The folks at Michigan State tell me that aside from a collection of Civil
War era photos (about which there is some information on line), Professor
Clyde Henson did not donate anything to the University Archives. The only
mention of Bland the archivists found was in Henson's Condensed
Biographical Info Form submitted to Michigan State University in 1962. It
states Henson was "Cited in THE CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS
JEFFERSON, E. Millicent Sowerby, Compiler, 5 vols. The Library of Congress,
Washington, D. C., 1952-57, for all the work on the Bland Library which is
included in the Catalogue."
Jefferson bought extensively from Bland's library, and from Davis's
comments I had assumed that he and Henson were on to something newer that
Sowerby's catalogue (which I have) but now it looks as though Davis may
have been in possession of Henson's photocopies for some considerable time
prior to the publication of his magnum opus in 1978 -- and evidently Trevor
Colbourn too.
Thanks to everyone for suggestions, and good wishes for the holiday season.
Jon Kukla
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Kevin Gutzman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Much of the Bland Library ended up in the first Jefferson Library, and
> thence in the Library of Congress or the VHS.
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> Kevin Gutzman
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> A not-entirely-helpful, but similar acknowledgement from Trevor
> Colbourn
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> http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/674 <
> http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/674>
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> Samuel Squire, An Enquiry into the Foundations of the English
> Constitution: or, an Historical Essay upon the Anglo-Saxon Government both
> in Germany and England, new ed. (London, 1753), 9, 11, 84. Professor Clyde
> Henson of Michigan State University has for many years investigated the
> contents of the Bland library; the Bland copy of Squire, signed “R. Bland”
> and heavily underlined, was last located in the library of the late Dr.
> Magnus Martin. I am in Dr. Henson’s debt for information on the Bland
> library in general and for confirming my estimate of the importance of
> Squire’s Enquiry in particular.
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> > On Behalf Of Jon Kukla
> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 12:46 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: [VA-HIST] Richard Bland's library
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> > In his massive Intellectual Life in the Colonial South (p. 544) Richard
> Beale Davis wrote that a Prof. Clyde S. Henson of Michigan State University
> was studying Bland's library and had "gathered all he could about the books
> in the Colonel's library" -- and that Henson had sent Davis some 80 pages
> of photocopies of information about these titles (ibid., 1011 n 120).
> >
> > Does anyone know where Henson's findings might be consulted?
> >
> > Thank you and a joyous holiday season to all.
> >
> > Jon Kukla
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