A Guide to the Emma Dorothy Southworth Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8315-a
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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
Emma Dorothy Southworth Collection, Accession 8315-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase [ 1967 Dec 1 ] 1968 Jan 19
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Charles Warren Stoddard
- Emma D. E. N. Southworth
- Emma Dorothy Southworth
- Grace Greenwood
- [Abraham Hart]
- [Charles Jacobs] Peterson
Item Listing
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Quotation beginning, "Trust first in God . . ."1858 Mar 4AQS, 1 p.
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Quotation beginning, "Let us ask ourselves at night . . ."n. d.AQS, 1 p.
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Emma Dorothy Southworth to [Abraham Hart]1853 Jan 29ALS, 1 p.
[Sends him two stories with "good and practical moral" to be included in a volume; includes a dedication; asks for 2 copies for herself; requests to see a proof sheet of the engravings.]
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Emma Dorothy Southworth to "My Precious Friend"1894 Jun 11ALS, 4 p.
[Inquires about Grace Greenwood to whom she has recently written but has not received a reply from; gives a description of Greenwood the way she was in 1850; wonders if she has offended Greenwood with her letter; asks correspondent to look for Greenwood in the city and to let her know; invites correspondent to visit her now, when the countryside is so beautiful.]
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Emma Dorothy Southworth to [Charles Jacobs] PetersonSundayALS, 1 p.
[Promises him a double amount of copy for the next day; mentions the bad notices her piece Mark got from the English critics.]
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Emma Dorothy Southworth to "My Dear Young Friend"[1890 Nov 23]ALS, 2 p.
[Thanks him for his letter and an enclosed newspaper clipping, which was provided by one of his friends; appreciates that he rose to her defense when she was so outrageously libeled; promises him a copy once her final reply is finished.]
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Emma Dorothy Southworth to [publisher ?], last page[1892 Dec 16]ALS, 1 p.
[Pleads with correspondent not to publish anything about her childhood without her endorsement when he publishes a piece about her in honor of her 73rd birthday.]