Emily Dickinson Collection, 1840-2005 (bulk 1850-1955)
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Emily Dickinson Collection
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24 archives boxes 8 half archives boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 6 specialty boxes
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886
Biographical History for: Emily Dickinson Collection
Biographical Note Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1830 to Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross Dickinson. She attended Amherst Academy from 1840 to 1847, then enrolled at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary from 1847 to 1848. She remained in Amherst for the rest of her life, and traveled only briefly to Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. For virtually her entire adult life, Emily lived in the Dickinson home at 280 Main Street with her father, mother, and her younger sister, Lavinia, who Emily called "Vinnie." Her brother, (William) Austin (AC 1850) lived next door with his wife, Susan Huntington Gilbert, one of Emily's closest friends. Emily was very close to their three children, Ned (Edward) (AC 1884), Mattie (Martha), and Gib (Thomas Gilbert). After the death of her father in 1874 and her mother the following year, Emily remained in the family home, living alone with Vinnie. Emily died there on May 15, 1886, at the age of 55. Renowned for a severe reclusiveness that began when she was in her 20s, Dickinson maintained warm and close relationships with family and friends through the medium of letters, frequently containing poems. Some of her most frequent correspondents outside of her family were childhood friends Abiah Root and Emily Fowler (Ford); her friend and later sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Gilbert (Dickinson); Samuel Bowles, editor of the Springfield Republican; Reverend Charles Wadsworth, a minister and poet; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, writer and liberal activist; Josiah Gilbert and Elizabeth Chapin Holland; and Adelaide Spencer (Mrs. Henry) Hills. A significant correspondent around 1858-1861 was a mysterious love interest who Dickinson referred to as "Master." It is not clear who this person may have been or what form any relationship between them took - only three draft letters by Dickinson to "Master" are known. Another important person Dickinson's life was Judge Otis Phillips Lord, with whom Dickinson had a romantic relationship starting in the late 1870s until his death in 1884. Although Emily and Lavinia were very close, and Lavinia was aware that Emily wrote poetry, she was not aware of the extent of her sister's writing. Upon Emily's death, Lavinia discovered how prolific and talented her sister had been when she found 1,775 poems in Emily's bureau drawer. Emily wrote some 1,789 poems, some contained in letters to friends and family, some sewn together in little bundles called fascicles that Emily stored in her drawers, some written on scraps of paper like shopping lists or envelope flaps. Lavinia preserved the poems she found, distributing them between Mabel Loomis Todd and Susan Dickinson, but destroyed all of Emily's correspondence in accord with her sister's previously expressed wishes. Within 10 years of Emily's death, three volumes of her poetry and two volumes of her letters were published by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, a woman with whom Austin had a long-term affair during his marriage to Susan. Emily Dickinson's niece, Martha Dickinson Bianchi (Austin's daughter), also helped to publish her aunt's poetry beginning in 1914. It was not until 1955, when Harvard published The Poems of Emily Dickinson edited by Thomas Johnson, that all of Dickinson's poetry was available in a single source. In 1960, Jay Leyda published The Years and Hours of Emily Dickinson, a chronological documentation of the events in the lives of Emily Dickinson and her family and friends. In 1998, Ralph W. Franklin, published The Poems of Emily Dickinson, which documents revisions and different versions of the poet's work. Unknown during her lifetime, Emily Dickinson is known today as one of the world's most important and loved poets of all-time, in any language. EMILY DICKINSON CHRONOLOGY1813Samuel Fowler Dickinson builds the "Homestead" on Main Street.1820-1821Samuel Fowler Dickinson serves on the building committee and provides major financial support for the construction of the first Amherst College building, South College.1828 May 6Edward Dickinson (AC 1823) and Emily Norcross marry.1829 Apr 16(William) Austin Dickinson (AC 1850), Emily's brother, born in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1830 Dec 10Emily Elizabeth Dickinson born in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1833 Feb 28Lavinia Norcross Dickinson, Emily's sister, born in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1835 Aug 4Edward Dickinson appointed Treasurer of Amherst College. 