Haggard (H. Rider) Correspondence, 1875-1925

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Summary

Title:
H. Rider Haggard correspondence
Dates:
1875-1925
Creators:
Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925
Abstract:
A collection of correspondence related to the professional and personal life of Henry Rider Haggard, English novelist.
Extent:
4.8 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. H. Rider Haggard correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of 303 letters to and from Sir Henry Rider Haggard, as well as manuscripts, legal documents, and ephemera. A frequent subject of discussion is the fortunes of the British Empire, particularly in South Africa and Rhodesia. Some other letters discuss the alleged plagiarism of Haggard by a Frenchman. Correspondents include: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell; Arthur James Balfour, Earl of Balfour; Sir Walter Besant; George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess of Curzon; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Edmund Gosse; Rudyard Kipling; and Theodore Roosevelt. Also includes 1 folder of printed material, legal documents, autograph notes, and clippings.

Biographical / historical:

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English author whose works included King Solomon's mines (1885) and She (1887). Haggard spent about six years in South Africa as a young man in the colonial government, an experience which provided him with the setting for many of his romances. Even after he returned to England in 1881 he retained his lively interest in the state of the British empire; the problems of agriculture were also a life-long interest.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Magg's, January 1953.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library Staff, October 1976. In 2020, Gayle Richardson created the finding aid derived from legacy in-house summary report. In 2022, Melissa Haley enhanced description of the presidential material present in the collection as part of the American Presidential Papers Project.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gayle Richardson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-10-12 11:53:30 -0700 .

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. H. Rider Haggard correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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