Editorial Correspondence of The Independent 1882-1899

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Overview

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Abstract

This collection consists of selected editorial correspondence of the New York weekly The Independent, founded in 1848 by Henry Chandler Bowen as a Congregationalist journal which later expanded in scope to include articles on literary and social topics. Successive editors were Theodore Tilton, 1856-1861 and 1864-1871, Henry Ward Beecher, 1861-1864, William Hayes Ward, 1868-1916, Kinsley Twining, literary editor, 1880-1899, and Hamilton Holt, 1897-1921. The collection contains approximately 85 letters, 1882-1899, to Kinsley Twining (1832-1901), a Congregationalist minister, William Hayes Ward (1835-1916), a Congregationalist minister, orientalist, and professor of Latin and natural science, Miss [Susan Hayes] Ward, and Hamilton Holt by various contributors to The Independent.

Description

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Description

This collection consists of selected editorial correspondence of the New York weekly The Independent, founded in 1848 by Henry Chandler Bowen as a Congregationalist journal which later expanded in scope to include articles on literary and social topics. Successive editors were Theodore Tilton (1856-1861 and 1864-1871), Henry Ward Beecher (1861-1864), William Hayes Ward (1868-1916), Kinsley Twining, literary editor (1880-1901), and Hamilton Holt (1897-1921).

The collection contains approximately 85 letters, 1882-1899, to Kinsley Twining (1832-1901), a Congregationalist minister, William Hayes Ward (1835-1916), a Congregationalist minister, Orientalist, and professor of Latin and natural science, Miss Susan Hayes Ward, and Hamilton Holt by various contributors to The Independent. Some of the authors included are William Gordon Blaikie, Bliss Carman, Paul Leicester Ford, Louise Guiney, Tudor Jenks, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edmund Kirke, Philip B. Barston, E. C. Stedman, John Tabb for Mrs. Sidney Lanier, and others. Eight manuscripts, primarily of verse, are also present, including "On the Stairs" and "At an Easter Market" by Bliss Carman, "The House by the Side of the Road" by Sam Walter Foss, and "True Happiness" by W. J. Linton. There are also a few clipped autograph signatures and newspaper clippings.

Collection Creator Biography

Kinsley Twining (1832-1901) was an American clergyman and editor.

Collection History

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Acquisition

Purchased from David Holmes in 1997.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in 2003. Finding aid written in 2003.

Access and Use

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Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Preferred Citation

Editorial Correspondence of The Independent; 1882-1899, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

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Topics

• Journalism
• Publishing history

Subject Terms

• Authors and publishers
• Authors, American
• Clergy
• Congregational churches
• Correpondence
• Editors
• New York (N.Y.)
• Newspaper publishing
• Poets, American
• Publishers and publishing
• United States

Genre Terms

• Clippings
• Correspondence
• Manuscripts

Related Material

For additional correspondence of Kinsley Twining see the Twining Family Papers (C0817), and for a letter, 1845, by Catharine Beecher to Mary Hilhouse (acquired with this material) see General Mss. Misc. (C0140).

Contents and Arrangement

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Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

