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A Guide to the Celia Thaxter Collection Thaxter, Celia. 6994-e

A Guide to the Celia Thaxter Collection

A Collection in the
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature
Accession number 6994-e


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Repository
University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. Alderman Library University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 USA
Collection Number
6994-e
Title
Celia Thaxter Collection 1874-1892
Extent
10 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

Celia Thaxter Collection, Accession 6994-e, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

Purchase 1968 Sep 3

Funding Note

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

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Celia Thaxter
  • Mary C. Day
  • [James Ripley] Osgood
  • [John Greenleaf] Whittier
  • [Mary Mapes ?] Dodge
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Appledore
  • Appledore, Isle of Shoals
  • Boston
  • Newtonville
  • Portsmouth
  • Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  • San Luis Obispo, California
  • Shoals
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Item Listing

Manscript
  • Poem, " The Kaiserblumen "
    n. d.
    AMsS, 3 p.
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Letters
  • Celia Thaxter , Portsmouth , to Mrs. Sargent
    1874 Jan 8
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Regrets delay in returning letter of invitation due to illness of her mother necessitating her spending the winter at the Shoals ; requests name of "unknown friend."]

  • Celia Thaxter , Appledore , to [Mary Mapes ?] Dodge
    1874 Oct 11
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Inquires about sum sent the previous day, fearing it was not enough.]

  • Celia Thaxter , Appledore, Isle of Shoals , to Mr. Alden
    1875 May 29
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Offers poems written in memory of friends lost in the wreck of the ill fated Schiller for publication in his magazine, requests their return if not used.]

  • Celia Thaxter , Newtonville , [James Ripley] Osgood
    1876 Sep 23
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Writes that she would like to bring collection of poems and design for book for inspection; hopes to publish by Christmas; asks about financial terms.]

  • Celia Thaxter , Winthrop House , Boston , to Mrs. Thorndike
    1882 Oct 14
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Regrets the jar she painted did not turn out as she would like; states that, as soon as she is settled for the winter, she will paint another.]

  • Celia Thaxter , Portsmouth , to Mr. Wingate
    1891 Nov 26
    ALS, 1 p.

    [Asks return, for changes and additions, of the letter she sent in response to his request for her choice of [John Greenleaf] Whittier 's best poems.]

  • Celia Thaxter , Shoals , to Miss Wheildon
    1892 Mar 20
    ALS, 2 p.

    [Thanks her for plants which arrived in perfect condition; requests information on their habit.]

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Miscellaneous
  • Signed receipt for $15 in payment for " Song , " to be published January, 1876, in Scribner's Monthly , from Celia Thaxter to Scribner & Co.
    1875 Dec 24
    Receipt
  • Celia Thaxter , Portsmouth, New Hampshire , to Mary C. Day , San Luis Obispo, California
    1883 Sep [8 ?]
    Envelope
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