A Guide to the James Whitcomb Riley Collection Riley, James Whitcomb. 7133-n

A Guide to the James Whitcomb Riley Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7133-n


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7133-n
Title
James Whitcomb Riley Collection 1878-1905, n.d.
Extent
ca. 38 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

James Whitcomb Riley Collection, Accession 7133-n, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1971 December 7

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • James Whitcomb Riley
  • James Whitcomb Riley
  • John Hay

Item Listing

Manuscripts
  • Poem, "As My Uncle Used to Say"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "The Baby"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "The Bat"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "A Bit of Nature"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Brudder Simms," signed "John C. Walker'' [ James Whitcomb Riley ]
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Buckeyes"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 5 p.
  • Poem, "A Case in Pint"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 3 p.
  • Poem, "Cassander"
    n.d.
    AMs, 3 p.
  • Poem, "A Country Pathway"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 4 p.
  • Poem, "The Cricket"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "The Curse of the Wandering Foot"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 2 p.
  • Poem, "Down Around the River"
    1888 Jun 23
    AMsS, 2 p.
  • Poem, "Going To the Fair"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 2 p.
  • Poem, "The Homesick Little Boy"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 3 p.
  • Poem, "The Hoosier Folk-Child"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 4 p.
  • Poem, "The Hoosier Folk-Child" [different version]
    n.d.
    AMsS, 4 p.
  • Poem, "In a Box"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Let Us Forget"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "My Old Friend"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 2 p.
  • Poem, "O Her Beauty"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Pan"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "'Ras. Wilson"
    1891 Jan
    AMsS, 6 p.
  • Poem, "The Ripest Peach"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Rondelle" [2 copies]
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Serenade"
    n.d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Silence"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Song"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Thoughts on the Late War"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Tired"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 3 p.
  • Poem, "Tom Van Arden"
    1878 Jun 16
    AMsS, 6 p.
  • Poem, ["A Tress of Hair"]
    n.d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Uncle William's Picture"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 2 p.
  • Poem, "The Witch of Erkmurden"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 3 p.
  • Poem, "A Wraith of Summer-Time"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Written in John Boyle O'Reilly's 'In Bohemia' "
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
Letter
  • John Hay to James Whitcomb Riley
    1905 Jan 26
    TLS, 1 p. w/env
Miscellaneous
  • For poems, "In Swimming-Time" and "She'Displains' It" w/auto. corr.
    n.d.
    Galley proof
  • On envelope for the Johnston Family
    n.d.
    Autograph