Albert Bigelow Paine Letters: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Diann Benti.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
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San Marino, California 91108
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Overview of the Collection

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.

Access

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Administrative Information

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Albert Bigelow Paine Letters, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Acquired from various sources:
  • American Autograph Shop, Purchase, 1938.
  • Parke-Bernet sale, Purchase, 3/17/1945.
  • Cyril Clemens, Gift, 5/27/1980.

Biographical Note

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

Scope and Content

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.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

Subjects

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.

Forms/Genres

Letters (correspondence) -- United States.

Alternate Authors

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.


Box 1

Abbott-Baker AP 1-70

Box 2

Bangs-Bok AP 71-155

Box 3

Borchgrevink-Breck AP 156-221

Box 4

Brennan-Chase AP 222-291

Box 5

Cheney-Clarke AP 292-376

Box 6

Clauson-Duncan AP 377-450

Box 7

Duneka-French AP 451-532

Box 8

Frohman-Gilbert AP 533-599

Box 9

Gilder-Hamilton AP 600-669

Box 10

Hancock-Hornaday AP 670-747

Box 11

House-Howell AP 748-805

Box 12

Howells-Jewett AP 806-887

Box 13

Johnson-Little AP 888-966

Box 14

Long-Lovett AP 967-1040

Box 15

Lowell-Macy AP 1041-1126

Box 16

Mansfield-Moulin AP 1127-1224

Box 17

Munkittrick-O'Hagan AP 1225-1283

Box 18

Opper AP 1284-1406

Box 19

Osbon-Palmer AP 1407-1488

Box 20

Peter-Roberts AP 1489-1562

Box 21

Robinson-Sherman AP 1563-1629

Box 22

Shinn-Snow AP 1630-1694

Box 23

Spalding-Strong AP 1695-1763

Box 24

Stuart-Twachtman AP 1764-1840

Box 25

Vail-Ward AP 1841-1903

Box 26

Ware AP 1904-1968

Box 27

Warner-White AP 1969-2030

Box 28

Whitehouse-Young AP 2031-2083