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Haggard (H. Rider) Correspondence
mssHM 43398-43700
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The Huntington Library
Title: H. Rider Haggard correspondence
Creator:
Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 43398-43700
Physical Description:
4.8 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1875-1925
Abstract: A collection of correspondence related to the professional and personal life of Henry Rider Haggard, English novelist.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. H. Rider Haggard correspondence, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Magg's, January 1953.
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.
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.
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.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, English -- 19th century
Authors, English -- 20th century
Plagiarism
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa
Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- 20th century
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron, 1857-1941
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930
Besant, Walter, 1836-1901
Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919