Andrew B. Myers literary collection, 1831-1946

Creator:: Myers, Andrew B.
Extent:: 1 linear feet (1 box)
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, manuscript, document, autograph and photographs of and by Irish, English and American poets. The letters are by Samuel Austin Allibone, John Erskine, Padraic Colum, Lord Dunsany, Frances Anne Kemble, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Daniel O'Connell, Theodore Parker, and John Greenleaf Whittier. There is an a.ms.s. poem by John Quincy Adams; manuscripts by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Padraic Colum, and Daniel 0'Connell, as well as G. M. Fuller's autograph and photographs of Dunsany, Longfellow and James Russell Lowell. There is also a custom receipt signed by Nathaniel Hawthorne, an uncataloged portrait of Longfellow, and a charcoal portrait of G. K. Chesterton by Ivan Opffer
Biographical / historical:: Andrew B. Myers (Columbia University, A.M., 1947, Ph.D. 1964), professor of English, Fordham University.

Acquisition information:

Corr. by Allibone, Parker, and Longfellow; John Quincy Adams ms. (poem); receipt signed by Hawthorne; photographs of Longfellow and Lowell; autograph of G. M. Fuller; portrait of Longfellow: Source of acquisition--Myers, Andrew B. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--01/02/90. Accession number--M-90-01-02.

Erskine, John THE SHADOWED HOUR, signed: Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--04/01/69. Accession number--M-69-04-01.

Letter from Erskine to Coykendall, dated May 13, 1918: Date of acquisition--09/24/69. Accession number--M-69-09-24.

A group of items relating to Padraic Colum, including 6 letters, an a.ms. of "An Old Woman of the Roads" photograph of a bust, and a booklet by Pirie MacDonald: Date of acquisition--09/16/76. Accession number--M-76-09-16.

Group of 9 autograph lettes by Fanny Kemble, ca. 1832-1875: Date of acquisition--12/30/77. Accession number--M-77-12-30.

17 letters, postcards, autograph quotation, photograph portrait and t.ms. by Padraic Colum: Date of acquisition--06/07/81. Accession number--M-81-06-07.

OF WASHINGTON IRVING by Andrew Myers at Christ Church, Tarrytown, N.Y: Date of acquisition--12/07/82. Accession number--M-82-12-07.

First signed and inscribed editions of Padraic Colum and other Irish writers as well as original letters by Padraic Colum and John Greenleaf Whittier: Date of acquisition--12/27/83. Accession number--M-83-12-27.

A charcoal portrait drawing of G. K. Chesterton by Ivan Opffer: Date of acquisition--12/29/84. Accession number--M-84-12-29.

6 letters by Lord Dunsany, 1910-1946; 6 first editions by Irish writers (Dunsay, Liam O'Flaherty, James Stephens: Date of acquisition--07/19/85. Accession number--M-85-07-19.

14 first editions of Shane Leslie, Lady Gregory, James Stephens and other Irish writers: Date of acquisition--12/30/87. Accession number--M-87-12-30.

A group of letters and manuscripts of Ralph Waldo Emerson (3), Padraic Colum (2), and Daniel O'Connell: Date of acquisition--12/29/88. Accession number--M-88-12-29.

Processing information:

Erskine, John THE SHADOWED HOUR, signed Acknowledged 04/01/69.

Letter from Erskine to Coykendall, dated May 13, 1918 Acknowledged 09/24/69.

A group of items relating to Padraic Colum, including 6 letters, an a.ms. of "An Old Woman of the Roads" photograph of a bust, and a booklet by Pirie MacDonald Acknowledged 09/28/76.

Group of 9 autograph lettes by Fanny Kemble, ca. 1832-1875 Acknowledged 02/13/78.

17 letters, postcards, autograph quotation, photograph portrait and t.ms. by Padraic Colum Acknowledged 07/07/81.

OF WASHINGTON IRVING by Andrew Myers at Christ Church, Tarrytown, N.Y Acknowledged 12/07/82.

First signed and inscribed editions of Padraic Colum and other Irish writers as well as original letters by Padraic Colum and John Greenleaf Whittier Acknowledged 02/20/84.

A charcoal portrait drawing of G. K. Chesterton by Ivan Opffer Acknowledged 11/29/84.

6 letters by Lord Dunsany, 1910-1946; 6 first editions by Irish writers (Dunsay, Liam O'Flaherty, James Stephens Acknowledged 07/23/85.

14 first editions of Shane Leslie, Lady Gregory, James Stephens and other Irish writers Acknowledged 12/31/87.

A group of letters and manuscripts of Ralph Waldo Emerson (3), Padraic Colum (2), and Daniel O'Connell Acknowledged 12/20/88.

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Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Andrew B. Myers literary collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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