A Guide to the Richard Harding Davis Collection 1879-1917, n.d.
A Collection in
the Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6109-e
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Richard Harding Davis Collection, Accession # 6109-e, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- L[ivermore]
- S[hrewsbury]
- A[lfred]
- E[dward]
- W[endell]
- W[oodley]
Contents List
- Box 14
Rutherford B. Hayes to Lemuel Clarke Davis June 5, 1879ALS, 1 p. with envelope
- Box 14
Jefferson Davis to Col. A.K. McClure December 23, 1884ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Oliver Wendell Holmes to George W[endell] Childs July 1, 1887ALS, 2 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
Julia Marlowe to Richard Harding Davis April 10, 1891ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Sir Henry Irving to Richard Harding Davis November 17, 1893ANS, 1 p.
- Box 14
George Curzon to Richard Harding Davis April 22, 1894ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 14
Albert Chevalier to Richard Harding Davis March 21, 1895ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 14
Ellen Terry to Richard Harding Davis December 25, 1895ALS, 2 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
John Hay to Lemuel Clarke Davis November 26, 1896ALS, 3 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis January 25, 1897ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 16, 1898ALS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Richmond Pearson Hobson to Richard Harding Davis July 6, 1899ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Joseph Jefferson to Richard Harding Davis July 10, 1899ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
John Hay to Lemuel Clarke Davis August 11, 1900ALS, 2 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
John Hay to Lemuel Clarke Davis November 30, 1900TLS, 2 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis December 17, 1900ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 14
Corrie Reitz to Richard Harding Davis February 16, 1901ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Arthur Pinero to Richard Harding Davis April 3, 1901ALS, 3 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
Edward L[ivermore] Burlingame to Richard Harding Davis May 15, 1901ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 28, 1901ANS, 1 p. with envelope, autograph postscript
- Box 14
Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis June 29, 1902ALS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Albert Chevalier to Richard Harding Davis October 7, 1902ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
[Francis William] Reitz to Richard Harding Davis November 8, 1902ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Gordon A. Fraser to Richard Harding Davis November 14, 1902
- Box 14
Owen Wister to Richard Harding Davis January 31, 1903ALS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis February 11, 1903TLS, 2 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
Augustus Thomas to Richard Harding Davis February 12, 1903TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Elihu Root to Richard Harding Davis March 17, 1903TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
George Dewey to Richard Harding Davis July 28, 1903TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Lemuel Clarke Davis September 21, 1903TLS, 2 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
Winston Churcill to Richard Harding Davis September 26, 1903TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Lemuel Clarke Davis October 5, 1903TLS, 8 pp. with envelope
- Box 13
John Hay to Richard Harding Davis November 13, 1903TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 22, 1903TLS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
[Elihu Root] to Richard Harding Davis December 26, 1903TL (frag), 1 p.
- Box 14
Augustus Thomas to Richard Harding Davis January 2, 1904TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Owen Wister to Richard Harding Davis January 9, 1904ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Francis Wilson to Richard Harding Davis August 6, 1904ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 14
Jack London to Richard Harding Davis August 10, 1994ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Jack London to Richard Harding Davis December 27, 1904ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis January 3, 1905TLS, 3 pp. with envelope
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis [January 9, 1905]TNS, 1 p. with envelope
- Box 14
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis May 13, 1905TLS, 2 pp.
with autograph note
- Box 14
Robert W. Chambers to Richard Harding Davis October 26, 1905ALS, 1 p.
- Box 14
William Travers Jerome to Richard Harding Davis November 16, 1905TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Winston S. Churchill to Richard Harding Davis May 19, 1906Physical Location: Churchill agrees to send photographs for Real Soldiers of Fortune (1906) which included a biography of Churchill.ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Jesse Lynch Williams to Richard Harding Davis May 31, 1906ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis June 29, 1906TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis September 4, 1906TLS, 1 p.
- Box 14
Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis October 21, 1906ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 14
Sir Gerald Du Maurier to Richard Harding Davis February 10, 1907ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 14
Sir Gerald Du Maurier to Richard Harding Davis March 8, 1907ALS, 1 p.
- Box 14
[Gouverneur Morris] to Charles [Belmont Davis] August 6, 1907AL (frag.), 1 p.
- Box 14
Winston S. Churchill to Richard Harding Davis September 20, 1907ALS, 3 pp.
