Guide to the Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, 1819-2000
Use of original material is restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), of Bowdoin's Class of 1825, was the author of many classic novels and short stories. Early in his career, while writing The Wonder-Book and Mosses from the Old Manse, Hawthorne served as editor of the American magazine of useful and entertaining knowledge (1836), weigher at the Boston Custom House (1839-1841), and surveyor of the port of Salem (1845-1849). He produced the novels for which he is best remembered after leaving the surveyorship, among them The Scarlet Letter and The House of Seven Gables. Hawthorne was appointed U.S. Consul in Liverpool, England (1853-1857) by Franklin Pierce, for whom he had written a campaign biography, The life of Franklin Pierce. He traveled in Italy (1858-1859) before returning to the U.S. These experiences influenced his later writings, especially The Marble Faun. Hawthorne married Sophia Peabody on July 9, 1842. They had three children: Una, a settlement worker in London; Julian, an author and his parents' biographer; and Rose who, as Mother Alphonsa, founded a Dominican order in New York City.
Letters, documents, essays, and other records relating to Nathaniel Hawthorne and his literary works, including correspondence of the Hathorne and Manning families. The bulk of the letters are from Hawthorne or Hawthorne and his wife, Sophia, to his Bowdoin classmate Horatio Bridge or Bridge's wife, Charlotte; or are part of the correspondence between his mother Elizabeth C. Hathorne, his sisters Elizabeth M. and Maria L. Hathorne, his uncle Robert Manning, and his aunt Mary Manning. There is also correspondence with Jonathan Cilley of the Class of 1825, a representative from Maine; publisher Samuel G. Goodrich; and his friend William B. Pike. Most of the letters owned by Bowdoin College are reproduced in the Centenary edition of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Organized into six series, including subseries: Nathaniel Hawthorne Correspondence; Other Correspondence; Writings; Other Materials; Images: Portraits and Silhouettes; Images: Buildings and Places; Images: Hugh Thomson Illustrations for 1920 Methuen Edition of "The Scarlet Letter;" Clippings: George T. Little Nathaniel Hawthorne Scrapbooks; Clippings: Miscellaneous; and Operatic Treatments.
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence, 1820-1864 (bulk 1839-1864); primarily outgoing letters from Hawthorne to friends and associates. Includes a substantial number of letters from Hawthorne (sometimes written with his wife, Sophia) to Horatio Bridge, a classmate at Bowdoin College and lifelong friend. Also of note is an exchange between Hawthorne and another classmate, Jonathan Cilley, betting on Hawthorne's future existence as a bachelor.
Use of originals restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Originals: restricted
Robert Manning to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Raymond. 11 May, 1820 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Elizabeth M. Hawthorne, Brunswick. 1 October, 1824 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Jonathan Cilley [bet], Brunswick. 14 November, 1824 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to S.G. Goodrich, Salem. 6 May, 1830 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 5 February, 1838 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike, Boston. 10 February, 1840 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorn to William B. Pike, Boston. 19 March, 1840 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike, Salem. 28 June, 1840 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike, Boston. 24 October, 1840 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to William B. Pike, Boston. 14 November, 1840 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Charles Lanman, Boston. 2 March, 1842 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 25 March, 1843 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 3 May, 1843 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 1 April, 1844 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 29 November, 1844 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 19 January, 1845 [1 p.]
Sophia A. Hawthorne and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 16 February, 1845 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 17 April, 1845 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, [Salem]. ca. April 1845 [fragment w/ note of explanation from H. Bridge]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 2 May, 1845 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 7 May, 1845 [1 p.]
Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 16 June, 1845 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 19 August, 1845 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 28 September, 1845 [1 p.]
Horatio Bridge to Nathaniel Hawthorne, [Portsmouth]. 28 September, 1845 [1 p.]
Evert Augustus Duyckinck to Nathaniel Hawthorne, [New York]. 2 October, 1845 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 7 October, 1845 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 21 February, 1846 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 1 March, 1846 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Charles N. Wheeler, Salem. 28 August, 1846 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 26 October, 1846 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 9 November, 1846 [1 p.]
Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 20 December, 1846 [6 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne [receipt for salary], [Salem]. 1 January, 1848 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Salem. 13 April, 1850 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Lenox. 18 August, 1850 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Lenox. 4 October, 1850 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Lenox. 22 July, 1851 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Lenox. 11 October, 1851 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Chester P. Dewey, Lenox. 19 October, 1851 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Lenox. 14 November, 1851 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to "My Dear Sir," West Newton. 6 December, [1851] [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, West Newton. 25 December, 1851 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to A.S. Packard, Concord. 19 July, 1852 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 13 October, 1852 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Concord. 12 November, 1852 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Concord. 22 November, 1852 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Hawthorne to Mrs. H. Bridge, Concord. 7 February, 1853 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Concord. 29 March, 1853 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Mrs. Bridge, Concord. 18 May, 1853 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Concord. 19 June, 1853 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Charles Holland,n.p 5 October 1853 [original framed, hung in director's office]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 30 March, 1854 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 17 April 1854 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 18 April, 1854 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Liverpool. 29 April, 1854 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 1 May, 1854 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Liverpool. 7 June, 1854 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 9 June, 1854 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Sanders, Liverpool. 1 July, 1854 [1 p.]
Nehemiah L. Cleaveland to Nathaniel Hawthorne, Brooklyn. 12 October, 1854 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Nehemiah L. Cleaveland, Liverpool. 27 October, 1854 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 28 November, 1854 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 8 December, 1854 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 14 December, 1854 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 21 December, 1854 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Elizabeth Peabody, Liverpool. 19 January, 1855 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 23 March, 1855 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 13 April, 1855 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 4 May, 1855 [1 p.]
Sophia and Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, [Liverpool]. 10 May, 1855 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 31 August, 1855 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 12 October, 1855 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Liverpool. 21 December, 1855 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 6 June, 1856 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 20 June, 1856 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Liverpool. 17 July, 1856 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Leonce Rabillon, Liverpool, U.S. Consulate. 22 August, 1856 [in slipcase in vault]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 19 December, 1856 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 15 January, 1857.
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 13 February, 1857 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Liverpool. 27 February, 1857 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Liverpool. 27 March, 1857 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Liverpool. 17 September, 1857 [4 p.]
[Nathaniel Hawthorne] to "My Dear Pessima" [Rose Hawthorne Lathrop], Liverpool. 2 October, 1857 [5 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 3 July, 1860 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to "My Dear Sir" [Leonce Robillon], Concord. 12 August, 1860 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 26 May, 1861 [4 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 12 October, 1861 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 13 February, 1862 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 13 April, 1862 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 19 April, 1862 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to "Dear Sir," Concord. 30 June, 1862 [1 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 21 January, 1863 [3 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 7 April, 1863 [2 p.]
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Robert C. Winthrop, Concord. 16 February, 1864 [1 p.]
Fragment of letter to Horatio Bridge [?], [n.p.]. [n.d.]
Photocopies of originals: 11 May, 1820 - 2 March, 1842
Photocopies of originals: 25 March, 1843 - 28 September, 1845
Photocopies of originals: 2 October, 1845 - 11 October, 1851
Photocopies of originals: 19 October, 1851 - 17 April, 1854
Photocopies of originals: 18 April, 1854 - 23 March, 1855
Photocopies of originals: 13 April, 1855 - 27 March, 1857
Photocopies of originals: 17 September, 1857 - 16 February, 1864
Photocopies of manuscripts in other collections: COPYING PROHIBITED
Arranged chronologically.
Correspondence (1819-1887) between Hawthorne's family members and friends. Correspondents include, Sophia Hawthorne, Nathaniel's wife; Hawthorne's aunt Mary Manning; his mother Elizabeth C. Hathorne; and Horatio Bridge, a friend and classmate at Bowdoin College. There are no letters to or from Nathaniel Hawthorne in this series.
Use of originals restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Originals: restricted
Mary Manning to Elizabeth C. Hathorne, Salem. 31 August, 1819 [2 p.]
Elizabeth C. Hathorne to Maria Hathorne, Raymond. 21 June, 1820 [3 p.]
S.G. Goodrich to Horatio Bridge, Boston. 20 October, 1836 [1 p.]
Jonathan Cilley to Horatio Bridge, Washington. 17 November, 1836 [2 p.]
Sophia A. Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 4 July, 1845 [4 p.]
