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Payton, Robert L., December 9, 1991

Unit ID:
90-047
Date:
December 9, 1991
Scope Content:
Robert L. Payton, a professor of philanthropic studies who was intensely involved with the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, discusses his family and childhood, and their contribution to his moral development, and eventual career and beliefs about philanthropy. He speaks of the so-called robber barons and the foundations created from their accumulated wealth, and the reasons or purposes of the wealthy who set up foundations. In addition, Payton discusses changes philanthropy and foundations have undergone, especially since World War II, and the role the government plays in philanthropy.

Robert L. Payton, a professor of philanthropic studies who was intensely involved with the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, discusses his family and childhood, and their contribution to his moral development, and eventual career and beliefs about philanthropy. He speaks of the so-called robber barons and the foundations created from their accumulated wealth, and the reasons or purposes of the wealthy who set up foundations. In addition, Payton discusses changes philanthropy and foundations have undergone, especially since World War II, and the role the government plays in philanthropy.

  1. Center for Documentary Research and Practice
  2. American Foundations Oral History Project, 1989-1993

Peabody, Nathaniel, fl. 1865, pharmacist. Dorchester Massachusetts. To Mary Tyler (Peabody) Mann. Deals with finances., 1865, March 19 - box 5

Date:
1865, March 19 -
Scope Content:
Peabody was a homeopathic pharmacist doing business in Boston. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's brother-in-law, Hawthorne having married Sophia Peabody.
  1. Peabody was a homeopathic pharmacist doing business in Boston. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's brother-in-law, Hawthorne having married Sophia Peabody.
  1. Lilly Library
  2. Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992
  3. Miscellaneous mss.

Peabody, Nathaniel, fl. 1865, pharmacist. Dorchester MAssachusetts. To Mary Tyler (Peabody) Mann. "Please send all the things you mention.", 1863, June 30 - box 5

Date:
1863, June 30 -
Scope Content:
Peabody was a homeopathic pharmacist doing business in Boston. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's brother-in-law, Hawthorne having married Sophia Peabody.
  1. Peabody was a homeopathic pharmacist doing business in Boston. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's brother-in-law, Hawthorne having married Sophia Peabody.
  1. Lilly Library
  2. Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992
  3. Miscellaneous mss.

Peabody, Nathaniel, fl. 1865, pharmacist. To Mary Tyler (Peabody) Mann. Requests a loan of $24., 1865, February 27 - box 5

Date:
1865, February 27 -
Scope Content:
Peabody was a homeopathic pharmacist doing business in Boston. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's brother-in-law, Hawthorne having married Sophia Peabody. The Clapp referred to in the letter was Otis Clapp, of the Boston pharmacy Otis Clapp which continued to operate until the 1950s, "and without benefit of a soda fountain and such-like."
  1. Peabody was a homeopathic pharmacist doing business in Boston. He was Nathaniel Hawthorne's brother-in-law, Hawthorne having married Sophia Peabody.
  2. The Clapp referred to in the letter was Otis Clapp, of the Boston pharmacy Otis Clapp which continued to operate until the 1950s, "and without benefit of a soda fountain and such-like."
  1. Lilly Library
  2. Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992
  3. Miscellaneous mss.

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