Frederic-Moffett papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence collected by Wallace B. Moffett, a professor in the English Department at Michigan State University in the 1940s, for his study of the career of Harold Frederic, an American author. The correspondence of Harold Frederic includes Frederic's letters to Charles Miller (editor of the New York Times) and others including Grover Cleveland. There are also letters addressed to Frederic and Miller by various correspondents. The collection also includes some correspondence and research notes of Prof. Wallace B. Moffett. Most of the letters in this collection were later published in The Correspondence of Harold Frederic, edited by George E. Fortenberry, et al (Fort Worth, Tex.: Texas Christian University Press, 1977)
Dates
- Creation: 1884 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Access
The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
Harold Frederic was an American novelist, journalist, and European correspondent for the New York Times. He was born in Utica, New York in 1856 and died on October 19, 1898 in England at the age of 42. Wallace B. Moffett (b. 1889), a professor in the English Department at Michigan State University in the 1940s, made a study of the career of Harold Frederic.
Extent
.9 Linear Feet (1 box (6 folders) + 1 card file box) ; Box 1: 13 x 26 x 32 cm Box 2: 16.5 x 11 x 31 cm
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The arrangment is chronological.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
A gift of Mrs. W.B. Moffett.
General
Box size varies.
Processing Information
Processing infromation is unknown.
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Frederic-Moffett papers
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by MarcEdit.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository