Sidney Lanier papers, 1875-1886.

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Sidney Lanier papers, 1875-1886.

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This collection is primarily composed of the letters of Sidney Lanier to Clare deGraffenreid, but also includes letters to and from Sidney's wife Mary Day Lanier, poems of Sidney Lanier, newspaper clippings and an invitation to a memorial service for Sidney Lanier.

0.5 linear foot (100 items in 2 boxes)

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7451607

Tulane University, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library

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deGraffenreid, Clare.

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Lanier, Mary Day, 18..-19..?

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Mary Day Lanier (ca. 1844-1931) was a native of Macon, Georgia. She and Sidney Lanier, the poet and musician, were married there in December 1867. Long after his death she edited The Poems of Sidney Lanier (N.Y.: Scribner, 1903). From the description of Mary Day Lanier papers, 1889-1904. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86108095 Mary Day Lanier was a poet and the wife of Sidney Lanier, a 19th century Georgia author. They were both born in Macon, Georgia and ...

Lanier, Sidney, 1842-1881

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Sidney Lanier was a noted Southern poet and composer, born in Macon, Georgia, on Feb. 3, 1842. He graduated from Oglethorpe University and voluntarily fought for the Confederacy as a member of the 2nd Battalion Infantry (Georgia), and the Signal Corps. It is likely that Lanier contracted tuberculosis during his stay at at Union prison camp, and the complications from that disease would affect Lanier his entire life. After the war, Lanier worked as a tutor and headmaster at an academy in Alabama ...