TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary of the Collection
Biography of Francis Fischer Browne
Scope and Content of the Collection
Series 1: Correspondence 1872-1949, bulk 1880-1915
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Inventory of the Francis Fisher Browne Papers, ca. 1860-1949, bulk 1873-1915
Finding aid encoded by Alison Hinderliter, March 2002 2001 |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fischer), 1843-1913 |
| Title | Francis Fisher Browne Papers, |
| Dates | ca. 1860-1949, bulk 1873-1915 |
| Extent | 5 linear feet (9 boxes) |
| Abstract | Correspondence, literary manuscripts, memorabilia, clippings, photos and material relating to Francis Fisher Browne and the publication of several Chicago literary periodicals, primarily The Dial, of which Francis Fisher Browne was the founder and editor, 1880-1913. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Browne |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 37 1 |
Administrative Information
Citation
Francis Fisher Browne Papers, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift of sons of Francis Fisher Browne, Herbert S. Browne and Waldo R. Browne, 1945 and 1969; and grandson Francis Browne Woodworth, 1977.
Processed by
Amy Nyholm, 1945; Virginia H. Smith, 2001.
Acknowledgements
This inventory was created with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this inventory do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Access Restrictions
The Francis Fisher Browne Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 5 folders at a time maximum (Priority II).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Francis Fisher Browne Papers are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Literary rights, including copyright, may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns.
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Biography of Francis Fischer Browne
Chicago writer for and editor of literary periodicals, most notably The Dial.
In 1867, at the age of twenty-four, Francis Fisher Browne left New England with his new wife, determined to make Chicago the home of a serious and influential literary journal. Despite Chicago being a discouraging venue for a significant intellectual magazine, through hard work, high standards and some financial self-sacrifice, in 1880 Browne eventually achieved his goal with the emergence of The Dial, a modest magazine he described as "An intelligent guide and agreeable companion to the book-lover."
Browne had begun his apprenticeship as a magazine editor with The Western Monthly in 1869, which he subsequently renamed to The Lakeside Monthly in hope of attracting eastern readers. However, the latter publication folded in 1874, and for the next few years, Browne wrote for various Chicago newspapers, worked on publicity for several railroads, edited The Chicago Alliance , a weekly religious paper, and then became the literary advisor for Jansen, McClurg & Co., local publishers. In 1880, Browne persuaded this publishing company to sponsor his ideal critical literary journal to be named The Dial (after Margaret Fuller's short-lived Transcendental periodical), for which he would serve not only as editor and writer, but as business manager and typographer.
In 1892, Browne bought out Jansen, McClurg's share of the magazine and as independent owner and editor, introduced a "new" Dial, one he stated would "assume a distinct voice upon questions of general intellectual concern." Now the magazine not only reviewed books, it carried editorials, essays on a range of topics, general articles and even letters from its readers. However, the range of subject matter was not inclusive. Through all its thirty-three years The Dial remained consistently apolitical and conservative, revering established English and New England writers, maintaining a courteous and pleasant tone, and ignoring or opposing works that showed the worst of human nature -- the ugly or indelicate side of life. Nevertheless, when Browne died in 1913 The Dial was still at its peak of financial and intellectual success, firmly established as a national rather than a regional publication.
Francis Fisher Browne loved literature, particularly poetry, and he edited three collections entitled Golden Poems by British and American Authors (1881), The Golden Treasury of Poetry and Prose (1883), and Bugle-Echoes, poems of the Civil War in 1886. Although he churned out numerous sentimental verses of his own, his most note-worthy work was The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln, published in 1886. Among his friends were John Burroughs, John Muir and Charles F. Lummis.
One of the few disappointments of Browne's literary life was the failure of a special project - the establishment of an elegant bookstore that would appeal to Chicago's wealthy and cultured readers. Existing only from 1907 to 1912, Browne's Bookstore, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and located in the Fine Arts Building, struggled unsuccessfully to make a profit.
