A Guide to the Lydia Avery Coonley Ward Papers
1861-1922 Ward, Lydia Avery Coonley, Papers,
1861-1922
5672-a
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Accession number 5672-a
Title Lydia Avery Coonley Ward Papers
1861-1922
Physical Characteristics 94+
items
Language
English
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Preferred Citation
Lydia Avery Coonley Ward Papers, Accession #5672-a,
Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library,
Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1982 September 29.
American poet, 1845-1944, known for her wide circle of
literary friends and her encouragement of young authors.
The collection consists primarily of social notes to Mrs.
Ward from authors, some artists, and musicians. Some concern
her work for the committees on literature for children, and
children's day at the Chicago World's Fair. Susan B. Anthony,
Hamlin Garland, George F. Root, and Jane Addams are mentioned.
Letters, works in progress, philanthropies, and family news
are common topics.
A manuscript of "The Tower of Flame" by Richard Watson
Gilder is included, as are autographs and letters collected by
her.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by name of
correspondent.
Box 1
Lyman Abbott
1899 May 26
Box 1
Oscar Fay Adams
1897 Nov. 28
Box 1
Percy Alden
1896 Oct. 13, 1899 May
15
Box 1
James Lane Allen
1897 Feb. 8
Box 1
William Archer
1899 Apr. 19
Box 1
C. R. Ashbee
1916 Mar. 13
Box 1
Marion and Amelia Avery
n.d.
Box 1
Amelia E. Barr
n.d.
Box 1
Frederic Clay Bartlett
1922 Jan. 19
Box 1
Clara D. Bates
1893 Aug. - 1894 Oct. 29,
n.d.
Box 1
Henry Ward Beecher
1873 Feb. 15
Box 1
Lilian Bell
1897 Jan. 1
Box 1
Park Benjamin
[1863]Aug. 3
Box 1
Harriot Stanton Blatch
[1900]Jan. 23
Box 1
M. Boutet de Mouvel
1899 Jan. 29
Box 1
Anna H. Branch
1917 Mar. 6
Box 1
B. H. Bristow
1877 Apr. 3
Box 1
John Graham Brooks
1896 Dec. 18 - [1900 Feb.
28], n.d.
Box 1
Noah Brooks
1893 May 26
Box 1
G. W. Bungay
1863 Feb. 9
Box 1
Hesekiah Butterworth
[ca. 1893]
Box 1
G. W. Cable
[1892 Jan. 12], 1896 Jan.
3
Box 1
Helen Campbell
n.d.
Box 1
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
1897-1900
Box 1
J. V. Cheney
1895 Jun. 24 - Sep.
12
Box 1
Kate Chopin
1898 Mar. 31
Box 1
Frederic Horace Clark
1892 May 24
Box 1
Albert Coates
1922 Jan. 22
Box 1
Frances Power Cobb
[1896] Jul. 9,
11
Box 1
Robert Collyer
1897 Oct. 22
Box 1
Sarah B. Cooper
1896 Jun. 21
Box 1
Edward Gordon Craig
n.d.
Box 1
F. Marion Crawford
n.d.
Box 1
Martha Foote Crow
[1898 Mar.]
Box 1
Abby Morton Diaz
[1894] Aug. 31, Sep.
10
Box 1
Anna E. Dickinson
n.d.
Box 1
Mary Mapes Dodge
1882 May 29 - 1893 Mar.
31
Box 1
Clarence Eddy
1893 Nov. 3
Box 1
Edward W. Emerson
1892 Feb. 7 - [1903] Apr.
30
Box 1
Ellen T. Emerson
1903 Apr. 29
Box 1
Kate Field
1893 Nov. 16 - 1894 Dec.
12
Box 1
J. Malcolm Fisher
n.d.
Box 1
John Fiske
1891 Dec. 21
Box 1
Horace Fletcher
1897 Jun. 12
Box 1
B. O. Flower
1895 Apr. 20
Box 1
[Benjamin?] Franklin (facsimile)
n.d. (1785 Jul. 9)
Box 1
Henry B. Fuller
1896 Jan. 11 - 1915 Nov.
29
Box 1
W. C. Gannett
1891 Sep. 2 - 1895 Nov.
8
Box 1
R. L. Garner
1897 May 8
Box 1
William Lloyd Garrison [Jr.]
1903 May 23, Nov.
5
Box 1
R. W. Gilder
1893 Jul. 10
Box 1
John B. Gough
1861 Nov. 14
Box 1
Edward Howard Griggs
1919 May 9
Box 1
G. Stanley Hall
1896 May 22,
n.d.
Box 1
Caroline Hazard
n.d.
Box 1
George D. Herron
1897 Dec. 16
Box 1
John H. Heywood
1895 Jul. 10
Box 1
Helen Wilson Hopekirk
1893 May 19,
n.d.
Box 1
Elizabeth M. Howe
1911 Nov. 29
Box 1
Julia Ward Howe
1892 Dec. 19,
n.d.
Box 1
David Irving
[1891 Jan. 16]
Box 1
Halsey C. Ives
1893 Sep. 6
Box 1
Sarah O. Jewett
[ca. 1894] Apr. 16
Box 1
Rossiter Johnson
1897 Oct. 22 - 1899 Nov. 28,
n.d.
Box 1
John M. Kapena
n.d.