1835 Sep 7Emily Dickinson begins studying at primary school. 1840 AprDickinson family moves from the Homestead to a house on West Street (later North Pleasant Street)1840 Sep 7Emily Dickinson begins studies at Amherst Academy. 1844 May-JunEmily Dickinson visits relatives in Boston following the death of her friend Sophia Holland. 1845 Emily Dickinson silhouette cut by Charles Temple (AC1845), her former French instructor at Amherst Academy.1846 Aug-SepEmily Dickinson travels to Boston for her health. 1846 Dec 10-ca. 1847 late Mar Emily Dickinson daguerreotype made by William C. North, "Daguerrian Artist," in Amherst.1847 AugEmily Dickinson graduates from Amherst Academy. 1847 SepEmily Dickinson begins at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. 1848 AugEmily Dickinson withdraws from Mount Holyoke and returns home to Amherst. 1850 Feb"Magnum bonum" published for Valentines day in The Indicator, an Amherst College student publication.1851 Sep 6-22Emily Dickinson and Lavinia Dickinson visit Boston. 1852 Feb 20"Sic transit gloria mundi" published by the Springfield Republican under the title "A Valentine."1852 Dec 17Edward Dickinson elected Representative to Congress. 1855 [Feb-Mar]Emily Dickinson and Lavinia Dickinson travel to Washington, D.C. 1855 [Mar 4]Emily Dickinson meets the Reverend Charles Wadsworth in Philadelphia. 1855 NovEmily Norcross Dickinson, the poet's mother, becomes ill. 1855 NovDickinson family moves back to the Homestead. 1856 Jul 1William Austin Dickinson marries Susan Huntington Gilbert. 1858Emily Dickinson begins recording poems in fascicles (sewn packets). 1858 SpringEmily Dickinson drafts the first surviving "Master" letter (AC no. 827). 1858 Aug 2"Nobody knows this little rose" published by the Springfield Republican under the title "To Mrs. ----, with a Rose. [Surreptitiously communicated to The Republican.]"1860 [Mar]Reverend Charles Wadsworth visits Emily Dickinson in Amherst. 1861 EarlyEmily Dickinson drafts second surviving "Master" letter (AC no. 829). 1861 May 4"I taste a liquor never brewed" published by the Springfield Republican under the title "The May-Wine."1861 June 19Austin and Susan Dickinson's first child, Edward Austin (Ned) (AC 1884), is born. 1861 SummerEmily Dickinson drafts third surviving "Master" letter (AC no. 828). 1862 Mar 1"Safe in their Alabaster Chambers" published by the Springfield Republican under the title "The Sleeping."1862 AprEmily Dickinson begins corresponding with writer and liberal activist Thomas Wentworth Higginson.1864 Mar"Flowers - Well - if anybody" published by Drum Beat, Springfield Republican and Boston Post under the title "Flowers"1864 Mar 11"These are the days when birds come back" published by Drum Beat under the title "October."1864 Mar 12"Some keep the Sabbath Going to Church" published by the Round Table under the title "My Sabbath." 1864 Feb, Mar"Blazing in Gold, and Quenching in Purple" published by Drum Beat and the Springfield Republican under the title "Sunset."1864 Apr 27"Success is counted sweetest" published by the Brooklyn Daily Union. 1864 Apr-NovEmily Dickinson in Boston for eye treatment. 1864 May 13Austin Dickinson drafted to fight in the Civil War; he pays $500 for a substitute. 1865 [Apr]Emily Dickinson returns to Boston for eye treatment. 1866 Feb 14, 17"A narrow fellow in the grass" published by the Springfield Republican under the title "The Snake."1866 Nov 29Susan and Austin Dickinson's second child, Martha Gilbert (Mattie), is born.1870 Aug 16Thomas Wentworth Higginson visits Emily Dickinson in Amherst. 1872 Jul 10Edward Dickinson resigns as Treasurer of Amherst College, Austin Dickinson succeeds him as Treasurer in 1873.1873 Dec 3Thomas Wentworth Higginson visits Emily Dickinson for a second time. 1874 Jun 16Edward Dickinson dies. 1875 Jun 15Emily Norcross Dickinson is paralyzed. 