| Dates: | 1892-1893; 1926 (Bulk date: 1893) |
| Size: | 1.5 linear feet in 2 boxes |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State St., Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe.wcx.ca |
| Immediate Source of Acquistion: | The collection was donated to the Chicago Public Library on April 17, 1926, by George Woodberry, Secretary of the Committees. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: World’s Congress Auxiliary Congress of Authors Collection, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library |
| Finding Aid Author: | Andrea Telli, 1991. Updated and ingested into ArchivesSpace by Johanna Russ, 2021. |
Abstract
The World’s Congress Auxiliary of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 consisted of a series of meetings, run by 19 departments, on almost every scholarly and cultural topic, and ran concurrently with the Fair from May 15 to October 28, 1893. The Congress of Authors, a division within the Auxiliary’s Department of Literature, was held July 10-17, 1893. This collection consists primarily of the correspondence of the congress’s Committees of Organization and Cooperation, and the responses of the numerous authors invited to attend and participate in the congress.
Biographical/Historical
The World’s Congress Auxiliary (WCX) of the World’s Columbian Exposition consisted of a series of meetings on almost every scholarly and cultural topic affecting the rapidly changing society of the late 19th century. In contrast to the material excesses of the Exposition, the congresses were organized as a tribute to the intellectual principles of the Fair, i.e., to promote understanding, intelligence and industry in the rapidly changing 20th century.
The Congress of Authors, a division within the Auxiliary’s Department of Literature, was held July 10-17, 1893 in the newly constructed Art Institute of Chicago at S. Michigan Avenue and E. Adams Street. The general object of the congress, as suggested by its organizers, was “to maintain the worth and dignity of Letters, and common interests and welfare of the literary calling.” The congress’s program considered the subjects of literary copyright, the rights and interest of authors, criticism and literature, literature for children, and aspects of modern fiction. A total of thirty-four papers, and six children’s compositions were presented. Over 200 world renowned authors were invited to participate, among them: Henry James, Harriet Monroe, Hezekiah Butterworth, Mary Mapes Dodge, Henry Blake Fuller, Henry Cabot Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Scope and Contents
The WCX Congress of Authors collection (WCX-XA) consists primarily of the correspondence of the congress’s Committees of Organization and Cooperation, and the responses of the numerous authors invited to attend and participate in the congress. Some of the most interesting items in the collection concern the committees’ discussion on women’s participation in the congress. Several Congress of Authors committee members believed that literature was the area where “men and women [were] most nearly on a level,” and therefore should be accepted as members of the general committee. Others however, felt that women should continue to be relegated to a separate woman’s committee. Other particularly interesting letters refer to authors’ opinions of the United States – termed “that noisy frog-pond” by Henrik Ibsen -- and Chicago -- [I shall not] “expect ever to go to Chicago - unless it should someday turn out that Chicago is the place we are liable to go to after we die.”
Arrangement
The WCX-CA is housed in one archival box consisting primarily of the correspondence of the Committees of Organization and Cooperation, and two scrapbooks consisting of the responses of the authors invited to the congress. The collection is arranged alphabetically.
Related Materials
Subjects
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
- World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.). World's Congress Auxiliary
Collection Inventory
| Box 1 | Folder 1 | World’s Congress Auxiliary on a Congress of Authors, Committees of Organization and Cooperation. Calendar of Correspondence, 7 p. | undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | Department of Imaginative and Dramatic Literature. Presentation lists, 3 p. | Undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 3 | Secretary of the Committee of organization. Official report of the Secretary on the proposed program of the WCX-CA. Includes list of authors invited to present papers. 5 p., typed | circa 1893 |
| Box 1 | Folder 4 | Woman’s Committee on Children’s Literature and the Woman’s Committee on Imaginative Literature. Member rosters, 2 p. | circa 1893 |
| Box 1 | Folder 5 | ADAMS, GEORGE EVERETT Authored and presented Future Copyright Legislation in the United States, July 11, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Adams agrees to present a paper to the Congress on the legal aspects of copyright | 1893 June 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 6 | ALLEN, JAMES LANE Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | BATES, CLARA DOTY Chairwoman, WCX-CA Committee on Literature for Children; Authored and presented a poem on Children's Afternoon, July 13, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Briefly describes the program being planned by the Committee on Literature for Children | 1893 March 21 |
| Box 1 | Folder 8 | BATES: Autographed letter signed, 3 p., Outlines the tentative program of the Committee on Literature for Children | 1893 April 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | BATES: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Outlines plans for a children’s afternoon | 1893 May 6 |
| Box 1 | Folder 10 | BATES: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Inquires about programs for Children’s Day and Literature for Children | 1893 June 10 |
| Box 1 | Folder 11 | BONER, JOHN HENRY Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 1 | Folder 12 | BONNEY, CHARLES C. President, World’s Congress Auxiliary, WCX. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Asks Woodberry, to proceed with the organization of the committees as quickly as possible | 1893 February 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 13 | BONNEY: Typed letter signed, 5 p., Letter announces the congresses on History, Libraries, Philology, Folk-Lore, and Authors will be held July 10-17, 1893. Describes the plans being made for the WCX organization. Appoints Woodberry as Secretary of the Committees on Organization and Cooperation so that he may begin making arrangements with the authors of the Congress | 1893 February 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 14 | BONNEY: Typed letter signed, 2 p., Bonney thanks Woodberry for accepting secretaryship of the committees of Organization and Cooperation | 1893 March 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 15 | BONNEY: Typed letter signed, 2 p., Bonney invites Woodberry to form a Women’s Committee of Cooperation | 1893 March 30 |
| Box 1 | Folder 16 | BONNEY: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Bonney requests a report on the progress of the committee and refers to comments on authors societies by F.F. Browne, and women’s participation by Ellen Henrotin and Clara Doty Bates | 1893 April 12 |
| Box 1 | Folder 17 | BONNEY: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Bonney explains the delay in submitting a list of foreigners who may participate in the congresses. Forbids the appointment of women to the general committee and suggests the formation of separate women’s committees. Reports Clara Doty Bates will proceed with preparations for the authors’ reception | 1893 April 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 18 | BROWNE, FRANCIS F. Editor, The Dial; Chairman, WCX-CA Committee of Organization. Autographed letter signed, 2 p., Forwards Woodberry a draft of the preliminary address of the WCX-CA, and urges him to include literary societies in England and America in the program | 1893 February 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | BROWNE: Autographed letter signed, 3 p., Inquires about preparations for the Congress. Letter concludes: “I have just learned that it is somewhat doubtful if Bjornson, Topelius, Brandes, or Ibsen are coming over, --- the three former being described to me as ‘impecunious,’ and the latter as ‘cantankerous’ --- regarding the United States as ‘that noisy frog-pond!’ But perhaps you have had better luck with these Vikings” | 1893 June 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | BROWNE: Autographed letter signed, 2 p., Answers an inquiry regarding the attendance of foreign writers at the Congress, and requests an outline of the provisional program | 1893 June 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 21 | BROWNE: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Forwards Woodberry a copy of the printed program of the Congress. Reports that The Dial office can serve as a “post office” for the visiting authors, and invites Woodberry to make The Dial office his headquarters | 1893 July 1 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | BROWNE: Autographed letter, 1 p., In reply to Woodberry’s query regarding the “Michigan Club,” Browne reports he located a “Michigan Avenue Hotel,” inhabited by a “redheaded virago of a landlady” and “unpaying and unevictable insectivorous tenants” | 1893 July 3 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | BROWNE: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Browne offers the following assessment of the Congress: “I was glad you feel the Congress was satisfactory. It seems but little less than a God’s-mercy that it was at all so, considering the indifference -- or worse -- of the American authors whose Congress it was supposed to be. -- When I have seen the splendid successes of many of the other Congresses this Summer, I have felt that ours was in comparison a little thin” | 1893 August 26 |
