A Guide to the Lewis Gaylord Clark Collection Clark, Lewis Gaylord. 7503

A Guide to the Lewis Gaylord Clark Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7503

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

7503

Title

Lewis Gaylord Clark Collection 1834-1867, n.d.

Extent

11 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

Lewis Gaylord Clark Collection, Accession 7503, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit, 11 May 1964

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Abraham Hart
Charles Dickens
Charles Frederick Briggs
Curtis Guild
George Y. Holecest
Hamilton Fish
Lewis Gaylord Clark
Millard Fillmore
Noble Butler
Robert Conrad
Rose Stake
Rufus Wilmot Griswold
Theo Hamilton
Washington Irving
[Charles ?] Dickens
[Rufus] Babcock

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Lake Erie

Item Listing

Letters

Lewis Gaylord Clark to Abraham Hart
1834 Apr 12
ALS, 3 p.

[Concerns recent purchase of Knickerbocker Magazine and planned improvements. Additional contributors announced. Requests publication at Hart's establishment, and welcomes literary contributions from Miss Leslie, a relative of Hart.]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to [Rufus] Babcock
1838 Jan 23
ALS, 1 p.

[Requests for publication two lectures given by Babcock to the Mercantile Library Association at Clinton Hall.]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to Charles Frederick Briggs
1847 Sep 22
ALS, 2 p.

[Mentions reading and enjoying a work of Briggs', "Scene at a Police-Court" in the Mirror . Mentions sending a note to [Charles ?] Dickens . ]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to Hamilton Fish
1847 Dec 21
ALS, 2 p.

[Appreciation of Fish's and Millard Fillmore 's efforts and mentions St. Nicholas Festival. Mentions an amusing speech by Washington Irving . ]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to Curtis Guild
1851 Oct [10]
ALS, 1 p.

[Will return poetry to Guild as there is enough in magazine.]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to Noble Butler
1852 Oct 25
ALS, 2 p.

[Mentions trip with family to Lake Erie . Refers to extract of letter to Butler in Nov. issue of Harpers . ]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to Robert Conrad
[1867] Feb [26]
ALS, 1 p.

[Praise for Charles Dickens . ]
Theo Hamilton to Becks
n. y. Jan 13
ALS, 1 p.

[Mentions clippings and article from London [?] Times . ]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to Harpers Magazine
n. y. May 15
ALS, 1 p.

[Requests Harpers to send any books for notice in the July issue of the Knickerbocker Magazine . ]
Theo Hamilton to Becks
n. y. Dec. 8
ALS, 2 p.

[Mentions enclosing a letter from "poor old Brown" and a new play by George Y. Holecest for Miss Rose Stake . ]
Lewis Gaylord Clark to Rufus Wilmot Griswold
n. d.
ALS, 1 p.

[Social letter with questions about Griswold family . Mentions that his eldest daughter is very ill.]