Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919

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American author, lecturer, and biographer.

From the description of Letter and clipping, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367557325

Oscar Fay Adams was an American author, editor, and lecturer in literature and architecture.

From the description of Dear heart, believe, 1887 June 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49668864

Adams was founding member and secretary of the Boston Author's Club and the author of many volumes of prose and poetry.

From the description of A measure of sliding sand [novel]. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 10519837

Oscar Fay Adams (1855-1919) was an American anthologist, poet, story-writer, and littérateur.

From the description of Papers, 1885-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207108492

American author and biographer.

From the description of Oscar Fay Adams letter, 1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122653003

From the guide to the Oscar Fay Adams letter, 1907 October 29, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

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referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
creatorOf Oscar Fay Adams letter, 1907 October 29 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Thomas Bird Mosher papers, 1890-1939 (inclusive) 1895-1924 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. Letter and clipping, 1897. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. Autographs collected and letters received, A-N by Lydia Avery Coonley Ward, 1705, 1785, 1848, 1861-1922 (bulk 1861-1922). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. Papers, 1885-1915. American Antiquarian Society
referencedIn Horace Elisha Scudder correspondence Houghton Library
creatorOf Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893. Additional papers, 1859-1892. Houghton Library
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 Austen-Leigh, A. (Augustus), 1840-1905. Autograph letter signed : King's College, Cambridge, to [Oscar Fay Adams], [1889] Dec. 3. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930. Correspondence and compositions, 1859-1930. Houghton Library
creatorOf Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888. Letter. Jan. 31.1886, Meram, [Eng.] to Oscar Fay Adams. Haverford College Library
referencedIn J. T. (John Townsend) Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939. Houghton Library
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. A measure of sliding sand [novel]. Boston Athenaeum
referencedIn Van Buren, Alicia Keisker, 1860-1922. Papers, 1889-1915 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Autograph File, A, 1518-2002. Houghton Library
referencedIn Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Letter, 1898 Apr. 22 : Clifton Springs, N.Y., to Oscar Fay Adams, Boston. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. Papers of Oscar Fay Adams, 1885-1899. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Autograph File, Y, 1754-1914. Houghton Library
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. Letter, Boston, Mass., 1897 April 13, to C.M. Skinner. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. Oscar Fay Adams letter, 1907. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Autograph File, S, 1556-1996. Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph File, M Houghton Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.). Correspondence, 1892-1897. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919. Dear heart, believe, 1887 June 17. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Additional papers, 1859-1892. Houghton Library
creatorOf Adams, Oscar Fay, 1855-1919,. Autograph letters signed from Oscar Fay Adams to various people [manuscript], 1884-1891. Folger Shakespeare Library
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associatedWith Austen-Leigh, A. (Augustus), 1840-1905. person
associatedWith Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin), 1831-1894. person
associatedWith Aylesworth, Barton O. (Barton Orville), 1860-1933 person
associatedWith Aylesworth, Barton Orville, 1860-1933. person
associatedWith Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston, 1831-1919. person
associatedWith Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893. person
associatedWith Brown, Abbie Farwell, d. 1927. person
correspondedWith Century Company corporateBody
associatedWith Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. person
correspondedWith Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935 person
correspondedWith Fleay, Frederick Gard, 1831-1909 person
associatedWith Fuller, Anna, 1853-1916. person
associatedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888. person
associatedWith Kitchin, G. W. (George William), 1827-1912. person
associatedWith Lefroy, Edward Cracroft, 1855-1891. person
associatedWith Long, John Davis, 1838-1915. person
associatedWith Modjeska, Helena, 1840-1909 person
correspondedWith Mosher, Thomas Bird, 1852-1923 person
associatedWith Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908. person
associatedWith Roberts Brothers (Boston, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Rosenstock, Fred A., b. 1895 person
associatedWith Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 person
correspondedWith Silsby, Mary R., 1843 or 4-1916 person
associatedWith Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery), 1852-1907. person
associatedWith Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921. person
associatedWith Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916. person
associatedWith Van Buren, Alicia Keisker, 1860-1922. person
associatedWith Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, 1845-1924. person
correspondedWith Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 person
correspondedWith Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930 person
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Massachusetts--Boston
Massachusetts--Boston
England
New England
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Authors, American
American poetry
Authors
Women authors
Autographs
Biographers
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Lecturers
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Birth 1855

Death 1919

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