William Dean Howells Correspondence
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 20 letters written by the American novelist and literary critic William Dean Howells, 1837-1920. The majority of the letters, dated between 1869 and 1888, are to James Ripley Osgood (1836-1892) the editor of the Atlantic Monthly in which Howells critiques manuscripts submitted to the magazine while he was assistant editor. In other letters to Osgood, Howells discusses his plans for and progress of his own work. In addition, Howells recommendations publications of articles of unknown authors and talks about his own work, particularly the sketches he is writing about Venice.
Dates
- 1863-1898
Creator
- Howells, William Dean (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
20.00 Items
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Method of Acquisition
The letters in this collection were purchased in 1939 with Josiah Benton funds and in 1941 with J. H. Whitney funds.
Processing Information
Finding aid written by Kimberly Reynolds, March 2011.
Processing Information
This electronic finding aid is transcribed from legacy data. In many cases, transcriptions were not verified against collection materials at the time of transcription. As a result, this finding aid could be incomplete and might only reflect a partial understanding of the material.
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- Atlantic monthly Subject Source: Local sources
- Critics -- United States -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Curtis, George William, 1824-1892.
- Editors -- United States -- Correspondence. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.
- Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892.
- Title
- William Dean Howells Correspondence
- Date
- 10/21/2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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