Watterson, Henry, 1840-1921

Scope and Contents

Letters received by Macauley from actors and authors including John Fox, Jr., Julia Marlowe, Edwin Booth, and newspaper editor Henry Watterson; autograph book of Mary Macauley with signatures including Sarah Bernhardt and Oscar Wilde.

Content Description The papers of Henry Watterson are preserved on microfilm and include letters, telegrams, editorials, speeches, newspaper clippings, family history, photographs and Watterson's autobiography. This collection records the newspaper editor's career and documents, through his editorials and correspondence, his stand against protective tariff, his objection to the Civil Service Act, endorsement of the Gold Democrats in 1896, his opinions on William Jennings Bryan, the rift and subsequent...