A Guide to the Richard Watson Gilder Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7135-b
University of Virginia Library
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Richard Watson Gilder Collection, Accession 7135-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase 3 Jan 1967
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- George E. Harrington
- Grover Cleveland
- Josiah Gilbert Holland
- Richard Watson Gilder
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Boston
- Cambridge
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New York
Item Listing
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Richard Watson Gilder , Scribner's Monthly , New York , to Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson , [ Cambridge, Massachusetts ]1871 Nov 15ALS, 2 p.
[Discusses the [Tenriffe] article which he would like to show to Dr. H. [ Josiah Gilbert Holland ] to give it its best chance; wonders if Higginson ever wrote on "Blue Blood," a subject he could speak about with authority, being an aristocrat by blend and a democrat by brain; urges him to think about it; suggests that John Hay could write on the subject, but he would lack Higginson's fineness.]
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Richard Watson Gilder , New York , to Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson , [ Cambridge ]1890 Apr 11ALS, 4 p.
[Says he has mixed feelings about getting an honorary degree from Harvard ; says he was a "poor devil" who would not have made it into Harvard's freshman class; explains that he has not had a proper education, but went to his father's school, dabbled in ancient and modern languages and read some law; says he does not want to sail under false colors; asks him to express views; says he felt the same way when an honorary degree was bestowed upon him by Dickinson College ; states that he heard that a degree will be given to his friend Grover Cleveland ; hopes they can all go up there together; talks about his "Ode."]
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Richard Watson Gilder , New York , to Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson , [ Cambridge ]1893 Mar 2TLS, 1 p.
[Includes autograph corrections; discusses George E. Harrington who was a soldier in Gilder's father's regiment; explains that Harrington is in danger of losing his job at the East Boston post office because of a change in the administration; tries to engage his help in securing the veteran's place.]
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Richard Watson Gilder , New York , to Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson , [ Cambridge ]1905 Jan 5TLS, 1 p.
[Includes autograph note; tells him confidentially that he, also, is in favor of adding women to the Institute of Arts and Letters . ]