Guide to the Roland F. Pease Papers, 1831-2005 (bulk 1940-2000)

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Repository:	Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator:	Pease, Roland
Title:	Roland F. Pease Papers
Inclusive Dates:	1831-2005
Bulk Dates:	1940-2000
Quantity:	14.6 cubic feet (17 boxes)
Abstract:	Materials relating to the life and work of author and art collector, Roland F. Pease (1921-2012). Of particular interest is material related to his involvement with the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City, as well as his work for several religious and fraternal organizations, such as the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the New England Society, and St. James' Church.

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Roland F. Pease (1921-2012) was an American writer, editor, and art collector. He was born in Boston, MA, on 11 December 1921 to Roland F. Pease and Mary (Hallett) Pease. He was the father of Rosland F. Pease, Jr., and publisher Deborah Saltonstall Pease.

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Correspondence, writings, photographs and other material relating to Pease's work and family life as well as his civic and religious affiliations and connections to the art world. Of particular interest are materials relating to his friendship with Tibor de Nagy and his involvement with the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City. Also of note is a large cache of genealogical material relating to the Pease, Folsom, and Saltonstall families. The collection also includes material relating to Pease's involvement with several civic and religious organizations, including the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the New England Society, and St. James' Church in New York City.

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This collection is organized into 8 series and arranged chronologically within each of those series.Top

Access

Contains some restricted material. The rest of the collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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Names:

Folsom Family
Pease Family
Pease, Deborah
Saltonstall Family

Organizations:

New England Society
Society of Mayflower Descendants
St. James' Church (New York, N.Y.)
Tibor de Nagy Gallery

VCL Categories:

Art and Artists
Family
Journalism

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Encoded by Jennifer Palmentiero, March 2006. Updated by Emma Gronbeck, July 2025.

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Preferred Citation

Roland F. Pease Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Laura Streett, February 2005. Last updated, April 2005.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Roland F. Pease in several accessions, 1999-2005.

