Ralph Waldo Emerson edition papers, 1946-1968.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson edition papers, 1946-1968.

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Collection contains a variety of materials spanning the years from 1946 to 1968, concerning the inventory, editorial work, and eventual publication of the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Includes: inventories of manuscripts of Emerson and the Emerson family; manuscript notes; typescripts and manuscript drafts of text; contracts; copies of essays by others on Emerson; a manual for the editing of the Emerson journals and notebooks; and correspondence concerning the manuscripts and the editing project to and from Stephen Emerson Whicher and Robert Ernest Spiller, and others. Other names associated with this project, with papers included in this collection, are: the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association, Roger Eliot Stoddard, Merton M. Sealts, William Henry Gilman, and Harrison Hayford.

8 boxes (3.5 linear feet)

Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Association

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The Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association (RWEMA), formed in 1930 by family members and others associated with Emerson’s library and work, owns the Emerson House and the Emerson family papers, and is responsible for maintaining the house and for promoting interest in Emerson’s literary works. The RWEMA is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation....

Stoddard, Roger E. (Roger Eliot), 1935-

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Born December 2, 1935, in Boston, MA; son of Merton E. (a church organist and choir director) and Helen (a homemaker; maiden name, Bonney) Stoddard; married Helen Heckel, May 24, 1958; children: Alison Stoddard Reid, Christopher Paine. Education: Brown University, A.B., 1958. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant to the librarian at Houghton Library, 1958-61; Brown University, Providence, RI, assistant curator of Harris Collection, 1961-63, curator, 1963-65; Harvard University, Cambrid...

Emerson (Family : Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist and poet. The Emerson family was prominent in the literary and social life of New England during the 19th century. From the description of Emerson family papers, 1699-1939. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612701545 Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American poet and essayist. From the guide to the Emerson family additional correspondence, 1811-1859., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Librar...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Whicher, Stephen E. (Stephen Emerson), 1915-1961

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Gilman, William H. (William Henry), 1911-1976

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Spiller, Robert Ernest, 1896-1988

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Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania; recipient of packages of letters from Burt. From the description of Correspondence from Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1947. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862428 Dr. Robert E. Spiller was a professor in the English Department at Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1923-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat ...

Hayford, Harrison.

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Harrison Mosher Hayford was born November 1, 1916 in Belfast, Maine, the son of Ralph Hayford and Marjorie Chase Hayford. A scholar of American literature, Hayford held academic positions at a smattering of universities before joining the faculty of Northwestern University in 1942, where he remained until his retirement in 1986. Hayward's research focused on Herman Melville, as well as his contemporaries (Hawthorne, Emerson and Poe). Hayford's father was a dairy farmer a...

Sealts, Merton M

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