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Dufferin and Ava, Harriot Georgina Blackwood, Marchioness of, 1843?-1936. Letter to Lady Dufferin : from Rudyard Kipling, 1892 November 9.

Title: Letter to Lady Dufferin : from Rudyard Kipling, 1892 November 9.

Manuscript letter from Kipling to Lady Dufferin, replying to her request to use some verses from his book The Naulahka in an article she was writing. Kipling includes in his letter the last three stanzas of his poem "For the Women," with some differences in wording from the text of the poem as later published in Early verse (New York, 1900). Kipling also asks for Lord Dufferin's help in securing a retirement pension for his father, who was in ill health. The letter ([2] leaves) is bound in blue morocco bordered in gold, with the initials D&A stamped on the covers in gilt.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 21 cm.

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Ernest William Smith Papers TXRC94-A22., 1870-1976, (bulk 1890-1935)

Title: Ernest William Smith Papers 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935)

These papers consistprimarily of manuscripts, notes, photographs, correspondence, and memorabiliathat reflect the career of the British journalist. The majority of themanuscripts suggest the possibility of the preparation of a secondautobiography, tentatively entitled 'From Newsboy to War Correspondent: AnAnecdotal Retrospect of Fifty Years of Newspaper Life.' Also present arematerials Smith collected from his travels, related especially to his interestsin political movements and military history.

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Smith, Ernest William. Papers, 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935).

Title: Papers, 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935).

The Ernest Smith Papers, 1870-1976 (bulk 1890-1935), consist primarily of manuscripts, notes, photographs, correspondence, and memorabilia that reflect his career as a jounalist. The majority of the manuscripts suggest the possibile preparation of a second autobiography, tentatively entitled From Newsboy to War Correspondent: An Anecdotal Retrospect of Fifty Years of Newspaper Life. Also found here are several manuscripts and published versions of Smith's journalistic writings (1916-1930). The small body of correspondence, 1879-1931, relates to Smith's work as a journalist, as well as his editorial duties on the Revue des Revues (1890-1919), and as an editor and translator of works of Tolstoy and Rochefort. Significant correspondents include Sarah Bernhardt, Maxime Du Camp, Alexandre Dumas (fils), Kamel al-Husseini (Grand Mufti of Jerusalem), Henrik Ibsen, Maurice Maeterlinck, Helmut Graf von Moltke, Emile Ollivier, Ouida (Maria Louise Ramé), Henri Rochefort, Tatiana Sukhotina-Tolstaia, Alexandra Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, and Jules Verne, among others. Among the personal papers are found materials that relate to Smith's work and travels as a journalist, especially memorabilia of the Dreyfus Affair (1894-1895), and the Boer War (1899-1902). These include early socialist/anarchist leaflets and newspapers, and photographs taken by Smith during the siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900). Also present are the souvenir booklet and photographic stills for the 1931 British International Pictures film, Dreyfus, for which Smith was an advisor.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes, 1 oversize folder (.82 linear feet).

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Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Rudyard Kipling collection, 1881-1960 (bulk 1890-1920).

Title: Rudyard Kipling collection, 1881-1960 (bulk 1890-1920).

Manuscripts, letters, clippings, and photographs by, to, or relating to Rudyard Kipling. Included are autograph and typewritten manuscripts of poems and stories by Kipling, with his autograph corrections; 258 letters written by Kipling, ranging in date from 1886-1935; letters by others to or about Kipling; and numerous newspaper and magazine clippings and photographs, including newspaper articles by or about Kipling, obituaries of him, and reviews of and publishers' advertisements for his books. Also included are a questionnaire Kipling filled out in 1881 concerning his favorite authors and his views on literature and life; typewritten memoirs about Kipling by his friend Edmonia Taylor Hill; a diary kept by Mrs. Hill from 1888-1890, including material about Kipling; 10 chapters of a typewritten manuscript biography of Kipling by Betty Miller; 50 photographs taken by Prof. Hill to accompany the text of Kipling's book From Sea to Sea; and an album of photographs of India dating from 1888. Kipling's letters include comments and instructions concerning the publication of his books and stories; contemporary political developments in England and in British foreign affairs, especially the question of home rule for India; and a few requests for research materials which he used in writing his novel Captains Courageous. Correspondents include John Frederick Bridge, George Sydenham Clarke, Sir Henry Craik, Monsieur Garnier, Macmickan, General Sterling, Edward Lucas White, and Leonard Raven-Hill. Also included are transcripts of 61 letters written by Charles J. Paterson, many of them to Edmonia Taylor Hill. Bound manuscripts include notebooks of Kipling magazine publications compiled by William Arthur Young, and individual manuscript letters by Kipling to Lady Dufferin, Dr. Hale, Howard Pyle, and Lord Sydenham. Some bound manuscripts are cataloged separately.

ArchivalResource: 4.2 linear ft.

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