A Guide to the Papers of John Townsend Trowbridge, 1827-1916 Trowbridge, John Townsend, Papers of 6346-p

A Guide to the Papers of John Townsend Trowbridge, 1827-1916

A Collection in
Clifton Waller Barrett Library,
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 6346-p

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

6346-p

Title

Papers of John Townsend Trowbridge 1886-1913

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 5 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of John Townsend Trowbridge, Accession #6346-p, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on 1990 December 13.

Scope and Content Information

The collection contains manuscripts, 1913 and n.d., of the poems "At sea" and "The lover's problem."

With these are letters, 1886, 1898, and 1904, declining to attend a proofreaders' association meeting, noting that he has never found alcohol or tobacco of value as stimulants, promising to send some work to justify his inclusion in a prospectus and inquiring into payments.

Correspondents are Mary L. Allan, William J. [Dornuff?] and John Eliot [Bourn?]

Contents List

Manuscripts

"At Sea" a poem by John Townsend Trowbridge 1913 May 9

AMS. 3 p.
"The Lover's Problem" by John Townsend Trowbridge n.d.

MS. 5 p.

Letters

John Townsend Trowbridge to John Eliot [Bourn ?] 1886 Sep 30

ALS, 2 p.

[Promises to send him some work for his Thanksgiving project and something else for use in his Prospectus for the coming year and asks what his paper can afford to pay for prose articles by experienced writers like himself]
J.T.T. to William J. [Dornuff ?] 1898 Mar 28

ALS. 1 p.

[Expresses his opinion as to the usefulness of alcohol and tobacco, "I have never found alcohol or tobacco of the slightest value as stimulants to intellectual activity."]
J.T.T. to Miss Mary L. Allan 1904 Apr 3

ALS. 3 p.

[Declines an invitation to attend a meeting of an association of proofreaders while remarking humorously on the close relationship between an author and the corrector of his proofs]