Sidney Lanier Collection 1878-1940

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Sidney Lanier Collection 1878-1940

http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/l/lanier_s.htm

Contains published material and a small amount of miscellany about the American poet and musician. The collection does not contain anything by Lanier himself.

0.5 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 6362069

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