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Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

 Person

Biography

Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain.

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Bangs family papers

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 47
Abstract:

Scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries. letters, and personal papers documenting the lives and careers of American humorist John Kendrick Bangs and his son, Francis Hyde Bangs.

Dates: 1881-1964

Samuel Bowles papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 94
Abstract:

The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.

Dates: 1852-1893

Carrington Family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 130
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, pamphlets, printed material, scrapbooks, sermons, and other papers relating to members of the Carrington family. Henry Beebee Carrington (1824-1912) and his grandfather, David Lewis Beebe (1763-1803), are two central figures in the papers. Material relating to David Lewis Beebe, including essays and sermons, documents his religious duties in Connecticut and family concerns in Ohio. Henry Beebee Carrington material includes correspondence, a diary, a...
Dates: 1749-1929

Letter : Editorial Department, The Courant, Hawley, Goodrich & Co., Publishers, Hartford, Conn., to J. R. Osgood, 1872 October 21

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-14
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS inquiring about receipt of a new chapter of "Back Log." With printed reproduction of a portrait of Warner.

Dates: 1872 October 21

Letter : Editorial Department, The Courant, Hawley, Goodrich & Co., Publishers, Hartford, Connecticut, to J. R. Osgood, Boston, 1872 October 24

 Part of Collection — Box 106: [Barcode: 39002140920340], Folder: 17
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Autograph letter, signed, discussing the printing and publication of an unidentified work.

Dates: 1872 October 24

Letter : Hartford, to Miss Dutton, 1895 Oct 13

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS giving advice to a young writer; mentions that she may attend Smith College.

Dates: 1895 Oct 13

Letter : Hartford, to Miss Strohm, 1884 Apr 8

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS giving permission to use extracts from his poem "My Summer in a Garden."

Dates: 1884 Apr 8

Letter : Hartford, to Mr. [Holland?], 1898 Jan 2

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS regarding Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature, and giving his opinion about under what circumstances sports writing may be considered literature.

Dates: 1898 Jan 2

Letter : Hartford, to Mr. Osgood, 1877 Oct 24

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS wondering about the sales prospects of In the Levant.

Dates: 1877 Oct 24

Letter : Hartford, to Mrs. Howe, 1887 Aug 11

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS informing Mrs. Howe that Miss King, who is staying with his family all summer, has gone on a visit to Mrs. S. B. Steers in Cooperstown, New York, and can be reached there.

Dates: 1887 Aug 11

Letter : Hartford, to "My dear Campbell", 1890 February 6

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS discussing travel plans, health of family and friends, and writing.

Dates: 1890 February 6

Letter : Ithaca, N.Y., to [J. R.] Osgood, 1881 Sep 15

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS regarding a trip abroad Warner is about to take, and work which must be put off until his return; mentions his "S.S. address."

Dates: 1881 Sep 15

Letter : Keene Valley, Essex Co., New York, to J. S. Jackson, 1879 Aug 17

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS agreeing to give a lecture but noting that he has only one that would be suitable, on ancient Egyptian art.

Dates: 1879 Aug 17

Letter : Miami, Florida, to an unidentified recipient, 1899 March 18

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-12
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, on printed letterhead of Hotel Royal Palm, to a publisher regarding an enclosed letter (no longer present). With clippings.

Dates: 1899 March 18

Letter : Nook Farm, Hartford, Conn., to Mrs. Cowen, 1876 Nov 1

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS sarcastically suggesting that the Union for Home Work support Samuel Jones Tilden in the upcoming Presidential election, as his victory would increase poverty and racism, thereby increasing opportunities for charitable work.

Dates: 1876 Nov 1

Letter : Nook Farm, Hartford, to [Georgia A.?] Alden, 1871 Apr 8

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-10
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS regarding reaction to Alden's My Summer in a Garden.

Dates: 1871 Apr 8

Letter : The Courant, Hartford, Conn., to "Judge Howland", 1893 Mar 22

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS concerning plans for an unidentified event.

Dates: 1893 Mar 22

Letters : Hartford, to J[ames] B. Pond, Everett House, 4th Avenue and 17th Street, New York, 1887-1894

 Part of Collection — Box 31: [Barcode: 39002137170404], Folder: GROUP 528, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Five ALS; four decline lecture invitations, repeatedly stating that he is "not in the lecture field"; and one discusses the difficulty of predicting turnout for lectures in Hartford with regard to choosing a space for a lecture by a Dr. [Doyle?], mentioning a lecture by[Francis] Marion Crawford for example. Letter of 1887 Aug 14 accompanied by original envelope.

Dates: 1887-1894

Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1231
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, writings, research, notes, scrapbooks, and other materials documenting Lounsbury's personal life and professional career as an author and educator of English literature at Yale University. Correspondence with Yale colleagues, students, authors, and officials details his academic and literary interests, and activity in the areas of international language and simplified spelling. Personal materials include letters relating to Lounsbury's Civil War...
Dates: 1829-1915

Note : The Courant, Hartford, Connecticut, to Aldrich, 1885 May 9

 Part of Collection — Box 108: [Barcode: 39002140920795], Folder: 6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Autograph manuscript note, signed, saying that he just got back from New Orleans.

Dates: 1885 May 9

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Diaries 3
Authors 2
American literature 1
American periodicals 1
American wit and humor 1