Guide to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection, 1821-1995, undated
Use of original materials is restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882; Bowdoin 1825) was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine. Educated chiefly in private schools, he was already a published poet when he entered Bowdoin College as a sophomore in 1822. He graduated in 1825 and soon after was offered the professorship of modern languages at his alma mater. In 1826 he went to Europe to master the necessary languages, and in 1829 he returned and assumed the professorship and the librarianship of the College. In 1835, Longfellow became Harvard's Professor of French and Spanish. Although he had been publishing steadily throughout his teaching career, he resigned from Harvard in 1854 to concentrate on his writing. Longfellow is best remembered for such poems as "The Song of Hiawatha," "Paul Revere's Ride" and "The Courtship of Miles Standish," yet his work was diverse. He wrote "Morituri Salutamus" in 1875 for his fiftieth reunion at Bowdoin. He translated Dante's Divine Comedy and Lhomond's Elements of French Grammar into English; edited Poems of Places and The Poets and Poetry of Europe; and wrote prose works such as Kavanagh and Hyperion. His works have been widely translated and are still in print throughout the world. In 1835, his life took a tragic turn with the sudden death of his wife, the former Miss Mary Storer Potter of Portland. In 1843, he was remarried to Miss Frances Appleton of Boston. Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.
The collection consists of correspondence, literary manuscripts and fair copies, images of Henry Longfellow and his extended family, clippings and other ephemera. It includes correspondence with Gorham D. Abbott, Thomas B. Aldrich, William D. Howells, Samuel Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Walt Whitman. Major correspondents (9 or more letters) are Edward Abbott, Jacob C. Chamberlain, and George T. Little. The manuscript material is supplemented by collections of Longfellow's published works and of musical settings for his poems, and by the manuscript and galleys of George T. Little's "Longfellow's Boyhood Poems."
Organized into 8 series: Correspondence, 1821-1959, n.d.; Writings, 1823-1925, n.d.; Craigie House material, 1916-1982, n.d.; Journals of Harriet Coffin Sumner Appleton, 1851-1867; Images, 1825-1882, n.d.; George T. Little's "Longfellow's Boyhood Poems," 1906-1935, n.d.; Ephemera and memorabilia, 1807-1995, n.d.; Clippings, 1870-1995, n.d.
Arranged chronologically.
Contains two subseries: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letters and Other correspondence. Consists mostly of letters by Longfellow to family, friends, and other writers. It covers all periods of the poet's life, but is most extensive after he retired from Harvard in 1854 to concentrate on his writing. There are also a great many letters after Longfellow's death from researchers and authors, most notably Jacob C. Chamberlain, the editor of the Longfellow bibliography of first editions. Organized chronologically, with a chronological list of correspondents at the beginning of Box 1.
Use of original correspondence in sub-series M112.1.1 is restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Photocopies of restricted originals are provided for patron use.
Arranged chronologically.
Original letters restricted. Photocopies provided for patron use.
Henry W. Longfellow to Gorham D. Abbot, Portland. [1821] May 26 [3p.]
HWL to Elizabeth Longfellow, Brunswick. 1823 Oct 12 [2p.] [in slipcase in vault]
HWL to Stephen Longfellow, Brunswick. 1823 Dec 29 [3p.]
HWL to Patrick Greenleaf, Paris. 1826 Oct 23 [4p.]
HWL to Rev. William Allen, Portland. 1829 Aug 27 [1p.]
HWL to Ebenezer Everett, Brunswick. 1829 Sep 2 [1p.]
HWL to James G. Stewart, Brunswick. 1833 Aug 10 [1p.]
HWL to [?], [Brunswick]. 1833 Aug 17 [1p.]
HWL to [George Barrel], Brunswick. 1834 Aug 1 [2p.]
HWL to Charles S. Daveis, [Brunswick]. 1834 Aug 25 [1p.]
HWL to President and Trustees of Bowdoin College, Brunswick. 1835 Mar 2 [2p.]
HWL to "Mon cher ami" [Jean Zephirin Nault, Quebec]. 1835 Mar 10 [3p.]
HWL to Parker Cleaveland, Boston. 1835 Mar 31 [2p.]
HWL to Prof. Goodwin, Heidelberg. 1836 Apr 17 [4p.]
