Harriet R. Holman papers, 1869-1986

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Summary

Creator:
Holman, Harriet R. (Harriet Rebecca), 1912-, Chiltoskey, Mary Ulmer, Holman, Harriet R. (Harriet Rebecca), 1912-, and Chiltoskey, Goingback, 1907-2000
Abstract:
Author and professor of English from Anderson, S.C. Collection is chiefly significant for Holman's correspondence with writers, publishers and colleagues concerning the teaching and writing of American literature. Significant 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. 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, a typed transcription and audio recordings of Cherokee stories as told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey, clippings, notecard files, printed material, and photographs of Thomas Nelson and Florence Lathrop Page, and Nannie Mae Tilley.
Extent:
16.5 Linear Feet
About 7909 items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00563

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
The Harriet R. Holman Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1969, 1987, and 2008.
Processing information:

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Parts of the collection may need further processing before they can be used.

Encoded by Robert Carlson and Paula Jeannet, August 2009. Additional description by Craig Breaden, 2024.

Accessions from 1969, 1987-0106, and 2008-0257 are described in this finding aid.

The audiocassettes featuring Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey and Goingback Chiltoskey were misfiled -- possibly at accession -- with the Frank and Anne Warner papers. They were restored to the Harriet R. Holman papers in 2024, and also digitized.

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