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{"value"=>"MssCol 422", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"422", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1804-1913", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1804/1913"}
{"value"=>"1820-1898", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1820/1898"}
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1804
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1913
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1804
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{"value"=>"Bryant-Godwin papers"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Bryant-Godwin papers contain William Cullen Bryant's letters, 1814-1878; Parke Godwin's letters, 1840-1898; and an extensive collection of letters written to Bryant and Godwin from family members, friends, colleagues, and prominent persons in the fields of literature, the arts, science, politics, philanthropy, and religion during the 19th century. Included are both personal letters and letters written to Bryant and Godwin in their capacity as editors and writers for the New York Evening Post."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Bryant-Godwin papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was a major American poet and editor of the New York Evening Post from 1829 to 1878. Bryant helped found the Republican Party and was instrumental in the creation of Central Park in New York City. Parke Godwin (1816-1904), Bryant's son-in-law, was a lawyer and associate of Bryant in the publishing field.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The Bryant-Godwin Papers are a consolidation of three previously separate collections: the Bryant-Godwin collection, the Goddard-Roslyn collection, and Bryant personal miscellaneous papers.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection contains William Cullen Bryant's letters, 1814-1878; Parke Godwin's letters, 1840-1898; and an extensive collection of letters written to Bryant and Godwin from family members, friends, colleagues, and prominent persons in the fields of literature, the arts, science, politics, philanthropy, and religion during the 19th century. Included are both personal letters and letters written to Bryant and Godwin in their capacity as editors and writers for the New York Evening Post. Also present are a significant number of letters written to their wives and daughters. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, George Bancroft, John Bigelow, Edwin Booth, Salmon P. Chase, Lydia Maria Child, George W. Curtis, Charles A. and Richard A. Dana, James T. Fields, Henry James, Sr., Henry W. Longfellow, and Robert Cassie Waterston. Collection contains manuscript drafts, and notes for addresses, essays, poetry, and dramatic works by Bryant and Godwin. Bryant's personal papers include notebooks and account books from his early studies and legal practice, 1818-1825; travel diaries, passports, and travel expense books, 1835-1866; personal financial and legal records, 1809-1874; financial and legal records regarding the Evening Post, 1836-1861; and various notebooks relating to agriculture and gardening; 1866 diary kept by Fanny Bryant; and household notes and recipes. Photographs include portraits of Bryant and his daughter Fanny Bryant Godwin. The Godwin family photograph album contains cartes-de-visite of prominent family friends such as Samuel J. Tilden, Henry James, Sr., Bayard Taylor, Henry Tuckerman, and Charles Sumner. Also, books and printed material relating to Bryant, Godwin and the New York Evening Post including programs from memorial tributes to Bryant; scrapbooks and news clippings of Bryant's editorials, 1838-1878; reviews of his translation of the Iliad; and articles by Bryant and others.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Bryant-Godwin papers are arranged in twelve series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c79083'>I. Letters of William Cullen Bryant</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c79088'>II. Letters of Parke Godwin</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1840 - 1898</div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c79089'>III. Letters to William Cullen Bryant and Parke Godwin</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80134'>IV. Writings of William Cullen Bryant</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Manuscripts, drafts, and notes for addresses, lectures, articles, poetry</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80135'>V. Writings of Parke Godwin</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80136'>VI. Financial, Legal, and Travel records</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80142'>VII. Legal Practice and Early Study</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80147'>VIII. Household papers and Diary</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80152'>IX. Photographs and Pictorial Material</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80155'>X. Books and Printed Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Books and printed material relating to Bryant and Godwin or owned by the family</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80156'>XI. Clippings and Scrapbooks</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/422#c80167'>XII. Oversize Material</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>See related material in Series XI. Clippings and Scrapbooks</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Bryant-Godwin papers are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>I. Letters of William Cullen Bryant</li> <li>II. Letters of Parke Godwin</li> <li>III. Letters to William Cullen Bryant and Parke Godwin</li> <li>IV. Writings of William Cullen Bryant</li> <li>V. Writings of Parke Godwin</li> <li>VI. Financial, Legal, and Travel records</li> <li>VII. Legal Practice and Early Study</li> <li>VIII. Household papers and Diary</li> <li>IX. Photographs and Pictorial Material</li> <li>X. Books and Printed Material</li> <li>XI. Clippings and Scrapbooks</li> <li>XII. Oversize Material</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- altformavail
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{"value"=>"<p>Letters of Parke Godwin available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p>Letters of William C. Bryant to Leonice Moulton, 1848-1878, available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Melanie A. Yolles.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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10.61 linear feet (25 boxes, 2 volumes; 1 microfilm reel)
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1804
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1913
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1820
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1898