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Series List

Series I. Biography, 1942-2002

Series II. Education, 1934-2005

Series III. Journals, 1932-2002

Series IV. Personal Correspondence, 1942-2003

Series V. Organizations and Institutions, 1952-2003

Series VI. Writings, 1940-1999

Series VII. Photographs, 1831-2003

Series VIII. Ephemera, 1938-2000

Container List

SERIES I. Biography, 1942-2002
Folder 1.1	General, 1942-2002
Box 14	Chronicles of the Pease Family scrapbook, 1942-1972
Folder 1.2	Military Records, 1942-1945
Folder 1.3	Letters of Recommendation for Apartment on E. 72nd St., 1984
Folder 1.4	Fairfield Porter Portrait, circa 1984-1997
Folder 1.5	Film, Art and Theatre Clippings, 2000-2001
Folder 1.6	Travels — Spain, 1993
Folder 1.7	Travels — London, 1993
Folder 1.8	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family Documents, 1856-1974
Folder 1.9	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Genealogy, circa 1911-1999
Folder 9.22	Pease Genealogy by the American Historical Company, 1956
Box 16	Pease and Saltonstall Genealogical Charts, undated
Folder 1.10	Saltonstall Genealogy, circa 1956-1999
Folder 1.11	Saltonstall Family Portraits, 1962, 1999
Folder 8.25	RFP's Apartment Tour [VHS Tape], 1997
Folder 8.26	Interview with RFP by Marianne Buchenhorner re: Tibor de Nagy, 2002 (VHS Tape)
SERIES II. Education, 1934-2005
Newton Public Schools
Folder 1.12	General, 1934-1943
Folder 1.13	High School Diploma, 1939
Folder 1.14	Reunions, 1964, 1979
Folder 1.15	Theater Papers, 1939
Folder 1.16	Miscellaneous Papers, circa 1935-1939
Kimball Union Academy
Folder 1.17	General, 1939-2001
Box 14	Scrapbook, 1939-1940
Dartmouth College
Folder 1.18	General, 1943
Folder 1.19	Notebooks, circa 1940-1944
Columbia University
Folder 1.20	General, 1943-1946
Folder 9.12	General, 1989
Folder 1.20	General, 2001, 2005
Folder 1.21	Notebooks, circa 1946-1948
Folder 1.22	Miscellaneous Notes and Papers, circa 1946-1947
Miscellaneous
Folder 1.23	Boston University — Intercession Notebooks and Papers, 1947
Folder 1.24	Unidentified Notebooks, circa 1950s
Folder 9.9	Institute of Theology, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, circa 1974-1975
Folder 9.10	Institute of Theology, Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, circa 1974-1976
Folder 9.11	Yeats International Summer School, 1980
SERIES III. Journals, 1932-2002
Box 11	Day calendar, 1932
Box 11	Five year diary, 1932
Box 11	Day book, 1945 Jan
Box 2	Journal I, 1964 Oct-1965 Jan
Box 2	Journal II, 1965 Jan-Feb
Box 2	Journal III, 1965 Mar-Apr
Box 2	Journal IV, 1965 Apr-May
Box 2	Journal V, 1965 May-Jun
Box 2	Journal VI, 1965 Jun-Jul
Box 2	Journal VII, 1965 Jul-Aug
Box 2	Journal VIII, 1965 Aug-Sep
Box 2	Journal IX, 1965 Sep
Box 2	Journal X, 1965 Sep
Box 2	Journal XI, 1965 Sep-Oct
Box 2	Journal XII, 1966 Jul-Aug
Box 2	Journal XIII, 1966 Aug
Box 2	Journal XIV, 1966 Sep-Oct
Box 2	Journal XV, 1966 Oct-Nov
Box 2	Journal XVI, 1966 Nov-Dec
Box 2	Journal XVII, 1966 Dec
Folder 2.1	Dear Olivia — Greece, 1966
Box 2	Ten Days in London, 1967 Dec-1968 Jan
Box 12	Europe, 1968
Box 11	Spain and France, 1969 Jul
Folder 9.1	Europe, 1970 Jun-Jul
Folder 2.2	England, 1971 Jul
Folder 2.3	Easthampton Long Island, 1973 Aug-Sep
Folder 9.2	New England, 1974 Aug
Folder 9.3	England, Austria, Italy, 1975 Summer
