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[Journal extracts] Draft of "Huckleberries", based on Journal entries.

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Henry David Thoreau collection

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Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

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Title
[Journal extracts] Draft of "Huckleberries", based on Journal entries.
Names
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 (Author)
Collection

Henry David Thoreau collection

Series I. Manuscripts by Henry David Thoreau

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1862 (Approximate)
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau
Shelf locator: m.b. Thoreau
Topics
Transcendentalism (New England)
Nature study
Genres
Manuscripts
Essays
Notes
Publications: Published in Huckleberries, ed. Leo Stoller, Windhover Press of the University of Iowa, New York Public Library, 1970; Other version printed in Wild Fruits, ed. Bradley P. Dean, W. W. Norton & Co., 2001.
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe.
Citation/reference: William Howarth, The Literary Manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1974): (F29b?). First line: "How little we insist on truly grand & beautiful natural features."
Content: End of lecture/essay "Huckleberries." Adapted from Journal entries of Nov. 10, 1860; Jan. 3, 1861; Nov. 26, 1860; Aug. 23, 1853. Typed transcription references the passages to page numbers of The Writings of Thoreau, Boston, 1906, v.14 (229, 275ff, 304ff) and Journals v. 5 (394ff).
Content: [13 written pages] on letter writing paper. Pages numbered in pencil 1-13, last 2 leaves numbered by Thoreau 59 and 61. Typed transcript of a different version, 10 leaves, numbered 6-15.
Physical Description
Manuscripts
Extent: 2 double leaves & 3 single leaves
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15520476
MSS Unit ID: 19098
Accession number: 246032B
Other local Identifier: 4880130
Other local Identifier: 819607e0-17b4-0130-3e51-58d385a7bbd0
Other local Identifier: Berg Coll MSS Thoreau m.b.
Archives EAD ID: 949794
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 819607e0-17b4-0130-3e51-58d385a7bbd0
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Item timeline of events

  • 1817: Creator Born
  • 1862: Creator Died
  • 1862: Created
  • 2021: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Journal extracts] Draft of "Huckleberries", based on Journal entries." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1862. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6365f80-5623-0132-6840-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "[Journal extracts] Draft of "Huckleberries", based on Journal entries." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6365f80-5623-0132-6840-58d385a7bbd0

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1862). [Journal extracts] Draft of "Huckleberries", based on Journal entries. Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b6365f80-5623-0132-6840-58d385a7bbd0

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[Journal extracts] Draft of "Huckleberries", based on Journal entries.