Houghton, Arthur Amory, 1906-1990

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Severn was an English artist and friend of the poet John Keats.

From the description of Arthur Amory Houghton collection of manuscripts concerning Joseph Severn, 1845-1881. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612728506

From the guide to the Arthur Amory Houghton collection of manuscripts concerning Joseph Severn, 1845-1881., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Epithet: American bibliophile

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000254

Art administrator; New York, N.Y.

Associated with the Cooper Union Art Museum.

From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur Amory Houghton, 1963 July 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007151

Art administrator; New York, N.Y.

Associated with the Cooper Union Art Museum.

From the description of Arthur Amory Houghton interview, 1963 July 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220199031

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referencedIn Edwin Arlington Robinson collection, 1896-1984. Houghton Library
creatorOf Arthur Amory Houghton collection of manuscripts concerning Joseph Severn, 1845-1881. Houghton Library
creatorOf Hamilton, Edward Walter. "'A lesson from nature' / To / 'Alice in Wonderland' / words by R. Herrick / set to music by / EWHamilton." Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Typed letter signed : Old Park, Penn [near High Wycombe], Buckinghamshire, 1940 May 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Oxford, to G. Sheppard, 1892 Jan. 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
creatorOf Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788-1845. The jackdaw of Rheims : autograph manuscript, undated [ca. 1836-1837]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Lewis Carroll and Enid Stevens: album of manuscripts and letters, various dates. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf White, William Augustus, 1843-1927,. Letterbook, ca. 1582-ca. 1615 [manuscript], ca. 1615. Folger Shakespeare Library
creatorOf Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678. The third advice to a painter. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Eastbourne, to G. Sheppard, 1891 Aug. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Autograph letter signed : Old Park, Penn [near High Wycombe], Buckinghamshire, to Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946 Oct. 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Letters Kipling to Conland, 1894-1903. Library of Congress
creatorOf EDMUND SPENSER: 'Mother Hubberds tale'; circa 5 June 1607. Copy. This text of Spenser's satirical allegory, published as 'Prosopopoeia: or, Mother Hubberd's Tale' in Complaints (1591), comprises 1362 verses rather than the 1388 of the printed version... British Library
creatorOf Eccles, Mary Hyde. Mary Hyde Eccles papers concerning the Charlotte Lennox correspondence, 1964-1966. Houghton Library
creatorOf Moore, George, 1852-1933. Memoirs of my dead life : [London] : proof sheets with autograph corrections, [1906]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Katie, 1882 June 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : to Ethel [Arnold], "Tuesday" [undated]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Eastbourne, to G. Sheppard, 1891 Sept. 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to an unidentified recipient ("Sir"), 1883 July 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : "G.W. Railway," to his nephew Bertram Collingwood, 1893 June 17. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900. Autograph letters signed (3) : London and [n.p.], to Charles Dodgson, 1877 Mar. 30, May 17, and May 23. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. Three double acrostics and a charade : autograph manuscript of four poems, signed, undated. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Christ Church, Oxford, to Mrs. Boyes, 1885 May 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Oxford, to G. Sheppard, 1891 Nov. 22. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Nil prodest quod non laedere posit idem : autograph manuscript of an undergraduate essay, signed : [Christ Church, Oxford], [1852]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Hamilton, Edward Walter. "'Song of the Hesperus' / Trio for three Soprano Voices. / Words by Ben Jonson. / Set to music, and dedicated to / the Miss Liddells / by / Edward Walter Hamilton." Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn The Moldenhauer Archives at Harvard University: Correspondence, literary manuscripts, sound recordings, and other material, 1873-2001. Houghton Library
referencedIn Letters of sympathy on the death of Edgar H. Wells, 1938. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Eastbourne, to Ethel [Arnold?], 1891 Aug. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Bertram [Collingwood], his nephew, 1897 Nov. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. On the death of a favourite cat drown'd in a china-tub of gold-fishes : autograph fair copy of the poem, [ca. 1757]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Moore, George, 1852-1933. Memoirs of my dead life : [n.p.] : proof sheets with additional material for Spring in London, [1906]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Eastbourne, to G. Sheppard, 1891 Aug. 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : the Chestnuts, Guildford, to Henry Rivers, 1873 Dec. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Hollis, Thomas, 1720-1774. Diary : manuscript, 1759 Apr. 14 - 1770 July 3. Houghton Library
