Charles Eliot Norton correspondence with Charles Welsh
Overview
Correspondence between Charles Welsh and American author Charles Elliot Norton pertaining to his last literary project.
Dates
- Creation: 1907-1908
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.01 linear feet (1 volume)Correspondence with Charles Welsh relating to Norton's last literary project, prefatory remarks to a collection of stories by Maria Edgeworth titled Tales that never die. Also includes clippings about project.
Biographical / Historical
Norton was an American author, editor, and teacher. He was a professor of the History of Fine Arts at Harvard. Welsh was the editor of Maria Edgeworth's Tales that never die.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Immediate Source of Acquisition
58M-245. Purchased with the Charles Eliot Norton fund; received: 1959 February.
- Title
- Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. Charles Eliot Norton correspondence with Charles Welsh, 1907-1908: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01121
Repository Details
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