Found 5 collections related to Scudder%2C Horace Elisha%2C 1838-1902

Edward Bellamy, American novelist best known as author of the utopian socialist fantasy, Looking Backward 2000-1887. To Horace Elisha Scudder, editor of the Atlantic Monthly : 6 autograph letters signed ; 28 Jul 1886 - 26 Aug 1886 (MISC 1276-1278), chiefly in regard to the story, "The Blindman's World," which Bellamy has sent ; 3 Jul 1890 - 15 Sep 1893 (MISC 1279-1281), reflecting his literary self-doubt and high interest in social reform. less

Records consist of general and family correspondence, personal papers, subject papers, writings and speeches, diaries and travel journals, financial records, papers of Bowker's father, Daniel Rogers Bowker, scrapbooks, photographs, printed matter, and memorabilia. General correspondence reflects R.R. Bowker's business affairs as well as his interest in tariff reform, free trade, copyright law, library science, civil service, and political reform. Other materials include family correspondence, 1857-1932; personal papers containing items such as childhood letters, school reports, family records, and letters of condolence; and subject papers relating to copyright, the Edison Electric Illuminating Co., free trade and tariff reform, and his biography. Also, letterbooks for the period from 1875 to 1913; Bowker's writings and speeches; diaries, 1859-1932; and travel journals from the 1860s to 1926 for trips in the United States, the West Indies, Europe, the Near East, and around the world in 1898. Financial records include accounts for personal and some business expenses, bank books, cancelled checks, and personal ledgers, 1893-1910. less

Joseph Benson Gilder (1858-1936) was an American editor, author and banker. He was a founder and co-editor of The Critic, a New York literary periodical; editor of its successor Putnam's Magazine; and editor of the New York Times Book Review. He served in the diplomatic service and from 1914 to 1928 was secretary of the Industrial Finance Corporation. Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. Correspondence relates to Gilder's activities as the editor of The Critic. less

William Conant Church (1836-1917) was co-editor with his brother, Francis P. Church, of The Galaxy, a literary monthly, and The Army and Navy Journal, a weekly newspaper devoted to the interests of the U.S. military. The Galaxy was absorbed in 1878 by Atlantic Monthly. Collection consists of correspondence and records relating to the operations of the two publications edited by Church and his brother. Correspondence of The Army and Navy Journal includes materials depicting various battles and military personnel of the Civil War and letters written to Church from contributors, subscribers, sales agents, officials of government departments, and newspaper correspondents. The Galaxy correspondence contains letters from American and British literary contributors to the magazine. Also, records maintained by Sheldon & Co., publishers of The Galaxy. less