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marriage to Millicent, 222–23, 224–26, 335–36
Millicent’s journal entries about, 206–7, 222, 226–28, 229, 270
and Millicent’s parents, 230, 231, 359
Millicent’s tributes to, 329, 333, 337
and negotiations for Dickinson papers, 294, 303, 305–7, 308, 309, 323
papers of, 326, 333
work in industrial psychology, 226, 272, 273, 286, 333, 337
Bishop, Mr. (faith healer), 161
Blanchard, Raoul, 215–16, 353
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna, 169
Boardinghouses, 12, 15, 17, 60, 381
Boston Authors Club (BAC), 85
Bowles, Samuel, xvi, 33
Brontë, Emily, 153
“Last Lines,” 5
Brown University, Mattie’s papers in, 252–53
Bullard, O. A., 151
Bumpus, Judge Everett, 180–81
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 33
camphorwood chest:
contents of, 246, 248
Dickinson family letters in, 248, 270
and Emily’s love life, 274–75, 287–91
Emily’s unpublished papers stored in, 191, 192, 197, 209, 239, 242, 273, 342
Mabel/Austin letters in, 248, 286–87, 293, 342, 359, 362
and Mabel’s death, 280, 362
Mabel’s retention of, 239, 242, 244, 276, 279, 284
and Mattie’s death, 271, 274, 275, 277
Mattie’s insinuations about, 279–80
and Millicent’s death, 342
Millicent’s promise to Mabel about, 245, 248–49, 270–71, 275, 324
Millicent’s stewardship of, 233, 247, 273–76, 280, 283, 339, 348, 362
opening of, 247–48, 283, 342, 359
publication of contents from, 249–50, 252, 253, 255, 324
and right to publish, 277–78, 280
sorting and organizing contents of, 252, 276, 280–84
Canfield, Cass, 277, 305, 306, 307, 309, 313
Carnegie Institute of Technology, Botanical Museum, 326
Carnegie Mellon University, 85, 333
Carson, Rachel:
and Hog Island, 330, 331
The Sea around Us, 331
Silent Spring, 331
Caruso, Enrico, 83
Century Magazine, 89
Channing, William Ellery, 4
Child, Edwin Burrage, 96
Ciardi, John, 315
Civil War, US, 12
Clark, Alden Hyde, 104–5, 193
Clark, John Bates, 104
Clark, John Maurice, 105
Clark, William Smith, xvi
Cleveland, Grover, 111
Cole, Charles:
and Mabel Loomis Todd Forest, 332
and Millicent’s honorary degree, 322
and negotiations for Dickinson papers, 300–301, 305, 309, 310, 313–14, 316, 317, 319–20, 321–22, 327
and “Todd Family materials,” 300, 317, 327
Collier, Amy Angell, 298
Concord Antiquarian Society, 326
Conforti, Joseph, 53
Coontz, Stephanie, 67, 355
Corona and Coronet, 173
Corrigan, Ruth, 256
Cott, Nancy, 353, 355
Dartmouth College, 206
Darwin, Charles, 96
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 85, 158, 338
Dell, The (David and Mabel’s house), 113–14, 177, 184
Mabel and Austin’s affair in, 72, 166, 180
Vinnie’s late-night visits to, 120, 121, 179, 185
Deutsch, Babette, 283–84
Dickens, Charles, 40
Dickinson, [William] Austin, xiv, 30, 174
and Amherst College, 48
and David, 54–55, 72, 113, 265, 267
death of, 162–71, 175, 199, 247
diaries of, 39, 49
and Dickinson v. Todds, 176–78, 179, 181, 184, 185–86, 187, 188
and Emily’s funeral, 6, 343
and Emily’s letters, 145–46, 148, 149, 150, 151, 157, 252, 286–87, 289, 347
and Emily’s poems, 121, 142, 151, 284, 308
family background of, 47–48, 75
and family letters, 248, 274, 277, 286, 304, 309, 334
illness of, 158–62, 178
as lawyer, 31, 48, 178
and Ned, 39–40, 69
personal traits of, 28, 47, 107
relationship with Emily, xv, 349, 350
relationship with Mabel, see Mabel/Austin relationship
social activities of, 27–28, 58
and Susan, see Dickinson, Susan Gilbert and Vinnie, 151–53, 178
will drafted by, 177
Dickinson, Edward (father), xiii, xiv, 31, 47–48, 116, 148, 287, 293
Dickinson, Edward “Ned” (Susan and Austin’s son), 2, 39, 49, 113