1875 Aug 1Susan and Austin Dickinson's third child, Thomas Gilbert (Gib), is born. 1877 June 28Samuel Bowles visits Emily Dickinson in Amherst. 1878 Nov 20"Success is counted sweetest" published in A Masque of Poets. 1880 [Aug]Reverend Charles Wadsworth visits Emily Dickinson in Amherst. 1880 Aug-SepJudge Otis Lord and nieces visit Amherst. 1880 Dec 25Judge Otis Lord gives Emily Dickinson Complete Concordance to Shakspere. 1881 AprJudge Otis Lord guest at The Evergreens. 1882 Apr 1Reverend Charles Wadsworth dies. 1882 Apr 16Judge Otis Lord visits Emily Dickinson in Amherst. 1882 May 1Judge Otis Lord critically ill. 1882 Nov 14Emily Norcross Dickinson dies. 1883 Oct 5Thomas Gilbert (Gib), Emily Dickinson's nephew, dies at the age of eight of typhoid fever. 1884 Mar 15Judge Otis Lord dies. 1886 May 15Emily Dickinson dies. 1886 May 19Emily Dickinson's funeral in The Homestead library. 1890 Nov 12Poems, the first published volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry, edited by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, is published by Roberts Brothers.1891 Nov 19The second series of Poems, edited by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, is published by Roberts Brothers.1894 Nov 21Letters of Emily Dickinson in 2 volumes, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd, is published by Roberts Brothers.1895 Aug 16William Austin Dickinson dies. 1896 Sep 1Mabel Loomis Todd edits the third series of Poems, published by Roberts Brothers.1896 Nov 16Lavinia Dickinson files a suit against Mabel Loomis Todd over a piece of land she had earlier deeded to the Todds at Austin's request. The case is decided in Lavinia's favor.1899 Aug 31Lavinia Dickinson dies. 1903 Jul 19Martha Dickinson marries Alexander Emmanuel Bianchi, known as "Count Bianchi," of Russia at the Church of the Russian Embassy in Dresden, Germany.1913 May 12Susan Dickinson dies. 1914The Single Hound, edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi, is published by Little, Brown and Company.1924The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi, is published by Jonathan Cape.1924The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, is published by Little, Brown and Company.1929Further Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi, is published by Little, Brown and Company.1931Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd, is published by Harper Brothers.1932Emily Dickinson Face to Face: Unpublished Letters with notes and Reminiscences by Martha Dickinson Bianchi is published by Houghton Mifflin Company.1932 Oct 14Mabel Loomis Todd dies. 1935Unpublished Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, is published by Little, Brown and Company.1937Poems by Emily Dickinson, edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, is published by Little, Brown and Company.1943 Dec 21Martha Dickinson Bianchi dies. She bequeaths The Evergreens to Alfred Leete Hampson, it later passes into the hands of his widow, Mary Landis Hampson.1945Bolts of Melody: New Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and Millicent Todd Bingham, is published by Harper and Brothers.1945Ancestors' Brocades by Millicent Todd Bingham is published by Harper and Brothers.1951Emily Dickinson's Letters to Dr. And Mrs. Josiah Gilbert Holland, edited by Theodora Van Wagenen Ward, is published by Harvard University Press.1954Emily Dickinson: A Revelation by Millicent Todd Bingham is published by Harper and Brothers.1955The Poems of Emily Dickinson in 3 volumes, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, is published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.1955Emily Dickinson's Home by Millicent Todd Bingham is published by Harper and Brothers.1956 Mar 23Millicent Todd Bingham donates the majority of the Emily Dickinson Collection material to Amherst College. The donation includes 850 poems and fragments, 350 letters, publication material, and objects, including the Dickinson daguerreotype and silhouette.1958The Letters of Emily Dickinson in 3 volumes, edited by Thomas H. Johnson and Theodora Ward, is published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.1960The Years and Hours of Emily Dickinson by Jay Leyda is published by Yale University Press.1965 JanAmherst College purchases the Dickinson Homestead. 