Folder 9.4	Mt. Cavalry Retreat House, Santa Barbara, CA, 1975 Dec
Box 12	England and the Middle East, 1976
Folder 2.4	Nassau, Bahamas, 1976-1977
Folder 2.5	Delta Queen Cruise on the Mississippi, 1977
Box 12	Journal of a Sojourn in London, England, 1977 Jun-Jul
Box 11	Journal of a Cruise (a months long voyage) on the Norwegian ship the Royal Viking Sky, 1977 Jul-Aug
Box 11	A Journal dedicated to dear Elsa Ives whom I visited for a week in Antigua, 1978 Feb
Folder 9.5	Britain and Bermuda, 1978 Jun
Box 11	RFP Summer Travels, Vol 1, 1979
Box 11	RFP Summer Travels, Vol 2, 1979
Folder 9.6	Switzerland, Germany and Austria, 1979 Dec-1980 Jan
Folder 2.6	Bermuda, Ireland, England and Colorado, 1980 Summer
Folder 2.7	Mexico, 1980 Dec-1981 Jan
Box 12	Bermuda, England and France, 1981
Box 12	France, 1981 Aug
Folder 2.8	Bermuda and Europe, 1982 Summer
Folder 2.9	New York, New England and Europe, 1983 Summer
Folder 2.10	England, Austria, France and Massachusetts, 1984 Jul-Sep
Folder 2.11	Europe, New York and New England, 1986 Jul-Sep
Folder 2.12	Bermuda, England and Austria, 1987 Jun-Sep
Box 12	England Austria, New England, 1988
Box 12	England Austria, New York, 1989
Folder 2.13	RFP on Stage in London, 1994 May
Folder 2.14	Albion — London, 1996 Jun
Folder 2.15	Paris, London and Dublin, 1997
Folder 2.16	England and Scotland, 1998
Folder 2.17	London, 1977 Dec-1998 Jan
Folder 9.7	Archives [Vassar College], 1999 Jun-Aug
Folder 2.18	Archives Journal, 2000 Apr-Sep
Folder 2.19	Dublin and London, 2000 Oct
Folder 2.20	RFP's Summer, 2001 Aug
Folder 2.21	Journal, 2002 Jan
Folder 9.8	Miscellaneous, 1968-2002
SERIES IV. Personal Correspondence, 1942-2003
Folder 1.25	Adams, Margaret [Mrs. Basil], 1967-1973
Folder 1.26	Carlisle, Louise Emerson, 1956-1957
Folder 1.27	Castoro, Rosemarie, 1994-1999
Folder 1.28	Cramworth Family and Friends, 1967-1981
Folder 1.29	Cushman, Carole, circa 1990-1991
Folder 1.30	de Nagy, Tibor — General, 1986-1993
Folder 1.31	de Nagy, Tibor — Correspondence re Illness and Death, 1993-1994
Folder 1.32	de Nagy, Tibor — Sympathy Letters upon his Death, 1993-1994
Folder 1.33	Farah, Adelaide P., 1994-2002, n.d.
Folder 1.34	[To] Foster, Grace [Mrs. Brent] from RFP, 1942-1943
Folder 1.35	[To] Foster, Grace [Mrs. Brent] from RFP, 1944-1945
Folder 1.36	[To] Foster, Grace [Mrs. Brent] from Polly Pease, 1942
Folder 9.13	Gordon, Lilly [Sister of Tibor de Nagy], 1982-1990
Folder 1.37	Hallett, Isabel E., 1957
Folder 1.38	Kellogg, Robert, 1957
Folder 1.41	Knox, Timothy and Elizabeth, 1997-2003
Folder 1.39	L'Engle, Madeleine, 1975
Folder 1.40	Lewis, Muriel Gordon Saltonstall, circa 1957-1989
Folder 3.1	Pease, Deborah, 1974-1998
Folder 3.2	Pease, Deborah, 2000-2002, undated
Folder 3.3	Pease, Deborah — "Fan Mail" for "Another Ghost, " 1999
Folder 3.4	Pease, Polly Saltonstall, 1942 May-Aug
Folder 3.5	Pease, Polly Saltonstall, 1942 Aug 19-27
Folder 3.6	Pease, Polly Saltonstall, 1942 Aug-Oct
Folder 3.7	Pease, Polly Saltonstall, 1942-1946
Folder 3.8	[To] Pease, Polly Saltonstall from RFP, 1945
Folder 3.9	Pease, Roland F. Jr. [Ron], 1973-2002
Folder 3.10	Perry, Marilyn and John, 1944-1945
Folder 9.15	Rockefeller, Laurance and Mary, 1990-1998
Folder 3.11	Saltonstall, Leverett, 1973-1977
Folder 3.12	Saltonstall, Mary and Richard, circa 1942-1982
Folder 3.13	Saltonstall, William L., circa 1980-2000
