f) Wellesley College, Wellesley

Includes among G. H. Palmer's rare editions some items of great value under Poe, Lowell, Emerson, Whitman, etc. See catalogue of this, published by Houghton, 1923.

g) Haverhill Public Library:

"Has a John G. Whittier collection containing, with one exception, a first edition of each of Whittier's works, and many books about him; also newspapers, periodicals, etc., containing first appearances of Whittier's writings. Special endowment funds for New England town and county history, genealogy, and the fine arts." h) American Antiquarian Society, Worcester

"We have very large collections relating to American literature, so it would be difficult to particularize, except to say that we have files of practically all American periodicals as far as 1870, with many files since that date. We have most of the writings of the American authors, especially in the earlier period. There is also much material in the field of American literature to be found in our collection of newspapers. In other words, a library like this, which has 300,000 titles devoted almost entirely to the history of this country, would contain a large proportion of the existing material of American literature. We have no manuscripts, however, of a literary nature, since the manuscript material is almost entirely bistorical." Has 4,000 almanacs printed before 1850.

i) The Essex Institute, Salem

"As our library is over a hundred years old, of course we do have a number of rare books, although more in the line of history than literature perhaps; as for early magazines, we have one-fourth of those listed in the recent volume of the American Antiquarian Society, with many after 1800 not thoroughly catalogued. We have never bought much in the way of literature, but have had many gifts, so that we may have some early books."

MICHIGAN

a) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

"This library contains a rather unusual collection of early American plays, and many early editions of American classics.""

b) The Clements Historical Library, Ann Arbor

"This library has an unusual collection of revolutionary poetry; and some valuable pre-revolutionary drama and poetry; also a Cotton Mather library of considerable size. A catalogue of this library was published by the University in 1923. These two libraries offer extraordinary opportunity for study of Early American literature, and a good opportunity for the late periods."

MINNESOTA

a) Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul

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"Our library is primarily an historical one. In this field it is confined in the main to Americana with special emphasis on the West. Biographical and critical material about literary people is included in large quantities.

"Of recent years we have been devoting attention especially to materials relating to or produced by the Scandinavian elements in America, and we have probably the largest collections extant in this field."

The following material is in the manuscript division: Dwight, Timothy, A Commonplace Book; Letters by Washington Irving and Matilda Hoffman; Donnelly, Ignatius, some 60 boxes of correspondence and other papers; several unprinted letters of Daniel Webster; letter from Alexander Hesler describing how he made the first picture of Minnehaha Falls, which fell into Longfellow's hands and from which he conceived the poem Hiawatha; original poem by Dolly Madison; letters by Edward Everett, John Burroughs, J. G. Saxe, George Tucker, Walt Whitman, and J. G. Holland.

MISSISSIPPI

a) State Library, Jackson

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Reports some very rare books that are out of print."

MISSOURI

a) Washington University, St. Louis

"A collection of first editions of American authors and the Collection on Nathaniel Hawthorne gathered together by George Barr McCutcheon, both collections presented by Mr. W. K. Bixby of St. Louis."

b) The St. Louis Mercantile Library and the Library of the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis

Possess good collections on the history of the Middle West and of Missouri in particular. Good collections of Western newspapers are available.

c) Collection of Mr. W. K. Bixby, St. Louis

Contains many items of value to the special investigator who should make special application to him.

d) St. Louis Public Library

"Very good collection of publications of Methodist Episcopal Church, South; also the library of the late William Marion Reedy, consisting of 702 volumes."

NEBRASKA

a) University of Nebraska, Lincoln

The Simon Kerl library, given to the Univ. of Nebraska, contains many volumes of interest, like Dwight's Conquest of Canaan (1794), Barlow's Columbiad (1807), etc. The works of many minor poets Several hundreds of Nebraska

are to be found in this collection.

folk-songs.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

a) State Library, Concord:

"We have no collection of fiction, drama or poetry except by New Hampshire authors. We have turned over to the Historical Society any manuscripts we have had in the past. Our library consists of about 172,000 volumes of which 36,000 comprise the law department." b) Aldrich Memorial, Portsmouth, has the best Aldrich collection. NEW JERSEY

a) Princeton University Library, Princeton

"The Pierson Civil War collection is very rich in the social and literary history of the period. We have been developing it during the last few years by the addition of material related particularly to the Southern States. Our collection of New Jersey imprints includes titles before 1840. Many rare American imprints of the 18th century are included in the pamphlet collections made by President Witherspoon. The Laurence Hutton collection includes material on the history of the American stage. The library of George H. Boker, recently given to the University, contains many first editions of American authors inscribed as gifts to Boker. It contains also the manuscripts of his plays and poems, some of which are as yet unpublished. Our collection of the writings of President Wilson and of the literature about him is, so far as we can ascertain, complete. We are very soon to receive a collection of books relating to the cattle industry in the West. . . the most complete that has ever been made."

