A Guide to the Richard Harding Davis Collection , n.y., n.d. #6109-s

A Guide to the Richard Harding Davis Collection n.y., n.d.

A Collection in
the Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6109-s

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
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USA
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Processed by: Special Collections Department

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Richard Harding Davis Collection, Accession # 6109-s, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This holding was acquired by purchase on May 2, 1996 and July 8, 1996.

Contents List

Letters

Box 16
Richard Harding Davis to "Dear Jack" June 26, n.y.

ALS, 2 p.

Davis offers congratulations on graduation and best wishes for the future "whether you now intend to write short stories or to become an electrical engineer, or a mere milllionaire..."
Box 16
Richard Harding Davis to "Dear Sir" July 2, n.y.

ALS, 2 p.

Davis writes concerning a misunderstanding due to a servant accidentally mailing an addressed envelope with a blank paper inside to the recipient.

Photograph of Richard Harding Davis n.d.

Box 16

14 x 9.5 cm mounted on board 16.5 x 11 cm

Photograph taken by Charles L. Ritzmann, Importer of Photographs of Celebrities, New York, NY; inscribed and autographed "to my friend Edward W. Bok."