- Description
- A collection of correspondence and manuscripts written by James Russell Lowell, including essays, poems, and short stories; included is an essay on Herbert Spencer, the poems "In Far Japan" and "At the Exhibition," and a short story, "Uncle Cobus's Story." The collection also includes two forgeries, the poems "And again to the child..." and "Zekle crep' up quite unknown." The correspondence includes letters to and from James T. Fields, John Fiske, William Leonard Gage, Arthur Gilman, George W. Smalley, George Ticknor, and John Greenleaf Whittier. A number of the manuscripts and letters are window mounted on pages removed from albums, some letters with envelopes.
- Date
- 1863-1892
- Call number
- mssLowelljr
- Provenance
- purchased in Adrian Joline sale, 1914.
- purchased in Anderson Galleries sale, 1918.
- purchased from Goodspeed's book shop, 1923-1924.
- gift of B. W. Lull, June 1926.
- provenance unknown, in library, rare book 7071, 1932.
- removed from rare book 6638, August 1950.
- removed from rare book 108164, August 1950.
- removed from August 1950.
- provenance unknown, in library, 1977.
- 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
- Fields, James Thomas, (1817-1881,)
- Fiske, John, (1842-1901,)
- Gage, William Leonard, (1832-1889,)
- Gilman, Arthur, (1837-1909,)
- Smalley, George W. (1833-1916,)
- Ticknor, George, (1791-1871,)
- Whittier, John Greenleaf, (1807-1892,)