childhood of, 27
death of, 190, 201
epilepsy, 39–40, 69
relationship with Mabel, 33, 37, 38, 40–42, 43, 44, 50, 56, 58, 59, 61, 72, 163
Dickinson, Emily, 112, 152
biographies of, 239, 240, 242–43, 255, 283, 335, 349
as caregiver, 200
centenary of birth, 242, 243, 245, 297
death and funeral of, 1–2, 4–7, 114, 115, 287–88, 343
declining health of, 114–15, 116
divided legacy of, 323–24, 350–52
early life of, xiii–xvi
family of, 27, 31, 48
friendship of Mabel and, 50–52, 77, 113, 343, 344-45
as intestate, 249
legacy of, 139, 257, 263, 296, 312, 323, 342–52, 362
and Lord, xvi, 148, 270, 274–75, 286–93, 315, 343, 348, 349
and Millicent as “quaint little girl,” 52, 103–4, 344
negotiations for permanent home for papers of, xix, 297–324
poetic genius of, 15, 30, 51, 116, 120, 122, 128, 133, 134, 139, 142, 257, 280–81, 283, 349, 350
poetic style of, 4, 37, 38, 51, 83, 84, 119, 120, 126, 129–30, 139, 142, 144, 149–50, 153, 156, 280, 349
private papers of, 115–16, 117, 249–50, 255, 302, 326, 342
sequestered in her home, xvi, 4–5, 50, 51, 68, 101, 114–15, 140, 142, 144, 153, 184, 239, 289, 343, 344, 345, 347
and Susan, xvi, 31, 37, 49, 143, 236, 239–40, 243, 334, 347, 383
and Vinnie’s lawsuit, 187; see also Dickinson v. Todds
white dresses, xviii, 5, 50, 250, 346–47, 346, 348
wildflowers and nature loved by, 2, 4, 5, 43, 51, 84–85, 93, 97, 135
Dickinson, Emily, letters of, 144–53
and Austin, 145–46, 148, 149, 150, 151, 157, 252, 286–87, 289, 347
collecting, 141, 145–46, 147–49, 155, 252, 342, 392
copyright for, 151–52, 239, 271, 295–97, 305, 320, 342
and Higginson, 145, 148, 151
The Letters of Emily Dickinson (1894, Todd, ed.), 141, 146, 147, 149, 152–53, 154, 155, 239, 244, 252–53, 256, 285, 343, 348, 349–50
The Letters of Emily Dickinson (reissued and expanded, 1931, Todd, ed.), 204, 249, 250–57, 295, 344, 345, 400
The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson (1924, Bianchi, ed.), 239–41, 252, 255, 256, 285, 312
“Master letters,” xvi, 148, 252, 288–91, 288, 347, 392
and Mattie, 252, 254–55, 273, 295
Millicent’s decisions about, 251, 252–57, 289–93, 309–16, 342, 349
new volumes of, 311
ownership of, 305, 308, 313, 315
publication of, 150–51, 153, 158
publicity for, 153–54, 166, 253–54, 347
and royalties, 151–52, 157
sales of, 147, 154, 157, 279
and Vinnie, 146–47, 150–53
The Years and Letters of Emily Dickinson (Leyda), 292
Dickinson, Emily, poems by, 115–57
“Bequest,” 221
in camphorwood chest, see camphorwood chest
commercial success of, 138–39, 142–43,
154, 279
copying of, 120–24, 133, 141, 154–57, 187, 245–48, 281, 311
“Dawn,” 235
“Emily Dickinson Year Book” (unpublished), 146–47
first poems of, xvi
fragments of, 115, 116, 238, 247, 280, 318, 348–49
“A great hope fell,” 248
“Hawaiian Volcanoes,” 172
Higginson’s editing of, 125–34, 138–39, 141–43, 155, 236–38, 244, 256, 275, 282, 349
“Hope,” 363
“How many times these low feet staggered,” 139
“The Humming Bird,” 128
“I like a look of agony,” 362
“In vain,” xiii
“Lost Joy,” 80–81, 91
Mabel’s editing of, 122–35, 138, 140–43, 146, 155–56, 166, 184, 187, 204, 244, 256, 276, 280, 282, 333, 339, 343, 348, 349–50, 357
Millicent’s editing of, 128–29, 204, 239–41, 276–77, 280–85, 320, 348, 349–50
original condition of, 119, 120–21, 123–26, 127–28, 130–31, 132–33, 134, 239, 247, 280, 281–82, 282, 303, 318
ownership of, 151, 305, 313, 315, 319, 324, 342, 351
preparation for publication, 125–27, 133–35, 137, 140, 276–77, 348
publicity for, 139–40, 141, 144–45, 155, 278, 347, 357
published, xvi, 37, 101, 118, 127, 138, 158, 275
resurgence of interest in, 243–44
“Reticence,” 172