Folder 3.14	Saltonstalls — Miscellaneous, circa 1970-2000
Folder 3.15	Vietor, Anna Glenn, circa 1995-2000
Folder 3.16	Willis, Sally Saltonstall and Dudley H., circa 1980-2001
Folder 3.17	English Friends, 1948-1956
Folder 3.18	Texas Family, 1971
Folder 3.19	Congratulatory Letters on RFP's Investment in the Order of the Hospital of St. John, 1974
Folder 3.20	Sympathy Letters on the Death of Mary Hallett Pease [RFP'S Mother], 1948
Folder 3.21	Sympathy Letters on the Death of Roland F. Pease, Sr. [RFP'S Father], 1969
Folder 9.14	Correspondence Associated with 1971 trip to England, 1971
Folder 3.22	Miscellaneous, circa 1948-2000
Folder 3.23	Miscellaneous, circa 1995-2002
SERIES V. Organizations and Institutions, 1952-2003
Folder 3.24	Church Club of New York, 1996-2001
Folder 3.25	Davis Museum and Cultural Center, 1996-1998
Folder 3.26	Holy Cross Monastery, circa 1974-1988
Folder 3.27	House of the Redeemer — General, 1971-1986
Folder 3.28	House of the Redeemer — Christmas Concert [dedicated to Polly S. Pease], 1974
Folder 3.29	House of the Redeemer — Christmas Concert, 1975-1976
Folder 3.30	House of the Redeemer — Christmas Concert, 1977-1978
Folder 3.31	Metropolitan Opera Club, 1988-1993, 2000
Folder 4.1	New England Society — Board Meeting Minutes, 1984-2000
Folder 4.2	New England Society — Bulletins, 1977-2000
Folder 4.3	New England Society — Correspondence and Notes, 1976-1980
Folder 4.4	New England Society — Correspondence and Notes, 1981-2001
Folder 4.5	Order of the Hospital of St. John, 1974-2001
Folder 9.16	Pilgrim of John Howland Society, 1967-1994
Folder 4.6	Royal Academy of the Arts, 1996
Folder 4.7	St. James Church, 1972-1985
Folder 4.8	St. James Church, 1986-1990
Folder 4.9	St. James Church, 1992-1997
Folder 4.10	St. James Church, 1998-2001
Folder 4.11	St. James Church — re Tom Faulkner, 1997
Box 13	St. James Church — "Ministry Honouring Mr. Roland Pease, " 1999 (Audio cassette tape)
Folder 4.12	Sherborn, MA Library, Town, etc., 1983-1999
Folder 4.13	Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1965-1985
Folder 4.14	Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1986-1990
Folder 4.15	Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1991-1992
Folder 4.16	Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1993-1994
Folder 4.17	Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1995-1997
Folder 4.18	Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998-2003, n.d.
Folder 4.19	Sons of the Revolution, 1968-1969
Folder 5.1	Tibor de Nagy Gallery — General, 1994-2002
Folder 5.2	Tibor de Nagy Gallery — Allen Ginsberg Exhibit, 1997
Folder 5.3	Tibor de Nagy Gallery — Pease Collection Exhibit — "Art and Friendship, " 1997
Folder 5.4	Tibor de Nagy Gallery — Pease Collection Exhibit — "Art and Friendship" — Congratulations and Thanks, 1997
Folder 5.5	Tibor de Nagy Gallery — Miscellaneous Clippings, circa 1990-2001
Folder 9.17	Tibor de Nagy Gallery — Marionette Company, 1950
Folder 9.18	Tibor de Nagy Gallery — Oversized Items, circa 1985-1990
Folder 5.6	Union Club, 1976-1986
Folder 5.7	United Press, 1952-1955
Folder 5.8	Vassar College — General, 1998-2002
Folder 5.9	Vassar College — RFP Art Collection, 1997-1998
Folder 7.22	[RESTRICTED] Vassar College — RFP Art Collection — Appraisals, 1989, 1997-1998
Folder 5.10	Yale University Library, 1999-2001
Folder 7.23	[RESTRICTED] Yale University Library — Appraisals, 1998