Elderly and ill, Browne died in California during the next year and The Dial, which continued to be published by his two sons, Waldo and Herbert, was sold in 1916 to Henry O. Shepard Co. and relocated in New York City.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
The collection consists of mostly incoming correspondence relating to various publications and numerous letters of condolence at Francis Fisher Browne's death in 1913, plus a small group of copies of outgoing letters written by editors of The Dial after that date; manuscripts of works by Browne, including a novel, a play and numerous poems, plus a few works by other people; material concerning The Dial; and a miscellaneous group of materials such as many clippings and articles by and about Browne and/or The Dial, notes for literary projects, poetical memorabilia and photographs.
Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.
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Organization
The papers are organized in the following groupings:
- Series 1: Correspondence 1872-1949, bulk 1880-1915. Box(es) 1-3
- Series 2: Works ca. 1873-1911. Box(es) 4-5
- Series 3: The Dial, 1880-1949, . Box(es) 6
- Series 4: Miscellaneous, ca. 1860-1928. Box(es) 7-9
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Selected Search Terms
Names
- Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933
- Browne's Bookstore
- Browne, Francis F. (Francis Fisher), 1843-1913
- Browne, Herbert S.
- Browne, Waldo R. (Waldo Ralph), 1876-1954
- Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
- Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929
- Chap-book
- Dial (Chicago, Ill.)
- Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881
- Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940
- Garrison, William Lloyd, 1838-1909
- Hale, Edward Everett, 1863-1932
- Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
- Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928
- Muir, John, 1838-1914
- Schmedtgen, William Herman
- Sioussat, St. George L. (St. George Leakin), 1878-1960
- The Lakeside monthly
- Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Subjects
- American Literature -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900
- Correspondence -- 1901-1950
- Diaries
- Manuscripts, American
- Periodical editors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources
- Periodicals -- Publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources
- Photographs -- 1862-1912
- Poems -- 1851-1900
- Poems -- 1901-1950
- Publishing -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Sources
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Container List
Series 1: Correspondence 1872-1949, bulk 1880-1915 |
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| The correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters almost exclusively regarding publishing of The Dial. Included are copies of two letters from Francis F. Browne to Hamlin Garland, plus a large collection of letters sent to Browne's sons when he died in 1913. Notable correspondents include Melville Best Anderson, John Burroughs, Bliss Carman, William Lloyd Garrison, Edward Everett Hale, William Dean Howells, Charles F. Lummis, John Muir and St. George L. Sioussat. Also, there is a short exchange of letters between Browne and Henry Childs Merwin in 1910 concerning a visit to Chicago by Bret Harte. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Adams, Ephraim Douglas | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Alden, Raymond N. | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Altgeld, John P. | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Anderson, Melville Best | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Anderson, R. B. | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Anti-Imperialist League | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Appleton, D. & Co. | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Barrus, Clara+- | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Bates, Katharine Lee | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Beach, Mary G. | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Bicknell, Percy F. | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Blake, Tiffany | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Blake, Warren Barton | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Block, Louis James | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Bourne, Henry E. | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Bowker, Richard Rogers | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Boynton, H. W. | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Branner, John Casper | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Bray, Joseph Edwin | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Brett, George P. | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Bridge, Norman | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Brown, Nathan | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Brown, William Goldsmith | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Browne, Anna | |||||||||
| 1 | 26-29 | Browne, Francis Fisher | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Browne, Frank G. | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Browne, Goldsmith | |||||||||
| 1 | 32-36 | Browne, Herbert S. | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Browne, Sue | |||||||||
| 1 | 38-47 | Browne, Waldo R. | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | Bryant, John H. | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Burpee, Lawrence J. | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Burroughs, John | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | Burton, Richard | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Byrne, John J. | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | C[ ], Helen D. | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Cable, Dorothea | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | Callender, Florence H. | |||||||||
| 1 | 56 | Canby, Henry Seidel | |||||||||
| 1 | 57 | Canfield, Arthur G. | |||||||||
| 1 | 58 | Carman, Bliss | |||||||||
| 1 | 59 | Carr, Clark E. | |||||||||
| 1 | 60 | Carruth, William H. | |||||||||
| 1 | 61 | Cary, Lucian | |||||||||
| 1 | 62 | Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas | |||||||||
| 1 | 63 | Channing-Stetson, Grace Ellery | |||||||||
| 1 | 64 | Cheney, Clara Emma | |||||||||
| 1 | 65 | Cheney, John Vance | |||||||||
| 1 | 66 | Clay, Cassius | |||||||||
| 1 | 67 | Clements, Ernest Wilson | |||||||||
| 1 | 68 | Clover, Samuel T. | |||||||||
| 1 | 69 | Coast, Oscar R. | |||||||||
| 1 | 70 | Cockerell, Theodore D. A. | |||||||||
| 1 | 71 | Coleman, Vernetta | |||||||||
| 1 | 72 | Collyer, Robert | |||||||||
| 1 | 73 | Cook, Albert S. | |||||||||
| 1 | 74 | Cook, May Estelle | |||||||||
| 1 | 75 | Cooper, Lane | |||||||||
| 1 | 76 | Coues, Elliott | |||||||||
| 1 | 77 | Crooker, Joseph Henry | |||||||||
| 1 | 78 | Crowder, J. L. | |||||||||
| 1 | 79 | Curtiss, Charles C. | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 80 | Davis, David | |||||||||
| 1 | 81 | Dent, J. M. & Co. | |||||||||
| 1 | 82-83 | The Dial | |||||||||
| 1 | 84 | Dickerson, James Spencer | |||||||||
