Fall 2001
You've read 'em, heard about 'em, seen 'em on the silver screen-the 1850s were an unparalleled decade for American classics. This was also the decade of the "run up" to the Civil War, and the remarkably undistinguished presidencies of Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan.
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The goal of this seminar will be to discover what else was being written (and read) during this decade. We will scatter to the four corners of the library to track down personal letters and journals, travel writing, abolitionist tracts and poems, songs, conduct books, temperance novels, campaign speeches, plays, newspapers and magazines, textbooks-anything written in the United States and its territories is fair game.
We will try to figure out
We will also look at the book trade and how it was affected by
During the term, each student will be responsible for tracking the public and private writings of one literary figure and one public figure, as well as sampling one magazine or newspaper. This reading might build upon previous acquaintance with the selected writers, or it might go into new territory.
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The Minnesota Historical Society has closed stacks, hours Mon-Sat 9:30-4:00; Thursdays open until 8:00. 296-2143.
Start with Steve Nielsen, Diaries in the MHS Manuscript Collection, 1979, but there are later acquisitions. The University does not have a copy of this book.
Keywords
Authors, American--19th century--diaries
Poets, American--19th century--correspondence
[and other permutations of those key words]
Amos Brownson ALCOTT 81Al12 Ch43 P. T. BARNUM, Selected letters 921 B267s William Cullen BRYANT (6 vols.) Lydia Maria Francis CHILD 81C43 CN49 (1982) Emily DICKINSON 81 D56 CT56a; 81D56 CJ62s; 81D56 CT56 Ralph Waldo EMERSON (Vols. 4-5-1848-67) PS1631 .A3 1939 Margaret FULLER (5 vols.) PS2506 .A4 1983 Paul Hamilton Hayne 81H33 CM78 Eleanor Mead HOWELLS (1837-1910) PS2033 .H6 1988 Letters of Washington IRVING (?only to 1838) 81Ir8 CAd35 Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW (Vol. 3-4-1848-65) 81L86 CH54 James Russell LOWELL, Complete Works incl. 3 vol. of letters 81L95 .IE166 Herman MELVILLE 81M49 CD29 Family correspondence of Herman MELVILLE, 1830-1904 81M49 CP18 John Ruskin and Charles Eliot NORTON PR5263 .A436 1987 F. B. SANBORN Quarto 810.9 Sa 54ea W. G. SIMMS, Letters Collected and Edited by Mary Simms Oliphant 81 Si4 CO13 H. B. STOWE, Life and Letters 1897 81St 75 BF46 Daniel Ricketson and his friends [incl THOREAU] PS2699 .R54 Z48 1985 Horace Hosmer to Dr. S. A. Jones [re Concord, THOREAU] 81T39 DH79 Mark TWAIN PS1331 .A4 1988 Thomas Jefferson Whitman PS3231 .A48 1984 Walt WHITMAN (selected) PS3231 .A4 1990 John Greenealf WHITTIER, 3 vols., 1975 81W61 CF58
Amos Bronson ALCOTT 81Al12 OJ R. W. EMERSON, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks 81 Em3 Ojo Vol 11: 1848-51; Vol. 12: 1835-62; Vol. 13: 1852-55; Vol. 14: 1854-61 N. HAWTHORNE, American Notebook; Heart of Hawthorne's Journals 81H31 OA O. W. HOLMES, Life and Letters 81H73 DM83 Washington IRVING, Journals and Notebooks (Vol. 5: 1832-59) 81Ir8 OHW93 Herman MELVILLE, Journals PS2386 .A35x 1989 Henry David THOREAU, Journal PS3053 .A25 1981; Folio 81T39 OJT63 Princeton ed. Vol. 3: 1848-51; Vol 4: 1851-52; 1906 ed.Vols. 2-14: 1850-60
James D. Richardson, A compilation
of the messages and papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897. Washington: U.S. Government
Printing Office, 1900.
