Henry W. Hiller Collection

Overview of the Collection
	Repository:	G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport
	Creator:	Hiller, Henry Winans, 1838-1926
	Title:	Henry W. Hiller Collection
	Dates:	1855-1960
	Extent:	ca. 507 items
	Abstract:	Correspondence, diary, notes for speeches, documents, photographs, and other papers of Hiller and his wife Liuboff Gouberoff Hiller, relating to his career as a whaler out of New Bedford, Massachusetts; his work in Siberia as a commercial agent for Boston importers William H. Boardman & Company; as U.S. consul during the Lincoln administration; his specialization in the jewelry trade in New York, and his association with Tiffany & Company.
	Identification:	Coll. 77

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Biography of Henry Winans Hiller

Henry Winans Hiller (1838-1926) was a importer, in Hudson, N.Y. and a pioneer in Russian-American trade.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division

Restrictions on Use

Various copying restriction apply. Guidelines are available from the Manuscripts Division.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the G. W. Blunt White Library. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Persons:

Hiller, Liuboff Gouberoff, 1849-1926

Corporate Bodies (Including Vessels):

Tiffany and Company
William H. Boardman & Co. (Boston, Mass.)

Places:

Boston (Mass.)–Commerce–Russia (Federation)–Siberia
Siberia (Russia)–Commerce–Massachusetts–Boston
United States–Foreign relations–1861-1865

Subjects:

Diplomatic and consular service, American–Russia (Federation)–Siberia Jewelry trade–New York (State)–New York
Trading companies–Massachusetts–Boston
Whaling–Massachusetts–New Bedford

Document Types:

Diaries
Photographs

Occupations:

Commercial agents–Russia (Federation)–Siberia
Consuls–United States
Jewelers–New York (State)
Whalers (Persons)–Massachusetts–New Bedford

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Coll. 77, Manuscripts Collection, G. W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc.

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Index to Personal and Corporate Names (Correspondence Only)
	Allen, George	1/4
	Blaseff, ? (Mrs.)	1/2
	Boardman, William H.	1/1, 1/2
	Brown, Bros. & Co.	1/6
	Burling, Jim	1/4
	Champenois, C.C.	1/3
	Cook, C.T.	1/3, 1/4
	Cushing, George L.	1/2
	Dana, C.A.	1/4
	Dewey, F.D.	1/5
	Dodd, Parker	1/5
	Durfee & Will	1/6
	Evashinteoff, C.M.	1/2
	Ewer, Roland	1/3
	Grant, Patrick	1/2
	Gubareff, Nadia	1/7
	Hayes, Henry	1/
	Hiller, Paul	1/4
	Homer, Charles	1/2
	Hoxie, ?	1/6
	Hyde, R.M.	1/6
	Jewelers’ Security Alliance	1/3
	Junker & Co.	1/6
	Kennon, ? (Mrs.)	1/3
	Kennon, George	1/6
	Kimball, W.C.	1/3
	Letsernoff, Lydia	1/7
	Lissounoff, Boris	1/7, 1/8
	MacGahan, ? (Mrs.)	1/4
	Magee, Franklin R.	1/5, 1/6, 1/7
	McCormick, Frederick	1/6
	Morse, ?	1/4
	Nye, Bill	1/4
	Robertson, ?	1/1
	Rogerson, ?	1/4
	Scott Irving & Co.	1/4
	Tiffany & Co.	1/3, 1/6
	Tiffany, Burnett	1/3
	Tiffany, C.L.	1/3, 1/4
	Tiffany, Harriet A.	1/3
	Treadwell, H.H.	1/5
	Turner, ?	1/4
	Twain, Mark	1/4

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Correspondence and papers; 1855-1936
Box	Folder
1	1		Correspondence; 1855
	2		Correspondence; 1870-1879
	3		Correspondence; 1880-1889
	4		Correspondence; 1890-1899
	5		Correspondence; 1900-1909
	6		Correspondence; 1910-1919
	7		Correspondence; 1920-1929
	8		Correspondence; 1930-1936, undated
	9		Hiller family genealogy & biographical information
	10		Speeches & talks given by H. W. Hiller; ca. 1900
	11		Patent document, Henry W. Hiller; 1881
	12		Miscellaneous material
Volumes; ca. 1940-1960
	Volume
	1		Notebook and transcriptions, of travel by Henry W. Hiller; ca. 1915
	2		Diary kept by Mrs. Henry W. Hiller (i.e. Liuboff Mehaielova Hiller); 1872-1874
	3		“Battle of Petropaulovsk and Escape of the Kamchatka Squadron of Admiral Zavoiko”, translated by Nicolai H. Hiller; 1942
	4		“Old Russia and Its People, from Letters, Writings, and Papers of Henry Winans Hiller”
	5		“My Dear Boy; Letters of Henry W. Hiller to his son Kolie”
	6		‘Diary and Letters of Liuboff M. Hiller”
	7		“Silverware and Lace; Letters of Henry Winans Hiller on his career with Tiffany & Company”

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