Oliver Wendell Holmes correspondence and compositions
Overview
Correspondence and manuscripts of the American writer and anatomy teacher Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Dates
- Creation: 1824-1898
Creator
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
.5 linear feet (1 box)Consists of correspondence of Oliver Wendell Holmes (together with other family letters), manuscripts of poems and other short writings, notes, a few business papers, and clippings. Letters by Holmes are mostly draft copies.
Biographical / Historical
Holmes was an essayist, poet and teacher of anatomy.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to Oliver Wendell Holmes
- II. Letters from Oliver Wendell Holmes
- III. Other letters
- IV. Compositions by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- V. Other compositions
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
*76M-49. Transferred from Harvard Law School Library; received: 1977.
Creator
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 (Person)
- Title
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. Oliver Wendell Holmes correspondence and compositions: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00567
Repository Details
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