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4079362Edmund Clarence Stedman papers 4079362Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Contents list, 35p

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-25 20:20:42 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2009-06-26File created.2019-05-20EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration. Rare Book and Manuscript Library Edmund Clarence Stedman papers Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908 4079362 MS#1194 English /repositories/2/resources/4912 120 linear feet 134 linear feet (Boxes CC1-CC180, CC181A-D, Boxes 1-87, Oversize boxes 595-596, 599) 1840-1960 Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged; remainder arranged. Cataloged correspondence and manuscripts: 181 boxes; Uncataloged correspondence: 25 boxes; Stedman's manuscripts: 12 boxes; His diaries: 1 box; His scrapbooks: 5 boxes; Financial papers: 1 box; Genealogical manuscripts: 1 box; Laura Stedman Gould's manuscripts and notes: 3 boxes; Printed materials: 11 boxes; Photographs: 4 boxes; His LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: 24 boxes and 2 folders; E.M. Williams's THE CONSTRUCTIVE ART: 2 boxes; Oversize photographs: 5 folders; and Oversize plaque.

Restrictions on Access

Boxes CC1-CC180, CC181A-D and oversize boxes 595-596, 599 are located onsite. The remainder of the collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Restrictions on Access

This collection has no restrictions.

Summary

Personal and professional papers of Stedman, including correspondence, letter books, diaries, poetry manuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, and genealogical materials for the Stedman and Dodge families. Correspondence and manuscripts of his mother, Elizabeth Clementine Dodge Stedman Kinney (1810-1889), poet and diarist, and of his granddaughter, Laura Stedman Gould (1881-1941), author and editor. Also, editions of Stedman's LIBRARY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE including printed materials relating to the marketing; and an album of Civil War photographs by Mathew Brady, inscribed by the photographer to Laura H.W. Stedman as well as additional loose photographs by Brady.

Summary

1991 addition: Manuscript drafts and notecards for Edward M. Williams' "The Constructive Art", a study of Stedman's literary criticism.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edmund Clarence Stedman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Alternate Form Available

Elizabeth Kinney volume of personal reminiscences is on: microfilm.

Alternate Form Available

Lafcadio Hearn; Lyman W. Case; Royal Cortissoz; Kate Field; William Hamilton Hayne; Edward Howland; Marie Howland; Ellen Mackay and Edward Underhill letters are on: microfilm.

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