THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION ACCESSION SHEET Accession # 53 M 74 Location 3-d-1/3 (L) 3-C-6 (L). Title Maxim, Hudson, 1853-1927. Papers. Approximate inclusive dates 1880s-1930s. Date of receipt May, 1953 Received from Michael F. Dee Volume on arrival Number of boxes (after reboxing) 26 boxes. 13.2 linear feet Condition Generally good. Some letters on brown paper are beginning to crumble. Restrictions Description Maxim, an inventor and explosives expert, began working with explosives during the late 1880s. His inventions included Maximite, a high explosive; Stabilite, a smokeless powder; Motorite, a nitroglycerine compound for driving torpedoes; a magnetic mine developed during World War One; and a delay action detonating fuse, among others. Some of these were bought by the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Company for whom Maxim worked as a consultant from 1897 until his death; others by the United States government. Maxim's early career included a period during the 1880s as a printer and publisher with a partner, Alden Knowles, in Ohio and Pittsfield, Mass. He also served, from 1888-1891, as the American representative for the Maxim-Nordenfeldt Guns and Amnunition Co., Ltd., an English company run by his brother, Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim Automatic Gun. Hiram S. Maxim's son, Hiram Percy Maxim, was the inventor of the Maxim Silencer. Maxim lectured and wrote books and articles on a wide variety of topics. Special Formats - Photographs - Maps - Audio Tapes - Films - Graphics - Artifacts - Machine-readable records -Other (list)___________ Temporary catalog card added entries See attached. While war and explosives were his main subjects, Maxim also expressed opinions on poetry, women's rights (which he was for), and prohibition (against). His books included: Real Pen-Work Self-Instructor in Penmanship, with Alden Knowles, 1881; The Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language, 1910; Defenseless America, 1915; and Dynamite Stories, 1916. Maxim was an enthusiastic cook, and carried out experiments with soybeans, the results of which he canned and attempted to market. Maxim's first marriage produced one son and ended in divorce. His second marriage, to Lilian Durban, an Englishwoman, took place in 1896. After his second marriage Maxim and his wife lived in Brooklyn and, during the summers, at Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, where they were active in local affairs. DESCRIPTION The bulk of Maxim's papers date from the 1890s through 1927, the year of his death, and consist of correspondence; photographs, typescripts of speeches, books, and articles; patent specifications; recipes; account books; address books; and legal and other documents. These document his career as an inventor and explosives expert, experiments with soybeans and other foods, anti-Prohibition activities, involvement with Lake Hopatcong local affairs, and family and personal life. Correspondence A small section of early correspondence, 1890-1926, is divided - probably by Maxim himself or by his secretary - into categories: miscellaneous, personal, "good letters not sent," "amusing," and "important." The bulk of the correspondence dates from the last few years of Maxim's life, 1925-1927. Included are letters received by Maxim, and drafts and copies of letters he wrote concerning a wide range of topics. These include: his books and speeches; legal, financial, and real estate matters; family and household matters; Lake Hopatcong local affairs; the Hotel Durban, which was on Maxim's property at Lake Hopatcong; anti-Prohibition activities; and other professional, personal, and avocational activities. His correspondents were friends, professional contacts, members of his own and his wife's family, admirers, employees, tradesmen, and others. Included are letters from: Luther Burbank, Gutzon Borglum, Francis I. du Pont, Lillian Gish (responding to his biography, 1925), his nephew Hiram Percy Maxim, Margaret Sanger (refusing a weekend invitation, 1925), Frank A. Tichenor, and George Sylvester Viereck. Speeches Typescript speeches and outlines of speeches delivered by Maxim, 1907-1927. He spoke on aviation, explosives, Lake Hopatcong, the Morris Canal