Field, Eugene: letter, Buena Park, Illinois, to W.I. Way
Scope and Contents
The material consists of one short letter in which Field regrets not seeing his publisher, W. Irving Way, at his office; he also sends greetings to Mrs. Saundoff.
Dates
- Creation: November 17, 1894
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on November 4, 1895.
Extent
0.04 Linear Feet (1 folder containing 1 item 21 cm.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Field, Eugene, 1850-1895, writer. Short letter to his publisher W. Irving Way dated Nov. 1894, in which Field sends regrets for having not visited Way.
- Title
- Field letter, Buena Park, Illinois, to W.I. Way, 1894 Nov. 17.
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Date
- © 2004
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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