Overview
Correspondence and manuscripts of poems of American biographer and historian William Roscoe Thayer.
Dates
- Creation: 1796-1927
- Creation: Majority of material found in 1877-1927
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1 linear feet (2 boxes)Letters to and from Thayer, together with manuscripts of poems by Thayer. Includes 64 letters, 1879-1905, from Thayer to his college friend Harrison O. Apthorp; and 28 letters (chiefly condolence letters), 1923-1927, to Elizabeth Thayer. Also includes a facsimile of a letter, 1796, of Vittorio Alfieri to Antonio Montucci.
Biographical / Historical
William Roscoe Thayer was a biographer and historian. From 1892 to 1915 he was editor of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- I. Letters to various persons
- II. Letters to Elizabeth Thayer
- III. Unrelated material
- IV. Manuscripts
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
*60M-194. Manuscripts from unknown source.
- Title
- Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923. William Roscoe Thayer additional papers: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou00680
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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