Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Volume 1: Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or Life among the Lowly, edited by Wesley Raabe, is available for pre-order on the Oxford University Press web site.

Designed for the Volume Editors of the Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe and interested scholars, this bibliography, by General Editor Susan Belasco, is a listing of the first appearances of Stowe’s fiction and non-fiction articles, sketches, stories, serialized novels, and other works published in periodicals during her lifetime. This bibliography is a continuing project of the CWHBS, updated regularly with new information and sources. Version 1.04 has 747 entries and corrects errors and omissions in Version 1.03. See “Handbook and Bibliography.”

Volume Editors and other users are encouraged to notify us with questions, omissions, and errors at stowecollectedworks@gmail.com.

The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe (CWHBS) has commissioned Wesley Raabe to edit My Wife and I; or, Harry Henderson’s History (1871), one of HBS’s post-war society novels, volume 16 in the series. Raabe is Associate Professor of English at Kent State University and a specialist in scholarly editing and digital publication. He currently serves as the Textual Editor of CWHBS and is the volume editor for Uncle Tom’s Cabin, CWHBS vol. 1, which is currently in production at Oxford University Press and has been awarded the designation “Approved Edition” by the Modern Language Association’s Committee on Scholarly Editions. He is also editor of the letters of Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, mother to the poet Walt Whitman, which is published on the Walt Whitman Archive.

We honor the memory of our colleague Stephen Railton (1948-2025), who was Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Virginia, and a valued member of the Advisory Board from the inception of the CWHBS. And we extend our condolences to his family.

The manuscript edition of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, volume 1 in The Collected Works of Harriet Beecher Stowe (CWHBS), has been vetted by the Modern Language Association Committee on Scholarly Editions and will, upon publication, be authorized to display the seal of an “Approved Edition.” Upon publication Stowe will join Willa Cather and Gertrude Stein as the third major American woman writer with an edition that has been granted the committee’s seal. The manuscript has also been submitted and can now be designated “in press.” The CWHBS is pleased to announce this important project milestone and congratulates volume editor Wesley Raabe.

The Editorial Board of Oxford University Press has reviewed and officially approved the proposal for The Minister’s Wooing, edited by Melissa J. Homestead and Ashley Reed. To read it, please see CWHBS Volume Proposal for The Minister’s Wooing (PDF). The contract has been signed, and they are at at work on the volume. Congratulations to Melissa and Ashley!

Please see the attached Call for Papers, for “Stowe in Context & Conversation: Understanding Harriet Beecher Stowe in her historical context and ours” sponsored by the Stowe Center and the New England Quarterly. Proposal abstracts are due by Oct. 17, 2025. Please note that that funding is available for selected speakers. See attachment for full details and contacts.

Update: Please note, since the flyer below was distributed, that the Stowe Center for Literary Activism has re-scheduled “Stowe in Context & Conversation: Understanding Harriet Beecher Stowe in her historical context and ours” to April 18, 2026, at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Editorial Board of Oxford University Press has reviewed and officially approved the proposal for A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin, edited by Zachary McLeod Hutchins, Christopher N. Phillips, and Edward Whitley. To read the proposal, see their CWHBS Volume Proposal for A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (PDF). The contract has been signed, and they are at at work on the volume. Congratulations to Zach, Chris, and Ed!

The Editorial Board of Oxford University Press has reviewed and officially approved the proposal for The Pearl of Orr’s Island, edited by Maire Mullins. To read the proposal, see her CWHBS Volume Proposal for Pearl of Orr’s Island (PDF). The contract has been signed, and she is at at work on the volume. Congratulations to Maire!

Congratulations to Volume Editor Claudia Stokes who is the recipient of an NEH 2024 Fellowship for her two-volume edition of the Religious Writings for the CWHBS. The  complete list of this year’s recipients is available on the NEH website.