- Creator
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Call number
- MssCol 4675
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
Edith Wharton letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American author and designer. The collection of Edith Wharton letters consists of eight letters written by her to Mrs. Lewis Cass (Isabel Morris) Ledyard, 1917, 1932-1937, and one letter to Mrs. (George T.) Bliss, 1917. There is also one letter to Ledyard written by Wharton’s friend and executor, Elisina Tyler (Mrs. Royall Tyler), recounting the final illness and death of Edith Wharton, 1937. All are written on Wharton’s stationary from her residences in France. Wharton’s letters to Bliss and Ledyard thank them for donations supporting relief work for war refugees and tuberculosis patients. Enclosed in Wharton’s letters to Ledyard are two photographic postcards showing her garden at Sainte-Claire le Chateau in Hyères, and two photographs of a religious procession at Pavillon Colombe in St. Brice-sous-Le Forêt. All have Wharton’s identifications on verso. The collection also contains a loose autograph signature and reference materials.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard, 1952, and Susan D. Bliss, 1955
Processing information
Compiled by Susan P. Waide, 2017
Key terms
Names
- Bliss, Jeannette Dwight (Correspondent)
- Ledyard, Isabel Morris, 1862-1955 (Correspondent)
- Tyler, Elisina (Correspondent)
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Correspondence
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 -- Homes and haunts
Subjects
- Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- France
- Women authors, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief -- France
Occupations
Material types
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328