Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1800 - 1944
- Majority of material found within 1820 - 1850
Creator
Language of Materials
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
5.34 Linear Feet ((16 boxes) + 1 broadside folder, 1 art)
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
James Gates Percival (1795-1856)
Percival began writing poetry while in boarding school, his most notable work being the epic-length poem "The Commerciad"; later verses were published in the early 1820s in the New Haven Microscope, the United States Literary Gazette, and other newspapers. His collected Poems (1821) included his well-regarded "Prometheus" and inspired the publication of Prometheus Part II with Other Poems (1822). His series Clio I, Clio II (both 1822), and Clio III (1827) were followed fifteen years later by his final volume of poetry, The Dream of a Day (1843).
Custodial History
Processing Information
Former call numbers: Za Percival, Uncat Za File Percival, Iw P412 +1, Za P412 +1, Za P412 +S1, Art Storage 698, Za Objects 38, u.1927.132
- Babcock, Sidney, 1797?-1884
- Book collecting -- United States
- Collectors and collecting -- United States
- Cutbush, James, 1788-1823
- Geography -- United States
- Geological maps -- United States -- 19th century
- Geologists -- United States
- Geologists -- United States -- 19th century
- Geology -- United States
- Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888
- Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860
- Gregory, Herbert E. (Herbert Ernest), 1869-1952
- Hayward, George, 1791-1863
- Herrick, Edward Claudius, 1811-1862
- Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858
- Linguistics -- United States
- Linguists -- United States
- Linguists -- United States -- 19th century
- Linguists' writings
- Manuscript maps -- United States -- 19th century
- New Haven Sing-Song Club
- Oil paintings (visual works) -- United States -- 19th century
- Percival, Edwin, 1793-1847?
- Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856
- Poets -- United States -- 19th century
- Poets, American -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Silliman, Benjamin, 1779-1864
- Subscription lists (Publishing) -- Connecticut -- New Haven -- 19th century
- Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879
- Walker, Samuel, active 1832-1851
- Ward, J. H. (Julius Hammond), 1837-1897
- Yvonnet, James Lawrence, -1824
- Title
- Guide to the James Gates Percival Collection
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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