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Bailey, Lawrence B. Letters, 1882-1883.

Title: Letters, 1882-1883.

To Bailey's brother and sister in Bradford, N.D., concerning his life in Kansas City, his business, and friends.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24560986 View

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Papers of Edward Everett [manuscript], 1811-1864.

Title: Papers of Edward Everett [manuscript], 1811-1864.

Contains manuscripts of "The Influence of imagination" [1811] and "Guizot's Washington", ca. 1840, a review sent to John G. Palfrey of Guizot's "Life, correspondence and writings of Washington." Correspondence concerning publications includes letters about George S. Hillard's translation of the Introduction to Guizot's book, William H. Prescott's "History of the conquest of Mexico," Everett's "Mount Vernon papers," his article on Thomas Dowse, and his evaluation of a work by William A. Wheeler, with which George Ticknor agrees. Other correspondence includes letters concerning Joseph Henry's and John R. Brodhead's qualifications to be first secretary of the Smithsonian, Everett's declining to speak to the Young Men's Lecture Association of Westfield, Mass., a letter of thanks for Epes Sargent's "Songs of the sea with other poems," and a letter requesting the return of a letter by William D. Ticknor and Joshua Bates concerning the Boston City Library. Correspondents include John S. Palfrey, William H. Prescott, Benjamin Pierce, Epes Sargent, Henry W. Longfellow, Nathan Appleton, L. A. Dimock, D. Appleton Company, and William A. Wheeler. Also includes a receipt by Everett for a map presented to the Harvard Law Library by John G. Palfrey.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647875624 View

Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923. Papers of Emerson Hough [manuscript], 1900-1920.

Title: Papers of Emerson Hough [manuscript], 1900-1920.

The collection contains a quotation from Juvenal, with commentary. The letters discuss the composition of a series of articles for "The Century" magazine on the development of transportation in the west; possible publishers for a novel on John Law ["The Mississippi bubble"]; and a squabble with "The Century" when the book was offered to another publisher. Letters also mention topographical and population information on the west; work as a scenario writer for Universal Films; the White Paper Club (Chicago); serialization rights to "The sagebrusher"; and a reference made by Ripley Hitchcock to Hough's "Literary misconstructions of the modern west". The collection also contains a photograph of Hough and a questionnaire filled out by him.

ArchivalResource: 45 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647806518 View

Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870. Papers of William Gilmore Simms [manuscript], 1839-1870.

Title: Papers of William Gilmore Simms [manuscript], 1839-1870.

The papers contain manuscripts of three poems by Simms : "The day after," "Dusk," and "Stanzas, written to a friend in despondency." Letters to publishers, authors and friends concern his writings and details of their publication, his home "Woodlands" at Midway, S.C., his life, and the works of others, including John Pendleton Kennedy, Peter Force, Charles Warren Stoddard, Elizabeth Ellet, George Munro, John Russell, and John Esten Cooke, and briefly Cornelius Mathews and Evert A. Duyckinck. Several letters introduce authors to publishers. Others are to autograph collectors. Letters discuss Simms' passion for the South and Southern literature as compared to the North and Northern literature. He offers both encouragement and criticism to writers and editors, and as the editor of several Southern periodicals he writes to obtain reviews and articles. Simms writes of his ill health, yellow fever in Charleston, S.C., his need for writing projects to support his family, and his efforts to publicize his books and the books of others including John Esten Cooke's "Wearing of the Gray." An autograph of Simms and three engravings are included.

ArchivalResource: 63 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647883960 View

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865. Papers of Edward Everett, 1811-1864.

Title: Papers of Edward Everett, 1811-1864.

Contains manuscripts of "The Influence of imagination" [1811] and "Guizot's Washington", ca. 1840, a review sent to John G. Palfrey of Guizot's "Life, correspondence and writings of Washington." Correspondence concerning publications includes letters about George S. Hillard's translation of the Introduction to Guizot's book, William H. Prescott's "History of the conquest of Mexico," Everett's "Mount Vernon papers, " his article on Thomas Dowse, and his evaluation of a work by William A. Wheeler, with which George Ticknor agrees. Other correspondence includes letters concerning Joseph Henry's and John R. Brodhead's qualifications to be first secretary of the Smithsonian, Everett's declining to speak to the Young Men's Lecture Association of Westfield, Mass., a letter of thanks for Epes Sargent's "Songs of the sea with other poems," and a letter requesting the return of a letter by William D. Ticknor and Joshua Bates concerning the Boston City Library. Correspondents include John S. Palfrey, William H. Prescott, Benjamin Pierce, Epes Sargent, Henry W. Longfellow, Nathan Appleton, L.A. Dimock, D. Appleton Company, and William A. Wheeler. Also includes a receipt by Everett for a map presented to the Harvard Law Library by John G. Palfrey.

ArchivalResource: 13 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34567108 View

Latimer, Elizabeth Wormeley, 1822-1904. Letter to Joseph Marshall Stoddart [manuscript], 1890 January 30.

