THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS DIVISION ACCESSION SHEET Accession # *89M2 Location 5-h-5/6 Title Sargent, George Henry, 1867-1931. Papers. Approximate inclusive dates 1883-1930 Date of receipt 1931? 1935? Received from Purchase? Volume on arrival Number of boxes (after reboxing) 14 boxes. 5 linear ft. Condition Good. There are a few cartons of Sargent's papers on brown paper that will eventually crumble. Restrictions Description George Henry Sargent, bibliographer and journalist, was associated with the Boston Evening Transcript (now defunct) from 1895 until his death in 1931. Sargent was born in Warner, New Hampshire in 1867. In 1887 he left for St. Paul, Minnesota where he was on the staff of the St. Paul Daily Pioneer Press first as a reporter, later as city editor. Sargent returned East in 1895, settled in Boston, and joined the Transcript as a reporter. He began writing his Wednesday rare book column, "The Bibliographer," in 1903. Ill health necessitated Sargent's return to his family's farm in Warner in 1914. From there he continued "The Bibliographer," (his last column appeared on the day of his death), wrote books and articles, on bibliography, and maintained his own book collection. He was survived by his wife, Carrie F. Dietz Sargent. Special Formats -Photographs -Maps -Audio Tapes -Films -Graphics -Artifacts -Machine-readable records -Other (list)___________ Temporary catalog card added entries See attached DESCRIPTION Sargent's papers consist of correspondence relating to bibliography, 1883-1930, some additional personal and professional papers, and his autograph and facsimile collections. The correspondence, which is sparse from 1883-1902, consists of letters received by Sargent, and a few of his own letters. Sargent's correspondents are chiefly readers of his column, "The Bibliographer" and bibliographical colleagues (book collectors, publishers, printers, librarians, book dealers and auctioneers, and representatives of bibliographical organizations and publications). Some letters from family members are included. The correspondence consists of contributions and reactions to his column, discussions of rare book and manuscript sales, and other bibliographical news and information. Elmer Adler, George T. Goodspeed, Frederic W. Goudy, Mitchell Kennerley, Charles E. Lauriat Jr., H. L. Mencken, A. Edward Newton, A. S. W. Rosenbach, William Edwin Rudge, and George P. Winship are among the correspondents. Some additional papers, ca. 1910s-1930s, consist of: lists and descriptions of books and manuscripts in libraries and private collections (including the Portsmouth Athenaeum, the Walter T. Wallace Library of Rarities, and the Baillie-Grohman, Henry Williams Dwight, Charles C. Moreau, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Otto H. F. Vollbehr collections); typescripts of Sargent's essays on bibliographical topics, and some poems; accounts, 1906-1922 (some personal); notes, printed material, and clippings. Of note are manuscript lecture notes (or notes - taken by Sargent? - at a lecture) on early printing by George P. Winship. Autograph Collection Sargent's autograph collection contains eighteenth through twentieth century letters (a few of which are typescript copies or facsimiles), signatures, and a few photographs and documents of a variety of prominent people. Some of these were addressed to editors of the Transcript; a group are from sculptors and concern a statue of the nineteenth century lawyer and statesman John Parker Hale; and some are from authors to Charles Stuart Pratt and Ella Farman Pratt, editors of Wide Awake: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. Also included are letters by Edward Bellamy, Childe Hassam, Andrew Lang, and George Ripley; a photograph of Geronimo; and a photostat of a manuscript of a poem, "To One Departed," by Edgar Allan Poe. Of note is the presence of autographs of a number of prominent women, including: Alice Stone Blackwell, Carrie Chapman Catt, Julia Ward Howe, and Sarah Orne Jewett. A complete list of names is attached. Facsimile Collection Included are facsimiles - mainly from auction