Overview
Correspondence of American author Sarah Orne Jewett.
Dates
- Creation: 1861-1930
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 Jewett along with letters from various correspondents to Jewett's sister Mary Rice Jewett and to Jewett's friend Annie Fields.
Biographical / Historical
Jewett was an American author, best known for The Country of the pointed firs (1896).
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to Sarah Orne Jewett
- II. Letters from Sarah Orne Jewett
- III. Letters to Annie (Adams) Fields
- IV. Letters to Mary Rice Jewett
- V. Other correspondence
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequest of Theodore Jewett Eastman; received: 1931.
- Title
- Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00384
Repository Details
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