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MS Am 1287
MS Am 1287.1
MS Am 1287.2
MS Am 1287.3
MS Am 1287.4
MS Am 1287.6
MS Am 1287.7
MS Am 1287.8
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich additional papers,
1850-1904.
6 volumes (1 linear ft.)
Collection materials are in English.
Letterbook, daguerreotype, and manuscripts of American poet, editor, and
novelist Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
*42M-1146; *42M-1148; *42M-1149;
*42M-1150; *42M-1151; *42M-1152;
*42M-1554; and *42M-1647. Deposited by Talbot Aldrich, Esq.; received: 1942-1944, gift: 1947 Dec. 1, 1948
Mar. 9, and 1948 July 9.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich Additional Papers (MS Am 1287-1287.8). Houghton Library,
Harvard University.
Aldrich was a poet, novelist and short story writer, and editor of Every Saturday (1865-1874) and The
Atlantic Monthly (1881-1890).
Organized into the following series:
- I. MS Am 1287: Letterpress copybook
- II. MS Am 1287.1-1287.8: Compositions and daguerreotype
Includes letters and manuscripts by Aldrich. One letterpress copybook contains 22
letters, 1881-1890, by Aldrich (most with typed transcripts), concerned chiefly with
Atlantic Monthly editorial matters. Manuscripts of
works by Aldrich include: The last Caesar,
Tom Folio,
Poor Yorick,
Judith of Bethulla, and The Tents
of Asshur, an early version of Judith of Bethulla.
In addition there is an illustrated transcript of Aldrich's poem, "Baby
Bell" done by L.T. Hyde, and a daguerreotype portrait of Aldrich from the 1850s.
I. MS Am 1287: Letterpress copybook
Book containing 22 letters, 1881-1890, by Aldrich (most with typed
transcripts), concerned chiefly with Atlantic Monthly editorial matters.
*42M-1152
(1)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (Editor
of The Atlantic) to F A Forsyth;
Boston, 11 Nov 1881.
[2]p.
Mounted in letter-book.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(2)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Henry] [Cuyler] Bunner;
[Boston] 11 Nov 1881.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(3)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Henry] James;
[Boston] 21 Nov 1881.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(4)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Elizabeth Stuart] Phelps;
[Boston] 21 Nov 1881.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(5)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to Brooks Adams;
[Boston] 1 Dec 1881.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(6)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [James] [Laurence] Laughlin;
[Boston] 12 Dec 1881.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(7)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to Henry Stevens;
[Boston] 28 Dec 1881.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(8)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to Thurlow Weed;
[Boston] 30 Jan 1882.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(9)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [George Parsons] Lathrop;
[Boston] 20 Apr [1882].
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(10)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Oliver Wendell] Holmes;
[Boston] 4 May 1882.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(11)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Richard Grant] White;
[Boston] 9 Oct 1882.
7p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(12)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Samuel] [Green] [Wheeler] Benjamin;
[Boston] 23 Dec 1882.
[1]p.
(13)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to James R Osgood;
[Boston] 13 Feb 1883.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(14)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [William Foster] Apthorp;
[Boston] 15 Mar 1883.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(15)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Richard Grant] White;
[Boston] 24 Mar 1883.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(16)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [James Maurice?] Thompson;
[Boston] 26 Mar 1883.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(17)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. Ms.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Richard Grant] White;
[Boston] 14 Sept 1883.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(18)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [Richard Grant] White;
[Boston] 8 Feb 1884.
5p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(19)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [David] Douglas;
[Boston] 11 May 1885.
5p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(20)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to [James Laurence] Laughlin;
[Boston] 24 Feb 1886.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(21)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.L.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to Harriet (Beecher) Stowe;
[Boston] 1 Nov 1886.
[2]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
(22)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. A.N.s. (T. B.
Aldrich) to Edgar S[] Werner;
[Boston?] 3 Feb 1890.
[1]p.
Letter-book copy.
With this is a typewritten transcript.
II. MS Am 1287.1-1287.8: Compositions and daguerreotype
MS Am 1287.1
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
The last Caesar, 1851-1870 : AMs,
[Boston?
1870?].
1v.
*42M-1148.
MS Am 1287.2
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
Tom Folio : AMs, Ponkapog,
Mass.
1903.
Bound with MS Am 1287.1.
*42M-49.
MS Am 1287.3
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
Poor Yorick : [Ponkapog,
Mass.?
1900?
Bound with MS Am 1287.1.
Author's autograph ms.
*42M-1150.
MS Am 1287.4
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
Judith of Bethulfa, a tragedy : AMs,
[Boston]
1904.
1 v.
*42M-1151.
MS Am 1287.5 has its own finding aid. See HOLLIS and OASIS for separate
listing.
MS Am 1287.6
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
Baby Bell : illustrated manuscript
transcript, [n.p.] 1885.
1 v.
Poem by L.T. Hyde.
*42M-1146.
MS Am 1287.7
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907. [Portrait] :
sixth plate daguerrotype,
[New York, 185-?].
1 v.
Click for larger view
*42M-1554.
MS Am 1287.8
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
The tents of Asshur : AMs,
[Boston]
1904.
2 v.
An early version of Aldrich's
Judith of
Bethulfa. *42M-1649F.
With related volume, Autograph signatures, apparently for a dinner party
at the Union Club of Boston, 13 Oct. 1904, in connection with the
opening of this play. *42M-1649F.