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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 |
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Collector
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1807-1882 |
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Cambridge |
| state | MA | | other cities | Portland, ME; Brunswick, ME |
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historical notes
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Collector Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a commanding figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s, and a world- famous personality by the time of his death in 1882.
He was a traveler, a linguist, and a romantic who identified with the great traditions of European literature and thought. At the same time, he was rooted in American life and history, which charged his imagination with untried themes and made him ambitious for success.
He married Frances ("Fanny") Appleton in 1843, her father bought Craigie House in Cambridge for them as a wedding present, Longfellow having previously rented rooms in the house.
His first wife, former Miss Mary Storer Potter of Portland, died of a complicated miscarriage (ca. 1835).
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decades
of activity | 1840-1850
1850-1860
1860-1870
1870-1880
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| website | http://www.longfellowfriends.org; www.hwlongfellow.org |
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Longfellow National Historic Site |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Family Papers, 1768-1972 (Bulk dates: 1825-1950) |
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Longfellow National Historic Site |
Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, 1845-1972. |
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Longfellow National Historic Site |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers, 1744-1971. |
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Longfellow National Historic Site |
Wadsworth-Longfellow Family Papers, 1610-1971. |
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Bowdoin College, Library |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection, 1821-1995 (bulk 1821-1909).
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Houghton Library |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Papers, 1819-1928 (bMS Am 1340) |
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Houghton Library |
Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive) 1820-1888 (bulk). (MS Am 1340.2-1340.7) |
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Maine Historical Society |
Wadsworth-Longfellow family archives,1848-1907.
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Maine Historical Society |
Wadsworth-Longfellow family papers, [between 1762 and 1921]. |
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Maine Historical Society |
Wadsworth Longfellow families research collection, 1723-1995 |
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Maine Historical Society |
[Wadsworth Longfellow house] [scrapbook] |
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Houghton Library |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Miscellaneous papers, 1840-1882 (MS Am 1370). |
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Houghton Library |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Letters to Emmeline Austin Wadsworth, 1847-1877 (MS Am 1340.12). |
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