Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905

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Student at University of Maine.

From the description of Folklore paper, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70940118

American writer. Best known for her story of Hans Brinker.

From the description of Letters, [1861?]-1894. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464651

American author and editor.

From the description of Papers of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1875-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136440

Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge (1831-1905) was an American writer.

From the description of Letters of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1866-1891. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122499593

Mary Mapes Dodge was an author and the first editor and principal force behind St. Nicholas, a children's magazine published by Charles Scribner's Sons. She is best known for the novel Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates: A Story of Life in Holland (1866), which was an instant best-seller.

From the guide to the St. Nicholas, Correspondence of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1867-1903, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)

American editor and author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ocean Grove, N.J. [near Asbury Park], to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 644248393

Mary Mapes was born in New York to a prominent family, and educated at home with her siblings by tutors and her father. She married lawyer William Dodge in 1851; he died in 1858. She and her two sons moved in with her family, and her father involved her with two periodicals he owned, both as editor and writer, and her writing became so popular she began publishing stories in other journals. She continued to write stories, and was the founding editor of the famous children's magazine, St. Nicholas, which has had a long and profound effect on children's literature; she guided the periodical from 1873 through 1905. Mary Mapes Dodge is probably best-known today for her story Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates.

From the description of Mary Mapes Dodge letter to Frederick E. Partington, 1893 Feb. 21. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 71802251

Author residing in New York, N.Y.

From the description of Note, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43297789

American author.

From the description of Autograph letter signed "Fido" : "My box at the Cordova" [New York], to Elsie Leslie's doll, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270519052

From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to? Henry Pont, 1893 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270525543

From the description of Autograph letters signed "Mother" (17) : New York, etc., to her children, Jamie and Harry, and to Josie, Harry's wife, 1878-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533749

