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Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 2002 Special Collections Department Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Richard Harding Davis Collection 1879-1917, n.d. 6109-e This collection consists of 114 items. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Contents List Poem beginning, "And is there no sweet spell..." n.d. 14 AMs, 3 pp. Letters 1879-1917, n.d. 14, 15 Rutherford B. Hayes to Lemuel Clarke Davis June 5, 1879 14 ALS, 1 p. with envelope Jefferson Davis to Col. A.K. McClure December 23, 1884 14 ALS, 2 pp. Oliver Wendell Holmes to George W[endell]Childs July 1, 1887 14 ALS, 2 pp. with envelope Julia Marlowe to Richard Harding Davis April 10, 1891 14 ALS, 2 pp. Sir Henry Irving to Richard Harding Davis November 17, 1893 14 ANS, 1 p. George Curzon to Richard Harding Davis April 22, 1894 14 ALS, 4 pp. Albert Chevalier to Richard Harding Davis March 21, 1895 14 ALS, 3 pp. Ellen Terry to Richard Harding Davis December 25, 1895 14 ALS, 2 pp. with envelope John Hay to Lemuel Clarke Davis November 26, 1896 14 ALS, 3 pp. with envelope Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis January 25, 1897 14 ALS, 4 pp. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 16, 1898 14 ALS, 1 p. Richmond Pearson Hobson to Richard Harding Davis July 6, 1899 14 ALS, 2 pp. Joseph Jefferson to Richard Harding Davis July 10, 1899 14 ALS, 2 pp. John Hay to Lemuel Clarke Davis August 11, 1900 14 ALS, 2 pp. with envelope John Hay to Lemuel Clarke Davis November 30, 1900 14 TLS, 2 pp. with envelope Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis December 17, 1900 14 ALS, 4 pp. Corrie Reitz to Richard Harding Davis February 16, 1901 14 ALS, 2 pp. Arthur Pinero to Richard Harding Davis April 3, 1901 14 ALS, 3 pp. with envelope Edward L[ivermore]Burlingame to Richard Harding Davis May 15, 1901 14 ALS, 3 pp. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 28, 1901 14 ANS, 1 p. with envelope, autograph postscript Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis June 29, 1902 14 ALS, 1 p. Albert Chevalier to Richard Harding Davis October 7, 1902 14 ALS, 2 pp. [Francis William] Reitz to Richard Harding Davis November 8, 1902 14 ALS, 2 pp. Gordon A. Fraser to Richard Harding Davis November 14, 1902 14 Owen Wister to Richard Harding Davis January 31, 1903 14 ALS, 1 p. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis February 11, 1903 14 TLS, 2 pp. with envelope Augustus Thomas to Richard Harding Davis February 12, 1903 14 TLS, 1 p. Elihu Root to Richard Harding Davis March 17, 1903 14 TLS, 1 p. George Dewey to Richard Harding Davis July 28, 1903 14 TLS, 1 p. Theodore Roosevelt to Lemuel Clarke Davis September 21, 1903 14 TLS, 2 pp. with envelope Winston Churcill to Richard Harding Davis September 26, 1903 14 TLS, 1 p. Theodore Roosevelt to Lemuel Clarke Davis October 5, 1903 14 TLS, 8 pp. with envelope John Hay to Richard Harding Davis November 13, 1903 13 TLS, 1 p. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 22, 1903 14 TLS, 2 pp. [Elihu Root] to Richard Harding Davis December 26, 1903 14 TL (frag), 1 p. Augustus Thomas to Richard Harding Davis January 2, 1904 14 TLS, 1 p. Owen Wister to Richard Harding Davis January 9, 1904 14 ALS, 2 pp. Francis Wilson to Richard Harding Davis August 6, 1904 14 ALS, 3 pp. Jack London to Richard Harding Davis August 10, 1994 14 ALS, 2 pp. Jack London to Richard Harding Davis December 27, 1904 14 ALS, 2 pp. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis January 3, 1905 14 TLS, 3 pp. with envelope Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis [January 9, 1905] 14 TNS, 1 p. with envelope Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis May 13, 1905 14 TLS, 2 pp.

with autograph note

 Robert W. Chambers to Richard Harding Davis October 26, 1905 14 ALS, 1 p. William Travers Jerome to Richard Harding Davis November 16, 1905 14 TLS, 1 p. Winston S. Churchill to Richard Harding Davis May 19, 1906 Churchill agrees to send photographs for Real Soldiers of Fortune(1906) which included a biography of Churchill. 14 ALS, 2 pp. Jesse Lynch Williams to Richard Harding Davis May 31, 1906 14 ALS, 2 pp. Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis June 29, 1906 14 TLS, 1 p. Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis September 4, 1906 14 TLS, 1 p. Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis October 21, 1906 14 ALS, 3 pp. Sir Gerald Du Maurier to Richard Harding Davis February 10, 1907 14 ALS, 2 pp. Sir Gerald Du Maurier to Richard Harding Davis March 8, 1907 14 ALS, 1 p. [Gouverneur Morris] to Charles [Belmont Davis] August 6, 1907 14 AL (frag.), 1 p. Winston S. Churchill to Richard Harding Davis September 20, 1907 14 ALS, 3 pp.

