Henry Walcott Boynton Papers 1897-1939
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Boynton Papers
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Time of Creation of Boynton Papers
Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947
Biographical History for: Boynton Papers
Biographical Note Henry Walcott Boynton was born in 1869 in Guilford, Connecticut. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1891, and his Master of Arts in 1893, both from Amherst College. From 1892 to 1901 Boynton was head of the department of English at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts. After 1901 he devoted himself to writing. He was chief reviewer for the Atlantic Monthly from 1901 to 1904. He was on the regular staff of the Nation and the New York Evening Post beginning in 1912. He wrote criticism for the Bookman beginning in 1915. Boynton died in 1947. Boynton was the author or editor of at least twenty-four books, often using his pseudonym, John Walcott. His works include: Life of Washington Irving (1901); The Golfer's Rubaiyat (1901); Bret Harte (1903); A Reader's History of American Literature (1903, with T.W. Higginson); Journalism and Literature (1904); Guenever, a Romantic Play (1905); The World's Leading Poets (1911); James Fenimore Cooper (1931); and Annals of American Bookselling (1932). Boynton's edited texts with introduction and notes include: Selections from Carlyle (1895); Tennyson's The Princess (1896); Milton's Paradise Lost (1897); Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield (1899); Pope's The Rape of the Lock (1901); Mrs. Ewing's Jackanapes (1902); Miss Martineau's The Prince and the Peasant (1902); Pope's Complete Poetical Works (Cambridge edition) (1902); Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1903); and Selected Poems for Secondary Schools (1911).
Scope and Contents of the Collection Correspondence, notes, reviews and clippings documenting the literary career of Henry Walcott Boynton. The collection includes handwritten drafts of plays ("Dr. Lavendar," "Guenever," "Pompilia," "Flood Tide," etc.), prose and poems, and drafts of stories written under the pseudonym John Walcott. Correspondence is chiefly with magazine and book publishers, including the Atlantic Monthly, The Bookman and The Nation.
Criticism--Sources.
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Literature--History and criticism--Sources.
Journalism--Sources.
Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947.
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Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947. Dr. Lavendar--Sources.
Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947. Guenever--Sources.
Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947. Pompilia--Sources.
Boynton, Henry Walcott, 1869-1947. Flood tide--Sources.
Amherst College. Class of 1891. Boynton.
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Section 1: CORRESPONDENCE
Sub-section A: Outgoing Correspondence Sub-section B: Incoming Correspondence The correspondence is mainly from publishers and magazines concerning Boynton's work. Those letters are filed by publisher. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
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Sub-section A: Outgoing Correspondence
Letters to others from others
Letters from Boynton, A-Z
Sub-section B: Incoming Correspondence
Illegible signatures
A - All
Allyn and Bacon
Am - D. Appleton Century Co.
Atlantic Monthly - Az
Badger, Richard G., Publisher - Boni and Liveright, Inc.
The Bookman
Bos - Bz
C - The Century Co.
Ch - Con
Cooper, James F.
James Fenimore Cooper Junior High School Memorial Committee - The Critic - Cz
D - The Delineator - The Dial - George H. Doran Co. - Duffield and Co. - Dz
E - Ez
F - Fox, Duffield and Co. - Fz
G - Ginn and Co. - The Grafton Press - Gz
H - Harper and Bros, Publishers - Henry Holt and Co. - Houghton, Mifflin and Co. - Hz
I - The Independent and Weekly Review - Iz
K - Kauser, Alice, dramatist's agent - Kz
L - Library of the World's Best Literature - Literary Review - Little, Brown and Co. - Horace Liveright, Publisher - Longmans, Green and Co. - Lz
M - McClure Co. - MacMillan Co. - A.N. Marquis and Co. - Mz
N - The Nation
National - New International Encyclopedia - New York (the journal) - New York Evening Post - New York Times - New York Tribune - Nz
O - The Outlook Co.
P - Paget Literary Agency - The Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin - Putnam's Monthly
R - The Reader Magazine - The Review - Rz
S - The Saturday Evening Post - The Saturday Review of Literature - Charles Scribner's Sons - The Shortstory Publishing Co. - Sibley and Ducker Herbert S. Stone and Co. - The Stratford Co.
The Sun 1924-26
The Sun - Sz 1927-37
U - The Unpopular Review
W - The Weekly Review - John Wiley and Sons, Inc. The World's Work - Wz
Contracts with publishers
Section 2: DR. LAVENDAR, PLAY
Sub-section A: Correspondence Sub-section B: Notes
Sub-section A: Correspondence
Letters from Boynton
Letters to Boynton
Sub-section B: Notes
Notes
Section 3: MANUSCRIPTS OF PLAYS AND BOOKS
Contains handwritten drafts, typed drafts, and photocopies of play and books.
Dr. Lavendar - four acts (complete), typewritten script
Dr. Lavendar - three acts (short version), typewritten script
Guenever - A Romance, typewritten manuscript
Pompilia - A Dramatic Study of the Ring and the Book - in five acts, handwritten manuscript
Pompilia - A Dramatic Study of the Ring and the Book - in five acts, photocopy
Flood Tide, A Play in Three Acts, typewritten script
Flood Tide, A Play in Three Acts, photocopy
Flood Tide, miscellaneous pages
One of Our Personages, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, typewritten manuscript
One of Our Personages, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, photocopy of book
Section 4: MANUSCRIPTS OF POETRY
Contains handwritten drafts, typed drafts, and photocopies of poetry.
Photocopies of poems, with critical letter from Professor John F. Genung
Manuscript of class poem 1891 Jun 22
Book of poetry, handwritten 1898-99
Book of poetry, handwritten 1898
Poetry, typewritten manuscripts
Poetry about Massasoit
Poetry
Section 5: BOYNTON WRITING UNDER PSEUDONYM JOHN WALCOTT
Contains stories and miscellaneous material by Boynton, writing under the pseudonym John Walcott.
Short stories for lectures
Short stories, some printed
Miscellaneous pages of short stories
Section 6: SCRAPBOOK ON GUENEVER
Includes correspondence with Julia Marlowe.
Scrapbook-contains correspondence
Section 7: BOOKS OF CLIPPINGS AND REVIEWS BY BOYNTON
Includes material from 1897-1937.
[Unnumbered book] 1906-1937
Book I 1897-1902
Book II 1902-1903
Book III 1903-1904
Book IV 1904
Book V 1905-1907
Book VI 1907-1909
Book VII 1910-1915
Section 8: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
Miscellaneous clippings
Section 9: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
Writings on war
Lecture on "Browning and Landor"
Miscellaneous papers
"Literature by Piecemeal" in The English Journal, 1934
"Along New England's Book Trails" in Yankee Magazine, January 1939, pp. 24 and 27 1939
Miscellaneous papers and clippings including some reviews of Annals of American Bookselling, by Boynton