Sarah Orne Jewett verse notebook and family autograph album
Overview
Poetry album of American author Sarah Orne Jewett and autograph album of her sister, Caroline Augusta Jewett Eastman.
Dates
- Creation: 1870-1880
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 box)Autograph manuscript notebook album of poems written from 1870-1880 by Sarah Orne Jewett. Notebook includes a few notes by Jewett's nephew, Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman. Collection also includes an autograph album kept by Sarah Orne Jewett's sister, Caroline Augusta Jewett Eastman. Album includes signatures of friends and family dated 1873-1876.
Biographical / Historical
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) was an American author born in South Berwick, Maine, the daughter of Theodore Herman Jewett (1815-1878), a doctor, and Caroline Frances Perry Jewett (1820-1891). Her siblings were: Mary Rice Jewett (1847-1930); and Caroline Augusta Jewett Eastman (1855-1897) who married Edwin Calvin Eastman (1849-1892). Their son, and Sarah's nephew, was Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman (1879-1931).
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by author.
Physical Location
b
Immediate Source of Acquisition
93M-239. Bequest of Theodore Jewett Eastman; received: 1931.
Separated Materials
Widener Library transfer 38546.35B, moved to Houghton rare book cataloging: Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 1626-1696. Lettres choisies de Madame de Sévigné. Accompagnées de notes explicatives sur les faits et les personnages du temps. Précédées d'observations littéraires par M. Sainte-Beuve et du portrait de Mme. de Sévigné par Mme. de Lafayette sous le nom d'un inconnu. Paris: Garnier Frères, [1865?].
Processing Information
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
- Title
- Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Sarah Orne Jewett verse notebook and family autograph album, 1870-1880: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02511
Repository Details
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