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Formal title:: Muriel Marjorie Boos Hanna papers
Extent:: 2.75 linear feet (3 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1922-1989 (bulk 1978-1989)
Abstract:: The Muriel Marjorie Boos Hanna papers consist primarily of poetry by Muriel Hanna (dating from 1976 to 1989), drafts, notes and a draft of a compilation of poems, as well as a printed collection. An active member of the Rhode Island State Poetry Society, Hanna wrote of nature, family, and personal experiences in her poems. Included in the papers are poems by Hanna's grandmother, Emma Doan (Evans) Nicholas, whose poems describe her life a farm in New Jersey, provide information about the Grange, and gender roles in rural life in the early twentieth century.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 90.11

Formal title:: Michael Lowenthal papers relating to the anthology From Now On
Extent:: 1.42 Linear feet
Date range:: 1990-1994
Abstract:: Correspondence and manuscripts relating to Lowenthal's unpublished anthology
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2012.032

Formal title:: Albert Edgar Lownes collection on Henry David Thoreau
Extent:: 7 boxes
Date range:: 1837-1965
Abstract:: The Lownes collection includes a wide variety of materials by and pertaining to Henry David Thoreau, including correspondence, college papers, journal excerpts, prints, clippings, photographs, and other Thoreauviana collected by Albert E. Lownes. Materials date from 1837-1965.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.80.1

Formal title:: Nancy Luce papers
Extent:: 1 linear foot (over 300 items)
Date range:: 1725-1964 (bulk 1833-1889)
Abstract:: The Nancy Luce papers comprise manuscripts poems, accounts, journals, photographs, family papers and clippings that cover the period from 1725 to 1964.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.Luce

Wegelin (Oscar) papers

Formal title:: Oscar Wegelin papers
Extent:: 2.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1899-1966
Abstract:: Oscar Wegelin, bookseller and author, was one of the leading bibliographers in the field of early American writings. The Oscar Wegelin papers (1899-1966) contain correspondence with important scholars, litterateurs, and bibliographers. In addition, the papers contain poems, plays, and prose written by Wegelin.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.78.13

Formal title:: Sarah Helen Whitman papers
Extent:: 4.5 linear ft. (5 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1816-1878
Abstract:: Sarah Helen (Power) Whitman (1803-1878) was a Rhode Island poet and essayist best known for her brief engagement to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848. Whitman hosted a salon in Providence that attracted many (including George William Curtis, John Neal, and John Hay) and corresponded with a number of literary luminaries. While living in Boston, Whitman became interested in Transcendentalism and other movements of the period, including woman's rights, spiritualism, mesmerism, Fourierism, and the progressive educational methods of Bronson Alcott. The papers include correspondence, poetry, genealogical information, and legal documents.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 79.11

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