William Dean Howells Correspondence, 1863-1898 | Boston Public Library Archival and Manuscript Finding Aid Database

Title: William Dean Howells Correspondence, 1863-1898

Collection Identifier: MS Acc 586

Extent: 20.0 Items

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Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

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Items in this collection may be subject to copyright restrictions. The Boston Public Library does not hold copyright on the material in this collection. Researchers are responsible for identifying and contacting the persons or organizations that hold copyright.

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Acquisition Note: The letters in this collection were purchased in 1939 with Josiah Benton funds and in 1941 with J. H. Whitney funds.

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Preferred Citation: William Dean Howells Papers. MS Acc 586. Rare Books and Manuscripts Department, Boston Public Library.

Collection Material Type: Papers

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Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of twenty letters written by the American novelist and literary critic William Dean Howells (1837-1920) that cover a span of thirty-five years. The majority of the letters, dated between 1869 and 1888, are to James Ripley Osgood (1836-1892) the editor of the Atlantic Monthly in which Howells critiques manuscripts submitted to the magazine while he was assistant editor. In other letters to Osgood, Howells discusses his plans for and progress of his own work.

In other letters Howells recommendations publications of articles of unknown authors and talks about his own work, particularly the sketches he is writing about Venice.

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