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Formal title:: Cortazzo autograph collection
Extent:: 0.83 linear feet (2 document cases)
Date range:: 1656-1916 and undated (bulk 1880-1900)
Abstract:: Autographs, letters and letter fragments, postcards, notes, calling cards, poems, military orders, and other official documents collected by Emma Cullum Cortazzo and her daughter, Katherine Cortazzo, from various literary, historical, and royal figures.
Repository:: Redwood Library and Athenaeum
Collection call no:: RLC.Ms.027

Formal title:: Sarah Helen Whitman papers
Extent:: 4.5 linear ft. (5 legal size clamshell boxes)
Date range:: 1816-1878
Abstract:: Sarah Helen (Power) Whitman (1803-1878) was a Rhode Island poet and essayist best known for her brief engagement to Edgar Allan Poe in 1848. Whitman hosted a salon in Providence that attracted many (including George William Curtis, John Neal, and John Hay) and corresponded with a number of literary luminaries. While living in Boston, Whitman became interested in Transcendentalism and other movements of the period, including woman's rights, spiritualism, mesmerism, Fourierism, and the progressive educational methods of Bronson Alcott. The papers include correspondence, poetry, genealogical information, and legal documents.
Repository:: Brown University Library
Collection call no:: Ms. 79.11

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