Letters written by Wilson, arranged chronologically. 1879-1938,
Adams, Andy, 1859-1935
Letter, Sept. 26, 1903.
Adams, Franklin Pierce, 1881-
Letter, with clippings. Addressed to Mr. Booth Nov. 4, n.y.,
Aug, Edna
5 letters, 1935-1937.
Beer, Thomas, 1849-1940
3 letters, 1922-1923.
Berkowitz, Walter J., 1892-
Letter, Nov. 25, 1936.
Blythe, Samuel George, 1868-
4 letters, 1917-1929.
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Letter, by Ralph T. Hale. Dec. 23, 1904,
Bouton, Stephen Miles, 1876-
Letter, June 13, 1933.
Bradford, George F.
Letter, with annotation by Wilson. Aug. 15, 1931,
Bucher, William Henry, 1874-1934
Letter, addressed to Zilpha Riley. Mar. 29, 1933,
Burton, Richard Eugene, 1861-
Letter, Sept. 16, [1935].
Clemens, Cyril, 1902-
2 letters, 1935-1938.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorn, 1835-1910
2 letters, re H. L. Wilson's The Spenders. 1902,
Connelly, Laurel Louise (Fletcher) Tarkington (Mrs. Willard Connelly)
2 letters, (The first Mrs. Booth Tarkington) 1938.
Croy, Homer, 1883-
2 letters, [1934].
Curran, Henry Hastings, 1877-
Letter, Mar. 13, [1937].
Curtis, Wardon Allan, 1867-1940
Letter, re Puck. July 16, 1899,
Curtis Brown, Ltd.
Letter, re British edition of Ruggles of Red Gap. July 16, 1915,
Dale, Mary
Letter, re H. L. Wilson, his first marriage and Rose O'Neill. Not addressed to H. L. Wilson. June 1, n.y.,
Doubleday, Doran and Company
2 letters, 1935 letter written by Russell Doubleday. 1904-1935.
Duke, W. Dean, d. 1937
8 letters, Longtime friend and cattle rancher, source of story material for H. L. Wilson. Also included, promissory note, Feb. 23, 1929 and 2 letters from his wife, Dita, 1936-1937. 1915-1935.
Field, Walter Taylor, 1861-
Letter, July 16, 1938.
Fink, Albert
Letter, Mar. 7, 1919.
Ford, Hugh
Letter, June 23, 1935.
Ford, James Lauren, 1854-1928
Letter, n.d.
Furnas, Clifford Cook, 1900-
3 letters, 1937.
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940
Letter, re H. L. Wilson's The Seeker. Sept. 8, 1904,
Gaylord, Harriet
Letter, Dec. 30, n.y.
Gibson, William C.
4 letters, 1886 letter written while editor of Puck. 1886-1905.
Hereford, Frances (Reynolds) (Mrs. William Richard Hereford)
Letter, Jan. 7, 1930.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
2 letters, 1902-1918.
Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899
Letter, Feb. 18, 1893.
Kinsey, H. C.
Klyce, Scudder
Letter, Aug. 30, 1923.
Knapp, Clarence Hollister, 1879-
Letter, with typescript of two of his ballads. May 26, 1934,
Knutsford, Sydney Holland, Viscount, 1855-
Letter, Feb. 14, 1929.
La Shelle, Kirke, 1862-1905
Letter, Dec. 1, 1903.
London, Jack, 1876-1916
Letter, Oct. 29, 1912.
Long, Ray, 1878-1935
Letter, Transcript, by Zilpha Riley. n.d.
Lorimer, George Horace, 1868-1937
Letter, Incomplete. n.d.
Lothrop, Lee Shepard Company, Boston
3 letters, by W. F. Gregory. Publishers of The Boss of Little Arcady. 1904-1905,
McIntyre, Oscar Odd, 1884-
3 letters, 1935 and n.d.
Matthews, James Brander, 1852-1929
Letter, July 13, 1893.
Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-1956
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
Letter, by Harry Rapf, enclosing copy of the studio's synopsis of "Ma Pettengill". June 3, 1935,
Milburn, George, 1906-1966
4 letters, Letters, Apr. 30 and June 15, 1935 are incomplete. 1934-1935.
Miller, Agnes May (Wilson), 1854-1944 (Mrs. Charles L. Miller)
Moll, Grace (Mrs. Carl Moll)
6 letters, Hospital nurse, source of hospital details in H. L. Wilson's Lone Tree. 1938-1939.
Newell, Robert C.
Letter, Feb. 26, 1924.
O'Neill, Callista, d. 1946
O'Neill, Rose Cecil, 1874-1944
Parkhill, Forbes, 1892-
Letter, Dec. 9, 1937.
Pinkerton, Kathrene (Gedney) (Mrs. Robert E. Pinkerton)
10 letters, 1938-1939.
