Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers
Scope and Contents
The Dana papers came to the Peace Collection in two lots, one sent by Dana in the 1940s, and a smaller shipment received in 1951, one year after his death. The material includes correspondence with Lucia Ames Mead, Emily Greene Balch, Norman Thoms, Roger Baldwin, Rennie Smith, and other liberals and pacifists in the United States and abroad. Also included are folders containing newsclippings, literature and correspondence on subjects such as freedom of speech, conscientious objectors, and economic problems growing out of war. Another set of folders includes material from and about organizations in which he was interested. These organizations are not represented in the Peace Collection and for this reason their papers are of especial interest in creating a background for the acitivities of Henry Dana.
Dates
- Creation: 1914-1950
Creator
- Allinson, Brent D. (Brent Dow) (Correspondent, Person)
- Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 (Correspondent, Person)
- Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981 (Correspondent, Person)
- Browning, Hilda (Correspondent, Person)
- Dunn, Robert W. (Robert Williams), 1895- (Correspondent, Person)
- Eastman, Crystal, 1881-1928 (Correspondent, Person)
- Florence, Lella Secor, 1887-1966 (Correspondent, Person)
- Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940 (Correspondent, Person)
- Lochner, Louis Paul, 1887-1975 (Correspondent, Person)
- Mead, Lucia True Ames, 1856-1936 (Correspondent, Person)
- Nearing, Scott, 1883-1983 (Correspondent, Person)
- Shelley, Rebecca, 1887-1984 (Correspondent, Person)
- Smith, Rennie, b. 1888 (Correspondent, Person)
- Thomas, Norman, 1884-1968 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Physical Access Note
All or part of this collection is stored off-site. Contact Swarthmore College Peace Collection staff at peacecollection@swarthmore.edu at least two weeks in advance of visit to request boxes.
Conditions Governing Use
None.
Biographical Note
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana, grandson of the poet, Longfellow, was a teacher, lecturer, and writer. He received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from Harvard University and taught there from 1908 to 1910. From 1912 to 1917 he taught at Columbia University. Dana was fired by Columbia for his anti-war stance. After he retired, his home, Craigie House (Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts), became a center of intellectual and liberal activities. He was interested in both the international struggle for peace and in the effort to protect civil liberties at home. His sympathies with the conscientious objector position led him to corrrespond with C.O.s in jails and prisons. In June 1917 he put up the bail for three Columbia University students charged with "conspiracy to dissuade men from registering."
In addition to those list above as related collections, Dana was involved with the following organizations:
American Friends Service Committee
Association to Abolish War
Bill of Rights Conference
Citizens' Union of Massachusetts
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Collegiate Anti-Militarism League
Emergency Foreign Policy Conference
National Committee on the Churches and the Moral Aims of the War
National Popular Government League
New History Society
Socialist Party
World Patriots
Extent
0.83 linear ft. (10 linear in.)
Abstract
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana was a writer and pacifist who taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1912 until 1917. Dana lost his teaching post as an opponent of American participation in World War I. Dana continued to advocate civil liberties and the rights of conscientious objectors.
Arrangement
The Dana papers are contained in two boxes. Box 1 contains correspondence and writings. Box 2 contains material about various organizations with which Dana was involved.
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Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana and his heirs, 1940s and 1950s.
Existence and Location of Copies
This collection is available on microfilm (reels 71.1-71.2). Microfilm is available on-site by appointment and through interlibrary loan from the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
Bibliographic References
Legal Status
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Processed by Peace Collection staff; revised by Wendy Chmielewski, April 1997; updated by Anne Yoder, September 2013.
This collection was microfilmed under N.E.H. Grant no. RC 27706-77-739.
Source
Subject
- Dana, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1881-1950 (Person)
- Bridges, Harry, 1901- (Person)
- Citizens Victory Committee for Harry Bridges (Organization)
- Civil Rights Congress (U.S.) (Organization)
- League for Democratic Control (U.S.) (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2018: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Mary Olesnavich in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Tessa Chambers added the notes in Fall 2017.
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