Includes letter of introduction, carbon copy, from Knopf for Marie Picha to CVV (1930); third-party letters by and concerning Clement Richer, Anita Loos, Chester Himes, Edward Jablonski (1951-1954); notes from Margo Boucher, the Knopf's cook, to CVV (1954-1959)
Subject (Name):
Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984, Marinoff, Fania, 1890-1971, and Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964
Dawes, Henry L. (Henry Laurens), 1816-1903 Welsh, Herbert, 1851-1941
Published / Created:
[1885]
Call Number:
WA MSS 243
Collection Title:
William Hobart Hare papers
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
The papers, primarily correspondence, deal with the rights of Indians to the land in the reservation under the treaty of 1868 and the agreement of 1882, the influx of settlers under President Arthur's executive order of Feb. 27, 1885, and the rights of settlers dispossessed by President Cleveland's proclamation of April 17, 1885.
Subject (Name):
Hare, William Hobart, 1838-1909 and Indian Rights Association
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Government relations--1869-1934 and Dakota Indians--Reservations
Letter requests William Hickey to draw a bill providing for the governments of California, New Mexico, and Utah.
Description:
Gift of William Robertson Coe. and Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880), elected United States senator from Mississippi in 1847 and later governor, supported the Compromise of 1850. He spent part of the 1850's in California but returned to Mississippi.
Subject (Name):
Foote, Henry S. (Henry Stuart), 1804-1880 and Hickey, William, 1798-1866
Franklin Richards's letter describes his westward journey from St. Louis, the hostility of settlers, the massacre at Haun's Mill, and his stay in the West. He also writes about the Mormon war, relatives in the West, his faith, the fertility of the country, and his return to Illinois Town, where he worked cutting timber.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Richards, Phineas. 1788-1874 and Richards, Wealthy Dewey, 1786-
George Kendall's letters relate to the Texan Santa Fe expedition and his book, The War between the United States and Mexico. Accompanying these are a draft of a letter from Kendall's family to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and his answer.
Subject (Name):
Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867, Kendall, Thaddeus, Rix, Catherine F. Kendall, Rix, William, 1811-1892, and United States Department of State
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841, and The War between the United States and Mexico
Also present are two photographs, apparently of Beresford, undated, and three picture postcards with illustrations of Warner Hot Springs. Letters and story installments are accompanied by seventeen envelopes. and Twelve ALS, most dated at Warner Springs or Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, California, to his niece, "Mrs. Joseph H. A. Symonds," New York City; and twelve installments of a story written by Beresford, about cowboys, Indians, and mysticism, titled "The Green Crystal, or, The Witch Stone," holograph, also sent to his niece. Six of the letters, 1921-1923, accompany or are appended to sections of the story; these mostly concern his experiences in writing, his life in Santa Ysabel, and family news. Six earlier letters, 1908-1919, describe his experiences in the West, including discussion of a prospecting trip in the Colorado Desert, a cattle drive in Arizona, ranch life, and relations between Americans and Mexicans. Two letters enclose poems by Beresford, titled "Prospecting," holograph, and "The Herd's Mad Race," typescript with holograph corrections. "Prospecting" and installments of "The Green Crystal" are signed by Beresford, using the pseudonym, "Tychualla."
Description:
Purchased from Charles Hamilton on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1962.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions, San Diego County (Calif.)--Social life and customs, Santa Ysabel (Calif.), and Warner Springs (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Beresford, Joseph D. Green Crystal., Beresford, Joseph D. Witch stone., and Symonds, Joseph H. A., Mrs
Subject (Topic):
Cattle trails--Arizona, Mysticism, Prospecting--Colorado Desert (Calif. and Mexico), and Ranch life--California--San Diego County