| 1 | 85 | Dingman, John H. | |||||||||
| 1 | 86 | Dodge, Theo. A. | |||||||||
| 1 | 87 | D'Ooge, Martin L. | |||||||||
| 1 | 88 | Douglass, Earl | |||||||||
| 1 | 89 | Duffield & Co. | |||||||||
| 1 | 90 | Durfee, Amy Ward | |||||||||
| 1 | 91 | Dyer, Louis | |||||||||
| 1 | 92 | Ealon, Edith | |||||||||
| 1 | 93 | Egleston, Thomas | |||||||||
| 1 | 94 | Ellsworth, W. W. | |||||||||
| 1 | 95 | Ely, Richard T. | |||||||||
| 1 | 96 | Eskridge, Annmary | |||||||||
| 2 | 97 | Field, Walter Taylor | |||||||||
| 2 | 98 | Fields, James T. | |||||||||
| 2 | 99 | Fiske, John | |||||||||
| 2 | 100 | Fleming, Walter L. | |||||||||
| 2 | 101 | Flugel, Ewald | |||||||||
| 2 | 102 | Foerster, Norman | |||||||||
| 2 | 103 | Fuller, Henry Blake | |||||||||
| 2 | 104 | Fuller, Melville W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 105 | Gardiner, Fanny Hale | |||||||||
| 2 | 106 | Garland, Hamlin | |||||||||
| 2 | 107 | Garnett, James M. | |||||||||
| 2 | 108 | Garrison, William Lloyd | |||||||||
| 2 | 109 | George, A. J. | |||||||||
| 2 | 110 | Gilder, Jeannette L. | |||||||||
| 2 | 111 | Gilder, Richard W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 112 | Gladden, Washington | |||||||||
| 2 | 113 | Godwin, Parke | |||||||||
| 2 | 114 | Gookin, Frederick W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 115 | Green, Albert P. | |||||||||
| 2 | 116 | Greever, Garland | |||||||||
| 2 | 117 | Griffis, William E. | |||||||||
| 2 | 118 | Hadden, Anne | |||||||||
| 2 | 119 | Haines, Elijah M. | |||||||||
| 2 | 120 | Hale, Edward Everett, Jr. | |||||||||
| 2 | 121 | Halsey, John J. | |||||||||
| 2 | 122 | Harris, William T. | |||||||||
| 2 | 123 | Hatfield, James T. | |||||||||
| 2 | 124 | Hauert, Mrs. G. W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 125 | Heath, D. C. & Co. | |||||||||
| 2 | 126 | Hellems, Fred B. R. | |||||||||
| 2 | 127 | Henderson, C. R. | |||||||||
| 2 | 128 | Hodder, Frank Heywood | |||||||||
| 2 | 129 | Hoke, Travis | |||||||||
| 2 | 130 | Holt, Henry & Co. | |||||||||
| 2 | 131 | Howell, Frank L. | |||||||||
| 2 | 132 | Howells, William Dean | |||||||||
| 2 | 133 | Hubbard, John M. | |||||||||
| 2 | 134 | Hubbard, Sara A. | |||||||||
| 2 | 135 | Hubbell, H. I. | |||||||||
| 2 | 136 | Huebsch, B. W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 137 | Hutchinson, W. A. | |||||||||
| 2 | 138 | Inland Printer | |||||||||
| 2 | 139 | Jacobs, G. W. & Co. | |||||||||
| 2 | 140 | James, Edmund J. | |||||||||
| 2 | 141 | James, George Abbot | |||||||||
| 2 | 142 | Jastrow, Joseph | |||||||||
| 2 | 143 | Jewett, Rutger B. | |||||||||
| 2 | 144 | Johnson, Alvin S. | |||||||||
| 2 | 145 | Johnson, E. H. | |||||||||
| 2 | 146 | Johnson, Edward G. | |||||||||
| 2 | 147 | Johnson, Robert U. | |||||||||
| 2 | 148 | Johnson, Rossiter | |||||||||
| 2 | 149 | Johnson, W. H. | |||||||||
| 2 | 150 | Jones, Jenkin Lloyd | |||||||||
| 2 | 151 | Jones, Llewellyn | |||||||||
| 2 | 152 | Jones, Mary L. | |||||||||
| 2 | 153 | Jordan, David Starr | |||||||||
| 2 | 154 | Judson, Harry Pratt | |||||||||
| 2 | 155 | Julian, George W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 156 | Kelsey, Francis W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 157 | Kenyon, Elmer L. | |||||||||
| 2 | 158 | Kerr, Joseph D. | |||||||||
| 2 | 159 | Kirkland, Joseph | |||||||||
| 2 | 160 | Kofoid, Charles A. | |||||||||
| 2 | 161 | Konkle, Burton A. | |||||||||
| 2 | 162 | Larson, Lawrence | |||||||||
| 2 | 163 | Leoser, Charles McK. | |||||||||
| 2 | 164 | Lermina, Jules | |||||||||
| 2 | 165 | Library of Congress, Copyright Office | |||||||||
| 2 | 166 | Lord, William S. | |||||||||
