Manuscripts
John Greenleaf Whittier collection
- Description
- The collection contains John Greenleaf Whittier manuscript poems, letters and printed material, including portraits. The poems include: "An Acrostic for Lois Jones," "The Stars," "What the Birds Said," "Divine Compassion," "The Quaker Meeting," "The Last Eve of Summer," "Between the Gates," and "Esther Gyle's Ride," among others. The correspondence includes letters by Whittier to James T. Fields and Lucy Larcom. Also included are three folders of manuscripts by Samuel Thomas Pickard from his writings on Whittier: "Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier" and "Whittier's Sense of Humor."
- Date
- 1823-1904
- Call number
- mssWhittierjg
- Provenance
- Acquired by purchase and gift from various sources, specific acquisition information noted on individual folders, 1897-1986.
- 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,)
- Larcom, Lucy, (1824-1893,)
- Pickard, Samuel T. (1828-1915,)
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