| Box 1 | Folder 24 | BROWNE: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Browne invites Woodberry to write his impressions of the Fair for The Dial; he suggests, “Why not let it be a sonnet?” | 1893 September 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 25 | CARPENTER, G.R. Secretary, Dante Society. Letter signed, 1 p., Reports the members of the Dante Society strongly disapprove participating in the Congress | 1893 April 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 26 | DE BOVET, MARIE ANNE Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Writing from France De Bovet regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 6 |
| Box 1 | Folder 27 | DONELSON, KATHARINE Chairwoman, WCX-CA Woman’s Committee on Imagination Literature. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Donelson reports on the progress made for the program planned by the Women’s Committee on Imagination Literature | 1893 March 30 |
| Box 1 | Folder 28 | HALE, LUCRETIA PEABODY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 5 |
| Box 1 | Folder 29 | HALE, SUSAN Autographed postal card signed, Hale regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30 | HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Harper & Brothers regrets they cannot participate in the discussion of authors’ rights at the Congress. Letter explains the company’s policy that the publisher is the author’s business agent and is interested in protecting and extending the “exclusive right of the author”; the publisher, therefore, “has no rights what ever, except as the author may grant them to him. . . .” | 1893 June 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 31 | HARRIS, MIRIAM COLES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | [1893 June 8] |
| Box 1 | Folder 32 | HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 7 |
| Box 1 | Folder 33 | HAYES, MARY VENETTE Typed letter signed, 6 p., Hayes forwards Woodberry rosters of the Advisory Councils of the Woman’s Branch of the World’s Congress on Imaginative Literature and Literature for Children | 1893 March 18 |
| Box 1 | Folder 34 | HENROTIN, ELLEN Vice President, Woman’s Branch of the World’s Congress Auxiliary. Typed letter signed, 2 p., Henrotin reports on the Chairmen of the Committees on Imaginative Literature and Children’s Literature | 1893 March 18 |
| Box 1 | Folder 35 | HENROTIN: Autographed letter signed, 3 p., Lists several women writers who have requested or have been selected to give papers | 1893 May 8 |
| Box 1 | Folder 36 | HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Suggests adding [women] authors to the committee, and names Julia Howe, Mrs. Moulton, Elizabeth Stoddard, Frances Burnett and Mary Murfree as possible members | 1893 February 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 37 | HIGGINSON: Autographed letter signed, 1p., Stating that “literature seems the department in which men & women are most nearly on a level,” Higginson inquires further on the appointment of women to the committee, which Woodberry opposes | 1893 April 28 |
| Box 1 | Folder 38 | JAMES, HENRY Autographed letter signed 1 p., James regrets he will not be in the United States at the time of the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 1 | Folder 39 | JOHNSON, ROBERT UNDERWOOD Typed letter signed, 1 p., Suggests Edmund Stedman chair the two sessions devoted to Authors & Publishers. Names Mr. Norton as a possible chair for a more scholarly discussion | 1893 April 20 |
| Box 1 | Folder 40 | JOHNSON: Typed letter signed, 3 p., Johnson recommends Walter Besant, T.W. Higginson, George Haven Putnam, and General A.C. McClurg speak at the session on authors and publishers; and A.R. Spofford, Count Emile de Keratry, George Adams, and R.R. Bowker speak at the session on copyright | 1893 May 2 |
| Box 1 | Folder 41 | JOHNSON: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Reports the proceedings of the WCX-CA may be published by the government with the assistance of Henry Cabot Lodge | 1893 June 19 |
| Box 1 | Folder 42 | MONROE, HARRIET Author, “The Columbian Ode.” Autographed letter signed to Charles C. Bonney, President, WCX, 1 p., Monroe recommends that the WCX invite the Authors Club to send a delegation to the Congress of Authors | 1893 January 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 43 | SHERMAN, FRANK DEMPSTER Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Autographed letter, 1 p., Sherman reports on plans to visit several authors, and suggests Richard Hovey present a paper at the Congress | 1893 April 18 |
| Box 1 | Folder 44 | SHERMAN: Autographed letter signed, 2 p., Sherman gives a brief informational piece on various authors. Reports sending 359 notices about the WCX-CA from lists secured from publishers catalogs, authors club membership rosters, etc. Concludes: “I know there are nearly 10,000 poets alone! Of authors, --- all are authors” | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 1 | Folder 45 | SLADEN, DOUGLAS Honorary Secretary, Authors Club; Authored Realism in Fiction, July 14, 1893; did not attend the Congress. Autographed letter signed, 2 p., Requests information about the representation of literature at the Fair. (Correspondence includes a list of the Authors Club General Committee) | 1892 December 31 |
| Box 1 | Folder 46 | STEDMAN, EDMUND C. Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Autographed letter signed, 2 p., Recommends R.U. Johnson to chair the Copyright Session and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes to chair the opening session on Authors and Imaginative Literature. Regrets that he cannot chair the copyright sessions because he is the president of the American Copyright League, which unanimously voted not to participate in the congress | 1893 April 23 |
| Box 1 | Folder 47 | STEDMAN: Autographed letter signed, 3 p., Encloses a tentative program outline for the Copyright and Authors & Publishers sessions | 1893 June 9 |
| Box 1 | Folder 48 | WOODBERRY, GEORGE E. Secretary, WCX-CA Committees of Organization and Cooperation. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Letter announces Woodberry’s donation of the correspondence of the WCX-CA to the Chicago Public Library | 1926 April 17 |
| Box 1 | Folder 49 | YOUNG, CLARENCE E. Assistant Secretary, World’s Congress Auxiliary, WCX. Typed letter signed, 7 p., Young encloses a roster of the Advisory Council of the WCX-CA. List includes those who have agreed to participate, regretted, and failed to reply | 1893 February 13 |
| Box 1 | Folder 50 | YOUNG: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Young reports he mistakenly referred members of the committee to Oliver Wendell Holmes | 1893 February 15 |
| Box 1 | Folder 51 | YOUNG: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Letter formally announces that WCX President Charles C. Bonney appointed Woodberry WCX-CA Secretary of the Committee of Organization. | 1893 February 25 |
| Box 1 | Folder 52 | YOUNG: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Young reports they are compiling lists of foreign authors, and inquires if Woodberry has received the list of authors who have accepted membership to the Advisory Council | 1893 March 30 |
| Box 1 | Folder 53 | YOUNG: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Refers to the printing of cards and circulars. Young adds he has not received list of foreigners participating in the WCX-CA. | 1893 April 18 |
Scrapbook 1 A-H
