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Arion Music Club, 1874

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Primarily incoming letters from colleagues and readers of the Dial, including Waldo Browne, Brander Matthews, and Hobart C. Chatfield Taylor. Many are from authors thanking him for positive reviews, and others compliment Payne on his book, Richard Wagner, A Cycle of Sonnets or refer to his translations of and writings on the Norwegian poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. A significant amount of correspondence is from Payne's lifelong friend Paul Shorey who became a prominent classics scholar at the University of Chicago. The series also includes correspondence from speakers appearing at the Twentieth Century Club, a social club of which Payne was secretary-treasurer. There are a few letters between Payne family members, and one letter from Payne to the Education Commission of Chicago with his recommendations for the organization of public schools. Records indicate that Payne only kept letters that he believed were notable, so this is not a complete record of his correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1874

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The William Morton Payne Papers are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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