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Hendrik Christian Andersen

A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress


Prepared by Patrick Kerwin

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Manuscript Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2007

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2007

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007097

Table of Contents

Collection Summary

Selected Search Terms

Personal Names

Subjects

Related Names

Occupations

Administrative Information

Provenance:

Copyright Status:

Preferred Citation:

Biographical Note

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement of the Papers

Container List

Diaries, 1899-1940

Family Papers, 1844-1936, n.d.

General Correspondence, 1899-1938, n.d

Notebooks, 1896-1921, n.d.

Writings, 1896-1939, n.d.

Olivia Cushing Andersen Papers, 1882-1929, n.d.

Miscellany, 1910-1937, n.d.

Oversize, 1913, n.d.

Collection Summary

Title: Hendrik Christian Andersen Papers
Span Dates: 1844-1940
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1890-1920)
ID No.: MSS10892
Creator: Andersen, Hendrik Christian, 1872-1940
Extent: 12,000 items; 45 containers plus 2 oversize; 18 linear feet
Language: Collection material in English
Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Author and sculptor. Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, poetry, lectures, family papers, drawings, and photographs relating primarily to Andersen's interest in the arts and in the creation of a world capital. Also includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and writings of his sister-in-law, Olivia Cushing Andersen.

Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Personal Names

Andersen, Hendrik Christian, 1872-1940.
Anderson family.
Berenson, Mary, 1864- --Correspondence.
Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934--Correspondence.
Hébrard, Ernest M. (Ernest Michael), 1866-1933--Correspondence.
Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951--Correspondence.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence.
James, Henry, 1843-1916--Correspondence.
Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1856-1929--Correspondence.
Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931--Correspondence.
Lane, Franklin K.--Correspondence.
Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955--Correspondence.
Sun, Yat-sen, 1866-1925--Correspondence.
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Correspondence.

Subjects

Arts.
International organization.
Internationalism.

Related Names

Andersen, Olivia Cushing, b. 1871. Papers of Olivia Cushing Andersen.

Occupations

Authors.
Sculptors.

Administrative Information

Provenance:

The papers of Hendrik Christian Andersen, author and sculptor, were given to the Library of Congress in 1958 and 1962 by his foster sister, Lucia Andersen.

Copyright Status:

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Hendrik Christian Andersen is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Preferred Citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Papers of Hendrik Christian Andersen, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

Date

Event

1872, Apr. 17Born, Bergen, Norway
1873Family moved to Newport, R.I.
1893Moved to Europe to study art and architecture
1902, Feb. 1Death of brother, Andreas M. Andersen
1903Olivia Cushing Andersen, sister-in-law, settled in Rome
1913Published Creation of a World Centre (Paris)
1917, Dec. 24Death of sister-in-law, Olivia Cushing Andersen
1940Died, Rome, Italy

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Hendrik Christian Andersen (1872-1940) span the years 1844-1940, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1890-1920. The papers reflect Andersen's interest in the arts and in the creation of a world capital. The collection is organized into the following series: Diaries, Family Papers, General Correspondence, Notebooks, Writings, Olivia Cushing Andersen Papers, Miscellany, and Oversize.

Andersen's diaries (1899-1940) document his efforts relating to the establishment of a world capital and his art, as well as his daily routine. The diaries are incomplete until the death of Olivia Cushing Andersen in December 1918, whose last diary he finished, and are written in the form of letters to his mother, Helene, and to Olivia.

The Family Papers (1844-1936) consist primarily of correspondence. Hendrik's older brother Andreas, a painter, is represented by correspondence, miscellaneous writings, and notebooks. Hendrik Andersen's younger brother Arthur, a composer, is represented by several letters. Hendrik Andersen's own correspondence in this series is addressed primarily to his parents and his brother Andreas. It is particularly useful in filling in gaps in the diaries prior to 1918. The papers of Olivia Cushing Andersen are filed separately.

The General Correspondence series, 1899-1938, consists of correspondence to and from friends, colleagues, and government officials. Much of it pertains to Andersen's plans for a world capital. Of particular interest are transcripts of letters to Andersen from Henry James, the originals of which can be found in the C. Waller Barrett Collection at the University of Virginia. The location of Andersen's replies is unknown. Other significant correspondents include Mary Berenson, Cass Gilbert, Ernest Hébrard, Hamilton Holt, Herbert Hoover, Jeremiah Whipple Jenks, David Starr Jordan, Franklin K. Lane, Herbert Putnam, Sun Yat-Sen, and William H. Taft.

