All Items 2 Collection 2 Archives & Special Collections 2 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Contributor 4 Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 1 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 1 Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849 1 Todd, Mabel Loomis, 1856-1932 1 Topic 4 American poetry 1 Archives 1 Correspondence 1 Women poets, American 1 Part Of 2 Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers 1 Emily Dickinson Collection 1 Genre 3 Correspondence 1 Poems 1 Transcriptions (documents) 1 mods.shelfLocator 1 Box 13 Folder 19 2 Transcription of Emily Dickinson's "Is immortality a bane" Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 A transcription of Emily Dickinson's poem "Is immortality a bane". The transcription is part of the collection of transcriptions of Dickinson's poems produced by Mabel Loomis Todd for publication in a volume edited by her. Most transcriptions are in Todd’s own hand; some are typed, and some were transcribed by other individuals. A notation is written in pencil below the transcript. Transcription of Emily Dickinson's "Is immortality a bane" Edward Hitchcock letter to unidentified recipient, 1849 June 4 Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 A letter from Edward Hitchcock to an unidentified recipient addressed as "Dear Madam" explaining the scope and focus of his planned book "The Power of Christian Benevolence Illustrated in the Life of Mary Lyon." Hitchcock writes that he plans to focus on her work as a teacher and founder of the Holyoke Seminary (now known as Mt. Holyoke College). He asks the recipient what her role was in the creation of the seminary and for details about the origination of the idea. Edward Hitchcock letter to unidentified recipient, 1849 June 4
