Charles Warren Stoddard Autograph Album: Finding Aid

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Overview of the Collection

Title: Charles Warren Stoddard Autograph Album
Dates (inclusive): 1863-1897
Collection Number: mssHM 35075
Creator: Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909
Extent: 1 volume, 241 pages ; volume 29 x 23 cm
Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: An album containing handwritten poems, notes, and letters written to American author and poet Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) by his friends and acquaintances including many leading literary figures chiefly in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts from the 1860s to 1890s. Among the many notable contributors are Samuel Clemens, Bret Harte, and Joaquin Miller.
Language: English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Charles Warren Stoddard Autograph Album, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Purchased from Goodspeed, February 1923.

Biographical Note

American author and poet Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909) was born in Rochester, New York, on August 7, 1843, and moved with his family to San Francisco, California, in 1855. Stoddard began writing and traveling at an early age. In 1864, Stoddard made his first trip to Hawaii and Polynesia. His poetry was first published in The Golden Era in 1862 and his first book of poems was published in 1867. In the 1860s and 1870s, Stoddard traveled widely, participated in Bohemian literary circles in San Francisco, and worked as a correspondent and journalist. In the early 1880s, Stoddard was a co-editor of the Overland Monthly magazine with Ina D. Coolbrith and Bret Harte. From 1885 to 1886, he served as chair of the English department at the University of Notre Dame, and was department chair at Catholic University from 1889 to 1902 before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts. He returned to San Francisco in April 1903, and then later lived in Monterey, California, until his death on April 23, 1909.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of an autograph album containing handwritten notes, letters, poems, and drawings by approximately 200 friends and acquaintances of American author Charles Warren Stoddard, including leading American literary figures, journalists, poets, critics, politicians, and actors of the late 19th century. Among the many notable contributors are Samuel Clemens, Bret Harte, and Joaquin Miller. The earliest item in the book is an 1863 dedication by Thomas Starr King, and continues with contributions primarily from members of San Francisco literary society beginning in the mid-to-late 1860s through the late 1890s, as well as from friends in other locales where Stoddard lived or traveled including Louisville, Kentucky; Washington, D.C.; Massachusetts; New York; and Hawaii. A letter from L.C. Bayles (page 23) introduces lines of verse with the note "in accordance with your request," reflecting Stoddard's curation of the album as a compendium of verse and personal sentiments tailored towards friendships and literary musings. The volume includes two photographs of groups of men and women, captioned, "Riverdale, N.Y., July 4th 1890" (page 116).
There are manuscript poems and lines of verse, often penned specifically for Stoddard, from literary friends including Isaac Hull Adams; Daniel Dulany Addison; Benjamin Parke Avery; William Barry; Fred Buel; James F. Bowman; George Burrows; Carrie Carlton; Bliss Carman; Pierre Cauwet; Robert W. Chambers; Sarah M. Clarke; Ada Clare; Katherine E. Conway; Ina D. Coolbrith; R. M. Daggett; Madeleine Vinton Dahlgren; Malcolm Douglas; Theodore F. Dwight; Eugene Field; Hamlin Garland; Grace Greenwood; Bret Harte; Jerome Hart; John Hay; Charles Hinton; Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.; William Dean Howells; Daniel E. Hudson; Thomas A. Janvier; Tremenheere Johns; Ralph Keeler; George Kennan; Orpheus C. Kerr; Alice Kingsbury (Cooley); Rudyard Kipling; Emilie Lawson; James Linen; Fitz Hugh Ludlow; Adah Isaacs Menken; John Malone; Joaquin Miller; Morton Mitchell and Laddie Mitchell; James Whitcomb Riley; James Jeffrey Roche; Edgar Saltus; Richard Henry Savage; Emma D.E.N. Southworth; Frank Soulé; Bella Z. Spencer; Horatio Stebbins; Maria Longworth Storer (with sketches); J. D. Strong; M.D. Strong; H. A. Stuart; T. R. Sullivan; Bayard Taylor; Charles Wadsworth; Charles Henry Webb; May Wentworth; George Edward Woodberry; and R. C. Wyllie.
Prose and letters from L. C. Bayles; Frederick Billings; Ezra S. Carr and his wife, Jeanne C. Smith Carr; Samuel Clemens; Laura Cuppy; G. B. Densmore; Annie Fields; Archibald C. Gunter; Francis King Harte; Louise E. Holden; Jules Luquiens; C. T. H. Palmer; Theodore Roosevelt; Anna Josephin Savage; Rodney L. Tabor; Charles A. Wetmore; Virgil M. Williams; and Thérèse Yelverton.
Drawings include ones by Reginald B. Birch; John S. Bugbee; Arthur Lemon; G. Thomas; and Theodore Wores.
There are also brief notes and/or signatures of individuals including Charles Francis Adams; Henry Adams; Frances Hodgson Burnett; Ada, Dyas; Louise Imogen Guiney; Iza Duffus Hardy; Clarence King; Francis D. Millet; Thomas Nelson Page; Theodore Roosevelt; Charles Dudley Warner; and Lydia Woodworth.
The contents are handwritten on blank pages in an "Album" published by Leavitt & Allen, consisting of 241 pages including an engraved title page and frontispiece and [8] other engraved plates with illustrations by Creswick, W. H. Bartlett, W. Tombleson; J. Smillie and T. Addison Richards; engravings by J. Sartain; J. Bannister; Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie; J. White; and C. T. Giles. Edges gilt.

