Manuscripts

A. B. Frost letter to Carolyn Wells

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Description: Frost wrote this letter to author Carolyn Wells from his home in Pasadena, California. In the last part of the letter, Frost responds to a question about whether he ever sketched Walt Whitman by saying "No, I never made a drawing of Walt Whitman. I wish I had. I regard him as a humbug, a poser, a self advertiser."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1920, October 31.
Call number: mssHM 82429
Creator: Frost, A. B (1851-1928)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Donated by Dennis Harbach in honor of Patricia Adler-Ingram, April 2015.
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Collection of Robert Frost letters and poems, (bulk 1894-1916)

Manuscripts

This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost, chiefly consisting of handwritten poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916), poetry editor for The Independent, from the mid 1890s to the 1910s. Items consist of: thirty letters from Robert Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 7656, HM 25338-25366); eighteen loose poems signed by Robert Frost (HM 7638-7646, HM 7648-7655, HM 7657); two poems whose authorship was repudiated by Frost; apparently in the hand of Elinor M. Frost (HM 1201, HM 7647); a collection of 17 handwritten poems presented by Frost to Ward for Christmas 1911 (HM 7237); a letter from Robert Frost to William Hayes Ward, the editor of The Independent (HM 25337); two letters from Elinor Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 25367-25368); three letters from Frost to Huntington Library staff authorizing access to his papers (HM 10799, HM 47622, HM 48305); and two letters from Frost related to autographs (HM 13810, HM 59545).

mssHM 1201; mssHM 7237; mssHM 7638-7657; mssHM 10799; mssHM 13810; mssHM 25337-25368; mssHM 47622; mssHM 48305; mssHM 59545

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Collection of Robert Frost Letters and Poems

Manuscripts

This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost, chiefly consisting of handwritten poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916), poetry editor for The Independent, from the mid 1890s to the 1910s. Items consist of: Thirty letters from Robert Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 7656, HM 25338-25366) Eighteen loose poems signed by Robert Frost (HM 7638-7646, HM 7648-7655, HM 7657) Two poems whose authorship was repudiated by Frost; apparently in the hand of Elinor M. Frost (HM 1201, HM 7647) A collection of 17 handwritten poems presented by Frost to Ward for Christmas 1911 (HM 7237) A letter from Robert Frost to William Hayes Ward, the editor of The Independent (HM 25337) Two letters from Elinor Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 25367-25368) Three letters from Frost to Huntington Library staff authorizing access to his papers (HM 10799, HM 47622, HM 48305) Two letters from Frost related to autographs (HM 13810, HM 59545)

mssHM 1201, etc.

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Samuel B. (Samuel Beach) Axtell letter to Theodore F. Dwight

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Axtell speaks highly of Dwight's family, saying "The name of Dwight is also one which always challenges respect." He writes that he encloses a speech, but the speech is not included with the letter.

mssHM 29220

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S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) Langley letter to Henry S. Mackintosh

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This letter was written by Langley to Henry S. Mackintosh, an American teacher and author. It is on Smithsonian Institution letterhead. The letter reads as follows: "I am very glad to see your hand again, and perhaps I can best answer your inquiry by enclosing you a copy of a report from the Administrative Assistant in the National Museum, in reference to the feathered cloak. If you wish anything more done through the Museum, let me know, though I rather think you would do quite as well with private parties. Very sincerely yours, S. P. Langley."

mssHM 80278

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Francis Clark letter to Abigail Wells

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In this letter to his aunt, Abigail Wells, Francis Clark is about to embark on a ship as part of a group bound from Boston to San Francisco, in hopes of finding gold in California. He plans to be gone three years. Of his motivations, he writes, "I am in the prime of life, have no family, & here is a chance for enterprise and it seems to me right to embrace it." He apologizes at leaving at such short notice, to leave his parents and friends "to go so far & at some hazard too."

mssHM 16542

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George P. Becker letter to William S. Becker

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In this letter to his brother William, George Becker gives a description of San Francisco and of his experiences since arriving. Of the city, he writes, "I do not like the place; never did, in preference to any other, and hope one of these days to be able to leave it." He calls California a place of "madness", saying that "it seems there are more cases of lunacy in this state than any two large states of the atlantic seaboard."

mssHM 16391

A. B. Frost letter to Carolyn Wells

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