The Notebooks, 1896-1921, and Writings, 1896-1939, consist of articles, jottings, and notes pertaining to Andersen's idea for a world capital, as well as poetry, short stories, and other miscellaneous writings, some of which were collaborations between Hendrik and Olivia Cushing Andersen.

Papers of Olivia Cushing Andersen, 1882-1929, include diaries, correspondence, notebooks, and writings. The diaries reflect her early life as a Boston socialite and her activities in Rome following the death of her husband Andreas in 1902. Upon moving to Rome with her brother-in-law Hendrik, Olivia helped him with his artwork and plans for the world capital and became an active playwright. In addition to plays, her writings include short stories, poetry, and a novel.

The Miscellany series, 1910-1937, includes several sketchbooks and unbound drawings, photographs, and other material. Many of the photographs depict Hendrik Andersen's sculpture designed for the world capital he envisioned.

The Oversize series, 1913, contains an oversize volume and some photographs.

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged in eight series:

Container List

ContainerContents
BOX 1-8

Diaries, 1899-1940

Bound volumes, notes, and transcripts.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 1 9 Apr. 1899-20 May 1919
(4 folders)
BOX 2 21 May 1919-15 Nov. 1921
(4 folders)
BOX 3 16 Nov. 1921-3 Sept. 1923
(4 folders)
BOX 4 4 Sept. 1923-16 June 1926
(3 folders)
BOX 5 16 June 1926-29 Mar. 1929
(3 folders)
BOX 6 29 Mar. 1929-4 Feb. 1933
(3 folders)
BOX 7 5 Feb. 1933-31 Jan. 1938
(5 folders)
BOX 8 1 Feb. 1938-18 Dec. 1940
(3 folders)
BOX 9-13

Family Papers, 1844-1936, n.d.

Correspondence, notebooks, writings, birth certifictes, and other material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of family member or type of material and therein chronologically.
BOX 9Andersen, Andreas M.
BOX 9Correspondence
BOX 9General, 1888-1901, n.d.
BOX 9Letterbooks
BOX 9 1900-1901
(5 folders)
BOX 10 Undated
BOX 10Transcripts, 1889-1901, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 10Miscellany, 1891, n.d.
BOX 10Notebooks, n.d.
BOX 10Andersen, Arthur Olaf, 1893, 1916-1925
BOX 10Andersen, Hendrik Christian
BOX 10 1889-1893
BOX 11 1894-1903
(9 folders)
BOX 12 1904-1918
(9 folders)
BOX 13 1919-1936, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 13Miscellaneous, 1844-1920, n.d.
BOX 13-20

