Richard Harding Davis Papers, 1861-1915

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Richard Harding Davis Papers, Accession #6109 through #6109-e, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Richard Harding Davis Papers, Accession #6109 through #6109-e, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of correspondence; pieces from the diary (1865-1879) of Davis' mother, Rebecca Harding Davis; MSS of Davis' plays and dramatizations by others from Davis' stories; agreements between Davis and various publishers; copyrights; clippings concerning Davis' father's death in 1904; notebooks, address books, accounts, notes; Lehigh College scrapbook (1880-1884), photographs, and other papers. Includes draft of article on Joseph Pulitzer, notes on the life of Philo Norton McGiffen, preface to an unpublished story on South America, correspondence, clippings, tracts, etc. (1907-1909) relating to Sebastian H.L. de Magali's Brazil filibuster incident, and correspondence of Davis' father, Lemuel Clarke Davis, his brother, Charles Belmont Davis, and his mother, Rebecca Harding Davis.

Correspondents include Louisa May Alcott, Henry Mills Alden, Robert Bacon, James Gillespie Blaine, Edward William Bok, John Griffin Carlisle, Warwick Stevens Carpenter, Wilbur John Carr, Arthur W. Carswell, George William Childs, Grover Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. William Collier, Edward Fales Coward, George William Curtis, Augustin Daly, Pierre Paul Demers, Mary Dillon, Irving Bedell Dudley, Bernard Morris Lee Ernst, Ernst & Cane, Adam Everly, John Fox, Jr., Charles Frohman, Daniel Frohman, F.E. Fyles, Franklin Fyles, Edward James Garner, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, J. Henry Harper, Harper & Bros., O. Harrington, George Harvey, John Hay, Rutherford B. Hayes, Henry Hayns, Hilary Abner Herbert, Laura Hoffmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Carl Hovey, Henry Irving, Helen Jackson, Joseph Jefferson, William B.B. King, Frederick Leslie, Llewellyn Legge, Will H. Lewis, Jr., William Loeb, André de Lorde, Henry Ronald Douglass MacIver, Sebastien H.L. de Magali, John Hudson Merrill, Nelson Appleton Miles, Levi Parsons Morton, George Parker, Jr. and Sr., J.C. Pegram, Jr., Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Henry Codman Potter, Thomas Brackett Reed, William Charles Reick, Paul Revere Reynolds, Elihu Root, Arthur Hawley Scribner, Charles Scribner, John Sherman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Tarleton B. Taylor, Ellen Terry, Arthur Turner Vance, Frank H. Warner, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Francis Wilson, Huntington Wilson, and George E. Wood.

Most are not in Richard Harding Davis's hand

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Head and shoulders of Richard Harding Davis, by Penrhyn Stanlaws. #6109-d

Biographical outline of Richard Harding Davis in an unidentified hand. #6109-d

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with autograph note

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Churchill agrees to send photographs for Real Soldiers of Fortune (1906) which included a biography of Churchill.

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Churchill excuses Davis from any "malicious motive" for including material in Real Soldiers of Fortune(1906) that was inaccurate, "possibly-- libelous."

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With autographed calling card

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Signed by Hamlin Garland, Rex Beach, Harvey O'Higgens, and Ellis P. Butler.

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Ade is unable to see Davis due to heavy rehearsal schedule. ANS on card of "The Wolcott" states when he can be met.

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Acquisition information:
This collection was deposited in the Library by Clifton Waller Barrett 1959 December 30 (#6109); 1959 December 31 (#6109-a), 1960 April 16 (#6109-c); 1963 February 25 (#6109-d); and, 1963 July 16 (#6109-e). The entire collection was converted to a gift 1991 July 1.
Physical description:
This collection consists of approximately 250 items.