Selected Autograph Letters in Special Collections

The Wellesley College Library Special Collections owns a vast collection of autographed letter and other items from a wide array of authors and historical figures.
The list below is a small representation of this collection. Pan and zoom features are available for seeing details with more clarity.

John Adams - Autograph letter signed John Adams to: The Honourable Henry Marchant June 1, 1790 Susan B. Anthony - Autograph postcard signed Susan B. Anthony to: Rochester Railway and Light, Co. August 10, 1905 W.H. Auden - Autograph letter signed W.H. Auden to: Oscar Williams October 30, [1940] Clara Barton - Autograph postcard signed Clara Barton to: Miss Harrison February 5, 1891 Henry Ward Beecher - Autograph letter signed Henry Ward Beecher to: Edward N. Pomeroy May 30, 1874 Charlotte Bronte - Autograph letter signed C. Bronte to: Nell Lord George Gordon Byron - Autograph letter signed Byron to: "My Dear Sir" Andrew Carnegie - Typed letter signed Andrew Carnegie to: "Dear Mr. Palmer" November 17, 1914 Lewis Carroll (Dodgson) Autograph letter signed C. L. Dodgson to: "My dear Rogers" February 27, 1889 Autograph letter signed C. L. Dodgson to: Mrs. Dyer July 14, 1893 Willa Cather Autograph letter signed Willa Cather to: "My dear Pat" August 15, [s.d.] Autograph letter signed Willa Cather to: Sarah Teasdale May 10, 1930[?] Typed letter signed Willa Cather to: "My dear Miss Manwaring" November 14, 1941 G.K. Chesterton - Autograph letter signed G. K. Chesterton Winston Churchill - Autograph letter signed Winston Churchill to: "My dear Mr. Stedman" July 30, 1902 E.E. Cummings Typed letter signed E. E. C's to: Sylvia Berkman November 10, 1949 Typed letter signed E. E. C's to: Mrs. Curran March 12, 1950 Marie Curie - Autograph letter signed M. Curie to: "My dear Dr. Pendleton" June 24, 1921 Charles Dickens Autograph letter signed Charles Dickens to: "My Dear Fields" April 18, 1870" Autograph letter signed Charles Dickens to: "My dear Ted" Frederick Douglass - Autograph letter signed Frederick Douglass to: Rev. M.B. Anderson, D.D. George Eliot - Autograph letter signed GE to: "My dear Friend", September 18, [1851] Ralph Waldo Emerson - Autograph letter signed R.W. Emerson to: "My dear Sir" William Lloyd Garrison - Autograph letter signed Wm. Lloyd Garrison to: "My dear Mr. Jackson" Robert Frost Autograph letter signed Robert Frost to: "Dear Young" (August 9, [1918]) Autograph letter signed Robert Frost to: "My dear Young" (December 7, 1917) Autograph letter signed Robert Frost to: "My dear Young" (August 14, 1918) Autograph letter signed Robert Frost to: "Dear Young" (July 21, 1921) Henry James Autograph letter signed Henry James to: "Dear Professor Palmer" Typed letter signed Henry James to: "Dear Professor Palmer" June 18, 1920 Rudyard Kipling Autograph letter signed Rudyard Kipling to: "Mr. Norton" September 28, 1895 Autograph letter signed Rudyard Kipling to: "Mr. Houston" May 6, 1907 or 1909 Autograph letter signed Rudyard Kipling to: "Dear Mr. Law" September 28, 1912 Typed letter signed Rudyard Kipling to: "Mrs. Law" January 16, 1922 Abraham Lincoln - Autograph letter signed Abraham Lincoln to: Rev. J. M. Sturtevant September 27, 1856 James Monroe - Autograph letter signed James Monroe to: The Governor of the State of Tennessee [John Sevier]. February 4, 1800 William Morris Autograph letter signed William Morris to: "Dear Sir." October 22, 1890 Autograph letter signed William Morris to: "My dear Walton." June 16, 1867 Eugene O'Neill - Typed letter signed Eugene O'Neill to: "My dear Mr. Wilde" June 14, 1920 Alfred Tennyson Autograph letter signed A. Tennyson to "My dear Mr. Fields" March 10, [18]68 Autograph letter signed A Tennyson to "My dear Patmore" October 30, 1854 Autograph letter unsigned to Mr. Schonberg [?] April 31, [s.d.] John G. Whittier Autograph letter signed John G. Whittier to: Miss Freeman March 10, 1883] Autograph letter signed John G. Whittier to: Miss Freeman April 16, 1886 Autograph letter signed John G. Whittier to: "My dear friend Alice F. Palmer" April 8, 1891

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