Corson, Hiram, 1828-1911.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Cornell University miscellaneous autograph collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924070744143]
Identifier: 47-1-3692
Scope and content
Letters and documents to, from, or relating to Cornell people and subjects. Items include letter from Reuben G. Thwaites to Charles Kendall Adams, 1874; award to Cornell University from the U.S. Centennial Commission, 1877; poem, "Naenia" by Willard Fiske for Jennie McGraw Fiske; John Lyons ('83) to [A. Luzerne]? Coville, n.d.; Hiram Corson to Charlotte Porter, 1888; M. W. Stryther to Henry W. Sage, n.d.; Edward P. North to Estevan A. Fuertes; Samuel Willi Brown ('73), 1897; E. Singleton,...
Dates:
1874-1929.
Hiram Corson papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-12-449
Abstract
The contents of thirty former scrapbooks containing letters, clippings, photographs, and printed materials relating to Corson's travels, life, and career; correspondence exchanged between Corson and colleagues on Shakespeare, Chaucer, Tennyson, Browning, and other figures of English literature; reviews of books and articles by Corson and other scholars; announcements, programs, letters, notes, and reviews pertaining to Corson's activities as public lecturer and reader; letters from friends...
Dates:
1842-1956.
John S. Hart letters
Collection
Identifier: 4637
Scope and content
Consists mainly of letters to Hart from a variety of correspondents, including school and college teachers and administrators, clergymen, and authors. Many letters provide biographical and bibliographical information on authors, including authors of religious works, for a book Hart was compiling on American literature, probably his Manual of American Literature (Philadelphia, 1873). Also included is considerable correspondence from fellow editors evaluating poems submitted to Sartain's Union...
Dates:
1834-1877.
Waterman T. Hewett papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065172110]
Identifier: 14-18-391
Scope and content
Letters to Hewett, and reports, notes, and drafts of articles by him, including many letters from Andrew Dickson White, and regular reports by Hewett to Cornell President Jacob Gould Schurman on the activities of the German Department. Correspondents besides White and Schurman include Charles S. Francis, Hiram Corson, and William Elliot Griffis.
Dates:
1891-1918.
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