Annie Aubertine Woodward Moore Papers, 1781-1928


Summary Information
Title: Annie Aubertine Woodward Moore Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1781-1928

Creator:
  • Moore, Annie Aubertine Woodward, 1841-
Call Number: Wis Mss GU

Quantity: 3.6 c.f. (11 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Annie Aubertine Woodward Moore, an author, musician, and translator, whose pen name was Auber Forestier, and who came to Madison, Wis., from Philadelphia in 1879. The letters are from family members, publishers, and musicians and writers interested in northern comparative literature and musical criticism. There are letters from Elizabeth P. Peabody concerning literary figures and educational schemes; Alexander Bull, written while on concert tours in the Northwest; Jane Cunningham Croly, editor of Demorest's and other publications; George W. Wickersham, United States Attorney General and Mrs. Moore's nephew; Elizabeth Jordan, writer and grandniece of Mr. Moore; and Mrs. Valborg Hovind Stub, Mrs. Moore's collaborator in the publication of a Scandinavian album, Songs from the North. Other correspondents are Mary M. Adams, Rasmus B. Anderson, Charles and Ellen Emerson, Carl Gaertner, James G. Huneker, Kristofer Janson, William Ellery Leonard, Jenny Lind, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ernest Skarstedt, and Carmen Sylva. Also present are articles on music, biographies, translations, poems and notes, and some genealogical information. There are reminiscences regarding Ole Bull by his son Alexander, and Mrs. moore's description of visits with Emerson and Walt Whitman.

Language: English

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Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

The five volumes of poetry in this collection were received in 1929; the source for these volumes and the remainder of the collection is not indicated though it may have been Mrs. Moore's estate.


Contents List
Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   1
1781-1872
Box   1
Folder   2
1873-1885
Box   1
Folder   3
1886-1887
Box   2
Folder   1
1888-1894
Box   2
Folder   2
1895-1899
Box   3
Folder   1
1900-1910
Box   3
Folder   2
1911-1925, undated
Box   3
Folder   3
Woodward Family Genealogy
Box   4
Music articles
Box   5
Folder   1-4
Music articles and miscellaneous essays
Box   5
Folder   5
Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Historical Sketches
Box   6
Biographical Articles
Box   7
Miscellaneous Short Stories
Box   8
Novels: Faustina and Grandfather's Strad
Box   9
Novelettes
Box   10
Gudrun (novel), poetry, jokes, and notebook
Box   11
Volume   1-5
Miscellaneous poetry