The Isabel Florence Hapgood papers, 1864-1922, include papers about Kate Marsden, a controversial medical relief fund raiser for a Siberian leprosy colony, including letters from prominent people in Russia, England and the United States concerning Marsden. Correspondents include Maxim Gorky, Alla Nazimova and members of the Tolstoy family. Isabel Florence Hapgood (1850-1928) was an American translator and author. The Kate Marsden materials consist of 1 microfilm reel. A finding aid is available in the repository.

Isabel Hapgood Papers: Container List

Box 1; Folder: Kate Marsden Case

1 Letters from Mrs. Lucy (Maude) Alexayeff with enclosures from William T. Stead, Aylmer Maude, Mrs. Nettie Petroff, etc., 1891-1892. Includes Isabel Hapgood’s report of the Marsden case, 1912.
2 Letters from Mrs. Lucy (Maude) Alexayeff, etc., 1893
3 Letters from Mrs. Lucy (Maude) Alexayeff, etc. 1894-1896
4 Letters and affidavits about Miss Marsden, 1891-1896. Elizabeth C. Lovering, Somerville, Mass. With copies of letters from W.R.E.Brown and Mrs. James D. Hewett, New Zealand; Helen C. Snow, Wellington, New Zealand; miscellaneous

Box 2: Folder: Kate Marsden Case

5 Andrew, Elizabeth and Kate Bushnell, 1892-1894 (6)
Barton, Clara, 1892
Brooks, Phillips, 1892 (2) and Bishop Potter
Chant, Mrs. L. Ormiston, 1893; n.d. (2)
Charity Organization Society, London, 1893-1894 (8); Loch, C.S., 1893
Charity Organization Society, New York (Kellogg, Charles D., 1893) and World’s Columbian Exposition (Palmer, Bertha M.{Mrs.Potter Palmer}, 1893-1894); National Council of Women of the United States (Sewall, May W., 1893-1894)
Cook, G. H., 1892
6 Field, Ada 1893
Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1892-1893 (5)
Gilder, Jeannette L., 1893
King, Rev. Alexander, 1892-1897 (44)
Knollys, Sir Francis, 1893
7 McCann, Rev. James 1892 (?)-1893 (5)
N.Y. Society for the Suppression of Vice (Anthony Comstock, 1893) and International Order of King’s Daughters and Sons
(Dickinson, Mary Lowe, 1893-1894)
Popoff, M., 1893 (2)
Shaw, Albert, 1893 (4)
Smith, Charles Emory, 1892
Stead, William T., 1892
Steeper, Henry H., 1892
Tolstoy, Countess A.A., 1892-1893 (4)
Truth (Labouchere, Henry, n.d. and Voules, Horace, 1893-1896)
Willard, Mary B., 1895 (?)
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (Willard, Frances E., 1892-1893 and Somerset, Isabel {Lady Henry Somerset}, 1892)
8 Pamphlets and clippings

Entry made June 2005 and updated December 17, 2006