by Julie Dobrow
and Mabel, 202, 204, 233, 234, 244, 253, 257, 262, 263–64, 329, 331–32
and Millicent, 202, 204, 244, 253, 262, 263–64, 268, 293–94, 306, 329–32, 334, 337
Millicent’s tribute to Mabel on, 329–32, 334
and Rachel Carson, 330, 331
“The Story of Hog Island” (Millicent), 202
Todd Wildlife Sanctuary, 322
Holmes, Judge Oliver Wendell Jr., 189
Home Magazine, 88
Homestead, The (Dickinson home), 32, 50, 52, 104, 121, 179
in Austin’s will, 177
Dickinson family in, 4, 27, 47, 68, 113, 287
Edward’s purchase of, 47
Emily’s funeral in, 5
Emily’s home in, 27, 51, 52, 104, 287, 344
Mabel/Austin meetings in, 71, 72, 113, 116, 117, 160, 180
sale of, 344
Horan, Elizabeth, 132, 144, 187, 244, 252, 255, 278, 279–80, 296
Houghton Library, see Harvard University
Houghton Mifflin, 319
Howells, William Dean, 135, 139
Hudson, Charles, 208
Hudson River School, 43
Indian pipe wildflowers, 4, 51, 135, 136, 259
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 33, 37–38, 86, 148–49
Jackson, Virginia, 115, 132–33
Jackson, William, 299, 302, 303–8, 310, 314
Jackson, William Sharpless, 149
James, Arthur Curtiss, 209, 218, 219, 232, 233, 257, 266
James, Henry, 284
Jameson, Mrs. John, 5, 6, 7
Jenkins, Herbert, 279
Jenkins, Rev. Jonathan, 5
Jennings, Jeremy, 352
Johnson, Lyndon B., 337
Johnson, Thomas H. “Tom”, 131, 154, 276, 303–6, 310–12, 315–16, 318
Jones Library, 262, 278–79, 343
Jordan, Mary, 186
Kelly, Mike, 351
Kennedy, John F., 329
Knowlton, Judge Marcus, 189
Landis, Mary, 297, 302
Lavinia N. Dickinson v. Mabel L. Todd & Another, see Dickinson v. Todds
Leyda, Jay, 315, 317, 345
The Years and Letters of Emily Dickinson, 292
Library of Congress, 301, 303, 304, 310, 323, 324
Lick Observatory, 55, 385
Lily Dale, New York, 169–70
Lincoln, Abraham, 12
Lindey, Alexander, 277–78
Little, Brown, 238, 278, 279
Longsworth, Polly:
Austin and Mabel: The Amherst Affair and Love Letters of Austin Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd, 335, 343
on Dickinson family relationships, 48, 68, 113, 163
on Evergreens, 31
on Mabel/Austin relationship, 56–57, 68, 71, 72, 80, 122, 163, 293, 335, 343, 383, 386
on Mabel’s childhood, 13, 15–16
on Mabel’s work with Emily’s poetry, 90, 121–22
on Vinnie’s actions, 122, 178–81
on Wilder family relationships, 13
Loomis, Eben Jenks, 95, 199
death of, 202
and Dickinson family, 19
and Mabel/Austin relationship, 47, 74–75, 293, 355
and Mabel’s early years, 13–14, 16–17, 19
and Millicent, 44, 55, 94–97, 102, 338
and Mollie, 12, 13
and Wilder family, 11
Loomis, Mabel, see Todd, Mabel Loomis
Loomis, Mary “Molly” Alden Wilder (Mabel’s mother), 5–6, 10, 95, 199
and David, 19
death of, 201
and Eben, 12, 13
family background of, 10–11
health of, 201
and Mabel, 13–15, 44, 74–75, 122, 201–2
and Millicent, 44, 55, 94, 97–98, 109
moral standards of, 10–11
Lord, Judge Otis Phillips, xvi, 288
death of, 343
efforts to document Emily’s relationship with, 148, 270, 274–75, 286–93, 343, 348, 349
and Emily Dickinson: A Revelation (Millicent), 270, 274, 286, 291–92, 293, 315
and Emily Dickinson in Love (Walsh), 291
and The heart has many doors (Snively), 291
Lowell, Amy, 241
Lyman, Rev. Albert Josiah, 167–68
Lyman, Joseph Bardwell, xiv
Mabel/Austin relationship, 2, 53–81
AMUASBTEILN as symbol of, 71, 71, 386
and Austin’s age, 355
and Austin’s death, 162–72, 192, 197, 357
and Austin’s diaries, 49–50, 52, 71, 72
Austin’s gifts to Mabel, 79, 113–14, 159, 177–78, 177, 179, 180, 181, 184–86, 188
and camphorwood chest, 248, 286–87, 293, 342, 359, 362
connection to Emily’s legacy, 349, 350
consummation of, 70–71, 386
