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• Author/Creator:Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
  
• Title:William Cullen Bryant collection. 1834-1877.
  
• Physical Description:0.21 linear feet (1 box)
  

• Yale Holdings

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  • Location:LSF- BEINECKE
    Request for Use in the Beinecke Reading Room
    
    
  • Call Number: YCAL MSS 554
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Notes: Former call numbers: Za Bryant, Uncat Za File 423, Uncat Za File 424, Uncat Za File 425, Uncat Za File 556, Uncat Za File 585
    

   
• Notes:In English.
  Acquired by gift and purchase, 1930-1960. For more information consult the appropriate curator.
  
• Access and use:This material is open for research.
• Biographical / Historical note:William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), American poet, journalist, and editor of the New York Evening Post ( where he began working in 1827 after a career in law).
  
• Summary:The William Cullen Bryant collection consists of letters, drafts, and notes (many of which were removed from printed material). The correspondence is comprised of Bryan'ts outgoing letters, the earliest being a letter written from Paris in 1834. Correspondents include: Dr. T. A. Cheney, James T. Fields, and Joseph P. Thompson. Drafts of Bryant's poem "A Hymn" (copied on December 30, 1867) and his translation into English of Homer's The Iliad (books II, III, VI-IX, XIV, XV, XVII, and XXIV) are in the collection. A portrait of Bryant, engraved by G. Parker, is also included in the collection.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Cite as:William Cullen Bryant Collection. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
  
• Subjects:Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
  American literature--19th century.
  Authors, American--19th century.
  Greek literature--Translations into English.