Overview
Autograph manuscripts of compositions by writer William Swinton.
Dates
- Creation: 1858 and undated
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English and Latin.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.5 linear feet (2 boxes)Includes autograph manuscript compositions by Swinton, including the following titles: Dies Bibliothecales, or rambles through the libraries. Number one Astor, Intimations from ethnology and history, and Rambles among words.
Biographical / Historical
William Swinton (1833-1892) was a journalist, travel writer, essayist, and war correspondent. He was the younger brother of famous labor activist, journalist and editor, John Swinton. The family emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1843, and William was educated at Knox College in Canada, and at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Swinton was a teacher, a writer for magazines, a close friend of Walt Whitman, became a war correspondent for the New York Times during the American Civil War, and wrote several books on the conflict of the war. Later in life he was for a time a professor of English at the University of California, and also wrote school textbooks on geography, spelling, grammar and history.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No accession number; Bequest of Evert Jansen Wendell; received: 1918.
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Swinton, William, 1833-1892. William Swinton compositions, 1858: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02468
Repository Details
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