Folder 5.11	Miscellaneous, 1990-2003, n.d.
SERIES VI. Writings, 1940-1999
Folder 5.12	Letters from Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents, 1949-1987
Folder 5.13	Dartmouth College Short Stories and Essays, folder 1 of 2, 1940-1941,
Folder 5.14	Dartmouth College Short Stories and Essays, folder 2 of 2, 1940-1941
Folder 5.15	Short Stories for Mabel Louise Robinson, Columbia, University, 1942-1943
Folder 5.16	Short Stories for Helen Hull, Columbia University, 1946
Folder 5.17	Essays and Short Stories, 1947-1953
Box 15	The Townsman [Wellesley MA newspaper] scrapbook, 1948-1949
Folder 5.18	There'll Always be a New England, The Kiwanis Magazine, 1951
Folder 5.19	Having a Wonderful Time, Boston Herald, 1951
Folder 5.20	New England Newsletter articles, 1951-1952
Folder 9.19	United Press Articles, 1952-1955
Folder 9.20	United Press Articles, 1952-1955
Folder 9.21	United Press Notebook, 1952-1954
Folder 5.21	Gravel, 1956
Folder 5.22	Short Stories, 1955-1956
Folder 5.23	Native Idylls — First Drafts, folder 1 of 2, 1955-1956
Folder 5.24	Native Idylls — First Drafts, folder 2 of 2, 1955-1956
Folder 5.25	Native Idylls — Marked Draft, circa 1957
Folder 5.26	Native Idylls — "Ribbon Copy," circa 1957
Folder 5.27	Native Idylls — Clean Copy, pp. 1-120, circa 1957
Folder 6.1	Native Idylls — Clean Copy, pp. 201-411, circa 1957
Folder 6.2	Sweet Nothing — Original Manuscript, pp. 1-149, circa 1956
Folder 6.3	Sweet Nothing — Original Manuscript, pp. 150-385, circa 1956
Folder 6.4	Sweet Nothing — Edited Draft, pp. 1-178, circa 1956
Folder 6.5	Sweet Nothing — Edited Draft, pp. 179-363, circa 1956
Folder 6.6	Sweet Nothing — Final Typescript, Volume 1, 1957
Folder 6.7	Sweet Nothing — Final Typescript, Volume 2, 1957
Folder 6.8	Sweet Nothing — Reviews and Correspondence, 1957-1996
Box 10	Sweet Nothing — Scrapbook, 1957
Folder 6.9	Wildwood — Clean Copy, pp. 1-231, circa 1957
Folder 6.10	Wildwood — Clean Copy, pp. 232-440, circa 1957
Folder 6.11	Wildwood — Incomplete Draft, circa 1957
Folder 6.12	Wildwood — Marked Draft, pp. 1-165, circa 1957
Folder 6.13	Wildwood — Marked Draft, pp. 166-335, circa 1957
Folder 6.14	A Cold Caress — Marked Draft, pp. 1-131, circa 1957
Folder 6.15	A Cold Caress — Marked Draft, pp. 132-261, circa 1957
Folder 6.16	A Cold Caress — Marked Draft, pp. 262-427, circa 1957
Folder 6.17	A Cold Caress — Notes and Corrections, circa 1957
Folder 6.18	A Cold Caress — Clean Copy, pp 1-217, circa 1957
Folder 7.1	A Cold Caress — Clean Copy, pp 218-437, circa 1957
Folder 7.2	My Shadow circa 1950s
Folder 7.3	Charity — Clean Typescript, pp. 1-123, circa 1950s
Folder 7.4	Charity — Clean Typescript, pp. 124-297, circa 1950s
Folder 7.5	Charity — Handwritten Draft, circa 1950s
Folder 7.6	Pictures on Exhibit work, 1960-1961
Folder 7.7	Pictures on Exhibit work, 1961-1962
Box 10	Art International articles, 1961
Box 10	Art Voices [RFP executive editor], 1962-1966
Folder 7.21	Art USA Now article on Larry Rivers, 1962
Folder 7.8	Notes on a Course in Publishing and Editing, 1963
Box 10	Metro articles, circa 1963-1965
Box 16	Holy Cross News layout, 1965
Box 10	Holy Cross Magazine [Editorial work?], 1961-1965
Folder 7.9	The Benefactress [dramatization of Sweet Nothing], circa 1960s
Folder 7.10	Undercurrents work, 1975
Folder 7.11	Elsewhere — Typescript, pp 1-167, 1988
