Collection Summary
Benjamin Holt Ticknor
Papers
1595-1935
(bulk 1850-1920)
1595-1935
(bulk 1850-1920)
MSS42929
Ticknor, Benjamin Holt,
1842-1914
3,000
items
25 containers plus 1 oversize
5.6 linear feet
English
Collection material in
English
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Editor and publisher.
Chiefly correspondence of American and British authors whose works were
published by the Boston firms of Ticknor and Company and James R. Osgood and
Company, with most of the letters addressed to Ticknor or to his daughter,
Caroline Ticknor.
Selected Search Terms
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.
People
Agassiz, Louis, 1807-1873--Correspondence.
Alcott, Amos Bronson, 1799-1888--Correspondence.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907--Correspondence.
Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin), 1831-1894--Correspondence.
Bacon, Henry, 1813-1856--Correspondence.
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Correspondence.
Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898--Correspondence.
Benjamin, S. G. W. (Samuel Greene Wheeler), 1837-1914--Correspondence.
Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890--Correspondence.
Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1822-1898--Correspondence.
Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893--Correspondence.
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.
Bynner, Edwin Lassetter, 1842-1893--Correspondence.
Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, 1832-1904--Correspondence.
Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880--Correspondence.
Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947--Correspondence.
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne, 1835-1910--Correspondence.
Cooke, Rose Terry, 1827-1892--Correspondence.
Cusack, Mary Francis, 1829-1899--Correspondence.
Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882--Correspondence.
Fawcett, Edgar, 1847-1904--Correspondence.
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931--Correspondence.
Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph, 1832-1918--Correspondence.
Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940--Correspondence.
Gréville, Henry, 1842-1902--Correspondence.
Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920--Correspondence.
Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909--Correspondence.
Hale, Lucretia P. (Lucretia Peabody), 1820-1900--Correspondence.
Hall, G. Stanley (Granville Stanley), 1844-1924--Correspondence.
Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937--Correspondence.
Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908--Correspondence.
Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934--Correspondence.
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904--Correspondence.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911--Correspondence.
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904--Correspondence.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935--Correspondence.
Horsford, Eben Norton, 1818-1893--Correspondence.
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920--Correspondence.
Hutton, Laurence, 1843-1904--Correspondence.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859--Correspondence.
James, Henry, 1843-1916--Correspondence.
Kirk, Ellen Olney, 1842-1928--Correspondence.
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906--Correspondence.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1850-1924--Correspondence.
Longfellow, Samuel, 1819-1892--Correspondence.
Low, Will Hicok, 1853-1932--Correspondence.
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891--Correspondence.
MacVeagh, Franklin, 1837-1934--Correspondence.
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940--Correspondence.
Mayo, Katherine, 1868?-1940--Correspondence.
Moody, William Vaughn, 1869-1910--Correspondence.
Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898--Correspondence.
Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925--Correspondence.
Moscheles, Felix, 1833-1917--Correspondence.
Moulton, Louise Chandler, 1835-1908--Correspondence.
Noble, Lucretia Gray--Correspondence.
Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908--Correspondence.
Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892--Correspondence.
Palmer, Alice Freeman, 1855-1902--Correspondence.
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860--Correspondence.
Perry, Nora, 1831-1896--Correspondence.
Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943--Correspondence.
Reid, Whitelaw, 1837-1912--Correspondence.
Richardson, Abby Sage, 1837-1900--Correspondence.
Sanborn, Kate, 1839-1917--Correspondence.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence.
Smillie, James David, 1833-1909--Correspondence.
Stanford, Leland, 1824-1893--Correspondence.
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908--Correspondence.
Taussig, F. W. (Frank William), 1859-1940--Correspondence.
Ticknor, Benjamin Holt, 1842-1914.
Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937--Correspondence.
Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937. Caroline Ticknor correspondence.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. New guide of the conversation in Portuguese and English. 1883.
Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905--Correspondence.
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916--Correspondence.
Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921--Correspondence.
Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. Rankell's remains: an American novel. 1896.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Correspondence.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892--Correspondence.
Winsor, Justin, 1831-1897--Correspondence.
Winter, William, 1836-1917--Correspondence.
Wister, Owen, 1860-1938--Correspondence.
Organizations
James R. Osgood and Company.
William D. Ticknor & Co.
Subjects
Publishers and publishing--Massachusetts--Boston.
Provenance
The papers of Benjamin Holt Ticknor, editor and publisher, were
purchased by the Library of Congress in 1943-1944.
Processing History
The papers of Benjamin Holt Ticknor were housed and listed in 1981.
The finding aid was revised in 2010.
Additional Guides
A card index and list of major correspondents in the collection is
available in the Manuscript Division Reading Room.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Benjamin Holt
Ticknor is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Benjamin Holt Ticknor 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.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Benjamin Holt Ticknor Papers,
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Benjamin Holt Ticknor (1842-1914) span the years
1595-1935, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1850-1920.
Housed mainly in bound volumes, the collection consists chiefly of
correspondence of American and British authors whose works were published by
the Boston firm of Ticknor and Company and, after 1885, James R. Osgood and
Company. Most of the letters are addressed to Ticknor or to his daughter,
Caroline Ticknor. Also included are occasional holograph writings such as the
preface by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) to
The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and
English
by Pedro Carolino;
Rankell's Remains
by Barrett Wendell; and “Madge: ye
hoyden,” a poem, by Eugene Field.. The oldest item, dated 1595, is a fragment
signed by William Cecil (Burghley, William Cecil, Baron).
The Ticknor Papers are organized largely as received. Material in the
bound volumes is arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent, with the
manuscripts to
Rankell’s Remains
by Wendell filed at the end. Unbound
material consists of miscellaneous writings, printed matter, and the poem by
Field.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged alphabetically by name of
correspondent
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79042929]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Bound vols.
1
Ade, George-Blouet,
Paul
2
Bond, F. B.-Cesnola, Luigi Palma
di
3
Chaffee, Adna R.-Cunningham,
Frank H.
4
Curtis, George Ticknor-Durand,
Alice Marie (Henry Greville)
5
Eastman, Lucius R.-Fawcett,
Edgar
6
Featherman, A.-E. H. Guppy &
Son
7
“H” miscellaneous-Hatton,
Joseph
8
Howells, William Dean-Heilmore,
Martin
9
Henderson, C. Hanford-Hovey, H.
E.
10
Howard, Blanche W.-Hutton,
Laurence
11
Ireland, Joseph N.-Koopman, H.
L.
12
“L” miscellaneous-Mayo,
Katherine
13
Merwin, Samuel-O'Reilly, John
Boyle
14
Osgood, George P.-Perry,
Nora
15
Perry, Nora-Preston, Harriet
W.
16
Proctor, Edna Dean-Sangster,
Margaret E.
17
Sargent, M. E.-Spalding,
Samuel
18
Spofford, Harriet
Prescott-Stoker, Bram
19
Straus, Oscar S.-Trowbridge,
John
20
Trubner, Nikolaus-Waters, Clora
E. Clement
21
Webb, Charles H.-Winsor,
Justin
22
Winter, William-Zwicker, P. H.,
and miscellaneous notes, a menu, and printed matter
23, Pt. 1
Wendell, Barrett,
Rankell's Remains
, holograph
manuscript
23, Pt. 1
Vol. 1
23, Pt. 2
Vol. 2
24
Unbound material
24
Field, Eugene, “Madge: ye
hoyden,” holograph poem
[
See
Oversize
](seoversfield)
24
Miscellaneous writings and
printed matter
(2
folders)
OV 1
Oversize
OV 1
Unbound material
OV 1
Field,
Eugene, “Madge: ye hoyden,” holograph poem (Container 25)
Major Correspondents
Card index available in the Manuscript Division Reading Room
- Ade, George
- Agassiz, Louis
- Alcott, Amos Bronson
- Alden, Henry M.
