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Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891.

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Frederick Briggs letters : to James Russell Lowell

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 4625
Scope and content

Letters on literary, political, cultural, personal, and family matters. Includes substantial discussion especially of the publication of Lowell's poems in Briggs's journal, but also of the slavery question and other political issues of the day. Also discussed are recently published poems and novels, recent paintings, the activities of portrait painter William Page (a friend of Briggs and Lowell), and the character of Edgar Allan Poe, who contributed to the Broadway Journal.

Dates: 1843-1860.

Hiram Corson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-12-449
Abstract The contents of thirty former scrapbooks containing letters, clippings, photographs, and printed materials relating to Corson's travels, life, and career; correspondence exchanged between Corson and colleagues on Shakespeare, Chaucer, Tennyson, Browning, and other figures of English literature; reviews of books and articles by Corson and other scholars; announcements, programs, letters, notes, and reviews pertaining to Corson's activities as public lecturer and reader; letters from friends...
Dates: 1842-1956.

Jacques Reich engravings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4005
Scope and content

Engraved portraits by Jacques Reich include Andrew Dickson White (6 copies); John Paul Jones, James Madison, Wiliam Makepeace Thackeray, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, Charles Evans Hughes, and one identified portrait.

Dates: 1890-1911.

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Abolitionists -- United States. 1
American periodicals. 1
Art, American -- History. 1
Authors and publishers -- United States. 1
Authors. 1