investigation, pacifism, poetry, politics, prohibition, war, women's rights, and a variety of other topics. See the index to speeches. Explosions Notes, reports, correspondence, blueprint maps and charts showing explosion sites and damage, and legal documents, ca.1911-1925. These document experimental explosions carried out by Maxim, and accidental ones he studied, particularly the explosion of a T.N.T. magazine at the Hercules Powder Co., Kenvil, New Jersey, 1918 (including photographs of the site), and the Black Tom explosions in New York Harbor, 1916. Transcripts of Maxim's testimony on behalf of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company in the legal cases resulting from the Black Tom explosions are included. Food Maxim's correspondence with canning companies, seed merchants, and state and federal agriculture departments, 1917-1918, concerning his experiments with the preparation and canning of various foods, particularly soybeans. Also included are recipes, unused labels for Maxim's Baked-Bean-Butter, typescript copy for labels, and printed material, 1910s-1920s. Writings Typescript drafts of an autobiography, parts of which were incorporated into Hudson Maxim: Reminiscences and Comments, by Clifton Johnson, pub. 1924; correspondence, 1910-1923, concerning The Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language with mailing lists of people to whom the book was sent; typescript drafts of Maxim's Primer of Science (probably not published) with related notes, clippings, and printed material, 1889-1921. Also included are copies of Maxim's letters to newspaper editors on various topics, 1919-1922; poems; and other writings, ca. 1880s-1920s. Anti-Prohibition speeches, articles, and letters to newspaper editors, with related clippings and printed material, 1920s, are included. Photographs Twelve photograph albums (three postcard albums have been taken apart) kept by Hudson and Lilian Maxim contain snapshots, full-sized photographs, and photographic postcards dating from the turn of the century through the 1930s. Many of these show the Maxims with friends and family members at their house at Lake Hopatcong. Included is a large group of photographic postcards showing both town and lakeside views of Lake Hopatcong, ca.1900s-1920s. These were removed from two postcard albums labeled "Souvenir of Lake Hopatcong." Early twentieth century interior and exterior views of the Maxims' houses at 891 Sterling Place and 698 St. Mark's Avenue in Brooklyn are also included. Photographs include many portraits of Hudson and Lilian Maxim, and show Hudson Maxim working in his laboratory; cooking; boating; driving his car; boxing; playing tennis; costumed as Neptune at an Atlantic City, New Jersey pageant, 1921 and 1922; at an aviation meet in Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1910; and with the United States Naval Consulting Board, (called the Civilian Advisory Board at the time of the photograph), 1915. This photograph shows, among others, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Assistant Secretary Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Maxim, and Thomas Edison. Portraits of Luther Burbank, and photographs of poet Edwin Markham and poet and western scout J.W. (Captain Jack) Crawford with the Maxims at Lake Hopatcong are included. One album contains late nineteenth century tintype and cabinet card portraits of Maxim family members. Photographs post-dating Hudson Maxim's death document the activities of his widow. New Jersey Affairs and Personal Matters Correspondence, legal and tax documents, and minutes, 1891-1919, of the Byram Cove Land Co., an organization that bought and sold real estate at Lake Hopatcong, of which Hudson and Lilian Maxim were directors; correspondence with the Colonial Motion Picture Company, 1914, and a list of shareholders (Maxim was one); an inventory of the Hotel Durban, 1909; correspondence, ca. 1899-1900 concerning his efforts to obtain patents in foreign countries for the Maxim Powder Torpedo; Maxim's correspondence, with related documents, 1913-1921, as President of the Inter-Municipal Park Commission, advocating the abandonment of the Morris Canal in New Jersey, and Christmas cards made by the Maxims, 1913-1921. Patent Specifications and Maxim Munitions