Overview
Correspondence, photographs, and manuscripts of American writer John Townsend Trowbridge.
Dates
- Creation: 1855-1939
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
4.5 linear feet (9 boxes)Correspondence of John Townsend Trowbridge, including letters from editors, literary friends, and readers; manuscripts of poems and prose fragments; a few compositions of others; 256 photographs of Trowbridge, the Trowbridge family, Trowbridge with Mark Twain, with John Burroughs, and other subjects; and printed ephemera. Includes 9 letters from Walt Whitman.
Biographical / Historical
Trowbridge was an American author of novels, poems, and magazine articles. He was perhaps best known for his stories for boys.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Letters to John Townsend Trowbridge
- II. Letters from John Townsend Trowbridge
- III. Other letters
- IV. Compositions and other manuscripts
- V. Photographs and printed material
Please note that item number 137 was inadvertently omitted from this finding aid.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
83M-50. Gift of Beatrice vom Baur Edmands and Francis Trowbridge vom Baur; received: 1984.
- Title
- Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend), 1827-1916. J. T. Trowbridge papers, 1855-1939: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00379
Repository Details
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