and sale catalogs - of letters and documents of historical and literary figures. Box I. Correspondence, 1883-1930 1 1883 - 1910 2 1911 - 1915 3 1916 - 1918 4 1919 - 1920 5 1921 - April, 1922 6 May, 1922 - 1924 7 1925 - 1927 8 1928 - 1929 9 January - September, 1930 10 October - December, 1930; n.d. 10 II. Papers, ca. 1910s-1930 11 III. Autograph Collection IV. Facsimile Collection 12 A - G 13 H - R 14 S - Z AUTOGRAPH George Henry Sargent Collection ALCOTT, Amos Bronson (signature only) ALLEN, George (signature in Chinese) AMES, Oliver (Union Pacific Rail Road Pass) 1871 BELLAMY, Edward (with typewritten copy) (1) 1897 BIERSTADT, Albert (signature only) BLACKWELL, Alice Stone (1) 1905 BOUTON, Nathaniel (signature only) CABLE, George Washington (signature only) CARTER?, Alice Parkman (1) 1897 CATT, Carrie Chapman (1) 1903 CHANDLER, William Eaton (1) 1859 CHINA-Embassy (3 signatures) CHOATE, Joseph Hodges (cut letter only) CLEVELAND, Charles (signature only) COLYER, John? (1) n.d. CRAIK, Dinah Maria (1) 1882 CROSBY, Margaret (1) n.d. DOANE, William Croswell (1) 1865 DONALD, E.? Winchester (1) 1895 DORR, Julia Caroline Ripley (1) n.d. DOYLE, Alexander (2) 1888, n.d. DU CHAILLU, Paul Belloni (signature only) EATON, Walter Prichard (1) 1925 EDSON, George W.W. (1) n.d. EDWARDS, C.R, [ink has run] (1) n.d. EVERETT, William (2) 1901-03 FIELDS, James Thomas (1) 1879 FREEMAN, Mary E. (Wilkins) (1) 1893 FRENCH, Alice (1) 1887 FROTHINGHAM, ---? (signature only) GARDNER, Augustus Peabody (1) n.d. GARRISON, William Lloyd (signature only) GERHARDT, Karl (1) 1888 GERONIMO (Photograph, with signature) GILMAN, J.A. (1) 1865 GODWIN, Parke (1) n.d. HALE, Edward Everett (1) 1907 HARDING. R.B. (1) n.d. HARRIS?, T. Jenkins (1) 1905 HASSAN, Childe (2) 1888-89 HAWTHORNE, Julian (signature only) HAYES, Lucy (Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes) signature only HEAD, Natt (1) 1879 HEADE, Martin Johnson (1) n.d. HENRY, Patrick (typescript of letter) (1) 1777 " " (about) (1) ca. 1931 HERFORD, Oliver (signature only) HILL, Aaron (signature only) HILL, E.P. (1) 1863 HILL, G. Birkbeck (1) 1896 HILLARD, G.S. (1) 1865 HOAR, George Frisbie (signature only) HOLMES, Oliver Wendell (typewritten copy) (1) 1877 HOWE, Julia Ward6 (1) n.d. HUNTINGTON, Collis Potter (railway pass) (1) 1871 HUTCHINSON Family (1) ca. 1848 INGRAHAM, Edward D. (1) 1850 IRELAND?, Alexander (1) 1864 JEFFERSON, Thomas (copy) JEWETT, Sarah Orne (1) n.d. KALAKANO (1) 1882 KITTREDGE, George Lyman (2) 1905, 1916 LAFAYETTE (facsimile) LANG, Andrew (1) n.d. LARCOM, Lucy (1) 1885 LEAVITT, Dudley (1) 1848 MCNICOLL, D. (1) 1898 MADAN, F. (1) 1881 MARSTON, Mrs. P.M. (1) 1888 MASON, Larkin D. (1) 1892 MILLER, Jo? (6) 1890-92,2 photos of statues MORLEY, Christopher (envelope only) MORSE, John Torrey (1) 1893 MOSMAN, M.H. (1) 1888 MURPHY, Hermann D. (2) 1891-92 NIEHAUS, Charles H. (3) 1888 PANIZZI, Sir Anthony (partly printed) (1) 1860 PARKER, Gilbert (1) n.d. PARTON, James (1) n.d. PERABO, Ernest (signature only) PERKINS, Frederic Beecher (1) 1862 PHILLIPS, Wendell (1) n.d. POE, Edgar Allen (photostat) "To ******" MS PRESTON, Margaret Junkin (1) n.d. PROCTOR, Edna Dean (2) 1879, 1893 PUTNAM, George (signature only) RAFFLES?, Thomas (1) 1837 RAINSFORD, Wm. Stephen (1) 1894 RICHARDSON, Charles F. (2) 1888 RIPLEY, George (1) 1865 RIPLEY, Horace (1) 1892 ROBINSON, J.W. (1) n.d. ROLLINS, Edward Henry (4) 1864-65 SANGSTER, Margaret Elizabeth "*****" MS. (1) n.d. SARGENT, Charles Sprague (1) 1895 SARGENT, Epes (signature only) SARGENT, George Henry (2) 1912, 1930 SAVAGE, Minot J. (1) 1902 SCOTT, Walter (typewritten copy) SMITH, John B. (1) 1893 SPARKS, Jared (1) 1825 SPOFFORD, Harriet Prescott (1) 1887 STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence (3) 1887-88 SUMNER, Charles (envelope only) SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles (typewritten copy) VINTON, Frederick Porter (signature only) WEARE, Meshech (signature only) WENDELL, Evert Janson (1) 1913 WHEELWRIGHT, Edward (1) 1892 WHITMAN?, Sarah W. (2) 1886, n.d. WHITTIES, John Greenleaf; WRIGHT, Carroll D.; WHITNEY, Caspar; signatures only YERRINTON, S. M. W. (1) 1892