Box 1
Charles Rann Kennedy
1918 Nov. 27
Box 1
George F. Kunz
1921 Sep. 21
Box 1
Mary Day Lanier
1921 May 22
Box 1
Lucy Larcom
1886 Nov. 30
Box 1
Johann Leech
[ca. 1848]
Box 1
Benson J. Lossing to George D. Prentice
1862 March 21
Box 1
Charles F. Lummis
1901 Apr. 3, 1904 Aug.
23
Box 1
Hamilton W. Mabie
1893 Jan. 18-1899 May 8,
n.d.
Box 1
Percy MacKaye
1899 Jan. 9
Box 1
Harrington Mann
1915 May 31
Box 1
Edwin Markham
1918 Feb. 5, Apr.
?
Box 1
Edward S. Martin
1897 July 7, 13
Box 1
Brander Matthews
1895 Feb. 17
Box 1
[Cecile McAlister]
[1920 Sep. 19]
Box 1
George B. McCutcheon
1909 Feb. 1
Box 1
Emily Huntington Miller
[ca. 1896] May 17
Box 1
Harriet M. Miller (Olive Thorne)
n.d.
Box 1
I. B. Millet
1893 Feb. 16,
n.d.
Box 1
Enos A. Mills
1911 Dec. 17
Box 1
Louisa Molesworth
1893 Feb. 5
Box 1
Angela Morgan
1918 Dec. 12
Box 1
Felix Morris
1894 Nov. 1
Box 1
Louise Chandler Moulton
n.d.
Box 1
T. T. Munger
1893 Aug. 26
Box 1
J. S. Newberry
n.d.
Box 1
Isaac Newton (Facsimile)
n.d. (1705 Sep. 14)
Box 1
Christine Nilsson
1871 Jan. 25
Box 1
Thomas Nelson Page
1893 Jan. 25
Box 1
Alice Freeman Palmer
[1901]
Box 1
William Ordway Partridge
1893 Mar. 28, Apr.
14
Box 1
Mary H. Peabody
1893 Dec.
Box 1
Elia W. Peattie
1900 Jan. 21, Dec.
27
Box 1
Bliss Perry
1907 Mar. 6
Box 1
Carlotta Perry
1896 Mar. 17 - 1901 Mar.
21
Box 1
Nora Perry
1886 Nov. 1 - 1896 Jan.
3
Box 1
Edna Dean Porter
1895 Oct. 23 - 1896 Feb.
24
Box 1
J. F. Raffaelli
[1900 Jan.]
Box 1
John Sims Reeves
n.d.
Box 1
Alice Hegan Rice
1918 Sep. 18
Box 1
Laura E. Richards
1893,
n.d.
Box 1
Abby
S[age] R[ichardson] [1900]
Box 1
Emma Roache-Lamme
1894 May 2
Box 1
Charles Rohlfs
1911 Nov. 29
Box 1
William M. Salter
1892 Feb. 8, 1893 Feb.
6
Box 1
F. B. Sanborn
1895 Jan. 27-1900 Jun.
12
Box 1
Dallas Lore Sharp
1923 Oct. 29
Box 2
Isabel Somerset
[1892]
Box 2
C. H. Spurgeon
n.d.
Box 2
Charlotte Perkins Stetson
1896 Mar. 27 - 1898 Feb.
18
Box 2
Grace Ellery Channing-Stetson
n.d.
Box 2
Idah M. Strobridge
1901 Apr. 2
Box 2
Ruth McEnery Stuart
1895 Jun. 27 - 1899 Dec. 24,
n.d.
Box 2
Charles Sumner
n.d.
Box 2
David Swing
1893 Mar. 4
Box 2
H.O. Tanner
1911 Oct. 2 - 1915 May
18
Box 2
Winnie Louise Taylor
1895 Apr. 21, 1896 Jul.
6
Box 2
Emma C. Thursby
[1896] Jan. 20,
n.d.
Box 2
Bradford Torrey
1893 Aug. 23
Box 2
Martin F. Tupper
1866 Sep. 15
Box 2
Camilla Urso
1893 May 2, 3
Box 2
The Duchess of Veragua
1893 May 20
Box 2
Swami Vivekananda
1893 Nov. 2
Box 2
R. W. Vonnoh
1896 Jan. 10
Box 2
Z. G. Wallace
1893 Oct. 20
Box 2
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
1897 Jan. 29
Box 2
E. F. Ware
[1893]Jul. 21 - 1895 Aug.
20
Box 2
Nettie Huntington Ware
1893 Nov. 16.
Box 2
Maude Radford Warren
n.d.
Box 2
Henry Waterson
1877 Jun. 20, Nov.
3
Box 2
Candace Wheeler
1893 Jan. 16 - [1898
Dec.]
Box 2
Lilian Whiting
1893 Nov. 2 - 1922 Nov.
6
Box 2
Kate Douglas Wiggin
1892 - 1893,
n.d.
Box 2
W. C. Wilkinson
1897 Feb. 12
Box 2
W. A. Wilson
1886 Dec. 17
Box 2
[Prince Wolkowsky]
[1896]Apr. 18
Box 2
Henry Wood
1895 May 13 - 1899 Jul.
6
Box 2
Mary E. Woolley
1911 Dec. 10
Box 2
Madelene [Y. Wynne]
[1893] Sep. 30 - 1899 Nov.
16
Box 2
Ella Flagg Young and Laura T. Brayton
1916 Mar. 30
Box 2
Unidentified (2 items)
1893 Sep. 20,
n.d.
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