A Guide to the Papers of Meredith Nicholson Nicholson, Meredith, Papers 8070

A Guide to the Papers of Meredith Nicholson

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8070

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Collection Number

8070

Title

Papers of Meredith Nicholson 1896-1934

Extent

17 items

Creator

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Meredith Nicholson, Accession #8070, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was deposited in Special Collections on December 17, 1963 and October 27, 1965. It was made a gift on July 1, 1991.

Scope and Content

Seventeen letters written by Meredith Nicholson, 1896-1934 and n.d. Correspondents include William Gerard Chapman, Douglas Z. Doty, Richard Watson Gilder, Robert Underwood Johnson, Thomas L. Masson, William Henry Rideing, Charles Warren Stoddard, Will Orton Tewson, and Louis Joseph Vance.

Contents List

Manuscripts

Poem: "The Horn "
n.d.
AMsS, 1 p.
Poem: "The Horn "
n.d.
TMsS, 1 p.

Same poem with a slight change in the third line.
Poem: "Mea Culpa "
n.d.
AMs, 1 p.

Letters

Meredith Nicholson to Robert Underwood Johnson
1896 Dec 27
ALS, 1 p.

Sends two poems to be examined by The Century ; includes a previously published poem on Cuba. ]
Meredith Nicholson to Robert Underwood Johnson
1898 Feb 26
ALS, 3 p.

Returns the "touched up," typewritten version of the poem "The Horn, " but states that the handwritten variation of it may be more acceptable; mentions the oboe, the Western Association of Writers, a poem regarding the cello, and Richard Watson Gilder. ]
Meredith Nicholson to Charles A. Burkhart
1906 Apr 13
ALS, 3 p.

Says his busy schedule in Indianadoes not allow him to accept an invitation to a dinner of the Booksellers' Associationin New York. ]
Meredith Nicholson to Richard Watson Gilder
1909 Sep 29
ALS, 1 p.

Expresses his admiration and appreciation for his Grover Clevelandarticles, especially the many personal things about Cleveland he lets the reader know.
Meredith Nicholson to Miss Furnam
1909 Dec 29
ALS, 2 p.

Sends a print of his bookplate, done by artist Franklin Booth; mentions that Booth's work can sometimes be seen in Scribner's. ]
Meredith Nicholson to William Henry Rideing
1913 Nov 24
ALS, 1 p.

Regrets being unable to "tackle" A Hoosier Boyhood this winter; says he will try to fit it in the spring.
Meredith Nicholson to William Henry Rideing
1914 Mar 7
ALS, 1 p.

Follow-up letter; promises to have something on A Hoosier Boyhood by April 15.
Meredith Nicholson to Douglas Z. Doty
1914 Oct 24
ALS, 1 p.

Replies to suggestion of a serial of his next novel in The Century, saying he has already been given an option on it; hopes to have something to offer in the future.
Meredith Nicholson to Thomas L. Masson
1920 Oct 15
ALS, 1 p. w/env

Promises to send a "little piece" for "Life. "
Meredith Nicholson to Will Orton Tewson
1925 Jan 27
ALS, 2 p.

Regrets not being able to do the second volume of These U. S. ; tells of his and gubernatorial candidate Carl's defeat in the November elections in which Nicholson ran for State Senator, and makes some sarcastic remarks on the state of things in the Hoosier Commonwealth, the Ku Klux Klan, and Catholicism.
Meredith Nicholson to Will Orton Tewson
1926 Apr 10
ALS, 1 p.

Says that time does not allow him to review the "Jackson book," but he recommends Professor Bassett of Smith College for the job.
Meredith Nicholson to [Louis Joseph] Vance
1927 Mar 9
ALS, 1 p.

Refers briefly to World War I and The Port ; expresses satisfaction that a copy of The House of a Thousand Candles was found in one of the trenches.
Meredith Nicholson, Asuncion, Chile, to William Gerard Chapman
1934 Oct 18
TLS, 1 p.

Writes during service as a United Statesminister, referring to "A Reversible Santa Claus."]
Meredith Nicholson to Charles Warren Stoddard, [his uncle]
n.d.
ALS, 2 p.

Reports about his upcoming voyage, September 7, on the "Friesland," Red Star Line; hope to find a letter from his uncle aboard ship and to get a new book by Stoddard for Christmas.