HWL to [Prof. Goodwin?], Cambridge. 1842 Apr 14 [1p.]
HWL to Joseph R. Paxton, [n.p.]. 1845 Feb 12 [note on last page of "Excelsior"] [1p.] [in slipcase in vault]
HWL to Ashbel Green, Cambridge. 1847 May 15 [3p.]
HWL to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Cambridge. 1847 Nov 29 [4p.]
HWL to Y.C. Smith, Cambridge. 1848 Jul 6 [with cover] [3p.]
HWL to "My dear Sir" [Alpheus Spring Packard], Cambridge. 1850 Oct 1 [4p.]
HWL to "My Dear Sir" [James Mathewes Legare]. 1851 Jun 17 [4 p.]
HWL to [Alpheus Spring Packard], Cambridge. 1851 Dec 13 [4p.]
HWL to "Eliza", Cambridge. 1853 May 8 [2p.]
HWL to "Dear Sir" [Nehemiah Cleaveland], Cambridge. 1854 May 4 [4p.]
HWL to [S. Herbert Lancey], Nahant. 1854 Aug 25 [4p.]
HWL to Alexander O'Driscoll Taylor, Cambridge. 1855 Jan 30 [4p.]
HWL to Gorham D. Abbot, Cambridge. 1855 Dec 25 [4p.]
HWL to Gorham D. Abbot, Cambridge. 1855 Dec 27 [with cover] [1p.]
HWL to "Dear Sir" [?], Cambridge. 1856 Jun 14 [2p.]
HWL to Miss Emily Back, Cambridge. 1856 Jul 12 [2p.]
HWL to "My Dear Sir," ALS; Nahant, Mass., 1856 Sep 3 [1p.]
HWL to [Samuel C. Hall], [n.p.]. 1857 Mar [9] [3p.]
HWL to [Emery Washburn], Cambridge. 1860 Feb 9 [3p.]
HWL to Mrs. L.B. Adams, Cambridge. 1862 Apr 13 [4p.]
HWL to [James T.] Fields, Nahant. 1862 Sep 10 [3p.]
HWL to Mrs. Howard, Cambridge. 1864 Feb 6 [4p.]
HWL to [N.H. Chamberlain], Cambridge. 1864 Dec 28 [4p.]
HWL to "My Dear Fessenden", Cambridge. 1865 Jan 20 [4p.]
HWL to Howe, [n.p.]. 1865 Oct 10 [3p.]
HWL to Henry W. Torrey, Cambridge. 1866 May 30 [2p.]
Alfred Lord Tennyson to HWL, Freshwater, I.W. 1866 Nov 27 [3p.] [in slipcase in vault]
HWL to [John Dayman], Cambridge. 1867 May 31 [4p.]
HWL to [C.S. Francis], Cambridge. 1867 Jun 4 [3 p.]
HWL to [C.S. Francis], Nahant. 1867 Jul 20 [2p.]
HWL to Schlesinger, Cambridge. 1868 Mar 16 [2p.]
HWL to Hermann Adami, Naples. 1869 Mar 11 [3p.]
HWL to Mr. Chandler, Edinburgh. 1869 Aug 8 [3p.]
HWL to Peleg Chandler, Cambridge. 1869 Oct 28 [2p.]
HWL to Mr. Chandler, Cambridge. 1869 Nov 2 [2p.]
HWL to A.S. Packard, Cambridge. 1869 Nov 8 [4p.]
HWL to [William D. Northend], Cambridge. 1873 Apr 6 [2p.]
HWL to [William D. Northend], Cambridge. 1873 Dec 16 [3p.]
HWL to Edward Abbott, Cambridge. 1874 Oct 25 [with cover] [2p.]
HWL to [Edward Abbott], Cambridge. 1875 Jul 21 [3p.]
HWL to [William S. Martin], [Cambridge]. 1875 Jul 23 [4p.]
HWL to David Shepley, Cambridge. 1875 Aug 9 [2p.]
HWL to [William D. Northend], Cambridge. 1875 Nov 17 [4p.]
HWL to J. Pederson, Cambridge. 1876 Jun 2 [3p.]
HWL to [John E. Chapman], Cambridge. 1876 Jun 28 [enclosing the poem "Parker Cleaveland"] [4p.]