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 1 | ABBEY, HENRY Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 2 | ABBOTT, LYMAN Autographed post.al card signed, Abbott regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 3 | ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 4 | ADLER, FELIX Autographed postal card signed, Adler regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 24 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 5 | ALDEN, HENRY MILLS Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 6 | ALLEN, JOHN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 7 | AURINGER, OBADIAH CYRUS Autographed postal card signed, Auringer reports he hopes to attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 8 | BACON, THEODORE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 9 | ALLEN, ELIZABETH AKERS Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 10 | APPTLETON & COMPANY Typed letter signed, 1 p., Declines to participate in the session on publishers’ and authors’ rights | 1893 June 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 11 | AZARIAS, BROTHER Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets be cannot present a paper before the Congress, but writes that he would like to meet Professor Woodberry in New York someday as he is “not unfamiliar with [his] literary work” | 1893 May 4 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 12 | BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK Autographed postal card signed, Bangs writes he will not “expect ever to go to Chicago - unless it should some day turn out that Chicago is the place we are liable to go to after we die” | 1893 May 17 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 13 | BARR, AMELIA Autographed postal card signed, Barr regrets that she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 14 | BATES, ARLO Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 15 | BATES, KATHARINE LEE Autographed postal card, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 16 | BARR, AMELIA Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Barr regrets, she cannot attend the Congress. | 1893 May 18 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 17 | BAYLOR, FRANCES COURTENAY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 18 | BEERS, HENRY AUGUSTIN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 19 | BELLAMY, EDWARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 20 | BENJAMIN, MARCUS Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 21 | BENTON, JOEL Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 22 | BIGELOW, JOHN Autographed postal card signed, Bigelow regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 23 | BISHOP, WILLIAM HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Bishop reports he will attend the Congress, and inquires about travel rates for participants | 1893 June 2 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 24 | BIXBY, JAMES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the congress | 1893 May 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 25 | BISHOP, WILLIAM HENRY Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 18 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 26 | BLACK, ALEXANDER Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 27 | BLAKE, MARY ELIZABETH Autographed postal card signed, Blake reports she expects to attend some sessions of the congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 28 | BLOEDE, GERTRUDE Autographed Postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the congress | 1893 May 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 29 | BOSTWICK, ARTHUR ELMORE Autographed postal card signed. Regrets he cannot attend the Congress. | [1893] |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 30 | BLAKE, MARY ELIZABETH Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Blake accepts an invitation to present a paper on “The Ethics of Realism” | 1893 June 19 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 31 | BLAKE: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets she cannot complete her paper for the WCX-CA | 1893 July 4 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 32 | BOLTON, SARAH KNOWLES Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 33 | BOWKER, RICHARD ROGERS Authored and presented The Limitations of Copyright, July 11, 1893; and A Collection of Notes and Opinions by Various Members of the British Society of Authors, with Walter Besant, July 12, 1893. Typed letter signed, 1 p., Bowker agrees to present a paper on copyright | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 34 | BOWKER: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Bowker reports that the title of his paper will be “The Limitations of Copyright” | 1893 June 21 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 35 | BOYESEN, HJALMAR HJORTH Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 36 | BOYESEN: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets that, he cannot participate in the Congress due to illness in the family | 1893 June 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 37 | BRIGHT, MARSHALL H. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 38 | BRINE, MARY D. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 39 | BROOKS, ELDRIDGE STREETER Autographed postal card signed, Reports he is preparing a paper on “Magazines for Young Folks,” but does not know whether he will be able to attend the congress | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 40 | BROOKS, NOAH Autographed postal card signed, Brooks regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 41 | BROTHERTON, ALICE W. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 19 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 42 | BROWN, HELEN DAWES Autographed postal card signed, Brown reports she will attend the Congress | 1893 June 7 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 43 | BROWNELL, WILLIAM CRARY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 44 | BUEL, CLARENCE CLOUGH Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 45 | BURNHAM, CLARA LOUISE Autographed postal card signed, Reports she will attend the Congress | [1893] June 7 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 46 | BUTTERWORTH, HEZEKIAH Authored and presented a poem on July 13, Children's Afternoon; and presented The Future of Young People’s Literature, Autographed postal card signed; undated. Butterworth reports he will attend the WCX-CA, and adds that he is also participating in the Youth’s Congress | 1893 July 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 47 | BYNNER, EDWIN LASSETER Autographed postal card signed, Bynner regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 48 | CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation, Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will attend and present a paper before the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 49 | BURROUGHS, JOHN Authored and presented The Excess of Art Over Life in Recent Literature, July 13, 1893, Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Reports he cannot definitively say whether he will be able to participate in the Congress | 1893 May 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 50 | BURROUGHS: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Burroughs reports he still does not know whether he will be able to travel to Chicago, but proposes to write a paper for the Congress | 1893 May 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 51 | BURROUGHS: Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] July 8 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 52 | CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation; Authored and presented an [untitled] Paper. Typed letter signed, 1 p., Cable writes to accept an invitation to participate in the Congress | 1893 May 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 53 | CABLE: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Reports he is honored to be chosen to preside over the Congress of Authors | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 54 | CABLE: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Cable discusses his opening address to the Congress | 1893 June 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 55 | CABOT, JAMES ELLIOTT Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 56 | CAMPBELL, HELEN Autographed postal card signed, Campbell regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 57 | CARLETON, WILL Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 58 | CARPENTER, WILLIAM HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Carpenter regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 59 | CARRYL, JAMES EDWARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 60 | CATHERWOOD, MARY HARTWELL Authored and presented Form and Construction in the Novel, July 14, 1893. Autographed postal card signed, Catherwood reports she will attend the Congress | 1893 June 7 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 61 | CAWEIN, MADISON JULIUS Autographed Postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 12 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 62 | CHAMBERS, JAMES JULIUS Autographed postal card signed, Chambers reports he will attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 63 | CATHERWOOD, MARY HARTWELL Authored and presented Form and Construction in the Novel, July 14, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Agrees to present a paper on form and condensation (in the novel) at the Congress | 1893 May 4 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 64 | CATHERWOOD: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Reports that the title of her paper will be “Form and Condensation of the Novel” | 1893 July 3 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 65 | CHAMPLIN, JOHN DENISON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 66 | CHAMPNEY, ELIZABETH W. Authored and presented What a Few Little Girls Did, a story for Children's Afternoon, July 13, 1893. Autographed postal card signed, Reports she will attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 67 | CLARK, KATE UPSON Autographed postal card signed, Clark regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 68 | CLARKE, WILLIAM FAYAL Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 69 | CHENY, JOHN VANCE Autographed note signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 70 | CLYMER, ELLA DIETZ Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she will not be able to attend the Congress | 1893 June 12 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 71 | COLLIER, THOMAS STEPHENS Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 72 | CONE, HELEN GRAY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 73 | CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL Autographed postal card signed, Conway regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 74 | COAN, TITUS MUNSON Autographed letter signed, Reports that, he will try to attend the WCX-CA | 1893 June 22 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 75 | COAN: Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will try to attend the Congress | [1893] May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 76 | COOKE, MARTIN W. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 77 | COOLBRITH, INA DONNA Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 78 | COOPER, SUSAN FENIMORE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 79 | CROLY, JANE CUNNINGHAM Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the WCX-CA since she is participating in other congresses | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 80 | CORSON, HIRAM Autographed letter signed, Corson regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 April 18 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 81 | CROSBY, MARGARET Autographed Postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 82 | CUSTER, ELIZABETH BACON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 2 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 83 | DAY, RICHARD EDWIN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 84 | DENISON, MARY ANDREWS Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 20 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 85 | DELAND, MARGARET WADE Typed letter signed, 1 p., Deland regrets she cannot present a paper at the Congress | 1893 May 4 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 86 | DELAND: Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 87 | DE VERE, MARY AINGE Autographed Postal card signed, De Vere regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 88 | DIAZ, ABBY MORTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 89 | DOD, SAMUEL BAYARD Autographed postal card signed, Dod regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 90 | DODGE, MARY MAPES Autographed postal card signed, Dodge reports she will attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 91 | DRONE, EATON SYLVESTER Autographed letter signed, Regrets he cannot present a paper on the legal aspects of copyright before the Congress. Drone continues that there has been a growing recognition of better protection of literary property within the last ten years; and, that the products of “brain work” should be accorded protection “not as a favor but as a right” | 1893 June 22 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 92 | DORR, JULIA C.R. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she will not be able to attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 93 | EATON, ARTHUR WENTWORTH Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 94 | EGGLESTON, EDWARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 8 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 95 | EGGLESTON, GEORGE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 96 | ELLWANGER, GEORGE HERMAN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 24 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 97 | FAWCETT, EDGAR Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 98 | FISKE, JOHN Autographed postal card signed, Fiske regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 99 | FOOTE, MARY HALLOCK Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 100 | FIELDS, ANNIE Autographed letter signed, Regrets that it is impossible for her to be in Chicago at the time of the Fair | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 101 | FIELDS, ANNIE: Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 102 | FIELDS, KATE Autographed letter signed, Regrets she is unable to accept an invitation to present a paper at the Congress | 1893 June 22 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 103 | FIELDS, KATE: Autographed postal card signed, Reports she is currently in Chicago and will try to attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 104 | FRENCH, ALICE Authored and presented "The Short Story," July 14, 1983. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., French “appreciative and enthusiastic audition” | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 105 | FRENCH: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Letter accepting an invitation to present a paper on the novel before the Congress | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 106 | FRENCH: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., French reports she will present a paper on the short story, and offers assistance to the Congress | 1893 June 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 107 | FORD, EMILY ELLSWORTH Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 108 | FORD, PAUL LECEISTER Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will try to attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 109 | GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 110 | GILDER, JEANNETTE LEONARD Autographed postal card signed, Leonard regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 111 | FULLER, HENRY BLAKE Autographed postal card signed, Fuller reports he expects to attend the Congress “as one of the general public” | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 112 | FULLER: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot present a paper at the WCX-CA, as he prefers not to appear in public | 1893 June 19 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 113 | GILMAN, DANIEL COIT Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 114 | GLADDEN, WASHINGTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 115 | GODKIN, EDWIN LAWRENCE Autographed postal card signed. Regrets he cannot attend the Congress. | [1893] |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 116 | GODWIN, PARKE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 117 | GORDON, ARMISTEAD C. Autographed postal card signed, Gordon regrets that he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 118 | GORDON, JULIEN Autographed postal card signed. Regrets she cannot attend the Congress. | [1893] |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 119 | GRANT. ROBERT Autographed posta1 card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 120 | GUINEY, LOUSIE IMOGEN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 121 | HARDY, ARTHUR SHERBURNE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 122 | HARRISON. JAMES ALBERT Autographed postal card signed, Harrison reports he will attend the Congress, and makes reference to his recent work, “Centenary Shelley” | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 123 | HARTE, WALTER BLACKBURN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 124 | HAWTHORNE, JULIAN Autographed postal card signed, Hawthorne regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 125 | HAY, JOHN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 126 | HENDERSON, WILLIAM JAMES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 127 | HERRICK, SOPHIA Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 128 | HITCHCOCK, RIPLEY Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will attend the Congress | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 129 | HOLLEY, MARIETTA Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 130 | HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Autographed letter signed, Regrets that he cannot present a paper at the Congress, but that he will write a brief essay to be read by someone else. Suggests William Griswold as a possible participant in the discussions on copyright | 1893 May 