1965 Dec 1Millicent Todd Bingham dies. 1983 Apr 18A lock of Emily Dickinson's hair and letter to Emily Fowler (AC no. 72) are given to Amherst College by William R. Bailey in memory of his mother, Gillian Barr Bailey, and in the name of himself and his brothers and sisters.1986The Master Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by R. W. Franklin, is published by Amherst College Press.1988 Jan 3Mary Landis Hampson, the last owner of The Evergreens, dies. 1991The ownership of The Evergreens passes to the Martha Dickinson Bianchi Trust. The trust was established by Mary Landis Hampson in her will to preserve The Evergreens as a cultural resource.1998The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Variorum Edition, edited by Ralph W. Franklin, is published by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.1998Emily Dickinson: A Letter is published by Amherst College Press. It is republished with a revised introduction in 2006.2003 JanThe Martha Dickinson Bianchi Trust transfers ownership of The Evergreens to Amherst College. The Emily Dickinson Museum is created, composed of The Homestead and The Evergreens.2006 DecThree additional Dickinson manuscripts and an envelope (Ms. 53-56) are given to Amherst College by Thomas Michie. This chronology was adapted from The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson, edited by Wendy Martin; The Life of Emily Dickinson by Richard Sewall; and Archives and Special Collections files.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Emily Dickinson Collection documents the creative work and personal life of Emily Dickinson, spanning her lifetime, from 1830 to 1886; her family and friends; and the early publication history of her work. The Collection also includes material from Dickinson scholars Mabel Loomis Todd, Millicent Todd Bingham, Jay Leyda, and others. The bulk of the material falls into the period 1850-1955. The Collection occupies approximately 20.5 linear feet of shelf space. This collection includes original poems, manuscripts, and letters from Emily Dickinson to family and friends; images of the poet including the daguerreotype and silhouette; physical artifacts related to Emily Dickinson; manuscript transcriptions; printers' copies and proofs; Mabel Loomis Todd's correspondence, research indices, and writings; and material from or about Dickinson's friends and family, including correspondence, photographs, objects, and scrapbooks.
Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
Leyda, Jay, 1910-
Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932.
Dickinson family.
series
Series 1: POEMS AND LETTERS
Series 1, POEMS AND LETTERS, contains Dickinson's manuscript poems and letters and some letters and documents from others, as well as some transcriptions of poems and letters.
ACCESS TO ORIGINAL DICKINSON MANUSCRIPT POEMS AND LETTERS IS RESTRICTED FOR PRESERVATION REASONS. Researchers use high-resolution digital surrogates of the manuscripts in the first instance. Requests to consult the original manuscripts should be directed to the Head of Archives and Special Collections at least 24 hours in advance and should provide a specific explanation of the need.
Ms. 1 (J 850)
Ms. 2/2a (J 887)
Ms. 3 (J 973)
Ms. 5/5a (J 419)
Ms. 6 (J 445)
Ms. 7 (J 468)
Ms. 8/8a (J 469)
Ms. 9/9a, 9b, envelope (J 509)
Ms. 16/16a, 16b, envelope (J 706)
Ms. 22/22a, envelope (J 246)
Ms. 30/30a, envelope (J 1031)
Ms. 34/34a, envelope (J 558)
Ms. 36, envelope (J 588)
Ms. 38/38a, envelope (J 628)
Ms. 51/51a, envelope (J 981)
Ms. 54 (envelope, manuscript at American Antiquarian Society) (envelope for F1565, J1519, J letter 739)
Ms. 56, 56a (F 1566, J 1518, J letter 741)
Ms. 60, typed transcript
Mss. 61-1; 61-2; 61-3, envelope; 61-4; 61-5; 61-6, envelope; 61-7; 61-8; 61-9; 61-10; typed transcripts (3 p.)
Ms. 62/62a, envelope
Ms. 64
Ms. 66/66a, envelope, cricket remains (F 895, J 1068)
Ms. 70/70a
Ms. 72/72a
Ms. 75
Ms. 76; 76a; 76b; 76c; 76d (3 letter fragments and 3 envelopes)
subseries
Subseries A: Poems
Fascicle 80 (F Fascicle 2)
80-8 one page in two sheets (F 52, F 53, J 147, J 56)
80-8a one page in two sheets (F 5, J 14)
80-9 no number assigned
80-9b no number assigned
Fascicle 81 (F Fascicle 39)
Fascicle 82 (F Fascicle 1)
Fascicle 82 photocopies
Fascicle 83 (F Fascicle 5)
Fascicle 84 (F Fascicle 26)
Fascicle 85 (F Fascicle 17)
Set 86
small slip of paper with "Augustly!"
