Finding aid for the J. G. Holland letter to Miss Kirkendall
Title:
J. G. Holland letter to Miss Kirkendall
Repository:
Ohio University
Phone: 740-593-2710
http://www.ohio.edu/library/collections/archives-special-collections/
Creator:
Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881.
Dates:
July 11, 1880
Quantity:
0.1 cubic feet
Abstract:
 J. G. Holland letter to Miss Kirkendall, an 1883 graduate of Ohio University is handwritten and has accompanying envelope.
Identification:
MSS366
Language:
The records are in English

Biography of Josiah Gilbert Holland

Josiah Gilbert Holland was an American novelist and poet. He wrote the "Timothy Titcomb Letters" column at the Springfield, Massachusetts Republican and was a founder of Scribner's Magazine.

Scope and Content

J. G. Holland letter to Miss Kirkendall, an 1883 graduate of Ohio University is handwritten and has accompanying envelope. Miss Kirkendall is Margaret Kirkendall Campbell. The letter is a response to one that Kirkendall wrote, and in it Holland denies being the person Kirkendall's friend remembers from a Connecticut school. The letter is accompanied by a handwritten transcript of the letter, and a letter from Kirkendall transmitting the letter to Ohio University.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is a single item.

Subject Terms

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Subjects:

Authors.

Persons:

Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881.

Preferred Citation

Researchers are requested to cite collection name, collection number, and Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in all footnotes and bibliographical references.

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Stephanie Smith Oct. 08