owen wister papers

Owen Wister Papers

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Collection SummaryTitle: Owen Wister PapersSpan Dates: 1829-1966Bulk Dates: (bulk 1890-1930)ID No.: MSS46177Creator: Wister, Owen, 1829-1938Extent: 26,130 items ; 103 containers ; 41 linear feetLanguage: Collection material in EnglishLocation: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.Summary: Author and writer of western novels. Correspondence, diaries and journals, family papers, drafts of articles,poems, novels, short stories, speeches, and other writings and papers; includes partial ms. and dramatizations of Wister'sThe Virginian and his libretto for "Villon; a Romantic Opera in Four Acts." Family correspondents include Fanny Kemble(Wister's grandmother), Sarah Butler Wister (his mother), Mary Channing Wister (his wife), and his cousins, S. WeirMitchell and Langdon Elwyn Mitchell.

Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They aregrouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

PeopleAdams, Charles Francis, 1835-1915--Correspondence.Adams, Henry, 1838-1918--Correspondence.Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930--Correspondence.Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947--Correspondence.Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933--Correspondence.Coit, Joseph H. (Joseph Howland), 1831-1906--Correspondence.Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916--Correspondence.Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926--Correspondence.Foster, John Watson, 1836-1917--Correspondence.Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940--Correspondence.Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961--Correspondence.Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919--Correspondence.Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935--Correspondence.Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960--Correspondence.James, Henry, 1843-1916--Correspondence.James, William, 1842-1910--Correspondence.Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932--Correspondence.Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893--Correspondence.Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936--Correspondence.La Shelle, Kirke--Correspondence.Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924--Correspondence.Mitchell, Langdon Elwyn, 1862-1935--Correspondence.Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914--Correspondence.Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908--Correspondence.Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918--Correspondence.Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909--Correspondence.Repplier, Agnes, 1855-1950--Correspondence.Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence.Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, 1861-1957--Correspondence.Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968--Correspondence.Stuart, Campbell, Sir, 1885- --Correspondence.Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Correspondence.

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Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921--Correspondence.Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937--Correspondence.White, William Allen, 1868-1944--Correspondence.Whitney, Caspar, 1862-1929--Correspondence.Wister, Mary Channing, 1869-1913--Correspondence.Wister, Owen, 1860-1938.Wister, Owen, 1860-1938. Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains. 1902.Wister, Sarah Butler, 1835-1908--Correspondence.

SubjectsOperas--Librettos.Western stories.

OccupationsAuthors.

Administrative InformationProvenance

The papers of Owen Wister, novelist, author, and composer, were given to the Library of Congress primarily by hisdaughter, Frances Kemble Wister Stokes, beginning in 1952. Additional installments were received by the Library through1992. Papers received before 1972 are described in a register published by the Library of Congress in 1972. The collectionwas augmented by gifts from Frances K. W. Stokes or by purchase in the period from 1972 to 1981. These materials are inthe Addenda and comprise the 1984 Addition. Items received by the Library as a gift from Frances K. W. Stokes or bypurchase in the period 1990-1992 are arranged and described in the Addenda as the 1996 Addition.

Processing History

The papers of Owen Wister were arranged and described in 1972. Additional material received subsequently wasincorporated into the collection in 1984 and in 1996. This register was revised in 2002.

Additional Guides

The Owen Wister Papers have been described briefly in the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, vol. 10, May1953, p. 155; vol. 11, May 1954, pp. 168-169; and vol. 26, Oct. 1969, pp. 243-246.

Transfers

Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographshave been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Musical compositions have been transferred to the MusicDivision. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Owen Wister Papers.

Copyright Status

Copyright in the unpublished writings of Owen Wister in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody ofthe Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.

Access and Restrictions

The papers of Owen Wister are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior tovisiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.

Microfilm

A microfilm edition of the scrapbooks in these papers is available on four reels. Consult reference staff in the ManuscriptDivision concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers arerequired to consult the microfilm edition as available.


Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, OwenWister Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical NoteDate Event1860, July 14 Born, Germantown, Pa.

1870-1871 Attended boarding school in Switzerland

1871-1872 Attended boarding school in England

1873-1878 Attended St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H.

1882 B.A., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.

1882-1883 Traveled in Europe; studied musical composition in Paris

1883 Recalled by father to Philadelphia, Pa. for business career

1885 Spent the summer in Wyoming because of poor health

1888 Graduated from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.

1889 Admitted to the bar, Philadelphia, Pa.

1892 Published first Western story, "Hank's Woman," in the August issue, Harper's Magazine

1892-1900 Published numerous Western stories and essays in Harper's Magazine, many of which were latercollected in books

1893 Met Frederic Remington in Wyoming

1895 Published Red Men and White (New York: Harper & Brothers. 280 pp.)

1897 Published Lin McLean (New York: Harper & Brothers. 277 pp.)

1898 Married his second cousin, Mary Channing Wister (died 1913)

1900 Published The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories (New York: Harper & Brothers. 332 pp.)Published Ulysses S. Grant (Boston: Small, Maynard. 145 pp.)

1901 Published Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University (New York: Macmillan. 95 pp.)

1902 Published The Virginian, A Horseman of the Plains (New York: Macmillan. 504 pp.)

1906 Published Lady Baltimore (New York: Macmillan. 406 pp.)

1907 Published The Seven Ages of Washington, A Biography (New York: Macmillan. 263 pp.)


1908 Ran unsuccessful campaign for councilman of seventh ward, Philadelphia, Pa.

1911 Published Members of the Family (New York: Macmillan. 317 pp.)

1912-1925 Board of Overseers, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.

