ms016 Harding (Richard Davis) 1864-1916Papers 1861-1958MS 16 Carroll Beecheno Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University
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August 23, 2007 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Margaret Burri Finding aid written in English Harding (Richard Davis) 1864-1916Collection 1861-1958MS 16 Special CollectionsThe Milton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University Contact Information Special Collections The Milton S. Eisenhower Library The Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 516-8323 Carroll Beecheno 1985 Margaret Burri

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 Descriptive Summary ms016 Harding (Richard Davis) 1864-1916 Collection 1861-1958 Harding, Richard Davis, 1864-1916 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections. 0.2 linear feet English. The collection consists of autograph letters and manuscript fragments of well-known literary figures of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Most of the items were exhibited at the World's Fair in 1893. A final item is a letter of Emily Greenslet, October 23, 1956, who provided information about the manuscript fragment of W.D. Howells. Administrative Information Provenance

The collection was given to the university in 1894 by Richard Harding Davis.

 Use Restrictions

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

 Preferred Citation

Richard Harding Davis Collection, MS 16, Special Collections, Sheridan Libraries, The Johns Hopkins University.

 Biographical Note

Richard Harding Davis was an American journalist, war correspondent, and novelist. He was born in Philadelphia, the son of novelist, Rebecca Harding Blaine, in 1864.

Davis studied at The Johns Hopkins University from 1884-1886, was a writed on the staff of the New York Sun in 1889, and was managing editor of Harper's Weekly in 1890. He wrote travel books, popular fiction and plays.

 Series I: Letters Series I: Letters, 1861-1958 0.5 document box

Autograph letters and manuscript fragments of various American and English writers.

Arranged alphabetically.

 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. "Sargent's Portrait of Edwin Booth," October 20, 1893 Craddock, Charels Egbert. Manuscript page of In the Stranger People's Country, n.d. Curtis, George William. Manuscript page of The Easy Chairn.d. Doyle, Arthur Conan. Manuscript page of short story "Lot 249," n.d. Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins. Manuscript page of play, "Giles Corey, Yoeman," n.d. Greenslet, Emily. Letter and article re: William Dean Howells manuscript, October 13, 1956 Hardy, Thomas. Copy of a manuscript page of Wessex Folk, n.d. Howells, William Dean. Copy of a manuscript page of A World of Chance n.d. Kipling, Rudyard. Copy of manuscript of two pages of "Danny Deever," n.d. Lang, Andrew. Copy of a manuscript page of Lang's essay on "Twelfth Night," n.d. Mitchell, S. Weir. Copy of a manuscript page from "A Page of Characteristics," n.d. Page, Thomas Nelson. Manuscript pages from "Charlie White's Christmas Party," August 1, 1892 Peirpont, John to Neal ?, July 17, 1861 Pierpont, John. Photograph, n.d. Smith, Samuel Francis. Manuscript of "America," May, 1894 Stockton, Frank Richard. Copy of manuscript page of "The Lady or the Tiger," n.d. Twain, Mark. Fragment of a manuscript of European Letters n.d.