A Guide to the Richard Henry Stoddard Collection Stoddard, Richard Henry. 8456-a

A Guide to the Richard Henry Stoddard Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8456-a

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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

8456-a

Title

Richard Henry Stoddard Collection 1858-1894

Extent

15 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

Richard Henry Stoddard Collection, Accession 8456-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 17 Dec 1963 ] 20 Feb 1967

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Algernon Charles] Swinburne
Charles Goodrich Whiting
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
F. B. Stan[d]ford
Henry Mills Alden
Henry Timrod
Irving Bacheller
J. Hamstead
James T. Fields
Jean Jungelton
Jeanette Leonard Gilder
Jeanette [Leonard] Gilder
John G[odfrey] Saxe
John Williamson Palmer
Richard Henry Stoddard
Robert Buchanan
Thomas Dunn English
William Makepiece] Thackeray
[Livingston] Hopkins
[William Cullen] Bryant

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Baltimore
Burlington, Vermont
Europe
New York
Philadelphia
Springfield, Massachusetts

Item Listing

Manuscripts

Poem beginning, "The sky is a drinking cup . . ."
1858 Jan 17
AMsS, 1 p.
Poem, " The Canticle of the Sun "
1894 Jul 31
AMsS, 2 p.
Poem, " Birds "
n. d.
AMsS, 1 p.
Poem beginning, "There are gains for all our losses . . ."
n. d.
AMsS, 1 p.
Poem beginning, "There are gains for all our losses . . "
n. d.
AMsS, 1 p.

[Quotation of first verse of a poem.]
Poem, " Epicedium "
n. d.
AMsS, 5 p.

Letters

Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to John G[odfrey] Saxe , Burlington, Vermont
1851 Nov 2
ALS, 3 p.

[Yearns to meet him and read his book; says he had many laughs while reading Saxe's book; compliments him on a book which has gone into third edition and which Stoddard has given to a friend traveling in Europe . ]
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to John Williamson Palmer , [ Baltimore ], [ New York ]
1857 Feb 3
ALS, 2 p.

[Compliments him on his choice of English poems to be published in Folk Songs ; predicts that Palmer will easily find a publisher.]
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to Thomas Dunn English , [ Philadelphia ]
1858 Sep 23
ALS, 1 p.

[Says he is making himself a small collection of choice autograph poems of American poets; asks him to copy his poem "Ben Bolt."]
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to James T. Fields , New York
1865 Aug 7
ALS

[Urges him to do something in a literary and financial way for Henry Timrod . ] (tipped in The Bryant Festival at the Century , 1865)
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to John Williamson Palmer , [ Baltimore , New York ]
1866 Jun 25
ALS, 3 p.

[Lauds Folk Songs ; says his collection of autographs includes one of the best later poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning from a volume on the Italian war, he has nothing complete of [ William Makepiece] Thackeray or Jean Jungelton and he could find manuscripts of short poems of Robert Buchanan or [ Algernon Charles] Swinburne ; encloses copy of " Birds . "]
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to Jeanette Leonard Gilder , New York
1882 Apr 20
ALS, 1 p.

[Informs her that anything of his appearing in The Critic is at her and "the Critics" service.]
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to Jeanette [Leonard] Gilder , New York
1882 Aug 9
ALS, 1 p.

[Recommends F. B. Stan[d]ford , a practiced writer who wrote reviews for The Independent . ]
Richard Henry Stoddard , The Century , to Henry Mills Alden , New York
1885 May 6
ALS, 1 p.

[Wonders if Alden could use, and pay for, a poem by J. Hamstead , an elderly clergyman whose verse has been published gratis in the Evangelist ; thinks even more highly of his work that of [William Cullen] Bryant . ]
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to Mr. [Rannan]
1894 May 22
ALS, 1 p.
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to Irving Bacheller , [ New York ]
1895 Dec 15
ALS, 2 p.

[Remarks about his poor eyesight, evident in his writing, which is difficult to decipher; discusses a paper of 1500-1800 words, which he sends to Bacheller.]
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to [Livingston] Hopkins
1899 Oct 30
ALS, 2 p.

[Discusses his Japanese verse which appeared in Scribner; says he and his wife are pleased that Hopkins liked it.]
Richard Henry Stoddard to "Gentlemen"
1901 Feb 23
ALS, 1 p.
Richard Henry Stoddard , New York , to Jeanette [Leonard] Gilder , New York
[1881 May 2]
ALS, 1 p.

[Includes date 1881 May 2 on verso.]
Richard Henry Stoddard , [ New York ], to Mrs. Terris
Dec 13
ALS, 2 p.

[Says he has not acknowledged a call from Terris' daughter due to rheumatism in the right hand; tells her to get in touch with his publisher for a photo of him.]
Richard Henry Stoddard to unknown
n. d.
ALS, 2 p.

[Fragment.]
Richard Henry Stoddard , [ New York ], to Charles Goodrich Whiting , Springfield, Massachusetts
n .d.
ALS, 2 p.

[Fragment.]

Miscellaneous

Custom House New York check for $83.33, Richard Henry Stoddard 's salary as Debenture Clerk
1856 May 31
Check

[Endorsed by Stoddard.]
Receipt for $50.00 from Scribner & Co.
1874 Jun 1
Receipt

[For article, "July Etchings"; signed by Richard Henry Stoddard . ]