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	Title	Date	Container
	From Abbot, Ezra to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALs	1882	Folder 1
	From Allen, James Lane to Literary Editor, 1 ALS	1897	Folder 7
	From Appleton, Marion to Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1 ALS	1891	Folder 7
	From Baird, Henry M. to Literary Editor, 1 ALS	1892	Folder 7
	From Bennett, John to Ward, Susan Hayes, 1 TLS	1897	Folder 7
	From Bigelow, Poultney to Dunnell, Frank L., 1 ACS	1898	Folder 7
	From Blaikie, William Garden to Ward, William Hayes, 3 ALsS	1897-1898	Folder 7
	From Blaikie, William Garden to Ward, William Hayes, “Mrs. Rundle Charles and her Seven Homes”, 1 AMsS, 13 pp.	1896	Folder 7
	From Carman, Bliss to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS	1893-1895	Folder 2
	From Carman, Bliss verse, to Twining, Kinsley, “On the Stairs”, 1 AMsS, 3 pp.	undated	Folder 2
	From Carman, Bliss verse, to Twining, Kinsley, “At an Easter Market”, 1 TMsS, 3 pp.	1894	Folder 2
	From Child, P. F. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1894	Folder 2
	From Cook, Albert S. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 2
	From Coolidge, Susan to ?, 1 ANS	1899	Folder 2
	From Coues, Elliott to Editor, 1 ALS	1897	Folder 2
	From De Vinne, Theodore Low to Twining, Kinsley, 1 TLS	1896	Folder 2
	From Dorr, Julia C. R. to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 2
	From Fawcett, Edgar to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 3
	From Ford, Paul Leicister to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1894	Folder 3
	From Foss, Sam Walter, verse, “The House by the Side of the Road”, 1 AMsS, 3 pp.	undated	Folder 3
	From Frothingham, A. L., Jr. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS	1887	Folder 3
	From Frothingham, Jessie P. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 3
	From Gildersleeve, B. L. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ANS	1891	Folder 3
	From Gilmore, James R. (see: Kirke, Edmund)	undated	Explore Multiple Containers
	From Godkin, E. L. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 3
	From Greene, S. P. McL. to Editor, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 3
	From Greenwood, Grace to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 3
	From Gregory, Caspar René to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ANS	1892	Folder 3
	From Guiney, Louise I. to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS	1894	Folder 3
	From Hapgood, Isabel F. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1895	Folder 4
	From Harris, J. Rendel to Twining & Ward, 2 ALsS	1897-1898	Folder 4
	From Harris, W. T. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1897	Folder 4
	From Harrison, Burton, Mrs. to Editor, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 4
	From Hayne, William H., verse, “A Cyclone at Sea”, 1 AMsS, 2 pp.	undated	Folder 4
	From Higginson, Thomas to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 4
	From Hitchcock, Ripley to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 4
	From Hovey, Richard to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1894	Folder 4
	From Hunnewell, James Frothingham to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1891	Folder 4
	From Huntington, M. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1898	Folder 4
	From Jenks, Tudor to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS (with AMs, 1 p.)	1896	Folder 5
	From Jewett, Sarah Orne to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 5
	From Kennan, George to Holt, Hamilton, 1 ALS	1897	Folder 5
	From Kirke, Edmund to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1890	Folder 5
	From Kimball, Hannah Parker to Editor, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 5
	From Kirkus, [W?], Rev. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ANS	1887	Folder 5
	From Krockow, Alida von to Holt, Hamilton, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 5
	From Lea, Henry to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1891	Folder 5
	From Linton, W. J., verse, “True Happiness”, 1 AMsS, 1 p.	undated	Folder 5
	From Liverman, Robert to Editor, 1 ALS	1895	Folder 5
	From MacLaren, Ian, 1 autograph	undated	Folder 6
	From March, F. A. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1892	Folder 6
	From Marston, Philip B. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 6
	From Matthews, Brander to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1894	Folder 6
	From Pack, S. M. to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS	1895	Folder 6
	From Palgrave, F. T. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS	1889	Folder 6
	From Payn, James from The Independent, 2 receipts	1895	Folder 6
	From Piatt, John to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS	1895	Folder 6
	From Reese, Lizette Woodworth, verse, “Growth”, 1 AMsS, 1 p.	undated	Folder 6
	From Roberts, Charles G. D. to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS	1895	Folder 6
	From Roberts, G. E. Theodore, verse, “Winter Warms His Freezing Hands”, 1 AMsS, 2 pp.	undated	Folder 6
	From Sangster, Margaret E. to Ward, Miss, 1 TLS	1896	Folder 7
	From Scollard, Clinton to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1893	Folder 7
	From Scudder, H. E. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ANS	1895	Folder 7
	From Sherwood, Mary Elizabeth to Dear sir, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 7
	From Sloan, William M. to Dear Sir, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 7
	From Smith, Goldwin to Ward, William Hayes, 3 ALsS	1897	Folder 7
	From Smithsonian Institution to Editor, 1 TLS (by S. Langley)	1898	Folder 7
	From Spofford, Harriet Prescott to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 7
	From Stedman, Edmund Clarence to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS, 1 fragment	1893-1895	Folder 7
	From Stockton, Frank R. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 7
	From Stoddard, Elizabeth to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS	undated	Folder 7
	From Stryker, Melancthon Woolsey to Twining, Kinsley, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 7
	From Tabb, John B. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ACS (for Mrs. Sidney Lanier)	1896	Folder 8
	From Terhune, Mary Virginia to Ward, Miss, 1 ALS	1896	Folder 8
	From Thayer, William R. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1892	Folder 8
	From Tyler, Moses Coit to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1897	Folder 8
	From Vambéry, Armin to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALss	1891	Folder 8
	From Wallace, Alfred R. to Twining, Kinsley, 2 ALsS	1887	Folder 8
	From Wells, David A. to Ward, William Hayes, 1 ALS	1897	Folder 8
	From White, Andrew D. to Twining, Kinsley, 1 TLS	1896	Folder 8
	unidentified, 2 ALsS	undated	Folder 9
	autographs and empty envelopes	undated	Folder 10
	newspaper clippings	undated	Folder 11