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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 17, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00649::Agnes Repplier Collection)//EN" "ViU00649.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Agnes Repplier Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 8351

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #8351 Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Agnes Repplier Collection 1891-1925 8351 30 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

 Preferred Citation

Agnes Repplier Collection, Accession 8351, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 1963 Dec 17] 1966 Aug 30

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Item Listing Manuscripts Comedy of the Custom House [1892] AMsS, 25 p. Words [1893] AMsS, 45 p. Cakes and Ale [1897] AMsS, 48 p. The Point of View [1901] AMsS, 41 p.

[ALS 1901 Jan 30, attached to front, Agnes Repplierto [Horace Howard] Furness; states that the essay has been sold to Harper's [Weekly]and is their property although it has not yet been published.]

 Christmas Shopping at Assuan n. d. AMsS, 33 p. Fragment, p. 54, beginning "tethered to our kind . . ." n. d. AMsS, 1 p. Fragment, p. 58, beginning "speeding swiftly on our path . . ." n. d. AMsS, 1 p. Letters Agnes Repplierto the Editors of the Independent 1891 Sep 18 ALS, 2 p.

[Responds to request for short articles; writes that she is interested in writing on the trials of publisher John Murray, based on her reading of his memoir A Publisher and His Friends. ]

 Agnes Repplierto H. O. Houghton & Co. 1893 Aug 7 ALS, 1 p.

[Accompanies proofs of " Essays in Idleness. "]

 Agnes Repplierto Morton G. Thalhimer 1906 Feb 21 ALS,2 p.w/env

[Writes that she is willing to see him if he should call.]

 Agnes Repplierto Mrs. J. W. Brannon [1909] Apr 23 ALS,3 p.w/env

[Thanks her for agreeing to come; invites her for lunch with Alice Warrenand Cornelia Frothingham; writes that this would give her the opportunity to convert to suffragette cause.]

 Agnes Repplierto Mrs. J. W. Brannon [1909] Apr 26 ALS,2 p.w/env

[Expresses sorrow on hearing of her illness, but urges her to join them for a "restful meal."]

 Agnes Repplierto Mrs. Wheeler 1913 Nov 30 ALS, 2 p.

[Declines to participate in public meeting opposing "Women Suffrage"; writes that she is opposed to lawlessness but not to suffrage, which she thinks will not do much harm or good.]

 Agnes Repplierto [Alice] Brown 1914 Dec 9 ALS, 2 p.

[Declines invitation to be guest of Boston Author's Clubdue to another commitment in Buffalo. ]

 Agnes Repplierto [James Montgomery] Beck 1917 Apr 18 ALS, 4 p.

[Thanks him for [Harry Ernest] Brittain's " To Verdun from the Somme"; admires his introduction as well as the narrative itself; describes letter from Hicks critical of Beck and her negative reaction to it.]

 Agnes Repplierto [James Montgomery] Beck 1918 Feb 27 ALS, 2 p.

[Congratulates him on election to membership in the Societe des Gens de Lettres, of which she had read in the [New York] Times. ]

 Agnes Repplierto Riverside Press [1919] Apr 8 ALS, 2 p.

[Explains provenance of geographical data in a piece on Dr. White, left uncorrected by White family; suggests emendation.]

 Agnes Repplierto [Thomas Lansing] Masson 1919 Aug 25 ALS, 2 p.

[Responds to invitation to contribute to Life's"Dull Number"; hopes that her examples will be understood; mentions [William Jennings] Bryan, Ford, a society for American birth control, and a handbook for communicating with the dead.]

 Agnes Repplierto [Bryon J.] Rees 1919 Nov 16 ALS, 3 p.

[Regrets that other commitments prevent her contributing new piece for Rees' Modern American Prose Selections; believes that if previously published work were desired, permission could be obtained.]

 [ James Montgomery Beck] to Agnes Repplier 1920 Apr 5 TL (carbon), 1 p.

[Accompanies piece from March number of The North American Review; writes that, with her collaboration, they could have "made a classic."]

 Agnes Repplierto [James Montgomery] Beck 1920 Nov 15 ALS, 3 p.

[Thanks him for sending The Passing of the New Freedom; expresses admiration for the work; writes she is surprised by election results and expected women to vote heavily for the League [of Nations]. ]

 [ James Montgomery Beck] to Agnes Repplier 1920 Nov 18 TL (carbon), 1 p.

[Appreciates her praise of his book; admires her work as an essayist; shares her surprise at recent election results.]

 Agnes Repplierto Mr. Johnson 1922 Jul 2 ALS, 2 p.

[Thanks him for " Knights of the Rainbow" and praises his hopefulness.]

 Agnes Repplierto Mrs. Smith 1922 Oct 5 ALS, 4 p.

[Thanks her for writing from Paris; regrets she cannot visit because of her work; hopes to see her and Margaret [Ferrand Thorp ?]following her speaking engagement in Summit, New Jersey. ]

 [ James Montgomery Beck] to Agnes Repplier 1923 Apr 24 TL (carbon), 1 p.

[Discusses editorial in the [Philadelphia] Inquireron Agnes Repplier's Pittsburghspeech; asks for a copy of the address; asks if she has received a copy of his book [ The Constitution of the United States].]

 [ James Montgomery Beck] to Agnes Repplier 1923 May 9 TL (carbon), 1 p.

[Discusses clipping from the [Philadelphia] Inquirerand his Gray's Inn lectures on the Constitution; mentions rise of the Labour Party in Englandand the honor he recently received from the English Bar.]

 Agnes Repplierto [James Montgomery] Beck 1923 May 20 ALS, 4 p.

[Praises his Gray's Inn lectures, especially "The Great Convention" and "The Revolt Against Authority"; writes that she is concerned about the English Labour Party; mentions Sir Andrew MacPhail's comments on Americans' loyalty to their Constitution.]

 [ James Montgomery Beck] to Agnes Repplier 1923 May 22 TL (carbon), 1 p.

[Expresses gratitude for her praise; states he received similar letter from [Francesco Saverio] Nitti, the Italian statesman; writes that, if third edition of his work is printed, he intends to add 2 lectures on the United States Supreme Court. ]

 Agnes Repplierto James D[uff] Law 1925 Apr 24 ALS,2 p.w/env

[Thanks him for letter and "the gallant Pennsylvaniasong"; states her willingness to see him if he should call.]

 Agnes Repplierto [Thomas Lansing] Masson n.y. Mar 13 ALS, 2 p.

[Writes that she has "emerged" from hospital and both she and her work are less than sprightly; states he may print the pieces she submits or throw them away.]