Thomas William Parsons papers, 1836-1942 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Contains correspondence, manuscripts of poems, translations of Dante's Divine Comedy, and related writings. Correspondence (including letters to, from, and about Parsons) pertains mainly to literary and social matters. Manuscripts include both published and unpublished poems written by Parsons to commemorate public occasions. Parsons' notebooks contain his translation of the Divine Comedy and notes. Other material includes bibliographies, notes, and catalogs of Parsons' poems compiled by C. B. Goodspeed and A. H. Bent. Also newspaper clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and other biographical material about Parsons