1916 Published The Pentecost of Calamity (New York: Macmillan. 148 pp.)

1921 Published A Straight Deal or the Ancient Grudge (New York: Macmillan. 287 pp.)

1922 Published Neighbors Henceforth (New York: Macmillan. 441 pp.)

1923 Published Watch Your Thirst, A Dry Opera in Three Acts (New York: Macmillan. 175 pp.)

1928 Published When West Was West (New York: Macmillan. 449 pp.)Published The Writings of Owen Wister (New York: Macmillan. 11 vols.)

1930 Published Roosevelt, the Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919 (New York: Macmillan. 372 pp.)

1938, July 21 Died, North Kingstown, R.I.

Scope and Content NoteThe papers of Owen Wister (1860-1938), American novelist best known for his Western stories, span the years 1829through 1966 with the bulk concentrated in the period 1890-1930. The collection is organized in eight series: Journals;Family Correspondence; General Correspondence; Scrapbooks; Speech, Article, and Book File; Biographical File; PrintedMatter; and Addenda.

The Family Correspondence series includes numerous handwritten letters of Owen Wister and of such relatives as hisgrandmother Fanny Kemble Butler, his mother, Sarah Butler Wister, and his cousins, Silas Weir Mitchell and Langdon E.Mitchell. Wister's letters to his mother, 1870-1907, and to his wife, Mary Channing Wister, 1898-1913, contain detaileddescriptions of his activities and thoughts during those years. The letters of Wister's grandmother, the celebrated Britishactress, Fanny Kemble, are numerous and extend from 1829 to 1891. His mother, the anonymous author of articlespublished by The Atlantic Monthly, was a close friend of Henry James, and the family papers contain several of James'sletters to her.

The large General Correspondence series consists mainly of letters received by Wister. Copies of his replies are infrequent.There is a great deal of correspondence from Wister's publishers, particularly the Macmillan Company. Much of hiscorrespondence concerning specific literary works has been placed in the Speech, Article, and Book File. Among prominentindividuals who are represented by numerous letters are John Jay Chapman, Joseph H. Coit, Horace Howard Furness, MarkAntony DeWolfe Howe, Jean Jules Jusserand, Kirke LaShelle, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles Eliot Norton, Agnes Repplier,Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Dwight Sedgwick, Upton B. Sinclair, Malcolm Campbell Stuart, Barrett Wendell, and CasparWhitney.

The first eight volumes in the Scrapbook series bear the title, "Babel," which Wister assigned to them. They containcorrespondence and printed matter, the latter mainly newspaper clippings. There is a card index to items in the first sixvolumes of "Babel" in the Manuscript Reading Room. A microfilm edition of the scrapbooks is available for consultation.

An extensive Speech, Article, and Book File contains handwritten manuscripts of many of Wister's literary works. Severalof these works are accompanied by correspondence and printed matter relating to them.

The Addenda includes journals, family correspondence and papers, general correspondence, writings, and miscellany.


Organization of the PapersThe collection is arranged in eight series:

• Journals, 1885-1921• Family Correspondence, 1829-1936• General Correspondence, 1875-1936• Scrapbooks, 1892-1930• Speech, Article, and Book File, circa 1880-circa 1930• Biographical File, 1866-1936• Printed Matter, circa 1870-circa 1930• Addenda, 1882-1966


Description of SeriesContainer SeriesBOX 1 Journals, 1885-1921

The Western journals, 1885-1896, are typescripts of original manuscripts located in theUniversity of Wyoming Library. The journals for 1900 and 1919-1921 are in Wister'shandwriting.

All are arranged chronologically.

BOX 2-12 Family Correspondence, 1829-1936Letters exchanged between Wister and members of his family as well as correspondence of

various family members collected by Wister.Alphabetically arranged by name of family member, and chronologically arranged thereunder

when the letters are numerous.

BOX 13-39 General Correspondence, 1875-1936Mainly letters received by Wister.Alphabetically arranged.

BOX 40-48 Scrapbooks, 1892-1930Scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, and other printed matter.Arranged in two groups as "Babel" and miscellaneous scrapbooks. The Babel scrapbooks, so

named and numbered by Wister, are arranged numerically. An index to items in volumes1-6 is available for consultation in the Manuscript Division reading room. Miscellaneousscrapbooks are arranged chronologically.

Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 22,325.

BOX 49-83 Speech, Article, and Book File, circa 1880-circa 1930Manuscripts, typescripts, and printed copies of Wister's speeches, articles and short stories,

poems, operas, plays, and books.Grouped by format or genre and therein arranged alphabetically by title or subject. Untitled

speeches are grouped by date, and the poems are unarranged.

BOX 84-92 Biographical File, 1866-1936Includes appointment books, autobiographical and genealogical notes, newspaper and

magazine clippings, certificates and awards, financial records, invitations and programs,legal documents, musical compositions, notebooks, passports, political campaign material,and school records.

Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.

BOX 93-100 Printed Matter, circa 1870-circa 1930Scrapbooks of clippings and other items pertaining to John Jay Chapman, inscribed pamphlets,

items relating to World War I, and miscellaneous items.Arranged alphabetically by subject or document type with miscellaneous items at the end of

the series.

BOX 101-102 Addenda, 1882-1966Journals, family correspondence and papers, general correspondence, writings, and miscellany.Organized by the year in which the addition was processed and thereunder alphabetically by

subject or type of material in conformity with the arrangement of the main body of papers.


Container List

Container Contents

BOX 1 Journals, 1885-1921The Western journals, 1885-1896, are typescripts of original manuscripts located in the

University of Wyoming Library. The journals for 1900 and 1919-1921 are in Wister'shandwriting.

All are arranged chronologically.

BOX 1 1885-1896, 1900(15 folders)

1919-1921(4 vols.)

BOX 2-12 Family Correspondence, 1829-1936Letters exchanged between Wister and members of his family as well as correspondence of

various family members collected by Wister.Alphabetically arranged by name of family member, and chronologically arranged thereunder

when the letters are numerous.