Folder 7.12	Elsewhere — Typescript, pp 168-343, 1988
Folder 7.13	Elsewhere — Notes and Corrections, circa 1988, 1999
Folder 7.14	Elsewhere — Associated Material, 1988
Folder 7.15	Travels with Myself, 1993
Folder 7.16	"Meditations on Poetrics” " 1993-1994
Folder 7.17	Polly Saltonstall's Charlescote Farm..., " 1995
Folder 7.18	Journal, pp. 1-300 undated
Folder 7.19	Journal, pp. 301-600 undated
Folder 7.20	Journal, pp. 601-884 undated
SERIES VII. Photographs, 1831-2003
Box 17	RFP Portraits, circa 1940, 1963
Folder 8.1	RFP Portraits and Snapshots 1939-circa 2000
Folder 8.2	Polly Saltonstall Pease, circa 1920-1946
Folder 8.3	Roland Polly Pease Wedding Album, 1942
Folder 8.4	RFP Family, circa 1940-1950
Box 10	RFP Family Album [includes RFP's tour in Europe], 1942-1945
Folder 8.5	Deborah Saltonstall Pease, circa 1942-1975
Folder 8.6	Roland F. Pease, Jr. (Ron) and Family, circa 1989-2000
Box 10	Folsom - Pease Family Album, circa 1910-1921
Box 10	Folsom - Pease Family Album, circa 1920-1930
Box 10	Folsom - Pease Family Album, 1930-1942
Folder 8.7	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family, circa 1860-1910
Folder 8.8	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family, circa 1860-1910
Folder 8.9	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family, circa 1860-1910
Folder 8.10	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family, circa 1860-1910
Box 17	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family - Oversize, circa 1860-1910
Folder 8.11	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family, 1969
Folder 8.12	Pease/Folsom/Hallett Family, circa 1920-1995
Folder 8.13	Saltonstall Family, circa 1870-2000
Box 17	Saltonstall Family - Mrs. Gorham Brooks, 1831
Box 13	Pease/Folsom/Hallett [and Saltonstall ?] Family tin types and daguerreotypes, circa 1850-1900
Folder 8.14	RFP's 80th Birthday Party, 2001
Box 10	RFP at Studio of Any Warhol, circa 1950s
Box 17	Tibor de Nagy and RFP, 1962
Box 17	Tibor de Nagy and Lilly Gordon, circa 1960-1989
Folder 8.15	Adelaide P. Farah, circa 1990-2003
Folder 8.16	Elsa Ives, circa 1980-1990
Folder 8.17	Royal Academy Trust [RFP with Prince Charles], 1996
Folder 8.18	St. James Church, 1997-1998
Folder 8.19	Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 2000
Folder 8.20	House of the Redeemer, 1974
Folder 8.21	New England Society, 1988-1998
Folder 8.22	Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1981-2000
Folder 8.23	Vassar College, circa 1998-2000
Folder 8.24	Miscellaneous, circa 1970-2000
SERIES VIII. Ephemera, 1938-2000
Folder 8.27	Postcards, circa 1940-2000
Folder 8.28	Tickets and Stubs, 1938-1939
Box 10	Robert Goodnough "Dinosaurs Visit the Stamford Museum," undated (VHS tape)
Box 13	Pins and Ribbons, circa 1940-2000

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Abstract

Materials relating to the life and work of author and art collector, Roland F. Pease (1921-2012). Of particular interest is material related to his involvement with the Tibor de Nagy Gallery in New York City, as well as his work for several religious and fraternal organizations, such as the Society of Mayflower Descendants, the New England Society, and St. James' Church.

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Inclusive Dates: 1831-2005

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