A Guide to the Edward Rowland Sill Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7940-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
Edward Rowland Sill Collection, Accession 7940-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Deposit [ 1963 Dec 17 ] 1967 Feb 20
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Edward Rowland Sill
- [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward
Item Listing
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Poem, " The Dawn "n. d.AMsS, 1 p. (initialed)
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Poem, " To My Correspondent who writes of the Weather "n. d.Printed (initialed)
[Signed, with note.]
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Last page of manuscript1866 Feb 19AMsS, 1 p.
[Begins ". . . word to be removed be 'haggard' . . ."]
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Fragment of manuscriptn. d.AMs, 1 p.
[Begins ". . .we are tolerable at present"]
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Resume of Sill's lifen. d.AMsS, 1 p.
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Edward Rowland Sill to [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward1886 Jun 28ALS, 4 p.
[Responds to her request that he read and judge [ The Wind of Destiny ], which she sent to him; says he likes the author, but not the book.]
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Edward Rowland Sill to [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward1886 Nov 6ALS, 4 p.
[Acknowledges receipt of [ The Madonna of the Tubs ?]; says he is impressed with the cover, the sketches, and most of all, the "Thing Itself."]
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Edward Rowland Sill to [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward1887 Jan 30ALS, 4 p.
[Wishes her a speedy recovery from an injured foot; comments on his own health; says he and his wife are enjoying their holiday in New York , opera, chamber music concerts, art exhibits, etc.; finds Rev. and Mrs. Gilder an interesting pair; inquires if she has been to New York and if she knows the literary people there.]