BOX 2 Barclay, Anne WisterButler, Alice LeighButler, Fanny Kemble See Kemble, Frances AnneButler, Mrs. G. M.Butler, Mrs. JohnButler, Pierce, IIButler, RichardEustis, F. A.Furse, William S.Gordon, May E.Haines, Margaret W.Jersey, Margaret E.Kemble, Frances Anne (grandmother)Kemble, HenryLeigh, Frances Butler (aunt)

BOX 3 Leigh, James WentworthMcCallister, JuliaMitchell, Langdon E.Mitchell, Mary C.Mitchell, Silas Weir See also Container 29, same headingRoberts, Elizabeth W.Tuckerman, EmilyWhitesides, W. H.Whitman, SarahWister, Annis Furness (aunt) See also Container 37, Von Appiano, RichardWister, Carl


Wister, Charles J. (grandfather)Wister, Charles J., II (uncle)Wister, EdytheWister, EllaWister, Frances A.Wister, Frances Kemble (daughter) See also Container 102, Stokes, Frances K. W.Wister, Isaac J.Wister, James W.Wister, John CasparWister, Lewis CasparWister, Mary Channing (wife) See also Container 102, same heading

1898-1904BOX 4 1905-1910BOX 5 1911-1913, undated

Wister, Mary Channing (daughter)Wister, Mary Eustis

BOX 6 Wister, Owen Jones (father) See also Container 101, same headingBOX 7 Wister, Owen Jones (son)

Wister, S. E.Wister, Sarah Butler (mother)

James, Henry, 1894-1907General

1863-1876BOX 8 1877-1886BOX 9 1887-1896 See also Container 37, Waring, GuyBOX 10 1897-1899BOX 11 1900-1905BOX 12 1906-1909, undated

Wister, William RotchUnidentified

BOX 13-39 General Correspondence, 1875-1936Mainly letters received by Wister.Alphabetically arranged.

BOX 13 Abbott, HolkerAdams, Charles FrancisAdams, HenryAgassiz, Elizabeth C.Aide, HamiltonAlderman, Edwin A.Aldrich, MaddieAldrich, Margaret ChanlerAldrich, RichardAldrich, Thomas Bailey See Container 13, Atlantic MonthlyAllen, Frederick Lewis See Container 23, Harper's MagazineAllen, Henry T.

Family Correspondence, 1829-1936

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American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican MagazineAndrew, A. PiattAngell, James R.Arliss, GeorgeAtherton, GertrudeAtlantic Monthly See also Container 34, Sedgwick, ElleryAydelotte, Frank“A” miscellaneous

BOX 14 Bacheller, IrvingBacon, LeonardBayly, LewisBeck, James W.Beers, Henry A. See also Container 31, Penniman, Josiah H.Beith, Ian Hay See also Container 76, A Straight DealBenét, Stephen Vincent See also Container 102, Stokes, Frances K. W.Benson, Edward FredericBenson, Godfrey RathboneBerlinger, EmileBeveridge, Albert J.Bicknell, Eva M.Biddle, A. J. Drexel See also Container 31, PeopleBiddle, A. SydneyBiddle, Francis B.Biddle, GeorgeBiddle, MoncureBingham, Robert W.Bishop, Joseph BucklinBispham, DavidBlankenburg, RudolphBlashfield, EdwinBobbs, William C.Bok, Edward W. See also Container 26, Ladies' Home JournalBolitho, HectorBonaparte, Charles J.Boston TranscriptBoutet de Monvel, Louis MauriceBoyesen, Hjalmar H. See also Container 17, CosmopolitanBreton, AndréBrett, George P. See Container 28, Macmillan Co.Bridgman, Horace A. See Container 16, CongregationalistBriggs, Le Baron Russell See also Container 76, A Straight DealBrooks, PhillipsBrooks, Van WyckBrown, Francis YeatsBrowne, Valentine Edward Charles, Viscount Castlerosse

General Correspondence, 1875-1936

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Brumbaugh, MartinBryce, E. MarionBryce, JamesBryére, RaymondBurgess, GelettBurlingame, Edward L. See Container 16, Charles Scribner's SonsBurroughs, Edgar RiceBurt, Maxwell StruthersBurton, EmmetButler, George Geoffrey GilbertButler, Nicholas Murray See also Container 34, Sinclair, Upton B.“B” miscellaneous

(1 folder)BOX 15 (1 folder)

Cable, George WashingtonCameron, W. B.Campeau, Frank See Container 78, The VirginianCarnegie, AndrewCentury Magazine See also Container 22, Gilder, Richard W., and Container 25, Johnson,

Robert UnderwoodChambers, Robert W.Chanler, Winthrop AstorChapman, ChanlerChapman, Eleanor JayChapman, Elizabeth ChanlerChapman, FannyChapman, Henry Grafton

BOX 16 Chapman, Henry Grafton, Jr.Chapman, John Jay See also same container, Chevrillon, AndréChapman, Minna TimminsCharles Scribner's SonsChevrillon, André See also same container, Chapman, John JayChristy, Howard ChandlerClark, Charles E. See Container 76, A Straight DealClemenceau, GeorgesClemens, CyrilClemens, Samuel L.Coates, Florence EarleCobbe, Frances PowerCoit, Henry A.Coit, J. N.Coit, Joseph H. See also Container 34, Saint Paul's School, Concord, N.H.Coit, Mary B.Collier's WeeklyComfort, W. W.CongregationalistConnery, Edward


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BOX 17 Converse, Frederick S.Cooke, James FrancisCope, WalterCorbin, John See also Container 22, Harper & Brothers, and Container 74, Roosevelt, the Story

of a FriendshipCorelli, MarieCortissoz, Royal See also Container 69, Lady Baltimore, and Container 74, Roosevelt, the

