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Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. from various sources. Among his correspondents are James T. Field, Howard Pyle, and Benjamin H. Ticknor. There are also two Holmes manuscripts: an epigram and six lines from one of his poems.
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Oliver Wendell Holmes papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Letters: Source of acquisition--9002F, 9003F, 45069F, 59752D (all Bancroft). Method of acquisition--Purchases; Date of acquisition--1900. Accession number--M-0000.
Letter: Source of acquisition--Zanetti, J.E. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1940. Accession number--M-1940.
Letters: Source of acquisition--45-27035-8 & 45-27036. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--04/27/45. Accession number--M-45-04-27.
Letter: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--05/20/52. Accession number--M-52-05-20.
Poem: Source of acquisition--293. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--07/01/91. Accession number--M-91-07-01.
Letter: Source of acquisition--2293B(Rare Book)-Auerbach. Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--03/09/94. Accession number--M-94-03-09.
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Letters Cataloged HR 03/15/94.
Letter Cataloged HR 03/15/94.
Letters Cataloged HR 03/15/94.
Letter Cataloged HR 03/15/94.
Poem Cataloged HR 03/15/94.
Letter Cataloged hr 03/15/94.
Holmes was an essayist, poet, lecturer, Dean of the Harvard Medical School, and leader in the Unitarian movement.
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