]> brghearn Guide to the Lafcadio Hearn collection of papers, 1883-1904 Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.

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 Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS HearnGuide to the Lafcadio Hearn collection of papers, 1883-1904 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 Staff 2006 Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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 Descriptive Summary Lafcadio Hearn collection of papers, 1883-1904 Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Berg Coll MSS Hearn105 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 manuscripts, correspondence, and notebooks dating from 1896 to 1897. Subjects Personal Names Alden, Henry Mills, 1836-1919. Bisland, Elizabeth, 1861-1929. Gould, George M. (George Milbry), 1848-1922. Hendrick, Ellwood, 1861-1930. Mordell, Albert, 1885- O'Connor, William Douglas, 1832-1889. Erwin, Jania, former owner. Erwin, Thomas, former owner. Fletcher, Frank, 1870-1954, former owner. Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), former owner. Perry, Bliss, 1860-1954, former owner. Organizations T. Fisher Unwin (Firm) Subjects Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904. Document Types Correspondence. Notebooks. Administration Information Source

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

 Custodial History

Previous owners include Frank Fletcher, Bliss Perry, W. T. H. Howe, and Thomas and Jania Erwin.

 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

Lafcadio Hearn, born in Greece and raised in Ireland, France, and England, was an American short-story and travel writer, journalist, literary critic, translator, poet, and author of culinary literature.

 Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence by and about the author, and notebooks dating from 1896 to 1897. The manuscripts include stories, translations, a reading list, and fragments of stories. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence by the author, dating from 1883 to 1904, to Ellwood Hendrick, William D. O'Connor, Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore, and the literary agency T. Fisher Unwin, as well as letters relating to the author, dated 1890, between various correspondents, including H. M. Alden, G. M. Gould, Albert Mordell, and others.

 Series Descriptions/Container List Notebooks Cased notebooks, Holograph. Contain notes and fragmentary drafts of essays and stories from his Glimpses of unfamiliar Japan, Out of the East, Kokoro, A Japanese miscellany, etc. Some passages in French, Creole French, and Japanese 1896 - 1897 notebooks 14 v.

Three signed. Typescripts of 12 notebooks laid in with them

Manuscripts Oversize (+) Reading list. Holograph. n.d. ms. 4 p.

With: Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to F. Page Wood. Sept. 26, 1887. Frank Fletcher bookplate; H.

Cased Red bridal, The. Holograph [place and date deleted] 1893 Nov. 17 ms. 97 p.

H.

3 v. in 1 envelope [Shadowings] Holograph fragments n.d. ms. 15 p.

Includes other unidentified writings; On versos of pages of his three personal account books, dated July 15, 1899, July 1-Dec. 31, 1900; Jan. 1902-March 1904

(Hearn) Gautier, Theophile. Avatar. Translated from the French by Lafcadio Hearn. 1878. Holograph. Dated by the translator [1878] ms. 219 p.

Signed by Lafcadio Hearn. Thomas and Jania Erwin bookplate

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Oversize (+) Bouton, J. W. 7 postcards 1884 Mar. 19 - 1884 May 14 corr. out 7 letters

With: Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to F. Page Wood. New York, Sept. 26, 1887. Frank Fletcher bookplate; H.

Cased Century magazine. ALS to the editors [n.d.] corr. out 6 p.

H.

Inserted in his: Chita. New York, 1889 Didier, [Eugene Lemoine]. ALS 1886 Dec. 11 corr. out 2 p.

Relates to Charles Watson Stoddard

Manuscript box Durno, Mrs. A[--?] C[--?]. ALS 1886 July 26 corr. out 5 p. Manuscript box Durno, Mrs. A[--?] C[--?]. 2 ALS [n.d.] corr. out 2 letters

One letter, addressed to "Ada Sturgess" accompanied by The Times-Democrat envelope

Manuscript box Hawkins, Mr. ALS 1904 May 31 corr. out 3 p.

Removed from his: Stray leaves from strange literature. Boston, 1884. Copy 1

Oversize (+) Hendrick, Ellwood. 30 ALS of which 13 are fragments [1891] - [1898] corr. out 30 letters

With letter from H. E. Scudder to Lafcadio Hearn. Detailed contents laid in

Manuscript box Hendrick, Ellwood. ALS 1893 Feb. 15 corr. out 1 letter Manuscript box Hendrick, Ellwood. ALS 1893 Nov. 27 corr. out 1 letter Manuscript box Hendrick, Ellwood. ALS 1897 Apr. 15 corr. out 1 letter Manuscript box Hendrick, Ellwood. ALS 1897 Apr. 29 corr. out 1 letter Manuscript box Hendrick, Ellwood. ALS [n.y.] Mar. 8 corr. out 1 letter Oversize (+) Hubbard, Capt. R. R. ALS 1887 Oct. 11 corr. out 1 p.