Related Materials in the Huntington Library

Additional manuscript items by Stoddard are listed in the finding aid for the Charles Warren Stoddard Collection and can also be found by searching in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

Subjects

Stoddard, Charles Warren, -- 1843-1909 -- Archives.
Authors, American -- 19th century -- Archives.

Forms/Genres

Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century.
Manuscripts -- United States -- 19th century.
Albums -- United States -- 19th century.
Autograph albums -- United States -- 19th century.
Drawings -- United States -- 19th century.
Poems -- United States -- 19th century.
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Alternate Authors

Adams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915, inscriber.
Adams, Henry, 1838-1918, inscriber.
Addison, Daniel Dulany, 1863-1936, contributor.
Avery, Benjamin Parke, 1828-1875, contributor.
Barry, William Francis, 1849-1930, contributor.
Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890, contributor.
Birch, Reginald B., 1856-1943, illustrator.
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893, inscriber.
Bowman, James F., -1882, contributor.
Bugbee, John S., illustrator.
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924, contributor.
Carlton, Carrie, 1836-1868, contributor.
Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929, contributor.
Carr, Ezra S. (Ezra Slocum), 1819-1894, contributor.
Carr, Jeanne C. Smith, contributor.
Cauwet, Pierre, contributor.
Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933, contributor.
Clare, Ada, contributor.
Clarke, Sarah M., contributor.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910, contributor.
Conway, Katherine E. (Katherine Eleanor), 1853-1927, contributor.
Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1841-1928, contributor.
Cooley, Alice Kingsbury, 1840-1910, contributor.
Dahlgren, Madeleine Vinton, 1825-1898, contributor.
Daggett, Rollin Mallory, 1831-1901, contributor.
Densmore, G. B., contributor.
Dwight, Theodore F., contributor.
Dyas, Ada, 1843-1908, inscriber.
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, contributor.
Field, Kate, 1838-1896, contributor.
Fields, Annie, 1834-1915, contributor.
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940, contributor.
Greenwood, Grace, 1823-1904, contributor.
Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920, contributor.
Gunter, Archibald Clavering, 1847-1907, contributor.
Hardy, Iza Duffus, contributor.
Harte, Bret, 1836-1902, contributor.
Hart, Jerome, 1854-1937, contributor.
Hay, John, 1838-1905, contributor.
Hinton, Charles Howard, 1853-1907, contributor.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894, contributor.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920, contributor.
Janvier, Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone), 1849-1913, contributor.
Johns, Tremenheere Lanyon, 1839-1875, contributor.
Keeler, Ralph, 1840-1873, contributor.
Kennan, George, 1845-1924, contributor.
Kerr, Orpheus C., 1836-1901, contributor.
King, Clarence, 1842-1901, inscriber.
King, Thomas Starr, 1824-1864, contributor.
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, contributor.
Linen, James, 1808-1873, contributor.
Ludlow, Fitz Hugh, 1836-1870, contributor.
Luquiens, Jules, 1845-1899, contributor.
Malone, John, -1906, contributor.
Menken, Adah Isaacs, 1835-1868, contributor.
Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913, contributor.
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912, inscriber.
Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922, inscriber.
Palmer, Charles T. H. (Charles Theodore Hart), 1827-1897, contributor.
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916, contributor.
Roche, James Jeffrey, 1847-1908, contributor.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, inscriber.
Saltus, Edgar, 1855-1921, contributor.
Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver.
Savage, Richard, 1846-1903, contributor.
Soulé, Frank, 1810-1882, contributor.
Spencer, Bella Zilfa, 1840-1867, contributor.
Stebbins, Horatio, 1821-1902, contributor.
Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte, 1819-1899, contributor.
Storer, Maria Longworth, 1849-1932, contributor.
Strong, J. D. (Joseph Dwight), 1853-1899, contributor.
Stuart, H. A. (Hector A.), contributor.
Sullivan, T. R. (Thomas Russell), 1849-1916, contributor.
Tabor, Rodney L., contributor.
Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878, contributor.
Wadsworth, Charles, 1814-1882, contributor.
Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900, inscriber.
Webb, Charles Henry, 1834-1905, contributor.
Wentworth, May, contributor.
Wetmore, Chas. A. (Charles Augustus), contributor.
Williams, Virgil Macey, 1830-1886, contributor.
Wyllie, Robert Crichton, 1798-1865, contributor.
Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930, contributor.
Woodworth, Lydia, inscriber.
Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939, illustrator.
Yelverton, Thérèse, Viscountess Avonmore, 1832?-1881, contributor.
Leavitt & Allen, publisher.