| 2 | 167 | Low, Sidney J. | |||||||||
| 2 | 168-175 | Lummis, Charles F. | |||||||||
| 2 | 176 | Mabie, Hamilton W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 177 | MacBride, Thomas H. | |||||||||
| 2 | 178 | McClurg, A. C. | |||||||||
| 2 | 178a | McClurg, A. C. & Co. | |||||||||
| 2 | 179 | McMahan, Anna B. | |||||||||
| 2 | 180 | Macrae, John | |||||||||
| 2 | 181 | Marble, Annie Russell | |||||||||
| 2 | 182 | Marvin, Cornelia | |||||||||
| 2 | 183 | Mason, Gertrude H. | |||||||||
| 2 | 184 | Mathews, Shailer | |||||||||
| 2 | 185 | Maurice, Arthur B. | |||||||||
| 2 | 186 | Maze, John | |||||||||
| 2 | 187 | Merwin, Henry Childs | |||||||||
| 2 | 188 | Meyer, Rose D. | |||||||||
| 2 | 189 | Mitchell, S. Weir | |||||||||
| 2 | 190 | Moore, Charles Leonard | |||||||||
| 2 | 191 | Moore, W. S. | |||||||||
| 2 | 192 | Morris, Harrison S. | |||||||||
| 2 | 193 | Morton, Edward P. | |||||||||
| 2 | 194 | Moulton, C. W. | |||||||||
| 2 | 195 | Mowry, Duane | |||||||||
| 2 | 196 | Muir, John | |||||||||
| 3 | 197 | Newcomb, Simon | |||||||||
| 3 | 198 | Newcomer, A. G. | |||||||||
| 3 | 199 | Newkirk, Garrett | |||||||||
| 3 | 200 | Noll, Arthur H. | |||||||||
| 3 | 201 | Northup, Clark S. | |||||||||
| 3 | 202 | Nutt, Alfred | |||||||||
| 3 | 203 | Ogg, Frederic A. | |||||||||
| 3 | 204 | Orr, Eleanor Noyes | |||||||||
| 3 | 205 | Oswald, John I. | |||||||||
| 3 | 206 | The Outlook | |||||||||
| 3 | 207 | Paddock, George L. | |||||||||
| 3 | 208 | Page, Walter H. | |||||||||
| 3 | 209 | Park, Julian | |||||||||
| 3 | 210 | Parton, James | |||||||||
| 3 | 211 | Pearl, Raymond | |||||||||
| 3 | 212 | Perry, Nora | |||||||||
| 3 | 213 | Piatt, Sally | |||||||||
| 3 | 214 | Poole, William F. | |||||||||
| 3 | 215 | Post, Alice Thacher | |||||||||
| 3 | 216 | Post, Louis F. | |||||||||
| 3 | 217 | Powers, Horatio Nelson | |||||||||
| 3 | 218 | Price, Ira Maurice | |||||||||
| 3 | 219 | Proctor, Edward Dean | |||||||||
| 3 | 220 | Prussing, Eugene E. | |||||||||
| 3 | 221 | Putnam, G. P. & Sons | |||||||||
| 3 | 222 | Randall, James R. | |||||||||
| 3 | 223 | Repplier, Mary | |||||||||
| 3 | 224 | Rhoades, Lewis A. | |||||||||
| 3 | 225 | Rice, Wallace | |||||||||
| 3 | 226 | Robinson, Edward | |||||||||
| 3 | 227 | Robinson, L. E. | |||||||||
| 3 | 228 | Sampson, Martin | |||||||||
| 3 | 229 | Scherer, James A.B. | |||||||||
| 3 | 230 | Schovelin, [Thorkild] | |||||||||
| 3 | 231 | Schumann, A. J. | |||||||||
| 3 | 232 | Schuyler, Eugene | |||||||||
| 3 | 233 | Scott, Mary Augusta | |||||||||
| 3 | 234 | Senter, Augusta and Family | |||||||||
| 3 | 235 | Shafer, Sara Andrew | |||||||||
| 3 | 236 | Shanks, Lewis P. | |||||||||
| 3 | 237 | Shaw, Albert | |||||||||
| 3 | 238 | Sherman, Andrew | |||||||||
| 3 | 239 | Showerman, Grant | |||||||||
| 3 | 240 | Simonds, W. E. | |||||||||
| 3 | 241-242 | Sioussat, St. George L. | |||||||||
| 3 | 243 | Smith, Goldwin | |||||||||
| 3 | 244 | Smith, Josiah R. | |||||||||
| 3 | 245 | Smith, Roswell | |||||||||
| 3 | 246 | Smith, William Henry | |||||||||
| 3 | 246a | Southern Critic Co. | |||||||||
| 3 | 247 | Sparks, Edwin Erle | |||||||||
| 3 | 248 | Sparks, George R. | |||||||||
| 3 | 249 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin | |||||||||
| 3 | 250 | Stevens, O. R. | |||||||||
| 3 | 251 | Stevenson, Burton E. | |||||||||
| 3 | 252 | Stoddard, Charles W. | |||||||||
| 3 | 253 | Stokes, Frederick A. & Co. | |||||||||
| 3 | 254 | Stone, Melville E. | |||||||||
| 3 | 255 | Streamer, Volney | |||||||||
| 3 | 256 | Street, Charles M. | |||||||||
| 3 | 257 | Stuart, Charles M. | |||||||||
| 3 | 258 | Sullivan, Margaret H. | |||||||||
