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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::00406::Charles Eliot Norton Collection)//EN" "ViU00406.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 Charles Eliot Norton Collection A Collection in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature 8381-a

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library 1997 Special Collections Department Staff 1997 Courtney Boissonnault Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #8381-a Descriptive Summary University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Charles Eliot Norton Collection 1851 8381-a 32 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Charles Eliot Norton Collection, Accession 8381-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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Purchase [ 1968 Apr 8] 1968 Oct 11

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

 Item Listing Letters Charles Eliot Nortonto J. S. Clark 1867 May 27 ALS, 2 p.

[Mentions "Revival Literature," "Dictionary of the Bible," by Smith and Harper's "Bible Cyclopaedia."]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto unknown 1878 Apr 16 ALS, 2 p.

[Confirms the receipt of $10 for one copy of the reproduction of Turner's etchings; reports on John Ruskin's health.]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1883 Feb 11 ALS, 4 p.

[Refers to "drawings" which should be shown at the conveniece of General di Cesnola; suggests Professor Ware's assistance; mentions Mr. Dodge.]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto James R. Osgood 1884 Apr 7 ALS, 3 p.

[Suggests the printing of 2000 copies of Reminiscencesto be published in the United States; opposes a publication in England. ]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto Henry (?) Phillips, Jr. 1885 Sep 21 ALS, 2 p.

[Thanks him for a small volume of "Volk Songs" which (?) Phillips has translated into English.]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto James Bradstreet Greenough 1886 May 10 ALS, 4 p.

[Asks him to serve as chairman of a Committee on Membership of the Archaeological Institute of America; suggests Thomas Wentworth Higginsonand Cardiner M. Laneas the two other members.]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto Bliss Carman 1891 Aug 16 ALS, 3 p.

[States that he does not intend, now or later, to write about James Russell Lowellfor any journal of public print; suggests that people who have been less close to Lowell should write about him; compliments Carman on his poems.]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto Francis Henry Underwood 1892 Jan 20 ALS, 4 p.

[Discusses a paper on James Russell Lowellby Underwood which appeared in the Contemporary; says he would like to read Underwood's "Reminiscences" [ Quabbin, The Story of A Small Town]; tells of his plan to publish a selection of Lowell's letters with his own "slender narrative" to serve as a biography; mentions poem, " Carter's Goat. "]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto Mrs. Francis James Lippitt 1894 Jan 12 ALS, 4 p.

[Thanks her for the loan of a [Lowell] letter; refers to a notice in the Nationdealing with Lowell's love-letters, claiming that they have been handed about a large circle of friends; hopes that she can shed light on the matter and is sure that Lowell himself burned the letters, not [Mabel Lowell] Burnett. ]

 Charles Eliot Nortonto Mr. Kimball 1894 Jan 17 ALS, 2 p.

[Asks him to visit at a later date unless he has to have his question answered at once.]