James Russell Lowell collection of papers

id
3094
origination
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
date statement
1841-1903 [bulk 1841-1893]
key date
1841
identifier (local_mss)
19186
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Lowell, JR
b-number
b15922512
total components
108
total series
2
max depth
3
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2013-04-01 15:04:40 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:58:25 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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physdesc
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unitdate
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unittitle
{"value"=>"James Russell Lowell collection of papers"}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library.</span> <span class=\"subarea\">The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
abstract
{"value"=>"This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, correspondence, and financial documents."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"<p>[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
origination
{"value"=>"Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>James Russell Lowell was an American poet, critic, satirist, essayist, and diplomat. He was appointed United States ambassador to the Spanish court in 1877 and then to the Court of St. James in England from 1880-1885.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials were previously owned by W. T. H. Howe and Owen D. Young. Other materials were previously owned by William Deming, George S. Hellman, and Joan Howe. The holograph copy of \"My Brook\" was presented by the author to Dr. M. J. Savage, later given by Dr. Savage to his daughter Mrs. Minot Simms.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, a typescript, correspondence, and financial documents. The manuscript material includes holograph poems, articles, and essays, as well as manuscript poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson in Edward Waldo Emerson's hand, and a review by Bret Harte in Harte's hand. The correspondence includes letters, dating from 1841 to 1890, from the author to Charles Frederick Briggs, Robert Carter, Eliza Callahan Cleveland, James T. Fields, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Francis Heath, Sir Frederick Locker-Lampson, Julia Prinsep Jackson Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Bayard Taylor, George Ticknor, Francis H. Underwood, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward, John Greenleaf Whittier, and others. The correspondence also includes letters relating to the author, dating from 1875 to 1903, between various correspondents including George Granville Bradley, Sir Leslie Stephen, Mabel Lowell Burnett, Julia Prinsep Jackson Stephen, George H. Duckworth, Edward Waldo Emerson, Charles Eliot Norton, Sir Edmund William Gosse, O. W. Holmes, Henry James, and others. There are letters to Lowell from Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, William Makepeace Thackeray, and others, dating from [1843] to 1858.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The James Russell Lowell collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19186#c231272'>Manuscripts and Typescripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19186#c231300'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.</p>"}
userestrict
{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.</p>"}
date_inclusive_start
1841
date_inclusive_end
1903
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1841
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
363 items
date_start
1841
date_end
1903
date_bulk_start
1841
date_bulk_end
1893

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