| 3 | 259 | Terquem, Em. | |||||||||
| 3 | 260 | Thomas, David Y. | |||||||||
| 3 | 261 | Thomas, Theodore | |||||||||
| 3 | 262 | Thompson, F. Lincoln | |||||||||
| 3 | 263 | Thompson, J. L. | |||||||||
| 3 | 264 | Thompson, James W. | |||||||||
| 3 | 265 | Thompson, Slason | |||||||||
| 3 | 266 | Thwaites, Reuben G. | |||||||||
| 3 | 267 | Ticknor, Caroline | |||||||||
| 3 | 268 | Treat, Payson J. | |||||||||
| 3 | 269 | Tuley, M. F. | |||||||||
| 3 | 270 | Tumulty, Joseph P. | |||||||||
| 3 | 271 | Tupper, James W. | |||||||||
| 3 | 272 | Turner, Frederick J. | |||||||||
| 3 | 273 | Tyler, Moses Coit | |||||||||
| 3 | 274 | Typographic Library and Museum | |||||||||
| 3 | 275 | Unwin, T. Fisher | |||||||||
| 3 | 276 | Upton, George Putnam | |||||||||
| 3 | 277 | Vail-Ballou Co. | |||||||||
| 3 | 278 | Van Cleave, James R. B. | |||||||||
| 3 | 279 | Vroman, A. C. | |||||||||
| 3 | 280 | Wager, Charles H. A. | |||||||||
| 3 | 281 | [EMPTY] | |||||||||
| 3 | 282 | Walsh, Charles | |||||||||
| 3 | 283 | Wannamaker, O. D. | |||||||||
| 3 | 284 | Warne, Frederick & Co. | |||||||||
| 3 | 285 | Washburn, J. L. | |||||||||
| 3 | 286 | Webster, Joseph R. | |||||||||
| 3 | 287 | Wenkel, William | |||||||||
| 3 | 288 | White, Richard Grant | |||||||||
| 3 | 289 | Whiting, Lilian | |||||||||
| 3 | 290 | Wilder, Daniel Webster | |||||||||
| 3 | 291 | Willard, Charles Dwight | |||||||||
| 3 | 292 | Willard, Mary F. | |||||||||
| 3 | 293 | Willard, Samuel | |||||||||
| 3 | 294 | Williams, C. L. | |||||||||
| 3 | 295 | Wilson, Maud Jay | |||||||||
| 3 | 296 | Winslow, Erving | |||||||||
| 3 | 297 | Woolley, Celia P. | |||||||||
| 3 | 298 | Woolsey, Sarah | |||||||||
| 3 | 299 | Wright, Thomas | |||||||||
Series 2: Works ca. 1873-1911 |
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| Articles, a small diary, notes and literary jottings, a manuscript copy of a novel entitled Madeleine, two plays and many poems. There are a few manuscript items by others, including John M. Binckley, Edward Everett Hale, Jr. and Charles F. Lummis. Also, a bound book of original illustrations by William H. Schmedtgen to accompany an unsigned printed story entitled "Rejected Authors and Dejected Readers." | |||||||||||
| Browne's works arranged alphabetically by type of material; followed by works by others arranged alphabetically by author or illustrator. | |||||||||||
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| 4 | 300 | Article: "The First Translation of the Japanese New Testament," 1911 | |||||||||
| 4 | 301 | Article: "Hermon Lee Ensign, A Memoir," 1900 | |||||||||
| 4 | 302 | Article: "Mr. James Russell Lowell's Recent Visit..." [1887] | |||||||||
| 4 | 303 | Diary of a trip to Yellowstone National Park, 1883 | |||||||||
| 4 | 304 | Letter: "To the Editor of the Evening Post," [1900] | |||||||||
| 4 | 305 | Literary Jottings, Memoranda and Verses | |||||||||
| 4 | 306 | Notes: "Anti-Imperialists After the Election," [1900] | |||||||||
| 4 | 307 | Notes: "Autobiography of Henry Lyman," 1904 | |||||||||
| 4 | 308 | Notes: Book Proposals | |||||||||
| 4 | 309 | Notes: Genealogy [19--] | |||||||||
| 4 | 310 | Notes: on Lincoln | |||||||||
| 4 | 311 | Notes: Poesy: projected cover for a magazine | |||||||||
| 4 | 312 | Notes: Political Matters | |||||||||
| 4 | 313 | Notes: Proposal for a Work on Bankruptcy | |||||||||
| 4 | 314 | Notes: "Some Prose about Poetry" | |||||||||
| 4 | 315 | Notes: Trips Taken | |||||||||
| 4 | 316-318 | Novel: Madeleine | |||||||||
| 5 | 319 | Play: A Burni' an' a Shinin' Light | |||||||||
| 5 | 320 | Play: Romance of the Duchess | |||||||||