Story of a FriendshipCosgrave, John O'Hara See also Container 18, Doubleday, Page & Co.Cosmopolitan See also Container 14, Boyesen, Hjalmar H.Cowles, Anna RooseveltCrawford, JackCrowninshield, Frank See Container 72, Neighbors Henceforth, and Container 78, The

VirginianCrozier, WilliamCurtis, George, Jr.Curtis, Heber D.Cushing, Harvey See also Container 55, "John Jay Chapman"Cutler, Robert“C” miscellaneous

BOX 18 D. Appleton & Co.Da Costa, J. M.Davey, NormanDavis, Charles HenryDavis, Richard HardingDavis, W. W.De Herdt, JosephDe Koven, ReginaldDelineatorDe Voto, BernardDimnet, Ernest See Container 29, Martin, Edward S.Dixon, ThomasDodd, Mead & Co.Dodge, SanfordDoubleday, Page & Co. See also Container 17, Cosgrave, John O'HaraDreiser, TheodoreDuke, W. DeanDrummond, William HenryDwyer, Charles See same container, Delineator“D” miscellaneous

BOX 19 Edmonds, Walter D. See also Container 75, Roosevelt, the Story of a FriendshipEdwards, Frank A.Eliot, Charles W.Emerson, Sylvia W. See also Container 25, Jewett, Sarah OrneEvarts, PrescottEvarts, Sherman“E” miscellaneous


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Fairbanks, DouglasFairchild, BlairFarnum, Dustin See also Container 78, The VirginianFew, William P.Field and StreamFinley, John H.Fisher, John S.Fisher, Sidney GeorgeFletcher, Ed

1910-1915BOX 20 1921-1923, undated

Foote, Arthur See also Container 72, Neighbors HenceforthForbes, William CameronFord, Ford MadoxForest and Stream Publishing Co. See also Container 22, Grinnell, George BirdFox, John, Jr.Fox, Mary D.Freedley, Mary M.French, Amos Tuck

1889-1934BOX 21 1936, undated

Frohman, CharlesFrost, Frank R.Furness, Horace Howard“F” miscellaneous

BOX 22 G. Schirmer, Inc.Gardner, A. P.Gardner, Isabella See also Container 79, The VirginianGarfield, James R. See also Container 79, The VirginianGarland, HamlinGarnett, PorterGilder, Jeannette L.Gilder, Richard W. See also Container 15, Century MagazineGoetschius, Percy See same container, G. Schirmer, Inc.Goldschmidt, OttoGollancz, IsraelGoodman, ArthurGoodrich, Arthur F. See Container 38, World's WorkGoodspeed, Edgar JohnsonGosse, EdmundGrant, RobertGrassie, HenryGreely, Adolphus WashingtonGreenslet, FerrisGreenwalt, John C.Grey, Edward (Grey of Fallodon)


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Grinnell, George Bird See also Container 20, Forest and Stream Publishing Co.Guiraud, Ernest“G” miscellaneousHadfield, Robert A.Hagedorn, Hermann, Jr. See also Container 37, The VigilantesHague, ArnoldHaldane, A.R.B.Hammond, John HaysHarbord, James G.Harper & Brothers See also Container 17, Corbin, John, and Container 23, Harvey, George B.

M.Harper's Bazar

BOX 23 Harper's MagazineHarrison, HallHart, Albert Bushnell See Container 73, Philosophy 4Hart, William S. See Container 76, A Straight DealHarvard ClubHarvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Harvey, George B. M. See also Container 22, Harper & BrothersHawkins, Sir Anthony HopeHay, John See also Container 79, The VirginianHayne, William H.Hays, Arthur GarfieldHemingway, ErnestHenry, BarklieHerbert, AubreyHigginson, Henry L.Higginson, IdaHill, Adams ShermanHill, Frederick TrevorHitchcock, Ethan A.Hobbs, William H. See also Container 76, A Straight DealHofmann, JosefHolland, Rupert SargentHolmes, Oliver Wendell (1841-1935)Holt, HenryHope, Anthony See Container 23, Hawkins, Sir Anthony HopeHoughton Mifflin & Co.House, Edward M.Howard, Esme

BOX 24 Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe (1864-1960) See also Container 39, Youth's Companion, andContainer 69, Lady Baltimore

Howells, William DeanHowland, Hewitt H. See Container 32, Reader“H” miscellaneousIngham, John H.Innes, George (1854-1926)


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Irving, HenryIrwin, AgnesIrwin, Sophy“I” miscellaneous


J. B. Lippincott Co.Jackson, Joseph HenryJames, Henry For additional material see Container 7, Wister, Sarah ButlerJames, William For additional material see Container 8, Wister, Sarah ButlerJastrow, MorrisJervey, DeanJervey, Theodore D.Jewett, Sarah Orne See also Container 19, Emerson, SylviaJohannsen, Albert See also Container 102, same headingJohns, ClaytonJohnson, Burges See Container 22, Harper & BrothersJohnson, Robert Underwood See also Container 15, Century MagazineJones, W. Strother See also Container 34, Saint Paul's School, Concord, N.H.Jusserand, EliseJusserand, Jean Jules

BOX 26 “J” miscellaneousKane, Florence B.Kauffman, Reginald WrightKeen, William W.Kendall, William SergeantKipling, CarolineKipling, RudyardKnight, William“K” miscellaneousLadies' Home Journal See also Container 14, Bok, Edward W.LaFarge, C. GrantLaFarge, FlorenceLaFarge, JohnLaFarge, Oliver H. P.Lambert, JohnLamont, Thomas W.LaShelle, KirkeLaughlin, Clara E.Lawrence, SusanLazarus, EmmaLeach, Henry GoddardLee, Sidney

