Correspondence concerning Emily Dickinson's papers, 1943-1964.

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Correspondence concerning Emily Dickinson's papers, 1943-1964.

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The collection concerns the permanent placement of the Emily Dickinson manuscripts and the publication of various editions of her works, including a one-volume edition of the complete works published by Little, Brown. The main correspondents are Hampson; his wife, Mary; Gilbert Montague, a NY lawyer and collateral relative of Dickinson who provided the funds that enabled Harvard to buy the collection from Hampson; William McCarthy, curator at the Rosenbach Foundation in Philadelphia, who was instrumental in arranging the sale; and Arthur Thornhill of Little, Brown. Also contains a few clippings.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6805005

Houghton Library

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Hampson, Mary Landis,

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Hampson, Alfred Leete.

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Alfred Hampson was a Portland, Or. attorney active in lobbying for the Oregon Minimum Deposit Act (Bottle Bill), which went into effect in October 1972. From the description of Alfred Hampson photographic collection [graphic], circa 1929-1940. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 774558399 Hampson was the sole heir to Martha Dickinson Bianchi's Dickinson manuscripts and rights of publication. From the description of Correspondence con...

Montague, Gilbert Holland, 1880-1961

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Gilbert Holland Montague (1880-1961) was an American lawyer and autograph collector. Montague earned his Harvard AB in 1901, his Harvard AM in 1902, and his Harvard LLB in 1904. Gilbert Holland Montague was born in 1880 in Springfield, Massachusetts. After receiving degrees from Harvard in economics and law Montague became a foremost practitioner of antitrust law. Montague authored many journal articles on business law and two books: Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company (1903) and...

McCarthy, William Henry (Actor)

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Thornhill, Arthur H.,

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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with h...