NEW YORK

a) New York Society Library, New York

"This library has the circulating fiction of James Hammond, of Newport, Rhode Island. It consists of 1850 volumes, published in various towns and cities of the United States between 1750 and 1830. There are 393 volumes published before 1801. Most of the towns, probably, have not published novels since these, as publishing is concentrated in cities. We are not anxious to call attention to this collection as the old paper covers are a curiosity, and we do not dust them for fear of losing the covers, and handling the books

does not improve them. In the circulating portion of the Society Library are numerous works of fiction long out of print, files of early American magazines. It also has a collection of newspapers printed before 1800, which was unique, but the New York Historical Society is now making photostat copies, which may be seen in several libraries."

b) New York Public Library

Early American poetry, 1610-1820, a list compiled by J. C. Frank, 1917, includes the valuable Duyckinck collection of 10,000 volumes; the Beadles Collection of dime novels (Bulletin, July 1922); list of American dramas in the library, 1916; Hawthorne list in Bulletin 8: 312.

c) New York Historical Society Library

"Will some day, when the opportunity presents itself for a proper display of its literary treasures, be found to possess a most extensive and valuable collection."

d) New York State Library, Albany

"The New York State Library's manuscript collection is only within the field of history. It has large special collections, and in each of them there are many notable items of early American magazines, American poetry, particularly the minor poetry prior to 1880, and many copies of rare Americana, chiefly in the field of history, however.

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There is one special collection which your association may wish to note. This library collects all American imprints prior to 1800 and all New York State imprints prior to 1825, and these of course without regard to subject."

e) Cornell University, Ithaca

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Many first editions of Fenimore Cooper; the Jared Sparks Collection of early period; letters, MSS., etc. of Bayard Taylor; books on Colonial and Revolutionary periods collected by M. C. Tyler; the unrivaled May Collection of anti-slavery literature."

f) Private collections

Mrs. Florence Scovill Shinn, New York: MSS. of F. Hopkinson, open to responsible persons; Mr. Oscar Lion, 118 East 25th St., New York, has 300 volumes of first and rare editions of Whitmaniana; Pres. F. W. Atkinson, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, collection of American plays. Open to responsible people. Mr. Henry Goldsmith, 315 West 115th St., New York, has 300 volumes of Whitmaniana, besides letters, photographs.

NORTH CAROLINA

a) State Library, Raleigh

"We have specialized in State and Confederate history; also trying to enlarge our genealogical department."

b) Wake Forest, Wake Forest

"Some rare North Caroliniana."

c) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OHIO

"The North Carolina Collection, the most nearly complete in existence, consists of 9,000 volumes and 20,000 catalogued pamphlets relating to N. Carolina History and Literature and includes the collection by the late S. B. Weeks."

a) Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland

"Has made and is making valuable collections, especially in regard to Ohio, but broadly in American History."

b) Ohio State Library, Columbus

Contains the following periodicals: American Pioneer (Chillicothe and Cin.) 1842-43; Cincinnati Miscellany, 1844-46; Cincinnati Parterre, 1832; Cincinnatus, 1857-60; Crusader (Cin.) 1858; Genius of the West (Cin.) 1855-56; Gentleman's Magazine (Cin.) 1848; Herald of Truth (Cin.) 1847-48; Hesperian (Columbus and Cin.) 1838-39; Illinois Monthly Magazine (Vandalia) 1830-31; Journal of Man (Cin.) 1849; Literary Focus (Oxford) 1827-28; Literary Register (Cin.) 1828; Magazine of Western History (Cleveland) 1884-90; Marietta College Magazine, 1855-57; Millenial Harbinger (Bethany, Ky.) 1831-60; Miscellaneous Repository (Mt. Pleasant and St. Clairsville, O.) 1829-30, 1836; Monthly Chronicle (Cin.) 1838-39; Oberlin Students' Monthly (Oberlin) 1859-60; Odd Fellows' Casket and Review (Cin.) 1858-59; Ohio Educational Monthly (Columbus) 1852-date; Ohio Journal of Education (Columbus) 1852-59; Ohio School Journal (Cleveland) 1846-49; Ohio Teacher (Col. Clev. and Cin.) 1850-52; Olden Time (Cin.) 184647; Pen and Pencil (Cin.) 1843; Public School Advocate (Col.) 1851; Quarterly Journal and Review (Cin.) 1846; Rose of the Valley (Cin.) 1839; Scientific Artisan (Cin.) 1859-61; Siderial Messenger (Cin.) 1846-47; Southern Bivouac (Louisville, Ky.) 1885-87; Southern Literary Messenger, 1836; Southern Review (Charleston, S. C.) 1828-32; Spirit of the Lakes and Boatman's Magazine (Sandusky) 1849; Templar's Magazine (Cin.) 1850-57; Transylvania, or Lexington Literary Journal (Lexington, Ky.) 1829; Western Academician and Journal of Education and Science (Cin.) 1837-38; Western Agriculturist, (Col.) 1851; Western Farmer,