Eugene Field Papers mssField

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Finding aid last updated in February 2024 by Mari Khasmanyan.


Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Eugene Field papers
Creator: Field, Eugene
Identifier/Call Number: mssField
Physical Description: 10 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1870s-1890s
Abstract: Collection of correspondence, writings, and materials related to American journalist Eugene Field dating from approximately the 1870s to 1890s.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Eugene Field papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

  1. HM 12555-12583, acquired from Eugene Field Jr., 1925.
  2. HM 31985-31988, acquired from Fred Field, December 1965.
  3. HM 42819-42861, acquired from Fred Field, December 1965.
  4. HM 19409-19430, acquired from Bixby, 1918.
  5. HM 19432, acquired from Bixby, 1918.
  6. HM 19431, gift of Florence Walker, February 1956.
  7. HM 19433-19436, provenance unknown. In library as of November 1959.
  8. HM 19872-19881, acquired from Dorothy Pierce, January 1959.
  9. HM 19882-19891, acquired from Sotheby's, December 1958.
  10. HM 43064, acquired from Sotheby's, December 1958.
  11. HM 12749 acquired from Conant, November 1923.
  12. HM 12750, provenance unknown. In library as of June 1936.
  13. HM 46110 acquired from Charles Hamilton, August 1973.

Biographical / Historical

Eugene Field (1850-1895), American poet and journalist, was born and raised in St. Louis and in 1873 he married Julia Sutherland Comstock, also of Missouri. Before marrying Julia Comstock, Field took an extended trip to Europe and on his return he began working for a number of newspapers around the country, including St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, and Chicago.

Scope and Contents

Collection of manuscripts by Eugene Field, mostly autograph copies of his own poems, and letters written by and to Field. Contains a large number of letters from Field to his wife, both before and after they were married, many dating from his trip to Europe in 1873.
Collection also includes the following manuscripts: Beard and Baby, HM 19409; Bethlehem Town, HM 19876; Bethelehem Town II, HM 19877; A Birthday Wish, HM 19891; Boccacio, HM 19410; Casey's Table d'Hote, HM 19878; The Dead Babe, HM 19411; Dear Old London, HM 19412; The Dreams, HM 19413; Echoes from the Sabine Farm, HM 19414; Go, missive mine, as valentine..., HM 19879; The Hawthorne Children, HM 19415; Human Sympathy on the Sinin Farms, HM 19416; Hymn. Xmas. 1888, HM 19880; Memoirs of Mrs. Ruth Gray, HM 19418.

Processing Information

Processed by Huntington Library staff; supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Xiuzhi Zhou. In February 2024, Mari Khasmanyan updated the finding aid's note fields, content listing, box count, and linear feet.

General

Individual call numbers included in this collection: HM 12555-12583, HM 12749-12750, HM 31985-31988, HM 19409-19436, HM 19872-19891, HM 42819-42861, HM 43064, HM 46110, FAC 460.

Box 1, Box 2, Box 3

Correspondence and writings approximately 1870s-1890s

Box 4, Box 8

Manuscripts and other writings approximately 1870s-1890s

Scope and Contents

Box 4 contains the first, second, and third act of "The Buccaneers," and a private diary. Box 8 contains a collection of poems titled, "My Book: 37 poems."
Box 5, Box 6, Box 7

Correspondence and scrapbook albums approximately 1870s-1890s