right to publish, 277–80, 295–97, 304–16, 319–21, 342
royalties for, 143, 151, 157, 178, 179, 279
“Shall I take thee, the Poet said,” 248
“The Soul has Bandaged moments,” 248
“Success,” 139
systems of organizing, 132, 282–84, 304, 318
temporary vogue for, 156–57
titles for, 131–32, 135, 141, 155, 221, 235, 238, 282, 283
“Volcanoes be in Sicily,” 284
word selection in, 123, 124, 127, 128–30, 141, 237–38, 280, 281–82, 282, 285, 349, 350
“A World Well Lost,” 132
Dickinson, Emily, poetry collections of:
Bolts of Melody (1945, Todd and Bingham, eds.), 101–2, 248, 277–78, 280–85, 297, 303, 310, 319, 348
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson (1924, Bianchi, ed.), 236–37, 239, 245
Emily Dickinson: The Gorgeous Nothings (2013, Werner and Bervin), 348–49
Emily Dickinson Face to Face (1932, Bianchi, ed.), 242, 346
Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929, Bianchi and Hampson, eds.), 242, 245, 250, 281
Hampson’s collaboration on, 241, 296
Johnson’s three-volume variorum of, 131, 154, 304, 305, 310–11, 315–16, 318
new Harvard edition (1960), 319–21
Poems (first volume, 1890, Todd and Higginson, eds.), 128, 138–39, 141, 142, 143, 145, 154, 187, 244, 247
Poems, Second Series (1891, Higginson and Todd, eds.), 140–43, 144, 244, 247, 275
Poems, Third Series (1896, Todd, ed.), 154–57, 166, 171, 172, 244, 247
Poems of Emily Dickinson (Franklin, ed.), 351
The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Centenary Edition (1930, Bianchi and Hampson, eds.), 242
The Single Hound: Poems of a Lifetime (1914, Bianchi, ed.), 236–38
standard edition of, 318–19, 342
Unpublished Poems of Emily Dickinson (1935, Bianchi, ed.), 242
Dickinson, Emily Norcross (mother), xiii, xv, 4, 47, 48, 50, 116
Dickinson, Gilbert “Gib” (Susan and Austin’s son):
childhood of, 27, 44, 49
death of, 2, 6, 70, 73, 114, 116, 201
Dickinson, Lavinia “Vinnie” (sister), xiv, 27, 31, 344
and Austin/Mabel relationship, 57, 67, 68, 116, 119, 159, 161
and Austin’s will, 177
death of, 193, 302
eccentricities of, 120, 147, 179, 182
and Emily’s death and funeral, 5
and Emily’s letters and papers, 115–16, 117, 146–47, 149, 150–53, 305
and Emily’s poems, 115–21, 122, 123, 125, 127, 133, 134, 137–38, 141–44, 151, 153–57, 241, 244, 249, 250, 320, 333–34
family role of, 116, 117, 186
and Gib’s death, 70
and her mother, 48
as intestate, 249, 305
and later researchers, 243
lawsuit filed by, see Dickinson v. Todds
and Mabel, 4, 113, 116–18, 119–21, 122, 153, 156–57, 178, 249, 279, 350
and royalties, 143, 151–52, 157, 178, 179, 279
and Susan, 117–18, 143–44, 180, 185, 187, 190
Dickinson, Martha “Mattie” (Susan and Austin’s Daughter), 55, 108
early years of, 27, 33, 37, 49, 58, 68, 113, 144
and Mabel, 58, 68, 73, 205, 252–53
see also Bianchi, Martha Dickinson
Dickinson, Samuel Fowler (grandfather), xiv, 47
Dickinson, Susan Gilbert (Austin’s wife), 30
and Austin/Emily relationship, 349
and Austin/Mabel relationship, 6, 59–60, 62, 67, 68–70, 73, 78, 113
and Austin’s will, 177
birth and early years of, 30, 48–49
death of, 204–5
and Emily’s death, 114
and Emily’s friendship, 49, 347–48
and Emily’s letters, xvi, 148, 255, 347–48
and Emily’s poetry, 31, 37, 38, 118, 120, 143–44, 179, 236, 242, 284, 302, 333–34, 383
enmity of Mabel and, 108, 205, 348, 350
friendship with Mabel, 27–28, 29, 30–31, 33–34, 37, 59, 62, 287
health problems of, 113
and later researchers, 243
marriage to Austin, 29, 30–31, 48–49, 68–70, 78, 79, 117, 122, 159, 164, 178
and Mattie, 73, 108, 113, 236
and Ned, 40, 41, 42
personal traits of, 48, 69, 108, 111
social activities of, 27–28, 29–31, 33, 49
and Vinnie, 117–18, 143–44, 180, 185, 187, 190
