Finding Aid to the Collection of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Materials ALDR.1Colby College Special Collections5150 Mayflower HIllWaterville, ME, 04941(207) 859-5150speccoll@colby.eduThis finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2009-05-29T09:55-0400
Collection of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Materials
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Colby College Special Collections
- Title
- Collection of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Materials
- ID
- ALDR.1
- Date
- 1857 - 1917 and undated
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet
- Language
Preferred Citation note
Collection of Thomas Bailey Aldrich Materials, Colby College Special Collections, Waterville, Maine.
Biographical/Historical note
Thomas Bailey Aldrich -- poet, novelist, traveler and editor -- was born in New Hampshire in 1836. His father's death in 1849 caused him to abandon his idea to attend college and move to New York to work with his uncle at age 16. Soon he became a constant contributor to newspapers and magazines and the intimate friend of many Bohemian poets, artists and writers. He was editor of various major newspapers and magazines in New York and Boston from the 1860s to the 1890s. During this time he was also a prolific, published writer of prose and verse. He died in Boston in 1907.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains correspondence from Aldrich to many contemporaries, also a small number of manuscript items, several photographs, and three folders of clippings that document his life and work. Materials date primarily from the 1870s to the early 1900s.
Arrangement note
Materials arranged in four series: Correspondence, Manuscripts, Photographs and Clippings.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use note
Materials to be used on site during regular Special Collections hours or by appointment. Photocopying or scanning may be possible at the discretion of staff for a nominal fee. Materials may be protected by copyright.
Custodial History note
Materials acquired via gift or purchase.
Collection Inventory
Series A: Correspondence. 1857 - 1904 and undated. 19.0 folders. |
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Folder 1: to Elizabeth Akers Allen. 1874. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 2: to William Henry Bishop. 1888. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 3: to Edwin Booth. Undated. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 4: to Charles F. Chichester. 1894. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 5: to Robert S. Chilton. 1896. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 6: to T. S. Collier. 1890. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 7: to Richard Watson Gilder. Undated. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 8: to William Dean Howells. 1874 - 1891. 2.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 9: to Thomas A. Janvier. 1873. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 10: to Sarah Orne Jewett. 1889 - 1895. 2.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 11: to Mr. Lane. 1896. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 12: Thomas Purnell. 1867. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 13: to T. Rogers Rees. 1903. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 14: to Edmund Clarence Stedman. 1893. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 15: to A. F. Stetson. 1872. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 16: to Edwin Percy Whipple. 1878. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 17: to William Winter. 1904. 1.0 A.L.S. |
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Folder 18: to unknown correspondent. Undated. 1.0 A.N.S. |
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Folder 19: to unknown correspondents. 1857 - 1903. 4.0 A.L.S. |
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Series B: Manuscripts. 1882 - 1903 and undated. 6.0 folders. |
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Folder 20: At Bay Ridge, Long Island. Undated. DescriptionPoem. Holograph manuscript. |
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Folder 21: A Cough. 1882. DescriptionPoem. Holograph, signed manuscript. |
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Folder 22: Egypt. Undated. DescriptionNumber X of "XXVIII Sonnets." Holograph manuscript. |
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Folder 23: Introduction to Ponkapog Papers. 1903. DescriptionHolograph manuscript. "Redman Farm, Ponkapog, 1903." |
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Folder 24: A Pastoral Hymn to the Fairies. [1916]. DescriptionPoem published in "Unit Poems - 61" by the Unit Press, Fitchburg, MA. |
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Folder 25: Sargent's Portrait of Edwin Booth at "The Players". 1938. DescriptionPoem printed in program marking the 50th anniversary of The Players founded by Edwin Booth, 1938. |
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Series C: Photographs. Undated. 12.0 items. |
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Series D: Clippings. 1877 - 1917. 3.0 folders. |
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