Jack Harris Samuels English and American literary manuscripts and letters collection, [1630]-1964

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#1103
Bib ID:
4079293 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Samuels, Jack Harris, 1915-1966
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
6.5 linear feet (6 boxes 27 volumes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
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Description

Summary

A collection of letters, manuscripts, proofs, and drawings of English and American authors, including 33 letters from Alan Gabriel Barnsley (Gabriel Fielding) to Derek Stanford; a letter from James Boswell to George Colman the younger; a letter from Wilkie Collins; a letter from James Fenimore Cooper to William Buell Sprague; a letter from Dinah Maria Mulock Craik; letters from E.M. Forster; letters from Sarah Grand to James B. Pond; letters from T.B. Macauley; a letter from Hester Lynch Piozzi to James Robson; letters and cards from G.B. Shaw; letters from R.B. Sheridan to Thomas Grenville and to C. Ward, and a letter from Elizabeth Ann Linley Sheridan to R.B. Sheridan; a letter from William Wordsworth to F.W. Faber; a letter to Alfred, Lord Tennyson to Benjamin Disraeli; letters from Anthony Trollope written to Frederic Chapman, Mary Christie, J.T. Fields, Frederic Harrison, and others; letters from Ellen Terry and Rhoda Broughton, and postcards from Evelyn Waugh to Graham Ackroyd. The manuscripts include examples by Max Beerbohm, Arnold Bennett, Elizabeth Bowen, John Burroughs, Ivy Compton-Burnett, A.E. Coppard, Baron Corvo, Cecil Day Lewis, Ronald Firbank, E.M. Forster, George Gissing, Sarah Grand, A.P. Herbert, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Lear, Henry W. Longfellow, Amy Lowell, John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester, G.B. Shaw, Edith Sitwell, and Logan Pearsall Smith.

ADDITION (1988): A 95 page letterbook of state papers by Sir Francis Bacon, including 26 letters by Bacon and 20 others, in three scribal hands. There are letters addressed to James I, Robert Cecil, Lords Northumberland and Southhampton, Sir Thomas Egerton, and many others. There is a contents lists available for this item here.

Arrangement

Cataloged, remainder arranged.

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); Jack Harris Samuels English and American literary manuscripts and letters collection; 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

Bequest of Mollie Harris Samuels, 1971.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Samuels, Mollie Harris. Method of acquisition--Bequest; Date of acquisition--1971. Accession number--M-71.

Sheridan letter & Wordsworth letter: Source of acquisition--493 (Samuels). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--07/27/1992. Accession number--M-92-07-27.

Mayne Reid letter: Source of acquisition--6555B (Samuels). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--11/13/1992. Accession number--M-92-11-13.

Mrs Grey letters & mss: Source of acquisition--6555B(Samuels). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--07/23/1993. Accession number--M-93-07-23.

3 E.M. Forster letters to S. Sassoon: Source of acquisition--6555B (Samuels). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--10/31/1994. Accession number--M-94-10-31.

A. Bennett: Muscovy ducks: Source of acquisition--6555B (Samuels). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--05/02/1995. Accession number--M-95-05-02.

Sarah Grand ms. of novel: Source of acquisition--6555B(Samuels) & 2293B(General). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--05/02/1995. Accession number--M-95-05-02.

Collins, Craik, 7 Grand letters: Source of acquisition--6555B. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--04/09/1996. Accession number--M-96-04-09.

H.C. McNeile letter: Source of acquisition--Bart Auerbach, Ltd. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--07/22/1999. Accession number--M-99-07-22.

Ms. of Holy deadlock, novel by A.P. Herbert: Source of acquisition--6555B (Samuels). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--07/22/1999. Accession number--M-99-07-22.

R. Broughton & E. Terry letters: Source of acquisition--6555B (David J. Holmes). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--01/28/1999. Accession number--M-99-01-28.

Essay by J. Burroughs: Source of acquisition--6555B (David J. Holmes). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--01/28/1999. Accession number--M-99-01-28.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 09/--/1989.