and David, 6, 46, 59, 60–61, 68, 71–72
depth of emotions in, 57–59, 63, 64–65, 123, 164
and Dickinson v. Todds, 180–81, 185, 187, 246, 284
and Emily’s death, 343
“The Experiment” in conception, 80
in letters, 52, 54, 56–57, 60, 66–67, 76–78, 122, 166, 168, 242, 248, 254, 274, 286–87, 293, 334–36, 359, 362
and Mabel’s diaries and journals, 46–47, 50, 55–56, 61, 63–65, 68, 69, 71, 72–75, 79, 87, 334–36, 357
Mabel’s double life, 78–80, 81, 113, 122
and Mabel’s parents, 74–76, 77, 109, 122
meetings in The Homestead, 71, 72, 113, 116, 117, 160, 180
and Millicent, 72, 94, 107–10, 148, 229, 246–47, 277, 334–36, 344, 358, 359, 362
and Ned, 59, 72
as open secret, 6–7, 68, 113
as religious experience, 65–66, 73, 74
“Rubicon” moment in, 52, 54, 87
and Susan, 6, 59–60, 62, 67, 68–70, 73, 78, 113
unforeseen effects of, 157, 178, 180–81, 208, 234, 236, 246–47, 284, 292–93, 304, 313, 348
and Victorian morals, 67, 355
and Vinnie, 57, 67, 68, 116, 119, 159, 161
Mabel Loomis Todd Forest, Amherst, 332
MacLeish, Archibald, 301, 319
MacPherson, Dr. (psychiatrist), 229
Maher, Maggie, 180–81, 395
Mary Mattoon chapter (DAR), 338
Matsuba, Todd home in Florida, 224, 225, 233, 234, 262, 273
Mayflower, 9
McCarthy, William, 297–98, 302, 303
McKenzie, Gladys, 317, 325–26, 328
McLean, Sydney, 276
Meiklejohn, Alexander, 209
Merrill, Walter McIntosh, 291
Messmer, Marietta, 154
Milinowski, Marta, 328
Monroe, Harriet, 238–39
Montague, Gilbert H., 296, 298–99, 301–5, 308, 309, 312–13, 314, 318
Moore, Marianne, 255
Morgan Library, New York, 115–16, 349
Morris, Leslie, 321, 351
Morse, Douglass, 344
Mount Holyoke College/Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, xv, 114, 243, 276, 278, 351
Mudge, Jean McClure, 344
Mulvihill, John, 131
Mumford, L. Quincy, 324
Muskogee, Oklahoma, 218, 219, 222
NASA, 340
Nation, 90, 150
National Audubon Society, 233, 332, 332
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 96
Nautical Almanac Office, 12, 25
Newcomb, Simon, 17, 43
New England Conservatory, 16, 83
New Yorker, The, 285
New York Independent, 86–87
Niles, Thomas Jr., 38, 133–34, 138, 146, 147
Observatory House, 196, 209
Olds, George Daniel, 232
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 47
Our Young Folks, 15
Palmer, Dwight, 183
Palmer, George Herbert, 232
Panic of 1893, 150
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, 326
Pelham Knob, 202, 204, 261, 300, 332, 334
Pentagon, Walter’s papers in, 333
Pershing, Gen. John, 210
Pioneer V, launch of, 340
Plimpton, Calvin, 320–21, 332, 338
Plimpton, Francis, 320
Poetry, 255, 276
Pohl, Frederik, 279
Pollitt, Josephine, 279
Pratt, William Fenno, 31
Pusey, Nathan, 313–14, 320–21
A Quiet Passion (film), 343
racial issues, 5, 10, 73, 85–86, 354
Ramona School for Indian Girls, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 86
Rich, Adrienne, 362
Roberts Brothers:
and “Birthday Book,” 147
and Letters, 147, 150–51, 153
Little, Brown as successor to, 238
and Poems, 133–35, 138, 142
royalties from, 143, 179
and Second Series, 142
and Third Series, 155–56
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 267–68
Root, Abiah (Mrs. A. P. Strong), 145
Rotoli, Augusto, 83
Round Table, The, 37
Rubinstein, Arthur, 83
St. Armand, Barton Levi, 38
St. Nicholas Magazine, 88, 89
Sawyer, Elizabeth, 193
Schappes, Morris, 256
Schiff, Judith, 327–28
Schlereth, Thomas, 358
Scribner’s Magazine, 137, 143
Scudder, Samuel, 84
Second Great Awakening, 65–66
Seelye, Frances, 186, 188
Seelye, Julius, 38, 145
Seligman, Eustace, 320
Sergeant, Elizabeth Shepley, 238
Sewall, Richard:
Dickinson papers entrusted to, 335
on editors of Emily’s poems, 119, 242, 283
