Overview
Images of the poet Emily Dickinson's family and friends, family homes, gravesites, and other Dickinson-associated places.
Dates
- Creation: 1840-1940
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Conditions Governing Use
Images linked to this finding aid are intended for public access and educational use. This material is owned and/or held by the Houghton Library, and is provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. Any other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires the permission of the curator.
Extent
3 linear feet (5 boxes, 1 portfolio box)Photographs include the following formats: ambrotype, cabinet photographs, cartes-de-visite, daguerreotypes, group portraits, portraits, photograph on milk glass, proofs, tintypes, and others.
Other materials include: clippings, drawings, engraving plate, engravings, lithographs, notes, and postcards.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series:
- I. Individuals and groups
- II. Places
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Thomas Wentworth Higginson portrait cabinet photograph bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell, 1918.
45M-425 (6) and (7): (6) Emily Dickinson photographs of daguerreotype ca. 1847; and (7) John L. Graves photograph purchased with funds from the Morris Gray Fund, 1946 April 13.
46M-290: Gift of Miss Louise B. Graves, 1947 May 12.
98M-69: The bulk of the Dickinson papers (including these photographs), formerly in the possession of Martha Dickinson Bianchi and A.L. Hampson, was given by Gilbert H. Montague,1950.
51Z-1: John Long Graves daguerreotype gift of Louise B. Graves, 1951 July. 26.
The Homestead photograph [no. (83), item 5 below] gift of Mrs. George E. Pearl, 1955.
The Newman family ambrotype, 52Z-1, was the gift of Mrs. George E. Pearl, 1950.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Dickinson family. Dickinson family photographs, circa 1840-1940: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00049
Repository Details
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