Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925
Dates
- Existence: 1844 - 1925
Biography
George Washington Cable (1844-1925), American novelist
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Millicent Todd Bingham papers
One-fifth of the papers are devoted to correspondence, books, articles, speeches and research notes relating to her publication of Emily Dickinson's poems in Bolts of Melody (1945) and three subsequent books about Emily Dickinson. Bingham's education as well as her professional life as a teacher of French and as a geographer, particularly of Peru, are thoroughly documented with correspondence, research notes, publications and other papers (1885-1929).
Document granting permission to publish "The Last Arrival" to Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Huckel, 1904 Mar 29
Typed document, signed, authorizing Huckel to include Cable's poem "The Last Arrival" in the collection "Fifty Songs of Mother Love," which she is editing.
Letter : Auburn, Me., to Col. [Thomas Wentworth] Higginson, 1892 Dec 14
ALS explaining that he has resigned from the Board of Managers of the Association of American Authors because he does not have adequate time to give to it.
Letter : Dryads Green, Northampton, Massachusetts, to Hamilton Holt, [18]98 Nov 8
ALS replying to a solicitation for a submission.
Letter : London, to Dr. Watson, 1898 May 10
ALS discussing arrangments for a program of readings in Liverpool.
Letter : New Orleans, to James Berry Bensel., 1880 Oct 11
ANS thanking Bensel for his appreciation of The Grandissimes.
Letter : New Orleans, to Mr. Thomas, 1881 Aug 13
ALS informing Thomas that he has asked Mrs. Cable to call on Mrs. Thomas in the White Mountains, where both women are staying.
Letter : Northampton, Mass., to Miss Mechlin, 1909 Aug 13
ALS inviting Miss Mechlin to stop in Northamption to discuss an unspecified matter.
Letter : Northampton, Mass., to Mr. Chamberlaine, [18]86 Jun 1
ALS concerning a lecture.
Letter : Northampton, Massachusetts, to an unidentified recipient, 1916 Jul 20
ALS to "Dear Ellsworth," thanking him for a newspaper article.
Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Mass., to Lillian Reynolds, 1890 Nov 19
ALS responding to her inquiry about Smith College, calling it "the best of the female colleges," but adding that it is "overrun with applications," relating a facetious remark by the college President to the effect that he wishes students would stop applying because he has too many already.
Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Mass., to "Miss Clagett", 1892 Nov 12
ALS concerning a lecture.
Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Mass., to Mr. Ellsworth, 1892 Oct 27
ALS mentioning two enclosures, proofs and an adaptation of a memorandum by a Mr. Brainerd (both no longer present).
![Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Massachusetts, to [Joseph] Jefferson](https://collections.library.yale.edu/iiif/2/17234172/full/!150,150/0/default.jpg)
Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Massachusetts, to [Joseph] Jefferson, 1889 Jul 23
ALS seeking, on Mr. [Richard Watson?] Gilder's advice, Jefferson's opinion about the suitability of Cable's "Bonaventure" for dramatization, and asking if Jefferson knows Mr. H. N. Carlyle of Northampton.
Letter, photographs, and other material, 1922
Materials include: one ALS from Cable to Mr. Evans, on letterhead from "South Sea, Paget West, Bermuda"; fourteen black-and-white photographs, with views of New Orleans architecture; and two clippings and one manuscript note.
Letter : Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to William Hayes Ward, 1891 Mar 24
ALS discussing payment for a proposed newspaper article.
Letter : Simmsbury, Connecticut, to Charles Dudley Warner, United States Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 1885 Jun 17
ALS explaining the reasons for his delay in beginning a biography of [William Gilmore] Simms, mentioning a "storm of criticism and abuse" the previous winter. Accompanied by original envelope.
Letter : The Current Literature Publishing Co., Bryant Building, 55 Liberty Street, New York, to [Henry Mills?] Alden, [18]97 May 29
ALS thanking the recipient for photographs lent for publication, and noting that a proof was sent.

Letter : to an unidentified recipient, 1887 Aug 11
ALS to "Dear Carey," concerning proofs and copyright for "Au Large," published in his Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana (1888).
Letter : to Edward L. Wilson, Simsbury, CT., 1885 August 18
ALS responding to Wilson. Discusses Wilson's photographs of the French Quarter in New Orleans and Cable's reluctance to enter politics.