Burroughs, John, 1837-1921

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Autograph manuscript, signed, titled “Fragments on criticism”. Written on two printed proof copies of Burroughs’s poem “Waiting”, which also have manuscript annotations by Burroughs and Clara Burress.

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, memorabilia, scrapbooks and printed matter chiefly concentrated in the years 1910-1923. The correspondence includes photocopies of thirteen letters from Woodrow Wilson to Hale (1911-1915) discussing various aspects of United States foreign policy. Between 1913 and 1914, Hale travelled in Central America as Woodrow Wilson's special emissary to Mexico and then to Nicaragua. His letters to his wife during this period describe the political upheavals in those countries...

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A postcard to A. S. Clark ordering the book "A Pedestrian Tour of Two Thousand Three Hundred Miles, in North America."

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ALS thanking her for her kindness on a recent visit.

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Autograph letter, signed, concerning a letter and poems Ashley wrote to him, and relating that he has extended an invitation to John Muir to visit him in New York. With envelope.

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ALS referring to his poem "Waiting," sending regards to "the young lady," and suggesting that he write for her a poem on the subject of making haste.

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ALS thanking the recipient for a copy of Science which included his observations about the star-nosed mole.

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ALS discussing the behavior of an adder when frightened.

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ALS promising to call on Mrs. Suter, an admirer of his work, the next time he visits Shacksville, near Roxbury, N.Y., where he was born.

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ALS to "Dear Mr. Higginson" asking to be notified "when the dandelion, buttercup, & clover are in bloom."

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Three ALS and one TLS, discussing Smith's books about education and Burroughs's "Accepting the Universe".

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Two autograph manuscript letters, signed. One letter answers Miller’s questions to Burroughs about the sources of illustrations in his Squirrels and Other Fur-bearers (1900). The other letter discusses Burroughs’s notes on Walt Whitman and exchanging or selling his copy of Leaves of Grass.

Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, legal and financial papers, published writings, unpublished manuscripts, and memorabilia of the Loomis and Wilder families of Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. The papers relate principally to Eben Jenks Loomis, astronomer, poet, and nature writer, and to his immediate family, and to his wife, Mary Alden Wilder Loomis and her immediate family, including papers of John Augustus Wilder, Civil War officer and lawyer for the U.S. Army. The Eben...

Abstract: The papers include correspondence, journals, memorabilia, and photographs that document the life of Samuel Willard Saxton and the career of his brother General Rufus Saxton during the Civil War. The largest portion of the papers is composed of S. Willard Saxton's multi-volumed journal, which he began in 1847 while at Brook Farm and continued until the 1920s. The journal chronicles his career as a printer, aide-de-camp, and civil servant; his travels; family; his interests in the cultural...

Abstract: This collection consists chiefly of papers and photographs created and collected by George H. Seeley that document his photographic career, as well as his later life and family spanning from 1900 to 1975. The collection includes glass plate negatives used by Seeley to create his professional photographs. Photographic prints in the collection are predominantly work prints created by Seeley. There are also film negatives that document his later life and family, as well as the landscape around...

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Holograph manuscript fragment concerning birds' egg collectors.

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AM, in pencil.

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Essay, holograph, corrected and signed. Accompanied by a label describing the manuscript.

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Autograph manuscript fair copy, signed, of Burroughs’s poem “Waiting”.