This collection is located on-site.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foundation prohibits the use of this material by undergraduates.
Photostatic copies of letters by Ralph Waldo Emerson gathered by Professor Ralph L. Rusk for his edition of THE LETTERS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON (New York, 1939). Also, twenty-six volumes of typescript journals in nine boxes.
The letters are arranged: chronologically after the arrangement of the published volume.
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This collection is located on-site.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Foundation prohibits the use of this material by undergraduates.
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.
Permission to quote from these photostats or publish extracts must be given by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Foundation, Harvard University. Address letters to Mr. William H. Bond, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ralph Waldo Emerson papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Ralph Leslie Rusk Papers.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Emerson letters are: Type of reproduction--photostatic copies
Letters were gathered by Professor Ralph L. Rusk for his edition of The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Source of acquisition--Rusk, Ralph L. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1939. Accession number--M-39.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson.. edited by Ralph L. Rusk... New York : Columbia University Press, 1939.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
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