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Title: Ambrose Bierce Correspondence File
Dates: 1871-1913
Creators:
Bierce, Ambrose Gwinnett
Extent:
Approximately 315 items
Abstract: The Ambrose Bierce Correspondence File consists almost entirely of letters written by Bierce between 1871 and 1913.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: manuscripts@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
The collection is open for qualified researchers except for items noted otherwise.
In order to quote from, publish, or reproduce any of the manuscripts or visual materials, researchers must obtain formal permission
from the office of the Library Director. In most instances, permission is given by the Huntington as owner of the physical
property rights only, and researchers must also obtain permission from the holder of the literary rights. In some instances,
the Huntington owns the literary rights, as well as the physical property rights. Researchers may contact the curator of this
collection for further information.
[Identification of item], Ambrose Bierce Correspondence File, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914?) was an American author an satirist best remembered for his cynical collection of definitions
known as The Devil's Dictionary, as well as numerous short stories. After a medical discharge from the military, Bierce was
hired by William Randolph Hearst to write newspaper columns and editorials. Bierce traveled to Mexico to cover the rebellion
of Pancho Villa, and disappeared in 1914..
The Ambrose Bierce Correspondence file consists almost entirely of letters written by Bierce between 1871 and 1913. The letters
are arranged chronologically.
The majority of the letters, especially those to Silas Orrin Howes, Walter Neale, and Charles Warren Stoddard, are business-oriented,
and concerned with publishing details of Bierce's Collected Works. However, some letters do contain personal details.
Many of the letters contain examples of the wit and insightful quips that were Bierce's trademarks.
The File also contains an annotated printer's copy of Volume VIII of Bierce's Collected Works, which consists of Negligible
Tales and Kings of Beasts.
Bierce, Ambrose
Bartlett, W.C. (William Chauncey), 1818-1907
Howes, S.O. (Silas Orrin), 1867-1918
Neale, Walter, 1867-1933
Rutledge, Archibald, 1883-1973
Stoddard, Charles William, 1843-1909
Stone and Kimball
Authors, American--Correspondence
Authors, American--Mansucripts
Publishers and publishing--United States--Archives
Washington (D.C.)
Letters (correspondence)--United States
Manuscripts for publication--United States