Research Catalog

Title

James Fenimore Cooper collection of papers, 1825-1904 bulk (1825-1849).

Author

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.

Supplementary Content

Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors

• Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871.
• Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
• Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 1813-1894.
• Fagan, J. (John)
• Field, Thomas W. (Thomas Warren), 1820-1881.
• Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918.
• Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788-1845.
• Mead, James S.
• Ogden, James De Peyster, 1790-1870.
• Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860.
• Philips, Henry, 1839-1895.
• Russell, William, Lady.
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.
• Carey & Lea.

Description

45 items.

Subjects

• Correspondence
• Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

Genre/Form

Correspondence.

Biography (note)

• James Fenimore Cooper was an American novelist, essayist, and writer of historical works.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

• This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include the publisher Richard Bentley, Edward Walker Harden, W. T. H. Howe, the Rev. Paul E. McAlenney, and Owen D. Young. The letters from Joseph Conrad to David Garnett were a bequest of John D. Gordan.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Cooper

Author

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.

Title

James Fenimore Cooper collection of papers, 1825-1904 bulk (1825-1849).

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, correspondence, and financial documents. The manuscripts comprise portions of his novels and stories including "Afloat and Ashore," "The Headsman," "Homeward Bound," "The Oak Openings, or, The Bee-Hunter," "The Prairie," "The Water Witch," and "Wyandotte"; as well as drafts of the essays "Old Ironsides" and "The History of the Navy of the United States." The correspondence consists of letters from the author, dating from 1825 to [1850], to John Fagan, Thomas W. Field, James S. Mead, J. D. P. Ogden, J. K. Paulding, Henry Philips, Lady William Russell, Charles Wilkes, the publishers Carey and Lea, and others; as well as letters, dating from [1842] to 1904, between various correspondents, including Richard Harris Barham, Richard Bentley, Joseph Conrad, Susan Fenimore Cooper, Charles Henry Hart, and others. There is also a letter addressed to Cooper from Sir Walter Scott, dated 1826.

Biography

James Fenimore Cooper was an American novelist, essayist, and writer of historical works.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Local Note

Creation of collection-level record funded with the generous support of the Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871.

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.

Cooper, Susan Fenimore, 1813-1894.

Fagan, J. (John)

Field, Thomas W. (Thomas Warren), 1820-1881.

Hart, Charles Henry, 1847-1918.

Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788-1845.

Mead, James S.

Ogden, James De Peyster, 1790-1870.

Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860.

Philips, Henry, 1839-1895.

Russell, William, Lady.

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.

Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877.

Bentley, Richard, 1794-1871. Former owner

Gordan, John D., 1907-1968. Donor

Harden, Edward Walker, 1868- Former owner

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner

McAlenney, Paul E. Former owner

Young, Owen D., 1874- Former owner

Carey & Lea.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Cooper