HWL to [Tascus Atwood], Cambridge. 1876 Oct 28 [1p.]
HWL to "My Dear Sir" [Samuel Greene Wheeler Benjamin], Cambridge. 1876 Dec 25 [2p.]
HWL to "Dear Mr. Patterson", Cambridge. 1877 Feb 15 [3p.]
HWL to [Edward Abbott], Cambridge. 1877 Mar 23 [2p.]
HWL to John Doran, Cambridge. 1877 Aug 15 [with original inquiry] [5p.]
HWL to Mrs. Caroline Carson, Cambridge. 1877 Aug 30 [with cover] [4p.]
HWL to [Edward Abbott], Cambridge. 1877 Oct 21 [2p.]
HWL to Edward Abbott, Cambridge. 1877 Oct 28 [with cover] [2p.]
HWL to [Edward Abbott], Cambridge. 1877 Nov 18 [2p.]
HWL to Dear Sir, Cambridge, 1878 (glass lantern slide)
HWL to George Washington Greene, Cambridge. 1878 Apr 29 [4p.]
HWL to Mr. Osgood, Cambridge. 1878 Sep 10 [1p.] [framed, hung on wall in director's office]
HWL to [?], Cambridge. 1879 Jan 23 [1p.]
HWL to McLellan, Cambridge. 1879 Feb 4 [3p.]
HWL to Henry Johnson, Cambridge. 1879 Feb 14 [2p.]
HWL to Mary L. Cecil, Cambridge. 1879 Feb 23 [4p.]
HWL to Miss R.W. Peabody, Cambridge. 1879 May 22 [2p.]
HWL to A.S. Packard, Cambridge. 1879 Jul 13 [3p.]
HWL to [Waterman T. Hewett], Cambridge. 1879 Sep 30 [2p.]
HWL to [F.O.C.] Darley, Cambridge. 1879 Dec 8 [3p.]
HWL to Jacob Abbott, Cambridge. 1880 Jan 12 [3p.]
HWL to J.B. Sue, Cambridge. 1880 May 14 [with cover] [2p.]
HWL to Edward Abbott, Cambridge. 1880 Oct 14 [2p.]
HWL to William Rudersdorf, Cambridge. 1880 Nov 29 [1p.]
HWL to [?], Cambridge. 1881 Feb 12 [1p.]
HWL to Houghton, Cambridge. 1882 Jan 14 [3p.] [in slipcase in vault]
HWL to [William D. Northend], Cambridge. 1882 Feb 19 [1p.]
HWL to [Henry S. Burrage], Cambridge. 1882 Mar 2 [3p.]
HWL to A.S. Packard, Cambridge. 1882 Mar 8 [3p.]
HWL to Joshua L. Chamberlain, Cambridge. 1882 Mar 9 [3p.]
HWL to L. Reich, Cambridge. 1882 Mar 13 [facsimile of HWL's last letter] [3p.]
Harriet Beecher Stowe to HWL, Andover. [n.y.] Aug 4 [5p.]
HWL to "Sir", Cambridge. [n.d.] Dec [4p.]
HWL note about translation of his poems [n.d.] [2p.]
HWL to "My Dear Doctor", [n.p.] "Wednesday Morning" [n.d.] [2p.]
Envelope addressed in Longfellow's hand to Robert E. Galpin (postmarked Cambridge, Feb 12 [n.y.])
Photocopies of originals: [1821?] May 26 - 1854 Aug 25.
Photocopies of originals: 1855 Jan 30 - 1869 Nov 2
Photocopies of originals: 1869 Nov 8 - 1879 Jan 23
Photocopies of originals: 1879 Feb 23 - 1882 Mar 13; n.d.
Photocopies of manuscripts in other collections
Arranged chronologically.
Stephen Longfellow to Parker Cleaveland, Portland. 1821 Mar 23 [re HWL] [3p.] [ORIGINAL RESTRICTED]
Stephen Longfellow to Parker Cleaveland, Portland. 1821 Mar 23[re HWL] [3p.] [photocopy of original]
W.P. Preble to Ruel Williams, Portland. 1828 Aug 22 [3p.]
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., A.S., to Rev. Edward Abbott, Boston. 1880 Sep 24 [1p.]
