A Guide to the Sara Josepha Hale Collection Hale, Sara Josepha. 7639-d

A Guide to the Sara Josepha Hale Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7639-d

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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

7639-d

Title

Sara Josepha Hale Collection 1889-1931

Extent

9 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

Sara Josepha Hale Collection, Accession 7639-d, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Transfer 1995 November 28

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Carroll A. Wilson
Mary E. Tyler
Mary Sawyer
Richard W. Hale
Ruth E. Finley
Sarah Hunter
Sarah Josepha Hale
W. E. Ambler
[Ruth E.]Finley

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts
Hempstead, Long Island, New York
New York, New York

Item Listing

Letters

Mary E. Tyler to Judge W. E. Ambler
1889 Feb 12
ALS, 2 p.

[Revealing the name of an early playmate and a classmate of Mr. Roulstone, thanking him for the offer of a lamb picture but declining as she has been presented with many others, and politely refusing to send a photograph of herself.
Carroll A. Wilson to Richard W. Hale , Boston, Massachusetts
1930 Dec 23
TL (carbon), 3 p.

[Discussing the authorship of [ Mary Had a Little Lamb ], including the claim of Mary Sawyer [ Mary E. Tyler ?] that the poem was written by Sarah Josepha Hale for her twenty five years previously. He further discusses evidence attempting to identify the author of the poem, including a statement by Hale that she wrote the poem and that she wrote it as a allegory "to teach the loving-kindness that should find happiness in making helpless creatures happy." He states certain differences in the two versions of the poem, one published in the 1830 September-October issue of Juvenile Miscellany , with the initials 'S. J. H.' following the verse which was entitled 'Mary's Lamb' and the other the book, [ Mary Had a Little Lamb ]. He also inquires about "the Old South wool-selling" and mentions Mr. Ford and Mr. Roulstone's theory.]
Richard W. Hale , Hale and Dorr , Boston, Massachusetts , to Carroll A. Wilson , New York, New York
1930 Dec 24
TLS, 2 p.

[Discussing further the authorship of Mary Had a Little Lamb , and mentioning "the Old South wool selling," Mrs. Emmet [Ruth E.]Finley and her forthcoming biography of Hale, and Sarah Hunter , descendant of Hale.]
Ruth E. Finley , Hempstead, Long Island, New York , to Carroll A. Wilson , New York, New York
1931 Jan 4
TLS, 1 p.

[Asking him to talk about his attitude concerning the authorship of ' Mary's Little Lamb , ' mentioning the Ford controversy and the 1830 September-October issue of Juvenile Miscellany . ]
Carroll A. Wilson to Ruth E. Finley , Hempstead, Long Island, New York ,
1931 Jan 6
TL (carbon), 1 p.

[Offering to send the needed photographic illustration [from Juvenile Miscellany ] and asking to borrow the clipping from the Boston Transcript which appeared after "the Old South Church Wool-Selling incident."]
Richard W. Hale , Hale and Dorr , Boston, Massachusetts , to Carroll A. Wilson , New York, New York
1931 Jan 7
TLS, 1 p.

[Commenting on 'the old South wool-selling' and the corresponding article in the Boston Transcript . ]
Ruth E. Finley , Hempstead, Long Island, New York , to Carroll A. Wilson , New York, New York ,
1931 Jan 13
TLS, 1 p.

[Thanking him for the promise of the photograph of the first printing of " Mary's Little Lamb " and enclosing a copy of the article from the Boston Transcript . ]
Carroll A. Wilson to Ruth E. Finley , Hempstead, Long Island, New York
1931 Jan 15
TL (carbon), 2 p.

[Thanking her for the copy of the article and enclosing a photograph of the poem as well as one of the original wrapper number of the issue of the [ Juvenile Miscellany ].]
Ruth E. Finley , Hempstead, Long Island, New York , to Carroll A. Wilson , New York, New York
1931 Jan 20
TLS, 1 p.

[Expressing her gratitude for the two photographs from the issue of the Juvenile Miscellany and discussing the chapter on " Mary's Lamb . " She comments on writing about the character and achievements of Sarah Josepha Hale and "the Raulston -Sawyer -Hale -Ford affair."]