Manuscripts

Janet Lewis letters to Hallett Smith

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Description: Two autograph letters written by Janet Lewis to Hallett Smith, a Huntington Library Senior Researcher. The first letter (January 12, HM 83570), confirms a date for Lewis to read her poems at the Library; the second letter (February 12, HM 83571), thanks Smith for a tour of the Library and presents a copy of her book of poems: The Ancient Ones. Both letters were originally laid into this book when it was presented to the Library.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1980, January 12 - February 12.
Call number: mssHM 83570-83571
Creator: Lewis, Janet (1899-1998)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In Library, 1980.

Smith, Ethel M. 4 letters (1970-1976) to Mort Reis Lewis

Manuscripts

The entire collection deals with Allan Nevins, his work and Mort Reis Lewis' efforts after Nevins' death to keep his legacy alive. The manuscripts include various drafts, most of which deal with Allan Nevins. These include copies of Ray Allen Billington's eulogy for Allan Nevins, his article "Allan Nevins - Historian: A Personal Reminiscences," and a copy of a speech by Billington regarding Nevins, which he gave at the Huntington Library. This series also includes drafts of manuscripts by Mort Reis Lewis such as "A Country Boy at the Huntington Library" and "A Different Profile in Courage: The Triumph of Will." There are also copies of the following scripts by Lewis: "A Pair of Boots" and "Stroke of Fate." Also included are transcripts of interviews, press releases and miscellaneous notes all dealing with Allan Nevins. The correspondence chiefly consists of letters by and to Mort Reis Lewis about Allan Nevins. The letters discuss Nevins' career as an American historian and the senior research associate at the Huntington Library. This series also deals with Lewis and other historians publishing about Nevins and Lewis' effort to get Nevins' image on a stamp. The correspondence also covers American society and politics during the 1960s and 1970s. Allan Nevins is the author of 36 letters, most of which are written to Lewis. There is also much correspondence between Lewis and Allan Nevins' wife, Mary, and his daughters, Anne Nevins Loftis and Meredith Nevins Mayer. The ephemera, which chiefly deals with Allan Nevins, includes newspaper clippings, obituaries, brochures, programs and audiocassettes. The ephemera also touches upon Mort Reis Lewis and Ray Billington and their work. There are four audiocassettes which contain interviews with James Thorpe, Ray Billington and E. B. Long and audio from the Allan Nevins Seminar at Claremont College, May 30, 1969.

mssLewis papers

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Cecil Day Lewis collection

Manuscripts

A collection of poems, correspondence and ephemera related to Cecil Day Lewis and the publication of his first collection of poetry, Beechen Vigil. The correspondence is with publishers Fortune and Merriman and concerns publication details and issues; many of the letters include envelopes. The collection also includes approximately 30 poems; a typewritten, corrected proof of Beechen Vigil, with corrections by Day Lewis and the editor; printed page proofs and galleys, with corrections, of the volume; a newspaper clipping and other printed material.

mssHM 40968-40997

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Lewis Charles Levin letters to William David Lewis

Manuscripts

A collection of 89 items from 1849 to 1850; it consists of Lewis Charles Levin's letters to William David Lewis, chiefly dealing with the campaign led by Levin and his party to secure an appointment for Lewis as collector of the Port of Philadelphia. The letters detail the workings of political patronage in Washington, D.C. in the 19th century.

mssHM 14062-14150

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Cecil Day Lewis collection

Manuscripts

mssHM 40968-40997

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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

Autobiography of David Lewis [microform]: 1854

Manuscripts

Microfilm of the autobiography of David Lewis, written in 1854. The front page includes an unidentified photograph. The text begins with an account of Lewis' birth and childhood in Kentucky, including his family history (with physical descriptions of family members), his family's agricultural pursuits, his knife fights with his brothers, and his working at spinning cotton from the age of 12. Most of the manuscript focuses on the expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri and the events of the Haun's Mill Massacre, during which David's brother Benjamin Lewis was killed. Lewis thoroughly describes the event and its aftermath, including a latter meeting with James Campbell. He also writes of being captured by Missouri soldiers and interrogated about whether he was a Danite. Lewis also describes traveling to Illinois in 1838-1839, returning to Kentucky in 1839, and finally ending up back in Illinois in 1840. The account ends with a brief mention of the death of Joseph Smith. It also includes a patriarchal blessing for Lewis from 1839. The next portion of the volume begins with clippings from the Vernal Express on Sinley Lewis Sr. (1931). It is followed by a biography of David Lewis' son Siney Lewis Sr. (1848-1928) written by his daughter-in-law Crystal P. Lewis. It describes his birth in Council Bluffs, his father's work as a cooper, the death of his mother's father, who left her enough money to emigrate to Utah along with "one negro slave called Jerry" (who spent the rest of his life with the family), their journey to Utah in 1850, Siney's school days, and his leading emigrants to Utah in 1866 with a company of "bull whackers" (teamsters).

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