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John Burroughs papers-- addition manuscript "The Poet and the modern"

 Unprocessed Material — Container: Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2021-0056

Content Description

This addition to MSS 6179, the John Burroughs papers, contains the original holograph manuscript of John Burroughs' essay "The Poet and the Modern." The collection is 9 pages with numerous revision and corrections in Burroughs' hand and annotations in an unidentified editorial hand. It is bound by Grabau Binder in dark green morocco with gilt designs. Original pictorial title page signed "C.G. Mankell -- 06" and three mounted photographs, one of Burroughs and the other two of scenes at Burroughs' Roxbury, New York, home. The mounted manuscript is followed by four pages of the printed version, mounted on additional leaves, as it was published in the Atlantic monthly.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased,16 October 2019

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

This collection is minimally processed and open for research.

Dates

  • Creation: October 1896

Creator

Extent

1 items (1 letter sized folder)

Inventory

1 bound item in case