A Guide to the William Dean Howells Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 5651-ai
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Processed by: Special Collections Department Staff
Date Completed: 1997
Encoded by: Elizabeth Slomba
© 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open to research.
Publication Rights
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Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1992 May 7
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Item Listing
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William Dean Howells, Kittery Point, Maine, to Miss Aurelia D. Howells, Plainfield, New Jersey1918 May 20ALS, 1 p. w/env
[Expressing his sympathy over the death of her father and commenting on his being a "true poet, and a man of most loveable and beautiful nature." He comments on his own age of 82 and the feeling of loneliness each time a loved one passes away.]
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William Dean Howells, Intervale, New Hampshire, to Miss Aurelia D. Howells, Provincetown, Massachusetts1918 July 28ALS, 1 p. w/env
[Expressing his appreciation for the copy of her father's book and praising the work, especially the "five beautiful sonnets to his brother."]
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Aurelia D. Howells
- William Dean Howells