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Box 3

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Contains 66 Results:

Commonplace books, 1855-1877

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1855-1877

Extracts, poems and quotations from Richter, Schilling, Holtz, and others; Herbarium

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1
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Some entries in German; pencil sketches of landscapes, costumes and people.

Dates: 1855-1877

Excerpted quotations, in Larcom’s hand

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 2
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Poetry and prose by contemporary authors: Brooks, Carey, Emerson, Greenwell, Morris, Stanley, Ware, Whittier. 8 fragments, n.d. A longer fragment on “Religion,” “True Religion,” and “Peace,” “From Channing, Wm E.,”

Dates: 1855-1877

“Poems Remembered”

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 3
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List of poets and titles. With note regarding Annals of a Quiet Neighborhood [by George MacDonald (1824-1905), NY: Harper & brothers, 1867; fiction]

Dates: 1855-1877

Articles

 Series — Box: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1859-1970s

Contemporary with Lucy Larcom, 1880-1892

 Sub-Series — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1880-1892

Written Works

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1859-1970s

“Prayer At Sunset.” A Poem, “Cascade Lake. Adirondacks, Sept.”, 1887

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1887

“The Christ-Standard.” A Poem, n.d. Published as “’Be Ye Therefore Perfect,’” in At the Beautiful Gate, Boston: Houghton and Mifflin, 1892

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1892

“Good Books.”

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Written for the opening of the Norton Public Library, 2 pp., APoemS, 1 Feb. 1888. Eliza Baylies Wheaton’s note re. purpose on back. See also printed version. Ms. copy in a modern hand, 4 leaves, n.d.

Dates: 1855-1892

“Just Eighteen,” A Poem, 1 Jan , 1859

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1859

“Laugh Away Sarah,” A Poem, Nov., 1855

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 14
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Written for Sarah B. Allen W1855-57, with correspondence re. gift of poem by Prof. William Guild Howard of Harvard, son of S.B. Allen, 18 Dec. 1940

Dates: 1855

“Lowell at Sunset,” A Poem, Lowell, Oct., 1885

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 15
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With note, “Written for Our Home, 1885.”

Dates: 1885

“Mount Moriah from Bethel,” Draft and A Poem, Sept., 1882

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 16
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Published in Larcom’s Poetical Works, 1885.

Dates: 1882

“Nearer to Christ.” Draft of final stanza, “Nearer to Thee, O Christ…,” ADraft fragment, n.d.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Published in At the Beautiful Gate and other songs of Faith, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1892.

Dates: 1855-1892

“No matter what the almanac may say,” A Draft.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1855-1892

“The Old Scholars”, 1885

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

2 Draft copies. Mss. “given to the Seminary by the author.” on envelope in unknown hand.

Dates: 1885

“Pentecost,” A Draft.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1855-1892

“A Prairie Nest.” a draft, first 8 stanzas only.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Published in Larcom’s Poetical Works, 1885.

Dates: 1855-1892

“Shall the ‘scholar’ toil for learning,” A Poem, July , 1855

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Written for Julliette F. Sumner, Class of 1855.

Dates: 1855

“Surely, my friend, you could not mean to say…,” a draft, 1 leaf

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1855-1892

“Sweetness too deep for earth to show…,” a draft fragment.

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1855-1892

“Up the Androscoggin.”

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1855-1892

“Whittier, O Wondrous One,” a draft fragment, 2 leaves (1 blank),

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Lucy Larcom Papers include 2 diaries, Nov. 1859-Aug. 1862, originally begun as an "extended letter" to Esther Humiston. Humiston was a life long confidante until her death in 1861. Many of the entries were marked for inclusion in Daniel Dulany Addison's biography "Lucy Larcom: Life, Letters and Diary" (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1894.) Within the collection are Larcom's commonplace books from 1859-1867 in which she collected clippings and manuscript excerpts of...
Dates: 1855-1892