Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Nathaniel Parker Willis collection, 1813-1866.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702139125

The Nathaniel Parker Willis collection consists of letters, manuscripts, photographs, and printed ephemera related to Nathaniel Parker Willis. Series I, Owen Franklin Aldis Gift, is organized into three subseries: Correspondence, Writings, and Other Papers. Correspondence includes original letters from Willis to Rufus Wilmont Griswold, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Brantz Mayer, George Pope Morris, William Henry Seward, and others. There is a holograph manuscript of "To a Picture of "Genevieve" by Alexander" and a written agreement with Samuel G. Goodrich regarding editorial work on The Token in 1829. Series II, James H. Penniman Gift, includes original letters to William Henry Seward and Charles West Thomson, as well as a letter from Nathaniel Willis (1780-1870) to Horatio Southgate. Series III, Material from Other Sources, is organized into three subseries: Correspondence, Writings, and Other Papers. Correspondence includes letters to Henry James, Frederick Marryat, Jane Porter, Sir Robert Ker Porter, and others. There is also a letter to Willis from Martin Farquhar Tupper and several third-party letters, including one from Lord Aberdeen to Jane Porter. Of note are the two volumes of correspondence from Willis to Jane Porter. There are original holograph manuscripts for "Hannah and Samuel" and "A Poem Delivered by N. P. Willis". A third volume of material includes letters and manuscript notes chiefly in Jane Porter's hand. In addition, there are two photographs of Willis.

0.63 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8017373

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Related Entities

There are 15 Entities related to this resource.

Morris, George Pope, 1802-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hf8mcc (person)

George Pope Morris (October 10, 1802 – July 6, 1864) was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. With Nathaniel Parker Willis, he co-founded the daily New York Evening Mirror by merging his fledgling weekly New-York Mirror with Willis's American Monthly in August 1831. Morris is credited with the longevity the Evening Mirror would enjoy and for giving it a wide scope, covering not only news and entertainment but reviews of the fine arts, editorials, and many original engravings. Morris al...

Griswold, Rufus Willmot, 1815-1857

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r31s4c (person)

Rufus Wilmot Griswold (February 13, 1815 – August 27, 1857) was an American anthologist, editor, poet, and critic. Born in Vermont, Griswold left home when he was 15 years old. He worked as a journalist, editor, and critic in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere. He built a strong literary reputation, in part due to his 1842 collection The Poets and Poetry of America. This anthology, the most comprehensive of its time, included what he deemed the best examples of American poetry. He produc...

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63w06nq (person)

Sarah Josepha Hale, née Sarah Josepha Buell, (born Oct. 24, 1788, Newport, N.H., U.S.—died April 30, 1879, Philadelphia, Pa.), American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes and thoughts of women of her period. Sarah Josepha Buell married David Hale in 1813, and with him she had five children. Left in financial straits by her husband’s death in 1822, she embarked on a literary career. Her poems were printed over the signature Cornelia in local journal...

Tupper, Martin Farquhar, 1810-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs3782 (person)

Martin Farquhar Tupper was born in London, and a severe stutter ended his academic advancement and hopes for a career as a clergyman or lawyer. He turned to writing poetry, and his third book, Proverbial Philosophy, proved to be a best-seller in England and America. Tupper's output was stupendous, and among his works can be found ebullient verses on almost any early Victorian popular concern. Despite his early popularity among the middle-class Victorians, Tupper's only real value, as the Athenae...

Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jm2n12 (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 38309 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000111 British general and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to the Duke of Wellington, 1841 Oct. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587479 ...

Thomson, Charles West, 1798-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vq5k2n (person)

Poet and Protestant Episcopal clergyman, Philadelphia. From the description of Charles West Thomson papers, 1817-1877. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475913455 American poet, Episcopal priest, born in Philadelphia, rector of a church in York, PA (1849-1866). From the description of Charles West Thomson papers [manuscript], 1821-1823. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648015830 ...

Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xd11bm (person)

American journalist and poet. From the description of Letter : to "My dear fellow," [18--] July 12. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28900949 Willis was a journalist and writer of plays, poems and short stories. From the description of Letter, to Maunsell B. (Maunsell Bradhurst) Field, 1854 March 31. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122493287 Nathaniel Parker Willis was one of the highest paid periodical writers of his day, a poet, ...

Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk0msn (person)

Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793-1860) wrote a popular and widely imitated series of educational works for children under the pen name of Peter Parley. His intent was to provide an alternative to the British biases of 19th-century schoolroom texts and the questionable morals of nursery rhymes. He also created two children's magazines, Merry's Museum and Parley's Magazine, as well as an annual gift book, The Token. Goodrich served in the Massachusetts legislature in 1837 and held the post of U.S. c...

Porter, Robert Ker, Sir, 1777-1842

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65h8dfc (person)

English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Petersburg, to [Richard] Hort, 1822 Oct. 19 [OS], [1822 Oct 31 NS]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851607 Epithet: painter and traveller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0001de Sir Robert Ker Porter was an English painter and traveler. From the guide to the Robert Ker Porter papers, 1805-1849., (Ho...

Porter, Jane, 1776-1850

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67943s5 (person)

Jane Porter (1776-1850) was a best selling British historical novelist and the author of Thaddeus of Warsaw (1804) and The Scottish chiefs (1810). From the description of Papers of Jane Porter, 1760-1850. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122559985 Francis Legatt Chantrey was a popular and successful sculptor who made portrait busts of many of the most distinguished men of his time, including George IV, Sir Walter Scott, Willi...

Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63r167b (person)

Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), British naval captain and author of novels, essays and articles. From the description of Frederick Marryat papers, 1830-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863317 English naval officer and novelist. From the description of Mr. Midshipman Easy : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript unsigned of the novel, lacking the first five chapters, ca. 1835. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 83187870 From the description o...

Southgate, Horatio, 1812-1894

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ht3j66 (person)

Episcopal clergyman, bishop, missionary to Constantinople, author of a "Narrative of a Tour Through Kurdistan, Persia and Mesopotamia." From the description of Autograph of Horatio Southgate, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49516886 Episcopal Missionary Bishop in the Ottoman Empire. From the description of Horatio Southgate papers, 1836-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664246173 Protestant Episcopal bishop; B.A., Bowdoin, 1832; att...

Willis, Nathaniel, 1780-1870

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65x2h6b (person)

James, Henry, 1843-1916

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6765dm0 (person)

James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. From the description of Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612731792 From the guide to the Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James was born in New York, NY, in 1843. During his lifetime, he was a literary and art critic (writing for Natio...

Mayer, Brantz, 1809-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w693129w (person)

Ms. note : (Author Hist. of Mexico). From the description of Letter, 1863, April 23, Baltimore, to "Sir". (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122615237 Lawyer, author, founder and president of the Maryland Historical Society. From the description of Letter : Baltimore, [Md.], to F.J. Dreer, 1859 Nov. 13. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38873485 Lawyer, historian, and author, of Baltimore, Md. From the description of Papers, 1634-1...