Title: Letter to Joseph Marshall Stoddart [manuscript], 1890 January 30.

Latimer writes renewing her subscription to "Lippincott's Monthly Magazine"; expressing her disappointment that her name was not included on a list of contributors; and asking about publication possibilities for "The chain of errors." She also mentions her next work "The prince incognito," D. Appleton and Company, Oliver Bell Bunce, "Town and Country Library," and either Henry Collins Walsh or his brother William Shepard [Walsh].

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647812197 View

Andrews, Eliza Frances, b. 1840. Papers, 1848-1908.

Title: Papers, 1848-1908.

This collection contains galley-proofs, correspondence, and bills of sales for slaves. The majority of this collection pertains to Andrews' efforts to publish her journal, "The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl." Included is correspondence with D. Appleton and Company and galley-proofs of the journal.

ArchivalResource: 4 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122330884 View

Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908. Papers of Joel Chandler Harris, 1881-1908.

Title: Papers of Joel Chandler Harris, 1881-1908.

The papers contain manuscripts of several songs and poems including "A Negro Love-Song," "Hog-Feeder's Song, " "A Plow-Hands Song, " and "A Plantation Ballad;" a sample title page for "Brer Rabbit and the Tar-Baby;" and an etching of "Uncle Remus" by E.W. Kemble. Letters from Harris are primarily to publishers, editors, and a literary agent and concern the publication, illustration and serialization of his writings. Several letters pertain to the passage of a copyright bill with Harris arguing the necessity of hiring lawyers for lobbying in Congress rather than relying on campaigning by authors. James Whitcomb Riley and the Atlanta riot of 1906 are also mentioned. In addition there are brief letters of thanks and regret and replies to collectors.

ArchivalResource: 60 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30793022 View

Amy Lowell autograph collection, 1523-1930. Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1.

Title: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859. Autograph manuscript letter (signed) to [Mary] Berry; Bourges, 1843 September 1.

Autograph letters and manuscripts of authors, artists, and others collected by the American poet Amy Lowell.

ArchivalResource: 10 boxes (4 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01636/catalog View

Korzenik, Diana, 1941-,. Diana Korzenik collection of art education ephemera, 1781-1966 (bulk 1850-1940).

Title: Diana Korzenik collection of art education ephemera, 1781-1966 (bulk 1850-1940).

A collection of art education materials composed of instructional materials (e.g. art instruction manuals, art reproductions, drawing books, drawing cards, painting books, penmanship books, etc.), instructional systems by William N. Bartholomew, Walter Smith and Louis Prang, objects (e.g. boxed painting sets, drawing slates, models, drawing desks, colored pencils, crayons, paint, etc.) and non-instructional materials (e.g. promotional materials, scrapbooks, Korzenik's student papers; catalogs, etc.).

ArchivalResource: ca. 1200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122643850 View

Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898. Papers of Richard Malcolm Johnston [manuscript], 1880-1893.

Title: Papers of Richard Malcolm Johnston [manuscript], 1880-1893.

The papers contain 5 letters chiefly about Johnston's writing: in a letter to Henry Mills Alden, editor of "Harper's monthly," Johnston suggests changing the name of one of his characters and mentions working on a series of lectures on early English literature; in two letters to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, he discusses republishing his "Dukesboro tales" and the plans of D. Appleton and Co. to reprint six of the stories in book form. There is also a photograph of Johnston inscribed by him to Edward Windsor Kemble. The correspondents include Henry Mills Alden, Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, S. E. Jones, and Henry Pont [?].

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647812040 View

D. Appleton and Company. Letter, 1906 April 2, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Sloser .

Title: Letter, 1906 April 2, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Robert Sloser . 1906.

Wants to meet to discuss a magazine matter.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. ; 22 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44432472 View

Brandard, Edward Paxman, 1819-1898,. Mount Shasta [manuscript], 1873.

Title: Mount Shasta [manuscript], 1873.

Hand colored lithograph depicting Mount Shasta in California, 23.1 x 31.2 cm., 1873.

ArchivalResource: .16 cubic feet (1 oversize folder)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/714363276 View

D. Appleton and Company. Letter, 1899 October 14, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Ripley Hitchcock.

Title: Letter, 1899 October 14, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Ripley Hitchcock. 1899.

Anticipates Markham to have another volume of verse ready for publication and offers his services.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44432212 View

Hitchcock, Ripley, 1857-1918,. Typescript letter signed from Ripley Hitchcock, D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Avenue, New York, to William Winter, Esq., The tribune, New York [manuscript], 1898 October 6.

Title: Typescript letter signed from Ripley Hitchcock, D. Appleton and Company, 72 Fifth Avenue, New York, to William Winter, Esq., The tribune, New York [manuscript], 1898 October 6.

