Overview
Papers of American biographer, editor, historian, and poet Mark Anthony de Wolfe Howe.
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1944
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1929-1937
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
5 linear feet (10 boxes)Chiefly correspondence of Howe (primarily 1929-1937 and including carbon copies of outgoing letters) mostly concerning his biographical research and writings. Also includes research notes, manuscripts of writings, and clippings of reviews of some of Howe's books. Among the manuscripts are pieces Howe wrote for the Boston Athenaeum's Athenaeum Items, which he edited.
Biographical / Historical
Howe was a biographer, editor, historian, and poet.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe
- II. Letters from Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe
- III. Other letters
- IV. Manuscripts
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*67M-116. Gift of the Boston Athenaeum; received: 1968.
- Title
- Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960. Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe papers, 1911-1944: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00947
Repository Details
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