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):
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English
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- 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.
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
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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Theses |
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Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919 |
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Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar, 1851-1935 |
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Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909 |
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Harper & Brothers |
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Harvey, George Brinton McClellan, 1864-1928 |
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Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937 |
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Nelson, Henry Loomis, 1846-1908 |
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Presbrey, Eugene W (Eugene Wiley), 1853-1931 |
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Authors, American |
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Literature -- Periodicals |
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Literature publishing |
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Novelists |
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Publishers and publishing |
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Women authors |
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Women novelists |
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