Duyckinck family papers, 1793-1889.

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Creator

Duyckinck family.

Location

Manuscripts and Archives Division

Extent

• 28 linear feet (80 boxes, 59 v.).
• Selected papers: 2 microfilm reels.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Melville originals are restricted. Researchers must usemicrofilm.

Scope/Contents Note

Collection consists of literary and general correspondence,diaries, notebooks, manuscripts of writings, memorabilia, and legal, financial, and business papers, 1830-1878, of E.A. Duyckinck and George L. Duyckinck. Also, correspondence, daybooks, account and receipt books, and journals, 1793-1833, of their father, Evert Duyckinck; papers, 1838-1889, of Margaret Wolfe Panton Duyckinck, wife of E.A. Duyckinck; papers, 1856-1869, of Henry Duyckinck, Evert Duyckinck, Jr., and George Duyckinck (sons of E.A. Duyckinck); papers, 1810-1851, of Sophia Roorbach; and papers of the Wolfe and Panton families. Includes manuscript of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Old Manse(1846) and Washington Irving's The Author's Apology (1848)and Communipaw (1849).

Biographical/Historical Note

Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816-1878) and his brother George Long Duyckinck (1823-1863) were biographers, editors of The Literary World between 1848 and 1853, and editors and publishers of the Cyclopedia of American Literature.

Controlled Access Terms

• Duyckinck family.
• Panton family.
• Wolfe family.
• American literature -- 19th century.
• Journalism -- United States.
• Publishers and publishing -- United States.
• Autograph albums.
• Diaries.
• Photographic prints.
• Editors.
• Publishers.

Additional Creator Names

• Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.
• Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
• Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878.
• Duyckinck, George L. (George Long), 1823-1863.
• Duyckinck, Evert, 1764?-1833.
• Duyckinck, Margaret Wolfe Panton.
• Duyckinck, Henry, 1843-1870.
• Duyckinck, Evert, 1841-1857.
• Duyckinck, George, 1846-1873.
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
• Roorbach, Sophia.