Bret Harte collection, 1866-1900.

1.04 linear feet (4 boxes)

English

In English.

Acquired from various sources, 1911-1959. For more information see photocopies of catalog cards and provenance information filed in the collection.

This material is open for research.

Bret Harte, American author and poet.

The collection contains writings, correspondence, and printed material by and relating to Bret Harte. Writings (boxes 1 and 2) consist of manuscript drafts of essays, plays, a poem, lecture, and review, including Unser Karl, "Jim", "Sue", Rushbrook", A Gilded Dust Cloud, Clarence, and The Argonauts of '49. Correspondence (boxes 1 and 2) consists of autograph letters, signed, between Harte and others, including Thomas Edgar Pemberton, James Ripley Osgood, Anna Harte, Frank E. Bliss, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and Abby Langdon Alger. Printed material (boxes 3 and 4) consists of clippings of articles by Harte, and printed versions of writings about Harte, including reviews, profiles, printed images of Harte, and one photograph of Harte.

January 03, 2013

Bret Harte Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Bret Harte Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.