George Edward Woodberry correspondence and compositions
Overview
Includes poems and letters written by American poet George Edwards Woodberry.
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1930
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
8 linear feet (16 boxes)Correspondence of George Edward Woodberry, together with manuscripts of books, poems, lectures, addresses, and essays. There are large groups of letters from editors, notably Thomas Bailey Aldrich of The Atlantic Monthly, Wendell Phillips Garrison of The Nation, and Richard Watson Gilder of The Century. A long run of letters from E. C. Stedman is concerned chiefly with an edition of the works of Edgar Allan Poe edited by Stedman and Woodberry. Book-length manuscripts include The Appreciation of Literature, Edgar Allan Poe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne: How to Know Him, and The Inspiration of Poetry.
Biographical / Historical
Woodberry was an American poet, critic, and teacher.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to George Edward Woodberry
- II. Letters from George Edward Woodberry
- III. Compositions
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
59M-93. Deposited by The Woodberry Poetry Room; received: 1959 December.
- Title
- Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930. George Edward Woodberry correspondence and compositions, 1859-1930: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01309
Repository Details
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