A Guide to the Washington Irving Collection Irving, Washington. 6256-o

A Guide to the Washington Irving Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6256-o

University of Virginia Library

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

6256-o

Title

Washington Irving Collection 1806-[1951], n. d.

Extent

ca. 52 items

Collector

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Washington Irving Collection, Accession 6256-o, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit 1965 Jan 4

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Abbey Irving
Anna K. Hiener
Charles King
Edward Everett
George Bancroft
George P[almer] Putnam
George [Ferris]
Gustav W. [Lurman]
Henry Brevoort
Henry Ogden
J. S. Williams
John Howard Payne
John Irving
Joseph Gratz
Matthew Brady
Rebecca Gratz
Robert Balmanno
S. B. Woolworth
Thomas Aspinwall
Washington Irving
William Graham
William Sotheby
[Benjamin] Silliman
[John Howard] Payne

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

New York

Item Listing

Manuscripts

Leaf from Life of Columbus
n. d.
AM, 1 p. (fragment)
Notes regarding English life
n. d.
AMs, 5 p.
Poem, "An Humble Apology for a Violation of the Laws of Politeness" addressed to Rebecca Gratz (in an unknown hand)
n. d.
AM, 1 p.

Correspondence

Washington Irving to Joseph Gratz
1806 Jul 8
ALS, 1 p.
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
1807 Jun 6
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
1807 Jul 19
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
1807 Aug 31
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Rebecca Gratz
1809 Jul 4
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
1810 Mar 20
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
1810 Nov 11
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
1810 Dec 28
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Rebecca Gratz to Joseph Gratz
1811 Mar 15
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to unknown
1815 May 27
ALS, 2 p.
Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort
[1819 Sep]
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
John Irving to Abbey Irving
[1820] Mar 4
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Col. Fairman
1821 Apr 19
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to [John Howard] Payne
1821 Apr 30
ALS, 2 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Miss Lowenstein
1823 Jul 12
ALS, 2 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Baron Von Lowenstein
1824 Dec 11
ALS, 2 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall
1827 Oct 8
ALS, 4 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall
1829 Oct 10
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to unknown
[1829] Oct 19
ALS, 1 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to Thomas Aspinwall
1835 Apr 28
ALS, 2 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to George [Ferris]
1836 May 22
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to Edward Everett
1842 Oct 7
ALS, 4 p.
Washington Irving to George P[almer] Putnam
[1848] Aug 3
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to William Graham
1850 Aug 10
ALS, 2 p.
Washington Irving to Editor of the Tribune
1851 Nov 10
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to unknown
1852 Feb 5
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to Robert Balmanno
1852 Apr 21
ALS, 3 p.
Washington Irving to Henry Ogden
1852 Jun 16
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to [_____ Corbin]
[1854] Nov 3
ALS, 1 p.
George Bancroft to Washington Irving
1855 May 30
ALS, 2 p.
Washington Irving to Gustav W. [Lurman]
1855 Sep 25
ALS, 2 p.
Washington Irving to Anna K. Hiener
1857 Feb 7
ALS, 2 p.
J. S. Williams to Washington Irving
1857 Feb
AL, 1 p. (copy)
Washington Irving to J. S. Williams
1857 Mar 4
ALS, 2 p.
Washington Irving to Charles King
1857 Mar 19
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to S. B. Woolworth
1857 Nov 6
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to the Irving Literary Association
[1858] Jan 22
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to [ Thomas Aspinwall ]
Mar 20
ALS, 1 p.

framed with an engraving of Irving, head and shoulders, and a drawing of Irving, seated
Washington Irving to unknown
Apr 25
ALS, 1 p.
Washington Irving to [ William Sotheby ]
Aug 13
ALS, 2 p.
Washington Irving to Editor of the Knickerbocker
Jan 14
ALS, 3 p. w/addr
Washington Irving to John Howard Payne
n. d.
ALS, 1 p. w/addr

Miscellaneous

Washington Irving , as a young man, head and shoulders
[1825]
Engraving,
[ Rebecca Gratz ] head and shoulders (photo of a painting)
n. d.
Print,
Washington Irving , as an older man, head and shoulders, (two copies of a photograph by Matthew Brady )
n. d.
Print,
Washington Irving , full face
[1851]
Engraving,
Autograph of Washington Irving
1853 Oct 27
ANS,
Petition to [Benjamin] Silliman to deliver lectures in New York , signed by Washington Irving , et al.
1836 Feb 17
ADS, 2 p.
Petition to the State Legislature if New York , to found an inebriate asylum, signed by Washington Irving
n. d.
Printed,
Regarding Clifton Waller Barrett's purchase of the gold medal presented to Washington Irving by the Royal Society of Literature (two copies of news release)
[1951]
Printed,