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creatorOf Lilly Martin Spencer papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937. Robert Underwood Johnson papers, 1848-1937. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Love family papers, 1872-1958 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Lilly Martin Spencer papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Love family. Love family papers, 1872-1958 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Autograph letter signed : [New York], to? Henry Pont, 1893 May 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Note, n.d. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Mary Mapes Dodge collection, 1873-1904. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923. Papers of Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, 1887-1923. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Rosamond B. Loring collection of printed endpapers, 1900-1950 (inclusive), 1920-1941 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909. Papers, 1781-1984. Indiana University
referencedIn White, Sallie Elizabeth Joy. Papers, 1828-1936 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Letter : New York (N.Y.) to Alex "Leck" Barclay 1888 January 24. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Letter [18]86 Jul. 28 [New York] to [E.C.] Stedman [New York]. University of Michigan
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1831-1905. Papers of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1875-1897. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. What's in a name? : manuscript poem, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Kate Sanborn Papers RG 42., 1878-1996 Smith College Archives
creatorOf Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. Papers consisting of correspondence, literary manuscripts, legal documents, book reviews, and photocopies [manuscript] 1856 (1863-88) 1910. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Autograph letter signed : Ocean Grove, N.J. [near Asbury Park], to the editors of The Critic [Jeannette L. and Joseph B. Gilder], 1884 Aug. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. Papers of William Dean Howells [manuscript], 1866-1919. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary. Folklore paper, 1960. Northeast Archives of Folklore and Oral History, Maine Folklife Center
referencedIn Louisa May Alcott papers, 1862-1888 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
creatorOf House, Edward Howard, 1836-1901. Papers of Edward Howard House [manuscript], 1873-1901. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn John MacKay Shaw Collection, 1737-2007
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Letter [manuscript] : New York (N.Y.) to Alex "Leck" Barclay 1888 January 24. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Mapes, James J. (James Jay), 1806-1866. Letters : New York, to John Sartain, 1858 Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Dewey" to "Elliott". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Women's Project of New Jersey. Records, 1984-2004 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Dodge. Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Letter to Thomas Biggs Harned, 1898. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886. Correspondence of Paul Hamilton Hayne, 1874-1882, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Correspondence with Arlo Bates, 12 Oct. 1873; Henry Inman, January 20, 1898, New York, N.Y.; Mr. Gilder, Sept. 28 - 91; Mary Booth, [1894?]; Mr. Gaddis, Feb. 26, 1877, New York; Emma Burt, Dec. 29, 187-, New York ; album leaf; and cabinet photograph. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Bunnell, Katherine Mapes. Bunnell-Mapes family papers, 1821-1966 (bulk 1870-1907). UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Letters, [1861?]-1894. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Letters received and other papers, 1879-1916. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Hopekirk, Helen. Papers of Helen Hopekirk, 1885-1894. Library of Congress
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1831-1905. Letter, 1893, Jan. 3, New York, to Lizzie Benham. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Letters of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1866-1891. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Wilkinson collection of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1703-1955 (bulk 1869-1900). Princeton University Library
creatorOf Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903. ALS: Newark, New Jersey, to Mary Mapes Dodge, 1888 Feb. 13. Amherst College
creatorOf Manchester, Harriet E., d. 1915. Harriet E. Manchester letters received, 1872 Apr.-July. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn Salem (Mass.) Courts. Salem, Mass. Court Records, 1644-1716. Peabody Essex Museum
creatorOf Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Marvin, Samuel W. Autograph collection, 1815-1917. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Partington, Frederick E., d. 1924,. Women authors collection, Do-E, 1865-1997. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898,. Autograph letters signed from Mary Cowden Clarke to various recipients [manuscript], 1843-1896. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Autograph appreciation of James Russell Lowell, signed, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908. Letters, 1861-1906. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Mary Mapes Dodge letter to Frederick E. Partington, 1893 Feb. 21. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Autograph letter signed "Fido" : "My box at the Cordova" [New York], to Elsie Leslie's doll, [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877. Letters, 1867-1869. Indiana Historical Society Library
creatorOf St. Nicholas, Correspondence of Mary Mapes Dodge, 1867-1903 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
creatorOf Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917. Kate Sanborn papers, 1878-1996. Smith College, Neilson Library
referencedIn Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902. Papers of Frank Richard Stockton [manuscript], 1874-1900. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908,. Poets of America collection, 1800-1908. University of Michigan
referencedIn Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884. Papers, 1555-1882 (bulk: 1833-1881) Houghton Library
creatorOf Grand Army of the Republic (Berea, KY). Grand Army of the Republic Ky. Post #171 records of the James C. West Post #171 & Women's Relief Corps #48. Berea College, Hutchins Library
creatorOf Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905. Autograph letters signed "Mother" (17) : New York, etc., to her children, Jamie and Harry, and to Josie, Harry's wife, 1878-1903. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn George MacDonald Collection, (1822-1946) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891. Papers, 1835-1894. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Campbell, Helen Lary Le Roy, 1850-. Letter, 1885 Jan. 16, Lawrence, Kan., to Mary Mapes Dodge. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937. Papers of Charles Augustus Keeler, 1895-1944. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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associatedWith Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888. person
associatedWith Barclay, Alex, fl. 1888, person
associatedWith Bates, Arlo, 1850-1918. person
associatedWith Benham, Lizzie, person
associatedWith Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise), 1831-1889. person
associatedWith Botta, Anne C. Lynch (Anne Charlotte Lynch), 1815-1891. person
associatedWith Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903. person
associatedWith Bullock, Hugh, Mrs, person
associatedWith Bunnell, Katherine Mapes. person
associatedWith Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 person
associatedWith Burt, Emma, 1843-1881. person
associatedWith Cairns Collection of American Women Writers. corporateBody
associatedWith Campbell, Helen Lary Le Roy, 1850- person
associatedWith Carey, William, person
associatedWith Century Company. corporateBody
correspondedWith Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898, person
associatedWith Created by John MacKay Shaw person
associatedWith Critic, corporateBody
associatedWith Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. person
associatedWith Dodge, James Mapes. person
associatedWith Douglass, Jane, d. 1983, person
associatedWith Gaddis, Mr. person
associatedWith Gilder, Jeannette L. (Jeannette Leonard), 1849-1916, person
associatedWith Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1858-1936, person
associatedWith Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909. person
associatedWith Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. person
associatedWith Grand Army of the Republic (Berea, KY) corporateBody
associatedWith Harned, Thomas Biggs, b. 1851. person
associatedWith Hay, John, 1838-1905. person
associatedWith Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886. person
associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. person
correspondedWith Hopekirk, Helen. person
associatedWith House, Edward Howard, 1836-1901. person
associatedWith Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. person
associatedWith Hutton family, family
associatedWith Inman, Henry, 1837-1899. person
associatedWith International Peace Conference (1899 : Hague, Netherlands) corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937. person
associatedWith Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937. person
associatedWith Loring, Rosamund B. (Rosamond Bowditch), 1889-1950 person
associatedWith Love family family
associatedWith Love family. family
associatedWith Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. person
associatedWith MacDonald, George, 1824-1905. person
associatedWith Manchester, Harriet E., d. 1915. person
associatedWith Mapes, James J. (James Jay), 1806-1866. person
associatedWith Marvin, Samuel W. person
associatedWith Melhado, Frederick, person
associatedWith Niles, Thomas, 1825-1894, person
associatedWith Owen, Robert Dale, 1801-1877. person
associatedWith Partington, Frederick E., d. 1924, person
correspondedWith Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 person
associatedWith Pont, Henry, person
associatedWith Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Robson, May, 1858-1942. person
associatedWith Salem (Mass.) Courts. corporateBody
associatedWith Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917 person
associatedWith Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880, person
associatedWith Sartain, Emily, 1841-1927, person
associatedWith Sartain, John, 1808-1897, person
associatedWith Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902, person
associatedWith Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902. person
associatedWith Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908. person
associatedWith St. Nicholas (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Stockton, Frank Richard, 1834-1902. person
associatedWith Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 person
correspondedWith Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916 person
associatedWith University of Wisconsin--Madison. Libraries. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections. corporateBody
associatedWith Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. person
associatedWith White, Sallie Elizabeth Joy. person
associatedWith Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923. person
associatedWith Wilkinson, H. Bernard, Mrs, person
associatedWith Women's Project of New Jersey corporateBody
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Maine--Bowdoinham
United States
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United States
Maine
Connecticut
Connecticut--Greenwich
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Birth 1830-01-26

Death 1905-08-21

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