Charles Lamb was an English author and critic. Signed holograph note to Mr. Charles Ryle, pasted to verso of the title page of Lamb's "The Essays of Elia" (1867).
Papers of the American author, journalist, and editor. Two signed holograph poems and two signed holograph essays. The poem "A Song of the Christmas Wind," some lines of which also appear in the untitled manuscript in the collection, was printed on December 26, 1885 in "Sharps and Flats" (the newspaper column Field contributed to the Chicago Morning News editorial page from 1883-1895).
Papers of the American author and educator. Father of U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935), and inventor of the hand stereoscope. Signed holograph poem, "Army Hymn."
American poet and Baptist clergyman, author of the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Collection contains two manuscripts, one of the song (which he titled "America") and the other concerning a New England Christmas.
Papers of the English archaeologist, soldier, and author. Three outgoing letters to W. J. Childs and Mr. Ingham, signed with Lawrence's assumed surname, Shaw.
Papers of the English physician and author. Missionary to Labrador and Newfoundland who initiated child welfare work and built several hospitals and orphanages. Signed pen and ink sketch, "A Christmas Dinner in Labrador."
Twelve original drawings for The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin, bound, with article from Harper's New Monthly Magazine and commentary by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Gordon N. Ray. Also, one copy of the facsimile edition published in 1980.