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 131 | HIGGINSON: Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 132 | HOLMES, MARY JANE Autographed postal card signed, Reports she will attend the Congress and offers assistance to the Committees | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 133 | HOLMES: Autographed letter signed, Regrets she is unable to prepare a paper for the Congress | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 134 | HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS Typed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets they cannot participate in the congress | 1893 June 21 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 135 | HOWE, EDGAR Autographed postal card signed, Howe reports he will attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 136 | HOWE: Autographed letter signed, Reports he will attend the Congress, but due to illness in the family he is unable to present a paper | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 137 | HOVEY, RICHARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he will not attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 138 | HOWARD, BRONSON CROCKER Autographed postal card signed, Howard reports he will attend the Congress | 1893 June 7 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 139 | HOWE, JULIA WARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 140 | HUNGERFORD, M.C. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 141 | HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Typed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he is unable to participate in the WCX-CA | 1893 May 7 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 1 | 142 | HOWELLS: Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
Scrapbook 2, I-Z
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 1 | ISAACS, ABRAHAM SAMUEL Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 2 | JANIVER, THOMAS ALLIBONE Autographed postal card signed, Janvier regrets he probably cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 3 | JOHNSON, ROBERT UNDERWOOD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he probably cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 4 | JOHNSON, [EDWIN] ROSSITER Autographed postal card signed, Johnson regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 5 | JEWETT, SARAH ORNE Autographed letter signed, Declines an invitation to read a paper before the Congress | [1893] May 20 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 6 | JEWETT: Autographed postal note, signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 7 | JOHNSTON, RICHARD MALCOLM Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 8 | JONES, AMANDA THEODESIA Autographed Postal card signed, Jones reports she will attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 9 | KEESE, WILLIAM LIN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 10 | KENNAN, GEORGE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 11 | KERATRY, EMILE, COMTE DE Autographed letter (in French), 1 p., Keratry reports he will participate in the congress, and that he is preparing a paper on French copyright | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 12 | KENYON, JAMES BENJAMIN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 13 | KIMBALL, HARRIET MCEWEN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 14 | KING, DAVID BENNETT Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 15 | KING, GRACE Autographed postal card signed, King regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 16 | KIRK, ELLEN AND JOHN FOSTER Autographed postal card signed, The Kirks report they wish to come to Chicago to visit the Exposition | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 17 | KIRK, ELLEN Autographed letter signed, Regrets she cannot present a paper at, the Congress | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 18 | KIRKLAND, JOSEPH Member, WCX-CA Committee of Organization; Authored and presented Ebb-Tide in Realism, July 14, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Kirkland agrees to present a paper on “some phase of the modern novel” before the Congress | 1893 June 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 19 | KIRKLAND: Autographed postal card signed, Kirkland reports he expects to attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 20 | KREHBIEL, HENRY EDWARD Autographed postal card signed, Krehbiel reports he expects to attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 21 | KREHBIEL: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he is unable to present a paper at the Congress | 1893 June 17 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 22 | KIP, LEONARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 23 | KNOX, THOMAS WALLACE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 24 | LATHROP, GEORGE PARSONS Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 25 | LAZARUS, JOSEPHINE Autographed postal card signed, Lazarus regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 26 | LANZA, CLARA Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 27 | LEWIS, CHARLTON T. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 28 | LITCHFIEILD, GRACE DENIO Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 29 | LIVERMORE, MARY ASHTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 30 | LOGAN, MARY S. Autographed postal card signed, Logan regrets she cannot attend the congress | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 31 | LODGE, HENRY CABOT Typed letter signed, 1 p., Lodge regrets he cannot attend the Congress, but requests information on the papers on copyright | 1893 June 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 32 | LODGE: Typed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot prepare a paper for the Congress | 1893 June 21 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 33 | LOUNSBURY, THOMAS R. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Lounsbury requests more information on the WCX-CA | 1893 April 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 34 | LOUNSBURY: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Lounsbury reports he will be in New York and would like to meet with Woodberry regarding the WCX-CA | 1893 May 18 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 35 | LOUNSBURY: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot prepare a paper for the congress | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 36 | LOW, SETH Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 37 | LUDLOW JAMES MEEKER Autographed postal card signed, Ludlow reports he will attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 38 | LYALL, EDNA Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 9 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 39 | McCLELLAND, MARGARET A. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 40 | McCLURG, A.C. Telegram, McClurg regrets he cannot present a paper at the Congress | [1893] February 3 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 41 | MABIE, HAMILTON WRIGHT Authored and presented an [untitled] paper at the Congress, July 13, 1893. Typed letter signed, 1 p., Mabie reports he assumed the program for the Congress was full and did not prepare a paper. Requests more information regarding the presentations | 1893 June 23 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 42 | MABIE: Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 43 | MACE, FRANCES LAUGHTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | [1893] June 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 44 | McELROY, WILLIAM HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 45 | MacKELLAR, THOMAS Autographed postal card signed, MacKellar regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 46 | McMASTER, JOHN B. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 47 | MARTIN, EDWARD SANFORD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] June 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 48 | METCALF, LORETTUS SUTTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 49 | MITCHELL, EDWARD PAGE Autographed postal card signed, Mitchell regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 50 | MOORE, CHARLES LEONARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 51 | MORRIS, HARRISON SMITH Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 52 | MORSE, EDWIN WILSON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 53 | MORSE, JOHN TORREY Autographed postal card signed, Morse regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 54 | MORSE, JAMES HERBERT Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 55 | MUNGER, THEODORE THORNTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 56 | MUNROE, CHARLES KIRK Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will probably attend the Congress | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 57 | NADAL, HERMAN SYME Autographed postal card signed, Nadal regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] June 12 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 58 | NORTON, CHARLES ELLIOT Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 59 | NORTON, FRANK HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 July 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 60 | NYE, EDGAR WILSON Autographed postal card signed, Nye regrets he cannot, attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 61 | O’CONNOR, B.F. