Higginson (Thomas Wentworth) Papers, 1847-1892

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Summary

Title:
Thomas Wentworth Higginson papers
Dates:
1847-1892
Creators:
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Abstract:
A collection related to American Thomas Wentworth Higginson, minister, author, abolitionist, politician, and soldier.
Extent:
4.8 Linear Feet (4 boxes)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Thomas Wentworth Higginson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

A collection of correspondence, engravings, photographs, and printed material. Correspondents in the collection include Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Henry Ward Beecher, Robert Browning, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Lloyd Garrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Lydia Dodge Cabot Parker, Theodore Parker, Hannah E. Stevenson, and John Greenleaf Whittier. The collection also includes engravings and photographs of many of the correspondents and their homes, and printed invitations and circulars.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823-1911) was a minister, author, abolitionist, politician, and soldier. After serving in the American Civil War, Higginson spent much of the rest of his life fighting for the rights of freed people, women, and other disfranchised people. He is also remembered as a mentor to poet Emily Dickinson.

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown. In library as of April 1991.
Processing information:

Processed by Huntington Library staff, 1980; in June 2026, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding aid. The material was originally bound in two large extra illustrated volumes which were disbound by Huntington Library staff; the original order of the volumes was retained when the material was processed.

Arrangement:

Arranged in original and call number order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Gayle M. Richardson
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-07-15 14:50:09 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Thomas Wentworth Higginson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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