Manuscripts

Howells Family Papers

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1851-1954
Call number: mssHM 74525-74540
Creator: Howells (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Anne Kennedy Peterson and Matthew Kennedy, November 26, 2008.
Associated people: Howells, Aurelia Dora, (1842-1931.); Howells, Joseph, (1814-1896.); Howells, Mildred, (1872-1966); Howells, William Cooper, (1807-1894.); Howells, William Dean, (1837-1920.)
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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

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 74537.

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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.)

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HM 74538.

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mssHM 74525-74540

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mssHM 74525-74540

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Fréchette, Vevie. 1 letter to Ruth Cornell Cook, 1890-1981, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1953, Sep. 22), (San Diego, Calif.)

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HM 74526.

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William Dean Howells papers

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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Howells-Fréchette families papers

Manuscripts

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.

mssHM 27527-27619

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