Walt Whitman to E.H. Hames & Co. [Edward Abbott], Camden, New Jersey. 1881 Feb 16 [1p.]
F.H. Underwood to Justin Jones, Boston. 1882 Apr 19 [1p.]
Justin Jones "A Word of Explanation," Brookline, Massachusetts. 1882 Aug 29 [7p.]
1886 - 1889
1901 - 1903
1904
1906
1907
Eight letters of acceptance or regret to President & Trustees, etc. of Bowdoin College from descendants of HWL regarding Longfellow commemorative exercises in June 1907
1908 - 1914
1925 - 1933
1940 - 1945
1952 - 1959
Undated correspondence
Arranged chronologically.
Consists mostly of Longfellow's writings in his own hand, most notably his poems and his Latin Oration from 1824. Also included is "The Old Portland Academy," by Samuel Longfellow, and the sketches for "Evangeline" by F.O.C. Darley. Accompanying the series is a summary of other Longfellow manuscript material in the Bowdoin College Library.
Photocopies of originals are available for patron use.
Use of original manuscripts is restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Originals: Restricted
Stephen Longfellow music book. 1794 [with note of explanation: 1956 Nov 17]
"Venice" fair copy. Portland 1820 [in slipcase in vault]
HWL's Latin Oration "Angli Poetae". 1824 Oct 24 [in slipcase in vault]
"Our Native Writers" - Commencement Oration 1825 [copy from "Every Other Sunday, 1884 Apr 12]
"Inaugural Address [Professorship of Modern Languages], Bowdoin College, Sept. [2], 1830."
Bowdoin College term bill of Joseph Ayers, signed by HWL. 1832 May 18
Report to the Visiting Committee of the Governing Boards on Instructions given in this department during the College year ending September 1833 (photocopy)
"The Bell" ms.. Heidelberg 1836. [in slipcase in vault]
"Night" ms. Summer 1839. [in slipcase in vault]
"The Rainy Day" fair copy. Portland c.1842. [in slipcase in vault]
"Excelsior" fair copy. 12 February 1845 [with note to Joseph R. Paxton on last page] [in slipcase in vault]
"Sand of the Desert in an Hour Glass" ms. January 1848. [in slipcase in vault]
"The Norman Barron" ms. 21 March 1849. [in slipcase in vault]
"The Lighthouse" ms. November 1849. [in slipcase in vault]
Ms. facsimile of HWL's poem "Concord." 23 May 1864.
Small pocket diary, written on 71 p. Carried by HWL on his last European tour. 1868 - 1869
"Parker Cleaveland" fair copy. Summer 1875. [2 copies]
"The Three Sliences" fair copy and corrected proof. 28 October 1877
"Hereafter" fair copy [n.d.]
"Holidays" fair copy [n.d.]
"Bibliography of Longfellow" ms. and corrected proof. Published in "Literary World." 26 February 1881
"The Old Portland Academy" by Samuel Longfellow. ca. 1892.
"The Beloved Goethe" ms. signed. Translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's poem "Nahe des Geliebten" [n.d.]
Ms. copy of 1st poem & facsimilie of last letter of HWL
"Evangeline" page proof [1 p.] with note in HWL's hand [n.d.]
"The Arrow and the Song" fair copy [n.d.], printed sheet of the same poem, and auction record for "Psalm of Life" (on back of the "Arrow and the Song" when framed)
Photcopies of originals: writings
Photcopy and film negatives for "Angli Poetae" [HWL's Latin Oration] October 1824
Arranged chronologically.
Consists of material relating to the house in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Longfellow lived from August 1837 until his death in 1882. Built around 1759 and presently a National Historic Site maintained by the National Park Service, Craigie House was used by George Washington as his military headquarters during the American Revolution. Most of the materials are pamphlets and articles from the National Park Service, although there are a number of miscellaneous clippings and ephemera as well.
Clippings
Commemorative ashtray on Danish glass
Correspondence
Longfellow Garden Concert Series
Final master plan - H.W. Longfellow National Historic Site
"The Now and Then Newsletter," U.S. Dept of the Interior: National Park Service, 1978 - 1982
Printed ephemera
Arranged chronologically.