| 5 | 321-325 | Poetry, manuscript | |||||||||
| 5 | 326 | Poetry, printed | |||||||||
| 5 | 327 | Review: "The Maid of Tormentera" 1903 | |||||||||
| 5 | 328 | Story: "The Christmas Potato," - printed [1894?] | |||||||||
| 5 | 329 | [Binckley, John M.]: "The Life-Story of a Magazine" [1875] | |||||||||
| 5 | 330 | Brown, William Goldsmith: Poetry, 1901-1905 | |||||||||
| 5 | 331 | Hale, Edward Everett, Jr.: On the Twentieth Anniversary of The Dial, [1900] | |||||||||
| 5 | 332 | Lummis, Charles F.: Miscellaneous articles | |||||||||
| 5 | 333 | Schmedtgen, William Herman, illustrator: "Rejected Authors and Dejected Readers, " no author, n.d. | |||||||||
Series 3: The Dial, 1880-1949, bulk 1880-1913 |
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| Material relating to the publication of The Dial, including a few business records, clippings, a memorial issue upon the death of Francis F. Browne, photographs of early Dial writers, and anniversary notices and articles for 1890, 1900, 1905, 1910. | |||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by type of material. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 6 | 334 | Advertising Material, 1880-1913 | |||||||||
| 6 | 335 | Announcement of ownership by Waldo R. and Herbert S. Browne, 1916 | |||||||||
| 6 | 336 | Announcement of transfer of control to F.F. Browne from A.C. McClurg, 1892 | |||||||||
| 6 | 337 | Clippings and Articles, 1892-1906 | |||||||||
| 6 | 338 | Contributors to The Dial, [1912-1913] | |||||||||
| 6 | 339 | Designs for Letterheads, Advertising, etc. | |||||||||
| 6 | 340 | Memorial Issue for F.F. Browne, 1913 | |||||||||
| 6 | 341 | Mosher, Frederic G.: "Report of a Conversation With Herbert S. Browne," 1949 | |||||||||
| 6 | 342 | Names relating to Photographs of Early Dial Writers | |||||||||
| 6 | 343 | Photographs of Early Dial Writers | |||||||||
| 6 | 344 | Tenth Anniversary Notice, 1890 | |||||||||
| 6 | 345-346 | Twentieth Anniversary Notices, 1900 | |||||||||
| 6 | 347-348 | Twenty-fifth Anniversary Notices, 1905 | |||||||||
| 6 | 349-351 | Thirtieth Anniversary Notices, 1910 | |||||||||
| 6 | 352 | U.S. Library of Congress: Request for Missing Issues of The Dial, 1887 | |||||||||
Series 4: Miscellaneous, ca. 1860-1928 |
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| Numerous clippings and printed articles relating to F.F. Browne and his various personal and literary interests, including the acquisition of The Chap-Book; notes for projects; material regarding The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln; and photographs of F.F. Browne, his parents, Charles Fletcher Lummis, John Burroughs, John Muir, Arthur Stedman, and Browne's Bookstore. Arranged by type of material or title. | |||||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 7 | 353 | Address Book [1911-1913?] | |||||||||
| 7 | 354 | Artifact: Civil War Badge, ca. 1861 | |||||||||
| 7 | 355 | Biographical Information: F.F. Browne, 1889-1913 | |||||||||
| 7 | 356 | Browne's Bookstore (1907-1912) | |||||||||
| 7 | 357 | Bugle Echoes | |||||||||
| 7 | 358 | Certificates: Western Monthly Co., ; U. of Michigan Law Dept., 1870 1867 | |||||||||
| 7 | 359-360 | Clippings: The Chap-Book, 1894-1898 | |||||||||
| 7 | 361 | Clippings: Chicago Literature/History (7 articles, ) 1873-1915 | |||||||||
| 7 | 362 | Clippings: Relating to F.F. Browne, ca. 1865-1875 | |||||||||
| 7 | 363-364 | Clippings: Saved by F.F. Browne, ca. 1893-1910 | |||||||||
| 7 | 365 | Clippings: Scrapbook of Poetry, etc., ca.1865-1870 | |||||||||
| 7 | 366 | Clippings: Obituaries of F. F. Browne, 1913 | |||||||||
