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