Manuscripts
Hutch Stevens correspondence
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence written by Hutch Stevens and his siblings (including Matilda Stevens Cooper), that deal with family events both before and after his death. The letters discuss several mining towns and/or camps, including Alhambra Mine, Altman, Cripple Creek, Divide, Leadville, Victor, Geneva Mine, Colorado; Fitting, Lovelock, Nevada; Lead, South Dakota; and Warren, Idaho. There are also typed transcripts of most of the letters, although they contain significant omissions of text; the originals should be consulted.
mssHM 57963-58018
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Milton B. Stevens Correspondence
Manuscripts
This collection contains 62 letters from twenty-six different authors, including Milton B. Stevens, C. K. Dixon and Byron Whitcomb, in mining camps and cities throughout Northern California illustrating aspects of the Gold Rush experience, chiefly from 1849-1864. Milton B. Stevens is the most prolific figure in this collection, as he wrote fifteen of the letters in the collection and was the addressee of twenty. There are, however, twenty-five other authors in these letters, including four women, two of them writing from California. Other significant authors in this collection are: Abbey Stevens (5 letters), Byron Whitcomb (7 letters), and C. K. Dixon (9 letters). The letters mention various mining camps throughout Northern California, such as Fosters Bar, Galena Hill, Murderers Bar, Pilot Hill, Salmon Falls, Weber Creek, and the Klamath River Valley mines. The letters illustrate several aspects of the Gold Rush experience: the journey to California through South America; life in California and the gold camps; gold discoveries, or the lack thereof; the techniques and equipment used in mining; loneliness and longing for home. The letters from Milton B. Stevens' mother tell of the experience of the miners' families back at home in the East. The letter dated 1954 was written by Stephen C. Lyon, who at one time owned the collection. Eighteen of the letters have handwritten or typed transcripts.
mssHM 59471-59532
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Stevens T. Mason letter to Wallace Stevens
Manuscripts
HM 80440: Carbon copy letter dated December 8, 1936 from Stevens T. Mason to Wallace Stevens about the meaning of Stevens' poem "Owl's Clover."
mssHM 80440-80441
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Wallace Stevens postcard
Manuscripts
This postcard contains an image of "Jamaica Rio Cobra Kanal" and is postmarked from Kingston, 1912, March 5. It is addressed to "Mr. Stevens" and contains the message "My best greetings." The signature is difficult to read and the author may be D. Vandenbosch (or Vanden Bosch).
mssHM 79169
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Hazard Stevens letter to Allen H. Bent
Manuscripts
In this letter written at Phoenix, Arizona to Allen H. Bent, Librarian of the Appalachian Mountain Club, Stevens notes receipt of Bent's letter requesting a photograph for the next publication of Appalachian. Stevens writes that he has written his sister to send him the photo and would appreciate a copy of the magazine, for which he will pay.
mssHM 29263
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Correspondence
Manuscripts
Box also contains the letter transcriptions.
mssHM 57963-58018