., Woodstock, CT
• March 6

1931

 
• Jan. 31 Farmer, Mrs. H.B., Rutland, VT
• Feb. 27
• March 30

1937

 
• May 17 Farr, Mary S., Lebanon, NH; Rollo books

 
• Aug. 8 Fisher, Maud, Essex, NY

 
• June 7 FitzRandolph, Virginia, New Brunswick, NJ

 
• March 10 Foster, Mrs. Charles L., Friendship, NY
• March 13
• April 1

 
• Aug. 1 Gares, Miss Helen, Doylestown, PA

 
• April 27 Gee, Mrs. F.E., Binghamton, NY

• Feb. 28 Gelatt, Mrs. M.R., Cherry Valley, MA

 
• Aug. 31 George, Mrs. C.H., Shoreham, VT

 
• April 1 Gillette, Mrs. Edwin J., West Windham, NH
• April 6

 
• Feb. 4 Goff, Mrs. L.D., Augusta, ME

 
• May 12 Gold, Miss Mary Washington, Berryville, VA
• June 30
• July 13

 
• [March?] Gould, Annabel L., N. Stonington, CT
• March 28
• April 2

 
• March 14 Grandell, William, N. Weymouth, MA

1931

 
• Feb. 17 Green, Marston, Franklin, MA
• March 9
• March 17
• March 25

 
• Feb.[?] Grimston, Mrs. C.O., Laconia, NH
• Feb. 19 Lenski to Grimston, with Grimston's reply on verso

1931

• March 12 Guertin, Mrs. M.M., Waterville, VT

• April 21 Guserman, Ruth [place illegible]

• March 7 Hale, Mrs. Homer T., Tolland, MA

• July 20 Hall, Mrs. George. W., Chester, VT

• June 7 Hall, Miss Martha E., Springfield, VT

• March 2 Hand, Katherine S., Woodbine, NJ
• March 23

• May 12 Hansen, Emilie J., Stafford Springs, CT, flat refusal of Lenski's offer
• June 30

• Feb. 13 Harlow, Florena, S. Royalton, VT
• March 2

• May 12 Harris, Estella, Turner, ME
• June 18 Lenski had offered $1 for Valentine/Harris says she appraises it at $100!

• April 11 Harrison, Edith A., Ancram, NY

• Feb. 20 Harwood, Mrs. C.A., Pawlet, VT
• March 6
• March 20 note by Lenski to ask Stone if 1795 primer is worth $5
• July 12

• April 30 Hill, Mrs. Fred S., Harmony, ME

• June 24 Hitchcock, Leone A., Orange, MA

• Feb. 23 Hobbs, Mrs. Llewellyn, N. Hampton, NH
• March 11

• March 30 Holcomb, Mrs. Henry V., Granby, CT

• Feb. 25 Howard, George., Taunton, MA

• Feb. 20 Howe, Leonora M., Marlboro, MA
• Feb. 29
• April 2 asks Lenski if she knows anyone who would like a farm. Her son has died and left her to run Fair View Farm.

• June 28 Ide, Mrs. S.L., Charlton, MA

• Feb. 2 Ingraham, Fred, Lanesboro, MA
• Feb. 9
• Feb. 10
• Feb. 16
• Feb. 21
• Feb. 25
• March 10
• March 24

• Nov. 11 Kane, James, Brooklyn, NY, to Wilbur M. Stone

1932

• April 25 Lenski comments: "Prices of textbooks too absurdly high" $1-$4.75 range/$11-$14.50
• n.d.[May]

• March 17 Kelley, Stephen, Middleboro, MA

• Feb. 14 Kimball, Mark W., Auburn, ME
• March 17

1931

• April 13 Kuntz, A., Dover, NJ

• Feb. 22 Larrabee, George. S., Hartland, VT
• March 2
• March 9 offers maple syrup for $2/gal: "I will send gallon on approval if wanted to reliable people." Lenski buys gallon.
• March 12

• April 15 Lawrence, Cynthia, Torrington, CT
• April 22
• April 28

1931

• July 3 Le Blanc, John F., Boston, to Wilbur M. Smith

1939

• Sept. 5 Leonard, Euretta, Shoreham, VT

• April 12 Lombardo, Miss Rose, Waterford, NY

• Feb. 5 Loomis, S. Niles, Chatham, NY
• Feb. 25

• Luke, Mrs. James, Schenectady, NY

• Feb. 13 Lynde, Mrs. Cleveland H.
• March 6 Bernardston, MA

• June 29 McNulty, Gay M., Amherst, MA
• [Oct.]

