A Guide to the Letters to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen and S.S. McClure, 1873-1894
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Accession Number 9598
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Letters to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen and S.S. McClure, 1873-1894, Accession #9598 , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to the Library on January 12, 1971.
Scope and Content Information
White announces the election of Boyesen as assistant
professor of North European Languages at Cornell University;
praises his work upon his leaving; congratulates him on his
position at Columbia; and comments on Columbia president , Seth
Low.
In letters to McClure he regrets he cannot pledge any writing due to work, family, and health; notes government control of telegraphs in Russia; and sends a portrait of Russian interior minister M. Durnova.
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Contents List
Gladly announces decision of the trustees of Cornell University to elect him assistant professor of North European Languages at a salary of $1,000.00 per year.
Praises his inspiring class work and regrets his decision to leave; views their association as an honor and hopes for kindly relations in the future.
Connot pledge any writing, now or in the future, due to work, family, and health reasons.
Notes government control of telegraphs in Russia; man in charge is M. Durnova, the eminent Minister of the Interior; secures his portrait to illustrate article. With magazine photo of Andrew Dickson White attached.