Papers, 1883-1926.

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Papers, 1883-1926.

Twenty-five holograph manuscripts of poems by Beverly Chew. Material concerning printing of Chew's Essays & verses about books (1926) includes three ALS from Daniel Berkeley Updike to Grolier Club librarian Ruth Shepard Grannis. Also one copy of The wish by Walter Pope with a preface by Chew and letter to him from Frank E. Hopkins, proprietor of the Marion Press. Chew's correspondents included, among others: Charles Dexter Allen, Samuel Putnam Avery, John Kendrick Bangs, H. C. Bunner, Theodore Low De Vinne, Bishop Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Samuel Albert Edwards, Clyde Fitch, Edwin Davis French, Ruth Shepard Grannis, Charles Swift Riche Hildeburn, Robert Hoe, Jr. and John LaFarge. Also: W. J. Linton, Brander Matthews, Sir William Osler, James R. Osgood, Rudolph Ruzicka, Anrew Fleming West, George Woodbury and John Henry Wrenn. Photograph of memorial resolution by Walter S. Gilliss and a New York Times obituary notice of 22 May 1924 that includes a description of Chew's library. Also six photographs of Chew's retirement home in Geneva, New York.

2 boxes (l linear ft.)photographs 8 25 x 20 cm. and smaller.

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Linton, W. J. (William James), 1812-1897

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La Farge, John, 1835-1910

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Bangs, John Kendrick. (1862-1922).

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