Manuscripts

William Dean Howells papers

Description: The collection consists primarily of letters from William Dean Howells to the following correspondents: Sylvester Baxter, William Henry Bishop, Charles Eliot Norton, William Henry Rideing, and Charles Warren Stoddard. The collection also contains one poem by William Dean Howells, one letter from Elinor Mead Howells, and two letters from Mildred Howells to Sylvester Baxter and Charles Warren Stoddard.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1866-1921
Call number: mssHM 41383-41535
Creator: Howells, William Dean (1837-1920)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of September 1943.

1866-1893

Manuscripts

The collection consists primarily of letters from William Dean Howells to the following correspondents: Sylvester Baxter, William Henry Bishop, Charles Eliot Norton, William Henry Rideing, and Charles Warren Stoddard. The collection also contains one poem by William Dean Howells, one letter from Elinor Mead Howells, and two letters from Mildred Howells to Sylvester Baxter and Charles Warren Stoddard.

mssHM 41383-41535

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1894-1921

Manuscripts

mssHM 41383-41535

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William Dean Howells letters

Manuscripts

This group of letters includes one letter by John Mead Howells and twenty letters by William Dean Howells

mssHM 54970-54990

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Howells Family Papers

Manuscripts

This material includes three manuscripts and thirteen letters of the Howells family; one manuscript is a lullaby by Aurelia Dora Howells, and one is by William Cooper Howells, "Memoranda of My Personal History," which was the basis for his volume Recollections of Life in Ohio. The thirteen letters include a letter by Vevie Frechette, letters by Joseph Howells, William Dean Howells' uncle, letters by Mildred Howells, William Dean Howells' daughter, a letter by William Cooper Howells, and two letters by William Dean Howells.

mssHM 74525-74540

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. 1 letter to "Dear Cousin," A.L.S. (2 p.), (1907, Mar. 20), (New York, N.Y.)

Manuscripts

This material includes three manuscripts and thirteen letters; one manuscript is a lullaby by Aurelia Dora Howells, and one is by William Cooper Howells, "Memoranda of My Personal History," which was the basis for his volume Recollections of Life in Ohio. The thirteen letters include a letter by Vevie Frechette, letters by Joseph Howells, William Dean Howells' uncle, letters by Mildred Howells, William Dean Howells' daughter, a letter by William Cooper Howells, and two letters by William Dean Howells.

HM 74538.

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Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894. 1 letter to Joseph Howells, 1814-1896, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1892, Aug. 15), (Jefferson, Ohio)

Manuscripts

HM 74537.

William Dean Howells papers

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William Dean Howells letters

Howells Family Papers

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. 1 letter to "Dear Cousin," A.L.S. (2 p.), (1907, Mar. 20), (New York, N.Y.)

Howells, William Cooper, 1807-1894. 1 letter to Joseph Howells, 1814-1896, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1892, Aug. 15), (Jefferson, Ohio)