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A Guide to the Sidney Lanier Collection Lanier, Sidney. 6957-b

A Guide to the Sidney Lanier Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6957-b


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Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
6957-b
Title
Sidney Lanier Collection 1876-1895
Extent
2 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Sidney Lanier Collection, Accession 6957-b, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Archival Transfer, 1967 July 12

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Alfred Allen
  • Clifford Anderson Lanier
  • John Banister Tabb
  • Mary Day Lanier
  • Mattie Montgomery
  • Sidney Lanier
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Item Listing

Letters
  • Sidney Lanier to Editors of Scribner's Monthly
    1876 Sep 25
    ALS , 1 p.

    [Submits "Clover," a protest against "art for art's sake," for publication.]

  • Mary Day Lanier to John Banister Tabb
    [ca. 1895] Apr 26
    APCS

    [Wishes she had sent Alfred Allen 's "Reminiscenses of Sidney Lanier" to him instead of to Clifford Anderson Lanier . Mentions that some corrections were made. Recalls Sidney Lanier 's being rescued on a troop ship. Notes that Mattie Montgomery published song "Little Ella. A Beautiful Ballad" without Lanier's knowledge. Says the Wards liked Tabb's Christmas quatrain, and recalls meeting Tabb's "admirer," Mrs. Wright, in Newark.]

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