Overview
Chiefly correspondence between American essayist John Jay Chapman and family, friends, and associates.
Dates
- Creation: 1841-1940
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
18.5 linear feet (37 boxes)Chiefly correspondence with family members, friends, and literary and political associates. There are poems, essays, articles, and reviews by Chapman together with notebooks, scrapbooks, and clippings. Also includes letters to Elizabeth Chanler Chapman and her notebooks. Finally, there are compositions and correspondence of Chapman family members.
Biographical / Historical
Chapman was an American essayist, poet, and reformer.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to John Jay Chapman
- II. Letters from John Jay Chapman
- III. Letter books
- IV. Letters to Elizabeth Winthrop (Chanler) Chapman
- V. Other letters
- VI. Compositions by John Jay Chapman
- VII. Other compositions
- VIII. Notebooks
- IX. Miscellaneous
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*72M-26. Purchased with the Charles Warren fund, Friends of the Harvard College Library fund, Amy Lowell fund, Spaulding fund, and Dearborn fund; received: 1972 March 14-July 7.
- Title
- Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. John Jay Chapman additional papers, 1841-1940: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00718
Repository Details
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