Research Catalog
John Greenleaf Whittier collection of papers
- Title
- John Greenleaf Whittier collection of papers, 1833-1904 bulk (1851-1892).
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Berg Coll MSS Whittier | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.
- Chamberlain, Jacob Chester, 1860-1905.
- Davis, Z. S.
- Dempster, William R. (William Richardson), 1809-1871.
- Donaldson, Thomas, 1843-1898.
- Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881.
- Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
- Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893.
- Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.
- Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892.
- Riker, George.
- Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
- Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878.
- Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894.
- Ward, Susan Hayes, 1838-1924.
- Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
- Whittier, Elizabeth Hussey, 1815-1864.
- Description
- 111 items.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence.
- Biography (note)
- John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet, essayist, journalist, politician, and writer of hymns and antislavery literature.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
- Provenance (note)
- This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials were previously owned by W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, and Bliss Perry.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Whittier
- Author
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892.
- Title
- John Greenleaf Whittier collection of papers, 1833-1904 bulk (1851-1892).
- Summary
- This is a synthetic collection that consists of manuscripts and correspondence. The manuscripts comprise poems and a holograph review of Celia Thaxter's "Wreck of the Pocahontas", as well as manuscripts relating to the author by J. R. Lowell, Edmund Clarence Stedman, and Elizabeth H. Whittier. The correspondence includes letters written by the author, dating from 1833 to 1892, to William Richardson Dempster, Thomas Donaldson, James T. Fields, Horace Greeley, Lucy Larcom, James R. Osgood, Bayard Taylor, Celia Thaxter, and others. Also present are letters relating to the author, dating from 1889 to 1904, between various correspondents, including Z. S. Davis, Jacob Chester Chamberlain, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Lucy Larcom, George Riker, Susan Hayes Ward, and Walt Whitman. There are letters to Whittier from Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Charles Sumner, and Bayard Taylor, dating from 1856 to 1890.
- Biography
- John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet, essayist, journalist, politician, and writer of hymns and antislavery literature.
- Indexes
- Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907.Chamberlain, Jacob Chester, 1860-1905.Davis, Z. S.Dempster, William R. (William Richardson), 1809-1871.Donaldson, Thomas, 1843-1898.Fields, James Thomas, 1817-1881.Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.Larcom, Lucy, 1824-1893.Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892.Riker, George.Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878.Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894.Ward, Susan Hayes, 1838-1924.Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.Whittier, Elizabeth Hussey, 1815-1864.Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former ownerPerry, Bliss, 1860-1954. Former ownerYoung, Owen D., 1874- Former owner
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll MSS Whittier