Letters of sympathy on the death of Edgar H. Wells, 1938.

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Letters of sympathy on the death of Edgar H. Wells, 1938.

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Thirty letters from various book dealers to the rare book firm of Edgar H. Wells and Company, New York City, on the death of the firm's founder Edgar Huidekoper Wells.

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Houghton Library

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Edgar H. Wells & Co.

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Edgar Huidekoper Wells (1875-1938; A.B. 1897) operated Edgar H. Wells and Company, a rare book shop in New York City, from 1921 to 1938. From the guide to the Edgar H. Wells & Co. correspondence, 1924-1933., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Wells, Edgar Huidekoper, 1875-1938,

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Edgar Huidekoper Wells, '97, was a long-time friend of the Harvard College Library and an active and loyal alumnus. He held various positions at Harvard, including instructor in English (1902-1906); curator of modern English literature in the library (1903-1913); and assistant dean (1905-1907). In the first World War he served first in the American Red Cross and then as an army officer attached to the U.S. Embassy in London. After the war he was instrumental in establishing the Lionel DeJersey H...