BOX 27 Lennox, Blanche GordonLeslie, ShaneLewis, Alfred Henry


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Lewis, CarolineLodge, Henry CabotLoeffler, Charles Martin TornovLomax, John A.London, JackLong, John LutherLong, RayLoomis, Charles BattellLorimer, George H. See Container 34, Saturday Evening PostLowell, A. Lawrence See also Container 75, Roosevelt, the Story of a FriendshipLowell, AmyLowes, John L.Lucy, Henry See Container 79, The VirginianLungren, FernandLutyens, Edwin L.“L” miscellaneous

BOX 28 Mabie, Hamilton W. See also Container 31, OutlookMacfarlane, K. S. See also Container 29, Mitchell, Silas WeirMacMechan, ArchibaldMacmillan, FrederickMacmillan Co.MacVeagh, WayneMcCall, Jane ByrdMcClure's MagazineMcCormick, Robert R.McGregor, Jennie M. S.McKenzie, R. TaitMcMaster, John Bach“Mc” miscellaneousManning, William T.Markley, Alfred C.

BOX 29 Markoe, FrancesMarkoe, MatildaMarquis, DonMartin, Edward S.Matthews, Brander See also Container 72, Neighbors HenceforthMayo, KatherineMeloney, Marie M.Merwin, SamuelMessager, André Charles ProsperMichael, M. FrancisMitchell, Anne W.Mitchell, John K.Mitchell, John K., IIIMitchell, Silas Weir See also Container 3, same heading, and Container 28, Macfarlane, K. S.Monnet, Jean


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Monod, GustavMoore, John BassettMore, Paul ElmerMorgan, Herbert E.Morley, Christopher See Container 57, "Quack-Novels and Democracy"

BOX 30 Morley, JohnMorris, Gouverneur (1876-1953)Morris, Harrison S.Morse, Edward S.Mosher, Thomas B.Musgrave, Jeanie L.“M” miscellaneous

BOX 31 National Institute of Arts and LettersNewbold, Clement B.Newton, A. EdwardNitobe, InazoNorton, Charles EliotNorton, Sara“N” miscellaneousOllivant, AlfredOsborn, Henry FairfieldOsler, WilliamOuting Publishing Co. See also Container 38, Whitney, CasparOutlook See also Container 28, Mabie, Hamilton W.“O” miscellaneousPage, Arthur W. See also Container 34, Sedgwick, ElleryPage, Walter HinesPaine, Albert BigelowPaine, Robert T., IIIParker, GilbertParsons, GeoffreyPatterson, Joseph M.Peabody, Endicott See Container 75, Roosevelt, the Story of a FriendshipPeabody, Robert S.Pennell, JosephPenniman, Josiah H. See also Container 14, Beers, Henry A.People See also Container 14, Biddle, A. J. DrexelPercy, HerbertPerkins, Charles E.Perkins, MaxwellPerry, Bliss See Container 13, Atlantic Monthly, and Container 23, Houghton Mifflin & Co.Phelps, William LyonPhillips, CharlesPhillips, WilliamPier, Arthur Stanwood

BOX 32 Poole, Ernest


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Prince, MortonPringle, Elizabeth W. A.Pritchett, Henry S.Putnam, Herbert“P” miscellaneousRalph, JulianRavenel, Harriott H.Rawle, FrancisReaderReath, Theodore W.Redington, J. W.Reed, David A.Remington, Eva A.

BOX 33 Remington, Frederic See also same container, Russell, R. H.Repplier, AgnesRhodes, James Ford See also Container 77, Ulysses S. GrantRichards, GrantRichards, Laura E.Richards, Theodore WilliamRiley, James WhitcombRoberts, Owen J.Robins, ThomasRobinson, Corinne RooseveltRogers, W. A. See Container 75, Roosevelt, the Story of a FriendshipRohmer, Sax See Container 37, Ward, Arthur S.Roosevelt, Edith KermitRoosevelt, Ethel CarowRoosevelt, Franklin DelanoRoosevelt, Nicholas See Container 75, Roosevelt, the Story of a FriendshipRoosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919) See also Container 39, Youth's CompanionRoosevelt, Theodore (1887-1944)Royal Society of LiteratureRoz, FirminRussell, R. H. See also same container, Remington, Frederic“R” miscellaneous


Sadler, Michael E.Saint Paul's School, Concord, N.H. See also Container 16, Coit, Joseph H., and Container 25,

Jones, W. StrotherSargent, John OsborneSargent, John SingerSargent, SullySarolea, CharlesSassoon, SiegriedSaturday Evening PostSchreiner, William Phillip


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Schuyler, GeorginaScudder, Horace E. See Container 13, Atlantic MonthlySeaman, OwenSedgwick, Ellery See also Container 13, Atlantic Monthly, and Container 31, Page, Arthur W.Sedgwick, Henry DwightSeton, Ernest ThompsonShattuck, Frederick C.Sims, William S.Sinclair, Upton B. See also Container 14, Butler, Nicholas Murray

BOX 35 Skirdin, Charles D.Small, Albion W.Small, Maynard & Co.Smith, Charles SpragueSpalding, Walter R.Spring-Rice, Cecil A.Stapleton, JohnStetson, Francis L.Stevenson, Robert LouisStewardson, JohnStewardson, Langdon C.Stimson, Frederic J. ( "J.S. of Dale)"Stokowski, LeopoldStokowski, Olga SamaroffStorey, MoorfieldStory, JulianStowe, Lyman Beecher See Container 72, Neighbors HenceforthStrachey, John St. LoeStreet, Julian See also Container 75, Roosevelt, the Story of a FriendshipStrong, John BradleyStuart, Malcolm CampbellSturgis, Richard C. See Container 75, Roosevelt, the Story of a Friendship, and Container 79,