creatorOf Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. A riddle for Enid : autograph manuscript, undated. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683. Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Miss Faukenbrig, 1637 Oct 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Mrs. Boyes, 1881 May 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Mrs. Argles, 1870 Dec. 19. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Oxford, to G. Sheppard, 1892 Apr. 21. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Songs of childhood : autograph manuscripts of 46 poems : [London], before 1902. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn John Keats miscellaneous papers and portraits, 1816-1934. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Chestnuts, Guildford, to Mary Brown, 1872 Jan. 1. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Houghton, Arthur Amory, 1906-1990,. Arthur Amory Houghton collection of manuscripts concerning Joseph Severn, 1845-1881. Houghton Library
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
creatorOf Houghton, Arthur A. Houghton, Arthur A.: Art World Personality Files. Whitney Museum of American Art, Library
referencedIn Edwin Arlington Robinson collection, 1896-1984. Houghton Library
creatorOf HENRY KING: miscellany comprising sixty-two poems by King; circa 1638. Copies. This manuscript, one of six authorized manuscript collections of his poems produced within his immediate circle, was not known to Margaret Crum in editing The Poems of Hen..., approximately 1638 British Library
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Oxford, to G. Sheppard, 1891 Nov. 10. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Young, Roland, 1887-1953. Roland Young drawings, 1922 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Weckerlin, J.-B. (Jean Baptiste), 1821-1910. "Mignonette / Wekerlin." Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : to H. Savile-Clarke, 1888 July 20. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dennis, John, 1657-1734. Autograph letter : [n.p.], to "the Reverend Dr. --", [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Oxford, to G. Sheppard, 1892 Feb. 25. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Eastbourne, to G. Sheppard, 1891 Aug. 9. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Harvard University. Autograph File, G. 1641-2009. Houghton Library
creatorOf Eccles, Mary Hyde. Papers, 1853-2005 (inclusive), 1939-2003 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Ethel, 1882 Oct. 22. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Flora Virginia Milner correspondence concerning the catalog of the Harcourt Amory Lewis Carroll collection, 1931-1932. Houghton Library
creatorOf Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell, 1852-1934. Autograph letter signed : Penmorfa, Llandudno, to her father [Henry George Liddell], 1863 Feb. 5. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Holman, Louis A. (Louis Arthur), 1866-1939. Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963. Houghton Library
creatorOf Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912. Keats's letters : manuscript, 1895. Houghton Library
creatorOf Rosenbach Company. Correspondence, 1903-1953 Rosenbach Museum & Library
creatorOf Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. "Cautionary Tale. John Vavassour, who lost a fortune by throwing stones" : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Adelman, Seymour, 1906-. Letters : from various correspondents, 1940-1962. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
creatorOf Hacke, William. A journal kept by Capt. Bartholomew Sharpe of his passage over land at the isthmos of Darien to the South Sea of America ... as allso an accurat description of the Straghts of Magellan by Capt. John Wood ; likewise a journal kept by Capt. William Cowley from the Island of Gorgona in the foresaid South Sea of America by the East indiaes to Holland in Europe ; and allso an abstract of the said Cowley's journal from Cape Charles in Virginia and to the said island of Gorgona ... : [London] : manuscript, [ca. 1695] / faithfully collected and the drafts delineated from the originals by William Hacke. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Moore, George, 1852-1933. Memoirs of my dead life : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript, [1906]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Miniature autograph letter signed : Ch. Ch. Oxford, to Enid Stevens, 1891 Mar. 15. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Hamilton, Edward Walter. "Trio for three / soprano voices / 'Friend of my soul' / To the Miss Liddells / words by T. Moore / music by E.W. Hamilton." Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. The golden drugget : autograph manuscript of the essay, ca. 1918. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Clement Scott, 1893 Dec. 4. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Mrs. Stevens, 1893 June 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Eastbourne, to G. Sheppard, 1891 July 28. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Formosa facies muta commendation est : autograph manuscript of an undergraduate essay, signed : [Christ Church, Oxford], [1851]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914. Autograph letter signed : 10 Portsdown Roah, to [Charles] Dodgson, [no year] July 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Guildford, to Dolly Argles, 1869 May 18. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Cipher alphabets : autograph manuscript, undated. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Chalmers, George, 1742-1825. [Last will and testament of Alexander Selkirk and supplementary material] University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Contempta fame contemni virtutes : autograph manuscript of an undergraduate essay : [Christ Church, Oxford], [ca. 1851-1852]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Cowper, William, 1731-1800. The Nightingale and the Glow Worm : [Olney] : autograph manuscript of the poem unsigned, [ca. Feb. 1780]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers concerning the Charlotte Lennox correspondence, 1964-1966. Houghton Library
