Scope and Content Note
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.