Journals of Harriet Coffin Sumner Appleton, who became the wife of Nathan Appleton on January 8, 1839. She was also the stepmother of Frances Appleton, who married Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1843. Dating from June of 1851 to 1867, these journals consist mostly of brief notes written on the blank pages of the Farmer's Almanac for the corresponding year. Organized chronologically.
1851-June and July, trip to England
1852-Jan.-Mar., household notes re. supplies, etc.; Apr., trip to Washington; Apr. 16, "Reception at the Presidents"; Apr. 22, "Dinner at the Presidents"; June 9, "Charley Longfellow's birthday"
1853-Oct. 6, "Mr. A's and sister Fanny's birthday"; Oct. 22, "[Mrs.?] Longfellow a daughter at 5 this mor'g" [Edith Longfellow]
1854-Oct. 6, "Papa's birthday-& sister Fanny's"
1855-1856
1857-Jan. 8, "Our wedding day! 18 yrs!!" [Nathan and Harriet Appleton]
1858-Oct. 6, "Papa's and sister Fanny's birthdays"; Oct. 18, "Mary [A. MacKintosh]'s 1813 45 yrs. & Ronny [MacKintosh]'s 1840 18 yrs. birthdays"
1859 - 1860
1861-June 3, "Eva [MacKintosh]'s 18th birthday"; June 9, "Charlie Longfellow birthday 17"; July 9, "Poor dear Fanny!"; July 10, "Dear Fanny died at 10 A.M."; July 13, "Dear Fanny taken to her resting place at Mt. Auburn"; July 14, "Our own loss-at 5 A.M." [Nathan Appleton d. 14 July 1861]; July 16, "Dear Papa! services at King's Chapel & Mt. Auburn"
1862-June 9, "Charles Longfellow's 18 birthday"; June 13
1863-June 9, "Charles A. Longfellow's 19 birthday"; July 9, "Dear Fanny!"; July 14, "Our own loss"
1864-July 9, "Dear Fanny, 1861"; July 14, "Our own loss, 1861"
1865
1866
1867- [with envelope containing misc. ephemera removed from volume]
Images circa 1825-1882. Includes photographs, engravings, illustrations from publications, cased images, and cartes de visite, primarily of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, his family, residences, as well as related individuals and subjects. Among the Longfellow family photographs are fourteen cased images (ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, and tintypes), including matching portraits, circa 1860, of Henry Longfellow and his wife Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow, and a fine daguerreotype portrait of Henry Longfellow's younger brother Samuel as a young man. There are also about fifty cartes de visite of members of Henry Longfellow and his younger brother Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow's immediate and extended families, including images of five of Henry and Frances' six children, as well as Alexander and his wife Elizabeth Clapp Porter Longfellow, and their five children. Many of the cartes de visite are compiled in an album that probably belonged to Alexander and Elizabeth Longfellow's family. There are some non-family images in the collection including twenty-one cartes de visite of Harvard University faculty, most contemporary with Henry Longfellow's tenure at Harvard.
Organized into four subseries: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Portraits and Silhouettes, Longfellow Residences, Poems, Statues and Busts, and Longfellow Family and Related Images.
Arranged chronologically.
1825. 4 pieces: 1 silhouette outline, 1 silhouette (photographic reproduction), 2 silhouettes (copies)
ca. 1825. 4 pieces: 2 engravings (copies), 2 engravings
1829. 1 piece: 1 sketch (copy). [Self-portrait]
ca. 1825-1838. 1 piece: 1 painting (copy)
ca. 1825-1838. 1 piece: 1 engraving
1841. 4 pieces: 2 silhouettes (copies) [with note], 1 deframed silhouette [with note from back of frame], 1 framed silhouette
1842. 3 pieces: 3 engravings (copies)
ca. 1846. 2 pieces: 1 engraving, 1 painting (copy)
ca. 1850. 2 pieces: 1 clipping, 1 photograph
1851. 7 pieces: 4 engravings, 3 clippings
1852. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) [others in photo: Thomas Appleton, Julia Ward Howe, G.W. Coster, Mrs. Longfellow, Mrs. Edward Freeman]
ca. 1854. 2 pieces: 2 engravings
ca. 1854. 1 piece: 1 engraving
ca. 1860. 3 pieces: 1 clipping, 1 cabinet card, 1 engraving
ca. 1840-1861. 2 pieces: 2 engravings (copies)
ca. 1840-1861. 2 pieces: 2 post cards
ca. 1840-1861. 1 piece: 1 photograph
ca. 1862. 10 pieces: 8 paintings (copies), 1 painting (color copy), 1 clipping
ca. 1863. 3 pieces: 3 engravings (1 hand-colored)
ca. 1870. 2 pieces: 1 engraving (copy), 1 engraving
ca. 1870s. 1 piece: carte de visite
1874. 1 piece: 1 cabinet card
1876. 1 piece: 1 cabinet card
ca. 1874-1876. 1 piece: 1 painting (copy)
ca. 1874-1876. 1 piece: 1 clipping
ca. 1874-1876. 1 piece: 1 engraving
ca. 1878. 6 piece: 2 clippings, 4 paintings (photographic reproductions)
ca. 1878. 3 pieces: 2 post cards, 1 wood engraving
1878. 2 pieces: 2 engravings (copies)
1879. 8 pieces: 5 engravings, 3 engravings (copies)
ca. 1879. 4 pieces: 4 engravings
ca. 1880. 3 pieces: 2 engravings, 1 engraving (copy)
1881. 2 pieces: 1 engraving, 1 engraving (copy)
ca. 1881. 3 pieces: 3 clippings
ca. 1880-1881. 2 pieces: 2 engravings
ca. 1880-1881. 3 pieces: 1 clipping, 2 engravings (copies)
ca. 1880-1881. 2 pieces: 2 engravings
ca. 1880-1881. 2 pieces: 1 engraving, 1 cabinet card
ca. 1880-1881. 2 pieces: 1 engraving, 1 painting (copy)
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 engraving
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 engraving
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 engraving
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 engraving
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 engraving
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy)
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy)
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy)
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 clipping
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 clipping
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 clipping
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 cabinet card
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 cabinet card
ca. 1880-1881. 1 piece: 1 copper impression [produced by Grolier Club 1911]
ca. 1882. 3 pieces: 1 cabinet card, 1 photograph (copy), 1 engraving (copy)
ca. 1882. 1 matted etching portrait by William Merritt Chase, after a photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron
1882. 1 piece: 1 lithograph [with note]
1882. 1 piece: 1 engraving [framed]. "Henry W. Longfellow in his library at Cragie House, Cambridge." ("Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1882 by S. Hollyer in the office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington, D.C."). Unframed copy of engraving in Box M112 Oversize.
Arranged alphabetically by residence.
Brunswick, Maine - house where Longfellow roomed while at Bowdoin. 1 piece: 1 postcard
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 4 pieces: 4 postcards
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 sketch (copy)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2 pieces: 2 illustrations (copies)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 illustration (copy)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving (copy)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving (copy)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 2 pieces: 2 photographs (copies)
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Nahant, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Nahant, Massachusetts. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Newbury, Massachusetts (Parish of Byfield). 1 piece: 1 illustration
Portland, Maine - Longfellow's birthplace. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Portland, Maine - Longfellow's birthplace. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Portland, Maine - Longfellow's birthplace. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Portland, Maine - Longfellow's birthplace. 1 piece: 1 sketch (copy)
Portland, Maine - Longfellow's birthplace. 1 piece: 1 sketch (copy)
Portland, Maine - Longfellow's birthplace. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy)
Portland, Maine - both residences. 1 piece: 1 illustration (copy)
Portland, Maine. 20 pieces: 20 postcards
Portland, Maine. 5 pieces: 5 "photo post cards"
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 engraving (copy)
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 engraving (copy)
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 color illustration (copy): "Longfellow's Room."
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) [on Christmas card]
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) [with HWL poem]
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) [with 1960 calendar on reverse]
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 photograph
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 photograph, from "Maine Historical Society Dedication of the New Library Building No. 485 Congress Street Portland, Maine February 27, 1907 at 2:30 P.M."