Corp. Specifications for Maxim's patents, 1880s-1910s. Also, a small file containing correspondence, minutes, and legal documents, 1915-1925, of the Maxim Munitions Corp. Volumes Six account books contain both household and business accounts, ca.1900s-1930s. Included are accounts of the Hotel Durban, 1908, and accounts Maxim kept with the U.S. Naval Consulting Board and with the du Pont Company. Also, two address books; an album containing calling cards gathered by Maxim, with notes; three books published by Maxim and Knowles in Pittsfield, 1880s; four memorandum and sketch books; a scrapbook containing clippings concerning Hiram Maxim's Maxim-Nordenfeldt Guns and Ammunition Co., 1880s, and clippings of advertisements for beauty products; an autograph album belonging to Lilian Maxim (including an autograph from Edwin Markham); a datebook containing notes on the last few months of Maxim's life, 1927; a volume containing published specifications for patents held by Hiram Stevens Maxim; two volumes listing articles and pamphlets, possibly owned by Hudson Maxim; two volumes containing clippings and reprints of articles by or about Hudson Maxim; and a volume listing Hudson Maxim's patents and patent applications. Box I. Correspondence, 1890-1927 a. Early 1 Miscellaneous, 1890-1891; personal, 1909-1912; "good letters not sent," 1912-1918; "amusing," 1907-1926; "important," ca.1914-1921. b. General 1925 1 A 2 B - G 3 H - M 4 M - R 5 S - W While in Europe 5 December 1925 - March 1926 1926 5 A 6 B - J 7 K - S 8 T - W 1927 8 A - J 9 K - W II. Speeches, 1907-1927 9 1907 - 1908 10 1907 - 1913 11 1913 - 1919 12 1920 - 1925; speeches and articles, 1925 - 1927 13 III. Explosions, ca. 1911-1920 IV. Food, 1917-1924 13 1917 - 1918 14 1917 - 1924 V. Writings, ca. 1880s-1920s 14 Biography - drafts 15 " " 15 The Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language, letters, 1910-1923 and mailing lists 16 Primer of Science, drafts and related material, 1889-1921; 16 Verse 16 Letters to editors, 1919-1922 17 Other writings 18-19 Anti-Prohitibion speeches and writings, 1920s VI. Maxim Munitions Corp. 19 Correspondence, minutes, legal documents, 1915-1925 19 VII. Patent Specifications, 1880s-1910s VIII. New Jersey affairs and personal matters 20 Book catalog, n.d.; Byram Cove Land Co., 1891-1919; Christmas cards, 1913-1921; Colonial Motion Picture Co., 1914; inventory of Hotel Durban, 1909; Maxim Powder Torpedo correspondence, ca.1899- 1900; Morris Canal, 1913-1921. IX. Photographs, ca. 1890s-1930s 21 Photographs and postcards removed from albums 22-23 Albums 24 X. Account Books, ca. 1900s-1930s XI. Other volumes 24 2 address books; 1 calling card album; 25 Real Pen Work Self Instructor in Penmanship, 1881, 2 editions, and Pen Work Album, 1885; 4 memorandum and sketch books; 1 scrapbook; autograph album of Lilian Maxim; 1927 datebook; 26 specifications for patents of Hiram Stevens Maxim; 2 volumes listing articles; 2 volumes of clippings and reprints of articles by or about Hudson Maxim; 1 volume listing Hudson Maxim's patents and patent applications. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION ACCESSION SHEET Accession 89M9 Location 4e 1-5; 4f 1,2 Title Hudson Maxim. Papers. Additions. Approximate inclusive dates 1888-1905; bulk: 1911-1924 Date of receipt 1/10/89 Received from New Jersey State Archives Volume on arrival 14 cartons Number of boxes (after reboxing) 52ab, 2rc Condition Generally good. Carbon copies are fragile. Special conservation attention needed to remove pins rusted into the paper. Description Correspondence and papers relating to Maxim's inventions; the Maxim gun and the Maxim Munitions Corp.; Maxim's opposition to Prohibition; the proposed abandonment of the Morris Canal; the Borough of Hopatcong and lands on Lake Hopatcong; the canning and merchandising of beans and other foodstuffs; the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce; Maxim's articles; and his book, Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language. Special formats Maps temporary catalog card added entries Hudson Maxim Papers - Additions Box General Correspondence 27-29 1919 30-32 1920 33 1921, A, B 34 1921, C, D 35 1921, E-G 36 1921, H-M 37 1921, M-Q 38 1921, R, S 39 1921, T-Z 40 1922, A-C 41 1922, D-G 42 1922, H-K 43 1922, L, M 44 