Churchill excuses Davis from any "malicious motive" for including material in Real Soldiers of Fortune (1906) that was inaccurate, "possibly-- libelous."
- Box 14
Dorothy Stanley to Richard Harding Davis February 14, 1908ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 14
Anthony Hope Hopkins to Richard Harding Davis January 4, 1909ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Anthony Hope Hopkins to Richard Harding Davis January 22, 1909ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis March 12, 1909ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis September 17, 1910ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis October 1, 1910December 24, 1910
- Box 15
Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis December 28, 1910ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 15
Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis June 14, 1911ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis August 25, 1911ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Leonard Wood to Richard Harding Davis February 1, 1913TLS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Augustus Thomas to Richard Harding Davis July 11, 1913ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Elihu Root to Richard Harding Davis December 18, 1913TLS
- Box 15
George Dewey to Richard Harding Davis December 27, 1913TLS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Stephen Whitman to Richard Harding Davis Feburary 6, 1914ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 15
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis July 18, 1914TLS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis October 31, 1914ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Jean Jules Jusserand to Richard Harding Davis November 4, 1914TLS, 2 pp.
With autographed calling card
- Box 15
Jean Jules Jusserand to Richard Harding Davis December 24, 1914TLS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 29, 1914TLS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding to Davis January 3, 1915ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
J. Brigenbleek to Richard Harding Davis January 15, 1915ALS, 1 p. with envelope
- Box 15
Arthur ("Hugh") Frazier to Richard Harding Davis January 15, 1915ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
[Finley] Peter [Dunne] to Richard Harding Davis Feburary 3, 1915ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 15
Authors' League to Richard Harding Davis February 13, 1915TLS, 1 p.
Signed by Hamlin Garland, Rex Beach, Harvey O'Higgens, and Ellis P. Butler.
- Box 15
J. Brigenbleek to Richard Harding Davis March 11, 1915ALS, 1 p. with envelope
- Box 15
Arthur Wing Pinero to Richard Harding Davis June 11, 1915ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
George Barr McCutcheon to Richard Harding Davis April 3, 1916ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Cyril Maude to Richard Harding Davis [April 3, 1916]ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Belmont Davis April 22, 1916TLS, 1 p. with envelope
- Box 15
Augustus Thomas to Charles Belmont Davis June 5, 1916TLS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Belmont Davis June 27, 1916TLS, 1 p. with envelope
- Box 15
Herbert Bayard Swope to Elizabeth McEvoy Davis September 16, 1917ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Rowland Thomas to [Richard Harding] Davis February 4, n.y.ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Charles Dana [Gibson] to [Richard Harding Davis] April 2, n.y.ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 15
Raymond Hitchcock to [Richard Harding] Davis June 11, n.y.ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 15
Paul Bourget to [Richard Harding] Davis June 15, n.y.ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Booth Tarkington to [Richard Harding] Davis June 24, n.y.ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
John Drew to [Richard Harding Davis] October 4, n.y.ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Booth Tarkington to [Richard Harding] Davis October 7, n.y.ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 15
Paul Bourget to [Richard Harding Davis] n.d.ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Arthur Wing Pinero to [_______], introducing Richard Harding Davis n.d.ANS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Maude Adams to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis "Saturday"ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 15
[_________] to Richard Harding Davis "Thursday"ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Edward H. Sothern to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Edward. H. Sothern to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Irwin S[hrewsbury] Cobb to Richard Harding Davis "Tuesday"ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
[Francis William] Reitz to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Gouverneur Morris to Charles [Belmont Davis] n.d.ALS, 1p.
- Box 15
Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis "Friday"ALS, 2 pp.
- Box 15
Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 15
Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 3pp.
- Box 15
Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 15
A[lfred] E[dward] W[oodley] Mason to Mrs. Richard Harding Davis n.d.ANS, 1 p.
- Box 15
Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis n.d.ALS, 4 pp.
- Box 15
Ellen Terry to Richard Harding Davis "Monday"ALS, 3 pp.
- Box 15
George Ade to Richard Harding Davis "Wednesday"ALS, 1 p.
Ade is unable to see Davis due to heavy rehearsal schedule. ANS on card of "The Wolcott" states when he can be met.
- Box 15
Sir James M. Barrie to Richard Harding Davis July 11, n.y.ALS, 2 pp.