Description
This collection consists of 3 manuscripts and 13 letters chiefly by members of the Howells family
including American critic and author William Dean Howells (1837-1920) and his father, newspaper editor William Cooper Howells
(1807-1894).
Background
William Dean Howells (1837-1920), was an American critic, novelist, poet and
playwright.
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