A Guide to the O. Henry Collection Henry, O. 6333-h

A Guide to the O. Henry Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6333-h

University of Virginia Library

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

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

6333-h

Title

O. Henry Collection

Extent

5 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

O. Henry Collection, Accession 6333-h, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Gift 10 Jan 1947

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

C[harles] A[lphonso] Smith
O. Henry
Sara Lindsay Coleman Porter

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Missouri
New York

Item Listing

Manuscripts

" Confessions of a Humorist " from Waifs and Strays
n. d.
AMS, 31 p.

[Story contains numerous editorial markings.] (Red leather binding)
" The Hypothesis of Failure " from Whirligigs
n. d.
AMS, 25 p.

[Includes occasional editorial markings; gives address as 47 w. 24th Street, New York . ] (Red leather binding)
" The Street of Lies "
n. d.
AM, 17 p.

[Story includes fragment of " O. Henry "; unsigned, unpublished.] (Damaged upper left corner; written in pencil)

Letter

O. Henry to C[harles] A[lphonso] Smith
1908 Feb [27?]
ALS, 4 p.

[Discusses illness preventing attendance at a dinner, the possibility of getting together, living at the Hotel Chelsea but doing his work at an apartment in The Caledonia; mentions Missouri , Sara Lindsay Coleman Porter . ]