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A Guide to the Josiah Gilbert Holland Collection Holland, Josiah Gilbert. 7729

A Guide to the Josiah Gilbert Holland Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7729


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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.

Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7729
Title
Josiah Gilbert Holland Collection 1860-1881
Extent
ca. 20 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open to research.

Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

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Acquisition Information

Deposit, 1964 Nov 11

Funding Note

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

Item Listing

Letters
  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto C. C. Shackford
    1860 Oct 19
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Will give lecture if his schedule permits.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "My Dear Sir"
    1865 Oct 22
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Declines invitation to lecture because of prior commitment.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Edward DeForest
    1867 Sep 18
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Gives lecture schedule.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Mr. Rich
    1867 Oct 1
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Proposes the title "The Woman Question" for an upcoming lecture.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Thomas Dana
    1870 Jun 7
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Has no plans to lecture this season; may change his mind.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Henry Howard
    1873 Mar 5
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Congratulates him on election as governor of Rhode Island; appreciates Howard's remarks on his novel, Arthur Bonnicastle. ]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
    1875 Aug 12
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Regrets he has no photograph to send; promises to send one later.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Col. George E. Waring, Jr.
    1876 Feb 2
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Says lost gloves not his; may belong to Col. [Thomas Wentworth] Higginsonor Mr. Ayer; does not believe [Bret] Harte's book sold for $10,000.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
    1876 May 26
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Declines to send an old poem for publication; does not have the strength to write a new one.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
    1876 Oct 16
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Will send letter from [Richard Watson] Gilderregarding stories submitted by Boyesen.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "Dear Sir"
    1877 Mar 27
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Declines invitation to lecture.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
    1877 Apr 20
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Says Clemens Petersenwishes to write a paper on Bjornsen; asks if this will interfere with his plans.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
    1878 Jan 30
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Suggests an illustrated article on the educational life of European universities.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Will C. Pershing
    1878 Feb 11
    ALS, 1 p. w/env

    [Declines an invitation to write for Pershing's magazine because of his own duties to his own magazine.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
    1878 Feb 25
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Says Scribner's Monthlyis interested in [Boyesen's] "A Daughter of the Philistines."]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "Dear Sir"
    1879 Jan 24
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Remarks that he and [Richard Watson] Gildercannot understand the last lines of material submitted; asks him to look it over again.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "Dear Sir"
    1880 Feb 21
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Has seen Mrs. Conyer; praises her hard work and successful experiment.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Williams
    1880 May 4
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Congratulates him on his article entitled "The Government of Large Cities"; praises its moral insight and moral earnestness.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto [Richard Watson] Gilder
    1880 Jun 12
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Gives his opinion of Walt Whitman; belittles him and his talent as a poet; comments that Mrs. Thaxter's fever is strong.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto [Richard Watson] Gilder
    1880 Sep 19
    ALS, 3 p.

    [Likes Stedman's work on Walt Whitmanbecause of its critical view of the subject; calls Whitman's art a "monster" and a "bastard"; does not believe he made a contribution to American literature; compares him unfavorably to other American literary figures such as Poe, Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Stedman.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Admiral [George Henry] Preble
    1881 Oct 10
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Politely refuses to publish his book.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto William B[uell] Sprague
    n.y. Sep 4
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Will print his pamphlet; insists it be done in Springfield; dislikes having a local print job done at a firm a hundred miles away.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Mrs. Foote
    n.d.
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Declines invitation to visit because his wife is sick.]

  • Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Mr. Marvin
    n.d.
    ANS, 1 p.

    [Reports that his own story, "Mistress of the Manse," is now ready to be printed.]

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Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • C. C. Shackford
  • Clemens Petersen
  • Edward DeForest
  • George E. Waring, Jr.
  • Henry Howard
  • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
  • Josiah Gilbert Holland
  • Thomas Dana
  • Walt Whitman
  • Will C. Pershing
  • William B[uell] Sprague
  • [Bret] Harte
  • [George Henry] Preble
  • [Richard Watson] Gilder
  • [Richard Watson] Gilder
  • [Thomas Wentworth] Higginson
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Rhode Island
  • Springfield
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