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Album of letters and autographs from New York, New Jersey and Boston literary circles

 Collection — Volume: 1
Call Number: MS E68

Overview

Album of autographs and letters by members of New York, New Jersey and Boston writing and publishing circles, mostly women. Collected by Annie Isabel (Willis) McCullough, a journalist and children's writer active 1889-1916. Some of the correspondence relates to Wellesley College, which she entered about 1884. She married William H. McCullough in 1894.

Dates

  • Creation: 1867-1909

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No access restriction

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Scope and Contents

Autograph album: consisting of about 50 autographs (usually cut from letters) of East Coast members of editorial (book, magazine, newspaper) circles, often accompanied by a clipping of a photograph; and about 40 letters, many addressed to Miss Willis (before 1894) or Mrs. McCullough (after 1895); some to editors, authors, or interviewees; those not addressed to Miss Willis appear to have been acquired in the course of her jobs. Most signatures are those of women.

Wellesley College material 1884-1898.

Physical Location

MS E68

Other Finding Aids

For a detailed description: ksrl.sc.mccullough.pdf

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Mrs. Cerf, 1959?

Separated Materials

Two letters from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Annie Isabel (Willis) McCullough have been removed to the Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) Collection at MS P147A.

Title
Guide to the Annie Isabel (Willis) McCullough Collection
Subtitle
Album of letters and autographs from New York, New Jersey and Boston literary circles, 1867-1909
Author
Finding aid prepared by alh, 1963; revised by ksc, 2006
Date
2006
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8498293563
Preferred citation
Annie Isabel (Willis) McCullough Collection, Department of Special Collections, MS E68, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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