Pinkerton, Robert E, 1882-
2 letters, 1938-1939.
Players
Quinn, John, 1870-1924
Letter, to Otto Carmichael. Feb. 4, 1919,
Riley, Zilpha, 1893- (Mrs. Erven Riley)
Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-
Postcard, Mar. 12, 1920 and letter, n.d.
Roosevelt, Theodore, Pres. U.S., 1858-1919
3 letters, 1895 letters, while President, New York City Police Department; 1902 letter, while President of the United States. 1895-1902.
Runyon, Damon, 1884-
Letter, Oct. 31, 1933.
Sabin, Edwin Legrand, 1870-
2 letters, 1937.
Saturday Evening Post
4 letters, by Wesley Winans Stout. 1937,
Smith, Irving G.
3 letters, re Tahiti 1916-1924,
Sothern, Edward Hugh, 1859-
Letter, July 18, 1916.
Sothern, Julia (Marlowe) (Mrs. Edward Hugh Sothern)
Letter, July 18, 1916.
Stevens, James Floyd, 1892-
Street, Julian, 1879-
11 letters, 1908-1939.
Strunk, William, 1869-
Postcard, Evidently one of several cards. [June 11, 1913].
Sullivan, Frank, 1892-
3 letters, 1932-1937.
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
Taylor, Bert Leston, 1866-
Letter, Nov. 30, 1904.
Treadwell, Sophie
Letter, May 14, 1935.
Tyler, George Crouse, 1867-
5 letters, 1923-1935.
Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-
Letter, Jan. 31, 1915.
Vaughan, George, 1873-
Letter, Dec. 10, 1937.
Weeks, Edward Augustus, 1898-
Letter, May 27, 1935.
Welch, Charles Buckley, 1883-
3 letters, 1929-1939.
Wells, Herbert George, 1866-1946
3 letters, 1904?-1913.
Wiley, Hugh, 1884-
4 letters, Signed "Wildcat". 1921-1922.
Wilson, Adeline Sheldon (Kidder), 1832-1914 (Mrs. Samuel Wilson)
Letter, H. L. Wilson's mother. Xerox copy of letter to her daughter, Agnes May (Wilson) Miller. Apr. 25, [1898].
Wilson, J. C.
4 letters, re mining in Tonichi, Sonora, Mexico. Copies. 1926,
Wilson, Leon
Wilson, Leonard, 1869-
Letter, June 15, 1917.
Wilson, Lester Sheldon, 1856-1944
11 letters, Brother of H. L. Wilson. 1907-1938.
Wright, Ernest Hunter, 1882-
Letter, Nov. 6, 1936.
Correspondence and papers of Leon and Charis Wilson 1911-1954
Bennett, Raine
Letter, re Carmel and H. L. Wilson. Mar. 5, 1953,
Cooke, Grace (MacGowan), 1863-1944
3 letters, re revision of When in the Course. 1940,
Corle, Edwin, 1906-1956
Letter, Aug. 10, 1939
Curtis Publishing Company
Letter, by Walter C. Turner, re payments made by the Company to H. L. Wilson from 1925 to 1934. May 23, 1938,
Kinsey, H. C.
2 letters, re posthumous publication of When in the Course. 1940,
McCanse, Ralph Alan
3 letters, re his proposed biography of Rose O'Neill. 1954,
Mencken, Henry Louis, 1880-1956
2 letters, 1939-1942.
Mexico. Consulado, San Francisco
Letter, by Héctor M. Escalona, re title to land in Mexico belonging to H. W. Wilson. Apr. 16, 1938,
Miller, Agnes May (Wilson), 1854-1944
2 letters, 1940 letter contains information re H. L. Wilson. 1939-1940.
O'Neill, Callista, d. 1946
3 letters, concerning the Frances Wilson property in Missouri. 1939 and n.d.,
O'Neill, Lottie
4 letters, relating to the Frances Wilson property and to Rose O'Neill and H. L. Wilson. 1947,
O'Neill, Paul E., 1900-
5 letters, re the family and the Frances Wilson property. Nephew of Callista and Rose O'Neill. 1946-1947,
O'Neill, Rose Cecil, 1874-1944
3 letters, Letter, Apr. 13, 1938, includes snapshots of Rose O'Neill. Also included, photograph of Little Arcady, a cottage in Mountain View, New Jersey. 1938-1939.
Players
2 letters, by Whitney Darrow. With this, copy of the Players' Bulletin, Nov. 1, 1939, containing obituary for H. L. Wilson. 1938,
Riley, Zilpha, 1893- (Mrs. Erven Riley)
8 letters, Contains information concerning H. L. Wilson. Enclosure to letter to George Kummer, May 13, 1957, transcripts of letters from Wilson to Mrs. Riley. 1941-1961.
