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Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS HaggardGuide to the Henry Rider Haggard collection of papers,1879-1920 bulk (1885-1915) The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Processed by: Staff Date Completed: 2006 Encoded By: Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

Descriptive Summary Henry Rider Haggard collection of papers, 1879-1920 bulk (1885-1915) Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925. Berg Coll MSS Haggard204 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

New York, New York

This is a synthetic collection consisting of mansucripts, a typescript, correspondence, financial and legal documents, and a portrait photograph. Subjects Personal Names Blackett, Spencer C. Collier, Peter Fenelon, d. 1909. Gillette, William, 1853-1937. Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912. Longman, Charles James, 1852-1934. Massingham, H. J. (Harold John), 1888-1952. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), former owner. Burrill, James F.Jeaffreson, John Cordy, 1831-1901.Smith, Robert Pearsall, 1827-1898.Wills, William Arthur. Organizations A. P. Watt and Son. Cassell & Company. Harper & Brothers. Redpath Lyceum Bureau Subjects Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 . Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925 -- Portraits. Document Types Correspondence Administration Information Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include W. T. H. Howe and the literary agency A. P. Watt and Son.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography

Henry Rider Haggard was an English novelist of adventure, fantasy, and historical fiction.

Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of mansucripts, a typescript, correspondence, financial and legal documents, and a portrait photograph. The manuscripts consist of a story by the author and an article by Andrew Lang about him. The typescript is the preface to his "Nada the Lily." The correspondence consists of letters by the author, dating from 1885 to 1920, to Peter Fenelon Collier, William Hooker Gillette, Harold Massingham, Richard C. White, William Arthur Wills, the publishing firm of Cassell & Co., the literary agency A. P. Watt and Son, and others, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1884 to 1914, between various correspondents, including Spencer C. Blackett, William Hooker Gillette, Charles James Longman, A. P. Watt and Son, and others. There are letters written to the author from James F. Burrill, Cassell & Co., Ltd., Harper & Bros., John Cordy Jeaffreson, the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, Robert Pearsall Smith, A. P. Watt & Son, William Arthur Wills, and others dating from 1879-1895.

Series Descriptions Correspondence Outgoing correspondence Manuscript box Cassell & Co. ALS (copy), LS to 1885 July 31, 1887 Sept. 21 corr. out 2 items

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box [Cassell & co.?]. 2 ALS to [n.y.] Dec. 9, [n.y.] Dec. 23 corr. out 2 items Manuscript box Collier, Peter Fenelon. 2 TL (carbons) to 1894 Feb. 23, 1894 Mar. 18 corr. out 2 items

With ALS, 3 TLS from Collier to Haggard, Feb. 9-April 5, 1894; Letter of April 5 encloses agreement to publish The people of the mist in Once a week. From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box Gillette, William Hooker. 2 AL (drafts) to 1887 Sept. 24, [1887 Oct.] corr. out 2 items

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

In: Album of autographs, mostly 19th century Hill, [--?]. ALS to [18]92 Dec. 1 corr. out 1 item Manuscript box Lee, Henry. Telegram to [1887 Oct. 20] corr. out 1 item

With related NS from General post office to N. P. Watt, Oct. 21, 1887. 1 l.; From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box Massingham, Harold. ALS to 1915 May 9 corr. out 1 item

Removed from his: The Mahatma and the hare. London: Longmans, Green, 1911. 1st ed.

Manuscript box Maxwell, Messrs. J. & R. 3 ALS (copies), 1 AL (draft) to. Letter of [Oct. 1886] drafted from A. P. Watt & son 1885 May 20 - [1886 Oct.] corr. out 4 items

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Inserted in: Haggard, H. R. She. London, 1887. Copy 1 Osgood, Mr. ALS to 1888 June 11 corr. out 3 p. Manuscript box Pall Mall gazette [W. T. Stead]. Letter (copy) to the editor 1887 Apr. 5 corr. out 2 p.