Sophia A. Hawthorne to Horatio Bridge, Concord. 30 August, 1845 [1 p.]
Una Hawthorne to W.B. Pike, Rockferry, England. 30 March, 1855 [4 p.]
Sophia Hawthorne to [?], [n.p.]. [ca.1864], [1 p.]
Sophia Hawthorne to Mr. Greenleaf, [n.p.]. 9 January, 1864 [1 p.]
James Thomas Fields to "My dear Sir." Autograph note signed, Boston, 14 February, 1877
G.P. Lathrop to Lory Odell, Concord. 24 February, 1879 [4 p.]
Elizabeth Peabody to Horatio Bridge, [n.p.]. 4 June, 1887 [12 p.]
Photocopies of the originals: 31 August, 1819 - 4 June, 1887
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Writings, primarily in Nathaniel Hawthorne's hand, including study notes for a manuscript, "Dolliver Romance," and a Latin oration, "De Patribus Conscriptus Romanorum," written while Hawthorne was a student at Bowdoin College.
Use of originals restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Originals: restricted
"De Patribus Conscriptus Romanorum," October 1824
"Dolliver Romance" notes [n.d.] [2 p.]
"Dolliver Romance" studies [2 p.]
"Moonlight" AMs by Nathaniel Hawthorne (in the hand of H.B.?); letter from Rose Hawthorne Lathrop [n.d.], re: authenticity of ms.
Photocopies of the originals in Box 2 for M85.2, Writings
Arranged alphabetically.
Materials relating to Hawthorne's positions as surveyor for the Massachusetts Custom House (1845-1849) and Consul to Liverpool, England (1853-1857) are included as well as biographical and commemorative materials celebrating Hawthorne.
Use of originals restricted, with exceptions determined on an individual basis.
Bowdoin A.M. diploma (copy and photocopy)
Originals: restricted
Commemorative stamps: first day of issue. 8 July, 1983
Commemorative 1983 stamps sealed on poster with Susan Stillman's painting of Hawthorne
Concord Bank cash book, 1860-1864: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Constitution of "Pot-8-O [i.e. potato] Club"
Consul to Liverpool: documents and affidavit, 1854-1855
Custom House: printed document signed by NH, 20 July, 1849; whalebone letter opener from Custom House with letter concerning letter opener from Norman L. Bassett to President K.C.M Sills, 12 June, 1925
[Lists of Hawthorne holdings at] Essex Institute
Photocopies of the originals in Box 2 for M85.3, Other Materials
Presidential appointment of Nathaniel Hawthorne as consul of Port of Liverpool, England (photocopy)
Printed ephemera: Biographical sketch of Hawthorne produced by Salem National Bank, n.d.; Bowdoin College residences of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Information re: Nathaniel Hawthorne and his boyhood home by the Hawthorne Community Association, South Casco, Maine, n.d.; Miscellaneous ephemera
Printed copy of "The Scarlet Letter," painted forThe Ladies' Home Journalby W. L. Taylor
Seal of consulate, 1854 with power of attorney from Leopold Schwabe to firm of C.F. Hovey of Boston and Fanshawe, Milliken and Townsend of New York and Liverpool documents, 1855
Tribute poem to Nathaniel Hawthorne by Robert Lowell, 1964
The Wayside, 2000
Transatlantic Visions and Revisions of Race: Hawthorne, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, and the Editing of "Journal of an African Cruiser", 2016
Arranged chronologically.
Various images of Nathaniel Hawthorne including engravings and photographs of paintings.
1825. 4 pieces: 4 photographs of Hawthorne silhouette.
1840. 5 pieces: 2 photographs of Schoff etching of painting by Charles Osgood; 1 photograph of Osgood painting; 1 photograph (copy) of Osgood painting. 1 engraving.
1840. 1 piece: 1 postcard of the oil portrait of Hawthorne by Charles Osgood
1846. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) of crayon portrait by Eastman Johnson.
ca.1848. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) of daguerreotype.
1850. 3 pieces: 2 photographs (copies) of Cephias G. Thomson painting; 1 engraving of painting.
1852. 2 pieces: 1 photograph (copy) of painting by George P.A. Healey; 1 photograph of painting.