The VirginianSullivan, MarkSulzberger, Mayer See Container 79, The VirginianSwift, Augustus M.“S” miscellaneous


Taft, Henry W.Taft, William HowardTardieu, André Pierre Gabriel AmédéeTarkington, BoothTavern ClubThayer, Abbott H. See also Container 79, The VirginianThayer, William RoscoeThayer, William S. See also Container 79, The VirginianThomas, Augustus


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Thomas, Martha CareyThompson, Harry A.Thompson, Henry B.Thomson, FrankTibbits, EdwardTilton, Ralph See Container 18, DelineatorTowne, Charles Hanson See Container 22, Harper's BazarTownsend, R. D. See Container 31, Outlook“T” miscellaneous


Unwin, T. Fisher“U” miscellaneousVanderbilt, GeorgeVan Loon, Hendrik WillemVan Tyne, ClaudeVielé, Herman KnickerbockerViereck, George SylvesterThe Vigilantes See also Container 22, Hagedorn, Hermann, Jr.Von Appiano, Richard See also Container 3, Wister, Annis Furness“V” miscellaneousWallace, Henry C.Walpole, HughWalters, Henry G.Ward, Arthur S.Ward, SamuelWaring, Guy See also Container 9, Wister, Sarah ButlerWarren, Francis E.Washington, Booker T.Watterson, HenryWeeks, Edward See Container 13, Atlantic MonthlyWendell, BarrettWendell, EdithWest, George B.

1887-1892BOX 38 1893-1934

Wharton, EdithWharton, Frances B.Wharton, HenryWharton, Katharine J.Wharton, R. J.Wharton, ThomasWhibley, CharlesWhite, HenryWhite, J. WilliamWhite, William Allen


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Whitlock, BrandWhitney, Caspar See also Container 31, Outing Publishing Co.Wickersham, George W.Williams, Francis C.Williams, Jesse LynchWilliams, Ralph VaughanWilliams, TalcottWilson, James GrantWilson, James H.Wise, John S., Jr. See Container 77, Ulysses S. GrantWoman's Home CompanionWood, Leonard See also Container 76, A Straight DealWorld's WorkWyndham-Quin, Windham Thomas, Lord Dunraven

BOX 39 “W” miscellaneousYerkes, Robert M.Youth's Companion See also Container 24, Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe, and Container 33,

Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)Unidentified

BOX 40-48 Scrapbooks, 1892-1930Scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, and other printed matter.Arranged in two groups as "Babel" and miscellaneous scrapbooks. The Babel scrapbooks, so

named and numbered by Wister, are arranged numerically. An index to items in volumes1-6 is available for consultation in the Manuscript Division reading room. Miscellaneousscrapbooks are arranged chronologically.

Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 22,325.

BOX 40REEL 1

"Babel"

Vol. 1, "Notoriety," letters received and miscellaneous clippings, 1890-1930BOX 41REEL 1

Vol. 2, "Roosevelt medal and letters," letters received, 1894-1918, and clippings, 1929-1930

BOX 42REEL 2

Vol. 3, untitled, letters received and miscellaneous clippings, 1895-1897

BOX 43REEL 2


BOX 44REEL 2

Vol. 5, miscellaneous clippings, 1911-1912

BOX 45REEL 3

Vol. 6, When West Was West, letters received and clippings, 1928-1929

Vol. 7, "Therefore is the name of it called BABEL because the Lord did there confound thelanguage of all the Earth. Gen. XI:9," letters received, clippings and printed matter,1892-1894

BOX 46REEL 3


BOX 47REEL 4

Miscellaneous

1890s-1900


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BOX 48REEL 3

1901, 1911, 1914

BOX 49-83 Speech, Article, and Book File, circa 1880-circa 1930Manuscripts, typescripts, and printed copies of Wister's speeches, articles and short stories,

poems, operas, plays, and books.Grouped by format or genre and therein arranged alphabetically by title or subject. Untitled

speeches are grouped by date, and the poems are unarranged.

BOX 49 SpeechesChronological file

1882, Nov. 151886, June 151899, June 261901, June 519041907

Jan. 9Dec. 18

1912June 17June 26

1914Feb. 12Nov. 14Dec.

1923, Mar.1924

Jan. 26Feb. 21July 4

1928, Nov. 241932, June1933, Jan. 201930's

Alphabetical fileAlliance Francaise, introducing Guy Irvin and Jean Jules Jusserand"America's Month"

BOX 50 Clemenceau, GeorgesCoit, Henry A.Coolidge, CharlesCutler, ElliotFurness, Horace Howard, memorial tributeGreenough, ChesterHarvard University, Cambridge, Mass.Howells, William DeanIrwin, Agnes

Scrapbooks, 1892-1930

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Jusserand, Jean JulesLowell, LawrencePhiladelphia, Pa.Scheel, Fritz, memorial tribute"The Seven Ages of Washington"Sibley, Florence"Superstition and the Doctor"Twain, MarkWashington, George, toast to the memory ofUntitled and undated

BOX 51 Articles and short stories"Absalom of Moulting Pelican""According to a Passenger""After Four Years""At the Sign of the Last Chance""The Bear Creek Barbecue""Before the Dude Came""Belinda the Bold"Book reviews"A Boom in Tucson""The Bridge of Dread""Called Up""Can These Bones Live?""Capitalist Clyve""Captain Quid"