 

Autograph album

Page 1 and 3

King, Thomas Starr. Dedication. 1863 August 28

Page 2

Holmes, John Henry. Note. 1894 August 8

Page 2

Stuart, Clinton. Note. 1894 August 8

Page 4

Ball, Thomas. Note. 1894 August 26

Page 4

Newcombe, Edgar A. P. Three lines of music and note. 1894

Page 5-6

Strong, J. D. Letter and poem: "Song of the German Minstrel." 1863 November 5

Page 7

Strong, M. D. Poem : "To Charles W. Stoddard." Undated

Page 11

Ludlow, Fitz Hugh. Poem beginning "I will not wish thy life a tinted bubble…" 1863 November 16

Page 13

[?] Francis Arch. Quotation. Undated

Page 13

Gibbons, J. Card Note. Undated

Page 13

Ireland, John. Note. Undated

Page 14

Menken, Adah Isaacs. Poem beginning "The Poet's noblest duty is…" Undated

Page 15

Kerr, Orpheus C. Poem beginning "Who hath his birthright in immortal Song." Undated

Page 16

Harte, Francis King. Letter. 1887 February 8

Page 17-18

Harte, Francis Bret. Poem : "Mary's Album." Undated

Page 21-27

Bayles, L. C. Letter with copy of anonymous poem: "The Sea." 1863 September 4

Page 28

Addison, Dane Dulany. Poem: "The Return." 1894 August 28

Page 29-31

Bowman, J. F. Letter with poem: "Waiting." Undated

Page 32

Kipling, Rudyard. Poem: "The Lost Legion." 1893 April 7

Page 35

Kendall, William A. Letter. 1863 October 29.

Page 37

Kendall, William A. Poem: "Bear to the Right." [1863 October 29].

Page 38

Johnson, Rieland Malcolm. Note. 1895 January 17

Page 39

Simpson, William. Note with extract from "The Mysterious Ledger." 1863 October 31

Page 41-45

Daly, James A. Letter. 1864 June 2

Page 47

Kingsbury, Alice. Poem "To Charles Warren Stoddard" beginning "And wherefore should I write with these …" 1864 June 4

Page 49-53

Webb, Charles H. Letter and poem: "Our mother - not Lost but gone Before." 1864 June 6

Page 54

Russell, Edmund. Note Undated

Page 54

Birch, Reginald Bathurst. Note and drawing of children with lettering "München 1875." Undated

Page 55

Sanborn, S. S. Note in Greek. 1864 August 3

Page 57

Clare, Ada. Poem: "How poets sing." 1864 October 23

Page 59

Wyllie, R. C. Poem beginning "What man must lead a happy life…" 1864 November 6

Page 63

Wyllie, R. C. Poem in Greek and note. [1864 November 6?]

Page 65

Various signatures including members of the Browne family.