creatorOf Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674. Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, St. Johns [College], to his uncle, Sir William Herrick, ca. 1615/16. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. Houghton Library
creatorOf Clarke, H. Savile (Henry Savile), 1841-1893. To Lewis Carroll : autograph manuscript signed : Prince of Wales Theatre, Christmas 1886 [1886 Dec. 25]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, E-K. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Eastbourne, to G. Sheppard, 1891 July 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Harry Levin papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737. Commonplace books : manuscript, 17-- Houghton Library
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Christ Church [Oxford], to [Isabel Standen], 1885 June 11. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925. Autograph letter signed : London, to Stokes or Stoker, "Friday" [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter in the third person : Oxford, to G. Sheppard, 1892 Apr. 14. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963. Houghton Library
creatorOf Collingwood, Bertram. Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient ("Sir"), 1932 May 7. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678. The second advice to a painter for drawing the history of our navall business : in imitation of Mr. Waller / being the last worke of Sr. John Denham ; The third advice to a painter ; New instructions, or, The fourth advice to a painter ; Additionall instructions, or, The fifth advice to the painter ; Clarendon house warming. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. Autograph letter signed : Oxford, to Mr. Milman, 1871 Nov. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
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creatorOf Oral history interview with Arthur Amory Houghton Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Adelman, Seymour, 1906- person
correspondedWith Anderson, Wallace Ludwig, 1917- person
associatedWith Arthur A. Houghton person
associatedWith Backlin-Landman, Hedy person
associatedWith Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. person
associatedWith Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. person
associatedWith Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 person
associatedWith Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. person
associatedWith Clarke, H. Savile (Henry Savile), 1841-1893. person
associatedWith Collingwood, Bertram. person
associatedWith Cowper, William, 1731-1800. person
associatedWith De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. person
associatedWith Dennis, John, 1657-1734. person
associatedWith Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge, 1832-1898. person
associatedWith Eccles, Mary Hyde. person
associatedWith Eccles, Mary Hyde. person
associatedWith Furniss, Harry, 1854-1925. person
associatedWith Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771. person
associatedWith Hacke, William. person
associatedWith Hamill & Barker corporateBody
associatedWith Hamilton, Edward Walter. person
associatedWith Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell, 1852-1934. person
associatedWith Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674. person
associatedWith Hollis, Thomas, 1720-1774. person
associatedWith Holman, Louis A. (Louis Arthur), 1866-1939. person
associatedWith Houghton Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, Baron, 1809-1885 person
associatedWith Ingoldsby, Thomas, 1788-1845. person
associatedWith J. Croll? person
associatedWith John Keats person
associatedWith Joseph Severn person
associatedWith Keats, John, 1795-1821. person
associatedWith Killigrew, Thomas, 1612-1683. person
associatedWith Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. person
associatedWith Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912. person
associatedWith Levin, Harry, 1912-1994 person
correspondedWith Livingston, Flora Virginia Milner, 1862- person
associatedWith Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678. person
correspondedWith Moldenhauer, Hans, collector. person
associatedWith Moore, George, 1852-1933. person
associatedWith Richard Woodhouse. person
associatedWith Robert Spence person
associatedWith Rosenbach Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737. person
associatedWith Severn, Joseph, 1793-1879. person
associatedWith Severn, Walter, 1830-1904 person
associatedWith Sullivan, Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900. person
associatedWith Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914. person
associatedWith Weckerlin, J.-B. (Jean Baptiste), 1821-1910. person
associatedWith Whitney Museum of American Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Wunder, Richard P. person
associatedWith Young, Roland, 1887-1953. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
New York (State)--New York
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Art, American
Arts administrators
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Birth 1906-12-12

Death 1990-04-03

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