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Title: Albert Bigelow Paine Letters
Dates (inclusive): 1875-1934
Bulk dates: 1891-1934
Collection Number: mssAP 1-2083
Creator:
Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937, correspondent.
Extent:
2,083 pieces in 28 boxes.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
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.
[Identification of item]. Albert Bigelow Paine Letters, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
Acquired from various sources:
- American Autograph Shop, Purchase, 1938.
- Parke-Bernet sale, Purchase, 3/17/1945.
- Cyril Clemens, Gift, 5/27/1980.
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
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.
Arranged alphabetically.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Paine, Albert Bigelow,
1861-1937.
Combined
Press.
St. Nicholas (New York,
N.Y.)
Authors, American -- 19th century --
Correspondence.
Authors, American -- 20th century --
Correspondence.
Periodical editors -- United States --
Correspondence.
Letters (correspondence) -- United
States.
Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937,
correspondent.
Bacheller, Irving,
1859-1950.
Bacon, Josephine Daskam,
1876-1961.
Baker, George F. (George Fisher),
1840-1931.
Bangs, John Kendrick,
1862-1922.
Beard, Daniel Carter,
1850-1941.
Bennett, John, 1865-1956.
Bok, Edward William,
1863-1930.
Borchgrevink, C. E. (Carsten Egeberg),
1864-1934.
Breck, Edward, 1861-1929.
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount,
1838-1922.
Carnegie, Andrew,
1835-1919.
Cheney, David MacGregor.
Clarke, William Fayal.
Davis, Richard Harding,
1864-1916.
Foote, Mary Hallock,
1847-1938.
Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins,
1852-1930.
Genung, Charles Harvey.
Grissom, Arthur C. (Arthur Colfax),
1869?-1901.
Harland, Marion, 1830-1922.
Herbert, Ewing.
House, Edward Mandell,
1858-1938.
Howells, Mildred, 1872-
Howells, William Dean,
1837-1920.
Keller, Helen, 1880-1968.
Lewis, Alfred Henry,
1857-1914.
Long, John Luther,
1861-1927.
Lowell, Orson, 1871-1956.
Moore, Louise Kirby Paine
Benjamin.
Morgan, Tom P.
Nast, Sarah Edwards.
Opper, Frederick Burr,
1857-1937.
Osbon, B. S. (Bradley Sillick),
1827-1912.
Paine, Dora.
Paine, Samuel Esterbrook.
Pope, John Russell,
1874-1937.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912.
Rosenmeyer, Bernard J.
Sangster, Margaret Elizabeth Munson,
1838-1912.
Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968.
Slocum, Joshua, 1844-1909.
Smith, Pamela Colman.
Stoddard, Charles Warren,
1843-1909.
Street, Julian, 1879-1947.
Stuart, Ruth McEnery,
1856-1917.
Swett, Sophie, 1858-1912.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Vail, Theodore Newton,
1845-1920.
Ver Beck, Frank, 1858-1933.
Ware, Eugene F., 1841-1911.
White, William Allen,
1868-1944.
Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929.