| 7 | 367 | Clippings: Obituaries of William G. Brown, ; and William G. Brown Poem, [ ] 1904-05 187- | |||||||||
| 8 | 368 | Drawings: Portraits in pencil by John M. Binckley, 1874 | |||||||||
| 8 | 369 | The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1886 | |||||||||
| 8 | 370 | The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln: Clippings, 1886-1915 | |||||||||
| 8 | 371 | The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln: Contract, 1912 | |||||||||
| 8 | 372 | The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln: Copyright Material, 1915 | |||||||||
| 8 | 373 | The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln: Illustrations | |||||||||
| 8 | 374 | The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln: Publishers Statements, 1914-1928 | |||||||||
| 8 | 375 | The Golden Treasury of Poetry and Prose, 1883-1920 | |||||||||
| 8 | 376 | The Lakeside Monthly, 1871-1874 | |||||||||
| 8 | 377 | Notes: Genealogy of Brown(e) Family, [1924] | |||||||||
| 8 | 378 | Notes: Memorial Volume on F.F. Browne, 1913 | |||||||||
| 8 | 379-380 | Notes: Railroad History, ca. 1870-1880 | |||||||||
| 8 | 381 | Photos: Deacon Nathan Brown and Nancy Goldsmith Browne, ca. 1860 | |||||||||
| 8 | 382-385 | Photos: Francis Fisher Browne, 1862-ca. 1910 | |||||||||
| 8 | 386 | Photos: Charles Fletcher Lummis, 1866-1910 | |||||||||
| 8 | 387 | Photos, Misc.: John Burroughs, John Muir, Arthur Stedman | |||||||||
| 8 | 388 | Photos: Browne's Bookstore (1907-1912) | |||||||||
| 8 | 389 | Photomechanical Misc. Portraits | |||||||||
| 8 | 390 | Poem: [Brown, William G., 187- ] | |||||||||
| 8 | 391 | Poetry Saved by F.F. Browne (mss.) | |||||||||
| 9 | 392 | Printed Material: Address of George Robinson, Jan. 7, 1886 | |||||||||
| 9 | 393 | Printed Material: Alliance letterhead | |||||||||
| 9 | 394 | Printed Material: "Alumni Record of Chicopee High School," 1899, 1905 | |||||||||
| 9 | 395 | Printed Material: American Library Association, , Official Program 1876-1911 | |||||||||
| 9 | 396 | Printed Material: Atlantic Monthly: "Democracy and Literature," 1915 | |||||||||
| 9 | 397 | Printed Material: The Book Buyer, May, 1900 | |||||||||
| 9 | 398 | Printed Material: Brown, Nathan and Eliza biographical pamphlets 1871, 1895 | |||||||||
| 9 | 399 | Printed Material: Chicago Literary Club booklets, 1874-1905 | |||||||||
| 9 | 400 | Printed Material: Dedicatory Exercises for Bronze Tablets in Memory of John P. Altgeld, 1910 | |||||||||
| 9 | 401 | Printed Material: In Memoriam, John Peter Altgeld, [1907] | |||||||||
| 9 | 402 | Printed Material: Kinnosuke, "Christian Missions in Japan," 1911 | |||||||||
| 9 | 403-404 | Printed Material: The Library Journal, July, Aug., 1911 | |||||||||
| 9 | 405 | Printed Material: Lincoln Centennial Assoc. Banquet Program, 1909 | |||||||||
| 9 | 406 | Printed Material: McClure's Magazine, "Abraham Lincoln," Nov., 1895 | |||||||||
| 9 | 407 | Printed Material: Memorial Day, 1910 | |||||||||
| 9 | 408 | Printed Material: Monday Evening Literary Club, , "Select Course in English Literature" 1877-8 | |||||||||
| 9 | 409 | Printed Material: National Humane Alliance ("Fountain Book"), ca. 1905 | |||||||||
| 9 | 410 | Printed Material: The National Review, Dec., 1896 | |||||||||
| 9 | 411 | Printed Material: Public Libraries, June, 1911 | |||||||||
| 9 | 412 | Printed Material: "Western Monthly for ," (advertisement) 1870 | |||||||||
| 9 | 413 | Printed Material: World's Columbian Exposition, invitation and ticket, 1893 | |||||||||
| 9 | 414 | Printed Material: World's Congress Auxiliary, , brochures 1892 | |||||||||
| 9 | 415 | Printed Material: View of Harper's Ferry, 1892 | |||||||||