Overview
Autograph manuscript compositions by American politician, educator, and writer, William Everett.
Dates
- Creation: 1895 and undated
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)Includes autograph manuscripts, 1 typescript, and clippings of the writings by William Everett. Includes his complete 1904 Lowell Lectures on Italian poets since Dante, many juvenile stories, and other writings. Many of the stories are incomplete (some are marked in manuscript as "incomplete"), many have autograph manuscript revisions, and most are undated.
Biographical / Historical
William Everett (1839-1910) was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, the son of Charlotte Gray Brooks and Edward Everett (orator, Massachusetts governor, and U. S. Secretary of State). He received an AB at Harvard College in 1859, and an LLB in 1865. He was a tutor at Harvard in Latin (1870-1873), and an assistant professor of Latin (1873-1877). Everett became master of Adams Academy, Quincy, Massachusetts in 1878-1893 and then was a US House Representative from Massachusetts’ 7th district (Democrat) from April 1893 through March 1895. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Massachusetts in 1897, losing to Roger Wolcott. Everett returned to his post as master at Adams Academy in 1897 and remained there until his death in 1910.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title of composition.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number. Gift of Augustus P. Coring; received: 1934 January 18.
See curatorial file for correspondence from Coring to Harvard University detailing provenance where he states he purchased these materials at the sale of Everett's effects.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Everett, William, 1839-1910. William Everett compositions, 1895 and undated: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02257
Repository Details
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