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William Wymark Jacobs letters, 1900-1943
1 boxLetters from Jacobs to Cyril Clemens. The letters contain comments on the Mark Twain Society, his work and writings, and other writers, notably A.E. Housman, G.K. Chesterton, Clarence Day, and George Ade. Also, a holograph manuscript of Jacobs"The Castaway;" and three letters from Jacobs to Clarence Winchester, 1929-1933, and two manuscripts.
Andrew B. Myers literary collection, 1831-1946
1 linear feetCorrespondence, manuscript, document, autograph and photographs of and by Irish, English and American poets. The letters are by Samuel Austin Allibone, John Erskine, Padraic Colum, Lord Dunsany, Frances Anne Kemble, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Daniel O'Connell, Theodore Parker, and John Greenleaf Whittier. There is an a.ms.s. poem by John Quincy Adams; manuscripts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Padraic Colum, and Daniel 0'Connell, as well as G. M. Fuller's autograph and photographs of Dunsany, Longfellow and James Russell Lowell. There is also a custom receipt signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an uncataloged portrait of Longfellow, and a charcoal portrait of G. K. Chesterton by Ivan Opffer
A. P. Watt & Son letters, 1883-1917
1 linear feetMostly testimonial letters from satisfied clients of A.P. Watt, praising his services. Many of the letters were published in promotional brochures. Two of these books, COLLECTION OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO A.P. WATT BY VARIOUS WRITERS (London, 1893) & LETTERS ADDRESSED TO A.P. WATT (London, 1894), are included in the collection. There were other editions published in 1889, 1898, 1899, 1924, 1929, etc.