Valuable Manuscripts Given to Widener by Mrs. Fields

The Widener Library has received a very valuable addition from the famous collection of priceless manuscripts and books long owned by Mrs. Annie Fields of Boston.

The gift comprises the original manuscripts of several of the most famous works in the history of American literature, works by Hawthorne, Lowell, Holmes, Emerson, Whittier, and others, and manuscripts by such English authors as Thackeray, Dickens, George Eliot, Charles Reade and various others as notable. It includes such books as Byron's own "Don Juan," a copy of Wordsworth with the poet's own annotations, and many other books owned, handled, and marked by writers of fame. In the collection also there are more than 200 portraits and holograph letters, many of which are of exceptional value.