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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 539, MS Am 539.5, MS Am 540

North American Review papers

Overview

Manuscripts of articles written for the North American Review, 1864-1868, during the associate editorship of Charles Eliot Norton. Also includes two indexes to the names of writers for the NAR.

Dates

  • Creation: 1842-1868

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.

Extent

2.5 linear feet (7 boxes, 2 volumes)

Manuscripts of articles written for the North American Review, 1864-1868, during the associate editorship of Charles Eliot Norton. Includes articles by Henry Adams, E. L. Godkin, W. D. Howells, Henry James Sr., Henry James Jr., William James, H. C. Lea, Simon Newcomb, James Parton, William Dwight Whitney, Chauncey Wright, and others. There are also two indexes to the names of writers for the North American Review, arranged by issue number. One, by James Winthrop Harris, covers 1815-1842 (v. 1-55). The other covers 1815-1860 (v. 1-91).

Biographical / Historical

The North American Review was a literary journal founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1815.

Arrangement

Arranged into the following series:

  1. bMS Am 539: Index to writers, 1815-1860 (v.1-91)
  2. bMS Am 539.5: Manuscripts of Articles written for the NAR, circa 1842-1868
  3. bMS Am 540: Index to writers, 1815-1842 (v.1-55)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

bMS Am 539.5: Gift of Charles Eliot Norton, 1903 May 27; and Sara Norton, 1922 March 4.

bMS Am 539: Gift of Miss. M. R. Peabody, 1893 July 3.

bMS Am 540: Gift of Charlotte Harris, 1882 April 13.

Title
North American Review. North American Review papers, circa 1842-1868: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00081

Repository Details

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