Set 87
Set 88
Set 89
Set 90
Set 91
Set 92
Slip of paper once "pinned to 92-14 verso"
Slip of paper once "pinned to recto of 92-18"
Set 93
Set 94
Set 95
Ms. 97/97a (F 1469, J 1443, J Prose fragment 91)
Ms. 104/104a (F 1419, F 1396, J 1407, J 1362, J Prose fragment 47)
Ms. 156/156a; 156b (F 1583, J 1553, J Prose fragment 31)
String - removed from Fascicle 80
String - removed from Fascicle 81
String - removed from Fascicle 82
String - removed from Fascicle 84
String - removed from Fascicle 85
Pin - removed from Ms. 103; 103a
Pin - removed from Ms. 111; 111a
Ms. 175/175a/175b (J Prose fragment 24, J Prose fragment 41)
Ms. 184 (F 1492, J 739 letter)
Ms. 186 (J Prose fragment 75, J Prose fragment 99)
Ms. 214; 214a (J Prose fragment 78)
Ms. 233 (J Prose fragment 81)
Pin - removed from Ms. 163/163b; 163a/163c
Pin - removed from Ms. 210; 210a
Pin - removed from Ms. 211; 211a
Pin - removed from Ms. 222/222b; 222a
Pin - removed from Ms. 238; 238a
Ms. 269/269a (F 1428, J 1393, J Prose fragment 27)
Ms. 283/283a (F 1539, J 1509, J Prose fragment 55)
Ms. 284, 284a (F 1539, J 1509, J Prose fragment 55)
Ms. 320 (J Prose fragment 97)
Ms. 331 (J Prose fragment 100)
Ms. 340/340a (F 1494, J 1385, J 720 Letters)
Pin - removed from Ms. 317; 317a
Pin - removed from Ms. 344/344a; 344b
Pin - removed from Ms. 346/346a
Ms. 380 (J Prose fragment 107)
Ms. 444/444a (F 1504, J 1470, J Prose fragment 108)
Pin - removed from Ms. 373; 373a
Pin - removed from Ms. 388, 388a
Pin - removed from Ms. 401; 401a
Pin - removed from Ms. 405
Pin - removed from Ms. 445/445b; 445a
Pin - removed from Ms. 458b
Ms. 523/523a (J Prose fragment 123)
Ms. 538 (J Prose fragment 58, J Prose fragment 59)
Ms. 539/539a (J Prose fragment 113)
Ms. 540 (J Prose fragment 92)
(Numbers not used)
Subseries B: Letters
Pin - removed from Ms. 478; 478a
Pin - removed from Ms. 490; 490a
Pin - removed from Ms. 513; 513a
Ms. 574, 574a; Note (not by Dickinson) "formerly contained letter of Dec 2, 1851" found under envelope flap (J 59)
Ms. 582b (J 68)
Ms. 592c (J 95)
Ms. 592d (J 95)
Ms. 592e (J 95)
Ms. 607f (J 127)
Ms. 616c (J 142)
Ms. 616d (J 142)
Ms. 624c (J 158)
Ms. 625b (J 159)
Ms. 627, 627a (F 289, J 240) Poems)
Pin - removed from Ms. 564, 564a
Hair, Emily Norcross Dickinson - removed from Ms. 564, 564a
Leaf - removed from Ms. 573, 573a; 573b; 573c
Gingham with 2 pins - removed from Ms. 590/590a; 590b; 590c; 590d
Pin - removed from Ms. 620; 620a
Ms. 633; 633a (J 308) Poems)
Ms. 634/634a (J 308) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 635, 635a (J 308) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 637/637a (J Prose fragment 49, J 938)
Ms. 638/638a (J Prose fragment 50, J 988)
Ms. 639, 9a-1 (J Prose fragment 50, J 988) Poems)
Ms. 647 (J 193) Poems)
Ms. 648 (J 193) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 651 (J 196) Poems)
Ms. 652 (J 196) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 653 (J 196) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 654 (J 196) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 655 (J 196) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 656 (J 196) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 657/657a (J 196) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 661 (F 202, J 220) Poems)
