Papers of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, 1860-1917.

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Papers of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, 1860-1917.

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The collection contains 18 manuscripts of poems and stories by Spofford. Letters from Spofford discuss: William John Bok and his syndicate; "The Boston Globe" and its mutilation of stories; Rose Terry Cooke's description of Thanksgiving; Deer Island; a William Dean Howells dinner; her sister Katherine Montague Prescott Moseley; her niece Katharine Prescott Moseley; Margaret Sangster; Scotland; Richard Smith Spofford, Jr.; her writing particularly "The Author of Charles Auchester," "In Titians's Garden," "An inheritance," publication of "New England Legends" and the need for more information on the burning of the Ursuline Convent in Charleston including a report by John McEvoy; stories submitted to McClure's syndicate; the writing of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; "Over the Border" by William Winter; her writing and its publication; her health, finances and social life; the afterlife; and the weather. There are also five photographs or engravings, four of them the same pose by Napoleon Sarony. Recipients of Spofford's letters include Edward W. Bok, William J. Bok, Abbie Farwell Brown, Hezekiah Butterworth, James T. Fields, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Richard Watson Gilder, F.M. Hopkins, S.S. McClure, Leon Mead, M.S. O'Donnell, James R. Osgood, John S. Phillips, Charles S. Pratt, Ella F. Pratt, William H. Rideing, Napoleon Sarony, Frances C. Sparhawk, Arthur Stedman, Francis H. Underwood, Orville J. Victor and William Winter.

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Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930

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Born in the Netherlands, Edward Bok came to the United States with his family at the age of six. He worked in publishing from the age of thirteen. He founded the Brooklyn magazine and 1886 he established the Bok Syndicate Press. Bok became editor of Ladies' home journal in 1889. In 1896 Bok married Mary Louise Curtis (1876-1970), the daughter of Ladies' home journal publisher, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850-1933). He worked as an editor at Curtis publishing for thirty years retiring at th...

Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850

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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850) was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent, writing for Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune, and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States. Born Sarah Margaret Fuller in Cambridge, Massa...

Victor, Orville J. (Orville James), 1827-1910

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McClure, S. S. (Samuel Sidney), 1857-1949

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Journalist, writer of books for boys. From the description of S.S. McClure check to James Barnes, 1898 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 53795304 American publisher. From the description of Letter to Edward Sylvester Ellis, 1892 October 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 51846140 ...

Bok, William John, 1861-1928,

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Charlestown (Mass.). Ursuline Convent

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Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905

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Assistant editor and author. From the description of Hezekiah Butterworth poem, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452413 ...

Mead, Leon, 1861-

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Moseley, Katherine Prescott Moseley, 1844-1917.

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Sarony, Napoléon 1821-1896

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Artist and photographer. From the description of Napoleon Sarony correspondence, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980397 ...

Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881

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James Thomas Fields, American publisher and author, was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1817. At the age of 17, he went to Boston to clerk in a booksellers shop. While clerking, he often wrote for newspapers and in 1839 he became junior partner in the publishing and bookselling firm known after 1846 as Ticknor and Fields, and after 1868 as Fields, Osgood & Company. He was the publisher of several prominent contemporary American and British writers. Besides just publishing the authors, h...

Winter, William, 1836-1917

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American drama critic. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Tompkinsville (Staten Island, N.Y.), 17 April 1886, to Mrs. Tracy, 1886 Apr. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679284 Massachusetts native William Winter graduated from Harvard law school, but began his career as a journalist. He wrote for numerous journals before securing a position as drama critic at the New York Tribune. In addition to being one of the most influential critics of his day, ...

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

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Gilder authored the book, THE NEW DAY, A POEM IN SONGS AND SONNETS... (New York : Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1876) in which this is tipped in. It contains the bookplate of Brainerd. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Ira Hutchinson Brainerd, [1876?] Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122398276 Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909), American poet and editor, served as editor-in-chief of Scribner's Monthly and its successor The Century Illustrated Monthly...

Underwood, Francis Henry, 1825-1894

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Francis Underwood was U.S. consul at Glasgow between 1886 and 1888. From the description of Letter, 1889 June 19, Glasgow, Scotland to Martha Howe. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 19416441 Author and editor. From the description of Papers of Francis Henry Underwood [manuscript], 1859?-1874? (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647813203 ...

Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918

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Photograph taken by the journalist William H. Rideing who occasionally visited Holmes at his house in Beverly Farms. From the description of Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms [graphic]. [ca. 1885] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 124051582 Writer, editor of Youth's companion. From the description of Letters, 1886 October 5 and November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54994659 From the description of Letters, 1898 May 16, n.d....

Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892

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Rose Terry Cooke was born in West Hartford, Conn., graduated from the Hartford Female Seminary in 1843, and married Rollin H. Cooke in 1873. She published her poems, 1860-1886, and wrote humorous short magazine stories mainly describing New England life. From the description of Letters and poem, 1864-1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35059217 Cooke was a life-long opponent of the women's rights movement and women's suffrage. Fro...

McEvoy, John.

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Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921

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American poet and writer of fiction. From the description of Evanescence : Texas, to Mr. Gladwin : poem in autograph, signed, sent with a letter signed (initials), 1881 May 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580777 From the description of High days and holidays : poem in the author's autograph, signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580825 Spofford was born in Calais, Maine; she was educated in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With encouragement from T...

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930

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American author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Randolph, Mass., to Messrs. Harper & Brothers, 1893 Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752077 From the description of A humble romance : Autograph manuscript signed : Brattleboro, Vt., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270752081 From the description of Autograph card signed and typed letters signed (11) : Metuchen, N.J., to Messrs. Wells and Briggs at Harper & Brothers, 1927 Aug....

Pratt, Charles Stuart, 1854-1921

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Sparhawk, Frances C., 1847-

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Brown, Abbie Farwell, 1871-1927

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Brown (1871-1927) wrote children's books and lectured about them. From the description of Papers, 1859-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 86145633 ...

Phillips, John S. (John Sanburn), 1861-1949

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Pratt, Ella Farman, 1837-1907

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Stedman, Arthur Griffin, 1859-1908

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Hopkins, F. M., fl. 1897,

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Spofford, Richard Smith, -1888

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Moseley, Katharine Prescott, d. 1930.

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O'Donnell, M. S.,

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Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....