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Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1844 - 1925

Biography

George Washington Cable (1844-1925), American novelist

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

Millicent Todd Bingham papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 496D
Abstract:

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).

Dates: 1865-1968

Document granting permission to publish "The Last Arrival" to Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson Huckel, 1904 Mar 29

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1904 Mar 29

Letter : Auburn, Me., to Col. [Thomas Wentworth] Higginson, 1892 Dec 14

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1892 Dec 14

Letter : Dryads Green, Northampton, Massachusetts, to Hamilton Holt, [18]98 Nov 8

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-18
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS replying to a solicitation for a submission.

Dates: [18]98 Nov 8

Letter : London, to Dr. Watson, 1898 May 10

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS discussing arrangments for a program of readings in Liverpool.

Dates: 1898 May 10

Letter : New Orleans, to James Berry Bensel., 1880 Oct 11

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-14
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ANS thanking Bensel for his appreciation of The Grandissimes.

Dates: 1880 Oct 11

Letter : New Orleans, to Mr. Thomas, 1881 Aug 13

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS informing Thomas that he has asked Mrs. Cable to call on Mrs. Thomas in the White Mountains, where both women are staying.

Dates: 1881 Aug 13

Letter : Northampton, Mass., to Miss Mechlin, 1909 Aug 13

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-21
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS inviting Miss Mechlin to stop in Northamption to discuss an unspecified matter.

Dates: 1909 Aug 13

Letter : Northampton, Mass., to Mr. Chamberlaine, [18]86 Jun 1

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-17
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC

Letter : Northampton, Massachusetts, to an unidentified recipient, 1916 Jul 20

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS to "Dear Ellsworth," thanking him for a newspaper article.

Dates: 1916 Jul 20

Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Mass., to Lillian Reynolds, 1890 Nov 19

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1890 Nov 19

Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Mass., to "Miss Clagett", 1892 Nov 12

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-19
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC

Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Mass., to Mr. Ellsworth, 1892 Oct 27

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-15
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS mentioning two enclosures, proofs and an adaptation of a memorandum by a Mr. Brainerd (both no longer present).

Dates: 1892 Oct 27
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Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Massachusetts, to [Joseph] Jefferson
Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Massachusetts, to [Joseph] Jefferson

Letter : Paradise Road, Northampton, Massachusetts, to [Joseph] Jefferson, 1889 Jul 23

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-10
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1889 Jul 23

Letter, photographs, and other material, 1922

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-16
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1922

Letter : Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to William Hayes Ward, 1891 Mar 24

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS discussing payment for a proposed newspaper article.

Dates: 1891 Mar 24

Letter : Simmsbury, Connecticut, to Charles Dudley Warner, United States Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 1885 Jun 17

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-12
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1885 Jun 17

Letter : The Current Literature Publishing Co., Bryant Building, 55 Liberty Street, New York, to [Henry Mills?] Alden, [18]97 May 29

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS thanking the recipient for photographs lent for publication, and noting that a proof was sent.

Dates: [18]97 May 29
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Letter : to an unidentified recipient
Letter : to an unidentified recipient

Letter : to an unidentified recipient, 1887 Aug 11

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS to "Dear Carey," concerning proofs and copyright for "Au Large," published in his Bonaventure: A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana (1888).

Dates: 1887 Aug 11

Letter : to Edward L. Wilson, Simsbury, CT., 1885 August 18

 Part of Collection — Box 7: [Barcode: 39002137170164], Folder: GROUP 118, F-25
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS responding to Wilson. Discusses Wilson's photographs of the French Quarter in New Orleans and Cable's reluctance to enter politics.

Dates: 1885 August 18