A Guide to the Letters from Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1888 & 1924 Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, Letters from 7407-k

A Guide to the Letters from Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1888 & 1924

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 7407-k

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Processed by: Special Collections Department

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

7407-k

Title

Letters from Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, 1888 & 1924

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 2 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Letters from Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Accession # 7407-k , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from Central Virginia Coin & Antique Exchange on July 14, 1988.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of two letters from Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman. In a letter, 1888 June 27, Randolph, Massachusetts, Freeman writes to Christine Herrick accepting an invitation to contribute a Thanksgiving story to a new magazine [Home-maker?] to be started by Herrick and her mother, Marion Harland. In a letter, 1924 May 13, Metuchen, New Jersey, Freeman writes to Frederic Franklyn Van de Water regarding her beginnings as a writer.

Contents List

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Randolph, Massachusetts, to Christine Terhune Herrick 1888 June 27

ALS, 1 p.

Agreeing to contribute a Thanksgiving story to her and Mrs. Terhune's new magazine.

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, Metuchen, New Jersey, to Frederick F. Van De Water 1924 May 13

TLS, 2 p. on 2 l.

Telling personal circumstances about how she came to write for a living.