Research Catalog

Title

Edith Wharton letters, 1917-1937.

Author

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

Supplementary Content

Collection guide

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bliss, Jeannette Dwight
• Ledyard, Isabel Morris, 1862-1955
• Tyler, Elisina

Description

.1 linear foot (1 folder).

Summary

Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was an American author and designer. The collection of Edith Wharton letters consists of eight letters written by her to Mrs. Lewis Cass (Isabel Morris) Ledyard, 1917, 1932-1937, and one letter to Mrs. (George T.) Bliss, 1917. There is also one letter to Ledyard written by Wharton's friend and executor, Elisina Tyler (Mrs. Royall Tyler), recounting the final illness and death of Edith Wharton, 1937. All are written on Wharton's stationary from her residences in France. Wharton's letters to Bliss and Ledyard thank them for donations supporting relief work for war refugees and tuberculosis patients. Enclosed in Wharton's letters to Ledyard are two photographic postcards showing her garden at Sainte-Claire le Chateau in Hyères, and two photographs of a religious procession at Pavillon Colombe in St. Brice-sous-Le Forêt. All have Wharton's identifications on verso. The collection also contains a loose autograph clipping and reference materials.

Subjects

• Photographic postcards
• World War, 1914-1918 > Civilian relief > France
• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 > Homes and haunts
• Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 > Correspondence
• Women authors, American > 20th century > Correspondence
• Tuberculosis > Hospitals > France
• Philanthropists
• Photographs
• Authors

Genre/Form

• Photographic postcards.
• Photographs.

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

• Donated by Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard, 1952, and Susan D. Bliss, 1955

Call Number

MssCol 4675

OCLC

986531928

Author

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, creator.

Title

Edith Wharton letters, 1917-1937.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source

Donated by Mrs. Lewis Cass Ledyard, 1952, and Susan D. Bliss, 1955

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Collection guide

Occupation

Authors.

Philanthropists.

Added Author

Bliss, Jeannette Dwight, Correspondent.

Ledyard, Isabel Morris, 1862-1955, Correspondent.

Tyler, Elisina, Correspondent.

Research Call Number

MssCol 4675