Ms. 662 (F 202, J 220) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 663 (F 202, J 220) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 664, 664a (F 202, J 220) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 665 (F 202, J 220) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 668 (J 300) Poems)
Ms. 670 (F 219, J 235) Poems)
Ms. 673 (J 244) Poems)
Ms. 687 (J 276) Poems)
Ms. 688, 688a (J 276) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 693 (F 227, J 219) Poems)
Ms. 695 (F 284, J 283) Poems)
Ms. 696, 696a (F 284, J 283) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 697 (F 284, J 283) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 698, 698a (F 284, J 283) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 699, 699a (F 284, J 283) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 700 (F 284, J 283) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 701 (F 284, J 283) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Pins (2) and pencil - removed from Ms. 695
Ms. 738 (J Prose fragment 42)
Ms. 743/743a (J Prose fragment 19)
Ms. 752, 752a (J 1024, J Prose fragment 32)
Ms. 758/758a (J Prose fragment 46, J Prose fragment 40)
Ms. 760/760a (J Prose fragment 48, Prose fragment 53)
Ms. 761 (J Prose fragment 68)
Ms. 761a-z - Caricatures by Judge Otis Phillips Lord
Ms. 761aa-bb - Letters by and about Judge Otis Phillips Lord 1874 Dec 9, 1875 Nov 25
Ms. 761cc-dd - Letter and minutes from Essex Bar Association Committee, 1880 Dec
Ms. 761ee - Opinion by Judge Otis Phillips Lord, Paine v. City of Boston, n.d.
Ms. 761ff-hh - Photocopies of certificates of appoint of Judge Otis Phillips Lord as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts; cross reference for honorary diploma of Judge Otis Lord, LL.D. 1869
Ms. 761ff - Certificates of appoint of Judge Otis Phillips Lord as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts
Creation of Ms. 761ff - Certificates of appoint of Judge Otis Phillips Lord as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts
Time of Creation of Ms. 761ff - Certificates of appoint of Judge Otis Phillips Lord as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts
Ms. 761gg - Certificates of appoint of Judge Otis Phillips Lord as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts
Creation of Ms. 761gg - Certificates of appoint of Judge Otis Phillips Lord as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts
Time of Creation of Ms. 761gg - Certificates of appoint of Judge Otis Phillips Lord as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts
Ms. 761ii - draft letter from Millicent Todd Bingham to Register of Probate, Essex County, 1945 Jul 30
Ms. 761jj - Excerpts from "Proceedings of the Bar of the Commonwealth at Boston on the Death of Otis Phillips Lord," 1884
Ms. 761kk-ll - Executor's Account; photocopy and transcript of will of Judge Otis Phillips Lord
Ms. 761mm - list of many Ms. 761 items
Ms. 761nn - Four photographs of Judge Otis Phillips Lord, one of Mrs. Lord and one of Abbie C. Farley, Mrs. Lord's niece
Ms. 761oo - Booklet "In memory of Otis P. Lord" containing the proceedings of the of the Bar of the Commonwealth at Boston on the Death of Otis Phillips Lord
Ms. 767, 767a (F 1597, F 1600, J 809, J Prose fragment 28)
