Manuscripts
Collection of Robert Frost letters and poems, (bulk 1894-1916)
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Collection of Robert Frost Letters and Poems
Manuscripts
This collection contains 59 pieces of correspondence and poems of American poet Robert Frost, chiefly consisting of handwritten poems and letters sent by Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (1835-1916), poetry editor for The Independent, from the mid 1890s to the 1910s. Items consist of: Thirty letters from Robert Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 7656, HM 25338-25366) Eighteen loose poems signed by Robert Frost (HM 7638-7646, HM 7648-7655, HM 7657) Two poems whose authorship was repudiated by Frost; apparently in the hand of Elinor M. Frost (HM 1201, HM 7647) A collection of 17 handwritten poems presented by Frost to Ward for Christmas 1911 (HM 7237) A letter from Robert Frost to William Hayes Ward, the editor of The Independent (HM 25337) Two letters from Elinor Frost to Susan Hayes Ward (HM 25367-25368) Three letters from Frost to Huntington Library staff authorizing access to his papers (HM 10799, HM 47622, HM 48305) Two letters from Frost related to autographs (HM 13810, HM 59545)
mssHM 1201, etc.
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Frost, Robert Lee. Genealogical : [a poem in 64 lines and] A Riddle. - Who is Intended : [poem in 3 lines]
Manuscripts
4 leaves, 5 x 6 1/2 in. Manuscript (holograph). Was enclosed in 1911 December 19 letter from Robert Frost to Susan Hayes Ward.
HM 7642
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[Frost, Robert Lee?] [Poem in 3 stanzas of 4 lines each, beginning:] "I had a love once …"
Manuscripts
1 leaf, 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in. Manuscript (apparently in the handwriting of Elinor M. Frost).
HM 1201
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A. B. Frost letter to Carolyn Wells
Manuscripts
Frost wrote this letter to author Carolyn Wells from his home in Pasadena, California. In the last part of the letter, Frost responds to a question about whether he ever sketched Walt Whitman by saying "No, I never made a drawing of Walt Whitman. I wish I had. I regard him as a humbug, a poser, a self advertiser."
mssHM 82429
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Robert Selden Garnett letters
Manuscripts
These are two letters written by American officer Robert Selden Garnett. HM 46544, dated 1849, August 23, is addressed to A. Somervail Garnett ("My dear Somervail," Robert writes), and is written following the wrecking of the ship Edith off the California coast. Robert assures Somervail that he will do all he can to keep Somervail enrolled at Harvard until his education is completed, and gives Somervail advice concerning his chosen occupational path, particularly the importance of mathematics and surveying. Robert urges Somervail to be steadfast in his studies, but not at the expense of his social life, which Robert considers as important as school. Robert closes by saying he hopes to return to Washington by December 1. In the second letter (HM 46545, dated 1849, September 30), Robert writes to Caleb Lyon concerning the authorship of a proposed "seal or coat of arms for the new state of California" as well as a constitution for the pending state. Robert claims to be the sketcher of the original seal, and gives Lyon the authority to reveal him as such, should he deem it proper.
mssHM 46544-46545
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1894-1921
Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of letters from William Dean Howells to the following correspondents: Sylvester Baxter, William Henry Bishop, Charles Eliot Norton, William Henry Rideing, and Charles Warren Stoddard. The collection also contains one poem by William Dean Howells, one letter from Elinor Mead Howells, and two letters from Mildred Howells to Sylvester Baxter and Charles Warren Stoddard.
mssHM 41383-41535