American Literary Collection, 1805-1930

Title:

American Literary Collection, 1805-1930

Creator:

New Hampshire Historical Society

Accession / Call Number:

1989.113

Object ID:

1989.113

Date:

1805-1930

Physical Description:

1 box, 84 items ; 0.21 linear feet

Level of Description:

Collection

Abstract:

The American Literary Collection consists of letters and manuscripts of American authors and public figures including Susan B. Anthony, Robert Frost, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Walt Whitman. The materials date from 1805 to 1930.

Scope and Content:

The American Literary Collection consists of letters and poems authored by American authors and public figures. The letters and poems were compiled into one collection at the New Hampshire Historical Society. Authors include Lyman Abbott, Susan B. Anthony, George Bancroft, Alice M. Brown, Horace Bushnell, Mathew Carey, George Ticknor Curtis, Edward Everett, Timothy Flint, Robert Frost, Fitz-Greene Halleck, Oliver Wendall Holmes, Julia (Ward) Howe, William Dean Howells, Helen Hunt Jackson, Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Thomas Nelson Page, John G. Palfrey, Wendell Phillips, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber, Celia Thaxter, Theodore Tilton, John Townsend Trowbridge, Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Nathaniel Parker Willis.

Arrangement:

The materials in this collection have been arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

Subjects:

American literature , American poetry , Antislavery movements , Authors , Correspondence , Poets, American , Women--Suffrage

Locations:

United States

People:

Abbott, Lyman, 1835-1922 , Anthony, Susan B., 1820-1906 , Bancroft, George, 1800-1891 , Brown, Alice, 1857-1948 , Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876 , Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 , Curtis, George Ticknor, 1812-1894 , Everett, Alexander Hill, 1790-1847 , Everett, Edward, 1794-1865 , Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 , Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 , Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 1790-1867 , Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 , Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910 , Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920 , Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 , Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 , Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922 , Palfrey, John Gorham, 1796-1881 , Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884 , Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, 1793-1864 , Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow, 1814-1890 , Thaxter, Celia Laighton, 1835-1894 , Tilton, Theodore, 1835-1907 , Trowbridge, John Townsend, 1827-1916 , Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 , Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 , Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867

Organizations:

New Hampshire Historical Society

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society collection.

Location Code:

TL/2V

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Preferred Citation:

Item name, American Literary Collection, 1989.113. New Hampshire Historical Soceity, Concord, NH. Date accessed.