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "The Children's Hour." 3 pieces: 1 watercolor (copy), 1 engraving (copy), 1 clipping
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "Courtship of Miles Standish." 3 pieces: 1 clipping, 2 watercolors (copies)
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "Evangeline." 16 pieces: 16 "sketches" [engravings] by F.O.C. Darley
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "From My Arm-Chair." 1 piece: 1 clipping
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "Hiawatha." 1 clipping, 1 watercolor (copy)
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "My Lost Youth." 3 pieces: 1 photograph (copy) [with verse], 2 postcards
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "The Village Blacksmith." 3 pieces: 2 illustrations (copies), 1 watercolor (copy)
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: "Wreck of the Hesperus." 1 piece: 1 painting (photographic copy)
Pictures associated with HWL's poems: Unidentified. 9 pieces: 7 watercolors (copies), 2 clippings
Signature in A.S. Packard autograph book. 4 pieces: 4 photographic copies
Statues and busts: Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Statues and busts: Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 illustration (copy)
Statues and busts: Portland, Maine. 1 piece: 1 photograph
Statues and busts: Westminster Abbey. 1 piece: 1 engraving
Statues and busts: Westminster Abey. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy)
Statues and busts: [n.p.]. 1 piece: 1 clipping
Statues and busts: [n.p.]. 1 piece: 1 photograph
Statues and busts: [n.p.]. 2 pieces: 2 photographs (copies)
"The Funeral of Henry W. Longfellow," print of digital scan from Harpers Weekly, Vol. XXVI, No. 1320, p. 216, 1882
Arranged chronologically.
1850-1853, Samuel Longfellow. Daguerreotype
ca. 1852, Mary Longfellow (baby). Ambrotype
1857, Mary Longfellow (child). Tintype
1857, Alexander W. Longfellow. Ambrotype
ca. 1860, Frances E.A. Longfellow. Ambrotype
1861, three young men. Tintype
ca. 1870, Longfellow family group: Alexander W., Richard K., Elizabeth P., Charles A., Lucia W. Tintype
ca. 1870, Longfellow family group: Alexander W., Charles A., Elizabeth P., Lucia W., and Richard K. Tintype (2 copies)
Undated, Caroline Porter. Ambrotype
Undated, portrait of boy. Ambrotype
Undated, portrait of woman [Aspinwall?]. Tintype
Undated, portrait of young woman. Ambrotype
Arranged chronologically.
ca. 1833, painting of Mary Storer Potter Longfellow. Photograph of painting (2 copies).
ca. 1840s, Stephen Longfellow. Engraving
ca. 1850, Abigail Longfellow Stephenson. Carte de visite
ca. 1850s, Alexander W. Longfellow. Carte de visite
1859, Frances E.A. Longfellow. Carte de visite
ca. 1859, Frances E.A. Longfellow, Anne Longfellow. Carte de visite
ca. 1860, Alice, Allegra and Edith Longfellow. Photograph copy of portrait
ca. 1860s, Longfellow family photograph album. Cartes de visite
1862, Longfellows: Elizabeth P., Mary King, Lucia W., and Alexander W., Jr. 2 copies, Carte de Visite
1863, Alice Longfellow and [sister ?]. Carte de visite
1864, Alice Longfellow? Carte de visite
1864, Charles Appleton Longfellow. Carte de visite.
ca. 1866, Col. Aspinwell. Carte de visite
1866, Annie Clark. Carte de visite
1866, J.B. Wadsworth. Carte de visite
1867, C.A. Longfellow with friends. Carte de visite
Undated, Margie E. Fuller. Carte de visite
Undated, Longfellows: Alice Mary, Frances, Edith, and Anne Allegra. Carte de visite
Undated, Lucia Wadsworth and Elizabeth Porter Longfellow. Carte de visite
Undated, Lucia's desk, photograph
Undated, Reverend Samuel Longfellow
Undated, General Peleg Wadsworth. Silhouette
Undated, portrait of man. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of man. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of man. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of man. Carte de visite
Undated, man and woman in boat. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of young man. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of young woman. Carte de visite
Arranged chronologically then alphabetically.
1868, portrait of man, French. Carte de visite
1871, Thomas K. Beecher. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Louis Agassiz. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Francis Bowen. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Francis Child. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Asa Gray. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: William Goodwin. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: E.W. Gurney. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Louis Agassiz. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Frederick Hedge. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Eben Horsford. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: George Lane. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Joseph Lovering. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: James Lowell. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Joel Parker. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Theophilus Parsons. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Andrew Peabody. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Benjamin Peirce. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: John Sibley. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Evagelinus Sophocles. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Jared Sparks. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: James Walker. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Emory Washburn. Carte de visite
Undated, Harvard faculty: Jeffries Wyman. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of Comte de Montaigu, French. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait "de la Bourdonnage," French. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of man (bust), French. Carte de visite
Undated, portrait of woman, French. Carte de visite
Arranged chronologically.
