A Guide to the Lewis Gaylord Clark Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7503
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
Lewis Gaylord Clark Collection, Accession 7503, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Deposit, 11 May 1964
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Abraham Hart
- Charles Dickens
- Charles Frederick Briggs
- Curtis Guild
- George Y. Holecest
- Hamilton Fish
- Lewis Gaylord Clark
- Millard Fillmore
- Noble Butler
- Robert Conrad
- Rose Stake
- Rufus Wilmot Griswold
- Theo Hamilton
- Washington Irving
- [Charles ?] Dickens
- [Rufus] Babcock
Item Listing
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Abraham Hart1834 Apr 12ALS, 3 p.
[Concerns recent purchase of Knickerbocker Magazine and planned improvements. Additional contributors announced. Requests publication at Hart's establishment, and welcomes literary contributions from Miss Leslie, a relative of Hart.]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to [Rufus] Babcock1838 Jan 23ALS, 1 p.
[Requests for publication two lectures given by Babcock to the Mercantile Library Association at Clinton Hall.]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Charles Frederick Briggs1847 Sep 22ALS, 2 p.
[Mentions reading and enjoying a work of Briggs', "Scene at a Police-Court" in the Mirror . Mentions sending a note to [Charles ?] Dickens . ]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Hamilton Fish1847 Dec 21ALS, 2 p.
[Appreciation of Fish's and Millard Fillmore 's efforts and mentions St. Nicholas Festival. Mentions an amusing speech by Washington Irving . ]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Curtis Guild1851 Oct [10]ALS, 1 p.
[Will return poetry to Guild as there is enough in magazine.]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Noble Butler1852 Oct 25ALS, 2 p.
[Mentions trip with family to Lake Erie . Refers to extract of letter to Butler in Nov. issue of Harpers . ]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Robert Conrad[1867] Feb [26]ALS, 1 p.
[Praise for Charles Dickens . ]
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Theo Hamilton to Becksn. y. Jan 13ALS, 1 p.
[Mentions clippings and article from London [?] Times . ]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Harpers Magazinen. y. May 15ALS, 1 p.
[Requests Harpers to send any books for notice in the July issue of the Knickerbocker Magazine . ]
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Theo Hamilton to Becksn. y. Dec. 8ALS, 2 p.
[Mentions enclosing a letter from "poor old Brown" and a new play by George Y. Holecest for Miss Rose Stake . ]
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Lewis Gaylord Clark to Rufus Wilmot Griswoldn. d.ALS, 1 p.
[Social letter with questions about Griswold family . Mentions that his eldest daughter is very ill.]