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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78046177
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 Owen Wister, novelist, author, and composer, were given to the Library of Congress primarily by his daughter, Frances Kemble Wister Stokes, beginning in 1952. Additional installments were received by the Library through 1992. Papers received before 1972 are described in a register published by the Library of Congress in 1972. The collection was augmented by gifts from Frances K. W. Stokes or by purchase in the period from 1972 to 1981. These materials are in the Addenda and comprise the 1984 Addition. Items received by the Library as a gift from Frances K. W. Stokes or by purchase in the period 1990-1992 are arranged and described in the Addenda as the 1996 Addition.
The papers of Owen Wister were arranged and described by Grover Batts with the assistance of Thelma Queen in 1972. Additional material received subsequently was incorporated into the collection in 1984 by Mary Wolfskill and by Nan Thompson Ernst in 1996. This register was revised in 2002.
The Owen Wister Papers have been described briefly in the
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Musical compositions have been transferred to the Music Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the Owen Wister Papers.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Owen Wister in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Owen Wister 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.
A microfilm edition of the scrapbooks in these papers is available on four reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as available.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container or reel number, Owen Wister Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of
The Family Correspondence
series includes numerous handwritten letters of Owen Wister and of such relatives as his
grandmother
The large General
Correspondence series consists mainly of letters received by Wister. Copies of
his replies are infrequent. There is a great deal of correspondence from Wister's
publishers, particularly the
The first eight volumes in the Scrapbook series bear the title,
An extensive Speech, Article, and Book File contains handwritten manuscripts of many of Wister's literary works. Several of these works are accompanied by correspondence and printed matter relating to them.
The Addenda includes journals, family correspondence and papers, general correspondence, writings, and miscellany.
The collection is arranged in eight series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78046177
The Western journals, 1885-1896, are typescripts of original manuscripts located in the University of Wyoming Library. The journals for 1900 and 1919-1921 are in Wister's handwriting.
All are arranged chronologically.
Letters exchanged between Wister and members of his family as well as correspondence of various family members collected by Wister.
Alphabetically arranged by name of family member, and chronologically arranged thereunder when the letters are numerous.
Mainly letters received by Wister.
Alphabetically arranged.
Scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, and other printed matter.
Arranged in two groups as
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 22,325.
Manuscripts, typescripts, and printed copies of Wister's speeches, articles and short stories, poems, operas, plays, and books.
Grouped by format or genre and therein arranged alphabetically by title or subject. Untitled speeches are grouped by date, and the poems are unarranged.
Includes appointment books, autobiographical and genealogical notes, newspaper and magazine clippings, certificates and awards, financial records, invitations and programs, legal documents, musical compositions, notebooks, passports, political campaign material, and school records.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or subject.
Scrapbooks of clippings and other items pertaining to John Jay Chapman, inscribed pamphlets, items relating to World War I, and miscellaneous items.
Arranged alphabetically by subject or document type with miscellaneous items at the end of the series.
Journals, family correspondence and papers, general correspondence, writings, and miscellany.
Organized by the year in which the addition was processed and thereunder alphabetically by subject or type of material in conformity with the arrangement of the main body of papers.