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Inventory of the Bret Harte Collection, [1857?]-1950
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Description
At the height of his career, Bret Harte (1836-1902) was considered one of the best-known American writers of the nineteenth century. The collection contains Harte's writings published in magazines and newspapers, clippings and ephemera about Harte, and portraits of Harte and other individuals. This artificially created collection was a block purchase from John Howell Books of San Francisco in the early 1980's.
Background
Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 - May 5, 1902) was a short story writer, poet, and novelist. At the height of his career he was considered one of the best-known American writers of the nineteenth century. He held a variety of jobs during his early years. In Brooklyn until 1854, he worked in a lawyer's office and a counting house; later in San Francisco from 1854-64, he worked in a mine, a drug store, taught school, and served as a pony express guard, a typesetter, and Secretary of the California Mint, 1864-67. He was an assistant editor of Northern California and, in 1864, the first editor of Overland Monthly as well as a professor of recent literature at the University of California. He returned to New York from 1870-78, where he contributed to the Atlantic Monthly. He serves as U.S. Consul at Crefeld, Germany from 1878-80 and at Glasgow, Scotland, from 1880-85.
Extent
1.40 linear feet
Restrictions
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17 of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Availability
Collection is open for research.