Letter to Joaquin Miller from Thomas Hood "the younger",, circa 1870
Scope and Content of Collection
Manuscript material by Joaquin Miller, consisting of autograph poems, articles, letters, and inscribed photographs, also inserts in extra-illustrated printed books (74 pieces).
Willard Samuel Morse correspondence and notebooks with reference to his building his Joaquin Miller Collection. This includes: letters to and from members of the Miller family, 1912-1938 (22 pieces); in and out letters between Mr. Morse and various publishers, dealers, photographers and other collectors (84 pieces); Morse's loose leaf working-notebooks, type-written (3 vols.).
Printed matter: books, first and limited editions of Miller's works, many of these are inscribed by him and extra-illustrated (by Morse) with insertions of original Miller autograph material (approx. 50 items); articles, poems, letters, stories, and ca. by Joaquin Miller, which appeared from 1857 to 1926 in eighty-three periodicals (approx. 500 items).
Biographical materials on Miller, taken from periodicals and mounted, are arranged chronologically in loose-leaf binders for the period 1871-1944. (An index of the signed articles is included.) (approx. 325 items). Book reviews and notices of Miller's works, also mounted cuttings, are filed individually for the period, 1870-1931, in loose leaf binders (approx. 100 items).
A collection of portraits of Joaquin (many are mounted, but few are dated) is available. Note: care has been taken to try to pin each one down to the probable year, for the period, 1859-1912. (Including duplicates 170 items)
Dates
- Creation: circa 1870
Creator
- From the Collection: Miller, Joaquin (Creator, Person)
Access
Collection open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 12 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General Physical Description note
Autograph letter, signed. 1 page octavo, on the reverse is leaf 12 of Miller's manuscript The Arazonian, mounted in a volume
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu