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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82015602
Collection material in English, with French
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 Lewis Nathaniel Chase, editor, author, and educator, were given to the Library of Congress by Emma Lester Chase in 1951.
The collection was processed in 1951. The finding aid was created in 2012.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Lewis Nathaniel Chase is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Lewis Nathaniel Chase 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, Lewis Nathaniel Chase Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Lewis Nathaniel Chase (1873-1937) span the years 1836-1947, with the bulk of the material between 1900 and 1941. The collection consists of correspondence, writings, biographical matter, student papers, printed material, and miscellany relating to Chase's career as an editor, author, and English professor in various universities in the United States and abroad, including India and China. Featured is editorial correspondence with thousands of American and English authors of his period, including most notably Conrad Aiken, Walter De la Mare, Robert Frost, Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, Edgar Lee Masters, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edward Arlington Robinson. Additionally there is his correspondence with artists, musicians, and actors, as well as his lecture notes, literary manuscripts, family letters, diaries and scrapbooks. Also in the collection is correspondence, diaries, writings, poetry, notes, and other papers of Chase's first wife, Pearl-Adell Chase; his second wife, Emma Lester Chase; and other family members.
The collection is in the folders and order in which it was received but is organized into eight series: Correspondence with Poets ; Correspondence with Authors, Artists, Musicians, and Actors ; General File ; Family Correspondence ; Miscellany ; Other Family Members ; China ; and Addition.
The collection is arranged in eight series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm82015602
Correspondence between Chase and American and English poets.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent. Containers 12-14 at the end of the file consist of material relating to poets and poetry.
Letters to and others in literature and the arts.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Miscellaneous correspondence, lecture notes, brochures, clippings and printed matter, student exams, other papers and reports, and related matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of person, organization, or subject.
Correspondence of Lewis Nathaniel Chase, Pearl-Adell Chase, and other family members. Organized into three files: letters from Lewis Chase's parents and other family members, letters from Lewis Chase and Pearl-Adell Chase to members of his family, and correspondence of other members of the Chase family.
No arrangement within the files, but described according to the chronological spans within folders.
Biographical and diary material, lecture notes, press clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Nathaniel Lewis Chase.
No arrangement but described according to the chronological spans within folders.
Files relating to Pearl-Adell Chase and Emma Chase, including correspondence, diaries, notes, writings, and other family material.
No arrangement within the two files but described according to the chronological spans within folders.
Letters to and from Chinese friends and acquaintances, writings and clippings on China, notes, student papers, and related matter.
No arrangement.
Poetry.