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

 Dorothy Stanley to Richard Harding Davis February 14, 1908 14 ALS, 4 pp. Anthony Hope Hopkins to Richard Harding Davis January 4, 1909 14 ALS, 1 p. Anthony Hope Hopkins to Richard Harding Davis January 22, 1909 15 ALS, 2 pp. Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis March 12, 1909 15 ALS, 1 p. Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis September 17, 1910 15 ALS, 2 pp. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis October 1, 1910 15 December 24, 1910 Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis December 28, 1910 15 ALS, 4 pp. Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis June 14, 1911 15 ALS, 1 p. Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis August 25, 1911 15 ALS, 2 pp. Leonard Wood to Richard Harding Davis February 1, 1913 15 TLS, 1 p. Augustus Thomas to Richard Harding Davis July 11, 1913 15 ALS, 2 pp. Elihu Root to Richard Harding Davis December 18, 1913 15 TLS George Dewey to Richard Harding Davis December 27, 1913 15 TLS, 1 p. Stephen Whitman to Richard Harding Davis Feburary 6, 1914 15 ALS, 3 pp. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis July 18, 1914 15 TLS, 1 p. Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis October 31, 1914 15 ALS, 2 pp. Jean Jules Jusserand to Richard Harding Davis November 4, 1914 15 TLS, 2 pp.

With autographed calling card

 Jean Jules Jusserand to Richard Harding Davis December 24, 1914 15 TLS, 1 p. Theodore Roosevelt to Richard Harding Davis December 29, 1914 15 TLS, 1 p. Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding to Davis January 3, 1915 15 ALS, 1 p. J. Brigenbleek to Richard Harding Davis January 15, 1915 15 ALS, 1 p. with envelope Arthur ("Hugh") Frazier to Richard Harding Davis January 15, 1915 15 ALS, 2 pp. [Finley] Peter [Dunne] to Richard Harding Davis Feburary 3, 1915 15 ALS, 4 pp. Authors' League to Richard Harding Davis February 13, 1915 15 TLS, 1 p.

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

 J. Brigenbleek to Richard Harding Davis March 11, 1915 15 ALS, 1 p. with envelope Arthur Wing Pinero to Richard Harding Davis June 11, 1915 15 ALS, 1 p. George Barr McCutcheon to Richard Harding Davis April 3, 1916 15 ALS, 1 p. Cyril Maude to Richard Harding Davis [April 3, 1916] 15 ALS, 1 p. Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Belmont Davis April 22, 1916 15 TLS, 1 p. with envelope Augustus Thomas to Charles Belmont Davis June 5, 1916 15 TLS, 1 p. Theodore Roosevelt to Charles Belmont Davis June 27, 1916 15 TLS, 1 p. with envelope Herbert Bayard Swope to Elizabeth McEvoy Davis September 16, 1917 15 ALS, 1 p. Rowland Thomas to [Richard Harding] Davis February 4, n.y. 15 ALS, 1 p. Charles Dana [Gibson] to [Richard Harding Davis] April 2, n.y. 15 ALS, 3 pp. Raymond Hitchcock to [Richard Harding] Davis June 11, n.y. 15 ALS, 3 pp. Paul Bourget to [Richard Harding] Davis June 15, n.y. 15 ALS, 1 p. Booth Tarkington to [Richard Harding] Davis June 24, n.y. 15 ALS, 1 p. John Drew to [Richard Harding Davis] October 4, n.y. 15 ALS, 2 pp. Booth Tarkington to [Richard Harding] Davis October 7, n.y. 15 ALS, 4 pp. Paul Bourget to [Richard Harding Davis] n.d. 15 ALS, 1 p. Arthur Wing Pinero to [_______], introducing Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ANS, 1 p. Maude Adams to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 2 pp. Anthony Hope Hawkins to Richard Harding Davis "Saturday" 15 ALS, 3 pp. [_________] to Richard Harding Davis "Thursday" 15 ALS, 2 pp. Edward H. Sothern to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 1 p. Edward. H. Sothern to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 2 pp. Irwin S[hrewsbury]Cobb to Richard Harding Davis "Tuesday" 15 ALS, 2 pp. [Francis William] Reitz to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 1 p. Gouverneur Morris to Charles [Belmont Davis] n.d. 15 ALS, 1p. Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 2 pp. Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis "Friday" 15 ALS, 2 pp. Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 3 pp. Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 3pp. Gouverneur Morris to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 3 pp. A[lfred]E[dward]W[oodley]Mason to Mrs. Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ANS, 1 p. Winston Churchill to Richard Harding Davis n.d. 15 ALS, 4 pp. Ellen Terry to Richard Harding Davis "Monday" 15 ALS, 3 pp. George Ade to Richard Harding Davis "Wednesday" 15 ALS, 1 p.

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

 Sir James M. Barrie to Richard Harding Davis July 11, n.y. 15 ALS, 2 pp.