A Guide to the Edward Rowland Sill Collection #7940-a

A Guide to the Edward Rowland Sill Collection Sill, Edward Rowland. 7940-a

A Guide to the Edward Rowland Sill Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 7940-a

University of Virginia Library

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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Margaret Groschel

Repository

University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA

Collection Number

7940-a

Title

Edward Rowland Sill Collection

Extent

9 items

Creator

Location

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Edward Rowland Sill Collection, Accession 7940-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 1963 Dec 17 ] 1967 Feb 20

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Edward Rowland Sill
[Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

New York

Item Listing

Manuscripts

Poem, " The Dawn "
n. d.
AMsS, 1 p. (initialed)
Poem, " To My Correspondent who writes of the Weather "
n. d.
Printed (initialed)

[Signed, with note.]
Last page of manuscript
1866 Feb 19
AMsS, 1 p.

[Begins ". . . word to be removed be 'haggard' . . ."]
Fragment of manuscript
n. d.
AMs, 1 p.

[Begins ". . .we are tolerable at present"]
Resume of Sill's life
n. d.
AMsS, 1 p.

Letters

Edward Rowland Sill to [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward
1886 Jun 28
ALS, 4 p.

[Responds to her request that he read and judge [ The Wind of Destiny ], which she sent to him; says he likes the author, but not the book.]
Edward Rowland Sill to [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward
1886 Nov 6
ALS, 4 p.

[Acknowledges receipt of [ The Madonna of the Tubs ?]; says he is impressed with the cover, the sketches, and most of all, the "Thing Itself."]
Edward Rowland Sill to [Elizabeth Stuart Phelps] Ward
1887 Jan 30
ALS, 4 p.

[Wishes her a speedy recovery from an injured foot; comments on his own health; says he and his wife are enjoying their holiday in New York , opera, chamber music concerts, art exhibits, etc.; finds Rev. and Mrs. Gilder an interesting pair; inquires if she has been to New York and if she knows the literary people there.]

Photograph

Edward Rowland Sill , head and shoulders
[1861]
Photo

[Autographed.]