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Repository: Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Location: b
Call No.: MS Am 1118.19
Title: Emily Dickinson commemorative stamps and ephemera,
Date(s): 1971.
Quantity: 1 box (.2 linear ft.)
Abstract: United States postage stamps and ephemera issued to commemorate the American poet Emily Dickinson.

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Historical Note

Emily Dickinson was an American poet.

The Emily Dickinson stamp was the second in a series dedicated to American poets. It was designed by Bernard Fuchs of Wesport, Connecticut from the daguerreotype made of ED in 1847 while she was attending Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The daguerreotype, in the possession of Amherst College, is the only photographic portrait taken during the poet's lifetime. Leonard C. Buckley modeled the stamp. Arthur W. Dintamen designed the vignette and Albert Saavedra engraved the letters. The stamp was printed on the Giori press.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content

Includes a pane of 50 Emily Dickinson postage stamps and ephemera concerning the celebrations for the issuing of the stamp, including: newspaper article, invitation, leaflet, program, bookmark, tickets, and other materials.

Container List

• (1) Amherst Record : printed newspaper, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1971 August 25. 1 folder.
  Includes pullout section: "Emily Dickinson commemorative stamp."

• (2) Emily Dickinson commemorative stamp. First Day of Issue Ceremonies : printed program, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1971 August 28. 1 folder.
  2 copies.

• (3) Ephemera concerning the Emily Dickinson commemorative stamp, 1971. 1 folder.
  Includes:

  • Amherst College. Printed invitation and tickets to the ceremony sent to William Bond, 1971. With envelope.
  • Amherst (Mass.). Printed commemorative flier and envelope with cancelled stamp dated 1971 August 28.
  • Jones Library, Inc., Amherst, Mass. Paper bookmark, (2 copies).
  • Printed broadside about ED, (2 copies).

• (4) United States Postal Service. 8-Cent Emily Dickinson "American Poet" commemorative U.S. postage stamp August 28, 1971 : postage stamps, 1971. 1 folder.
  Pane (stamp grouping) of fifty United States postage stamps in a presentation binder stamped in gold lettering: "Harvard University."