University of Wyoming
Harriet Moody (1857-1932) a teacher and businesswoman was the wife of poet and playwright William Vaughn Moody (1869-1910). She taught high school English in Chicago, Illinois, before starting a catering business in the mid-1890s, the Home Delicacies Association, whose customers included Marshall Field's and all of the Pullman service on Chicago railroads. She was acquainted with many literary figures of the early 20th century. Edith S. Kellogg was apparently a long time friend of Moody.
The collection is chiefly Moody's outgoing personal letters (1906, 1914-1932). Some of the letters are in Moody's handwriting, but most have been transcribed by Edith S. Kellogg and contain Kellogg's handwritten notes. Correpondents include Vachel Lindsay, Robert Frost, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Alice Corbin Henderson, Rabindranath Tagore, Ananda Kentish, Coomaraswamy, Percy MacKaye, Padriac Colum, and Thomas Wood Stevens. There are also pages in Moody's handwriting of a 1909 diary, along with transcriptions of the diary by Kellogg.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
There are no known other archival collections created by Harriet Converse Tilden Moody at the date of processing.
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