1922, N-R 45 1922, S-Z 46 1923, A, B 47 1923, E-G 48 1923, H-K 49 1923, L, M; R 50 1923, S-Y 51 1924, A-C 52 1924, D-G 53 1924, H-L 54 1924, M-P 55 1924, R, S 56 1924, T-W 57 Personal letters, chiefly from Europe, 1911-1918 Subjects Correspondence and Papers 58 Canning and merchandising of beans and other foodstuffs, 1919-1920; Maxim's book, Science of Poetry and the Philosophy of Language, mostly 1911; New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, 1913, 1914 59 Maxim Gun and Maxim Munitions Corp., 1915 60 Proposed abandonment of the Morris Canal, 1911-1914 61 " " " " 1913, 1914 62 " " " " 1914-1915 63 " " " " 1913-1914; 1922; 1923 64 " " " " Unsorted 65 Borough of Hopatcong, 1888-1905 66 Lake Hopatcong, 1923, 1924, 1925 67 Hopatcong taxes, 1919, 1920 68 Japanese Beetle, 1923 Subjects Papers 69-71 Borough of Hopatcong 72, 73 Patents 74-76 Prohibition 77, 78 Articles 79 Newsclippings, 1922-1925 80 Printed Material Journals, periodicals, pamphlets, etc. dealing with Prohibition, the Japanese beetle, canning and preservation of foodstuffs, Lake Hopatcong, theory of relativity, agriculture, etc. Copies of Maxim's books, Lake Hopatcong, the Beautiful, Defenseless America, and Clifton Johnson's, Hudson Maxim: Reminiscences and Comments. Maps Map case Property map of Lake Hopatcong, 1912; Maxim Park Building sites, Lake Hopatcong, 1922; Japanese Beetle Project (parts of western New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania). Vol. 1 INDEX to 1907-1908 SPEECHES by HUDSON MAXIM Page HUNGRY CLUB, January, 1907, On THE ORIENTAL RUGS 1 "THE SCIENTIFIC SIDE OF SHAKESPEARE -- A SCIENTIST'S VIEW OF POETRY" 4 CANADIAN SOCIETY BANQUET to SIR PERCY SANDERSON, March 27, 1907; SYNOPSIS OF SPEECH 16 UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT, March 31st, 1906, Read AT THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON 18 ECONOMIC CLUB BANQUET (BOSTON), PEACE CONGRESS BANQUET, April 20th, 1907, On TO ARMS FOR PEACE 23 AERO CLUB OF AMERICA, March 14th, 1908. 33 WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION, March 24, 1908, On SOME PHILOSOPHY OF WOMAN'S RIGHTS 44 LAKE HOPATCONG YACHT CLUB, Feb. 16th, 1907, On SOME THINGS LAKE HOPATCONG HAS DONE IN THE INTEREST OF UNIVERSAL PEACE. 64 From "SUCCESS", November, 1900. On PERSONAL BRAVERY 71 Aldine Speech -., April 28th, 1908, On THE INVENTOR AND THE MEANING OF AERONAUTICAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN WAR 76 THE WARFARE OF THE FUTURE, October 9th, 1908. 87 Vol. 2. INDEX to 1907 -- 1908 SPEECHES by HUDSON MAXIM BOOKSELLERS' LEAGUE, October 14th, 1908, On THE DYNAMICS OF POETRY 1 BRITISH SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES CLUB OF NEW YORK, The King's Birthday, Nov. 9th, 1908. 24 DEEMS LITERARY SOCIETY, Staten Island, N.Y., December 15th, 1908, --On-- WHAT POETRY IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT 30 EXAMPLES OF POETRY 84 VAGABOND SPEECH. 88 Vol. 3. INDEX to 1909 SPEECHES by HUDSON MAXIM Page BENEFIT for the ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS, Madison Square Garden, January 7th, 1909. 1. STATE OF MAINE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BANQUET, February 27th, 1909. 14. AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, at the Automobile Club, March 17th, 1909. 21. HOPATCONG SCHOOLHOUSE DEDICATION, Sept. 11th, 1909. 41. Y.M. C.A., New York, at the Opening of their School for Aeronautics, October 13th, 1909, On SOME FACTORS IN AMERICAN PROGRESS 51. CLIO CLUB, Roselle, N. J., Nov. 9, 1909 (same speech) 51. HEADS Explosives 66. AMHERST COLLEGE, December 3, 1909, STEVENS INSTITUTE, Hoboken, Jan. 11, 1910. ST. MARY'S CHURCH, Brooklyn, Feb. 15, 1910. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, Easton, Pa., Oct. 5th, 1911 On THE WARFARE OF THE FUTURE 69. Note: Same Speech Given Before These Institutions HEADS Development of Armaments - Explosives 99. Vol. 4. INDEX to 1909 -- 1910 SPEECHES of HUDSON MAXIM Page Y. M. C. A. SPEECH -- October 13th, 1909 on THE AERIAL WARFARE OF THE FUTURE 1. COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK -- Nov. 19th, 1909, on THE WARFARE OF THE FUTURE 25. AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY SPEECH -- May 26th, 1910 on AERONAUTICAL WARFARE 51. NEW YORK WORLD BANQUET (Hotel Astor) May 31, 1910. on AVIATION IN 2010 66. HOPATCONG YACHT CLUB DEDICATION -- July 4th, 1910. 