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 62 | OSBORNE, SAMUEL DUFFIELD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 63 | OSGOOD, KATE PUTNAM Autographed postal card signed, Osgood regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 64 | PALFREY, SARA HAMMOND Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 65 | PALMER, GEORGE HERBERT Autographed postal card signed, Palmer regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 66 | PAGE, THOMAS NELSON Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation; Authored an [untitled] paper, July 14, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he was unable to present a paper at the Congress | 1893 August 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 67 | PAYNE, WILLAM MORTON Autographed postal card signed, Payne announces he will attend the Congress as a member of the General Committee on Literature and the Chairman of the Philosophical Section | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 68 | PECK, SAMUEL MINTURN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 69 | PERRY, BLISS Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 6 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 70 | PHELPS, CHARLES HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Phelps regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 71 | PIATT, JOHN JAMES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 9 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 72 | POND, GEORGE EDWARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 3 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 73 | POOL, MARIA LOUISE Autographed postal card signed, Pool regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 14 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 74 | PRICE, THOMAS RANDOLPH Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 4 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 75 | PROCTOR, EDNA DEAN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 76 | PROUDFIT, DAVID LAW Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 77 | PYLE, HOWARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 April 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 78 | REESE, LIZETTE WOODWORTH Autographed postal card signed, Reese regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 79 | PUTNAM & SONS, G.P. Typed letter signed, 1 p., Letter reports Mr. Putnam will be unable to present a paper before the Congress | 1893 May 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 80 | PUTNAM & SONS, G.P.: Typed letter signed by George Putnam, 1 p., Putnam reports he is currently in London and will be unable to read a paper at the Congress | 1893 May 24 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 81 | RHODES, JAMES FORD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 82 | RICHARDS, LAURA ELIZABETH Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 83 | RICHARDSON, ABBY SAGE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 84 | ROCHE, JAMES JEFFREY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 17 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 85 | RICHARDSON, CHARLES FRANCIS Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he is unable to participate in the Congress | 1893 May 9 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 86 | ROBINSON, HARRIET HANSON Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Robinson accepts an invitation to present a paper titled “The [Lowell] Offering” | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 87 | ROBINSON: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Acknowledges receipt of a WCX-CA program, and requests additional information | 1893 June 12 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 88 | ROHLFS, ANNA K.G. GREEN Presented The Worth of the Novel, July 14, 1893. Autographed postal card signed, Reports she will attend the Congress if possible | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 89 | ROHLFS: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Rohlfs requests a topic for the paper she has been invited to present at the Congress | 1893 June 21 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 90 | ROHLFS: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Rohlfs reports she does not believe she can write a suitable paper for the Congress | 1893 July 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 91 | ROOSEVELT, THEODORE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 92 | ROLLINS, ALICE WELLINGTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 93 | SANBORN, KATHERINE ABBOTT Autographed postal card signed, Sanborn regrets she cannot attend the congress | 1893 June 3 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 94 | SCOLLARD, CLINTON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 95 | SCUDDER, HORACE E. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 96 | RYDER, EMILY BRAINERD Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Ryder regrets she was unable to attend the Congress | 1893 August 23 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 97 | SALAZAR, FANNY ZAMPINI Authored and presented Woman’s Mission in Literature in Italy, July 13, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Salazar reports she would like to present a paper on “Woman’s Mission in Italy as a Writer” | 1893 June 20 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 98 | SANGSTER, MARGARET Autographed letter signed, Regrets she is not able to participate in the Congress | 1893 May 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 99 | SCRIBNER & SONS, CHARLES Typed letter signed, Reports Scribner & Sons does not want to enter into public discussions on the relationship between publishers and their authors | 1893 June 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 100 | SEAWELL, MOLLY ELLIOT Authored and presented The Literary Person and the Drama, July 13, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Seawell reports she will attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 101 | SEAWELL: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Reports she would be honored to present a paper at the Congress | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 102 | SEAWELL: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Seawell writes that the title of her essay will be “The Literary Person and the Stage.” She prefers, however, not to read the essay at the Congress | 1893 June 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 103 | SEAWELL: Autographed letter signed, Regrets illness will prevent her from attending the Congress | 1893 July 8 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 104 | SELIGMAN, EDWIN R.A. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 105 | SHINN, MILLICENT WASHBURN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 1 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 106 | SMITH, F. HOPKINSON Autographed postal card signed, Smith regrets he cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 23 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 107 | SMITH, [EDMUND] MONROE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 108 | SIDNEY, MARGARET LOTHROP Authored and presented Companionship in Literature of Mother and Child, July 13, 1893. Autographed letter signed, Sidney reports she is participating in the session on Children’s Literature with a paper on “Comradeship Between Mother and Child in Literature” | 1893 April 20 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 109 | SPOFFORD, AINSWORTH RAND Authored and presented Practical Workings of the Copyright Law, July 11, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Spofford writes that he would be honored to make the opening address at the WCX-CA session on Copyright | 1893 May 15 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 110 | SPOFFORD, AINSWORTH RAND: Autographed letter signed, Spofford reports the title of his opening address will be “Workings of the Copyright Office” | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 111 | SPOFFORD, HARRIET PRESCOTT Autographed letter signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 112 | SPRAGUE, MARY APLIN Autographed postal card signed, Reports she will try to attend the Congress | 1893 May 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 113 | SPRAGUE: Autographed letter signed, Sprague declines an offer to present a paper at the Congress | 1893 June 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 114 | SPALDING, JOHN LANCASTER Autographed postal card signed, Reports he expects to attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 115 | STANTON, ELTZABETH CADY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 116 | STAREY, ALFRED B. