Correspondence relating to John Keats, 1889-1931 (inclusive), 1889-1894 (bulk).

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Correspondence relating to John Keats, 1889-1931 (inclusive), 1889-1894 (bulk).

Chiefly letters to Day relating to his research on Keats's life (1872-1894), and letters and records of the fund raising campaign for the Keats memorial. Includes letters from Louise Imogen Guiney, who worked on the campaign with Day. Also includes 40 typescript letters to and from Amy Lowell (1921-1925) and letters from Louis Arthur Holman. Includes letters from subscribers to the Keats memorial in Hampstead Church, 1890-1896,

3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7795384

Houghton Library

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Guiney, Louise Imogen, 1861-1920

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Louise Imogen Guiney was born on January 7, 1861 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to Patrick R. Guinea, an Irish-born American Civil War officer and lawyer, and Jeanette Margaret Doyle. She was educated at the Notre Dame convent school in Boston, Massachusetts and Elmhurst Academy of the Sacred Heart in Providence, Rhode Island. Her father died in 1877, a result of the significant injuries he had sustained in the war. Guiney graduated two years later, and would spend the next 20 years living in Boston ...

Keats, John, 1795-1821

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John Keats was an English poet and literary critic. John Keats, English poet, was born in London, England, on 29 or 31 Oct. 1795. He died of tuberculosis in Italy on 23 Feb. 1821. In 1810, Keats was articled to a surgeon, T. Hammond, in Edmonton for five years. The contract was broken in 1814 or 1815. He then continued his study of surgery in London, entering Guy's Hospital on 2 Oct. 1815. In 1816, Keats became a dresser at Guy's and on 25 July 1816 passed his licentiate at Apothecaries' H...

Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925

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Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her brother, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, was president of Harvard University. At age 36, Lowell had her first poem published in the Atlantic Monthly. In 1912, her first book of poems, A dome of many colored glasses was published. She became associated with the Imagists poets when Ezra Pound, whom she had met on a trip to England, included one of her poems in his anthology, Des imagistes. Lowell wrote critical articles for periodicals in add...

Holman, Louis A. (Louis Arthur), 1866-1939

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Holman was an illustrator, art editor, and print dealer in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an authority on the English poet, John Keats. From the description of Louis Arthur Holman collection of Keats iconography and related papers, 1752-1963. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612868415 Illustrator, art editor, and print dealer; Boston, Mass. Holman was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada, and began work in the bookselling and publishing busin...

Day, F. Holland (Fred Holland), 1864-1933

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Fred Holland Day was an American publisher, "art" photographer, and leader of the aesthetic movement in fin-de-siècle Boston. Day was an enthusiastic collector of John Keats and he led the campaign which resulted in the first memorial to Keats being placed in Hampstead Church in 1894. From the description of Correspondence relating to John Keats, 1889-1931 (inclusive), 1889-1894 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612371994 Fred Holland Day was an American pub...