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Description: The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence by and to Eugene Field (1850-1895). The manuscripts are mostly autograph copies of Field's own poems. The collection also contains 33 letters from Eugene Field to his wife, Julia Sutherland Comstock Field (b. 1857). These letters date from both before and after their marriage in 1873, and many are from Eugene Field's trip to Europe in 1873. The collection also contains letters written to Eugene Field, including one letter from Edward David Cowen, one from Hildegarde Hawthorne, and two letters from Washington Irving Way. There is also one letter in the collection from Eugene Field to Julian Hawthorne.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1870s-1890s
Call number: mssField
Creator: Field, Eugene (1850-1895)

Correspondence and writings

Manuscripts

The collection consists of manuscripts and correspondence by and to Eugene Field (1850-1895). The manuscripts are mostly autograph copies of Field's own poems. The collection also contains 33 letters from Eugene Field to his wife, Julia Sutherland Comstock Field (b. 1857). These letters date from both before and after their marriage in 1873, and many are from Eugene Field's trip to Europe in 1873. The collection also contains letters written to Eugene Field, including one letter from Edward David Cowen, one from Hildegarde Hawthorne, and two letters from Washington Irving Way. There is also one letter in the collection from Eugene Field to Julian Hawthorne.

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Eugene Field papers

Manuscripts

Collection of manuscripts by Eugene Field, mostly autograph copies of his own poems, and letters written by and to Field. Contains a large number of letters from Field to his wife, both before and after they were married, many dating from his trip to Europe in 1873.Collection also includes the following manuscripts: Beard and Baby, HM 19409; Bethlehem Town, HM 19876; Bethelehem Town II, HM 19877; A Birthday Wish, HM 19891; Boccacio, HM 19410; Casey's Table d'Hote, HM 19878; The Dead Babe, HM 19411; Dear Old London, HM 19412; The Dreams, HM 19413; Echoes from the Sabine Farm, HM 19414; Go, missive mine, as valentine..., HM 19879; The Hawthorne Children, HM 19415; Human Sympathy on the Sinin Farms, HM 19416; Hymn. Xmas. 1888, HM 19880; Memoirs of Mrs. Ruth Gray, HM 19418.

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

The collection consists of letters from various English artists, mostly members of either the Royal Academy or the Old Water-Colour Society, primarily addressed to Edwin W. Field or his son, Walter Field (also an artist). A few of the letters concern Field's attempts to establish an artistic copyright law. The collection includes two letters from George Cruikshank, one letter from Sir John Everett Millais, and three letters from Samuel Cousins.

mssHM 42884-42939

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Armenian Lullaby: poem

Manuscripts

Versos of folios 1-3 music of Mr. Gillette in the handwriting of Frank G. Unger; rectos of folios 1-4, title and three leaves with Field's verses, decorated by a Japanese artist with watercolor illustrations. Also bound into volume: letter from Frank G. Unger to Eugene Field, September 7, 1894 (mssHM 19439).

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Edwin W. Field Correspondence

Manuscripts

Collection of letters from various artists, mostly addressed to Edwin Wilkins Field, with some addressed to his son Walter Field who was also an artist. A few of the letters concern Field's efforts to pass some kind of measure ensuring artistic copyright. Most of the letters are from members of either the Royal Academy or the Old Water-Colour Society. Among the correspondents are: 2 letters from George Cruikshank. HM 42895 & 42896 1 letter from Sir John Everett Millais. HM 42922 3 letters from Samuel Cousins. HM 42890-42891

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Photograph albums and scrapbook

Manuscripts

The collection contains manuscripts by Henry Ellsworth Wood, letters written by various authors, photographs, negatives, ephemera, an assay book, and photograph albums and scrapbooks. The collection spans several generations of the Wood family, focusing on the personal life and business activities of Henry Ellsworth Wood. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, including some 300 pieces from Henry Ellsworth Wood to his wife, Belle Matteson McGinnis Wood. These letters, composed over the fifty year period of their marriage, cover a wide range of aspects of their lives, including their immediate and extended family, their day-to-day activities, trips to visit family and friends, financial hardships, mining affairs in Colorado and Canada, and assorted business activities. Four generations of the Wood family are represented in the correspondence, including 69 letters composed between 1853 and 1856 by William Cowper Wood, his parents and siblings. The collection includes various drafts of Henry Ellsworth Wood's reminiscences of his childhood and early days in Leadville, the most comprehensive manuscript of this type being "I Remember." Also of note is the manuscript "Colorado in 1868," reproduced with commentary by Henry Ellsworth Wood from a notebook kept by his father, William Cowper Wood, during the 1868 John Wesley Powell expedition. The collection contains one assay book kept by Maurice Hayes between the years 1873 and 1878. Maurice Hayes arrived at Leadville no later than 1873, serving as one of the first assayers in the area and many early Leadville notables are entered in this record book. There are also several scrapbooks and photograph albums, approximately 1868 to approximately 1921.

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