Dickinson College, 292
Dickinson family:
civic influence of, xiv, 2, 31, 47–48, 85–87, 163, 182
and Gib’s death, 70
homes of, 3, 27, 31, 32, 72
letters of, 248, 252, 253, 270, 286–87
negotiations for papers of, 297–323
papers in Harvard’s Houghton Library, 253, 295–96
and reviews of Emily’s poems, 284
social life of, 33–34, 36–37, 38, 58
and Todd family, 38, 43–47, 53, 61, 82, 143, 154, 186, 187, 235, 246, 276, 279, 284, 323, 339, 342–43, 350–52
Vinnie’s role in, 116, 186
Dickinson v. Todds, 175, 176–91, 280, 339, 343, 350
appeal in, 188–90
Austin’s oversights in, 176–78, 179, 181
countersuit in, 180
final decision in, 189–90, 243, 279, 284
land in question, 177–78, 177, 179–80, 182–83, 188, 190
lasting effects of, 243, 246–47, 279, 350–51
and Mabel/Austin relationship, 180–81, 185, 187, 246, 284
social undercurrents in, 187–88, 247
Dole, Nathan Haskell, 260–61
Drum Beat, The, 37
Edwards, Jonathan, 19, 339
Ehrenclou, Dr. Alfred, 269–70, 294
Eliot, George, 73
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 10, 33, 275
Emily Dickinson Archive (online), 351, 352
Emily Dickinson Museum website, 31, 274, 291, 343, 345
Everglades National Park, 233–34, 263
Evergreens, The (Austin and Susan’s home), 31, 32, 113, 179
and Austin’s will, 177
and Hampson, 296, 297, 302
Mabel and Austin’s affair in, 180, 284
social activities in, 27, 36–37, 48, 51, 52, 58, 68
Fascicles, 115, 247
Field, Kate, 172–73
Fleming, Carol, 94, 344
> Folger Library, Washington, D.C., 306, 307, 312, 317
Franklin, Ralph W.:
on Mabel’s aspirations, 121
on Master letters, 288–89
Poems of Emily Dickinson, 351
on preparing Emily’s poems for publication, 121, 124, 128, 129, 130, 131, 156, 242
Frazier, Lewis R., 333
Frost, Robert, 310, 313
Frothingham, Theodore, 254–55, 279–80
Fuller, Gardner, 150
Garrison, Katherine, 86
Gay, Peter, Education of the Senses, 35, 354–55
Georgetown Female Seminary, 15
Gordon, Lyndall, 39, 180, 296, 297, 343, 383
Gotlieb, Howard, 327
Gould, Rev. George, xvi
Graves, Harriet, 124, 133
Gray, Asa, 96
Green, Charles, 262, 278–79, 343
Green Mountain Marble Corporation, 338
Grenoble, France, 211, 215, 217
Guthrie, James, 178, 343
Hall, Mary Lee, 117, 243
Hamlin, Wolcott, 184
Hammond typewriter, 123, 124
Hammond, William, 182
Hampson, Alfred Leete:
as executor of Mattie’s estate, 296–97, 298, 302, 305, 315
health issues of, 297, 302, 303
Mattie’s relationship with, 296
and right to publish, 278, 297, 305, 315
sale of Dickinson papers sought by, 297–98, 299, 301–2, 303, 304, 306
work on Emily’s poems, 241, 296
Hardy, E. D., 147, 155, 156
Harper/Harper & Brothers, publishers, 255, 277–78, 283, 297, 305–7, 309–10, 313, 315, 402
Harper’s Magazine, 123, 253
Hart, Ellen Louise, 242, 274, 347–48
Harvard University:
Binghams’ battles with, 294, 303, 305–7, 308, 309, 323
Dickinson papers in, 253, 295–96
Emily Dickinson Archive (online), 351, 352
Law School, 47, 188, 287, 292
Millicent’s degree from, 353, 357
negotiation for Dickinson papers, 197–321, 323, 350
and Poems of Emily Dickinson (Franklin), 351
Radcliffe College, 208, 209, 216, 228, 299
and right to publish, 304–16, 319–21
Hawthorne family, 11
Heade, Martin Johnson, 43, 84
Hersey, Heloise Edwina, 103
Higginson, Col. Thomas Wentworth, 119
and Emily’s funeral, 5, 287–88
and Emily’s letters, 142, 148, 151
and Emily’s poetry, xvi, 118–19, 125–34, 138–39, 141–43, 144, 146, 155, 166, 236–38, 244, 256, 275, 282, 322, 349
“Letter to a Young Contributor,” 118
Hilder, Howard, 234–35, 257–58
Hills, Dwight, 178, 179, 181, 185, 186, 188
Hillyer, Robert, 276, 283
Hog Island:
Audubon Nature Camp for Adult Leaders, 329–32