Bret Harte collection of papers, 1860-1929.

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Creator

Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 90 items.

Scope/Contents Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts and correspondence, as well as a photograph portrait. The manuscripts and typescripts include portions of stories, reviews, plays, poems, and a statement by M. V. T. Lawrence relating to the author. Thecorrespondence includes letters, dating from 1870 to 1901,from the author to May Pemberton, Thomas Edgar Pemberton, the literary agency A. P. Watt and Son, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1885 to 1886, between various correspondents, including CharlesFrançois Gounoud, Yolande Van de Velde, A. P. Watt and Son, and others. There are letters written to Harte from Thomas Hardy, William Ingram for The Illustrated London News, and A. P. Watt and Son, dating from 1879 to 1891.

Biographical/Historical Note

Bret Harte was an American novelist, poet, literary critic,playwright, and journalist.

Controlled Access Terms

• Harte, Bret, 1836-1902.
• Correspondence.

Additional Creator Names

• Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
• Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928.
• Pemberton, May.
• Pemberton, T. Edgar (Thomas Edgar), 1849-1905.
• Van de Velde, Yolande.
• A. P. Watt and Son.
• Illustrated London news.
• Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) fmo
• Pemberton, T. Edgar (Thomas Edgar), 1849-1905. fmo
• Van de Velde, Yolande. fmo
• Young, Owen D., 1874- fmo
• A. P. Watt and Son. fmo