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 117 | STOCKTON, FRANK RICHARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 118 | STEDMAN, EDMUND C. Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he is unable to attend or prepare a paper for the Congress. Reports that he thought the Congress had “given up” all but the copyright and authors’ rights discussions | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 119 | STEDMAN: Autographed letter signed, Reports he is honored to be selected to open the Congress, but that he is unable | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 120 | STODDARD, ELIZABETH D.B. Autographed postal card signed, Reports she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 121 | STODDARD, ELIZABETH D.B.: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Stoddard regrets she is unable to attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 122 | STODDARD, FRANCIS HOVEY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 123 | STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 124 | STRAUS, OSCAR SOLOMON Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 29 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 125 | SULLIVAN, THOMAS RUSSELL Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot, attend the Congress | 1893 May 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 126 | TERHUNE, MARY VIRGINIA Autographed postal card signed, Reports she hopes to attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 127 | TERHUNE: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Terhune reports she cannot confirm whether she will attend the WCX-CA; if she does attend she will present a paper on Pocahantas | 1893 June 16 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 128 | TERHUNE: Autographed letter signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 129 | THAXTER, CELIA LAIGHTON Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets she cannot participate in the Congress | 1893 May 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 130 | THAXTER: Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 131 | THOMPSON, JAMES MAURICE Member, WCX-CA Committee on Cooperation; Authored and presented Authors and Publishers in the United States, July 12, 1893. Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 132 | THOMPSON: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Thompson writes that, he will present a paper on authors and publishers and requests more information from the committee | 1893 June 20 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 133 | THAYER, WILLIAM ROSCOE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 134 | THOMAS, EDITH MATILDA Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 135 | TINCKER, MARY AGNES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 136 | TOWNSEND, VIRGINIA FRANCES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 137 | TRENT, WILLIAM PETERFIELD Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Trent, reports he will try to attend the Congress. Letter also suggests southern literature and slavery as possible topics for a paper | 1893 May 5 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 138 | TRENT: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets it may not be possible for him to present a paper or attend the Congress | 1893 June 17 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 139 | TROWBRIDGE. JOHN TOWNSEND Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot attend or participate in the Congress | 1893 April 23 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 140 | TYLER, MOSES COIT Authored and presented The Note of Expectancy in American Literature, July 13, 1893. Typed letter signed, 1 p., Indicates he may not be able to attend the Congress. If he does participate, the topic of his paper will be “The Note of Expectancy in American Literature” | 1893 May 20 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 141 | TRUMBULL, ANNE ELIOT Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 142 | TUCKERMAN, BAYARD Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 143 | UNDERWOOD, FRANCIS HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he probably cannot attend the Congress | 1893 June 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 144 | VAN DYKE, HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 145 | VAN DYKE, JOHN CHARLES Autographed postal card signed, Van Dyke regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 146 | WARD, SUSAN HAYES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 147 | WARD, WILLIAM HAYES Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 148 | WEBB, CHARLES HENRY Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will try to attend the Congress | 1893 May 31 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 149 | VAN RENSSELAER, MARIANA Autographed postal card signed, Reports she will be in Chicago at the time of Congress, but regrets she cannot participate | 1893 May 25 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 150 | VAN RENSSELAER: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets her schedule will make it impossible for her to prepare a paper for the Congress | [1893] June 13 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 151 | WARNER, CHARLES Member, WCX-CA Committee of Cooperation; Authored and presented The Function of Literary Criticism in the United States, July 13, 1893. Autographed letter signed, 1 p., [Illegib1e] | 1893 April 17 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 152 | WARNER: Autographed postal card, Reports he expects to be in Chicago for the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 153 | WARNER: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Requests to meet with Woodberry in New York | 1893 June 21 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 154 | WARNER: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Reports he has written a 20 minute paper on “The Function of Criticism in the U.S.” | 1893 June 23 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 155 | WARNER: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Warner reports he can only attend the first two days of the Congress | 1893 June 26 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 156 | WATERS, CLARA E. CLEMENT Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | [1893] May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 157 | WATERS: Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets she cannot present a paper at the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 158 | WELLS, KATE GANNETT Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 159 | WHITE, JOHN STUART Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 160 | WHITING, CHARLES GOODRICH Autographed postal card signed, Reports he will attend the Congress | 1893 June 11 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 161 | WHITNEY, ADELINE Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 162 | WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS Autographed postal card signed, Wiggin regrets she cannot attend the Congress | [1893] June 10 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 163 | WILCOX, ELLA WHEELER Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 164 | WILKINS, MARY [FREEMAN] Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 165 | WILLIAMS, FRANCIS HOWARD Autographed postal card signed, Williams reports he will try to attend the Congress | 1893 May 27 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 166 | WINTER, WILLIAM Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets he cannot participate in the congress | 1893 April 30 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 167 | WOOLSON, CONSTANCE FENIMORE Autographed letter signed, 1 p., Regrets she cannot attend or participate in the Congress | 1893 June 10 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 168 | WILSON, ROBERT BURNS Autographed postal card signed, Wilson regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 169 | WINDSOR, JUSTIN Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 170 | WOOD, JOHN SEYMOUR Autographed postal card signed, Regrets he cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 171 | WOOLSEY, SARAH CHAUNCEY Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | 1893 May 28 |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 172 | WORMLEY, KATHARINE P. Autographed postal card signed, Regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
| Box 2 | Scrapbook 2 | 173 | WYMAN, LILLIE B. CHASE Autographed postal card signed, Wyman regrets she cannot attend the Congress | undated |
Index of Committee Members and Participants
BATES, CLARA DOTY
Chairwoman, World’s Congress Auxiliary (WCX) Committee on Literature for Children
Authored and presented a poem on Children’s Afternoon, July 13, 1893.
