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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm81041269
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Edmund Clarence Stedman, poet, editor, and drama critic, were given to the Library of Congress in 1939 by Harold W. Jones of the Army Medical Library of the United States War Department. Several additions have been purchased, 1946-1998.
The papers of Edmund Clarence Stedman were arranged and described by Haley Barnett with the assistance of Patrick Kerwin in 2000. The finding aid was updated in 2023 by Maria Farmer as part of a division-wide remediation project by the Inclusive Description Working Group.
Stedman correspondence is also contained in the Whitelaw Reid Papers and the Benjamin Ticknor Papers in the Manuscript Division. A Stedman collection is also located in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University, New York, New York.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Edmund Clarence Stedman is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Edmund Clarence Stedman are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Edmund Clarence Stedman Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908), a poet, editor, and drama critic, span the years 1871-1923, with the bulk of the material dated between 1881 and 1901. They include correspondence, particularly with Edward Howard House, poetry written by Stedman and other poets, and miscellaneous items, including Stedman’s bookplate. The correspondence pertains to Stedman’s family and personal matters, as well as poetry. There is also limited correspondence with his wife, Laura Hyde Woolworth, and granddaughter, Laura Stedman, dated after Stedman’s death.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.