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Papers of Helen Hunt Jackson, Accession #7080-a, Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
This collection was deposited by Clifton Waller Barrett on January 5, 1965, and changed to a gift on July 1, 1991.
This collection consists of 29 items, chiefly correspondence and writings of Helen Hunt Jackson.
This collection is arranged in three series. Series I consists of manuscripts, Series II consists of letters, and Series III consists of a photograph.
Asks him to help persuade Scribner and Co. to publish her letters and sketches written during a year abroad.
Mentions her review for Scribner's Monthly, suggests he reprint MacDonald's stories with illustrations, calls MacDonald "foremost story teller today."
Mentions weather in Colorado and photographs she has received, compliments Drake on his skill as an illustrator.
Asks him to order books of [Thomas Gordon?] Hake for her, states she eagerly awaits his decision on the [Rucherts?] and that the author is very anxious to sell the poem.
Discusses sources of information on Indians and her own book on Indians to be published January 25.
Has received petition from Philadelphia and sends it on with this mail.
Asks whether her sonnet on the Shoshone Oath has ever been published in The Independent; she has sent it to Jeannette Leonard Gilder for her paper, The Critic.
Wonders why the editor of Fair Newspaper omitted the heading she wrote for the poem, asks if she could be provided a list of all the poems she has written for Atlantic Monthly in the last ten years, wants to publish a volume of sonnets, illustrated, mentions [Thomas] Niles and [John Boyle?] O'Reilly.
Asks him to get letter promised by Mr. King, which will introduce her to King's friend at Capistrano, mentions her sister, Mrs. Hunt.
Sends five articles for Youth's Companion; also sends photographs to use in illustrating articles; bills him for both.
Sends a series of papers on Southern California for publication in The Independent and discusses price, asks if he wants a series on Arizona and the Indians of Arizona, mentions Gen. [George] Crook and criticizes proofreader of "Pot of Gold."
Compliments Winter on his poem "The Golden Silence," mentions that he has not answered her letters or visited, despite invitation.
Proposes to write for The Independent a series of papers pertaining to home life, discusses price, mentions St. Nicholas [children's magazine] and William Hayes Ward.
Defends price she charges for six essays on home life.
Encloses poem she has written about Indians starving on a reservation while there is an overabundance of wheat in the country, suggest it be published in The Independent, asks who is acting as editor.
Expresses sorrow for a misunderstanding, surprised that he thinks she could afford to sell papers on Japan at the same price as ordinary papers, agrees not to tell others.
Asks for two subscriptions to The World, for herself and Miss Banfield, asks if he would like her to write a notice of Mrs. Dodge's poems for Literary World.
Thanks for sermon, which she returns, having copied it, would like to make copies of the other two of the series.
Part of a longer letter, expresses anger that he published an article she wanted destroyed.