John Greenleaf Whittier collection of papers

id
3295
origination
Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892
date statement
1833-1904 [bulk 1851-1892]
key date
1833
identifier (local_mss)
19188
org unit
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
call number
Berg Coll MSS Whittier
b-number
b15922515
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 15:04:43 UTC
updated
2018-06-04 18:59:30 UTC
status note
(missing)
Display Aeon link
true

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unitdate
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unittitle
{"value"=>"John Greenleaf Whittier 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 that consists of manuscripts and correspondence."}
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"=>"Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892", "type"=>"persname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>John Greenleaf Whittier was an American poet, essayist, journalist, politician, and writer of hymns and antislavery literature.</p>"}
custodhist
{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the materials were previously owned by W. T. H. Howe, Owen D. Young, and Bliss Perry.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p> 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.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The John Greenleaf Whittier collection of papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19188#c231965'>Manuscripts</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/brg/19188#c231990'>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
1833
date_inclusive_end
1904
note
{"value"=>"<p>Card catalog available.</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"555"}
keydate
1833
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider.</p>"}
extent_statement
111 items
date_start
1833
date_end
1904
date_bulk_start
1851
date_bulk_end
1892

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