Ms. 768 (F 1597, F 1600, J 809, J Prose fragment 28) Poems)
Ms. 768a-e - Letters from Lavinia Dickinson to Mabel Loomis Todd
Ms. 769; 769a (J Prose fragment 116)
Ms. 769b; 769c (J Prose fragment 116)
Ms. 779 (J 985) Poems)
String (2 pieces, red and white) - removed from Ms. 768
Ms. 780, 780a (J 985) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 783 (J 1016) Poems)
Ms. 786 (J 748) Poems)
Ms. 787, 787a; 787b (J 748) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 788, 788a (J 748) Poems) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 790 (J Prose fragment 61)
Ms. 791aa1; 791aa2; 791aa3; 791aa4; 791aa5; 791aa6; 791aa6-1; 791aa6-2 - Letters from Lavinia Dickinson to Mr. and Mrs. [Eben J.] Loomis
Ms. 791b-zz - Letters from Lavinia Dickinson to Mabel Loomis and David Peck Todd
Ms. 791-1 to 791-1h - Letters from Susan Dickinson to Mabel Loomis Todd and Mrs. Wilder
Ms. 791-2 to 791-2h - Letters from Edward (Ned) Dickinson to Mabel Loomis and David Peck Todd
Ms. 791-3 to 791-3j - Letters from Martha (Mattie) Dickinson to Mabel Loomis Todd
Ms. 794, 794a (J 28) Poems)
Ms. 795 (F Appendix 13, J 41)
Ms. 806, 806a; 806b (J 781) Poems)
Ms. 812 (J 932, J Prose fragment 20)
Ms. 813, 813a (J 932, J Prose fragment 20) Poems)
Ms. 824 (J Prose fragment 29)
Ms. 825 (J Prose fragment 29) Poems)
Ms. 826 (J Prose fragment 29) Poems) Poems)
Ms. 838/838a (J Prose fragment 37, J 537)
Pin removed from Ms. 821; 821a
Pin removed from Ms. 822; 822a
Ms. 840/840a (J Prose fragment 60)
Ms. 841, 841a (F Appendix 9, J Prose fragment 66)
Ms. 842 (J Prose fragment 21)
Ms. 843 (J Prose fragment 22)
Ms. 844 (J Prose fragment 23)
Ms. 849 (J Prose fragment 26)
Ms. 850/850a (J Prose fragment 70)
Ms. 851 (J Prose fragment 30)
Ms. 852/852a (J Prose fragment 73)
Ms. 853 (J Prose fragment 74)
Ms. 854/854a (J Prose fragment 33)
Ms. 855 (J Prose fragment 34)
Ms. 856 (J Prose fragment 35)
Ms. 858 (J Prose fragment 82)
Ms. 859 (J Prose fragment 38)
Ms. 860/860a; 860b/860c (J Prose fragment 39)
Ms. 861/861a (J Prose fragment 83)
Ms. 862 (J Prose fragment 86)
Ms. 863 (J Prose fragment 87)
Ms. 864/864a (J Prose fragment 88, J Prose fragment 45)
Ms. 865 (J Prose fragment 93)
Ms. 866 (J Prose fragment 94)
Ms. 867/867a (J Prose fragment 95)
Ms. 868 (J Prose fragment 96)
Ms. 869 (J Prose fragment 102)
Ms. 870 (J Prose fragment 103)
Ms. 871/871a (J Prose fragment 44)
Ms. 872 (J Prose fragment 105)
Ms. 875 (J Prose fragment 109)
Ms. 876/876a (J Prose fragment 114, J Prose fragment 90)
Ms. 877 (J Prose fragment 115)
Ms. 878/878a (J Prose fragment 117)
Ms. 879 (J Prose fragment 119)
Ms. 880; 880a (J Prose fragment 51)
Ms. 881 (J Prose fragment 52)
Ms. 883/883a (J Prose fragment 120)
Ms. 884 (J Prose fragment 54)
Ms. 886 (J Prose fragment 124)
Ms. 887/887a (J Prose fragment 57, J Prose fragment 85, J Prose fragment 36)
Ms. 888 (J Prose fragment 80, J Prose fragment 111, J Prose fragment 89)
Ms. 891
Ms. 891- Newspaper clipping
Ms. 900 to 910 - Letters from Edward Dickinson to William Austin Dickinson (10 letters)
Ms. 911 to 929 - Letters from Edward Dickinson to William Austin Dickinson (20 letters)
Ms. 930 to 932 - Letters from Edward Dickinson to William Austin Dickinson and family and letter from Edward Dickinson to his wife and family (2 letters)
Ms. 933 - Letter from Edward Dickinson to Emily E. Dickinson
