REGISTER ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I must first thank Steven H. Jobe of Hanover College for allowing me to participate in the James letters project. His superb and meticulous scholarship will set a standard for the next generation of scholars, as well as spawning new projects in American and British studies for decades to come. His example has inspired me through five years of research.

The pioneering scholarship of master scholar Leon Edel has made this text possible; to him goes my gratitude. Robert L. Gale, distinguished Jamesian and author of numerous works on James in addition to the Encyclopedia, graciously allowed me to use information from his work, in addition to providing superb advice and specific biographical information at all stages of my research. Elizabeth Archuleta, my former research assistant, provided substantial help both in identifying correspondents and in writing entries. I could not have completed this Register without them.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided summer stipends for two years, granting me valuable work time. Vieve Gore and Ginger Gore Giovale, through their generous endowment to Westminster College of Salt Lake City, provided a summer's funding and a merit sabbatical leave. Administrators at Westminster College, including Academic Vice-President Steve Baar and Dean Ray Ownbey, also deserve thanks for their support of my work. Dr. Baar funded my first research trip, a trip to Omaha, Nebraska, where I saw the first of many unpublished James letters at the Opera Omaha, and Dr. Ownbey was continually supportive of my efforts.

I am eternally grateful to librarians, many of them, without whom I could never have finished (or even begun) my work. The librarians at Westminster College's Nightingale (now Giovale) Library, including Dick Wunder, Oresta Esquibel, David Hales, Hilde Bentham, and Eric Inouye, spent many hours searching the O.C.L.C. catalog and ordering countless volumes of nineteenth century memoirs, letters, and biographies for me. During three consecutive summers, the librarians at Harvard's Houghton Library patiently helped me locate most of that archive's unpublished James letters, letters I read in search of clues regarding individual correspondents. Librarians at the Schlesinger History of Women Library at Radcliffe provided invaluable information on women correspondents, many of whom could not be found in standard sources. The reference staff at the University of Utah Marriott Library also provided crucial assistance. Finally, the L.D.S. Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, proved an excellent source for vital statistics, through their magnificent collection of primary records.

Other James scholars assisted me at all stages of my research, most notably Sheldon M. Novick, author of Henry James: the Young Master (1996), whose ground-breaking work on James and his world allowed me to locate many hitherto-unknown individuals. Also, Dr. Roberta A. Sheehan of the Boston Athenaeum generously shared her encyclopedic knowledge of the James family, saving me from several egregious errors. Gene Moore, Rayburn and Margaret Moore, Peter Walker, and Greg Zacharias have also shared their expertise.

Bay James, current literary executor of the James papers, shared with me valuable knowledge of her family and their friends. She has been most supportive of my work. Her dedication to preserving the James family heritage for future family members has encouraged me to complete this project.

Susan E. Gunter

Westminster College of Salt Lake City