A Guide to the Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson Collection Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth. 6903-c

A Guide to the Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6903-c

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Processed by: Margarete Groschel

Repository

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

Collection Number

6903-c

Title

Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson Collection 1867-1895

Extent

13 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

Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson Collection, Accession 6903-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 17 Dec 1963 ] 17 Aug 1965

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

A. D. Hurd
Annie Sheldon Coombs
Carmen Sylva
Charles Wolcott Balestier
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
John Bach McMaster
John W. Lovell
Julie Grinnel Cruger
Julie Grinnell Cruger
Michael Augustine Corrigan
Minnie V. D. Ripley
New York City
Richard Croker
Robert Scheffer
Seth Low
Thomas Worchester
[Silas Tertius] Rand

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Boston
Brooklyn
Buccarest
Chicago
England
London
New York
New York City
Rumania
Waltham, Massachusetts

Item Listing

Letters

Thomas Worchester , [ Waltham, Massachusetts ], to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , [? Chicago ]
1870 Jun 29
ALS, 1 p.

[Forwards his letter to [Silas Tertius] Rand , treasurer "at that time"; sends Rand's answer; congratulates him on his marriage.]
Robert Scheffer , private secretary to Queen Elizabeth of Rumania , Buccarest , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York
1888 Mar 8
ALS, 2 p.

[Acknowledges for the queen the receipt some time ago of Idyls of Norway and Other Poems and Queen Titania which she greatly enjoyed; lets him know he impressed the queen with his account of Carmen Sylva 's work in The Independent . ]
Seth Low , Mayor of Brooklyn , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York
1889 Oct 10
TLS, 1 p.

[Acknowledges letter; hopes that his optimism in regard to Columbia [University] is not tinged by his views on immigration; invites him to his house.]
John Bach McMaster , University of Pennsylvania , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York
1889 Oct 14
TLS, 2 p.

[Apologizes for his shortcomings; offers an apology to the "Executive Council"; encloses money to cover his debt.]
John W. Lovell , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York City
1890 Sep 25
TLS, 1 p.

[Sends him the London address of publisher Charles Wolcott Balestier ; discusses the publishing of Boyesen's next book.]
John W. Lovell , United States Book Company , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York City
1891 Apr 20
TL (initialed), 1 p.

[Discusses the correction of proofs; says the company does not object to the use of the story in German in The New York Staatszeitung . ]
John W. Lovell , United States Book Company , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York City
1891 Apr 22
TL (initialed), 1 p.

[Discusses proofs; says Charles Wolcott Balestier will receive his letter upon his return from England tomorrow.]
John W. Lovell , United States Book Company , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York City
1891 Apr 29
TL (initialed), 1 p.

[Discusses pages missing from proofs; says that Charles Wolcott Balestier will meet with him upon his return from Boston . ]
A. D. Hurd , United States Book Company , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York City
1891 May 16
TLS, 1 p.

[Says that plate corrections have been sent to the printer, the price for the requested 250 copies of the Mammon of Unrighteousness in sheets, folded and collated, would be 24 cents per copy.]
Michael Augustine Corrigan , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York
1893 Nov 16
ALS, 1 p.

[Refers to the New York Herald of that day; asks what proof he has to assert that he is in league with Tammany Hall and in control of Richard Croker 's conscience; wants him to retract these charges.]
Michael Augustine Corrigan , New York , Archbishop's House, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York City
1893 Nov 17
ALS, 1 p.

[Appreciates compliance with his request; looks forward to Boyesen's visit next Tuesday evening.]
Annie Sheldon Coombs , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York
n.y. Apr 2
ALS, 4 p.

[Thanks him for letter of reassurance, which revived her hopes for success; says she is upset about her own low opinion of herself.]
Minnie V. D. Ripley , New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , New York
n.y. Apr 3
ALS, 2 p.

[Thanks him for the charming souvenir; says the inscription went right to her heart.]
[ Julie Grinnell Cruger ], New York , to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , [ New York ]
n.y. Aug 22
ALS, 3 p.

[Refers to two letters she has written him; says she is bored with the subject of "rich woman," which has been "done to death in newspapers and fiction"; feels sorry that "Rebellious Daughters" has not been liked and says she will let the other magazine have it if they want it; says that editors love the public as an imbecile; thinks the public is fairly intelligent; expresses admiration for Boyesen's father.]
Julie Grinnel Cruger , [ New York ], to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen , [ New York ]
n. d.
ALS, 3 p.

[Thanks him for a book; marvels at his use of English; says she will always remember how he encouraged her.]

Miscellaneous

Proof to preface Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 's Mammon of Unrighteousness
1891 May
Proof, 2 p.