He intends to transcribe comments from a letter from his friend, Mr. Hall Caine, who was impressed with Winter's review of "Cyrano de Bergerac."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/435428845 View

D. Appleton-Century Company. Records, 1846-1962.

Title: Records, 1846-1962.

Consists of the office files of the publishing company, its two predecessors, D. Appleton & Co., and the Century Co., and to a small extent its successor, Appleton-Century Crofts, Inc. The papers in the collection consist of contracts with authors for the publication of their works, and for dramatizations, motion picture rights, foreign editions, and translations of books published by the firm; business correspondence with authors, executors of their estates, publishers and others; royalty statements; copies of the wills of some of the authors; and other business papers.

ArchivalResource: 6, 249 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36428869 View

Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864. Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Messrs. D. Appleton and Co., 1836 June 2.

Title: Autograph letter signed : New Haven, to Messrs. D. Appleton and Co., 1836 June 2.

About a new edition of Lyell's work on geology.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270663535 View

Augustus A. (Augustus Addison) Gould papers, 1831-1866, 1831-1866 (inclusive), 1838-1852 (bulk).

Title: Augustus A. (Augustus Addison) Gould papers, 1831-1866, 1831-1866 (inclusive),1838-1852 (bulk).

Papers of American naturalist and physician Augustus A. Gould.

ArchivalResource: 2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00940/catalog View

Appleton, Daniel, 1785-1849. Accounts of sales commencing January 21st 1833 : New York, 1833-1835.

Title: Accounts of sales commencing January 21st 1833 : New York, 1833-1835.

Account book contains daily entries for sales indicating title and price of each item sold between January 21, 1833 and April 4, 1835. Undated holograph notes (1 sheet) regarding sales of 1833 laid in.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (160 p.) ; 33 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702145007 View

Pages from "Appleton's Journal" regarding salmon fishing on the Columbia River, 1870-1876

Title: Pages from "Appleton's Journal" regarding salmon fishing on the Columbia River 1870-1876

Collection includes: "Glimpses of Indian Life," December 10, 1870, pp. 685-686, incomplete, regarding the methods used by Native Americans to catch salmon in the Columbia River, with illustrations; "Salmon Fisheries on the Columbia River," May 20, 1876, pp. 641-642, incomplete, regarding fisheries on the Columbia River, especially at Astoria, Oregon, with illustrations. Appletons' Journal was a journal of literature, science, and art published in the 19th century.

ArchivalResource: .02 cubic feet (1 folder)

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv71554 View

Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919. Letter, 1907 July 24, Philadelphia, to [Rufus Rockwell Wilson], Brooklyn, New York [manuscript].

Title: Letter, 1907 July 24, Philadelphia, to [Rufus Rockwell Wilson], Brooklyn, New York [manuscript].

Traubel writes to Wilson sending a photograph of Walt Whitman's house and discussing other photos of the residence and his own work "With Walt Whitman in Camden."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2p. on 1l.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647814514 View

Sears, Joseph Hamblen, 1865-1946. And this, too, shall pass : typescript, [ca. 1940]

Title: And this, too, shall pass : typescript, [ca. 1940]

Autobiography with commentary on printing and publishing, particularly Sears' work for D. Appleton and Co., then for his own imprint.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (125 leaves) ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612883817 View

Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930. Papers, 1833-1929.

Title: Papers, 1833-1929.

Correspondence, documents, speeches, notes, manuscript draft, notebooks and autograph book. Correspondence primarily relates to research for the Lincoln biographies, the business of arranging publishing and inquiries from Lincoln enthusiasts.

ArchivalResource: .84 linear ft. (2 manuscript boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23124659 View

Edith Wharton collection, 1868-1981 (inclusive)

Title: Edith Wharton collection 1868-1981(inclusive)

The Edith WhartonCollection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personalpapers relating to the life and career of American author Edith Wharton, aswell as letters and research material gathered by Gaillard Lapsley, PercyLubbock, Oscar Lichtenberg, Georges Markow-Totevy, and LouisAuchincloss.

ArchivalResource: Total Boxes: 68; Linear Feet: 38.75

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.wharton View

Johnston, Richard Malcolm, 1822-1898. Collection: 1880-1893.

Title: Collection: 1880-1893.

Collection contains 5 letters chiefly about Johnston's writings including: ALS from Johnston to Henry Mills Alden (editor of Harper's monthly), 1880 Sept 10 (concerning a name change in one of his stories or articles, his own name which is Richard not Robert, and current work--a serious sketch of a murder case, and lectures on English literature); 2 letters from Johnston to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, one is 1892 Jan 14 (D. Appleton and Co. are bringing out six of the Dukesborough Tales and will republish the rest if the first succeed); ALS from Johnston to S. [Symond?] E. Jones, 1893 Nov 6, (returns sketch and has signed it); and 1 signed note from Johnston to Henry [Pont?], 1892 Dec. 19 (thanking him for a favor). There is also a photograph of Johnston inscribed by him to Edward Windsor Kemble.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.