Manuscripts

Biographical articles and material

Description: Includes material on Jessie Benton Frémont, William Ewart Gladstone, Lilla Leighton Lindley, William McKinley, Queen Victoria, Ellen Gould White, and Frances Willard; also miscellaneous notes and writing.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1871-1921.
Call number: mssJamesgw
Creator: James, George Wharton (1858-1923)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from N. Kovach, 1943-1944.; purchased from Charles Yale, 1968.
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Articles on religion and travel

Manuscripts

A collection of 266 items which consists of personal and professional papers of George Wharton James; the collection includes correspondence, lectures, sermons, articles, 2 scrapbooks, photographs, and ephemera (1871-1921). The manuscripts cover such topics as the Grand Canyon, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Native Americans, American literature and humor, religion, overseas travels, and biographical pieces on Jesse Benton Fřmont, William Ewart Gladstone, Lilla Leighton Lindley, William McKinley, Queen Victoria, and others. The correspondence includes letters and other material relating to the Robert Browning Centenary and letters from applicants for summer school at Echo Mountain, near Pasadena, California. The Addenda consists of letters and poems sent to James; the poems were probably intended for publication in Land of sunshine or Out west magazine and included are pieces by, among others, Thomas Bracken, Frona Eunice Wait, and Helen Hunt Jackson. The ephemera includes programs, lecture announcements, clippings and other printed material.

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George Wharton James papers

Manuscripts

A collection of 266 items which consists of personal and professional papers of George Wharton James; the collection includes correspondence, lectures, sermons, articles, 2 scrapbooks, and photographs (1871-1921). The manuscripts cover such topics as the Grand Canyon, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Native Americans, American literature and humor, religion, overseas travels, and biographical pieces on Jesse Benton Frémont, William Ewart Gladstone, Lilla Leighton Lindley, William McKinley, Queen Victoria, and others. The correspondence includes letters and other material relating to the Robert Browning Centenary and letters from applicants for summer school at Echo Mountain, near Pasadena, California. The Addenda consists of letters and poems sent to James; the poems were probably intended for publication in Land of sunshine or Out west magazine and included are pieces by, among others, Thomas Bracken, Frona Eunice Wait, and Helen Hunt Jackson. The ephemera includes programs, lecture announcements, clippings and other printed material.

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Articles on California and the West, California literature, and American humor

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California missions and mission style of architecture

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Lectures and sermons

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Articles on Arizona, New Mexico, and Indians

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Includes scrapbook of correspondence and clippings entitled: "Grand Canyon of the Colorado in Arizona" (1891-1894), correspondence regarding the Grand Canyon (1892-1893), articles and notes (1891-1913).

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