Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman letters, 1893-1981, bulk 1893-1901

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0457
Bib ID:
4078789 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930; Kendrick, Brent L.
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
2 boxes (2 boxes (56 Items))
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

Letters of Freeman, addressed to various personalities at Harper Brothers and the Century Magazine, relating chiefly to the publication in serial and book form of her various novels and short stories. Included are letters to Richard Watson Gilder, Robert Underwood Johnson, Colonel George B. Harvey, and Henry Mills Alden. Also, photocopies of the typescript of Brent L. Kendrick's Ph.D. thesis (University of South Carolina, 1981) THE INFANT SPHINX: COLLECTED LETTERS OF MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN. 2 vols. (Published version in the General Library: PS1713/.A44/1985).

Arrangement

Cataloged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Thesis is a gift of Brent L. Kendrick, 1981.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Bancroft. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1956. Accession number--M-56.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/1989.

Biographical / Historical

Novelist and short story writer.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Contracts CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Theses CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, 1851-1935 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Harper & Brothers CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Harvey, George Brinton McClellan, 1864-1928 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nelson, Henry Loomis, 1846-1908 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Presbrey, Eugene W (Eugene Wiley), 1853-1931 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literature -- Periodicals CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Literature publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Publishers and publishing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID