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Items Italian Diary, 1859. Typed transcription of the Hawthorne Diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan, 1931. (longer version)

Italian Diary, 1859. Typed transcription of the Hawthorne Diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan, 1931. (longer version)

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

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Nathaniel Hawthorne collection of papers, 1694-1931 bulk (1817-1864)

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Title
Italian Diary, 1859. Typed transcription of the Hawthorne Diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan, 1931. (longer version)
Names
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 (Author)
Reenan, William L., 1884-1949 (Transcriber)
Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup), 1874-1939 (Collector)
Collection

Nathaniel Hawthorne collection of papers, 1694-1931 bulk (1817-1864)

Manuscripts and Typescripts

Diaries

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1931
Place: Freelands, Cincinnati, OH
Library locations
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
Shelf locator: Berg Coll MSS Hawthorne, N.
Shelf locator: (env) The Hawthorne diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan.
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Manuscripts
Diaries
Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Ownership: W. T. H. Howe
Creation/production credits: William Reenan transcribed Hawthorne's diary of 1859 for W. T. H. Howe of the American Book Company. Between 1929-1932, Reenan tried to identify the persons and places noted the diary, corresponding with survivors, and the results of this research are contained in the notes. Reenan never published the diary. The Berg Collection holds two copies of Reenan's typescript and the more complete one has been digitized with the Hawthorne papers. The correspondence is held at the Berg: William L. Reenan Correspondence. Reenan also transcribed 56 of Una Hawthorne's letters to her grandmother and grandfather, and her aunts, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and Mary Mann, also in the Berg Collection and also digitized (see: Hawthorne, Una, 56 ALS to aunts, EPP and MTPM, grandmother and grandfather. Jul. 19, 1852 - Jun 5, 1861. Typed transcriptions.).
Citation/reference: See The French and Italian Notebooks, Centenary Edition XIV (Ohio State University Press, Columbus, Ohio, 1980), 633-708.
Physical Description
Transcription
Extent: 163 leaves.
Typed transcription, loose leaf (21.5 x 14 cm), with introduction and notes identifying people mentioned in the diary.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15823745
MSS Unit ID: 19124
Accession number: 903180
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 313bff60-4313-0130-c63a-58d385a7bbd0
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The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1804: Creator Born
  • 1864: Creator Died
  • 1931: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Italian Diary, 1859. Typed transcription of the Hawthorne Diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan, 1931. (longer version)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1931. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba0316e0-38e6-0131-c66b-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. "Italian Diary, 1859. Typed transcription of the Hawthorne Diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan, 1931. (longer version)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba0316e0-38e6-0131-c66b-58d385a7b928

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Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library. (1931). Italian Diary, 1859. Typed transcription of the Hawthorne Diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan, 1931. (longer version) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ba0316e0-38e6-0131-c66b-58d385a7b928

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Italian Diary, 1859. Typed transcription of the Hawthorne Diary of 1859. Edited by William L. Reenan, 1931. (longer version)