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box T. Fisher Unwin. LS to 1895 Nov. 14 corr. out 1 item Manuscript box Watt & son, A. P. 25 ALS, 5 TLS, 3 LS, 8 miscellaneous pieces to 1885 Nov. 15 - 1920 Nov. 13 corr. out 41 items in 8 folders

With ms. extract from Watt's letter to Haggard, May 13, 1887, and three ANS from Haggard's secretary, Ida Hector, to Watt

Manuscript box White, Richard C. 3 AL (drafts), telegram (holograph copy) to. Drafted for A. P. Watt & son. First letter addressed jointly to White and James O. Barrows [1887 July ?] - 1887 Sept. 23 corr. out 4 items

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box Wills, William Arthur. 3 ALS, 4 letters (copies), 1 telegram (holograph copy) to [1894] Apr. 15 - 1895 Jan. 18 corr. out 8 items in 2 folders

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box [--?]. ALS to 1915 May 5 corr. out 1 item

Incoming correspondence Manuscript box (Haggard) Burrill, James F. ALS to Haggard. Relates to the dramatization of She by J. O. Barrow and R. C. White 1887 Sept. 5 in. corr. 3 leaves

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Cassell & Co., Ltd., London. 8 LS to Haggard 1887 May 21 - 1887 Dec. 2 in. corr. 8 items in 2 folders

Accompanied by royalty statement dated June 30, 1887. From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Harper & Bros. New York. 2 LS to Haggard 1887 Apr. 26; 1887 May 26 in. corr. 3 leaves; 1 leaf

With ms. annotation by Haggard. With "Memorandum of sales" of Jess, April 13, 1887; 10 LS from Harper to A. P. Watt & Son, May 24, 1887 - May 3, 1894. From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Jeaffreson, John Cordy. ALS to Haggard 1885 Nov. 1 in. corr. 2 leaves

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to Haggard 1885 - 1895 in. corr. 12 items in 1 folder

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Redpath Lyceum Bureau. Letter to Haggard 1887 Dec. 1 in. corr. 5 p.

Signed G. H. Hathaway. Accompanied by two letters, signed G. H. Hathaway, to A. P. Watt & son, Jan. 9 and Feb. 13, 1888. 2 leaves each

Manuscript box (Haggard) Smith, Robert Pearsall. ALS to Haggard 1887 Nov. 17 in. corr. 2 leaves

Encloses letter to Smith from Redpath Lyceum Bureau, Nov. 17, 1887. 2 leaves. Accompanied by 3 letters, signed G. H. Hathaway to Smith, Nov. 26, Nov. 28, and Dec. 1, 1887. 1 p. each. From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Cased Watt, A. P., & son. Letter books. Letters (copies) to various authors and publishers, etc. Vols. Numbered on spines through XXV. Lacking volumes I, V-VI, XII, XIV, XX-XXIV. Vol. [16] contains letters to or relating to Haggard. Each vol. Indexed separately 1879 Oct. - 1891 June in. corr. 16 v.

Partial description and list of correspondents laid into volume [1]

Manuscript box (Haggard) Wills, William Arthur. 4 ALS, 2 TLS, 3 LS, and 2 telegrams to Haggard 1894 Apr. 13 - 1895 Jan. 23 in. corr. 11 items in 3 folders

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Related correspondence Manuscript box (Haggard) Blackett, Spencer C. 5 ALS, 2 LS, note to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard 1887 Sept. 5 - 1890 July 28 related corr. 8 items

With seven printers' certificates and Catalogue of books published by Spencer Blackett & Hallam. London, Sept. 1889

Manuscript box (Haggard) Cassell & co., ltd., London. 12 LS to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1887 May 24 - 1891 Feb. 5 related corr. 12 items in 2 folders

Includes three letters written and signed by Sir Thomas W. Reid; Letter of Aug. 2, 1887, encloses royalty statement, June 30, 1887

Manuscript box (Haggard) Collier, Peter Fenelon. TLS to A. P. Watt & son 1894 Mar. 13 related corr. 3 p.

