Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
- Abstract:
- Papers belonging to American editor, critic, novelist, poet, and playwright William Dean Howells.
- Extent:
- 2.4 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. William Dean Howells papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists primarily of letters from William Dean Howells to the following correspondents: Sylvester Baxter, William Henry Bishop, Charles Eliot Norton, William Henry Rideing, and Charles Warren Stoddard. The collection also contains one poem by William Dean Howells, one letter from Elinor Mead Howells, and two letters from Mildred Howells to Sylvester Baxter and Charles Warren Stoddard.
- Biographical / historical:
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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American editor, critic, novelist, poet and playwright. In 1872 he became the editor of The Atlantic Monthly. He was a lifelong friend of Mark Twain. He was married to architect and artist Elinor Mead Howells; they had three children: poet Winifred Howells (1863-1889), architect John Mead Howells (1868-1959), and painter and poet Mildred Howells (1872-1966).
- Acquisition information:
- Provenance unknown. In library as of September 1943.
- Processing information:
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Processed by William Ingoldsby in April 1975. In February 2025, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged chronologically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Critics -- United States -- Correspondence
Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Letters (correspondence) - Names:
- Baxter, Sylvester, 1850-1927
Bishop, William Henry, 1847-1928
Howells, Elinor Mead, 1837-1910
Howells, Mildred, 1872-1966
Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908
Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918
Stoddard, Charles Warren, 1843-1909
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. William Dean Howells papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191