MS 0716.1
Correspondence , 1847-1848
3 folders
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0716, the Emily Dickinson Collection
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/11/12
Description:
This series includes an orginial letter by
Dickinson written to her friend and Amherst
Academy classmate Abiah Root on November 6, 1847.
The letter reflects Dickinson's first
experiences as a student at Mount Holyoke Female
Seminary and describes her grueling examinations,
studies, daily schedule, and domestic work. She
writes that although she was homesick upon
arrival, "I am now contented and quite happy, if
I can be happy when absent from my dear home and
friends." She also comments on the faculty: "One
thing is certain and that is that Miss Lyon and
all the teachers seem to consult our comfort and
happiness in everything they do and you know that
is pleasant." This series also contains copies
of all of her letters written as a Mount Holyoke
student as printed in "The Letters of Emily
Dickinson," edited by Thomas H. Johnson and
published in 1958.
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MS 0716.2
Collection of Poems , 1988
1 folder
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0716, the Emily Dickinson Collection.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/05/02
Description:
This series contains a collection of Dickinson
poems translated into the Estonian language by
Doris Kareva and published in 1988.
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MS 0716.3
Subject Files , 1962-
8 folders
Arranged by subject
Forms part of MS 0716, the Emily Dickinson Collection
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/05/02
Description:
This series includes documents about the Emily
Dickinson International Society; articles and
information about a 1977 film about her called "A
Certain Slant of Light;" music about Dickinson; a
1996 novel about Dickinson "I Never Came to You
in White," by Judith Farr; articles and
information about the play "The Belle of
Amherst;" a poem about Dickinson; and information
about the 1971 Emily Dickinson postage stamp.
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MS 0716.4
Writings About Dickinson , 1924-
3 boxes
Chronological
Forms part of MS 0716, the Emily Dickinson Collection.
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/05/02
Description:
This series consists of books, articles,
newspaper clippings, and published and
unpublished papers about Dickinson. Most of this
material is in the English language; some
writings are in Japanese or other languages. Of
particular note are a series of clippings
describing the celebration at Mount Holyoke
College commemorating Dickinson's 150th birthday
in 1980 which featured a marathon twenty-four
hour reading of her poems. There is an article
from the Spring 1986 "Mount Holyoke Alumnae
Quarterly" by Anna Mary Wells concerning
Dickinson's experiences at Mount Holyoke and a
paper entitled "Mount Holyoke Female Seminary's
Unique Effect On Emily Dickinson," written in
1991 by Middlebury College student Jeannette
Squires. An article by John Felix in the 1995
"New England Journal of Photographic History"
discusses the history of the only known
photograph of Dickinson. This series also
includes "An Emily Dickinson Encyclopedia" and
"The Emily Dickinson Handbook," both published in
1998, as well as articles that concern
Dickinson's health and the various forgeries of
her poems.
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MS 0716.5
Reproductions of Photographs and Other Images , ca. 1960s-
4 folders
Arranged by type of image
Forms part of MS 0716, the Emily Dickinson Collection
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Last Updated: 2002/05/02
Description:
This series consists of reproductions of
portraits and other images of Dickinson and her
family. Most of these reproductions are prints
and photocopies that were made between the 1960s
and the 1990s. The series includes prints of the
1847 daguerreotype of Dickinson owned by Amherst
College and reproductions of an 1848 silhouette
of Dickinson with her family. This series also
contains copies of portraits based on the 1847
daguerreotype and a of the childhood portrait of
Dickinson with her siblings that was painted in
1840.
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