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holmanharriet Inventory of the Harriet R. Holman Papers, 1869-1986 Processed by: Rubenstein Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by: Robert Carlson and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, N.C., USA

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: April 2009Processed by Rubenstein Library staff; finding aid encoded by Robert Carlson and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, April 2009 Description is in English Finding aid was prepared using DACS and local Style Guide Inventory of the Harriet R. Holman Papers, 1869-1986 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

Descriptive Summary David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Holman, Harriet R. (Harriet Rebecca), 1912-1992. Harriet R. Holman Papers, 1869-1986 Material in English 16.5 Linear Feet About 7899 Items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Author and professor of English from Anderson, S.C. Collection is chiefly significant for Holman's correspondence with writers, publishers and colleagues concerning the teaching and writing of American literature. Significant correspondents include Jay B. Hubbell, Rayburn Moore, Henry Field, Ann Page Johns, Armistead C. Gordon, Jr., Dr. Jeremiah N. Fusco, Corydon Bell, Guy Davenport, Edith Buchanan, Margaret Meaders, David Stocking, Marion Kingston Stocking, Newman I. White, E. M. Lander, Jr., Mattie U. Russell, and members of the Thomas Nelson Page and John Fox families. There are also letters from South Carolina authors, including Rosa Pendleton Chiles, Sidelle Ellis, Patricia Kneas Hill, Katharine M. Jones, Mary Boone Robertson Longley, and Alice L. O’Connell. Also includes works written or edited by Holman and others, a typed transcription of Cherokee stories as told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey, clippings, notecard files, printed material, and photographs of Thomas Nelson and Florence Lathrop Page, and Nannie Mae Tilley. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Harriet R. Holman Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Provenance

The Harriet R. Holman Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 1969, 1987, and 2008.

Processing Information

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff

Parts of the collection are minimally processed and may need further processing before they can be used.

Encoded by Robert Carlson and Paula Jeannet Mangiafico, August 2009

Accessions from 1969, 1987-0106, and 2008-0257 are described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

Collection Overview

The papers of Harriet Rebecca Holman span the years 1869-1986, and are chiefly significant for Holman's correspondence with writers, publishers and colleagues concerning the teaching and writing of American literature. Significant correspondents include Jay B. Hubbell, Rayburn Moore, Henry Field, Ann Page Johns, Armistead C. Gordon, Jr., Dr. Jeremiah N. Fusco, Corydon Bell, Guy Davenport, Edith Buchanan, Margaret Meaders, David Stocking, Marion Kingston Stocking, Newman I. White, E. M. Lander, Jr., Mattie U. Russell and members of the Thomas Nelson Page and John Fox families. The Page family materials constitute a large portion of the materials in this collection and are represented by their own series. There are also letters from South Carolina authors, including Rosa Pendleton Chiles, Sidelle Ellis, Patricia Kneas Hill, Katharine M. Jones, Mary Boone Robertson Longley, and Alice L. O’Connell. Also includes works written or edited by Holman and others, a typed transcription of Cherokee stories as told by Mary Ulmer Chiltoskey, clippings, notecard files, printed material, and photographs of Thomas Nelson and Florence Lathrop Page, and Nannie Mae Tilley. Acquired as part of the Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography at Duke University.

Subject Headings

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American literature--History and criticism. American literature--Study and teaching. Authors, American--South Carolina. Authors, American--Southern states. Bell, Corydon, 1894- Buchanan, Edith. Cherokee Indians--Folklore. Chiltoskey, Mary Ulmer. Chiles, Rosa Pendleton, b. 1866. College teachers--Correspondence. Davenport, Guy. Ellis, Sidelle B., 1906- Field, Henry. Fox, John, Jr. Fusco, Jeremiah N. Gordon, Armistead C., Jr. Hill, Patricia Kneas. Holman, Harriet R. (Harriet Rebecca), 1912- Hubbell, Jay B. (Jay Broadus), 1885-1979. Johns, Ann Page. Jones, Katharine M. (Katharine Macbeth), 1900- Lander, E. M., Jr. Longley, Mary Boone Robertson. Meaders, Margaret. Moore, Rayburn S., 1920- O’Connell, Alice L. (Alice Louise), 1907- Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922. Page, Florence Lathrop, 1858-1921. Photographs. Russell, Mattie U. Stocking, David. Stocking, Marion Kingston. Tilley, Nannie M. (Nannie May), 1898- White, Newman Ivey, 1892-1948. Duke University. Jay B. Hubbell Center for American Literary Historiography. Related Material Thoman Nelson Page Papers David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Jay B. Hubbell Papers David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University Contents of Collection General Files Series, 1947-1971 (8 boxes) 1-2Correspondence 3Writings: Harriet R. Holman 4Writings 5Miscellany 6Volumes 7-8Printed Material Thomas Nelson Page Series, 1869-1920 (16 boxes) 9Correspondence, 1869-1892 10Correspondence, 1893-1900 11Correspondence, 1900-1905 12Correspondence, 1906-1908 13Correspondence, 1909-1912 14Correspondence, 1913 15Correspondence 16Correspondence, 1918-1919 17Correspondence, 1920 18Correspondence 19Embassy correspondence 20Correspondence 21-22Diary 23Miscellany 24Writings, 1869-1903 Other Authors Series (3 boxes) 25Henry Field 26John Fox, Jr. 27James Whitcomb Riley Card Files Series (2 boxes) 28-29Research notecard files Accession (1987), 1967-1978, 1988 (1 box)

Contains a draft of Cherokee Stories told by the Cherokee Storytelling Lady of the Qualla Indian Boundary by Harriet Holman as well as correspondence relating to this work. Also contains correspondence with Rayburn Moore and his curriculum vitae.

30Accession (1987) Original Accession, 1936-1983 (2 boxes)

1Correspondence Endowed professorship Miscellaneous Pictures (photographs) and clippings South Carolina Poets Turkish University program Winthrop College Writings Printed Material Reprints 2Volumes