MS COLL/WOODBERRY, G.
MUCH OF THIS COLLECTION IS SHELVED OFF SITE
George Edward Woodberry
Papers, 1866-1956
24 linear ft. (ca. 12,000 items in 47 boxes)
Biography: Poet, critic educator. Woodberry was professor of English at the University of Nebraska 1877-1878
1880-1882 professor in the Columbia University Dept. of Comparative Literature 1891-1904 In 1904 he became lecturer
in English literature at Amherst College and in 1908 professor of English literature at Cornell University.
Summary: Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials of and relating to
Woodberry. Included are letters from Woodberry to Melville H. Cane, John Erskine, John S. Harrison, Robert
Underwood Johnson, and Joel E. Spingarn. There are 330 letters from Woodberry to Harry Harkness Flagler telling of
Woodberry's daily life in Beverly, Mass. and of his travels in Europe and Africa. Additional correspondence, notes, and
printed materials relate to Woodberry's life, writings, teaching career, retirement, the controversy in 1902 that led to his
resignation from the Columbia University faculty in 1904, the bequest of his books to Harvard University and Phillips
Exeter Academy, the Poetry Room dedicated in his honor at Harvard University, an exhibit of Woodberriana at the New
York Public Library and the Woodberry Society. There are more than fifty manuscripts of his essays and poems. Among
the printed materials are his poems, essays, and book reviews, most of which have been cut from The Atlantic Monthly.
Other printed materials are about Woodberry, reviews of his books, obituaries, memorials, and books, many inscribed.
2000 addition: Letters, transcripts and copies of letters, manuscripts, documents, card files, microfilms, photographs,
and printed materials compiled by Joseph Doyle for his biographical and critical thesis on Woodberry in 1947.
Finding Aids: Contents list, 5 pages
Restrictions on Access: Available for faculty, students, or researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects
Restrictions on Use: Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books
and Manuscripts.
Provenance: Gifts of various donors.
Gift of Mary Flagler Cary Charitable trust, 1968.
Gift of Katherine Doyle, 2000.
Processing History: Processed by Bernard Crystal & DH, 8/1978; HR, 9/2001
Microfilm Information: No material on microfilm
Physical Location: Cataloged material On-Site; Arranged material Off-Site
RLIN ID: NYCR89-A961
Woodberry, George E. Page 2 of 5
ORGANIZATION OF THE PAPERS
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I. CATALOGED CORRESPONDENCE
3
II. ARRANGED CORRESPONDENCE
3
III. CATALOGED MANUSCRIPTS & DOCUMENTS
4
IV. PRINTED MATERIAL
4
V. BOOKS
4
VI. JOSEPH DOYLE RESEARCH MATERIALS
4
Woodberry, George E. Page 3 of 5
I. CATALOGED CORRESPONDENCE
BOX
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
[n.d.] & 1874-1884
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1885 - 1899
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1900-1903
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1904 - 1907
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1908 - 1911
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1912 - April 1914
7 [0N SITE]
Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
May 1914 - 1915
8 [0N SITE]
Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1916 - April 1918
9 [0N SITE]
Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
May 1918 - 1919
10 [0N SITE]
Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1920 & 1921
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1922 & 1923
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1924 - 1926
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Correspondence of George E. Woodberry & typescripts
1927 - 1929
16 [0N SITE]
Correspondence to George E. Woodberry
17 & 18 [0N SITE]
Correspondence about George E. Woodberry
II. ARRANGED CORRESPONDENCE
13A [OFF SITE]
Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1874 - 1899
Typescripts & copies
14 [OFF SITE]
Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1900 -1915
Typescripts
Woodberry, George E. Page 4 of 5
BOX
15 [OFF SITE]
19 [OFF SITE]
Correspondence of George E. Woodberry
1916 - 1929
Typescripts
Miscellaneous correspondence & notes
III. CATALOGED MANUSCRIPTS & DOCUMENTS
20 & 21 [ON SITE]
Manuscripts & documents
IV. PRINTED MATERIAL
22 - 24 [OFF SITE]
Poems
25 & 26 [OFF SITE]
Prose
27 & 28 [OFF SITE]
Book reviews
29 [OFF SITE]
Obituaries & memorials
30 & 31 [OFF SITE]
Miscellaneous printed material
32 [OFF SITE]
Photographs & miscellaneous books
V. BOOKS
33 [OFF SITE]
Books inscribed to H.H. Flagler
34 [OFF SITE]
Books inscribed by George E. Woodberry to Melville H. Cane
35 - 37 [OFF SITE]
Books by George E. Woodberry signed by Melville H. Cane
38 & 39 [OFF SITE]
Books with contributions by George E. Woodberry signed by Melville H. Cane
40 [OFF SITE]
Books with Melville H. Cane's notes
41 [OFF SITE]
Miscellaneous books
VI. JOSEPH DOYLE RESEARCH MATERIALS
42 [OFF SITE]
Miscellaneous correspondence A-K
43 [OFF SITE]
Miscellaneous correspondence L-Y
Woodberry, George E. Page 5 of 5
BOX
44 [OFF SITE]
Notes [1]
45 [OFF SITE]
Notes [2] & printed materials
46 [OFF SITE]
Card Files A-Z
47 [OFF SITE]
Microfilms of material in other libraries