Page 66

Luby [?], Isabel. Note. 1894

Page 67

Clarke, Charles Russell. Note. 1865 February 14

Page 69 and 71

Densmore, G. B. Letter. Undated

Page 70

Fields, Annie. Note. 1894 August 18

Page 70

Turner, Ross Note 1894 August 18

Page 72

Holmes, Oliver Wendell. Poem beginning "A sexton of the alcoved tomb…" 1894 August 3

Page 73

Taylor, Bayard. Note with part of poem beginning "Though no man resent his wrong…" 1870 June 11

Page 75

Johns, Tremenheere Lanyon. Letter and poem: "The Punster to the Poet." 1865 July 22

Page 76

Soulé, Frank. Poem: "To a Young Poet." 1865 December 25

Page 77

Soulé, Frank. Letter [1865 December 25]

Page 79-80

Yelverton, Thérèse. Prose extract beginning "The wind blowing softly west caught…" [18??] May 14

Page 81

Various signatures from "On board the Yacht Ramona, Summer of 1891."

Page 83-84

Burrows, George. Poem: "The Sacred Scriptures." 1865 February 25

Page 87

Wores, Theodore. Pen and ink sketch of a woman at a piano.

Page 89

Lawson, Emilie. Letter and poem: "Tell me." Undated

Page 90

Tati Teuraiterai a Tepau. Poem in Maori [?] beginning "Mi ai le arii o aromarterai..." 1892 November 20

Page 91

Southworth, Emma D. E. N. Note. 1893 November 8

Page 92

Buel, Fred [?]. Poem beginning "Now Charlie Stoddard what on Earth …" Undated

Page 93

Buel, Fred [?]. Letter

Page 94

Vail, Theodore. Note. 1893 July 31

Page 94

Various signatures

Page 95

Malone, John Letter. 1887 February 7

Page 97-98

Billings, Frederick. Letter. 1863 October 22

Page 99

Warner, Charles Dudley. Note. Undated

Page 99

Page, Thomas Nelson. Note. 1893 August 27.

Page 99

Millet, Francis D. Note. 1893 September 15

Page 100

Woodruff, Henry. Note. Undated

Page 100

Thomas, G. Note and drawing of man in a tuxedo. 1891 July 8

Page 101

Palmer, C. T. H. Letter 1866 September 15

Page 102

Hay, John. Poem: "Words." 1890 May

Page 103

Sullivan, Thomas Russell Poem: "Inter Pocula." 1890 August 27

Page 104

Various signatures from "The Hacienda, Larchmont, New York." Undated

Page 105

Four signatures: Edward L. Burlingame, 1871 July 18; Charles Scribner, 1893 April 6; W. C. Brownell, April 6, 1893; and Meredith Nicholson, 1893 August 23.

Page 106

Storer, Maria Longworth. Poem beginning "My work is done in terra cotta…" with ink sketches of woman decorating pottery and man writing. With signature of Bellamy Storer. 1893 December 20

Page 109

Keeler, R. Poem beginning "The head has raised a deal on high…" Undated

Page 110

Gillette, Fanny. Note. 1887 October

Page 110

Hill, Barton. Poem stanza beginning "Day after day…" 1893 October

Page 110

Nesmith, Otto Andreae. Note. 1893 October 15

Page 111

Mantell, R. B. Quotation. 1887

Page 111

Mantell, Marie Sheldon. Signature. [1887]

Page 112

Mitchell, Morton, and Laddie Mitchell. Poem, "To C. W. S." beginning "Charles Warren, mon cher!" 1894 August

Page 113

Various signatures of Stoddard family members. Undated

Page 114

Woodberry, George Edward. Poem beginning "When love in the faint heart trembles…" 1894 August 31

Page 115

Crane?, William H. Note. 1891 July 18

Page 116

Two photographs of group portraits of men and women captioned, "Riverdale, N.Y., July 4th 1890."

Page 117

Various signatures and poem beginning "Fireworks we burned, two nations flags unfurled." [1890?]

Page 119 and 121

Coolbrith, Ina D. Letter and poem, "Fragment." 1866 February 10

Page 120

[G---? T---?]. Watercolor head-and-shoulders portrait. 1891 July 20

Page 123

Cuppy, Laura. Letter. 1867 May 30

Page 124

Various signatures including E. W. Townsend. 1893

Page 125

Bentzon, Therese Blanc. Note in French. 1894 January 20

Page 126-127

Stebbins, Horatio. Letter. 1867 March 25

Page 129

Carr, E. S. Letter. 1871 March 26

Page 130

[Carr, Jeanne C.] Note. 1871 April

Page 130

Taylor, Jeremy. Note with quotations. Undated

Page 131

Kennan, George. Poem: "Glamour: A Song of the Caucasian Mountaineers." 1892 December 13

Page 132

Upton, Sara Carr. Note 1893 April 16

Page 132

Risley-Seward, Olive. Signature.