General Correspondence, 1899-1938, n.d

Correspondence and appended material.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, country, or institution and therein chronologically.
BOX 13American Peace Award, 1923-1924, n.d.
BOX 13Argentina, 1913-1918, n.d.
BOX 13Arunachal Mission, Behar, India, 1920-1924
BOX 13Australia, 1913-1919
BOX 13Austria-Hungary, 1913-1914, n.d.
BOX 13"A" miscellaneous, 1914-1916
BOX 13Babson, Roger Ward, 1915-1916
BOX 13Belgium, 1913-1919
BOX 13Benedict XV, Pope, 1915-1925, n.d.
BOX 13Berenson, Mary, 1913, 1920-1927
BOX 13Bodrero, Emilio, 1926-1928
BOX 13Bulgaria, 1914
BOX 14"B" miscellaneous, 1913-1928
(2 folders)
BOX 14Canada, 1913-1914
BOX 14Cecil, Robert, 1920
BOX 14China, 1914-1918
BOX 14Claxton, Philander Priestly, 1914-1919
BOX 14Comité France-Amérique, 1913-1920
BOX 14Craig, Gordon, 1921-1924, n.d.
BOX 14Cuba, 1915-1919
BOX 14"C" miscellaneous, 1913-1930
BOX 14Denmark, 1913
BOX 14Drummond, Eric, 1919-1932, n.d.
BOX 14"D" miscellaneous, 1914-1928
BOX 14England, 1913-1919
BOX 14"E" miscellaneous, 1915-1921
BOX 14Fitzpatrick, F. W., 1914-1916
BOX 14Förster, Wilhelm Julius, 1912-1915
BOX 14France, 1913-1919, n.d.
BOX 14"F" miscellaneous, 1905-1928
BOX 14Gallup, George B., 1914-1916
BOX 14Germany, 1913-1921, n.d.
BOX 15Gilbert, Cass, 1914-1917
BOX 15Ginn, Edwin, 1911-1915, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 15Greece, 1914-1919
BOX 15"G" miscellaneous, 1908-1928
BOX 15Haines, Charles D., 1926-1927
BOX 15Hamilton, J. W., 1922-1924
BOX 15Harding, Warren G., 1921-1922
BOX 15Hébrard, Ernest
BOX 15 1908-1911
(5 folders)
BOX 16 1912-1928, n.d.
(7 folders)
BOX 16Herron, George D., 1919-1925
BOX 16Holt, Hamilton, 1911-1920
BOX 16Hoover, Herbert, 1920-1930
BOX 16House, Edward Mandell, 1918-1919
BOX 17Hull, Cordell, 1933
BOX 17"H-I" miscellaneous, 1913-1933
(2 folders)
BOX 17James, Henry, 1899-1915, n.d.
BOX 17Japan, 1913-1921
BOX 17Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple, 1914-1920
(2 folders)
BOX 17Jordan, David Starr, 1913-1930
(2 folders)
BOX 17"J-K" miscellaneous, 1901-1934
(2 folders)
BOX 17Lane, Franklin K., 1911-1920
BOX 18Lansing, Robert, 1916-1919
BOX 18Le Monde Nouveau, 1920
BOX 18"L" miscellaneous, 1908-1934
BOX 18Mussolini, Benito, 1925-1927
BOX 18"M" miscellaneous, 1912-1935
BOX 18Newcome, William A., 1914-1917
BOX 18Nicholson, Soterios, 1925-1927
BOX 18Nobel Peace Prize, 1921
BOX 18Norway, 1914-1918
BOX 18"N" miscellaneous, 1911-1926
BOX 18Ogden, David B., 1914-1916
BOX 18Otlet, Paul, 1932-1934
BOX 18Owen, Robert C., 1918
BOX 18Pan American Union, 1911-1929
BOX 18Perkins, Lindsay, 1931
BOX 18Petterson, Fanny, 1914-1915
BOX 18Pratt, Edward Ewing, 1914-1915
BOX 18Putnam, Herbert, 1914-1915
BOX 18"P" miscellaneous, 1911-1921, n.d.
BOX 18Russia, 1913-1914, 1932
BOX 19"R" miscellaneous, 1912-1938
BOX 19Scott, James Brown, 1914-1920
BOX 19Sheldon, Albert B., 1921-1935
(2 folders)
BOX 19Spain, 1914-1918
BOX 19Sun, Yat-sen, 1919-1929, n.d.
BOX 19Sweden, 1913
BOX 19Switzerland, 1913-1919
BOX 19"S" miscellaneous, 1911-1934
BOX 19Taft, William H., 1913-1919
BOX 19"T" miscellaneous, 1911-1928
BOX 19Umano, 1915-1919
BOX 19"U" miscellaneous, 1914
BOX 19Virgo, Eustace, 1912-1916
BOX 20Vulda, Laura, 1914-1918
BOX 20"V" miscellaneous, 1915-1926
BOX 20Webster, E. B., 1914-1918
(2 folders)
BOX 20Wilson, Woodrow, 1913-1922
BOX 20World Unity, 1929-1931
BOX 20"W-Z" miscellaneous, 1907-1934
(2 folders)
BOX 20-22

Notebooks, 1896-1921, n.d.

Bound notebooks.
Arragned alphabetically by subject and therein chronologically.
BOX 20Art, 1896-1917, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 21 Miscellaneous
BOX 21 1899-1921
(3 folders)
BOX 21 Undated
(2 folders)
BOX 22(2 folders)
BOX 22-25

Writings, 1896-1939, n.d.