1858 [February]. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) of marble bust by Louisa Lander.
1860 [19 May]. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by Mayhall [the so-called "Holden photograph"].
1860 [19 May]. 2 pieces: 1 photograph (copy) by Mayhall [the so-called "Bennock photograph]; 1 engraving (copy) of photograph.
1860. 1 piece: 1 postcard with copy of the "Motley photograph" of Hawthorne
1883 [19 May]. 3 pieces: 1 photograph (copy) by Mayhall [the so-called "Motley photograph," 1860]; 2 engravings.
1860 [19 May]. 1 engraving on tissue paper by Kruell
1883 [19 May]. 2 paintings (copies) of photograph by Mayhall [the so-called "Motley photograph," 1860]
1860. 3 pieces: 2 photographs of oil painting by Alex Johnston, 1886, from J.J.E. Mayhall's photo; 1 clipping.
1860. 1 oil painting by Alexander Johnston, 1886, from photograph by J.J.E. Mayhall.
ca.1861. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy).
ca.1861. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by Black & Case.
1862 [April]. 1 piece: 1 photograph of painting by Emanuel Leutze.
1862. 7 pieces: 6 photographs of engraving by John Andrew, 1897, of photo by J.W. Black; 1 engraving.
1862. 1 piece: 1 engraving from photograph.
ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) taken at Warren's Studio, Boston, Massachusetts.
ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by Brady.
ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) from a copy by A.C. Mackintire, ca.1891, of original photograph.
ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by Brady.
ca.1862-1863. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by Brady.
ca.1863. 3 pieces: 1 cabinet card; 1 photograph (copy) by Silsbee, Case & Co.; 1 painting by H. Frances Osborne, 1893, from photograph.
1866. 1 piece: 1 crayon portrait (copy) by Samuel W. Rowse.
[n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 illustration (photographic copy) of Hawthorne in Salem Custom House.
[n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) of "James T. Fields, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and W.D. Ticknor" by Black & Case.
[n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 photograph (copy) by Black & Case.
[n.d.]. 1 piece: 1 black & off-white blockprint.
[n.d.]. 2 pieces: copies of engraving of Hawthorne by H.W. Smith that appears in "History of Bowdoin College with Biographical Sketches of its Graduates from 1806 to 1879, Inclusive" by Nehemiah Cleaveland and Alpheus Spring Packard, Boston: James Osgood & Company, 1882.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Photographs, postcards and other images of buildings and places from Nathaniel Hawthorne's life, including his residences and his favorite fishing rock.
"Birthplace of Hawthorne," Salem, Massachusetts - engraving by O.W.H. Upham, 1882
Birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Salem, Massachusetts (postcards)
Casco, Maine: Frye's Leap & "The Images." 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Casco, Maine: Hawthorne's favorite fishing rock. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Casco, Maine: Interior of Hawthorne's Cave & opening of Sebago Lake & Frye's Leap. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Casco, Maine: Hawthorne's boyhood home, 2 photographs, 2004 Fall
Hawthorne Community Association. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Hawthorne's grave, Concord, Massachusetts (postcards)
Hawthorne residences: Bowdoin College, 76 Federal Street, Mr. Aaron Dunning's house. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Hawthorne residences: Bowdoin College, 76 Federal Street, Mr. Aaron Dunning's house (postcards)
Hawthorne residences: Lenox. 1 piece: 1 painting of "Little Red House at Lenox" by Miss Woodward, 1889.
Hawthorne residences: 14 Mall Street, Salem, Massachusetts - where the "Scarlet Letter" was written (postcards)
Hawthorne residences: Manning House. 3 pieces: 2 photographs; 1 oil painting (photographic copy).
Hawthorne residences: Old Manse. 3 pieces: 1 photograph; 1 photographic negative; 1 engraving.
Hawthorne residences: Old Manse. 1 engraving.
Hawthorne residences: Old Manse, Concord, Massachusetts (postcards)
Hawthorne residences: Radoux Meeting House. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Hawthorne residences: Rock Ferry. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Hawthorne residences: Wayside [Concord, Massachusetts]. 3 pieces: 1 photograph; 1 photographic negative; 1 print.