The Congressional Record
Millard Fillmore-papers destroyed by the family late in the 19th century Franklin PIERCE, Papers 1820-1869 (microfilm); index Quarto E432 .L52x 1962 James BUCHANAN, Works E337.8 B9 Abraham LINCOLN, Collected works, ed., Roy Basler, 9 vols. Rutgers U. Press, 1954-5 The complete LINCOLN-DOUGLAS debates of 1858, ed. Paul M. Angile, 1991 Andrew JOHNSON, Papers E415.6 J65 1967 Ulysses S. GRANT b 1822, Letters to his father, 1857-78 973.7 G76c Rutherford HAYES b 1822, Diary (pub. 1922-26) 973.83 H33cw James GARFIELD b 1831 973.84 G18e Chester ARTHUR b 1830, Papers (microfilm) Grover CLEVELAND b 1837, Letters 1850-1908 973.85 C59cn Thomas Hart BENTON, Thirty Years View (pub 1854-56) 973.5 B44 Salmon CHASE, Diary and correspondence E415.9 .C4 A4 1971 Henry CLAY d 1852, Life and speeches 973.6 C57 George DALLAS (Polk VP), Life and writings 973.4 D161 Jefferson DAVIS, Papers E467.1 D2596 1971 Stephen DOUGLAS, Letters, University of Illinois Press, 1961 Edward EVERETT papers, 70 reels of microfilm, Guide, ed., Frederick S. Allis, 1972 Horace MANN, Slavery: Letters and speeches (1853) William SEWARD, Works, 1853 and 1887 973.6 Se8a, 973.6 Se8 Elizabeth Cady STANTON, Reminsicences 1815-97 JK1899 .S7 A3 1971 George Templeton STRONG, Diary 978 .N48 St88e Gideon WELLES, Diary 973.78 46a 1960 The papers of Daniel WEBSTER (d 1852), ed., Charles M. Wiltse, 15 vols., U. Press of New England, 1974-89
William Matthews, American diaries: An annotated bibliography of American diaries written prior to the year 1861 (1945) 820.6 C12 V.16 Patricia Pate Havlice, And so to bed: A bibliography of diaries published in English (1987) CT25 .H3x 1987 Jane Du Pree Begos, Annotated bibliography of published women's diaries Quarto CT3230 .B44 1977 Cheryl Cline, Bibliography of women's diaries, journals, and letters Quarto CT3230 .C54x 1981
Look in the Wilson Sub-basement Annex
Atlantic, 1857-1932 (149 vols., 2 per year) Christian Examiner, 1824-1869 (87 vols. 2 per year-start at 26 or so) Democratic review (apparently only through 1851) Godey's magazine, 1830-1898 (Vols. 40-60) Godey's Lady's book Harper's magazine (Not sure about holdings) North American Review, 1815-1925 (222 vols. 2 per year-start at 35) Putnam'smagazine (Not sure about holdings) Charleston Southern and Western Magazine and Review, ed. W. G. Simms The Token and Atlantic souvenir (annual; 1827-42; 1856?) 808.8 T57
Some newspapers are available on microfilm, often through the Center for Research Libraries on Inter-Library Loan
Wilson may have some of these, perhaps on paper:
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
from 1849
New York Herald from1802
New York Times from 1857
Washington National Intelligencer
For conduct books, see s=conduct of life--early writers to 1900 (81 entries)
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Traveller (Year of travel or of publication) Title
John Woodhouse Audubon (1850) Illustrated notes of an expedition
through Mexico and California
Frances Calderon de la Barca (1850) The attaché in Madrid; or
sketches of the court of Isabella II
George Copway (1850) Running sketches of men and places in England
Germany, Belgium, and Scotland
George Copway (1850) Recollections of a forest life, or the life and
travels of …
William Furniss (1850) The land of the Caesar and the Doge
William C. Hunter (1850) Bits of old China
Michael H. Jencks (1850) Sketches of the great West, taken in a
travel to St. Louis, Fort Levenworth, Galena, Chicago, etc.,
1847-50
George Jones (1850) A journal of the march of a party of provincials
from Carlisle to Boston
Samuel Irenaeus Prime (1850) Travels in Europe and the East: a year
in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales … Palestine and Egypt
Bernard J. Reid (1850) Overland to California with the pioneer line;
The Gold Rush Diary of …
Alexander Ross (1850) The Red River settlement
Henry David Thoreau (1850) Yankee in Canada
Horace Greeley (1851) Glances at Europe
Horace Greeley (1851) The Crystal Palace and its lessons
Philip Hone (1851) The diary of Philip Hone, 1821-1851
Julia Ward Howe (1851) From the oak to the olive. A plain record of a
pleasant journey
Wm Francis Lynch (1851) Naval life: or, observations afloat and on
shore
Benjamin Silliman (1851) A visit to Europe in 1851 (2 vols.)
