Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Letters to George H. Yenowine, 1895-1896 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Smith, Francis Hopkinson. Letters to George H. Yenowine, 1895-1896

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0012

Primary Creator: Yenowine, George H.

Other Creators: Smith, Francis Hopkinson (1838-1915)

Extent: 52.0 Items

Arrangement: The letters are arranged chronologically and mounted in a bound volume. Envelopes are placed at the end.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2004

Subjects: Authors--American, Lecturers

Languages: English

This collection (52 items) consists of correspondence addressed to George H. Yenowine of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including 45 letters, 3 telegrams, and 4 envelopes dated January 25, 1895-December 30, 1896. Yenowine's primary correspondent, Francis Hopkinson Smith, wrote frequently about his speaking engagements throughout the Upper Midwest and the South, often asking Yenowine to print circulars or arrange lectures. He discussed scheduling changes, speaking fees, his low opinion of other agents, and, on one occasion, subjects for a possible three-night lecture series. Smith also enclosed brief newspaper clippings in a few of his letters. Additional letters from agents and prospective hosts also relate to Smith's public appearances.

See Administrative/Biographical History for more information.

Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was a civil engineer based in New York City; his projects included numerous naval constructions in New England and New York. He also wrote travel narratives, short stories, and novels, and produced watercolor paintings. Smith supplemented his income with numerous speaking engagements in the United States and Europe.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, George Hardin Yenowine moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1879 to become a newspaper editor and publisher. He may have acted as an agent on behalf of Francis Hopkinson Smith in the late 1890s.

Source

America's Greatest Men and Women. Photographs and Biographies of the Most Famous Living People on the Continent. How They Look and What They Have Accomplished. The Faces and the Stories of Those Who Are Now Affecting the History of the Country. St. Louis: Vandawalker & Co., 1894.

Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information. 11th ed. Vol. XXV. New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1911.

Authors--American
Lecturers

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Acquisition Source: W. K. Tucker

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Meg Hixon, July 2016

Other Note: Former shelfmark: MS Q 816 Sm5o

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