Special Collections Manuscript Letters and Ephemera of Artists and Authors (1650-1921) as Selected and Transcribed by Mollie Connelly
Special Collections Manuscript Letters and Ephemera of Artists and Authors (1650-1921) as Selected and Transcribed by Mollie Connelly. This collection consists of 62 rare manuscripts found in ASU Libraries Special Collections in Hayden Library, from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Items are English, Scottish, Irish, American, French, Egyptian, and more. The collection adds to the correspondence heritage of notable authors, artists, and public figures, including William Wordsworth, H.G. Wells, Booker T. Washington, Claude Monet, and others. The project sets out to make previously unpublished manuscripts newly accessible to scholars and students.
Literary figures included in this collection include the Pre-Raphaelites, Victorians, Romantics, and many more. Notable authors include William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Mark Twain and others. Literary correspondence has been the driving force of this collection. Even a rare ticket from actor David Garrick's 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee can be counted among the treasures here.
Supplementing writers of literature are esteemed artists such as John William Waterhouse, Claude Monet, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Finally, culturally significant public figures are included such as Booker T. Washington, John Ruskin, and Sir Richard Burton. These manuscripts provide insight into the cultural climate of their respective time periods.
Many people should be thanked and acknowledged for their help with this collection. First, Nicholas Salerno was integral to the development and gathering of the manuscripts that make up this collection. Next, Dr. Devoney Looser and Archivist Katherine Krzys have provided tremendous guidance for this wonderful collection.
8 Connelly, Mollie
2 Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
2 Longfellow, Henry W. (Henry Wadsworth), 1895-1986
1 Anderson, Frederick
1 Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910
1 Field, Eugene, 1850-1895
1 Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
1 Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
1 Latin
8 image/jpx
6 Autograph Letter Signed
2 Typed Letter Signed
1 Book Pages
1 Business Letters
1 Envelopes
1 Letterhead
1 Mechanically Produced
1 Stationery
American Correspondence
5 19th Century Manuscripts
2 19th Century Correspondence
1 "Excerpts from Adam's Diary" by Mark Twain
1 African Americans--Education
1 Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
1 scholarships
1 text revisions
Letter From Claude Monet to George Petit
Letter From William Bell Scott to Mr Chambers
Letter From Edward Dowden to Bram Stoker
Letter From William Dean Howells to Mary Dean Howells
Letter from William Wordsworth to John Edwards
From Julia Ward Howe to Mister Silsbee
Concerning a letter written in rhymes about Howe's thanks for a new hood, her relief and good wishes towards Silsbee.
Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910, Connelly, Mollie
Letter From William Dean Howells to Mr Eaton
Concerning: Howell's views on the presidential race of 1876, his writings on Rutherford B. Hayes, and his own book recently published.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920, Connelly, Mollie
Letter From Eugene Field to Etta Roswell Field
Concerning Field's preparation to move, his sending away of some of his children, and the sojourn of his "angel child."
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, Connelly, Mollie
Letter From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Sir Russell
Concerning the author's arrival date and communication about some papers.
Longfellow, Henry W. (Henry Wadsworth), 1895-1986, Connelly, Mollie
Letter From Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to My Dear Sir
Concerning a brief letter of communication about the sending of letters.
Letter From Booker T. Washington to Dr. Calvin G. Page
Concerning an appeal for scholarship money for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institution for the Training of Colored Young Men and Women.
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915, Connelly, Mollie
Book Revisions and Ephemera by Mark Twain
Concerning Twain's revisions for "Extracts from Adam's Diary" for use in the Harper edition of his books and a letter of authenticity.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910, Anderson, Frederick, Connelly, Mollie
Concerning a letter to the author's mother about his relief at having a book in good hands and his happiness that Mr. Douglas has written to her.