Emily Dickinson letters to Josiah Gilbert Holland and Elizabeth Chapin Holland
Overview
Letters and poems by the American poet Emily Dickinson sent to her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Holland.
Dates
- Creation: 1853-1886
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the originals requires the permission of the curator.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 linear feet (2 boxes)Typescript copies of letters, frequently accompanied by her poems, to Dr. Josiah Holland and Elizabeth Chapin Holland.
Biographical / Historical
Dickinson was an American poet. Josiah Gilbert Holland, assistant of Samuel Bowles of the Springfield Republican, and his wife Elizabeth were family friends.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
Box 1 (Dickinson Room)
Physical Location
Box 2 (Manuscript stacks)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
49M-248, 54M-116. Gift of Theodora Van Wegenen Ward, 32 Healey Street, Cambridge 38, Mass.; received: 1950 June 8.
Existence and Location of Copies
Readers are expected to use the facsimiles available.
Bibliography
- F = Franklin, R. W. The poems of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998.
- J = Johnson, Thomas, ed. The complete poems of Emily Dickinson : including variant readings critically compared with all known manuscripts. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1955.
- JL = Johnson, Thomas, ed. The letters of Emily Dickinson. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1958.
Processing Information
The typed copies of letters in this collection, with the exception of nos. 30 and 62, were made by Theodora Van Wagenen Ward from the 1931 edition of Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd. The originals of these published letters seem to have been destroyed. The original of no. 30 belongs to Josiah Gilbert Holland, 3d.; the original of no. 62 belongs to Alison Howe Yaeger.
In November, 1954, Mrs. Walter Bingham found among the Dickinson papers four additional MSS. belonging to the Holland family. These she returned to Mrs Ward, who presented them to Harvard. They were accessioned under no. *54M-116, and then added to the series as nos. 96-99.
- Title
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886. Emily Dickinson letters to Josiah Gilbert Holland and Elizabeth Chapin Holland, ca. 1853-1886: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01534
Repository Details
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