Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Owen Wister papers, 1829-1966 |
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| Inclusive Dates | 1829-1966 |
| Bulk Dates | 1890-1930 |
| ID No. | MSS46177 |
| Creator | Wister, Owen, 1829-1938 |
| Extent | 26,130 items |
| Extent | 103 containers |
| Extent | 41 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms997008 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78046177 |
| Summary | Author and writer of western novels. Correspondence, diaries and journals, family papers, drafts of articles, poems, novels, short stories, speeches, and other writings and papers; includes partial ms. and dramatizations of Wister's The Virginian and his libretto for "Villon; a Romantic Opera in Four Acts." Family correspondents include Fanny Kemble (Wister's grandmother), Sarah Butler Wister (his mother), Mary Channing Wister (his wife), and his cousins, S. Weir Mitchell and Langdon Elwyn Mitchell. |