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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::00820::Josiah Gilbert Holland Collection)//EN" "ViU00820.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 Josiah Gilbert Holland Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 7729

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #7729 Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Josiah Gilbert Holland Collection 1860-1881 7729 ca. 20 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

Josiah Gilbert Holland Collection, Accession 7729, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

Deposit, 1964 Nov 11

 Funding Note

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

 Item Listing Letters Josiah Gilbert Hollandto C. C. Shackford 1860 Oct 19 ALS, 1 p.

[Will give lecture if his schedule permits.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "My Dear Sir" 1865 Oct 22 ALS, 1 p.

[Declines invitation to lecture because of prior commitment.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Edward DeForest 1867 Sep 18 ALS, 1 p.

[Gives lecture schedule.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Mr. Rich 1867 Oct 1 ALS, 1 p.

[Proposes the title "The Woman Question" for an upcoming lecture.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Thomas Dana 1870 Jun 7 ALS, 1 p.

[Has no plans to lecture this season; may change his mind.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Henry Howard 1873 Mar 5 ALS, 1 p.

[Congratulates him on election as governor of Rhode Island; appreciates Howard's remarks on his novel, Arthur Bonnicastle. ]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1875 Aug 12 ALS, 1 p.

[Regrets he has no photograph to send; promises to send one later.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Col. George E. Waring, Jr. 1876 Feb 2 ALS, 2 p.

[Says lost gloves not his; may belong to Col. [Thomas Wentworth] Higginsonor Mr. Ayer; does not believe [Bret] Harte's book sold for $10,000.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1876 May 26 ALS, 1 p.

[Declines to send an old poem for publication; does not have the strength to write a new one.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1876 Oct 16 ALS, 1 p.

[Will send letter from [Richard Watson] Gilderregarding stories submitted by Boyesen.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "Dear Sir" 1877 Mar 27 ALS, 1 p.

[Declines invitation to lecture.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1877 Apr 20 ALS, 1 p.

[Says Clemens Petersenwishes to write a paper on Bjornsen; asks if this will interfere with his plans.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1878 Jan 30 ALS, 1 p.

[Suggests an illustrated article on the educational life of European universities.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Will C. Pershing 1878 Feb 11 ALS, 1 p. w/env

[Declines an invitation to write for Pershing's magazine because of his own duties to his own magazine.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1878 Feb 25 ALS, 1 p.

[Says Scribner's Monthlyis interested in [Boyesen's] "A Daughter of the Philistines."]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "Dear Sir" 1879 Jan 24 ALS, 1 p.

[Remarks that he and [Richard Watson] Gildercannot understand the last lines of material submitted; asks him to look it over again.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto "Dear Sir" 1880 Feb 21 ALS, 2 p.

[Has seen Mrs. Conyer; praises her hard work and successful experiment.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Williams 1880 May 4 ALS, 1 p.

[Congratulates him on his article entitled "The Government of Large Cities"; praises its moral insight and moral earnestness.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto [Richard Watson] Gilder 1880 Jun 12 ALS, 2 p.

[Gives his opinion of Walt Whitman; belittles him and his talent as a poet; comments that Mrs. Thaxter's fever is strong.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto [Richard Watson] Gilder 1880 Sep 19 ALS, 3 p.

[Likes Stedman's work on Walt Whitmanbecause of its critical view of the subject; calls Whitman's art a "monster" and a "bastard"; does not believe he made a contribution to American literature; compares him unfavorably to other American literary figures such as Poe, Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, and Stedman.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Admiral [George Henry] Preble 1881 Oct 10 ALS, 1 p.

[Politely refuses to publish his book.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto William B[uell] Sprague n.y. Sep 4 ALS, 2 p.

[Will print his pamphlet; insists it be done in Springfield; dislikes having a local print job done at a firm a hundred miles away.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Mrs. Foote n.d. ALS, 1 p.

[Declines invitation to visit because his wife is sick.]

 Josiah Gilbert Hollandto Mr. Marvin n.d. ANS, 1 p.

[Reports that his own story, "Mistress of the Manse," is now ready to be printed.]