BOX 52 "The Case of the Quaker City""Catholicity in Musical Taste""Charles E. Ingersoll""Clayton Johns, 1884-1932""A Columbian Improvisation""Concerning 'Bad' Men""Concerning Children""The Creed of a Charter Member" See also Container 60, Tavern Club"Destiny at Drybone""Doctor Coit""Don't Squander the Past""The Drake Who Had Means of His Own""Ernest Harold Baynes""Evert Jansen Wendell""The Evolution of the Cow-Puncher""Express Trains, American and English"Fiction, essays on the subject of"For Belgium, For Our King"

BOX 53 "For Him It Is Three Strikes and Out""The Founding of Harvard College""The Fragments That Remain"

Speech, Article, and Book File, circa 1880-circa 1930

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"Francis Rawle""Fred Stone""From Moliére to America""The Game and the Nation""The General's Bluff""George W. Norris""The Gift Horse""Government""Grandmother Stark""Guillermo Colesberry Purves""H. L. H." (Henry Lee Higginson)"Hank's Woman""Happy Teeth"Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., "Report of the Committee Appointed by the Board of

Overseers to Visit the Department of Music""Henrick Ibsen, the Dramatist""High Speed," correspondence"His Own Family""His Real Patient""Horace Howard Furness"

BOX 54 Horae Scholasticae, Wister's articles in"The Hour of Dedication""How I Was Taught the Game of Polo""How Lin McLean Went East""How One Bomb Was Made""How Ute Jack Was Taken""If We Elect Mr. Wilson""In a State of Sin""In Homage to Mark Twain""In Memory of Charles Sigourney Knox""In Memory of Richard H. Harte""In the Days of Our Innocence""James P. Hutchinson"

BOX 55 "The Jimmyjohn Boss""John Jay Chapman" See also Container 17, Cushing, Harvey"Joyous Journey""Kamerad!""The Keystone Crime""A Kinsman of Red Cloud"Labor Unions"Land of the Free""La Tinaja Bonita"Liberty Loan"Lin McLean's Honeymoon"

BOX 56 "Little Big-Horn Medicine""Little Old Scaffold"


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"Lone Fountain"19231926 revision

"Looking Out the Window""Lowell" (James Russell Lowell)"McKinley and Roosevelt""A Message From Philadelphia""Miss Agnes Irwin""Mr. James's Variant""Mother""The Mountain Sheep: His Ways" See Container 70, Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat"Music""My First Editor" (Henry Mills Alden)"My Friendship With Roosevelt""My Maiden Effort""The New Music""Old Outfits in the Yellowstone Park""Once Around the Clock""The Open Air Education"

BOX 57 "Operatic Drinks""Orchestral Perfumes: A Trance""Our Country and the Scholar""Our English""Padre Ignazio," includes French translation, correspondence"The Passing of Anti-British Prejudice""The Passing of Ute Jack""The Patronage of High Bear"Philadelphia, Pa."The Pit, a Story of Chicago"Porcellian Club"Portrait of a Period""The Promised Land""The Proper Thing""Quack-Novels and Democracy"

TextCorrespondence

BOX 58 Printed matterRed Cross"Reminiscence With Postcript""The Reprieve of Capitalist Clyve""Retrospect and Prospect""The Right Honorable the Strawberries""The Rocky Mountain Goat and His Country" See Container 70, Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and

Goat"Roosevelt and the 1912 Disaster""Roosevelt and the War"


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Roosevetlt, Theodore (1858-1919), untitled sketch"S. Weir Mitchell, Man of Letters"

(2 folders)BOX 59 (2 folders)

"Safe in the Arms of Croesus"Saint Paul's School, Concord, N.H.

MiscellanyHoraeWar Memorial

"Salvation Gap""The Scab""Schicksalsende in Trockenknochen""Separ's Vigilante""The Serenade at Siskiyon""Shall We Let the Cukoos Crowd Us Out of Our Nest?""Sharon's Choice""The Singing Yankees""Song and the Man"

BOX 60 "Sophy Dallas Irwin""Specimen Jones""Stanwick's Business""Strictly Hereditary""Subjects Fit for Fiction""Sun Road""Superstition Trail;" also printed matter"The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania"Tavern Club See also Container 52, "The Creed of a Charter Member""Theodore Roosevelt""Theodore Roosevelt," open letter, 1912"Theodore Roosevelt: The Sportsman and the Man"

BOX 61 "Timberline""To Our Prohibitionists"Trask, William R."The Trouble With Belweather""The Twenty-fifth Hour""Twenty Minutes for Refreshments""Two Counterfeits""Upon a Missing Word""The Vicious Circle""Visit To White House""Wagner's Nibelung's Ring""War and the Undergraduate""Waring""When Eggs Were Eggs""Where Charity Begins""Where Fancy Was Bred," printed matter


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"Where It Was""Where the Lightning Struck""Where the 'Ought' Comes In""The White Goat: His Ways" See Container 70, Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat"Who Will Help?""The Wilderness Hunter""William Dean Howells"

BOX 62 "William Roscoe Thayer""The Winning of the Biscuit Shooter""With the Coin of Her Life""The Young Roosevelt"List of essaysPrefaces

BOX 63 Poems"To Woodrow Wilson: 22 Feb. 1916"Miscellaneous

Operas and operettas"Dido and Aeneas"

BOX 64 "Kenilworth""Listen to Binks""Montezuma""Villon"Watch Your Thirst See also Container 71, Neighbors Henceforth

BOX 65 Plays"The Dragon of Wantley""The Honeymoonshiners""Lin McLean""Slaves of the Ring""That Brings Luck"The Virginian

Text(6 folders)

BOX 66 (2 folders)PhotographsTheater accounts

1904BOX 67 1905-1913

Printed matterBOX 68 The Dragon of Wantley

The Green TreeHow Doth the Simple Spelling Bee

TextCorrespondencePrinted matter

BOX 69 A Journey in Search of Christmas, printed matterLady Baltimore See also Container 17, Cortissoz, Royal, and Container 24, Howe, Mark

