- Description
- A collection of manuscripts, poems, and correspondence related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The manuscripts include the lectures "Literature of the Middle Ages" and "Each day is a branch of the tree of life...;" the poems include "Autumnal Nightfall," "A Song of Savoy," and "Woods in Winter." The correspondence deals with Longfellow's poems and publishing, and some letters are in response to requests for his autograph. Correspondents include, among others, Francis Fauvel-Gouraud, Ferdinand Freiligrath, George Washington Greene, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, James Riley Osgood, Theophilus Parsons, Thomas Buchanan Read, William Winter, and Robert C. Winthrop.
- Date
- 1824-1880
- Call number
- mssLongfellow
- Provenance
- purchased in William K. Bixby sale, 1916-1917.
- purchased from Anderson Sale, 1917.
- purchased from American Art Association sale, February 1920.
- provenance unknown, in library as of, rare book 16609, 1929.
- provenance unknown, in library as of, rare book 110386, 1931.
- removed from Alfred R. Goldman, 1933.
- removed from Ruth A. Child, September 1955.
- purchased from Marcia Capps, July 1957.
- gift of rare book 55302, approximately 1960.
- gift of rare book 110383, January 1980.
- removed from May 1986.
- removed from March 1988.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Fauvel-Gouraud, Francis, (1810-1876,)
- Freiligrath, Ferdinand, (1811-1883,)
- Greene, George Washington, (1788-1879,)
- Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, (1836-1892,)
- Osgood, James R. (1797-1882,)
- Parsons, Theophilus, (1822-1872,)
- Read, Thomas Buchanan, (1836-1917,)
- Winter, William, (1809-1894,)
- Winthrop, Robert C.