mss0098_0176.xml Finding aid for Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister1926 May 27 University of Delaware Library, Special Collections University of Delaware Library
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Date encoded (2009 May 27) Finding aid encoded 2009 May 27 English Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister1926 May 27 Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267 Phone: 302-831-2229 Fax: 302-831-6003 URL: http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/
 Ward, Christopher, 1868-1943. Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister1926 May 27 MSS 098, F176 1 item (3 pp.) Delaware author Christopher Ward sent this three-page signed and handwritten letter to his friend Marian Wister in 1926. Materials entirely in English. University of Delaware Library - Special Collections Source

Purchase, December 2008.

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 Citation

MSS 099, F176, Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

 Shelving Summary F176: Shelved in SPEC MSS 098 manuscript boxes Processing

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 Biographical Notes

Delaware author Christopher Ward wrote novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Ward was particularly passionate about Delaware history, reflected in works such as The Dutch and Swedes on the Delawareand Delaware Continentals, 1776-1783.

Author Marina Wister Dasburg was the daughter of Owen Wister. She married pioneer modernist painter Andrew Dasburg.

Ward, Christopher L. "Autobiography of Christopher L. Ward, (1868-1943) parts I and II." Delaware History, Volume XV. Edited by Charles L. Reese, Jr. Wilmington, Del.: Historical Society of Delaware, 1972-1973.

 Scope and Content Note

In this three-page handwritten and signed letter to Marian Wister, Christopher Ward describes his surroundings, inquires of Wister's plans, mentions Rhode Island, and indicates that he is working on a novel. The letter was written in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 27, 1926.

 Selected Search Terms Personal Names Wister, Marina. Topical Terms American literature--20th century--Sources. Authors, American--20th century--Sources. Form/Genre Terms Letters (correspondence) Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 098 Delaware Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 107 Christopher Ward Papers

 Detailed Contents List 7 F176 Christopher Ward letter to Marina Wister1926 May 27