Emma Lazarus letters, 1868-1929, bulk 1868-1887

Creator:
Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887
Extent:
1 box 86 items
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Correspondence of Emma Lazarus. While the letters are primarily of a personal nature, they also reflect both her literary career and, after the traumatic effect on her of the perssecution of Russian Jews, 1879-1883, her role as American champion of Jews. There are original autograph letters from John Burroughs, Ralph W. Emerson, Henry James, William Morris, Tommaso Salvini, and Ivan Turgenev, and twenty other prominent figures. Also, one letter from Lazarus to William Wetmore Story and the letter of her sister, Annie Johnstone, presenting this collection to Columbia University.

Biographical / historical:

Poet, essayist.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Reader must use printed copy of these letters, except for those of Henry James and John Greenleaf Whittier, which were not published.

Letters to Emma Lazarus in the Columbia University Library

Also PS 2234 .A45 1966

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Emma Lazarus letters; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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