Overview
Correspondence of American author, orator, editor, and reformer George William Curtis.
Dates
- Creation: 1842-1893
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
4 linear feet (8 boxes)Correspondence of George William Curtis with William Douglas O'Connor, Wendell Phillps, and Daniel Ricketson, among others. Includes over 300 letters from Curtis to Charles Eliot Norton.
Biographical / Historical
Curtis was an American author, orator, editor, and reformer.
Arrangement
Organized into two series:
- bMS Am 1124
- bMS Am 1124.1
- Name index of principal recipients of letters from George William Curtis.
Both series arranged alphabetically by author.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Gift of Bridgham Curtis, 90 Broad Street, New York, New York; received: 1940-1942.
Name index of principal recipients of letters from George William Curtis.
- Chadwick, John White, 1840-1904, recipient. 432, 450, 453, 456, 465, 468, 475.
- Curtis, George, 1796-1856, recipient. 6, 7, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 70.
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908, recipient. 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 44, 47, 48, 49, 55, 56, 57, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 82, 84, 86, 92, 93, 101, 102, 115, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 148, 153, 154, 156, 158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 176, 177, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 211, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 240, 241, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272, 276, 278, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 308, 309, 310, 312, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336.
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908, recipient. 337, 338, 339, 340, 342, 343, 344, 345, 347, 348, 349, 350, 353, 354, 355, 356, 359, 360, 362, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377, 378, 379, 381, 382, 384, 385, 386, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 400, 402, 404, 405, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 414, 415, 418, 419, 420, 422, 423, 424, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 433, 435, 437, 438, 439, 440, 442, 443, 444, 446, 448, 449, 455, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 467, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 476, 477, 478, 479.
- O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889, recipient. 79, 80, 81, 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 121, 129, 137, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 155, 157, 165, 169, 270, 273, 274, 277, 291, 322, 395, 396, 397, 416.
- Ricketson, Anna, recipient. 304, 305, 352, 401.
- Ricketson, Daniel, 1813-1898, recipient. 71, 110, 118, 119, 125, 135, 143, 147, 159, 178, 207, 213, 218, 239, 244, 275, 280, 290, 306, 307, 311, 313, 323, 341, 351, 358, 369, 376, 383, 399, 407, 417, 425, 431, 434, 441, 445, 454, 481, 616.
- Title
- Curtis, George William, 1824-1892. George William Curtis correspondence: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00360
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