Bayard Taylor (1851) A journey to Central Africa; or, life and
landscapes from Egypt to the Negro kingdoms of the White Nile
Wm Wells Brown (1852) Three years in Europe; or places I have seen
and people I have met
Wm Wells Brown (1852) The American fugitive in Europe: Sketches of
places and people abroad [sequel]
Samuel F. Cox (1852) A Buckeye abroad; or, wandering in Europe , and
in the Orient
James Jackson Jarves (1852) Parisian sights and French principles,
seen through American spectacles
Sara J Lippincott [pseud "Grace Greenwood"] (1852) Haps and
mishaps of a tour in Europe
John Williamson Palmer (1852) The golden dragon: or, up and down the
Irrawaddi. Being passages of adventure in the Burman empire
Edward Robinson (1852) Later Biblical researches in Palestine and the
adjacent regions. A journal of travels in the year 1852
Raphael Semmes (1852) The campaign of General Scott in the valley of
Mexico
Ephraim George Squier (1852) Nicaragua; its people, scenery,
monuments, and the proposed interoceanic canal
Nat'l Parker Willis (1852) Health trip to the tropics
Nat'l Parker Willis (1852) Life, here and there; or sketches of
society and adventure at far-apart times and places
Rev. Jacob Abbott (1853) Rollo on the Atlantic
Wm Cullen Bryant (1853) Letters from the East
John Charles Frémont (1853) Exploring expedition to the Rocky
Mountains
George Stillman Hillard (1853) Six months in Italy
George Jones (1853) Observations on the zodiacal light
Sara J Lippincott (1853) Stories and sights of France and Italy
Benjamin Morrell (1853) A narrative of four voyages to the South Sea
… Antarctic Ocean
Charles Nordoff (1853) Nine years a sailor: being sketches of
personal experience in the U S naval service …
Bayard Taylor (1853) A Visit to India, China, and Japan in the Year
1853
Anon. (1853) WIld oats sown abroad by a gentleman of leisure
Rev. Jacob Abbott (1854) Rollo in Paris
Maturin Murray Ballou (1854) History of Cuba; or, notes of a
traveller in the tropics
Rev. John Overton Choules (1854) The cruise of the steam yacht North
Star … Mr. Vanderbilt
Isaac Israel Hayes (1854) The Arctic boat journey in the autumn of
1854
Matthew Calbraith Perry (1854) Narrative of the expedition of an
American squadron … 1852, 1853, and 1854
Matthew Calbraith Perry (1854) The Americans in Japan
(abridgement)
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1854) Sunny memories of foreign lands (2
vols.)
Nat'l Parker Willis (1854) Famous persons and famous places
Henry Ward Beecher (1855) Star papers, or experiences of art and
nature
Wm Wells Brown (1855) The travels of WWB,a fugitive slave
Rev. John Overton Choules (1855) Young Americans abroad; or a
vacation in Europe
Capt Rd. J. Cleveland (1855) Voyages and commercial enterprises of
the sons of New England
A. Cleveland Coxe (1855) Impressions of England
John Wm DeForest (1855) European acquaintance: being sketches of
people in Europe
Paul Belloni DuChaillu (1855) Adventures in the great forest of
equitorial Africa and the country of the dwarfs [Combines Explor
& adv (1855) & Country of dwarfs (1863)]
Charles Nordoff (1855) Man-of-war life; a boy's experience in the
United States navy, during a voyage around the world
Louise Piatt (1855) Belle Smith abroad
J. W. Spalding (1855) Japan and around the World
Ephraim George Squier (1855) Waikna; Adventures on the mosquito
shore
Bayard Taylor (1855) The lands of the Saracen; or, pictures of
Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain
Henry Wikoff (1855) My courtship and its consequences
Samuel G. Goodrich (1856) Recollections of a lifetime, or men and
things I Have seen
Francis L. Hawks (1856) Narrative of the expedition of an American
squadron to the China Seas and Japan
James Jackson Jarves (1856) Italian sights and papal principles, seen
through American spectacles
Charles Lanman (1856) Adventures in the wilds of the United States
and British American provinces
Charles Nordoff (1856) Whaling and fishing
Charles Nordoff (1857) Stories of the island world
John Williamson Palmer (1857) The new and the old: or, California and
India in romantic aspects
Bayard Taylor (1857) Northern travel: summer and winter pictures of
Sweden, Denmark, and Lapland
Henry Wikoff (1857) The adventures of a roving diplomatist
W.W. Wright (1857) Doré, by a Stroller in Europe
Wm Cullen Bryant (1858) Letters of a traveller: or, notes of things
seen in Europe and America
Wm Cullen Bryant (1858) Letters of a traveller, 2nd series
Rev Henry Martyn Field (1858) Summer pictures: from Copenhagen to
Venice
Ephraim George Squier (1858) The states of Central America; their
geography, topography, climate …
Bayard Taylor (1858) Travels in Greece and Russia, with an excursion
to Crete
Rd Henry Dana (1859) To Cuba and back. A vacation voyage
Edw Everett Hale (1859) Ninety days' worth of Europe
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1859) Passages from French and Italian notebooks
of NH
Samuel Irenaeus Prime (1859) The Bible and the Levant; or, the life
and letters of the Rev. C. N. Richter …
George Henry Calvert (1860) First years in Europe
George Henry Calvert (1860) Scenes and thoughts in Europe
George Henry Calvert (1860) Scenes and thoughts in Europe, 2nd
series
George Henry Calvert (1860) Travels in Europe: its people and scenery
…
Capt. Rd. J. Cleveland (1860) Voyages of a merchant navigator of the
days that are past
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1860) Passages from English notebooks of NH
Sophia P Hawthorne (1860) Note in England and Italy
Julia Ward Howe (1860) A trip to Cuba
Wm Dean Howells (1860) Ventian life
Charles Lanman (1860) Haw-ho-noo; or, records of a tourist
[Canada]
Charles Robert Leslie (1860) Autobiographical recollections
Bayard Taylor (1860) At home and abroad: a sketch book of the life,
scenery and men
Bayard Taylor (1860) By-ways of Europe
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