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Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany

 Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC

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Letter : 220 East 69 Street, New York City, to Mrs. Lyda Rochmis, Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Letter : 220 East 69 Street, New York City, to Mrs. Lyda Rochmis, Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Letter : 220 East 69 Street, New York City, to Mrs. Lyda Rochmis, Thomas Jefferson High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1936 Jan 13

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: GROUP 546, F-1, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: TLS expressing regret that he can not attend a performance of a dramatic adaptation of "John Brown's Body" that week at Thomas Jefferson High School. Accompanied by two typescript photocopies of the script as performed by students of Thomas Jefferson High School [Brooklyn, NY] in 1936, under the direction of Mrs. Lyda Rochmis. Also accompanied by a program for the "Third Annual Field Day" at Julia Richman High School [New York, NY], 1936 May 16, at which this production was also...
Dates: 1936 Jan 13

Letter : to [Howard] Pyle, [18]89 Jan 17

 Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 729, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, on printed letterhead of the Reform Club, 12 East 33rd Street, New York, expressing appreciation for Pyle's work.

Dates: [18]89 Jan 17
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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, 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
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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, 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
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[Envelope] 1925 Dec. 21, Hart Crane [to] Samuel Finkler [recto]
[Envelope] 1925 Dec. 21, Hart Crane [to] Samuel Finkler [recto]

Letters and photographs relating to Samuel Finkler and Emil Opffer, 1925-49, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box: 24, Folder: GROUP 448, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Two TLS and five ALS written by Crane while living in Patterson, N.Y., to Finkler; postcard photograph of Opffer, Olga Eggers, and an unidentified man, with an ANS from Opffer to Crane; an ANS from Opffer, editor of Nordlyset, to an unidentified recipient, on verso of his business card; photograph of Crane; four photographs of Finkler, Opffer, and two unidentified men; printed card issued by Harper & Brothers, publishers; and three clippings concerning the deaths of Crane and Finkler....
Dates: 1925-49, n.d.

Letter : Kennebunkport, Maine, to Mr. Lublin, 1933 Oct 6

 Part of Collection — Box: 16, Folder: GROUP 312, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

TLS with corrections in Deland's hand, regarding her first book of poetry, The Old Garden and Other Verses.

Typed note at head of first page reads "(Dictated)."

With a review of The Old Garden and Other Verses clipped from an unidentified newspaper.

Dates: 1933 Oct 6

Letters : 130 West River Street, Milford, Conn., to John D. Schiff, 1946-50

 Part of Collection — Box: 1, Folder: GROUP 4, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Twelve TLS (one incomplete), one ALS, and one card, regarding photographs taken by Schiff of Dreier's houses, of her artwork, and of herself.Accompanied by six photographs: view of Long Ridge Methodist Episcopal Church from porch of the Haven (West Redding, Conn.); inside hall of the Haven, showing Brancusi's "Yellow Bird"; library at the Haven, showing Marcel Duchamp's "Tu m'" and "Bride stripped bare by her bachelors, even"; Dreier sitting in hand elevator in Laurel Manor...
Dates: 1946-50

Letter : 168 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, N. Y., to Howard Pyle, n.y. Jun 10

 Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 730, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS suggesting changes to an illustration for a piece titled "The Chase of the Tide." On printed letterhead for the Editorial Rooms at The Evening Post, 206-210 Broadway, New York City.

Dates: n.y. Jun 10
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Letter : Boston, to [Gustavus] R. Fox
Letter : Boston, to [Gustavus] R. Fox

Letter : Boston, to [Gustavus] R. Fox, 1862 Nov 19

 Part of Collection — Box: 37, Folder: GROUP 612, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, on behalf of the friends of H. P. Tuttle, asking for Tuttle to be discharged from the army so that he can become an assistant paymaster in the navy.

Dates: 1862 Nov 19

Letter : 202 20th St. NW, Washington, D. C., to Howard Pyle, 1892 Mar 15

 Part of Collection — Box: 43, Folder: GROUP 731, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS asking for advice.

