Emily Dickinson papers, 1847-1956.

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Emily Dickinson papers, 1847-1956.

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Three holograph poems, "The grass so little has to do" (early 1860s; published in Poems, 1890), "I worked for chaff and earning wheat" (early 1870s; published in Poems, 1896), "So give me back to death" (ca. 1884; published in Bolts of Melody, 1945); ALS (31 May 1956) from Millicent Todd Bingham to Gertrude Clarke Whittall concerning the three poems; signed holograph poem and typewritten transcription, "Away from home are some and I" (ca. 1864; published in Letters of Emily Dickinson, 1894); and facsimile and published typewritten transcription of letter (6 Nov. 1847) from Dickinson to Abiah P. Root.

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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...

Root, Abiah P.

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Whittall, Gertrude Clarke, 1867-1965

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Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968

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Millicent Todd Bingham, geographer, author, and editor of Emily Dickinson's poems and letters, was born February 5, 1880, in Washington, D.C. Her father, David Peck Todd, was a professor of astronomy at Amherst College from 1881 to 1917. Her mother, Mabel (Loomis) Todd, was a noted lecturer and author who, with Thomas Wentworth Higginson, first edited the poems and letters of her Amherst neighbor, Emily Dickinson. (Note: for biographical information about David Peck Todd and Mabel L...