Papers, 1872-1895.

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Papers, 1872-1895.

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Contains 39 compositions by Field and letters to various correspondents, mostly to his wife Julia (Comstock) Field.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8272468

Houghton Library

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Field, Julia Comstock,

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Field, Eugene, 1850-1895

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Eugene Field, an American writer, was born in 1850 to Rosewell Field and Frances Reed. After his mother's death in 1856, he and his brother were sent to live with a cousin in Amherst, Massachusetts. He studied at Williams College from 1868-69. He then studied for a short time at Knox College in Illinois and at the University of Missouri. He married Julia Sutherland Comstock on October 16, 1873. He wrote weekly newspaper columns and also published volumes of poetry and prose. Field died on Novemb...