Ms. 934 - Letter from Emily N. Dickinson to Lavinia Norcross
Ms. 935/935a; 936; 936a; 936b - Letters and drafts from William Austin Dickinson to Emily Dickinson (2 letters)
Ms. 937 - Letter from William Austin Dickinson to Lavinia Dickinson
Ms. 938; 938a - Letter from William Austin Dickinson to Edward Dickinson
Ms. 939 to 943 - Letters from William Austin Dickinson to Martha Gilbert [sister-in-law] (5 letters)
Ms. 944 - Letter from Lavinia Dickinson to Emily N. Dickinson
Ms. 945 - Letter from Lavinia Dickinson to Mrs. E. W. Donald
Ms. 946; 946a; 947 - Letters from Elizabeth Dickinson (Currier) to William Austin Dickinson (2 letters)
Ms. 948 - Letter from Emily Norcross to William Austin Dickinson
Ms. 949 - Letter from Clara Newman Turner to William Austin Dickinson
Ms. 950 to 959 - Letters from Catharine Dickinson Sweetser to Joseph A. Sweetser, Samuel Fowler Dickinson, Lucretia Gunn Dickinson, Elizabeth Dickinson and Lucretia Dickinson Bullard (10 letters)
Ms. 960 to 966 - Letters from Joseph A. Sweetser to Catharine Dickinson Sweetser (7 letters)
Ms. 967; 967a; 967b - Letter from Abel Sweetser to Joseph A. Sweetser
Ms. 968 to 973 - Letters from Luke Sweetser to Joseph A. Sweetser (5 letters)
Ms. 974; 975 - Letters from Samuel Sweetser to Joseph A. Sweetser (2 letters)
Pin removed from Ms. 880; 880a
Ms. 976 - Letter from Edward Dickinson to Joseph A. Sweetser
Ms. 977 to 981- Letters from Samuel Fowler Dickinson, Jr. to Joseph A. Sweetser (5 letters)
Ms. 982; 983 - Letters from Mark Haskell Newman to Joseph A. Sweetser (2 letters)
Ms. 984 to 997 - Letters from Charles Humphries Sweetser to Joseph A. Sweetser (14 letters)
Ms. 1000 - Letter-poem to William Austin Dickinson from Susan Gilbert (Dickinson)
Ms. 1001 - Letter to William Austin Dickinson from S. G. F.
Ms. 1001a to 1005 - Letters from to William Austin Dickinson from unknown authors
Ms. 1006 - Letter to William Austin Dickinson from Edward P. Burgess
Ms. 1007 - Letter to William Austin Dickinson from [Tremont House]
Ms. 1008 - Telegram to William Austin Dickinson from Merrill E. Gates
Ms. 1009 - Draft of letter from William Austin Dickinson to Charles Lamson
Ms. 1010; 1011 - Letters from Emily Fowler (Ford) to Emily and William Austin Dickinson (2 letters)
Ms. 1012 - Letter from Charles Wadsworth to Emily Dickinson
Photocopies of 33 letters from Emily Dickinson to Adelaide Spencer (Mrs. Henry) Hills not held by Amherst College (J376, J417, J 535, J535a, J576, J594, J595, J596, J597, J614, J615, J623, J631, J632, J639, J640, J657, J658, J659, J681, J698, J699, J760, J778, J783, J797, J846, J847, J848, J877, J885, J932, J958)
Subseries C: Blank Paper
5 scraps of paper [note in Jay Leyda's hand (?) reads, "3 slips prepared for use (by ED; to write rough drafts on)"]
Blank envelope associated with Mss. 5-18 and 20
Subseries D: Material Relating to Individual Manuscripts
Correspondence re: Ms. 21/21a and Ms. 22
Ms. 175b - Partial transcription
Ms. 196- Information about
Ms. 214 - Transcripts
Ms. 233- Transcript
Ms. 243- Transcript
Ms. 426- Note about, by [Mabel Loomis Todd?]
Ms. 791-3 to 791-3j- List
See Also: Jay Leyda's typed notes re: Fascicles 80-95 and Mss. numbers 60, 96-570 and 571-891 in Series 7: Collection Related Material.