A Guide to the Charles Eliot Norton Collection
A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 8381-a
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Charles Eliot Norton Collection, Accession 8381-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
Purchase [ 1968 Apr 8 ] 1968 Oct 11
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Bliss Carman
- Cardiner M. Lane
- Charles Eliot Norton
- Francis Henry Underwood
- Francis James Lippitt
- Henry (?) Phillips, Jr.
- J. S. Clark
- James Bradstreet Greenough
- James R. Osgood
- James Russell Lowell
- John Ruskin
- Luigi Palma di Cesnola
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- [Mabel Lowell] Burnett
Item Listing
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Charles Eliot Norton to J. S. Clark1867 May 27ALS, 2 p.
[Mentions "Revival Literature," "Dictionary of the Bible," by Smith and Harper's "Bible Cyclopaedia."]
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Charles Eliot Norton to unknown1878 Apr 16ALS, 2 p.
[Confirms the receipt of $10 for one copy of the reproduction of Turner's etchings; reports on John Ruskin 's health.]
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Charles Eliot Norton to Luigi Palma di Cesnola1883 Feb 11ALS, 4 p.
[Refers to "drawings" which should be shown at the conveniece of General di Cesnola; suggests Professor Ware's assistance; mentions Mr. Dodge.]
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Charles Eliot Norton to James R. Osgood1884 Apr 7ALS, 3 p.
[Suggests the printing of 2000 copies of Reminiscences to be published in the United States ; opposes a publication in England . ]
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Charles Eliot Norton to Henry (?) Phillips, Jr.1885 Sep 21ALS, 2 p.
[Thanks him for a small volume of "Volk Songs" which (?) Phillips has translated into English.]
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Charles Eliot Norton to James Bradstreet Greenough1886 May 10ALS, 4 p.
[Asks him to serve as chairman of a Committee on Membership of the Archaeological Institute of America ; suggests Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Cardiner M. Lane as the two other members.]
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Charles Eliot Norton to Bliss Carman1891 Aug 16ALS, 3 p.
[States that he does not intend, now or later, to write about James Russell Lowell for any journal of public print; suggests that people who have been less close to Lowell should write about him; compliments Carman on his poems.]
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Charles Eliot Norton to Francis Henry Underwood1892 Jan 20ALS, 4 p.
[Discusses a paper on James Russell Lowell by Underwood which appeared in the Contemporary ; says he would like to read Underwood's "Reminiscences" [ Quabbin, The Story of A Small Town ]; tells of his plan to publish a selection of Lowell's letters with his own "slender narrative" to serve as a biography; mentions poem, " Carter's Goat . "]
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Charles Eliot Norton to Mrs. Francis James Lippitt1894 Jan 12ALS, 4 p.
[Thanks her for the loan of a [Lowell] letter; refers to a notice in the Nation dealing with Lowell's love-letters, claiming that they have been handed about a large circle of friends; hopes that she can shed light on the matter and is sure that Lowell himself burned the letters, not [Mabel Lowell] Burnett . ]
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Charles Eliot Norton to Mr. Kimball1894 Jan 17ALS, 2 p.
[Asks him to visit at a later date unless he has to have his question answered at once.]