Stevens, James Floyd, 1892-
Letter, Transcript of letter to George Kummer, re H. L. Wilson; presumably sent to Leon Wilson. [1959].
Street, Marguerite (Skibeness) (Mrs. Julian Street)
2 letters, Contain copies of H. L. Wilson's letters to Julian Street. 1950-1958.
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
11 letters, Letter, June 30, 1939, is a transcript. 1936-1944.
U.S. Consulate, Mazatlán, Mexico
3 letters, by Rufus H. Lane, Jr., re H. L. Wilson's title to property in the Hacienda del Palmito de Verde. 1938,
U.S. Consulate, Nogales, Mexico
2 letters, by Thomas M. Powell, re H. L. Wilson's stock in the Compaqia Minera Nuevo Mixico. 1938,
Walker, Franklin Dickerson, 1900-
Letter, Aug. 2, 1955.
Wilson, Gertrude
Letter, re O'Neill and Wilson families. May 30, 1947,
Woodress, James Leslie, 1916-
Letter, July 9, 1954.
Manuscripts and/or tear sheets of articles and short stories by Harry Leon Wilson, arranged alphabetically by title:
A.D.V.
Adventures in Geography
An Amateur Santa Claus
The Artistic Temperament
Author of "Ruggles" Interviews Himself
Be Yourself
The Blessed Miracle of Celestine
The Bogie Men of Mulberry Bend
Comedy
Cousin Egbert Laissez Faires
Dinner Is Now Served
Does Character Drawing or Plot Count More in Fiction?
Editorials for Puck
The Evils of Smoking
A Fabulous Fable
The Fate of a Christmas Doll
Film-Flam
Flora and Fauna
Frowzy Soars and Flops
Gentle Annie
The Green Land
A Harrowing Dedication
Help!
Here's How!
An Interview--or Something
Ma Pettengill Arbitrates
Ma Pettengill Mixes
The Major's Lapse
Money, Money, Money!
Moral
My Country Right and Wrong
Naughty Boys!
Poor Old Euclid
The Prince Orlando
"The Professor's Love Story"
The Realists
The Resurrection of Little Pete
The Sage Hen's Samson
"Snake Taming"
Some Merits and Defects of the American Novel
Somebody's Grandmother
Stranger
Sunny Crime Land
The Two Bad Men
Untitled manuscripts and fragments
Clippings from Puck
The Boss of Little Arcady - holograph manuscript
When in the Course - revised typescript
Manuscripts of plays, some in collaboration with Booth Tarkington
The Antiquity Shop - alternate title: Tweedles (with Booth Tarkington)
George Washington Silver - final title: Up from Nowhere (with Booth Tarkington)
The Gibson Upright (with Booth Tarkington)
A Stranger from Stratford
Youth Will Be Served
Scenarios and dramatizations of works by Wilson
Bunker Bean, adapted by Lee Wilson Dodd
Ma Pettengill, adapted by Lilian Saunders
Merton of the Movies. (Lacks Act I)
Ruggles of Red Gap, adapted by Ralph Herz; another, by Harrison Rhodes and Mable Auldyn; another, mimeographed 1956?
Unsorted notes - scraps of dialog, phrases, story plots, etc.
Unsorted notes - scraps of dialog, phrases, story plots, etc.
Unsorted notes - scraps of dialog, phrases, story plots, etc.
Materials relating to H. L. Wilson's work for H. H. Bancroft, including revised typescripts of articles and dictations
The History and Study of History
The Historical Works of H. H. Bancroft (dictation of Mr. B. B. Barney)
Dictation of Judge D. M. Adams
Southern California
Biography of Judge R. M. Widney
Scrapbook re Merton of the Movies
Doubleday, Page Co. - Memoranda of agreements with H. L. Wilson, 1904-1921
Papers relating to Harry Leon Wilson's property in the Hacienda de Palmito de Verde, Mexico. Include book of photographs; deed, (in Spanish and an English translation). 1917
Documents relating to the settlement of the estate of Harry Leon Wilson, Include copy of will made in 1929. 1939-1942.
Miscellaneous snapshots of Capri, Italy and Africa, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Illinois; family portraits; unidentified material. Transferred to Picture Collection.
Clippings, including reviews of Wilson's books, clippings about him, etc.
Accounts, 1898-1937
Bohemian Club
Calling cards
Compañía Minera Nuevo Mexico stock certificates, 1925
Membership cards and passes
Papers re trip to Orient, 1923
Pedigrees for dogs
Poems, not by Wilson
Publicity or materials re Wilson's books
Blowups used in the Bancroft Library exhibit on Wilson (Booth Tarkington drawing, Booth Tarkington letter, cover of Ruggles)