• Maguire, Harry F., Lowell, MA

1931

• Feb. 26 Maker, Elmer A., Swansea, MA
• March 2
• March 10
• April 11

1931

• March 3 Manton, Mrs. William., Bellevue, TX

1931

• March 15 Maranville, Mrs. Stephen, E. Wallingford, VT

1931

• Feb. 8 Marshall, Mrs. S.A., Bradford, ME
• March 4 offering Hymns for Infant Minds 102 pp., 3 x 5"

1931

• Feb. 20 Meek, Alice W., Bolivar, NY
• Feb. 27
• March 9

n.d.[1931?]

• [March] Meeker, R.H., Waterbury, CT
• [April]

1932

• Jan. 28 Mellen, G.B., Berwick, ME
• May 4 includes 4/22/32 letter from Lenski
• May 9
• May 16
• June 5 living in "woodshed" and renting big house/lost $ in '28-'29

1931

• April 7 Merrill, Mrs. G.W., Ludlow, VT

1931

• March 10 Metcalf, Matilda, Alstead, NH
• April 2
• July 5
• July 18 books she offered were stolen by a housekeeper fired by her brother. Items found.

1931

• Feb. 21 Miller, Mrs. Alice W., Passaic, NJ
• Feb. 28

1931

• n.d. Moody, Mrs. Arthur W., Newburyport, MA
• [after 1/11] Jan. 31
• April 11 postcard

1931

• Feb. 18 Morrison, Mrs. S.F., Chelmsford, MA

1931

• April 12 Munay, Mrs. Harriette, Waterloo, NY

1931

• Jan.19 Munger, L. Adella, New Hartford, CT
• Feb.9
• Feb.17
• Feb. 20
• Feb. 26
• March 17 suggests Lenski write to A.S.W. Rosenbach &mentions his collection
• March 19
• March 25 postcard
• April 7
• Oct. 5
• Oct. 26
• Dec. 1
• Dec. 7 refers to Lenski's specialty of little paper-covered books

1932

• Jan.4 Munroe, Mrs. Norman H., Suncook, NH
• n.d. second letter describes her home

1931

• March 3 Neal, Eva, Wolcott, NY

1932

• July 6 Newborg, Agnes M. (Mrs. Sidney, Holmes, NY)

1931

• March 19 Newton, Mrs. Lewis A., Hudson Falls, NY
• March 24

1931

• Nov. 25 [Nivnes?], Miss Edith, Liberty, NY

1931

• March 17 Norton, Hiram, [?], ME

n.d.

• [March?] Olsen, Oscar, Concord, MA

1938

• Oct. 7 Osborn, Maud B., Shoreham, VT
• Oct. 16 buttermolds/dolls
• Oct. 25
• Nov. 7
• Nov. 26
• Dec. 16

1939

• Feb. 6
• Feb. 27
• March 17
• n.d. [but after 4/23]

1931

• May 18 Park, Mabelle, Pittsfield, NH
• June 1
• June 15

1932

• May 11 Parker, Ethel, Worcester, MA, ALS to Wilbur M. Stone evidently forwarded to Lenski.

1931

• April 13 Parkhurst, Hammonton, NJ

1931

• March 10 Payne, William. H., Huntington, NY
• March 14

1931

• Feb. 26 Pelkey, Esther, E. Wallingford, VT

1932

• April 18 Pickard, Mrs. Clarence H., Tilton, NH
• April 26 Paper dolls handmade (and clothes) by her & friend Nellie over 50 years earlier. Some blew away on a windy March day. Some found in ox ditch next day. Frantic. Mrs. Pickard had only one son, mentally retarded, late in life. No hope for grandc hildren to save things she sent to Lenski.
• May 19
• June 2
• June 8
• June 17

• April 28 Pierce, Mrs. William L., Cassville, NY

• March 10 Piper, Hattie M., Belfast, ME
• March 17

• April 7 Pont, Mrs. Harold J., New Hartford, CT

• Feb. 4 Porter, Thad L., Smyrna Mills, ME

• Feb. 9 Potter, Mrs. Plummer, Center Conway, NH
• March 6 reply by Lenski & Mrs. Potter's answer. ("I fear you have been misinformed as to the value of old books or you would not bother to offer $2 for the books you mentioned...")

n.d.