Hawthorne residences: Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts (postcards)
House of Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts (postcards)
John Hathorne's tombstone, Salem, Massachusetts (postcard)
London: Old Courtyard of Staple Inn with the Beadle. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
London: St. Paul's Cathedral. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
London [Clerkenwell]: St. John's Gate. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
London [Greenwich]: Royal Naval College. 1 piece: 1 photograph.
Salem Custom House. 2 pieces: 1 engraving (photographic negative of copy); 1 engraving (copy).
Salem Custom House, Salem, Massachusetts (postcards)
Sebago Lake, Maine, scene - Hawthorne lived in the Sebago Lake area during his early teen years (postcard)
Witch House, Salem, Massachusetts (postcards)
Arranged by subject.
Hugh Thomson illustrations for the 1920 Methuen edition of "The Scarlet Letter."
"With purpose to snatch a kiss."
"Good Father Wilson was moving homeward."
"They were rough-looking desperadoes."
"Children would creep nigh enough to behold her."
"It is our Hester..."
"'So, reverend sir, you have made a visit to the forest,' observed the witch-lady."
"A blazing spear...in the midnight sky."
"Hawthorne at the Custom House."
"There dwelt, there trode, the feet of one."
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Contains newspaper clippings from Hawthorne's time and afterwards, as well as the George T. Little scrapbooks.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
George T. Little Nathaniel Hawthorne scrapbooks.
Volume 1: Hawthorne clippings, n.d.
Volume 2: Hawthorne clippings, n.d.
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Miscellaneous clippings from Hawthorne's time and afterwards.
Newsclippings
Arranged alphabetically by material type.
Research files of John L. Idol, Jr., chiefly concerning operatic treatments of Nathaniel Hawthorne's literary works. Idol's colleague, Sterling Eisiminger, collaborated on the project. Included are biographical files, articles, copies of libretti and scores, letters, lists, notes on productions, and sound recordings. Also included are announcements, programs, reviews, copies of published articles, and other material providing historical background. The bulk of the research material was collected between 1979 and 1983.
Biographical files of composers
Clipped articles, 1979-1980, 2000, n.d.
Copies of Libretti/Scores:
"Benito Cereno" by Stephen Burton
"A Childhood Miracle" by Ned Rorem
"The Crystal Mirror" by Richard Wargo
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Stephen Burton
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Sam Raphling
"The Experiment" by Kathryn Schwartz
"Feathertop" by Joyce Barthelson
"Feathertop" by Sam Raphling
"Feathertop" by Maurice Valency
"Goodman Brown" by Harold Fink and Edward J. Megroth
"The Great Stone Face" by Sam Raphling
"Merrymount" by Lee Wilson Dodd
"Mrs. Bullfrog" by Sam Raphling
"Rappaccini's Daughter" by Margaret Garwood/Pennsylvania Opera Theater
"Roger Malvin's Burial" by Frances Neidhardt
"The Scarlet Letter" by Mark Governor
"The Scarlet Letter" by Walter Kaufmann
"The Scarlet Letter" by George Parsons Lathrop
"The Scarlet Letter" by Hugh Mullins
"The Scarlet Letter" by Michael David Smith and J.R. Mounts
"The Wedding Knell" by John Verrall
"Young Goodman Brown" by John S. Bowman and Henry Mollicone
"Young Goodman Brown" by Jane Lenel
Historical background - carbon copies of letters, 1978-1979
Historical background - includes reviews and information from composers
Historical background - synopses of libretti
Letters to and from John Idol, 1978-1985, n.d.
Letters to and from Sterling Eisiminger, 1979-1983, n.d.
Lists - Hawthorne and music, 1979, n.d.
Miscellaneous announcements, programs and ephemera
Notes on productions - index cards re: operas in progress (OIP)
Notes on productions - index cards re: operas with known dates (OKD)
Notes on productions - index cards re: operas with unknown dates (OUD)
Research material - American romantic opera
Research material - various
Sound recording - "Childhood Miracle"/"Three Sisters" by Ned Rorem (CD)
Sound recording - "The Crystal Mirror" by R. Wargo (audiocassette)
Sound recording - "Feathertop" by Joyce Barthelson (reel to reel)
Sound recording - "House of the Seven Gables" opera (VHS)
Sound recording - "Scarlet Letter," by Michael Gehlen (audiocassette)