72. TWILIGHT CLUB Dinner -- Oct. 6, 1910. on THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE 75. Vol. 5 INDEX to 1911 SPEECHES by HUDSON MAXIM Page AERO CLUB, January 6th, 1911, IN HONOR OF OCTAVE CHANUTE 1. RECEPTION INVITATION, March 17th, 1911. 13. WILLIAMS COLLEGE, January 18th, 1911, on SOME NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT, CONSTITUTION, AND DYNAMICS OF SPEECH 14. AFTER DINNER SPEECH 45. WILLIAMS COLLEGE, January 18th, 1911, On THE AEROPLANE IN WAR. 48. HEADS Explosives 67. HEADS for TWILIGHT CLUB DINNER, Jan. 26th, 1911. "Science" 71. N.Y.ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, at the Natural History Museum, January 23rd, 1911. On HEADS PRACTICAL UTILITIES OF THE AEROPLANE 76. NEW ENGLAND SPEECH -- PLYMOUTH ROCK ANNUAL BANQUET SOCIETY 78. SIMPLIFIED SPELLING DINNER, April 5th, 1911. 81. FIRST SIGNAL CORPS, 71st REGIMENT, at Armory, 34th St. and Park Ave., New York, March 9th, 1911 90. Vol. 6. INDEX to 1911 -- 1912 SPEECHES by HUDSON MAXIM Page NEW ENGLAND SPEECH -- Plymouth Rock Annual Banquet Society. 1. AERONAUTICAL BANQUET SPEECH -- April 27th, 1911. 4. ECONOMIC CLUB (New York) SPEECH-- May 22, 1911. on INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. 12. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, Easton, Pa. on EXPLOSIONS 27. HUDSON THEATRE SPEECH -- January 6th, 1912 on AERIAL NAVIGATION IN ITS RELATION TO CIVILIZATION IN PEACE AND WAR. 37. SENATE COMMITTEE on RAILROADS and CANALS, Trenton, N. J., Feb. 5th, 1912, on A PLEA FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LAKE HOPATCONG 67. HEADS -- Reviewers -- (1911) 83. ***** HEADS -- Brewster Evening, Jan. 8, 1911 85. HEADS -- Minerva Club Luncheon, Oct. 28, 1911 88. ***** HEADS -- Anti-Vivisection Benefit, Wallack's Theatre December 8th, 1911 91 HEADS -- Men's Club, Presbyterian Church, N.Y. 93 HEADS -- Reformed Church Union Dinner, Hotel St.Denis N.Y. 93 HEADS -- Mrs. Finney Evening, Feb. 10, 1912 101 HEADS -- Unitarian Church, B'klyn, (Mr.L.A. Harvey) Feb. 11th, 1912. 106 INDEX to 1912 SPEECHES by HUDSON MAXIM Page CINCINNATI, OHIO, -- Feb. 14, 1912, on IN THE CITY OF THE FUTURE 1 PORTLAND, MAINE -- Mar. 1, 1912 on THE ARBITRATION TREATIES 70 # Note that this Speech follows the Pittsburgh Speech - the next one -- and is given on Page 70 of this binder. note on 35-A PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, -- March 7, 1912. on WAR EXPLOSIVES (HEADS) 36 (SPEECH) 44 PORTLAND ECONOMIC CLUB (See Note above) # 70 CAMEO CLUB, Waldorf-Astoria, -- March 21, 1912 HEADS on THE PROMOTION OF PEACE 89 HOBOKEN BOARD OF TRADE, -- March 26th, 1912 HEADS on PEACE AND WAR 93 WEST END PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -- Men's Club, New York. April 15, 1912. HEADS on POETRY and LANGUAGE 97 TOME INSTITUTE -- Port Deposit, Maryland, Sept. 28, 1912 HEADS on WARFARE OF THE FUTURE 100 MORRIS CANAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE, Hotel Durban, Lake Hopatcong, Nov. 16, 1912. on LAKE HOPATCONG 103 TWILIGHT CLUB, New York, -- December 11, 1912 on REFORMERS 118. Vol. 7 INDEX to 1913 SPEECHES by HUDSON MAXIM Page TWILIGHT CLUB -- February 11, 1913. On SIX BEST LIVING AMERICAN POETS 1 BROOKLYN CHURCH -- June 1, 1913. On PEACE AND WAR 11 PAN AMERICAN STATES ASSOCIATION -- Oct. 3, 1913 on THEIR SKYSCRAPER 20 AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY -- December 18, 1913. On WRIGHT BROTHERS 27 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Easton, Penna. -- Dec. 19, 1913. On THE DEMAGOGUE 34 COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS AND CANALS, Trenton, N.J. Feb. 27, 1913. On THE MORRIS CANAL QUESTION 39 PAN AMERICAN STATES ASSOCIATION - Apr. 4, 1913 On ITS PURPOSES; PANAMA POEM 50 CHAUTAUQUA -- Racine, Wis., June 25, 1913. On SOCIALISM AND ITS ANSWER 56 EXTRA MATTER On same (Not Used) 94 NOTE: All SPEECH HEADS used during 1913 are in a red Binder marked SPEECH HEADS for 1913 and 1914. Only speeches written out in full are put in this binder. Vol. 9. INDEX to SPEECH HEADS by HUDSON MAXIM 1913 and 1914/ Page HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, Tiffin, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1913. On WARFARE 1 On EXPLOSIVES 