Harriet R. Holman papers, 1869-1986 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:The papers of Harriet Rebecca Holman span the years 1869-1986, and are significant for Holman's correspondence with writers, publishers and colleagues concerning the teaching and writing of American literature. Correspondents include Jay B. Hubbell, Rayburn Moore, Henry Field, Ann Page Johns, Armistead C. Gordon, Jr., Dr. Jeremiah N. Fusco, Corydon Bell, Guy Davenport, Edith Buchanan, Margaret Meaders, David Stocking, Marion Kingston Stocking, Newman I. White, E. M. Lander, Jr., Mattie U. Russell and members of the Thomas Nelson Page and John Fox families. The Page family materials constitute a large portion of the materials in this collection and are represented by their own series. There are also letters from South Carolina authors, including Rosa Pendleton Chiles, Sidelle Ellis, Patricia Kneas Hill, Katharine M. Jones, Mary Boone Robertson Longley, and Alice L. O’Connell. Also includes works written or edited by Holman and others, audio recordings and a typed transcription of Cherokee stories as told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey and Goingback Chiltoskey, clippings, notecard files, printed material, and photographs of Thomas Nelson and Florence Lathrop Page, and Nannie Mae Tilley. Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at Duke University