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Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1830 - 1885-09-12

Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885), American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Indigenous peoples by the United States government.
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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Bowles papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 94
Overview: The papers include correspondence, legal documents, petitions, pamphlets, and printed material of Samuel Bowles, journalist and political activist. As editor of the influential Springfield Republican, Bowles was a prominent national voice on many public issues during the mid-nineteenth century and included in the papers is correspondence from a number of national political and business figures.
Dates: 1852-1893
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Samuel Bowles papers

Letter : New York, The Berkeley, Corner 4th Ave & 9th Pl., to Mr. [Mawn?], 1880 Nov 30

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS conveying gifts of a liquid from the Tyrol and some "Scotch Wisdom."
Dates: 1880 Nov 30
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885

Letter : Newport, R. I., to C. W. Squires, 1873 Apr 24

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS thanking Squires for his interest in her work. With printed reproduction of a portrait engraving of Jackson.
Dates: 1873 Apr 24
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885

Letter : Newport, to "Dear Sir", 1872 Feb 21

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS on mourning stationery, thanking the recipient for his praise, and saying that she is sending him her only printed copy of the "Funeral March" for his friend.
Dates: 1872 Feb 21
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885

Letter : The Berkeley, Corner of 5th Ave and 9th St., New York, to Mr. Bridgeman, 1880 Apr 17

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS regarding an account of a massacre written by Mr. Lyman, which she would like to have.
Dates: 1880 Apr 17
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885

Letter to "Miss Pomeray", 1875 March 27

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS
Dates: 1875 March 27
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885

Letter to Mrs. Benham, 1884 February 14

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: ALS
Dates: 1884 February 14
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885

"The way to sing", n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Poem, holograph, signed. Mounted on a second sheet.
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885

"The way to sing", n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box: 29, Folder: GROUP 493, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents: Poem, holograph, signed with initials. Accompanied by a signature clipped from a letter and pasted to the sheet.
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > J > JACKSON, HELEN HUNT, 1830-1885