4 CALIFORNIA SOCIETY, Jan. 21, 1913. On SPEECH, giving in full New England Society Speech, War, Gettysburg, Panama, Banquet to Spring 7 CHAUTAUQUA, Racine, Wis., June, 1913. On LANGUAGE, giving in full War, Gettysburg, Shadows of Dawn, Veiled Illusion, Hamlet's Soliloquy - paraphrase and original, Darkest before Dawn, L'Apache 17 On POETRY AND LANGUAGE 28 DOVER HIGH SCHOOL, Sept. 19, 1913. On PEACE AND WAR 31 NEW YORK THEATRE, Dec. 21, 1913. On OUR BURDENS 33 N. J. STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Jan. 22, 1914 On POLITICS 34 SCRANTON, Penna. before ENGINEERS SOCIETY, Feb. 15, 1914. On PEACE AND WAR 37 N. J. STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, March 24, 1914. On MORRIS CANAL INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE 40 BROOKLYN CHURCH, Feb. 24, 1914. -- STORIES -- 42. Vol. 8. INDEX to 1914 SPEECHES of HUDSON MAXIM Page N. J. STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Jan. 22, 1914. On POLITICS 1 TWILIGHT CLUB, Jan, 29, 1914. On WHAT I WOULD DO WITH $10,000,000 4 N. J. STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Mar. 24, 1914. On THE MAN WITH THE BALLOT 9 MANHATTAN CHESS CLUB, Mar. 28, 1914. On CHESS and MARSHALL 16 RUMSON CLUB, Labor day, 1914. Aeronautical Warfare 23 TOME INSTITUTE, Sept. 26, 1914. Aeronautical Warfare 29 AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY, Oct. 1, 1914 52 MAXIM PARK YACHT CLUB, Oct. 24, 1914 56 MEDICO-LEGAL DINNER, Nov. 18, 1914 58 BEDFORD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Dec. 31, 1914 63 NOTE: ALL SPEECH HEADS for 1914 are in a red Binder marked SPEECH HEADS for 1913 and 1914. SPEECHES MADE 1915. Jan. 24th. Central Presbyterian Church, 3:30 P.M. Marcy & Jefferson Aves., Brooklyn, N.Y. ***** Jan. 25th. Twilight Club . Hotel McAlpin. Dinner. ***** Feb. 7th. Brooklyn Philosophical Association, 3:30 p.m. At Long Island Business College, So. 8th St. & Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. ***** Feb. 11th. Church of Beloved Disciple, 8:30 p.m., 67 E. 89th St., N.Y.C. (Men's Club) ***** Mar. 1st. Central Congregational Church, 8 P.M. Hancock & Franklin, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Men's Club Dinner)(Dr. Cadman) Mar. 6th. Hungry Club Dinner. Bustanoby's. Mar. 7th. Brooklyn Civic Forum, 8:30 p.m., at P.S. 84, Stone & Glenmore Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mar. 19th. Yale Dinner, Class 1914, Yale Club, Vanderbilt Ave. & 44th St., N.Y.C. Mar. 31st. Junior League, Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue, 2 W. 70th St., N.Y.C. 8:45 p.m. Apr. 4th, West End Forum, Bath Ave. & Bay 22nd St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 3:30 p.m. April 20th. Michigan Agricultural College, 7:30 p.m. East Lansing, Michigan. April 21st. Western Normal School, Kalamazoo, Michigan. May 12th. Aldine Club, Luncheon, 12:30, 200 5th Ave., N.Y.C. May 23rd. Elbert Hubbard Memorial Service, 3:00 P.M., Playhouse Theatre, 48th St., N.Y.C. 66 June 14th. Convention of National Security League, 2 p.m. Opening Exercise, Army Session, Hotel Astor. 71 June 25th. Conference on International Relations under the Auspices of the World Peace Foundation, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 8 p.m. ***** June 26th. Conference on International Relations under the Auspices of the World Peace Foundation, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 11 a.m. July 22nd. Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce, Luncheon, Harrisburg, Pa. Sept. 15th. American Defense Society of N.Y.C., 8 p.m., Hotel Astor, N.Y.C. (Spoke extemporaneously) Oct. 15th. Commission on Military Education & Reserve, State House, Boston, Mass. (afternoon) Oct. 15th. Boston Chamber of Commerce banquet, (evening) City Club, Boston, Mass. Nov. 7th. Janes M. E. Church, Reid Ave. & Monroe St., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Afternoon) Nov. 9th. National Security League Mass Meeting at the Englewood, N.J. branch. Evening. Nov. 19th. Kansas City Commercial Club, Kansas City, Mo. Evening. Banquet. Nov. 24th. Business Men's League of St. Louis. Luncheon, St. Louis, Mo. Nov. 24th. Mayor's Office, Meeting of National Security League. St. Louis, Mo.