Sheridan letter & Wordsworth letter Cataloged HR 08/07/1992.

Mayne Reid letter Cataloged HR 11/25/1992.

Mrs Grey letters & mss Cataloged HR 08/04/1993.

3 E.M. Forster letters to S. Sassoon Cataloged HR 11/23/1994.

A. Bennett: Muscovy ducks Cataloged HR 05/18/1995.

Sarah Grand ms. of novel Cataloged HR 07/12/1995.

Collins, Craik, 7 Grand letters Cataloged HR 06/12/1996.

H.C. McNeile letter Cataloged HR 07/01/2000.

Ms. of Holy deadlock, novel by A.P. Herbert Cataloged HR 07/13/2000.

R. Broughton & E. Terry letters Cataloged HR 07/14/2000.

Essay by J. Burroughs Cataloged HR 08/17/2000.

The original printed finding aid was converted into an EAD document in July 2021. There is additional description in the printed finding aid that was not included in the EAD document, specifically a contents list for the Sir Francis Bacon letterbook. The contents lists from the original printed finding aid is available here as a pdf.

Revision Description

2021-07-20 EAD document created by CCR.

Biographical / Historical

Samuels (Columbia University A.M., 1940, in English Literature) was born January 22nd, 1915 and died the 29th of September, 1966.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Appointing CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Autographs (manuscripts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Checks (bank checks) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essays CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fiction (general genre) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Interviews CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lectures CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novels CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Photographs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poems CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Postcards CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Press releases CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Proofs (printed matter) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reviews (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Short stories CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stories (literature genre) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
watercolors (painting) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Abbot, George, 1562-1633 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ackroyd, Graham CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Alured, Thomas CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bodley, Thomas, Sir, 1545-1613 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Bowen, Elizabeth, 1899-1973 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Broughton, Rhoda, 1840-1920 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chaloner, Thomas, 1595-1661 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Chapman, Frederic, 1823-1895 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Charles, King of England, I, 1600-1649 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Christie, Mary CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Colman, George, 1762-1836 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Compton-Burnett, I (Ivy), 1884-1969 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Coppard, A. E (Alfred Edgar), 1878-1957 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock, 1826-1887 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Day Lewis, C (Cecil), 1904-1972 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Devonshire, Charles Blount, Earl of, 1563-1606 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Doran, George H (George Henry), 1869-1956 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Dorset, Thomas Sackville, Earl of, 1536-1608 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ellesmere, Thomas Egerton, Baron, 1540?-1617 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578-1637 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fielding, Gabriel, 1916-1986 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Firbank, Ronald, 1886-1926 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Forster, E. M (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Frederick, King of Bohemia, I, 1596-1632 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gaige, Crosby, 1882-1949 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gissing, George, 1857-1903 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grand, Sarah CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Gregory, Pope, XV, 1554-1623 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grenville, Thomas, 1755-1846 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Grey, Mrs (Elizabeth Caroline), 1798-1869 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Heminge, Daniell CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Herbert, A. P (Alan Patrick), 1890-1971 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
James, King of England, I, 1566-1625 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Matthew, Tobie, Sir, 1577-1655 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
McNeile, H. C (Herman Cyril), 1888-1937 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Norfolk, Thomas Howard, Duke of, 1538-1572 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Northumberland, Henry Percy, Earl of, 1564-1632 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Olivares, Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de, 1587-1645 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philip, King of Spain, IV, 1605-1665 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Philippart, John, 1784?-1875 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pond, James B (James Burton), 1838-1903 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Robson, James, 1733-1806 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-1913 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Earl of, 1563-1612 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann, 1754-1792 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Smith, Logan Pearsall, 1865-1946 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, Earl of, 1573-1624 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Sprague, William B (William Buell), 1795-1876 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Stanford, Derek CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
American literature CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Actresses CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Artists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Authors, English CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
English literature CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poets CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women authors CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women novelists CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID