Papers of Charles Godfrey Leland [manuscript], 1854-1894.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers of Charles Godfrey Leland [manuscript], 1854-1894.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647988794

Letters from Leland to assorted recipients, including Edward L. Wells, Almont Barnes, William Blackmore, Anna L. Ward, Col. T.W. Higginson, Walter Crane & Brothers, and the editor of "The Critic." A letter to an unidentified recipient dated 1884 December 19 includes an annotated list of Leland's works; also included is an undated manuscript titled "Hans Breitmann gibe a Barty."

20ca. items.

University of Virginia. Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7935655

University of Virginia. Library

Related Entities

There are 8 Entities related to this resource.

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69t2gsr (person)

Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

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...

Peterson (T.B.) & Brothers, Philadelphia,

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b916g5 (corporateBody)

Barnes, Almont, d. 1918.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t74p0g (person)

Wells, Edward H. (Edward Hyde), 1855-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67m31g1 (person)

Blackmore, William, 1827-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xs6241 (person)

William Blackmore was a British entrepreneur who promoted British and Dutch investment in Southwestern land. He began his career as a representative of English mining interests in New Mexico after the Civil War. He developed investment ventures in Colorado and New Mexico. His ventures involved Spanish and Mexican land grants. From the guide to the William Blackmore Collection, 1827-1890, (Museum of New Mexico. Fray Angélico Chávez History Library.) William Blackmore was a Lo...

Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nz8654 (person)

Born in Philadelphia, humorist Charles Godfrey Leland wrote quality material in a variety of literary forms, but is best remembered for his light comic verse, often written in a German dialect. He graduated from Princeton, and continued his education in Germany and Paris, eventually making contributions as linguist, folklorist, editor, educator, and aesthete. From the description of Charles Godfrey Leland letters and poems, 1854-1866. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldC...

Ward, Anna Lydia, 1850?-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6156167 (person)