Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. Papers: Guide.

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library

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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1288
Call No.: MS Am 1288.1
Call No.: MS Am 1288.2
Call No.: MS Am 1288.3
Call No.: MS Am 1288.4
Creator: Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.
Title: Papers,
Date(s): 1874-1913.
Quantity: 1 box, 5 v. (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Primarily letters from American author George Washington Cable to his friend Marion A. Baker, as well as autograph manuscript drafts of Cable's short stories.

Acquisition Information:

*52M-86

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Larocque Tinker, 550 Park Ave. New York, New York; received: 1952 December 4.

Historical Note

George Washington Cable was an American author who became famous for his fictional treatment of the Creoles of Louisiana. His best known books are Old Creole Days (1879), a collection of stories, and the novels, The Grandissimes (1880) and Madame Delphine (1881).

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

I. bMS Am 1288: Letters from George Washington Cable

II. MS Am 1288.1-1288.4: Compositions

Scope and Content

Includes letters to Marion A. Baker, a longtime friend of Cable's and an editor of The New Orleans Times-Democrat, as well as letters by Cable to various correspondents, including friends, and autograph seekers. The letters to Baker primarily concern Cable's novels, career as an author, aspects of public life, including lectures and readings, financial matters, and social life. Also includes some clippings, as well as a printer's copy of The Grandissimes and autograph manuscript drafts of three stories: Attalie Brouillard; Jean-ah Pouquelin; and Madame Delicieuse.