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Austin, Jane Goodwin
- Bacon, Henry
- Barnum, Phineas T.
- Bates, Arlo
- Bellamy, Edward
- Benjamin, Samuel Green
- Besant, Annie
- Blouet, Paul
- Booth, Edwin T.
- Boucicault, Dion
- Brooks, Henry M.
- Brooks, Phillips
- Brown, Alice
- Bunner, Henry C.
- Bynner, Edwin Lassetter
- Cesnola, Luigi Palma di
- Child, Lydia M.
- Church, Frederick S.
- Churchill, Winston (1871-1947)
- Clarke, James Freeman
- Clemens, Samuel L.
- Coates, Florence Earle
- Cooke, Rose Terry
- Curtis, George Ticknor
- Cusack, Mary Frances
- Dallin, Cyrus E.
- Dana, Charles A.
- Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
- Deland, Margaret
- Durand, Alice Marie (Henry Greville)
- Eggleston, George Cary
- Elliott, Maud Howe
- Fawcett, Edgar
- Filsinger, Sara Teasdale
- Foote, Mary Hallock
- French, Daniel Chester
- Garfield, Lucretia R.
- Garland, Hamlin
- Gayarre, Charles E. A.
- Gilder, Jeannette L.
- Gilder, Richard W.
- Guiney, Louise I.
- Haden, Francis Seymour
- Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909)
- Hale, Lucretia P.
- Hall, Granville Stanley
- Hapgood, Norman
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Hawthorne, Julian
- Hearn, Lafcadio
- Henschel, George
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
- Hoar, George F.
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Horsford, Eben N.
- Hosmer, James K.
- House, Edward H.
- Howard, Blanche W.
- Howe, Edgar W.
- Howells, William Dean
- Hudson, Mary Clemmer
- Hutton, Laurence
- Irving, Washington
- James, Henry
- Jamison, Cecilia V.
- Janvier, Margaret
- Johnson, Jonathan Eastman
- Perry, Bliss
- Perry, Nora
- Perry, William Stevens
- Phelps, William Lyon
- Poole, William Frederick
- Poore, Benjamin Perley
- Preble, George Henry
- Preston, Harriet W.
- Proctor, Edna Dean
- Quincy, Edmund
- Ramee, Marie Louise de la
- Reid, Thomas Mayne
- Reid, Whitelaw
- Repplier, Agnes
- Richardson, Abby Saye
- Rolfe, William James
- Saltus, Edgar E.
- Sanborn, Franklin B.
- Sanborn, Katherine Abbott
- Sangster, Margaret E. (1838-1912)
- Sharp, Dallas L.
- Sherman, Frank Dempster
- Sherman, John
- Sherman, William Tecumseh
- Shillaber, Benjamin P.
- Skinner, Otis Smillie, James D.
- Smith, Francis Hopkinson
- Smith, Goldwin
- Smith, Roswell
- Spofford, Harriet Prescott
- Stanford, Leland
- Stedman, Edmund C.
- Stephens, Alice Barber
- Sternberg, George M.
- Stoddard, Richard Henry
- Stoker, Bram
- Straus, Oscar S.
- Sumner, Charles
- Tauchnitz, Christian Bernhard
- Taussig, Frank William
- Terhune, Mary Virginia
- Thompson, Maurice
- Ticknor, Thomas B.
- Tissot, Joseph Jacques
- Trowbridge, John
- Trubner, Nikolaus
- Trumbull, James Hammond
- Upton, George P.
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Wallace, Lew
- Walters, Clara Erskine
- Ward, Mary A. (Mrs. Humphry Ward)
- Ware, William R.
- Waring, George E.
- Webb, Charles Wells, Carolyn
- Wendell, Barrett
- Whitman, Walt
- Whitney, Adeline D.
- Whittier, John Greenleaf
- Winsor, Justin
- Winter, William
- Wister, Owen
- Wormeley, Katharine