With copies of four pieces of related correspondence between C. J. Longman and C. J. Mills, April 5-May 15, 1894. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard

Manuscript box Gillette, William Hooker. 5 ALS, 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt & son. Letter of Sept. 5, 1887 annotated by Sir H. R. Haggard 1887 Sept. 5 - 1887 Nov. 17 related corr. 8 items

Enclosed in Nov. 17, 1887: Agreement (draft) between Sir H. R. Haggard and William H. Gillette for dramatization of She. 1 p. With copy, 1 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Hunter, Rose & co., Toronto. 4 LS, 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to Canadian publication of Sir H. R. Haggard's Allan Quatermain 1887 Apr. 16 - 1887 June 8 related corr. 6 items

With telegram to Longman and co., London, March 14, 1887

Manuscript box (Haggard) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc., from miscellaneous correspondents, not listed separately, to A. P. Watt & son as literary agent for Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1887 - 1914 related corr. 12 items Manuscript box (Haggard) Longman, Charles James. 2 ALS, 1 ANS, 1 TLS to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard 1887 May 5 - 1894 Mar. 16 related corr. 4 items

With TL (carbon) reply, Nov. 24, 1898

Manuscript box (Haggard) Maxwell, J. & R., firm, publishers, London. 2 LS, 2 NS to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard 1886 Feb. 23 - 1887 May 24 related corr. 4 items

With Watt's reply (copy), Oct. 12, 1886. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Haggard) Morten, Cutler & co., London. 5 LS to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard and W. A. Wills 1894 Apr. 26 - 1894 May 31 related corr. 5 items Manuscript box (Haggard) Pond (J. B.) lyceum bureau. Telegram to Robert Pearsall Smith 1887 Nov. 27 related corr. 1 item

With ANS by Smith at bottom. Accompanied by TLS from Pond, Nov. 25, 1887. 1 p.; TLS from Pond to Watt, Jan. 5 [1888] 3 p. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard. From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Tillotson & son ltd. 4 TLS, 1 LS, postcard and telegram to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard and Wilkie Collins 1884 Nov. 27 - 1887 May 24 related corr. 7 items Manuscript box (Haggard) White, Richard C. ALS to A. P. Watt & son. Relates to his dramatization of Sir H. R. Haggard's She in collaboration with J. O. Barrows 1887 Sept. 2 related corr. 1 item Financial and Legal Documents Manuscript box (Haggard) Receipts, etc., (43) made out to Sir Henry Rider Haggard. Includes two books of check stubs from A. P. Watt & son 1887 July 29 - 1904 Oct. 7 financial docs. 43 items

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box. In folder 2 Agreement (draft) between Sir Henry Rider Haggard and William Hooker Gillette for dramatization of She n.d. legal docs. 1 p.

With copy, 1 p. Enclosed in: Gillette, William Hooker. 5 ALS, 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt & son. Letter of Nov. 17, 1887. From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Agreements (11) between Sir Henry Rider Haggard and various publishers 1885-1894 legal docs. 11 items in 2 folders

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Haggard) Bentley, George. Al[l]an's wife [by Sir Henry Rider Haggard]. Manuscript arbitration decision between Spencer Blackett and a Mr. Bryce 1890 Mar. 10 legal docs. 1 item

Signed. From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscripts and Typescripts Manuscript box [Authorization for registration of She in Paris, Berlin and Leipsig] 3 ms. forms n.d. ms. 3 items

Signed. From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box Lang, Andrew. Literary intelligence. Holograph article. Mentions William Archer, H. Rider Haggard and others n.d. ms. 2 p. Manuscript box [Nada the lily] Preface. Typescript n.d. typescripts 4 p.

With holograph note, signed, undated, on illustrations for Nada, 2 p. With typed copy, 2 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box Saved by lightning. Holograph story n.d. ms. 8 p.

Signed

Portraits Manuscript box (Haggard) Hoppe, Emil Otto. Portrait photograph of Sir Henry Rider Haggard. 19 x 13 cm. 1909 portraits 1 item

Signed on mount by photographer and subject. H.