North American Review Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence of the North American Review spans the years 1858-1912 and chiefly concerns contributions to the magazine and requests for copies of published articles. Contributors came from various backgrounds, including archaeology, statistics, law, literature, history, journalism, social reform, the military, politics, economics, engineering, public office, astronomy, missionary work, education, agriculture, and medicine. Letters were frequently addressed to editors Lloyd Stephens Bryce and Allen Thorndike Rice. Correspondents were both American and international, and include Leonard Dalton Abbott, Charles A. Beard, William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, William E. Dodd, Charles S. Duke, Paul Gibier, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henry James, Kiyoshi Karl Kawakami, Sir Henry W. Lucy, Luigi Luzzatti, Herbert Putnam, and Ezekiel Stone Wiggins.
Dates
- Creation: 1858-1912
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Access and Restrictions
The records of the North American Review 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.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of the North American Review is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Organizational History
Organizational History
- 1815
- Founded by William Tudor and Nathan Hale, Boston, Mass.
- 1820
- Published on a quarterly schedule
- 1864 - 1868
- Charles Eliot North and James Russell Lowell, co-editors
- 1870 - 1875
- Henry Adams, editor
- 1876 - 1889
- Allen Thorndike Rice, owner and editor
- 1878
- Editorial office moved to New York, N.Y.
- 1889 - 1896
- Lloyd Stephens Bryce, owner and editor
- 1899 - 1926
- George Harvey, owner and editor
- 1940
- Production suspended
- 1964
- Production revived by Robert Dana, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
- 1968
- Purchased by the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
- 1968 - 2000
- Robley Wilson, editor
- 2000
- Vince Gotera and Grant Tracey, co-editors
Extent
875 items
3 containers
1.2 linear feet
Abstract
First literary periodical in the United States. Correspondence between contributors to the North American Review and its editors.
Arrangement of the Papers
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and thereunder chronologically.
Catalog Record
Provenance
Correspondence of the North American Review was purchased by the Library of Congress in 1944. Additional correspondence was given by the University of Maryland Libraries in 2010.
Processing History
Correspondence of the North American Review was processed by Manuscript Division staff following acquisition in 1944. The collection was reprocessed in 2016 with the addition of new material received in 2010.
Source
- North American Review (Creator, Organization)
Subject
- Abbott, Leonard Dalton, 1878-1953--Correspondence. (Person)
- Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin), 1874-1948--Correspondence. (Person)
- Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904--Correspondence. (Person)
- Bryce, Lloyd Stephens, 1851-1917--Correspondence. (Person)
- Dodd, William E. (William Edward), 1869-1940--Correspondence. (Person)
- Duke, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1879-1952--Correspondence. (Person)
- Gibier, Paul, 1851-1900--Correspondence. (Person)
- Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935--Correspondence. (Person)
- James, Henry, 1843-1916--Correspondence. (Person)
- Kawakami, Kiyoshi Karl, 1875-1949--Correspondence. (Person)
- Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir, 1845-1924--Correspondence. (Person)
- Luzzatti, Luigi, 1841-1927--Correspondence. (Person)
- Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955--Correspondence. (Person)
- Rice, Allen Thorndike, 1851-1889--Correspondence. (Person)
- Wiggins, Ezekiel Stone, 1839-1911--Correspondence. (Person)
- Title
- North American Review Correspondence
- Subtitle
- A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress
- Author
- Prepared by Amanda L. Loeb
- Date
- 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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