A Guide to the Letters from Phillips Brooks, September 1878- November 1886
A Collection in
The Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9467
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Preferred Citation
Phillips Brooks Letters, 1878-1886, in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library, Accession #9467, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was given from Clifton Waller Barrett on April 24, 1970.
Scope and Content Information
In a letter to Miss Phelps (possibly Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward), Brooks comments on an upcoming visit to her.
In a later letter to Miss Hall, Brooks gives Hall permission to make free use of the verses to his hymn "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and notes that he is privileged to be in the company of Sears and Lowell.
In a third letter Brooks writes to Miss Hyde, and he notes that his Chautauqua address has gone to press. He also declines an invitation from her due to pressing work obligations.
Arrangement
These letters are arranged chronologically.
Contents List
Brooks discusses an upcoming visit with Miss Phelps and mentions East Gloucester.
Brooks briefly discusses his gladness that Miss Hall used his verses, "O Little Town of Bethlehem." He also mentions Mr. Sears (possible Edmund Hamilton Sears) and Mr. Lowell.