The John Bigelow Papers are distinguishable for the many names represented, making this collection rich in correspondence. The subject heading list below provides links to some of the most prominent names in each area.
Art and architecture
- Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945
- Carrere, John Merven, 1858-1911
- Cushman, Charlotte, 1816-1876
- Hastings, Thomas
- Laboulaye, Edouard
- Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
- Shonnard, Eugenie Frederica, 1886-1978
- Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
Authors
- Abel, Carl, 1837-1906
- Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891
- Botta, Vincenzo
- Bright, John, 1811-1889
- Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
- Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
- Dana, Richard Henry, 1851-1931
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Field, Kate, 1838-1896
- Godwin, Parke
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
- Howells, William Dean
- Hubert, Marie Jean Pierre Hubert, Duke of Cambacérès
- Hunt, Louise Livingston
- Jordan, Elizabeth
- Laboulaye, Edouard
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
- Pruyn, Robert W.
- Schuyler, Georgina
- Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 1789-1867
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Thayer, William Sydney, 1830-1864
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
- Wilkinson, James John Garth, 1812-1899
Business
- Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1838-1909
- Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913
- Rothschildo, Alphonse de Baron
Education
- Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891
- Bush, George, 1796-1859
- Giles, Chauncey, 1813-1893
Haiti & St. Thomas
Humanitarianism & Philanthropy
Libraries
- Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913
- Carrere, John Merven, 1858-1911
- Greene, Belle da Costa
- Low, Seth, 1850-1916
- Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
Medicine
Military
- Bismarck, Otto, Fürst von, 1815-1898
- Bright, John, 1811-1889
- Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865
- Hay, John, 1838-1905
- Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926
- Napoleon, Le Prince
- Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878
Panama Canal (Panama)
- Hay, John, 1838-1905
- Lodge, Henry Cabot 1850-1924
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895
Politics and government
- Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
- Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908
- Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, 1831-1920
- Davis, J. C. Bancroft (John Chandler Bancroft), 1822-1907
- Dayton, William L. (William Lewis), 1807-1864
- Evarts, William
- Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874
- Fish, Hamilton
- Frelinghuysen, F.
- Gladstone, W.E.
- Hay, John, 1838-1905
- Howland, Henry E.
- King, Preston
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
- Loomis, Arphaxed, 1798-1885
- Low, Seth, 1850-1916
- Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
- Tilden, Samuel J. (Samuel Jones), 1814-1886
- Weed, Thurlow, 1797-1882
- Wright, Joseph A. (Joseph Albert), 1810-1867
Publishing
- Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
- Dana, Richard Henry, 1815-1882
- Davis, J. C. Bancroft (John Chandler Bancroft), 1822-1908
- Godkin, Edwin Lawrence, 1831-1902
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
- Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
- Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912
- Thayer, William Sydney, 1830-1864
- Unwin, T. Fisher (Thomas Fisher), 1848-1935
Religion
- Barrett, B. F. (Benjamin Fiske)
- Bush, George, 1796-1859
- Giles, Chauncey, 1813-1893
- Schwab, Gustav H.
- Sewall, Frank, 1837-1915
- Smyth, Julian Kennedy
- Wilkinson, James John Garth, 1812-1899
Slavery & abolition
- Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873
- Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810-1903
- Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909
- Laboulaye, Edouard
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
Social movements
- Cobden Unwin, Mrs. (Jane)
- Farnham, Eliza W. (Eliza Wood), 1815-1864
- Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909
- Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933
- Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Union College
- Benton, George
- Bigelow, David, b. 1815
- Nott, Charles C.
- Potter, Eliphalet Nott, 1836-1901
- Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872