Dickinson family photographs, ca. 1840-1940.

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Dickinson family photographs, ca. 1840-1940.

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Images of the poet Emily Dickinson's family and friends, family homes, gravesites, and other Dickinson-associated places (especially Amherst, Mass.) Also includes Gilbert family items and the Newman family. Some images photographed by J.L. Lovell of Amherst Mass. and many items annotated by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. Photographs include the following formats: cabinet photographs, ambrotype, cartes-de-visite, daguerreotypes, group portraits, photograph on milk glass, portraits, proofs, tintypes, and others. Other materials include: clippings, drawings, engravings, engraving plate, lithographs, notes, and postcards. Includes daguerreotypes of the following individuals: John Long Graves; Lavinia Norcross Dickinson; Susan Huntington Dickinson (4 items); Austin Dickinson; and Martha Gilbert Smith.

5 boxes and 1 portfolio box (3 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Dickinson (Family : Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886)

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These objects, most of which are on permanent display in the Dickinson Room at Houghton Library, were included as part of the acquisition of the Dickinson papers in 1950. At the time of the purchase, the artifacts were physically located at The Evergreens, many displayed in "The Emily Room" created by Martha Dickinson Bianchi to memorialize her aunt, the poet Emily Dickinson. Most of these artifacts were originally located at the Homestead prior to its sale by Martha Dickinson Bianchi in 1916. ...

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911

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Higginson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1823. He was a descendant of Francis Higginson, a Puritan minister and immigrant to the colony of Massachusetts Bay. His father, Stephen Higginson (born in Salem, Massachusetts, November 20, 1770; died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 20, 1834), was a merchant and philanthropist in Boston and steward of Harvard University from 1818 until 1834. His grandfather, also named Stephen Higginson, was a member of the Continental Congre...

Dickinson, Susan Huntington, 1830-1913

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Newman family

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Dickinson, Austin, -1895

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Gilbert family

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Smith, Martha Gilbert, 1829-1895

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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...

Bianchi, Martha Dickinson, 1866-1943

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Martha Dickinson Bianchi (1866-1943) was the niece of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), and daughter of William Austin Dickinson (1829-1895) and Susan Huntington Dickinson (1830-1913). As the sole surviving member of the Dickinson family, she edited several collections of Emily Dickinson's work, and wrote two Dickinson biographies. A poet in her own right, Bianchi published several volumes of her own work as well. From the description of Martha Dickinson Bianchi correspondence concerning ...

Lovell, J. L. (John Lyman), 1825-1903

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Graves, John Long, 1831-1915

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Dickinson, Lavinia Norcross, 1833-1899

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