William Dean Howells Collection
Subjects: Howells, William Dean, -- 1837-1920 -- Friends and associates; Howells, William Dean, -- 1837-1920; Howells, William Dean, -- 1837-1920 -- Correspondence; Howells, William Dean, -- 1837-1920 -- Criticism and interpretation; Authors, American -- Correspondence
Description: This collection includes correspondence sent by William Dean Howells between 1861 and 1918; poems written by Howells between 1858 and 1886; an undated manuscript titled "The Novels and Stories of Frank R. Stockton;" miscellaneous printed poems and articles by Howells; miscellaneous critical articles and manuscripts regarding Howells and his work; copy negatives of personal photographs of Howells and his Hamilton, Ohio home; and prints and photographs of Howells.
Notes: William Dean Howells Collection, The Walter Havighurst Special Collections, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Photocopying allowed on an item-by-item basis at the discretion of the staff of The Walter Havighurst Special Collections.

Gibson, William M.; gift.

Sinclair, Robert B.; bequest; 1974.

Regarded as the leading American realist of the late nineteenth century, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) authored over one hundred books, poems, plays, memoirs, travel narratives, and examples of literary criticism.  He is best known for his service as U.S. Consul to Venice from 1861 to 1865; as assistant editor (1866-1871) and editor (1871-1881) of the Atlantic Monthly, and frequent contributor to Harper's Monthly.

Finding aid available in the repository.
Table of contents: value: Series I. Boxes 1 and 2; value: Series II. Box 2; value: Series III. Box 2; value: Series IV. Box 2; value: Series V. Box 2; value: Series VI. Boxes 2 and 3; value: Series VII.; value: Box 3; value: Series VIII.; value: Box 3.