John Greenleaf Whittier collection | Providence College Digital Library

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This collection comprises a series of letters composed by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1929), 19th century newspapers, and various publications of his poetry and writings which reflect his Quaker and abolitionist beliefs. The collection was donated by Providence College professor, Dr. Bruce E. Graver.

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TITLE	TYPE	DATE CREATED	COLLECTION(S)	DESCRIPTION
Sheet music - "The Dark Eye Has Left Us - Song of Indian Women" by J. G. Whittier	Digital Document	1843	John Greenleaf Whittier collection	Earliest known musical setting of a Whittier poem by the Scottish tenor William Dempter.
Sheet music - "The Negro Boatmen. Songs and Chorus" by J. G. Whittier	Digital Document		John Greenleaf Whittier collection	Sheet music - "The Negro Boatmen. Songs and Chorus" by J.G. Whittier.
Souvenir of Lexington	Digital Document	1875	John Greenleaf Whittier collection	Prints Whittier's poem "Lexington, 1775" along with the Order of Exercises in Lexingt…
The Branded Hand, by John Greenleaf Whittier	Digital Document	1845	John Greenleaf Whittier collection	The Branded Hand by John Greenleaf Whittier. Issue No. 9 of the The Anti-Slavery Bugle, published in…
Transcribed manuscript of poems for "Lays of My Home"	Digital Document	1841	John Greenleaf Whittier collection	Manuscript poems by John Greenleaf Whittier transcribed by a friend to be included in "Lays of…
Whittier's Earliest Poems, 1825-1826. Never before printed. Samuel Pickard	Digital Document	1906	John Greenleaf Whittier collection	No. 147 of 500 copies. Contains the first printing of "Lafayette" and a reprint of "L…