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

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0754
Bib ID:
4079016 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
1 box (86 items)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

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

Description

Summary

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.

Arrangement

Cataloged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

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 Governing Use and Reproduction

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.

Related Materials

Letters to Emma Lazarus in the Columbia University Library

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

This collection was left by Emma Lazarus to her sisters and subsequently given by them to Columbia University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Johnstone, Annie Humphreys. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1929. Accession number--M-29.

Publications About Described Materials

Lazarus, Emma. Letters to Emma Lazarus in the Columbia University Library, edited by Ralph L. Rusk. New York : Columbia University Press, 1939.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

Revision Description

November 2020 PDF replaced with full finding aid, YH

Biographical / Historical

Poet, essayist.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Autographs (manuscripts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Burroughs, John, 1837-1921 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
James, Henry, 1843-1916 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Johnstone, Annie Humphreys CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Morris, William, 1834-1896 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Salvini, Tommaso, 1829-1915 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Soviet Union -- Religious life and customs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Social conditions CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
American literature -- 19th century CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Jews -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Pogroms -- Russia CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women authors, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Women poets, American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID