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Davidson, James Wood, 1829-1905. James Wood Davidson papers, 1856 May 13-1979 July 14, bulk, (1856-1905).

Title: James Wood Davidson papers, 1856 May 13-1979 July 14, bulk, (1856-1905).

Antebellum correspondence includes 13 May and 15 Nov. 1856 to A[ndrew] B[owie] Wardlaw, of Abbeville, S.C., with description of South Carolina College and Columbia, S.C., noting fellow alumni and mutual friends encountered, commenting on the performance of the Barhamville girls at an exhibition, relating his impression of new professors [John] LeConte and [William J.] Rivers, predicting that [Francis] Lieber would leave, complimenting Charles F. McCay's performance as president, expressing desire to leave Winnsboro, and soliciting Wardlaw's support for his bid for the post of librarian at the college. Other letters include 27 July 1859, Columbia, S.C., to an anonymous woman who failed to return Davidson's affections; and 25 Sept. 1860, Columbia, S.C., to Anna R. Tuthill, Boston, Mass., response to request for biographical sketches re "heros and statesmen," apparently as research for a book. Collection also includes 13 Civil War letters, apparently to Anna R. Tuthill, Columbia, S.C., written during Davidson's military service with the S.C. Volunteers, 13th Regiment, Gregg's Brigade, 31 May 1862-7 Jan. 1864, camped at various sites in Virginia, including Gordonsville, Henrico County, Richmond, Laurel Hill, Berryville, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, Va., with descriptions of camp life, battlefields, shelling, current reading material in French and English, and successful attempts on behalf of his correspondent to relay mail to her sister in the North. Also including letter, 14 Jan. 1868, Columbia, S.C., to G[eorge] H. McMaster, re Davidson's financial situation and meager possessions; letter, 28 Apr. 1874, New York, N.Y., to Col. C.C. Jones, writing on behalf of Ellen LaBorde, who planned to publish the history of South Carolina College by her father, Maximilian LaBorde; review appearing in Southern Review, Apr. 1870, of Davidson's book, The Living Writers of the South; and obituary notice, 23 June 1905.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1891

This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.

ArchivalResource: 46.06 cu. ft. (62 document boxes) (68 3x5 boxes) (243 microfilm reels)

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Davidson, James Wood, 1829-1905. Letters, 1856-1893.

Title: Letters, 1856-1893.

Typed copies of letters of Davidson to A.B. Wardlaw, discussing activities at South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), new faculty members, and Davidson's personal work; and a letter to George A. Wauchope containing information on Davidson's Living Writers of the South, and his proposed Dictionary of Southern Authors.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879

Title: SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879

This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.

ArchivalResource: 59.56 cubic feet

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Dickson, Jeannie A. Papers, 1857-1905; (bulk 1865-1886).

Title: Papers, 1857-1905; (bulk 1865-1886).

Papers consisting primarily of letters and poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne, George Herbert Sass, and John R. Thompson. Hayne's letters include his opinion of Northern magazines, views on politics, literary production of contemporary Southern writers, and the condition of Georgia after the Civil War. Material connected with Sass is largely poetry, most of which was later published. Thompson's letters include comments on current literary productions and criticisms of Jeannie Dickson's work. One letter is from John Russell. Mentioned in the collection are: Henry Dickson Bruns, John Bruns, [George] Washington Cable, James Wood Davidson, Charles E.A. Gayarré, Gervais Robinson, William Gilmore Simms, Frances C. (Fisher) Tiernan's "Valerie Aylmer," and the works of Richard D. Blackmore, Charles Reade, and Sir Walter Scott.

ArchivalResource: 37 items.

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Davidson, James Wood, 1829-1905. Letters, 1856-1893.

Title: Letters, 1856-1893.

Typed copies of letters of Davidson to A.B. Wardlaw, discussing activities at South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina), new faculty members, and Davidson's personal work; and a letter to George A. Wauchope containing information on Davidson's Living Writers of the South, and his proposed Dictionary of Southern Authors.

ArchivalResource: 3 items.

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Timrod, Henry, 1828-1867. Papers: of Henry Timrod, 1867, n.d. [manuscript].

Title: Papers: of Henry Timrod, 1867, n.d. [manuscript].

There is a poem," An exotic," and a letter, 1867 March 26, to Paul Hamilton Hayne, explaining that his wife's illness has delayed his reply; noting that he would like to meet Edward Percy Whipple and James Thomas Fields, and that Col. Johnston of the Charlotte Railroad would provide a pass; criticizing James Wood Davidson's ignorance of classical scholarship; praising Haynes' "Grade of poets"; and commenting on William Gilmore Simms' attributing a passage from Thomas Dekker to Thomas Middleton.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

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Maclean, Clara Victoria Dargan, 1841-1923. Papers, 1849-1920.

Title: Papers, 1849-1920.

Correspondence, diaries (1860-1920), scrapbooks, autograph album (1873), and other papers, containing information on Southern literature and the effect of the Civil War on literary effort and remuneration. Includes a copy of Fenélon (1888) with Mrs. Maclean's notes and comments. Correspondents inclcude John Henry Boner, Matthew Calbraith Butler, James Wood Davidson, James Nathan Ells, William Evelyn, Paul Hamilton Hayne, and Henry Timrod.

ArchivalResource: 739 items.

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George Edward Woodberry papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe, 1829-1928.

Title: George Edward Woodberry papers concerning Edgar Allan Poe, 1829-1928.

Letters and papers assembled by scholar George Edward Woodberry, concerning the American poet Edgar Allan Poe.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (.75 linear ft.)

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