Henry Villard Family Letters
Correspondence sent to journalist and entrepreneur Henry Villard from his German relatives. Villard, born Heinrich Hilgard in 1835, in Speyer, was born into a wealthy family and first traveled to the United States in 1853. He spent his first years in the United States living with cousins who had immigrated to Illinois, but by the early 1860s was launched on a career as a journalist and business promoter. The bulk of the letters in this collection, drawn from the Henry Villard Papers held by the Houghton Library at Harvard University, were written by his sister Emma Hilgard von Xylander and other Hilgard family members.
Archive: Houghton Library, Harvard University
Source: Henry Villard Papers, MS Am 1322. Finding aid: https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/24/resources/1540.
Contributors: Houghton Library, Harvard University
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, January 1, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, January 1, 1869.
Gustav Hilgard to Henry Villard, May 26, 1865
Letter from Gustav Hilgard to Henry Villard, May 26, 1865.
Emma von Xylander to Henry Villard, August 25, 1866
Letter from Emma von Xylander to her brother, Henry Villard, August 25, 1866. The family surname was Hilgard, but Villard changed his name after immigrating to the United States.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, March 19, 1866
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, March 19, 1866.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, September 4, 1865
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, September 4, 1865.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, December 2, 1867
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, December 2, 1867.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, December 17, 1867
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, December 17, 1867.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, December 25, 1867
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, December 25, 1867.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, June 3, 1868
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, June 3, 1868.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, July 13, 1868
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, July 13, 1868.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, August 27, 1868
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, August 27, 1868.
Friederich Hilgard to Henry Villard, May 21, 1868
Letter from Friederich Hilgard to Henry Villard, May 21, 1868.
Gustav Hilgard to Henry Villard, November 11, 1864
Letter from Gustav Hilgard to Henry Villard, November 11, 1864.
Emil von Xylander to Henry Villard, June 12, 1867
Letter from Emil von Xylander to Henry Villard, June 12, 1867. Emil von Xylander, a German military officer, was the brother of Robert von Xylander, who was married to Henry Villard's sister Emma. In the letter, Emil asks for Villard's assistance in…
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, February 22, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, February 22, 1869.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, May 5, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, May 5, 1869.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, May 11, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, May 11, 1869.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, March 8, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, March 8, 1869.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, June 20, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, June 20, 1869.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, August 30, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, August 30, 1869.
Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, October 11, 1869
Letter from Emma Hilgard (von Xylander) to Henry Villard, October 11, 1869.
Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, November 25, 1867
Letter from Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, November 25, 1867.
Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, December 17, 1867
Letter from Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, December 17, 1867.
Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, June 20, 1869
Letter from Robert von Xylander to Henry Villard, June 20, 1869.