Call Number:

SC MS 0001

Repository:

Lehigh University Special Collections

Extent:

1 box (125 pieces), .5 linear foot + 26 posters

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item], Richard Harding Davis Correspondence and Other Documents, SC MS 0001, Special Collections, Linderman Library, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Date:

1887-1916 (inclusive)

Creator:

Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916 and Davis, Rebecca Harding

Form:

Photographic prints and Posters

Abstract:

Richard Harding Davis, 1864-1916, was a student at Lehigh University from 1882-1884. During his stay he wrote many novels and short stories and was a prominent war correspondent during the Spanish-American War (1898). The documents here include letters, telegrams and notes, mostly written by Davis. It is predominantly letters to his publisher, J. Henry Harper, at Harper and 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.

Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was a student at Lehigh University from 1882-1884. During his stay at Lehigh University, Davis wrote for the Lehigh Burr (student magazine), played in the first varsity football team, and helped founding the Mustard and Cheese, student drama club that has been active since then. Davis wrote many novels and short stories, and was a prominent war correspondent during the Spanish-American War (1898).

The documents here include letters, telegrams and notes, mostly written by Davis. It is predominantly letters to his publisher, J. Henry Harper, at Harper and 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.

Arranged topically then chronologically. Oversized posters are in folders and shelved in flat cases.