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Printed matter, articles, poems, letters, stories, etc., I-O

 File — Box: 10

Scope and Content of Collection

From the 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: 1857-1944.
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1857 - 1933

Creator

Access

Collection open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 12 boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

Contact:
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Claremont CA 91711 United States