• Prokop, C.J., Ludlow, MA,"The Empty Sleeve," Civil War song

1938

 
• Dec. 2 Reed, Lottie B., Athens, ME

 
• Jan. 16
• Jan. 20 postcard

 
• July 21 letter

 
• Feb. 24 Reid, John H., Ringville, MA
• March 27 "Your offer for the book is too small to consider. Two dollars would not do me any good."

 
• Feb. 28 Reinhardt, Mrs. Lawrence
• March 6 Onondaga County, NY

n.d.[1931?]

• Feb.5 Robinson, Mrs. C.H., Ely, VT

1931

• April 13 Rollins, Mrs. Mary L., Raymond, NH

1931

• Feb. 18 Rosenberger, H.C., Maurertown, VA

1931

• March 9 Sleeper, Haven P., Elba, NY

1931

• Feb. 25 Smith, I., Shoreham, VT

1931

• Feb. 18 Smith, Mrs. L.A., Norwich, NY
• Feb. 25
• March 11
• March 17

[1931?]

• Feb. 3 Smith, Marcia D., Nashua, NH
• Feb. 9

1931

• March 1 Smith, Mrs. Martha, Marlton, NJ

1931

• March 21 Smith, Robert, Simsbury, CT

1931

• Feb. 5 Staples, Mrs. John W., Eliot, ME
• March 20

n.d.[1931?]

• Stillman, Mrs. Susan, Gray, ME

1931

• [Feb.] Stocker, Carrie L., Townsend Harbor, MA

1931

• March Stone, G.H., Greenfield, NH, offering history of the Bible printed in CT in 1831. Lenski offers $1, 3/11. Reply: "No my little Book is worth $25 it is full of pictures. Good Bye." (Lenski letter of 3/11/31 included.)

1931

• May 8 Sturtevant, Clifford L./Charlotte M., Lane, Walpole, NH
• May 16 re Little Pretty Pocket Book, I. Thomas, 1st Worcester ed., 1787 owned by Mrs. Paulina Wilson of Walpole, NH, who died 5/2. Lenski offered $3.
• May 26 Sturtevant letter as executor of Wilson estate offers it for $10. Lenski buys for $10.
• June 16 Has found books for Lenski in another estate. Lenski asks they be sent on approval. Offered $2 for 7 books and got.
• June 29
• July 20 Sturtevant sends 8 more

1930[?]

• April 27 Tautly, Jennie E.F., Delhi, NY

1931

• March 30 Thacher, F.C., Pomfret, VT

1931

• March 10 Thomas, Mrs. P.T., Hudson, NH

1931

• April 18 Thomson, Miss L., New Sheffield, PA

1931

• March 5 Thorpe, Mrs. A.M., Sidney, NY
• March 13 husband said "nothing doing" to Lenski's offer of $5 for as many or more books
• March 25
• March 31

1932

• May 2 Tracy, Mrs. F.E., Hinsdale, MA
• May 7 asking value of amber pressed glass

1931

• Feb. 27 Trimble, Mrs. Vera R., E. Norton, MA

n.d.

• Tucker, Clara A., Canaan Center, NH

n.d.[1932? June?]

• Tucker, Fannie A., Southbridge, MA

1931

• Feb. 3 Tuttle, C.P., Milford, MA, includes 2/5/31 letter from Lenski

1931

• Feb. 16 Wade, Charles, Canaan, NH
• Feb. 24 Lenski's reply of 2/19/31 on verso

1931

• March 3 Walton, X.P., Union Springs, NY
• March 13 NE primer, Walpole, NH, 1814: his father paid $10 for and
• March 21 Howland Primer c. 1840 $3

n.d.

• Washer, Mrs. Tim, Johnson, VT

1931

• Feb. 14 Werden, M.F., Henniker, NH
• March 7

1931

• Feb. 21 West, Caroline S., Londonderry, VT, "Personally I don't believe the poor little kids of that day enjoyed them very much."
• Feb. 28

1931

• April 8 White, Mrs. Walter, Weymouth, MA

n.d.[1931? Feb.?]

• Willard, Mrs. Clark, Montpelier, VT

• March 4

1931

• March 17 Willey, Mrs. Arthur, Limestone, ME

1931

• Jan. 31 Willey, Mrs. L.M., Barton, VT
• March 9

1931

• March 4 Wilson, Mrs. M.T., Frank, PA
• March 12 not enough of an offer

1931

• Oct. 14 Winner, Miss Edith, Liberty, NY, To Wilbur M. Stone/forward by Wilbur M. Stone to Lenski. List mentioned in letter is gone.

1931

• Feb. 17 Winters, L.A., Unity, ME
• Feb. 28

1931

• Feb. 16 Wright, Mrs. Waldo, Cambridge, VT

1932

• June 20 Wycoff, Minnie Q., Freeville, NY

1938

• Oct. 1 Yorke, Mrs. H.H., Wells, ME
• Dec. 8 size of her Noah's Arks

n.d.

• List of old books, no name

East Orange, NJ
Mechanical Engineer

13 Park Row, NYC

Trustee of Newark Museum and President of NJ Collectors League. Remarkable collection of paper dolls, toys, books. Wife collected Valentines, which were exhibited in the Children's Room of the New York Public Library in 1935. Mrs. Stone died in 1936.
1931

• March 21 to Lenski with 2 enclosures: offers from Barter, Maxwell & Co., Plainfield, NJ (3/17/31). To Wilbur M. Stone and R.B. Spaulding, Westfield, NJ (3/14/31).To Wilbur M. Stone. 2 pp. ALS offering Harris Cabinet...for $10 with 7 of original 12 vol s.

1931

 
• March 26 to Lenski, 1 p. ALS concerning her attempt to locate a 1799 Mother Goose
• April 1
• April 18
• April 23
• Memorial Day
• June 7 with list to Mr. James Miles, Leeds, England. Advises Lenski not to buy Gumuchian catalogue; says prices for good items frightfully high and he doesn't feel it will help her much; invites her to see his copy at later date and decide herself.
• June 30 (2529 Park Row Building., NYC)

 
• [June?] Wilbur M. Stone list to James Miles, Leeds
• July 1 note from Wilbur M. Stone with Miles invoice of June 18 for 4 chapbooks

 
• Aug. 3 (Woodstock, Ulster Co., NY)
• Aug. 20
• Sept. 6
• Sept. 12 with list of Wilbur M. Stone books offered to Lenski
• Oct. 10 with 11/7/31 New York Sun article on Wilbur M. Stone collecting: "rather long-bow story." second section of 11/14/31 mentioned but not included. Said he would send.

 
• March 22
• April 20 offers to help her get the Mother Goose
• April 25
• June 8 "Cheer up! The fortunes of the game.! re her loss at securing the Mother Goose

Burns, Marguerite 10/12/31
Kane, James 11/11/31
Le Blanc, John F. 7/3/31
Parker, Ethel 5/11/32
Winner, Edith 10/14/31
Hall, G.J. 1/9/32
Janvier, Meredith 3/8/32
Whitlock's Bookstore 3/26/31
Rosenbach, A.S.W. See: Munger, L. Adella, 3/17/31

 
• April 4 American Farming, Chicago, ILL

1931

 
• July 15 Brieleys[?], William, Jr., The Sun, NYC

1932

 
• June 7 Brigham, Clarence S., Director
• June 28 American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA

1932

 
• June 6 Fitzpatrick, L.D., Laconia Press Assoc., Laconia, NH

1931

 
• March 24 Mooney, H., Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA

1931

 
• March 27 Vail, R.W.G., Librarian
• May 28 American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA