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

A Guide to the James Whitcomb Riley Collection

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


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
7133-p
Title
James Whitcomb Riley Collection 188?-1910, n.d.
Extent
ca. 29 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-p, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase [1972 August 16] 1972 September 1

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Albert Beveridge
  • James Whitcomb Riley

Item Listing

Manuscripts
  • Poem, "A Bedouin"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Cassander" w/autograph corr.
    n.d.
    TMs, 3 p.
  • Poem, "Eros"
    n.d.
    AMs, 2 p.
  • Poem, "The Funniest Thing in the World" certified, 1971 October 20, by Lesley Payne
    n.d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Gretchen" [previous titles: "Katrine," "Gudrune," and "Wilhemina"]
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Early and later version of poem "The Gudewife"
    n.d.
    2 AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "He Called Her In"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 5 p.
  • Poem, "Iry and Billy and Jo"
    n.d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Little Johnt's Christmas"
    n.d.
    AMs, 4 p.
  • Poem, "The Lost Path"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem beginning, "Nobody on the Old Farm..."
    n.d.
    AMsS, 4 p.
  • Poem, "Old Man" [last 2 l. in 7133-r]
    n.d.
    AMs (incom.), 3 p.
  • Poem beginning, "Out on the margin..."
    n.d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Pan"
    n.d.
    AMs, 1 p.
  • Poem, "Robert Burns"
    n.d.
    AMs, 2 p.
  • Poem, "Someday"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem, "The Soo-Burbs"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 2 p.
  • Early and later version of poem, "Thoughts on the Late War"
    n.d.
    2 AMsS, 1 p. and 2 p.
  • Poem, "Tired"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 4 p.
  • Poem, "When Age Comes On"
    n.d.
    AMsS, 1 p.
  • Poem beginning, "When our baby died..."
    n.d.
    AMs (incom.), 1 p.
  • Poem, "When Maimie Married" w/AMs of draft of untitled poem on verso of second leaf
    188?
    AMs, 2 p.
Letters
  • Albert Beveridge to James Whitcomb Riley
    [1902 Nov 28]
    ALS, 2 p. w/env
  • Albert Beveridge to James Whitcomb Riley
    [1905 Dec 14]
    ALS, 3 p. w/env
  • Albert Beveridge to James Whitcomb Riley
    [1906 Jun 12]
    ALS, 4 p. w/env
  • Albert Beveridge to James Whitcomb Riley
    1907 Nov 5
    ALS, 2 p. w/env
  • Albert Beveridge to James Whitcomb Riley
    [l910 Oct 30]
    ALS, 1 p. w/env
  • Albert Beveridge to James Whitcomb Riley
    Nov 9
    ALS, 1 p. w/env
Drawing
  • "Old John Henry" by James Whitcomb Riley
    n.d.
    Pencil drawing