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Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

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Identifier: MS-MS-ms109
Scope and Contents The Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection includes letters, autographs, manuscripts and documents of notables solicited or purchased by William K. Bixby including Prince of Monaco Albert I, Charles Lamb, Napoleon I, Edmond Rostand, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Henry Cabot Lodge, Raphael Semmes, Ashbel Smith, William Howard Taft, F.S. Church, Helen Dole, Eugene Field, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Elbert Hubbard, John LaFarge, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, James Whitcomb Riley, Silas...
Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Albert I, Prince of Monaco to Baroness [Bertha Felicie Sophie (Kinsky)] von Suttner, 1907 March 6

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Description

Berlin Schloss. Remarks hearing Selma Kurz, discusses absent Congress member, hopes to see Baroness at the Hague. In French. Autograph letter, signed with envelope. 2 items.

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Church, Frederick Stuart to William K. Bixby, 1904 May 5

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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Carnegie Hall, New York. He hopes Ives has sent for The Sea Serpent; he thinks The Sea Serpent and The Princess in the Fairy Tale will interest the public. Portrait painting has been difficult for him and he is giving up his studio in October. However, he is willing to paint Bixby with the Red Indian. He has been invited to the fair, other personal remarks. Autograph letter signed, with crayon and ink sketch. 1 item

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Church, Frederick Stuart to William K. Bixby, 1917 December 25

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Carnegie Hall, New York. Christmas greetings. Autograph letter signed with crayon and ink sketch. 1 item

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

David, Jefferson to William K. Bixby, 1874 August 31

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Memphis. Regrets he cannot properly answer Bixby's inquiry. Comments on economic and commercial conditions in the postwar South, problems of outside interference in local affairs. Would like Bixby to be able to wait to come south until commercial affairs improve. Comments of Bixby's father. Encloses autographs. Autograph letter signed. 1 item

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Dole. Mrs. Helen James (Bennett)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Description

The Lily [poem]. Manuscript, signed. 3 pages. 1 item

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Field, Eugene to M.L. Gray, 1895 May 14

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Description

Chicago. Found Gray's note on return from St. Joseph. Work on his house has begun and he will move in during June. He expects to do better work there than ever before. He and Julia realize that without Gray's help, they could not have undertaken the move. Autograph letter, signed with envelope. 2 items

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Field, Eugene. Cobbler and Stork [poem], 1899 December 20

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Description

London. Manuscript with revisions, 1 page. 1 item

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Field, Eugene. Ipswich [poem], 1891 September 10

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Description

Manuscript, signed, 3 pages. 1 item

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection

Field, Eugene. A Little Book of Western Verse [proof sheets], circa 1889

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Description

From 1889 edition. 6 sheets. 1 item

Found in: Manuscripts / Ruth Bixby Stevens Collection