(Extemporaneously) SPEECHES IN 1916 Jan. 7th. Aeronautical Society, 29 W. 39th St., N.Y.C. Naval Consulting Board, Evening. Jan. 10th. National Civic Federation, Woman's Dept., at New Colony Club, Park Ave. & 62nd St., N.Y.C. 3:30 p.m. Jan. 14th. Men's Club, All Scul's Church, Ocean & Ditmas Aves., Brooklyn, N. Y. 8:15 p.m. Jan. 15th. New Haven Chamber of Commerce, New Haven, Conn. Luncheon Jun. 24th. Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences, Academy of Music. Preparedness Debate. 8:15 p.m. Feb. 3rd. Patriotic Societies Dinner at Bellevue-Stratford, Phila., Pa. Feb. 5th. Edison Birthday Banquet, Newark, N. J. Evening Feb. 14th. Park Theatre, Opening performance motion picture play, Defense or Tribute, 8 p.m. Feb. 26th. Woman's Press Club, Waldorf-Astoria, Luncheon. "Reporters I have met." Feb. 26th. Naval & Military Order of the Spanish-American War. McAlpin Hotel. Luncheon. Preparedness. March 5th. Marjery's Battleship Fund Benefit, at the Rippedrome, Evening. Under the auspices of the New York Tribune March 7th. Bushwick Ave. Congregotional Church, Brooklyn. Banquet. Evening. March 10th. D.A.R., Jersey City. 3 p.m. At the Woman's Club. March 15th. Father Prout's Church-Entertainment, Central Opera House, N.Y.C. Evening. March 18th. National Democratic Club, 617 5th Ave., N.Y.C. Luncheon. March 31st. 9th Regiment Armory, Meeting of Spanish War Veterans. Evening. April 5th. Aldine Club, 200 5th Ave., Luncheon. April 10th. Williamsburg Medical Society, Willoughby Mansion, Brooklyn, N.Y. Evening. April 19th. Convention of the D.A.R., Washington. Evening. April 24th. Throop Ave. Presbyterian. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. Annual Dinner of the Men's Club. Evening. June 22nd. Graduating Exercises of Netcong High School, at Woolston Opera House, Stanhope, N.Y. Evening. July 4th, Stanhope, Fourth of July Celebration, 11:30 a.m. Aug. 8th, Monteagle Assembly, 8 p.m. Weapons & Methods, of War, Past, Present and Future. (To written speech) August 9th. 11 a.m., Monteagle Assembly, Science of Poetry and Philosophy of Language. (Williams College Speech 1911) (also Race ***** Heads 1913) August 9th, 8 p.m. Monteagle Assembly, Defenseless America. Nov. 9, 1916. Dover High School. Williams College poetry speech Dec, 12, 1916. Rome Chamber of Commerce. Long speech and heads. Dec. N.Y. Alumni Assn. Dinner, Hotel McAlpin. SPEECHES MADE IN 1917. March 5th. Y.M.C.A., Hanson Place, Brooklyn. National Defense. March 23rd. Home Economics Association, Rumford Hall, 50 E. 41st St., N.Y.C. March 24th. Manhattan Chess Club banquet. 7:30 p.m. Hotel Brevoort March 27th. Engineering Society, 38 W. 39th St., N.Y.C. April 11th. Twilight Club. Biltmore Hotel. May 5th. Hubbell Camp, Spanish War Veterans. Prospect Hall. May 18th. Speech at Dover on national Defense. High School July 4th. Roycrofters' Convention, Aurora, N.Y. Nov. 4th. Mt. Morris Baptist Church, 5th Ave. bet. 126th & 127th Sts., N.Y.C. Morning Lecture Forum, 10 a.m. Dec. 3rd. 2. p.m. Schoolhouse at Franklin Furnace, for increasing membership of National Red Cross. SPEECHES MADE IN 1918. Jan. 24th. St. Bartholomew's Men's Club, Pacific St. nr. Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 8:15 p.m. Mar. 24th. E. V. Brewster, La Boheme, 310 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mar. 28th. American Institute of the City of New York, Polytechnic Section, Engineers Bldg. Auditorium, N.Y.C. 8:15 p.m. High Explosives. Extemporaneously. Heads, thousand for ***** speech, ****** 7, 1912. Apr. 18th. N. Y. Electrical Society, Engineers Bldg. Auditorium, N.Y.C. High Explosives in Modern Warfare. Extemporaneously. May 17th. Boot and Shoe Travelers Assn., N.Y.C. 9:00 p.m. America's part in the War. Extemporaneously. May 23rd. American Red Cross, National Headquarters, Washington, D.C. See heads. June 1st. National Physical Efficiency Conference. Fred Welsh Health Farm, Long Hill, Summit, N.J. 2 p.m. Preparing America. Extemporaneously. June 19th. St. Peter's College, Jersey City, N. J. Poetry speech. Made L.L.D. at Commencement July 23rd. International Arms & Fuze Co. Bloomfield, N.J. Speech to War Workers Sept. 1st. Netcong-Stanhope branch, American Red Cross, at Budd's Lake, 2:30 p.m. Extemporaneously. Sept. 2nd. Chemists of Hercules Powder Co., Kenvil, N.J. 8:30 p.m. (See Heads) Nov. 25th. American Institute of the City of N.Y., Polytechnic