A Guide to the O. Henry Collection Henry, O. 6333

A Guide to the O. Henry Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6333

University of Virginia Library

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University of Virginia
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USA
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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

6333

Title

O. Henry Collection

Extent

8 items

Creator

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

O. Henry Collection, Accession 6333, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit 16 Apr 1960

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

O. Henry
Perriton Maxwell
[Richard] Duffy

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Pittsburgh

Item Listing

Manuscripts

The Enchanted Kiss
n. d.
TMs, 18 p.

[With autograph corrections; includes an autographed statement from Perriton Maxwell , editor of Metropolitan Magazine , re the purchase, publication, and authenticity of the story.] (Bound in green cloth portfolio)
" The Lonesome Road " from Roads of Desting
n.d.
AMs, 42 p. (Bound in red leather)

[With some editorial markings.]
" The Shamrock and the Palm " from Cabbages and Kings
n. d.
AMs, 33 p. (Bound in red leather)

[With minor editorial markings.]
" Adventures in Neurathenia " and Let Me Feel Your Pulse
n. d.
AMs, 30 p. (Bound in blue cloth)

[With pencilled sentence fragment on back of page 1 and column of pencilled numbers on back of page 20.]
" The Crucible " from O. Henryana
n. d.
AMs, 3 p. (In rust cloth portfolio in rust half morocco slipcase)

[Poem; a copy of the book O. Henryana is in second portfolio in slipcase.]
" Mammon and the Archer "
n. d.
AMs, 6 p. (In blue cloth portfolio in blue cloth slipcase)

[With many penciled corrections in author's hand.]

Letter

O. Henry to [Richard] Duffy
Jun 11
ALS, 3 p.

[Contains an "Impressionistic sketch of Pittsburgh and arrival of me"; mentions Pittsburgh ; discusses briefly a dinner invitation.]