Overview
Letters of American abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe to various correspondents concerning her publishers, friends, and the abolition of slavery.
Dates
- Creation: 1854-1890
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Originals closed; use digital images.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the papers created by Harriet Beecher Stowe as well as copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
1 folderCollection consists of letters from Harriet Beecher Stowe to various correspondents, including concerns, comments, and questions related to edits in her book proofs; and a sympathy letter to a friend whose father had died. Also includes letters to and from Stowe relating to politics and slavery, possibly referring to Senator Stephen A. Douglas's Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 and the subsequent repeal of the Missouri Compromise.
BIOGRAPHY
Harriet Beecher Stowe was an American abolitionist and the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and other books.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: 939--1409
The letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe were acquired by the Schlesinger Library from Paul C. Richards, 1965-1968, and the University Manuscript Company, 1967.
Processing Information
Processed: January 1988
By: Bert Hartry
Updated and additional description added: January 2021
By: Laura Peimer
The Schlesinger Library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit. Finding aids may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was made possible by Radcliffe Class of 1956 and the Mary Mitchell Wood Manuscript Processing Fund.
- EAD ID
- sch01894
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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