Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937, correspondent.
- Abstract:
- This collection consists almost entirely of letters addressed to American editor and author Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937). The correspondence, with the bulk dating from 1891-1934, provides a picture of the literary and newspaper field of Paine's time. In addition to Paine's professional correspondence, there are also family letters in the collection.
- Extent:
- 2,083 pieces in 28 boxes.
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection consists almost entirely of letters addressed to Paine (there are only nine letters by Paine himself). The correspondence provides a picture of the literary and newspaper field of Paine's time. In addition to Paine's professional correspondence, there are also family letters in the collection.
Persons in the collection represented by ten or more pieces include: Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon, George Fisher Baker, John Kendrick Bangs, Daniel Carter Beard, John Bennett, Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink, Edward Breck, David MacGregor Cheney, William Fayal Clarke, Richard Harding Davis, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Charles Harvey Genung, Arthur Colfax Grissom, Ewing Herbert, Edward Mandell House, Mildred Howells, William Dean Howells, Alfred Henry Lewis, John Luther Long, Orson Lowell, Louise Kirby Paine Benjamin Moore, Tom P. Morgan, Sarah Edwards Nast, Frederick Burr Opper, Bradley S. Osbon, Samuel Esterbrook Paine, Bernard J. Rosenmeyer, Joshua Slocum, Pamela Colman Smith, Julian Street, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Sophie Miriam Swett, Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (Marion Harland), Frank Ver Beck, Eugene Fitch Ware, William Allen White, and Caspar Whitney.
Other persons represented in the collection include: Irving Bacheller, John Kendrick Bangs, Edward William Bok, James Bryce, Andrew Carnegie, Mary Hallock Foote, Helen Keller, Dora Paine, John Russell Pope, Margaret Elizabeth Munson Sangster, Upton Sinclair, Charles Warren Stoddard, Mark Twain (copies only - no originals), and Theodore Newton Vail.
- Biographical / historical:
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Albert Bigelow Paine (1861-1937) was an American editor and author. He established and directed the Combined Press, edited the children's page of the New York Sunday Herald and the League Department of St. Nicholas Magazine, and was reader and solicitor general for the Henry Altemus Company. Designated by Mark Twain as his official biographer, Paine wrote a three volume biography of Twain which was considered the finest work of its kind in his day
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired from various sources: American Autograph Shop, Purchase, 1938. Parke-Bernet sale, Purchase, 3/17/1945. Cyril Clemens, Gift, 5/27/1980.
- Arrangement:
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Arranged alphabetically.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191