Table of Contents
Scope and Contents of the Collection
| Ask a question |
| Request a visit |
| Potentially harmful content statement |
Overview of the Collection |
|
| Creator: | Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892. |
| Title: | John Greenleaf Whittier Letters |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1859-1888 |
| Quantity: | 7 items (SC). |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American poet. Outgoing correspondence. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
John Greenleaf Whitter (1807-1892) was an American poet, editor and abolitionist. Born in Massachusetts, Whittaker spent his youth on a Quaker farm. His discovery of Robert Burns led to his career as a poet. His major works include: Snow-bound, The Pennsylvania Pilgrim and Other Poems, and The Tent on the Beach and Other Poems. Among his patrons was William Lloyd Garrison, who gave Whittier his first editorial job at a Boston newspaper and published some of Whittier's poems in The Liberator. Whittier was also active in politics and worked to help form the Republican party.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The John Greenleaf Whittier Papers consists of seven items of outgoing correspondence. One of the fragments, possibly an enclosure intended for publication, reads: "For myself I shall esteem it a privilege as well as duty to cast my vote for the Republican candidates. I regret the action of the Independents. I would ask no man to vote against his conscience however mistaken I might regard it, but I see no reason why my Independent friends should give aid and comfort to a party whose principles and practice they have always condemned. Why for fear of violating their consciences in one direction, should they deliberately violate them in another? They might simply withold [sic] their votes, or cast them for some other representative of their views and principles than the Democratic candidate."
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Subject Headings
Persons
Subjects
Genres and Forms
Occupations
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
John Greenleaf Whittier Letters,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Finding Aid Information
Created by: [Summit record]
Date: 1988-07-19
Revision history: 16 Apr 2009 - converted to EAD (AM)
Inventory
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| SC 48, Folder 1 | 25 Apr 1859 - "My dear fds." (1 page) | ||||||||||
| SC 48, Folder 1 | 16 Apr 1870 - "My dear friend, Grace Greenwood." (3 pages) | ||||||||||
| SC 48, Folder 1 | 20 Sep 1881 - "Dear Friend ------" (3 pages) | ||||||||||
| SC 48, Folder 1 | 7 Jul 1888 - "Dear Friend" (2 pages) | ||||||||||
| SC 48, Folder 1 | 30 Sept [no year] - "My Dear Friend" (3 pages) | ||||||||||
| SC 48, Folder 2 | undated (2 items) | ||||||||||