on Emily’s early life, xiv
on Emily’s seclusion, xvi, 114
The Life of Emily Dickinson, 243, 283, 327, 335, 349
and Longsworth’s book, 335
on Mabel’s contribution to Emily’s legacy, 349
and Millicent, 275, 327, 328, 335, 338, 357
on Vinnie’s role in family life, 116, 117
on “war between the houses,” 187, 350
Smith College, 186
Smith, Martha Nell, 242, 274, 347–48, 351
Smith, R. M., 297
Snively, Susan, The heart has many doors, 291
Spaulding, Timothy, 179, 183, 184, 185, 188
Stearns, Alfred, 266
Stearns, Mary E., 102–3, 329, 338
Steinhauser, Brooke, 356
Storrs, Richard S., 37
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 33
Strong, Mrs. A. P. (Abiah Root), 145
Sutherland, J. Donald, 261
Sweetser, Charles, 37
Taft, S. S., 184, 185, 186, 187
Taft, William Howard, 197
Taggard, Genevieve, 279
The Life and Mind of Emily Dickinson, 242–43, 255
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 4
Thomas, Joe C., 213–22, 214, 356
Thoreau, Henry David, 10, 11, 275
Todd, David Peck, 17, 198, 203
and Amherst College, 25, 54–55, 104, 162, 209, 224, 327, 339
and astronomy, 55, 84, 89, 90, 94, 121, 156, 170–75, 196, 197, 199, 207–8, 219, 340–41, 354, 355
and Austin, 54–55, 72, 113, 265, 267
and hot air balloon experiments, 231
career of, 17, 36, 43, 54–55, 58, 63, 104, 105, 187, 333, 339
collection of curios, 105, 300
courtship of Mabel and, 18–19
death of, 266–67
and The Dell, 113–14, 177
Dickinson v. Todds, 175, 180, 185, 187, 188–89
and Emily’s funeral, 2
and Emily’s poems, 121, 131, 134, 140, 241
and Hog Island, 202, 204, 233
increasingly erratic behavior of, 204, 208–9, 230, 231–32, 233, 234, 235, 261, 264–66
institutionalization of, 230–32, 233, 234, 241, 266, 270, 336, 358
and Mabel’s death, 257, 261
Mabel’s letters to, 15, 18
and Mabel’s relationship with Austin, 6, 46, 59, 60–61, 68, 71–72
marriage to Mabel, 11, 19, 20, 21–22, 27, 35, 61–64, 72, 197, 204, 208, 233
and Millicent, 20, 21, 92, 94–95, 102, 104, 105, 264–66, 332, 336, 339, 344
Millicent’s tribute to, 329, 333
and Ned, 40, 42
A New Astronomy, 156
personal traits of, 17, 18
relationships with women, 18, 25–26, 27, 35–36, 61, 63, 64, 174, 204
and Vinnie, 116, 151
Todd, Mabel Loomis, 10, 17, 23, 194, 198, 203, 225, 360
achievements of, 82–83, 158, 193, 197, 352–53
aspirations of, 42, 62, 82, 83, 84, 89, 90, 121, 122, 140, 192, 196, 341, 356–57
and Austin’s illness and death, 158–72, 175, 178, 197, 199, 247
and bicycle, 164–65, 165, 394
and camphorwood chest, 239, 242, 244, 246–47, 252, 280, 287, 288, 324, 339, 342
civic activities of, 82, 85–87, 158, 196, 202, 243, 261, 352, 354
conservation and preservation activities of, 202, 204, 233–34, 406
and David, see Todd, David Peck death of, 257–63, 259, 280, 359, 362
diaries and journals of, xxi, 14, 18–20, 22–24, 25, 28, 35–36, 41–43, 45–47, 52, 55, 56, 60–63, 68–70, 72, 82, 87–88, 113, 119, 122, 154, 159–61, 162, 190, 196–97, 205, 206, 230, 233–34, 244, 253, 256–57, 277, 325, 336, 343, 353, 356, 359
early years of, 11–17, 52, 79–80, 103–4, 344
and Emily’s funeral, 1–2, 4–7
and Emily’s legacy, 343, 345, 347–48, 351–52, 362
and Emily’s letters, 93, 141, 146, 147, 149, 152–53, 154, 249–57, 251, 276, 286–87
Emily’s messages to, 4, 343, 344
and Emily’s poetry, xx, 9, 15, 30, 37, 38, 43, 51, 53, 80–81, 83, 84, 88, 89, 90–91, 97, 115, 118, 119–35, 156, 191, 192, 197, 236–38, 243–44, 256, 276, 278–79, 303, 320–21, 322, 332, 339; see also Dickinson, Emily, poems by; Dickinson, Emily, poetry collections of
family background of, 9–11, 98–99, 338, 339, 354
friendship with Emily, 50–52, 77, 344