Dates: 1892 Mar 15
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1824 January 27 : p. [1]
1824 January 27 : p. [1]

Letter : James St., [London], to J. Hughes, 1824 Jan 27

 Part of Collection — Box: 44, Folder: GROUP 754, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, with integral address, concerning literary matters and mentioning [Washington?] Irving.

Dates: 1824 Jan 27
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Letter : Philadelphia, to N. B. Devereaux, Esq.
Letter : Philadelphia, to N. B. Devereaux, Esq.

Letter : Philadelphia, to N. B. Devereaux, Esq., 1867 Dec [12?]

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: GROUP 555, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS suggesting that the recipient call on her at her brother Mr. Clarke's home in Washington, where she hopes to arrive on the evening of the 17th. She mentions that illness and domestic affairs may keep her from travelling, but asks that he let her brother know she will arrive on the Tuesday evening train.

Printed reproduction of portrait of Greenwood adhered to verso of second leaf.

Dates: 1867 Dec [12?]
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Letter : Pension Thierry, 44 Rue de Clichy, Paris, to Mary Booth
Letter : Pension Thierry, 44 Rue de Clichy, Paris, to Mary Booth

Letter : Pension Thierry, 44 Rue de Clichy, Paris, to Mary Booth, 1883 Jan 12

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: GROUP 555, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS asking if Booth would like an article for Harper's Bazar on "our American [singers?] in Paris," and offers to write it for free "for the sake of 'our girls'."

Dates: 1883 Jan 12
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Letter : to Myles [Onderdonk?], Soldier of the Union
Letter : to Myles [Onderdonk?], Soldier of the Union

Letter : to Myles [Onderdonk?], Soldier of the Union, [ca. 1861-1865]

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: GROUP 555, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS in response to a request for her autograph, praising the soldier's hard work and sacrifice.

Dates: [ca. 1861-1865]
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Letter and portrait
Letter and portrait

Letter and portrait, 1852, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box: 37, Folder: GROUP 617, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS to John Francis enclosing a piece of writing about H. W. Beecher (no longer present) and portrait engraving of Griswold, signed.

Dates: 1852, n.d.
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Letter : Philadelphia, to [John Denison Baldwin]
Letter : Philadelphia, to [John Denison Baldwin]

Letter : Philadelphia, to [John Denison Baldwin], 1847 May 4

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: GROUP 556, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS praising his "The Story of Raymond Hill, and Other Poems," commenting in detail on the title poem and promising to review it favorably in Godey's Lady's Book. She mentions his "The Dark Room" and says she received a story by his protegée Martha Russel but cannot use it. She explains why his article "on the Northmen" was not published in Godey's, but suggests including it in "The Opal; a Pure Gift for the Holy Days", which she is to edit for 1848, and discusses the price she could offer...
Dates: 1847 May 4
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Letter : Phila[delphia], to Miss Lynch
Letter : Phila[delphia], to Miss Lynch

Letter : Phila[delphia], to Miss Lynch, 1851 March 6

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: GROUP 556, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS proposing to have a portrait engraving done by B. J. Lossing and congratulating her on the success of her "application to Congress." With clipping.

Dates: 1851 March 6
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Letter : to J. R. Simpson
Letter : to J. R. Simpson

Letter : to J. R. Simpson, 1835 March [3?]

 Part of Collection — Box: 34, Folder: GROUP 556, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS inquiring on behalf of her son about the "Academy at New Hampton."

Dates: 1835 March [3?]
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Letter : Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, to Roberts Brothers, Publishers, Boston, Mass.
Letter : Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, to Roberts Brothers, Publishers, Boston, Mass.

Letter : Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan, to Roberts Brothers, Publishers, Boston, Mass., [18]92 May 23

 Part of Collection — Box: 18, Folder: GROUP 368, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS asking for a "statement of sales of 'Chinese Ghosts'". With stamp: "Jun 30 1892".

Dates: [18]92 May 23
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Letter : Paris, to Aldrich
Letter : Paris, to Aldrich

Letter : Paris, to Aldrich, n.y. Oct 16

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 494, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ANS originally conveying an installment to be published in January, and asking Aldrich not to cut it despite its length.

Dates: n.y. Oct 16