Burroughs, John, 1837-1921
Dates
- Existence: 1837-04-03 - 1921-03-29
Biography
John Burroughs (1837-1921), American naturalist and author
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
“Fragments on criticism”, undated
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.
William Bayard Hale papers
Letter : to A. S. Clarke, West Park, New York, 1890 August 28
A postcard to A. S. Clark ordering the book "A Pedestrian Tour of Two Thousand Three Hundred Miles, in North America."
Letter : West Park, N. Y., to Mrs. Custer, n.y. September 11
ALS thanking her for her kindness on a recent visit.
Letter : West Park, New York, to Mrs. Harriet Ashley, Middletown, New York, 1910 April 7
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.
Letter : West Park, N.Y., to [Edward William] Bok, 1892 Feb 23
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.
Letter : West Park, N.Y., to [Glover M.?] Allen, 1913 Jan 2
ALS thanking the recipient for a copy of Science which included his observations about the star-nosed mole.
Letter : West Park, N.Y., to Mr. Lloyd., [1902] Oct 30
ALS discussing the behavior of an adder when frightened.
Letter : West Park, N.Y., to Mrs. Suter, 1894 Sep 19
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.
Letter : West Park, NY, to [Thomas Wentworth] Higginson, 1889 Mar 21
ALS to "Dear Mr. Higginson" asking to be notified "when the dandelion, buttercup, & clover are in bloom."
Letters : to William Hawley Smith, Peoria, Illinois, 1894-1921
Three ALS and one TLS, discussing Smith's books about education and Burroughs's "Accepting the Universe".
Letters : West Park, New York to Dewitt Miller, 1901
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.
Loomis-Wilder Family papers
Rufus and S. Willard Saxton papers
George H. Seeley papers and photographs
[Untitled], n.d.
Holograph manuscript fragment concerning birds' egg collectors.
Untitled essay on evolution, n.d.
AM, in pencil.
Untitled essay on the chief elements that combine to make up living bodies, n.d.
Essay, holograph, corrected and signed. Accompanied by a label describing the manuscript.
"Waiting", undated
Autograph manuscript fair copy, signed, of Burroughs’s poem “Waiting”.
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