health problems of, 88, 205–6, 207, 233, 234, 268, 336
and her parents, 13–15, 17, 44, 74–75, 201–2
and Hog Island, 202, 204, 233, 234, 244, 253, 257, 262, 263–64, 329, 331–32
homes of, 72, 111, 113–14, 196, 209, 224
and marketing of Emily’s poetry, xix, 135, 139
and Mattie, 237–38, 240–41, 242, 243–44
and Millicent, see Bingham, Millicent Todd
move to Amherst, 25–28, 36, 61, 84
move to Florida, 232–34
musical talent of, 14, 38, 43, 82, 83–84, 349
and Ned, 33, 37, 38, 40–42, 43, 44, 50, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 163
negotiations for papers of, 300
paintings by, 82, 83, 84–85, 326
and Pelham Knob, 202, 204, 261, 332
personal traits of, 15–16, 19–20, 26, 35, 36, 41, 49–50, 104, 105–7, 119, 355
and pregnancy, 20–22, 24, 80, 122
as public speaker, 82, 85, 122, 139–40, 153–54, 158, 166, 186, 196, 197, 198, 199, 233, 243–44, 278, 353
reclaiming her life after Austin’s death, 173–75
relationship with Austin, see Mabel/Austin relationship
schooling of, 15, 16
self-absorption of, 45, 58, 61, 62, 65, 70, 88, 172
social activities of, 27–28, 29, 33–34, 36–37, 38, 45–47, 58, 60, 68, 233, 257
and the supernatural, 161, 168–70, 197, 358
and Susan, see Dickinson, Susan Gilbert
travels of, 75–78, 84, 89, 140, 156, 170–75, 193, 196–99, 207–8, 354
and Vinnie, 116, 119–21, 153, 178, 249
, 350; see also Dickinson v. Todds
in Washington, 12, 16–18, 26, 41, 42–43, 60, 67
work ethic of, 121, 122–23, 153, 166, 174, 233
as writer, 14, 15, 51, 82, 83, 86–91, 102, 174–75, 192, 196, 197, 353, 354, 356–57
Todd, Mabel Loomis, writings of:
“Ascent of Mt. Fuji the Peerless,” 89
Corona and Coronet, 171, 172, 173
A Cycle of Sunsets (“anon.”), 156
“The Eclipse Expedition to Japan,” 89
An Eclipse Party in Africa (ed.), 156
“Emily Dickinson’s Literary Debut,” 244, 253
“The Evolution of Style: Reading Emily Dickinson,” 149–50
“Footprints,” 86–87
“Millicent’s Life” (journal), 22–24, 26–27, 35, 45, 55, 336
“My Summer at Lake Champlain,” 15
publication of, 86–89
qualities in, 89–90
“Stars and Garden,” 88
Stars and Telescopes, 156
“Ten Weeks in Japan,” 89
Total Eclipses of the Sun, 341
Tripoli the Mysterious, 196
Todd, Millicent, 92–110, 195, 198, 361
and Austin’s death, 162–63
and Austin’s diaries, 39, 40
birth and infancy of, 22–24, 23, 87
diaries and journals of, 93–94, 101, 104, 107, 206–7, 216, 218, 235, 325, 336–37
and Dickinson v. Todds, 181, 184, 186
doctoral study of, 103, 199, 208, 209, 221, 228, 273–74, 292, 308, 353, 357
early years of, 10, 13, 14, 92–104, 108–10, 123, 336, 344, 355, 359
Emily’s description of, 52, 103–4, 344
family background of, 11, 13, 97–98; see also Todd, Mabel Loomis
health of, 199, 200–202, 267–68, 269–70, 285, 337
and her grandparents, 44, 55, 94–98, 102, 103, 104, 109, 338, 344
as her parents’ caregiver, 205–6, 207, 208–9, 229, 230, 231–32, 264–66, 336, 359
and Joe Thomas, 213–22, 356
as list maker, 92–93, 107, 110, 225, 229, 239, 263–64, 326, 336, 337
and Mabel’s affair, see Mabel/Austin relationship
musical talent of, 99–100, 100, 102
notes of, 40
personal traits of, 102, 104, 105–7, 108, 110, 270, 326, 335, 337, 344
Puritan mentality of, 94, 98–99, 105–6, 107, 108, 109, 221, 227–28, 229, 235, 249, 311, 316, 322–23, 324, 332, 334–35, 337, 358, 359
relationship with Mabel, 24–25, 26, 44–45, 55, 67, 94, 99–100, 104, 105–10, 163, 174, 200–202, 222, 235–36, 245, 246, 261, 357, 358–59, 362
schooling of, 102–3
social interactions of, 104–5, 106
travels of, 193, 197, 199
on Vinnie’s need for control, 153–54
and Walter, 206–7; see also Bingham, Walter Van Dyke
and war relief effort, 209, 210–13, 212
in Washington, 41, 42, 55, 60