Page 132

Crawford, Francis Marion. Quotation. 1893 December 20

Page 133

Perry, E. Wood Jr. Letter. 1863 December 5

Page 133

Three signatures. 1892

Page 135

Tilden, Joseph. Letter in Hawaiian, with English letter written in reverse lettering below. 1884

Page 137

Wentworth, May. Letter with poem: "The Two Worlds of the Poet." 1866 May 1

Page 140

Dennison, Lissette. Signature. 1893 August 27

Page 140

Woodworth, William. Note in French. 1891 August 3

Page 140

Woodworth, Lydia. Signature. 1893 August 27

Page 140

M. [?]. M. Poem in French: "Triolet Splenetique d'apres Baudelaire."

Page 143 and 145

Tabor, Rodney L. Letter. Undated

Page 147-148

Cauwet, Pierre. Poem in French, "Vers d'outrefois, que je puis signes aujourdui helas." 1867 February 28

Page 149

Gunter, Archibald C. Note. Undated

Page 150

Douglas, Malcolm. Poem beginning "Said a jolly, puffed-out robin." Undated

Page 150

Chambers, Robert W. Song. 1894 September 17

Page 151

Various quotations/signatures. 1870 May 26

Page 151

Hansel, Howell. Signature. 1894 February 15

Page 152

Longworth, Susan. Note. 1894 May

Page 152

Gillespie, E. D. Note. 1894 February

Page 153

Edwards, Harry ? Stanzas beginning "Oh Time! Faint image of Eternity! Undated

Page 153

Booth, Edwin. Note. 1887 February 8

Page 153

Bamon?, Charles. Note 1887 July 9

Page 155

Williams, Virgil M. Letter Undated

Page 157

Savage, Anna Josephin. Letter 1881 June 27

Page 159

Bugbee, John S. Pen and ink sketches of head-and-shoulder portraits. [1881?] July 10

Page 161

"Sic Itur ad Astera" [pen and ink vignette sketches by unidentified artist]. Undated

Page 165-167

Savage, Richard H. Poem: "Only" and letter. 1881 June 14

Page 168

Wilson, Francis. Note. 1894 January

Page 169-173

Spencer, Bella Z. Letter. 1866 December 18

Page 175

Adams, E. C. Note 1890 September 10

Page 175

Adams, Isaac Hull. Letter with signature of John Quincy Adams pasted in and additional letter tipped in. 1890 September 10

Page 176

Cleary, Edwin. Letter. 1893 April

Page 176

Nesmith, Blanche Vaughan. Quotation. 1893 November 16

Page 176

Miller, Maud. Note. 1893 November 16

Page 177 and 179-180

Wetmore, Charles Letter. Undated

Page 178

Various signatures including members of the Brice family and George Cabot Lodge.

Page 178

Field, Kate. Note. 1895 January 3

Page 181-183

Wadsworth, Charles. Poem beginning "Forlorn upon an alpine height…" 1866 August 16

Page 184

Hardy, Iza Duffus. Note. 1896 August

Page 185

Lemon, Arthur. Pen and ink sketch of knight in armor on horseback. Undated

Page 186

Chase, Katharine. Poem beginning "May in thy life dear friend appear…" 1893 May 16

Page 188

Hart, Jerome A. Poem beginning "Charley, the hurrying, fleeting years…" 1891 June 26

Page 189

Austin, Mary Therese. Signature. 1881 February 10

Page 190

Plympton, Eben. Letter. 1891 July 31

Page 190

Seymour, William. Letter. 1893 September 1

Page 191

Field, Eugene. Poem beginning "The women folk are few up there…" 1893 March 26

Page 192

Stuart, H. A. Letter. 1866 August 10

Page 193

"Loftus" [Stuart, H. A.] Poem: "To C. W. S." beginning "When Philomel, the queen of song…" 1866 August 10

Page 194

Riley, James Whitcomb. Poem beginning "There! Little girl, don't cry!" 1892 April 2

