Papers of Eugene Field [manuscript] 1872-1939.

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Papers of Eugene Field [manuscript] 1872-1939.

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Field's manuscripts chiefly consist of short poems, including "The duel"; stories, including two versions of "The were-wolf"; and Field's book "The love affairs of a bibliomaniac," 1895. Enclosed in a letter, 1886 March 19, is The hamper of wine, a play by Douglas William Jerrold. In letters, 1872-94, to family members Julia Sutherland Comstock Field, Mary French Field and Melvin Gray Field. Field expresses his love for his young wife and later for his children and directs the family's reading and behavior. In correspondence with others, 1876-95, Field discusses a variety of topics: his book collecting, his poor health, plans for travel in Europe, the death of his son Melvin Gray Field, journalism, and the publication of his book of translations from Horace, "Echoes from the Sabine farm." In another series, 1939, C.M. Lemperly and Harry Sickles discuss Lemperly's purchase of the manuscript of Field's poem "The benchlegged fyce." Photographs, ca. 1850-93, include some clipped from magazines and a series of humorous portraits of Field. Miscellaneous items include clippings and page proofs of "With trumpet and drum," n.d.; page proofs of a portion of "Echoes from the Sabine Farm," with corrrections 1894; and an autobiographical sketch. Correspondents include: Mrs. George Beecher, B.B. Cahoon, Henry Eben Dixey, Edgar Fawcett, Roswell Martin Field, Charles Newton French, Melvin L. Gray, Joseph Jefferson, Francis Larned, Samuel Sidney McClure, Dowitt Miller, Frank W. Reilly, Slason Thompson and Francis Wilson.

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Field, Melvin Gray, 1874-1890.

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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 ...

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Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

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Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on Novemb...

Field, Roswell Martin, 1851-1919

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Jerrold, Douglas, 1803-1857

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English humorist and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "My dear Charles", [no year] Dec. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270881232 Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright and journalist. From the description of Douglas William Jerrold manuscript material : 1 item [between 1844 and 1853] (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 441946653 British playwright and journalist. From the description of ...

Thompson, Slason, 1849-1935

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Field, Julia Sutherland Comstock, 1857-

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Reilly, Frank W.

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Larned, Francis,

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Jefferson, Joseph, 1829-1905

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Palm Beach, to Mrs. Sullivan, 1903 Feb. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270489232 From the description of [Letter] 1893 Feb. 22 [to] Madame / J. Jefferson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251899 From the description of Letter, 1893. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155451408 From the description of Autograph letter signed : to Clancy and Reilly, 1880 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Beecher, George, Mrs.,

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Cahoon, B. B.

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Field, Mary French, 1876-

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Gray, Melvin L.,

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Dixey, Henry E., 1859-1943

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American actor. From the description of Autograph and typewritten letters signed : 117 West Fifty Sixth Street, New York, to J.E.M. Sandford, 1884 Jan 29 to 1886 March 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270127093 ...

Lemperly, C. M.

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Wilson, Francis, 1854-1935

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [New York], 8 April 1891, to an unidentified recipient, 1891 Apr. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270679262 Francis Wilson was an attorney working out of his own firm in Santa Fe. From the guide to the Francis Wilson Files, 1927-1962, (School for Advanced Research) Actor, author, lecturer; first president of the Actor's Equity Association. From the description of Franc...

Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1904

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American author. From the description of Papers of Edgar Fawcett [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825809 Edgar Fawcett was a popular minor American author. Many of his novels explore the pursuits of status and money, which he found counterproductive to American democratic ideals. Although the sheer volume of his output often led to sloppy writing and repetitive plots, Fawcett was among the first to write in a realistic or naturalistic style...

Miller, Dowitt, 1857-1911,

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Sickles, Harry.

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