Material relating to George T. Little's (Bowd. 1877; Librarian 1883-1915) paper "Longfellow's Boyhood Poems," including correspondence, notes, bibliographies, and proofs. Also included are the edited typescript by Ray W. Pettengill and a list of Longfellow's poems set to music.
"Classification Scheme for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow" by G.E. Pettengill
Copies of poems used in "Longfellow's Boyhood Poems"
Correspondence, 1906-1935
Galley proofs
List of Longfellow's poems set to music
"Longfellow's Boyhood Poems" - by George T. Little (hand-written)
"Longfellow's Boyhood Poems" - ts. by Ray W. Pettengill, including material not in book
Notes and bibliographies
Parodies
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Newsclippings of various types and subjects; assorted pamphlets and articles by and concerning Longfellow, his residences, and his works; commemorative material and miscellaneous ephemera.
Bowdoin College ephemera [re: H.W. Longfellow]
Brunswick residences of HWL
Calendars
Commemorative stamp 16 February 1940 [first day of issue]
Endymion (italian translation)
Key used by HWL when living on Federal Street while professor at Bowdoin College
List of purchases of Longfellow's inaugural address given 2 September 1830 at his inauguration as the professor of modern languages at Bowdoin College, 1907
Longfellow Memorial Association
"Longfellow," plaster cast bust of Longfellow by Frank Buda, 1966 (fragile)
Medal in honor of 100th anniversary of HWL's birth 1907
Playing cards - "Vignette Authors" ca.1874
Posters
Printed ephemera
Subscription book for benefit of Massachusetts Colonization Society of Boston, 5 December 1844 [contains HWL's signature]
Vote of thanks from Bowdoin College Board of Overseers to Francis Bennock for Longfellow bust, 22 June 1886
Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, Maine
Wallpaper from Longfellow House
Exhibition list, Longfellow Bicentennial, Harvard University, Houghton Library, 2007
Blue decorative Wedgwood plate with image of Wadsworth-Longfellow house of Portland
Consult individual subseries for arrangement information.
Contains three subseries: Biographical, Writings, and George T. Little Henry Wadsworth Longfellow scrapbooks. Consists of newsclippings of various types and subjects; assorted pamphlets and articles by and concerning Longfellow, his residences, and his works; commemorative material and miscellaneous ephemera.
Arranged chronologically.
Newsclippings of various types and subjects; assorted pamphlets and articles by and concerning Longfellow, his residences, and his works; commemorative material and miscellaneous ephemera.
1870-1879
1880-1881, 1883-1889
1882 [HWL d. 24 March 1882]
1890-1899
1900-1906, 1908-1909
1907 [100th anniversary of HWL's birth]
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
Edmonia Lewis and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Images & Identity, Fogg Art Museum, 1995
no date.
Arranged alphabetically.
Newsclippings of various types and subjects; assorted pamphlets and articles by and concerning Longfellow, his residences, and his works; commemorative material and miscellaneous ephemera.
"Morituri Salutamus"
"Morituri Salutamus," mounted facsimile of New York Times clipping, 1875 Jul 8
Other writings
Arranged alphabetically.
Newsclippings of various types and subjects; assorted pamphlets and articles by and concerning Longfellow, his residences, and his works; commemorative material and miscellaneous ephemera.
Class of 1825: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
H. W. Longfellow: Class of 1825
Longfellow at Bowdoin
Longfellow Scrapbook 1907
Longfellow Scrapbook 1907
Longfellow Scrapbook 1907
Longfellow Scrapbook 1907
Longfellow Scrapbook 1907
Longfellow Scrapbook 1907
Longfellow Views A-L
Longfellow Views M-Z
Loose clippings: published works and monuments
Loose clippings: Longfellow's death and funeral, tributes
Loose clippings: Evangeline, The Golden Legend, Hiawatha
Loose clippings: biographical