Page 195

Riley, James Whitcomb, and Lisle Thomas. "Lisle's Lesson" [Riley's poem on page 194 put to music]. [1892]

Page 196

Linen, James. Poem beginning "Love from life's warm fountain gushes…" 1867 April 5

Page 196

J. K. S. Poem adapted from "Upland ('Abendwetter')" 1894 September 28

Page 197

Hudson, Daniel E. Letter. 1885 October 1

Page 198

"Topsy Turvy" [Carlton, Carrie]. Letter. 1866 July 12

Page 199

Carlton, Carrie. Poem: "My Friend Charlie." 1866 July 12

Page 200

Dyas, Ada. Note. 1891 April 26

Page 200

K. F. [Field, Kate?]. Note. Undated

Page 201

Holden, Lourie E. Letter. 1871 May 7

Page 202-203

"Chica." Letter 1881 July 7

Page 204-205 and 207-211

Clemens, Samuel. Letter signed "Mark Twain." Undated

Page 206

Guiney, Louis Imogen. Note. 1893 September 1

Page 206

Carman, Bliss. Poem beginning "For love of the roving foot..." 1895 March

Page 212

Greenwood, Grace. Poem beginning "Amid the poets and the wits..." 1872 January 24

Page 214

Various signatures including Charles F. Adams, Clara Morris, and Stoddard's cousins. 1890-1894

Page 215

Various signatures including Theodore F. Dwight, John Hay, Henry Adams, Arnold Hague, Cecil Spring Rice, Theodore Roosevelt, and Clarence King. 1890 May 24

Page 216

Roche, James Jeffrey. Poem. 1891 August 7

Page 216

Conway, Katherine E. Poem beginning "There's a woman at …" 1891 August 7

Page 217

Various signatures of Paty family members.

Page 218

Spencer, James G. Note with signature of child, "Harold Spencer." 1884 December 11

Page 219

Spencer, Belle. Poem. 1884 December 12

Page 220-221

Avery, Benjamin Parke. Letter and poem beginning "Out where the misty Golden Gate…" 1871 August 17

Page 222

Janvier, Thomas A. Poem with note, "These are verses about 'Charity Children going to Mass.'" 1893 April 7

Page 222

Garland, Hamlin. Poem: "Then It's Spring." 1897 March 12

Page 223

Various signatures of Judd family and K. M. Harris. Undated

Page 224

Luquiens, Jules. Letter. 1891 September 1

Page 225-226

Hinton, Charles. Poem: "Dream Verses" followed by letter. 1873 May 11

Page 227

Miller, Joaquin H. Poem: "Hope." 1876 December 30

Page 228

Barry, William. Poem "From Matthew Arnold." 1893 June 7

Page 229 and 230

"S. C." [Clarke, Sarah M.] Letter. 1865 April 14

Page 230

Saltus, Edgar. Poem: "Maïa." 1894 July

Page 232

Various signatures of actors at Albaughs Theatre, including Charles Stevenson, Kate Claxton, Phoebe Davis Grismer, and Joseph Grismer. 1890 July 1

Page 233 and 235

[Clarke, Sarah M.]. Poem: "Baby Genevieve." Undated

Page 234

"Chum." poem beginning "Long ago I was made sick…"

Page 236

[Crabtree, Lotta?] Note: "Lotta is so happy to have met Mr. Stoddard." Undated

Page 236

Dahlgren, Madeleine Vintou. Poem beginning "One's life is a scramble…" 1892 January 10

Page 236

Pen and ink drawing of a man in academic gown holding the hand of a woman, signed "Jo. P." Undated

Page 237 and 239

[Clarke, Sarah M.] Poem: "To C. W. Stoddard." 1864 June

Page 238

Alden, H. M. Signature. 1892 August 3

Page 238

Howells, William Dean. Poem beginning "What right have I to life my head…" 1892 August 13

Page 238

Derby, Lucy. Poem beginning "All claim have I to venture here…" 1892 August

Page 240

Dwight, Theodore F. Letter. 1890 June 11

Page 241

Daggett, R. M. Poem: "Hookupu." 1883 March 30

Page 241

Field, Kate. Note. 1891 April 26

Page 241

Burnett, Frances Hodgson. Note. Undated

Page 241

Burnett, Vivian. Note. Undated