Anthony DeWolfe


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BOX 70 ScrapbookSheet music

Lin McLeanCorrespondencePrinted matter

Members of the Family, printed matterMusk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat

TextPrinted matter

BOX 71 Neighbors Henceforth See also Container 20, Foote, Arthur, Container 29, Matthews,Brander, and Container 64, Watch Your ThirstTextDutch translationCorrespondence

BOX 72 Printed matterThe New Swiss Family Robinson

TextPrinted matter

The Pentecost of CalamityTextCorrespondence

BOX 73 Printed matterPhilosophy 4


BOX 74 Red Men and White"Romney"Roosevelt, the Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919 See also Container 17, Corbin, John, and

Cortissoz, Royal, Container 19, Edmonds, Walter D., Container 27, Lowell, A. Lawrence,and Container 35, Street, JulianTextCorrespondence

A-CBOX 75 D-Z

Printed matterThe Seven Ages of Washington

TextNotesCorrespondencePrinted matter

A Straight Deal; or, The Ancient Grudge See also Container 14, Beith, Ian Hay, and Briggs,Le Baron Russell, Container 23, Hobbs, William H., and Container 38, Wood, LeonardText


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BOX 76 CorrespondencePrinted matter

(2 folders)BOX 77 (2 folders)

Ulysses S. Grant See also Container 33, Rhodes, James FordTextItalian translationCorrespondencePrinted matter

The Virginian See also Container 19, Farnum, Dustin, Container 22, Gardner, Isabella, andGarfield, James R., Container 23, Hay, John, and Container 36, Thayer, Abbot H., andThayer, William S.Text

BOX 78 French translationCorrespondence

A-FBOX 79 G-Z

Printed matter(2 folders)

BOX 80 (8 folders)BOX 81 (6 folders)BOX 82 (3 folders)

When West Was West"With Wine in France"

BOX 83 Unfinished novel about Philadephia, Pa., circa 1912Literary fragmentsIdeas for novels

BOX 84-92 Biographical File, 1866-1936Includes appointment books, autobiographical and genealogical notes, newspaper and

magazine clippings, certificates and awards, financial records, invitations and programs,legal documents, musical compositions, notebooks, passports, political campaign material,and school records.

Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.

BOX 84 Appointment books1891-1928

BOX 85 1929-1936Autobiographical and genealogical notes and outlines, undatedBiographical accounts, newspapers and magazines

(7 folders)BOX 86 (12 folders)BOX 87 (1 folder)

Certificates and awardsFinancial papers

MiscellaneousBOX 88 Toland, Elizabeth U.

(5 folders)


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BOX 89 Invitations and programsTavern ClubMiscellaneous

Kane, Florence B., notes on Wister's manuscriptsLegal papersMusical compositionNotebooks

1885-1895, 1900-1907(3 folders)

BOX 90 1911Undated

(5 folders)Passports, 1919-1930

BOX 91 School recordsNotebooks, 1874-1882, undated

BOX 92 Reports, weekly, monthly, and term, 1866-1878, undatedUnidentified fragments, notes, and miscellany

BOX 93-100 Printed Matter, circa 1870-circa 1930Scrapbooks of clippings and other items pertaining to John Jay Chapman, inscribed pamphlets,

items relating to World War I, and miscellaneous items.Arranged alphabetically by subject or document type with miscellaneous items at the end of

the series.

BOX 93 Chapman, John Jay, scrapbooksInscribed pamphlets

BOX 94 World War I(6 folders)

BOX 95 (7 folders)BOX 96 Miscellaneous

(9 folders)BOX 97 (6 folders)BOX 98 (6 folders)BOX 99 (11 folders)BOX 100 (8 folders)

BOX 101-102 Addenda, 1882-1966Journals, family correspondence and papers, general correspondence, writings, and miscellany.Organized by the year in which the addition was processed and thereunder alphabetically by

subject or type of material in conformity with the arrangement of the main body of papers.

BOX 101 1980 AdditionFamily correspondence, Owen Jones Wister, 1882-1883 (formerly restricted) See also

Container 6, same heading1984 Addition

Journals, 1914-1915 (2 vols.)Family papers

Tuckerman, Emily, 1907-1923, undated

Biographical File, 1866-1936

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Wister, Mary Channing (wife), 1916, undatedWister, Sarah Butler (mother)

Correspondence, 1883, undatedManuscript of "The Early Years of a Child of Promise," 1905

(5 folders)Wister, William (son), 1937

General correspondenceFurness, Horace Howard, and family, 1897-1921, undatedHaines, Ella (Mrs. D. Jansen Haines), 1917Harrison, Hall, undatedKane, Florence B., 1898-1937, undatedKipling, Rudyard, 1936Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919), 1915Unidentified publisher, 1910

BOX 102 WritingsEssays

"In the Day of Our Innocence," 1918"The Scab," 1904

Poem, "Ballade of Joyous Journeys," undatedMiscellany

Deed between Alexander W. Wister et al. and Elizabeth Dilks, 1909General, 1932-1935Story outline, author unknown, undated

1996 AdditionFamily correspondence

Stokes, Frances K. Wister (daughter)Letters from Wister, 1914, 1933 See also Container 3, Wister, Frances KembleLetters from others, including Stephen Vincent Benét, 1938, 1966 See also Container

14, Benét, Stephen VincentStokes, Walter (son-in-law), 1934Wister, Mary Channing (wife), 1904, 1910, undated See also Container 3, same heading

General correspondenceJohannsen, Albert, 1908 See also Container 25, same headingUnidentified, 1908

WritingsNotes on father, undatedPoems, undatedSpeech about Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1889

Addenda, 1882-1966

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owen wister papers

Documents