Boynton papers, 1897-1939.

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Boynton papers, 1897-1939.

Correspondence, notes, reviews and clippings documenting the literary career of Henry Walcott Boynton. The collection includes handwritten drafts of plays ("Dr. Lavendar," "Guenever," "Pompilia," "Flood Tide," etc.), prose and poems, and drafts of stories written under the pseudonym John Walcott. Correspondence is chiefly with magazine and book publishers, including Atlantic Monthly, Bookman and Nation.

13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)

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Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College. Class of 1891. Boynton.

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Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947

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Graduate of Amherst College, 1891 (M.A. 1893). Writer and critic, born 1869 in Guilford, Connecticut. Chief reviewer, Atlantic Monthly, 1901-1904; on regular staff of The Nation and the New York Evening Post, 1912- ; wrote criticism for The Bookman,1915- Author or editor of at least 24 books about literature and journalism, sometimes under the pseudonym John Walcott. Died 1947. From the description of Boynton papers, 1897-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 48612302 Author ...