Richard Harding Davis
Miscellaneous Correspondence and Other Documents
Held by Special Collections, Linderman Library
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
Call No.: SC MS 001
1 box, ca. 125 pieces and 26 posters
Richard Harding Davis, 1864-1916, was a student at Lehigh University from 1882-
1884. He wrote many novels, and was a prominent war correspondent during the
Spanish-American War (1898). The file includes letters, telegrams and notes,
mostly written by Davis. It is predominantly letters to his publisher, J. Henry
Harper, at Harper & Brothers, but also includes other letters to Raymond
H. Walters, Lehigh University, a few letters from Rebecca Harding Davis to Richard
Watson Gilder, and letters and telegrams from various persons in Athens, Ga.
to J. Henry Harper regarding an incident involving Davis there in 1895.
Box 1: Entire Contents
- Folder 1.01 1887. Letter (w/transcript) to William Young.
- Folder 1.02 1893. 14 letters, 1 telegram, mostly to J. Henry Harper, Harper & Bros., N.Y.
- Folder 1.03 1895. Ca. 30 letters, telegrams and cards, mostly to J. Henry Harper, some from Athens, Ga.
- Folder 1.04 1897-1898. Ca. 17 letters, mostly to J. Henry Harper; copy of letter to RHD from Macmillan & Co., London.
- Folder 1.05 1899. 4 letters, 2 telegrams to J. Henry Harper.
- Folder 1.06 1900. 2 letters, 1 to Rebecca Harding Davis, 1 to J. Henry Harper.
- Folder 1.07 1907. 1 letter, to Wm. Whitman Bailey, and letter of transmittal by recipient to Lehigh University (1942).
- Folder 1.08 1912. RHD's wedding announcement; 4 letters, 1 portrait photograph to Ray Walters, Lehigh University.
- Folder 1.09 1913-1914. 1 Christmas card, 1 letter to Raymond W. Walters, Lehigh University.
- Folder 1.10 1915-1916. 1 letter to "Pile" from Charles Belmont Davis; 3 letters, 1 telegram to Raymond Walters, Lehigh University.
- Folder 1.11 undated. 10 letters from Rebecca Harding Davis to Richard Watson Gilder.
- Folder 1.12 undated. 6 miscellaneous notes and letters.
- Folder 1.13 undated. 3 letters to J. Henry Harper, sent from Marion, Mass.
- Folder 1.14 undated. 8 notes and letters, mostly to J. Henry Harper, sent from Jermyn St., London.
The following material is located in the FLAT CASE in Room 200. (Drawer 7)
- 26 laminated posters
- "Dr. Jamison's Raiders"
- "Cuba in War Time (3 copies)"
- "Our English Cousins"
- "The Princess Aline"
- "The Bar Sinister" (2 copies)
- "In the Fog" (3 copies)
- "The Lion and the Unicorn"
- "Once Upon a Time" (2 copies)
- "The Scarlet Car"
- "The Exiles and Other Stories"
- "The King's Jackal" (2 different ones)
- Scribner's poster for March, including "The Bar Sinister"
- Scribner's poster for April, including "Captain Macklin" and photo of Davis
- Scribner's poster for April, including RH Davis
- Scribner's poster for August, including "A Derelict"
- Scribner's poster for August, including RH Davis
- Scribner's poster for October, including RH Davis
- Scribner's poster for October, including RH Davis "The Battle of San Juan Hill"
- Scribner's poster for November, including RH Davis "The Campaign in Porto Rico"
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