PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00929::James Whitcomb Riley Collection)//EN" "ViU00929.sgm" A Guide to the James Whitcomb Riley CollectionRiley, James Whitcomb. 7133-fProcessed by Special Collections Dept. staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth SlombaFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Virginia Library © 1997 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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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::00929::James Whitcomb Riley Collection)//EN" "ViU00929.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 James Whitcomb Riley Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 7133-f

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Elizabeth Slomba Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #7133-f Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
James Whitcomb Riley Collection 1880-1915 7133-f ca. 65 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

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James Whitcomb Riley Collection, Accession 7133-f, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

Deposit [1963 December 17] 1966 April 8

 Funding Note

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

 Item Listing Manuscripts Poem, "Them Flowers," inscribed, "To My Good Friend Eugene Debs" 1887 Sep 13 AMsS, 1 p. Poem, "The Cyclone," inscribed, "For Joseph P. Smith, " pasted on a sheet with a 1 p., TLS, 1891 Feb 27, M. H. de Youngto Smith and a 1 p., ALS, 1891 Feb 27, George [Rontrell]to Smith 1891 Mar 4 AMsS, 1 p. Poem beginning, "We know, not every morrow can be sad...," on fly-leaf of Old-Fashioned Roses, with index [1892] AMsS, 1 p. Poem, "America's Thanksgiving", inscribed to J. H. Tennant 1900 Nov 17 AMsS, 2 p. Poem, "When She Comes Home" n.d. AMsS, 1 p. Two versions of poem, "Naughty Claude" on same sheet n.d. AMsS, 1 p. Poem, "The Watches of the Night" n.d. AMsS, 1 p. Poem, "Moonshiner's Serenade" n.d. AMsS, 2 p. Poem, "Sleep" n.d. AMsS, 1 p. Poem beginning, "One leads us through the watches of the night..." n.d. AMsS, 1 p. Letters [ James Whitcomb Riley] to "Dear Woman" 1880 Jun 30 ALS, 5 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto D. L. Milliken 1884 Nov 24 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto [J. N.] Matthews 1886 Sep 29 ALS, 2 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto John Boyle O'Reilly 1886 Dec 3 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Charles Whiting 1887 Nov 9 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Carey 1888 Apr 27 ALS, 2 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Mrs. Boyesen 1889 Dec 30 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Mr. Stoddart, with Indianapolis News clipping about Riley 1890 Feb 15 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto [Venowine] 1890 Feb 19 ALS, 2 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto [Robert Underwood] Johnson 1890 Jul 15 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Jahu DeWitt Miller 1890 Dec 3 ALS, 2 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Eugene Field 1891 Jan 16 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto H[jalmar] H[jorth] Boyesen 1891 Jan 19 ALS, 2 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Mr. Smith 1891 Mar 5 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Kate Douglas Wiggin 1891 Mar 11 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Madison Cawein 1891 Aug 11 ALS, 2 p. w/env James Whitcomb Rileyto Madison Cawein 1891 Dec 2 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Horace P. Chandler 1892 Feb 6 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto George 1892 Nov 30 ALS, 3 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1892 Dec 26 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Joseph P. Smith 1893 Jan 14 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Jeannette Leonard Gilder 1893 Dec 19 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Mr. Ellwanger 1894 Feb 11 ALS, 3 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Carey 1894 Aug 27 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1895 May 25 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Henry E. Lower 1895 Dec 19 ALS, 1 p. w/env James Whitcomb Rileyto [James] Bogle 1897 Feb 11 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto William W. Ellsworth 1897 Aug 9 ALS, 3 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Edmund Clarence Stedman 1898 Feb 4 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Miss [McKinney] 1898 Jul 23 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Mr. Miller 1898 Nov 6 ALS, 1 p. Envelope, [ James Whitcomb Riley] to Wallace A. Cathcart 1899 Jan 21 Envelope James Whitcomb Rileyto DeWitt Miller 1899 Nov 25 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Emma Carleton 1900 Feb 21 ALS, 1 p. w/env James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1900 Jul 23 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1900 Aug 25 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Mrs. H. F. Hovey 1900 Sep 5 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto James C. Young 1901 Nov 12 ALS, 1 p. w/env James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1902 Jun 4 ALS, 1 p. w/env James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1902 Jul 3 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1903 May 23 ALS, 2 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1904 Mar 7 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto F. C. Colver 1907 May 10 TLS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto Robert Underwood Johnson 1908 Sep 15 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto W. W. Ellsworth 1910 Apr 1 ALS, 1 p. James Whitcomb Rileyto [Amelie Rives] Troubetzkoy 1915 Oct 19 TLS, 1 p. Photographs James Whitcomb Riley, inscribed, "With all best greetings and esteem" 1897 Dec 2 Photo, signed Picturing James Whitcomb Riley n.d. 5 commemorative stamps James Whitcomb Riley, standing, inscribed, "To Charles Warren Stoddard" n.d. Photo signed James Whitcomb Riley, head and shoulders, inscribed, "With best greetings and esteem" n.d. Photo signed James Whitcomb Riley, inscribed, "To Joaquin Miller-'King and Comrade' " n.d. Photo signed Miscellaneous "Brave love," James Whitcomb Riley's favorite poem, with a letter from Riley printed on the same sheet n.d. Clipping