Ripley Hitchcock papers, [ca. 1885]-1935.

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Ripley Hitchcock papers, [ca. 1885]-1935.

Letters written to James Ripley Wellman Hitchcock, to Mrs. Hitchcock, and to Richard Henry Stoddard from various people in literary artistic and dramatic circles, mainly of New York. There are letters and documents relating to Hitchcock's early life, photographs, a group of materials relating to the American Art Alliance in which Mrs. Hitchcock was interested, and a group of miscellaneous papers and letters relating to the publication, dramatization, filming, and radio rights of Edward N. Westcott's DAVID HARUM which Mr. Hitchcock was instrumental in having published. Also, manuscripts and printed versions of Charles Chapin Sargent's (brother of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock) writings including short stories and a libretto for an operetta, "Cleopatra," written for the Columbia College Musical Society in 1897, two scrapbooks containing mementos of his college years, two pictures, and a Columbia College diploma.

23 boxes & 1 flat box.

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Columbia College Musical Society.

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Hitchcock, Ripley, 1857-1918

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Prominent American editor. From the description of Ripley Hitchcock letter to Mrs. H. C. Bunner [manuscript] [1896] May 19, (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 423069797 American art critic, editor, historian. From the description of Ripley Hitchcock papers, [ca. 1885]-1935. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102454 American author, editor, and critic. From the description of Autograph letter signe...

Westcott, Edward Noyes, 1847-1898

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American Art Alliance.

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Sargent, Charles G., 1819-1878

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Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903

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American poet. From the description of Manuscript letter : Mattapoisett, to Lafcadio Hearn, 1885 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 635599094 Army officer. From the description of Abraham Lincoln : poem, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 748677748 Richard Henry Stoddard (1825-1903), author, poet, editor, and literary critic, was born in Hingham, Mass., one of three children of sea captain Reuben Stoddard (1800-1827) and Sophia Gurney Stoddard (18...