Manuscripts
A-H
- Description
- The collection consists mostly of letters, along with some documents, one bound volume of manuscripts, and ephemera related to the family and social life of the Howells and Fréchette families. Along with family papers, the collection also contains materials related to literary, journalistic, and political matters, including ballot counts from the deadlocked 1880 Republican Convention and medical bulletins from the time of President Garfield's assassination. Family members represented in the collection include William Cooper Howells, William Dean Howells, Achille Fréchette, and Annie Howells Fréchette. Additional members of the extended Howells and Fréchette families are represented in the collection as well. Correspondents include Mary Austin, Samuel Clemens, George Cary Eggleston, Hamlin Garland, Richard Watson Gilder, James Abram Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, and William Henry Smith.
- Production date
- 1844-1934.
- Call number
- mssHM 27527-27619
- Provenance
- Purchased from Marie Marguerite Fréchette, 1963.