BERGNE, HENRY
Authored and presented International Copyright Union, July 11, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
BESANT, WALTER
Authored and presented Author and Publisher and the British Society of Authors, July 13, 1893.
Authored and presented A Collection of Opinions by Various Members of the British Society of Authors, with R.R. Bowker, July 12, 1893.
BONNEY, CHARLES E.
President, World’s Congress Auxiliary (WCX)
BOWKER, RICHARD ROGERS
Authored and presented The Limitations of Copyright, July 11, 1892.
Authored and presented A Collection of Notes and Opinions by Various Members of the British Society of Authors, with Walter Besant, July 12, 1893.
BOYESEN, HJALMAR HJORTH
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
BROWNE, FRANCIS F.
Chairman, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Organization
BURROUGHS, JOHN
Authored and presented The Excess of Art Over Life in Recent Literature, July 13, 1893.
BUTTERWORTH, HEZEKIAH
Authored and presented a poem on Children’s Afternoon, July 13, 1893.
Authored and presented The Future of Young People's Literature, July 1-3, 1893.
CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
Authored and presented an [untitled] paper.
CATHERWOOD, MARY HARTWELL
Authored and presented Form and Construction in the Novel, July 14, 1893.
CHAMPNEY, ELIZABETH W.
Authored and presented What a Few Little Girls Did, a story for Children’s Afternoon, July 13, 1893.
COLES, W. MORRIS
Authored Syndicate Publishing, July 12, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
DONELSON, KATHARINE
Chairwoman, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Woman’s Committee on Imagination Literature
FIELD, EUGENE
Authored and presented Long Ago and A Dutch Lullaby on Children’s Afternoon, July 13, 1893.
FRENCH, ALICE
Authored and presented The Short Story, July 14, l893.
FAIRNESS, HORACE HOWARD
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
GILDER, RICHARD WATSON
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
HEAD, FRANKLIN H.
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Organization
HENROTIN, ELLEN
Vice President, Woman’s Branch of the World’s Congress Auxiliary (WCX)
HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
HODGES, OLIVER W.
Authored The British Society of Authors and the Copyright Questions, July 11, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL
Chairman, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
JONES, HENRY ARTHUR
Authored The Future of English Drama, July 13, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
KIRKLAND, JOSEPH
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Organization
Authored and presented Ebb-Tide in Realism, July 14, 1893.
LELY, J.M.
Authored Notes on Publishing, July 12, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
MABIE, HAMILTON WRIGHT
Authored and presented an [untitled] paper at the Congress, July 13, 1893.
McMAHAN, ANNA B.
Presented The New Motive in Fiction, July 14, 1893.
NORTON, CHARLES ELIOT
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
PAGE, THOMAS NELSON
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
Authored and presented an [untitled] paper on July 14, 1893.
PEATTIE, ELIA
Presented The Children of Yesterday and To-Day, July 13, 1893.
POLLOCK, FREDERICK
Presented Some Considerations on Publishing, July 12, 1893.
PROCTOR, MARY
Presented A Fable of the Stars on Children’s Afternoon, July 13, 1893.
ROHLFS, ANNA K.G. GREEN
Presented The Worth of the Novel, July 14, l893.
SALAZAR, FANNY ZAMPINI
Authored and presented Woman's Mission in Literature in Italy, July 13, 1893.
SEAWELL, MOLLY ELLIOT
Authored and presented The Literary Person and the Drama, July 13, 1893.
SHERMAN, FRANK DEMPSTER
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
SIDNEY, MARGARET LOTHROP
Authored and presented Companionship in Literature of Mother and Child, July 13, 1893.
SLADEN, DOUGLAS
Authored Realism in Fiction, July 14, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
SMITH, NORA
Authored and presented A Little Brother of Long Ago, a short story for Children’s Afternoon, July 13, 1893.
SPOFFORD, AINSWORTH RAND
Authored and presented Practical Workings of the Copyright Law, July 11, 1893.
SPRIGGE, S.S.
Authored The British Society of Authors and the Copyright, Question, July 11, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
STEDMAN, EDMUND C.
Member, congress of Authors (WCX-CA) committee of cooperation
STUART, GLENNIE J.
Authored The Principles of an Authors and Journalists Union, July 12, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
SWING, DAVID
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Organization
TYLER, MOSES COIT
Authored and presented The Note of Expectancy in American Literature, July 13, 1893.
THOMPSON, JAMES MAURICE
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee on Cooperation
Authored and presented Authors and Publishers in the United States, July 12, 1893.
TRAILL H.D.
Authored The Relations of Literature and Journalism, July 13, 1893; did not attend the Congress.
WARNER, CHARLES
Member, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committee of Cooperation
Authored and presented The Function of Literary Criticism in the United States, July 13, 1893.
WATERLOO, STANLEY
Authored and presented The Business Side of Authorship, July 12, 1893.
WOODBERRY, GEORGE E.
Secretary, Congress of Authors (WCX-CA) Committees of Organization and Cooperation
YOUNG, CLARENCE E.
Assistant Secretary, World’s Congress Auxiliary (WCX)