Section. Poetry speech used at St. Peter's College. Can Science be Applied to Literature and Dynamics to Human Speech? SPEECHES IN 1919 --- Roosevelt Memorial Day Y. H. H. A. Feb. 9, 1919. --- Bolshevism speech. at Academy of Music, Baltimore, Md. Feb. 21, 1919. For benefit of Church of the Holy Innocents. Dr. Glanville. --- Immigration. Speech at Council on Foreign Relations, Feb, 25, 1919. Dinner. --- Bolshevism -- Mobism. Speech at Plymouth Church, Sunday evening, Mar. 16, 1919. --- Speech on Constitution Day at Newton Court House, 8 p.m. Sept. 17, 1919. SPEECHES 1920 Jan. 15th -- Boston City Club Evening. Internal National Defense - Social Self- Preservation. Mar. 18th -- Hercules Club Luncheon. Wilmington, Del. Internal National Defense and Special Self-Preservation. Apr. 18th -- ***** *****inner. Evening. At the ***** Club. The Franchise Army of Conquest. June 18th -- *****ng High School Graduation Exercises. Palace Theatre. Evening. June 30th -- ***** of ***** Ing. Company ****, at *****. Evening. Extemporaneous Nov. 11th -- Meeting of Dover Chamber of Commerce to discuss question Morris Canal Abandonment. Extemporaneous. Evening. SPEECHES - 1922. Jan 30, 1922. Heads for talk at Morristown Y. M. C. A. Feb. 3, 1922. Port Oran Literary Society at Wharton High School. Spoke on the Science of poetry from 1918 speech. Feb. 15, 1922. Gothic Lodge, Masonic Temple, New York City, on Internal National Defense. April 30th, 1922. Radio dinner of Society of Arts & Sciences, Hotel Pennsylvania, New York City. May 3, 1922. Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, New York branch, at Madison Square Garden, New York City. May 4, 1922. Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, Adelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. June 7, 1922. Hotel Men's Association Convention. Hotel Alamac, Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. June 15, 1922. Commencement Exercises, Hackettstown High School, June 15, 1922. June 21, 1922. Motion Picture Theater Ownere of New Jersey, Inc., dinner at Alamac Hotel, Lake Hopatcong. June 26, 1922. Dinner given to the state Highway Commission of New Jersey by Members and Officials of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of Morris County, at Alamac Hotel, Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey. SPEECHES -- 1923 Jan. 7th. THE EVOLUTION OF TRUTH. Before the Freethinkers' Society of New York, 226 West 58th Street, New York City. Feb. 23rd. MAN or BUG, Which shall Inherit the Earth? At The Atlanta Boll Weevil Convention, Atlanta, Georgia. Feb. 22nd. INTERNAL and EXTERNAL NATIONAL DEFENSE. Speech delivered under auspices of Athene Sector Association, Army, U.S. Rotary & Kiwanis Clubs, Athens, Georgia. (Heads for speech only.) Mar. 7th. PROHIBITION SPEECH BEFORE ECONOMIC CLUB, Providence. R. I. June. 2nd. INTRODUCTORY SPEECH at Opening of Hopatcong Theatre. June 28th. ALAMAC HOTEL, to the Motion Picture Owners. Nov. 21st. MORRIS CANAL COMMISSION. SPEECHES -- 1924 Feb. 12th. LINCOLN and LIBERTY. Before the Freethinkers' Society of New York, Hotel Belleclaire, 77th Street and Broadway, New York City. Mar. 5th. LAWS THAT ARE CRIMES. At WOR radio Station, Newark. Mar. 15th. LOOKING OUTWARD. Speech delivered before the Upper Manhattan Property Owners' Association, Hotel Astor, New York City. Apr. 12th. RADIO SPEECH. Broadcasted at WRC Station, Washington, D.C. SPEECHES -- 1925 July 16th. LAKE HOPATCONG DAM. Delivered at the Dedication of the New Dam at Lake Hopatcong. AUGUST 12th FAITH, HOPE, CHARITY -- AND PROHIBITION. Delivered at dinner given at Bertrand Island by the Kiwanis Club of Phillipsburg. August 14th THE RISING TIDE OF TAXATION Delivered at a luncheon of the Freeholders of the State of New Jersey, Spring Brook Country Club, Morristown, N.J. 1926 - Oct. 19th JERSEY CITY OR NEW JERSEY? See Speech File. Memorandum The New York Public Libra***** Do not xerox Re: Hudson Maxim blueprints and drawings To: Dossier, inventory Early twentieth century blueprints and charge loader, a projectile, a Motorite *****, and other projects, some of which were done for the United States government, are now located in the map case and in a rolled package shelved with the collection. These could not be found at the time the original accession was done.