Correspondence, articles, short stories, poetry, lectures, and miscellaneous writings.
Arranged alphabetically by name of writing or type of material and therein chronologically.
BOX 22"America and a World Centre," n.d.
BOX 22"Argument," n.d.
BOX 22"Armaments Are Indispensable," n.d.
BOX 22Art, 1896-1898, n.d.
BOX 22"Awakening of the Dead," 1939
BOX 22"City Like No Other," n.d.
BOX 22"Climbing the Social Ladder," 1900
BOX 22"Conscience," n.d.
BOX 22Creation of a World Centre, 1913-1915, n.d. See also Oversize
BOX 23"Crowning City," 1939
(2 folders)
BOX 23"Education and a World Centre," n.d.
BOX 23"Genius," n.d.
BOX 23"Kingdom on Earth," n.d.
BOX 23"League of Nations," n.d.
BOX 23"League of Nations and the International City, Its Capital," 1935
(3 folders)
BOX 23Lectures, n.d.
BOX 23"Manufacturing Future Wars," n.d.
BOX 24Miscellaneous, 1904-1918, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 24"Nationality and a World Centre," n.d.
BOX 24"Part of a Story of Crows," n.d.
BOX 24Poetry, 1898-1931, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 24"Punitive Sanctions," n.d.
BOX 24"Roma," n.d.
BOX 25"Sculpture," n.d.
BOX 25"Story of a Life," 1898, 1931, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 25"World Centre and the People of All Nations," n.d.
BOX 25"World Centre City," n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 25-45

Olivia Cushing Andersen Papers, 1882-1929, n.d.

Diaries, correspondence, notebooks, writings, and other material of Hendrik Christian Andersen's sister-in-law.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
BOX 25Diaries
BOX 25 20 June 1882-26 Oct. 1889
(3 folders)
BOX 26 1 Jan. 1890-15 May 1897
(5 folders)
BOX 27 18 May 1897-26 Mar. 1902
(6 folders)
BOX 28 26 Mar. 1902-28 June 1906
(5 folders)
BOX 29 30 June 1906-4 June 1908
(5 folders)
BOX 30 11 June 1908-5 Oct. 1910
(4 folders)
BOX 31 7 Oct. 1910-30 Oct. 1911
(6 folders)
BOX 32 31 Oct. 1911-24 Sept. 1912
(5 folders)
BOX 33 25 Sept. 1912-14 June 1913
(4 folders)
BOX 34 18 June 1913-31 Mar. 1914
(4 folders)
BOX 35 31 Mar.-18 Dec. 1914
(6 folders)
BOX 36 21 Dec. 1914-13 Dec. 1915
(5 folders)
BOX 37 14 Dec. 1915-3 Aug. 1916
(4 folders)
BOX 38 4 Aug. 1916-10 Feb. 1918
(4 folders)
BOX 39Correspondence, 1902-1918, n.d.
(6 folders)
BOX 39Miscellany, 1911, n.d.
BOX 39Notebooks, 1907, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 40Writings
BOX 40Biography of Andreas M. and Hendrik Christian Andersen, n.d.
BOX 40"Convert," n.d.
BOX 40Creation and Other Biblical Plays, 1929
BOX 40"Discoverer," n.d.
BOX 40"Emperor and Pope," n.d.
BOX 40"First in Peace," n.d.
BOX 40"George Washington," n.d.
BOX 41"Introduction to the Series of Plays Written by Olivia Cushing Andersen," n.d.
BOX 41"Jesus," n.d.
BOX 41"Lincoln," n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 41Miscellaneous, 1907, n.d.
(3 folders)
BOX 42"New World," with Hendrik Christian Andersen, 1920-1924, n.d.
(5 folders)
BOX 42Poetry, 1903, n.d.
BOX 42"Reward of Sacrifice," 1905
BOX 43"Senza Divorzio," n.d.
BOX 43"Successful Artist," n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 43"Ten Plays: A Synopsis," 1925
BOX 43Untitled
BOX 43Novel, n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 44(1 folder)
BOX 44Play, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 44"Without a Name: The Story of a Life," n.d.
(4 folders)
BOX 45"World Ruler," n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 45

Miscellany, 1910-1937, n.d.

Drawings, photographs, and other material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein chronologically.
BOX 45Drawings, n.d.
(2 folders)
BOX 45General, 1910-1937, n.d.
BOX 45Photographs, 1921-1930, n.d. See also Oversize
BOX OV 1-OV 2

Oversize, 1913, n.d.

One oversize volume, Creation of a World Centre, and oversize photographs.
Arranged according to the series and folder from which the items were removed.
BOX OV 1Writings
BOX OV 1Creation of a World Centre, 1913 (Container 22)
BOX OV 2Miscellany
BOX OV 2Photographs, n.d. (Container 45)

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