With: Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to F. Page Wood. New York, Sept. 26, 1887. Frank Fletcher bookplate; H.

(Hearn) Inserted in: Gautier, Theophile. One of Cleopatra's nights. New York, 1882 Krehbiel, H. Edward. ALS [1884 June 24] corr. out 3 p. Cased Krehbiel, [Henry Edward]. ALS [n.y.] Mar. 27 corr. out 3 p.

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Inserted in his: Some Chinese ghosts. Boston, 1887. Copy 2 Miller, C. E. ALS 1886 Dec. 17 corr. out 1 p. Cased O'Connor, William D. ALS [1883] Feb. 10 corr. out 2 p.

H.

Cased O'Connor, William D. ALS 1883 Mar. 14 corr. out 1 letter

H.

Cased O'Connor, William D. ALS 1883 Aug. 9 corr. out 8 p.

Relates to Walt Whitman. Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, William D. ALS 1884 Feb. 5 corr. out 1 p.

Relates to Walt Whitman. Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, William D. ALS to 1884 Mar. 7 corr. out 12 p.

Bliss Perry; Howe

Manuscript box O'Connor, W. D. Letter. Copy in the hand of Ellen O'Connor Calder [1884 May 15] corr. out 1 p.

H.

Cased O'Connor, William D. ALS 1884 May 25, 1884 June 29 corr. out 7 p.

Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, [William D.]. ALS [1885 Mar. 8] corr. out 1 letter

Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased [O'Connor], [William D.] . ALS [1885 Mar. 8] corr. out 3 p.

Headed: Big P. A. No 1 [2]. Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, ALS to William D. 1885 July 13 corr. out 7 p.

Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, ALS to William D. 1886 Apr. 12 corr. out 6 p.

Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, ALS to William D. 1886 Apr. 25 corr. out 4 p.

Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, ALS to William D. 1887 Feb. 12 corr. out 3 p.

Bliss Perry; Howe

Cased O'Connor, ALS to William D. 1887 Mar. 3 corr. out 7 p.

Bliss Perry; Howe

Manuscript box T. Fisher Unwin. 5 ALS 1901 May 16 - 1901 Oct. 13 corr. out 5 letters

With publisher's ms. memoranda. 3 p.

Cased [Wetmore], Elizabeth Bisland. ALS [1887] July 16 corr. out 1 letter

H.

Manuscript box [Wetmore], [Elizabeth] Bisland. 2 ALS [1887] corr. out 2 letters

One undated. H.

Oversize (+) [Wetmore], Elizabeth Bisland. ALS [1889] corr. out 6 p.

H.

Cased Wetmore, Elizabeth [Bisland]. ALS [1902 Aug.] corr. out 1 letter

H.

Cased [Wetmore], [Elizabeth Bisland]. ALS. Postscript by Mitchell McDonald 1903 Mar. 15 corr. out 1 p.

H.

Cased Wetmore, Elizabeth [Bisland]. ALS 1903 Dec. 7 corr. out 1 p.

H.

Cased Wetmore, Elizabeth [Bisland]. ALS [1903] corr. out 1 c03

H.

Oversize (+) Wetmore, Elizabeth [Bisland]. ALS [1904 Sept.] corr. out 7 p.

H.

Manuscript box Wetmore, [Elizabeth Bisland]. ALS [n.d.] corr. out 1 letter

H.

Oversize (+) Wood, F. Page. ALS [1884] corr. out 26 p.

Frank Fletcher bookplate; H.

Oversize (+) Wood, F. Page. ALS 1887 Sept. 26 corr. out 1 p.

Frank Fletcher bookplate; H.

Oversize (+) [--?]. ALS [n.d.] corr. out 2 p.

In case with: Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to Elizabeth Bisland [Wetmore] [1889]

Related Correspondence Oversize (+) Gould, G. M. ALS to H. M. Alden. Relates to Lafcadio Hearn 1890 Mar. 30 related corr. 1 letter

With: Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to F. Page Wood. New York, Sept. 26, 1887

(Hearn) In: Gautier, T. One of Cleopatra's nights. New York, 1882 Mordell, Albert. ALS to Mr. Galle [n.y.] July 30 related corr. 1 letter Oversize (+) Tunison, Joseph S. ALS to Mr. [H. M.] Alden 1890 July 4 related corr. 3 p.

With: Hearn, Lafcadio. ALS to F. Page Wood. New York, Sept. 26, 1887. Relates to Lafcadio Hearn