Container List

Series: I. bMS Am 1288: Letters from George Washington Cable
Letters from George Washington Cable to Marion A. Baker and others.
- Letters to Marion A. Baker:
  - (1) A.L.s. Baltimore, 10 Mar 1883. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (2) A.L.s. New York, 23 Mar 1883. 1s.(4p.); env.
  - (3) A.L.s. same, 10 Oct 1883. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (4) A.L.s. same, 22 Oct 1883. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (5) A.L.s. (initials) same, 29 Oct 1883. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (6) A.L. (unsigned) same, 2 Nov 1883. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (7) A.L.s. same, 9 Apr 1884. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (8) A.L.s. Simsbury, Ct., 9 Aug 1884. 1s.(3p.); env.
  - (9) A.L.s. same, 30 Aug 1884. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (10) A.L.s. same, 9 Sep 1884. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (11) A.L.s. New York, 22 Sep 1884. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (12) A.L.s. same, 20 Oct 1884. 3s.(3p.); env.
  - (13) A.L.s. same, 3 Nov 1884. 1s.(3p.); env.
  - (14) A.L.s. Janesville, 0., 20 Jan 1885. 1s.(1p.) env.
  - (15) A.L.s. Detroit, 12 Feb 1885. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (16) A.L.s. Simsbury, Ct., 23 Mar 1885. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (17) A.L.s. same, 25 May 1885. 1s.(2p.); env. and newspaper clipping.
  - (18) A.L.s. same, 1 Jun 1885. 1s.(4p.); env.
  - (19) A.L.s. Simsbury, Ct., 7 Aug 1885. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (20) A.L.s. same, 5 Sep 1885. 2s.(6p.); env.
  - (21) A.L.s. New York, 15 Mar 1886. 1s.(3p.); env.
  - (22) A.L.s. Northampton, 17 Jun 1886. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (23) A.L.s. same, 19 Jul 1886. 1s.(1p.)
  - (24) A.L.s. same, 8 Dec 1886. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (25) A.L.s. Springfield, Mass., 6 Feb 1888. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (26) A.L.s. Northampton, 30 Jul 1889. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (27) A.L.s. same, 29 Nov 1890. 1s.(1p.); env.
    Enclosed is A.L.s. to the Editor of the Times-Democrat.
  - (28) A.L.s. same, 17 Jan 1891. 2s.(2p.); env.
  - (29) A.L.s. same, 22 Aug 1891. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (30) A.L.s. same, 16 Dec 1891. 2s.(4p.); env.
  - (31) A.L.s. same, 18 Jul 1893. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (32) A.L.s. Batavia, N.Y., 14 Dec 1894. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (33) A.L.s. Northampton, 8 Dec 1896. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (34) A.L.s. same, 10 Jan 1898. 1s.(3p.); env.
  - (35) A.L.s. same, 9 Mar 1898. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (36) A.L.s. London, 6 May 1898. 2s.(6p.); env.
  - (37) A.L.s. Northampton, 1 Mar 1899. 1s.(2p.); env. and photograph.
  - (38) A.L.s. same, 9 Mar 1901. 1s.(4p.); env.
  - (39) A.L.s. same, [11] Oct 1901. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (40) A.L.s. New York, 6 Mar 1902. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (41) A.L.s. [Northampton] 23 May 1902. 2s.(3p.); env.
  - (42) A.L.s. Lexington, Ky., 22 Feb 1903. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (43) A.L.s. Northampton, 25 Apr 1904. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (44) A.L.s. same, 21 Sep 1904. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (45) A.L.s. same, 20 Oct 1904. 1s.(2p.); env.
  - (46) A.L.s. same, 9 Dec 1905. 1s.(2p.) env.
  - (47) A.L.s. same, 20 Aug 1906. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (48) A.L.s. same, 31 Oct 1906. 1s.(3p.); env.
  - (49) A.L.s. [same, 22 Dec 1909] 1s.(1p.); env. Christmas card.
  - (50) A.L.s. to [] Bliss; Northampton, 20 Dec 1909. 1s.(2p.)
  - (51) A.L.s. to Miss [] Boult; same, 8 May 1899. 1s.(1p.)
  - (52) A.L.s. to [Hjalmar Hjorth] Boyeson; New Orleans, 28 Dec 1878. 1s.(3p.)
  - (53) A.L.s. to Pitts Burt; Northampton, 1 Sep 1890. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (54) A.L.s. to William Carey; Simsbury, [Ct.] 22 Sep 1885. 1s.(2p.) post card.
  - (55) A.L.s. to same; Northampton, 5 Oct 1885. 1s.(2p.); post card.
  - (56) A.L.s. to same; same, 16 Oct 1888. 2s.(3p.)
  - (57) A.L.s. to [] Drake; New Orleans, 26 Jun 1874. 1s.(2p.)
  - (58) A.L.s. to same; same, 4 Noc 1875. 1s.(2p.)
  - (59) A.L.s. to [Annie (Adams)] Fields; Northampton, 1 Sep 1890. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (60) A.L.s. to [Richard Watson] Gilder; same, 19 Jan 1889. 2s.(2p.)
  - (61) A.L.s. to same; same, 20 Feb 1890. 1s.(1p.)
  - (62) A.L.s. to Joseph F. Gould; same, 16 May 1913. 1s.(2p.)
  - (63) A.L.s. to [] Hopkins; New York, 28 Jul 1897. 1s.(1p.)
  - (64) A.L.s. to William Dean Howells; New Orleans, 30 Jul 1881. 1s.(1p.); env.
  - (65) A.L.s. to [Robert Underwood] Johnson; New Orleans, 9 Aug 1881. 1s.(3p.)
  - (66) A.L.s. to [Brander] Matthews; Syracuse, N.Y., 4 Dec 1884. 2s.(3p.)
  - (67) T.L.s. to The editor of the North American Review; Northampton, 18 Mar 1889. 1s.(1p.)
  - (68) A.L.s. to same; Northampton, 1 Apr 1889. 1s.(1p.)
  - (69) A.L.s. to [Franklin Benjamin] Sanborn; Simsbury, Ct., 17 Jun 1885. 1s.(1p.)
  - (70) A.L.s. to [Edmund Clarence] Stedman; Northampton, 7 Dec 1891. 1s.(1p.)
  - (71) A.L.s. to [Charles Dudley] Warner; New Orleans, 12 Jul 1881. 1s.(2p.); TS. enclosed.
- Century magazine. Editor.
  - (72) A.L.s. (L.F.T.) to Marion A. Baker; New York, 23 Nov 1887. 1s.(1p.) env.
- Clements, G. Henry.
  - (73) A.L.s. to Ernest J. Clements; Tours, 27 Jun [1882] 3s.(12p.); env.
  - (74) A.L.s. to same; [Tours] 2 Jul 1882. 3s.(9p.); env.
- [Oechsner, Tirrne? Cable]
  - (75) T.L.s. to Edward Larocque Tinker; New Orleans, 13 May 1944. 3s.(3p.); enclosed are a copy of T.L.s. sent to George Macy from Mrs. Oechsner and T. notes on the Cable family.

Series: II. MS Am 1288.1-1288.4: Compositions
- MS Am 1288.1 Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. Attalie Brouillard. A.MS.s.; Northampton, 30 May 1889. 34s.(34p.)
  Unbound. In blue case with gold lettering.
  
  *52m.86(4)
- MS Am 1288.2 Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. Jean-ah Pouquelin. A.MS.s.; [n.p.,n.d.] 40f.(40p.)
  Bound in green boards.
  
  *52M-86(5)
- Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. John March. A.MS.s.; [n.p.,n.d.] 1s.(1p.)
  Inscription reading "A scrap of first draft from 'John March'". (Shelved in box w/b MS Am 1288)
- MS Am 1288.3 Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. Madams Delicianse. A.MS. (unsigned); [n.p.,n.d.] 44s.(44p.)
  Enclosed is A.L.s. and env. from William Carey to Marion A. Baker.
  
  *56M-86(7)
- MS Am 1288.4 Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925. The Grandissimes. A story of the New Orleans Creoles. AMs; [New Orleans, 1879]
  Printer's copy of novel as published serially in Scribner's monthly, v.19-20 (1879-1880)
  
  Lacks leaves 228, 230 and 587.
  
  *43M-420F.

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