Letters to Thomas Wentworth Higginson [manuscript], 1871-1905.

ArchivalResource

Letters to Thomas Wentworth Higginson [manuscript], 1871-1905.

Gilder writes to Higginson concerning an article he wishes to show Josiah Gilbert Holland; a suggested article on "blue blood"; an honorary degree from Harvard and his lack of formal education; employment for a Civil War veteran; and the admission of women to the Institute of Arts and Letters.

4 items.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7924844

University of Virginia. Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb6wr4 (person)

Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6668dq5 (person)

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...

National Institute of Arts and Letters (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j71bg0 (corporateBody)

Holland, J.G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dj5xzp (person)

Josiah Gilbert Holland was a doctor, an educator, and a popular author, but is best remembered as the first editor of Scribner's. After brief careers in medicine and education, he became editor of the Springfield Republican in his native Massachusetts. In 1870, he became the founding editor and co-owner of Scribner's. His many published works include poetry, regional short stories, history, and popular philosophical essays. He sometimes used the pseudonym "Timothy Titcomb." From the ...