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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00373::Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen Collection)//EN" "ViU00373.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 6903-c

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Margarete Groschel 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #6903-c Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson Collection 1867-1895 6903-c 13 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

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Hjalmar Hjorth Boyeson Collection, Accession 6903-c, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

 Acquisition Information

Deposit [ 17 Dec 1963] 17 Aug 1965

 Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

 Item Listing Letters Thomas Worchester, [ Waltham, Massachusetts], to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, [? Chicago] 1870 Jun 29 ALS, 1 p.

[Forwards his letter to [Silas Tertius] Rand, treasurer "at that time"; sends Rand's answer; congratulates him on his marriage.]

 Robert Scheffer, private secretary to Queen Elizabeth of Rumania, Buccarest, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York 1888 Mar 8 ALS, 2 p.

[Acknowledges for the queen the receipt some time ago of Idyls of Norway and Other Poemsand Queen Titaniawhich she greatly enjoyed; lets him know he impressed the queen with his account of Carmen Sylva's work in The Independent. ]

 Seth Low, Mayor of Brooklyn, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York 1889 Oct 10 TLS, 1 p.

[Acknowledges letter; hopes that his optimism in regard to Columbia [University]is not tinged by his views on immigration; invites him to his house.]

 John Bach McMaster, University of Pennsylvania, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York 1889 Oct 14 TLS, 2 p.

[Apologizes for his shortcomings; offers an apology to the "Executive Council"; encloses money to cover his debt.]

 John W. Lovell, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York City 1890 Sep 25 TLS, 1 p.

[Sends him the Londonaddress of publisher Charles Wolcott Balestier; discusses the publishing of Boyesen's next book.]

 John W. Lovell, United States Book Company, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York City 1891 Apr 20 TL (initialed), 1 p.

[Discusses the correction of proofs; says the company does not object to the use of the story in German in The New York Staatszeitung. ]

 John W. Lovell, United States Book Company, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York City 1891 Apr 22 TL (initialed), 1 p.

[Discusses proofs; says Charles Wolcott Balestierwill receive his letter upon his return from Englandtomorrow.]

 John W. Lovell, United States Book Company, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York City 1891 Apr 29 TL (initialed), 1 p.

[Discusses pages missing from proofs; says that Charles Wolcott Balestierwill meet with him upon his return from Boston. ]

 A. D. Hurd, United States Book Company, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York City 1891 May 16 TLS, 1 p.

[Says that plate corrections have been sent to the printer, the price for the requested 250 copies of the Mammon of Unrighteousnessin sheets, folded and collated, would be 24 cents per copy.]

 Michael Augustine Corrigan, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York 1893 Nov 16 ALS, 1 p.

[Refers to the New York Heraldof that day; asks what proof he has to assert that he is in league with Tammany Hall and in control of Richard Croker's conscience; wants him to retract these charges.]

 Michael Augustine Corrigan, New York, Archbishop's House, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York City 1893 Nov 17 ALS, 1 p.

[Appreciates compliance with his request; looks forward to Boyesen's visit next Tuesday evening.]

 Annie Sheldon Coombs, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York n.y. Apr 2 ALS, 4 p.

[Thanks him for letter of reassurance, which revived her hopes for success; says she is upset about her own low opinion of herself.]

 Minnie V. D. Ripley, New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, New York n.y. Apr 3 ALS, 2 p.

[Thanks him for the charming souvenir; says the inscription went right to her heart.]

 [ Julie Grinnell Cruger], New York, to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, [ New York] n.y. Aug 22 ALS, 3 p.

[Refers to two letters she has written him; says she is bored with the subject of "rich woman," which has been "done to death in newspapers and fiction"; feels sorry that "Rebellious Daughters" has not been liked and says she will let the other magazine have it if they want it; says that editors love the public as an imbecile; thinks the public is fairly intelligent; expresses admiration for Boyesen's father.]

 Julie Grinnel Cruger, [ New York], to Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen, [ New York] n. d. ALS, 3 p.

[Thanks him for a book; marvels at his use of English; says she will always remember how he encouraged her.]

 Miscellaneous Proof to preface Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen's Mammon of Unrighteousness 1891 May Proof, 2 p.