University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections2158 (Accession No. 2158-001)Longfellow, Marianne Preble, 1812-1888Marianne Preble Longfellow
papers1810-1859, 1884-1885, 1900-1902, 1830-18590.37 cubic feet (1 box)Collection materials
are inEnglish.Papers of
Marianne Preble Longfellow, wife of Stephen Longfellow and sister-in-law of
poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Marianne Preble Longfellow (1812-1888) married Stephen Longfellow
(1805-1850) in 1831. Stephen was the elder brother of poet Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow. Marianne’s parents were Judge William Pitt Preble and Nancy Gale
Tucker Preble. Marianne and Stephen had six children. The couple divorced in
1850 and Stephen died soon thereafter. Later in 1850, Marianne married George
F. Fuller and moved to Louisville, Kentucky.
Sources:
Gale, Robert L.
A Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Companion. Greenwood
Publishing Group, 2003.Materials are arranged by material type.
The Marianne Preble Longfellow Papers comprise of correspondence,
invitations, calling cards, copybooks, and a diary that document the domestic
affairs of Marianne Preble Longfellow.
Open to all users, but researchers should use transcripts of letters
when possible due to fragility of documents.
Request at UW
Creator's literary rights not transferred to the University of
Washington Libraries.
Purchased from Eugene A. Scharf of Baltimore, Maryland, 6/25/1973
Longfellow, Marianne Preble, 1812-1888--ArchivesLongfellow, Marianne Preble, 1812-1888--CorrespondenceLongfellow, Marianne Preble, 1812-1888--DiariesLongfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882Grattan, Thomas Colley, 1792-1864Longfellow, StephensLongfellow, Ellen T., 1838---CorrespondenceLongfellow, Stephen, 1805-1850--CorrespondencePreble, William P. (William Pitt), 1783-1857--CorrespondencePersonal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)WomenHome and FamilyDiaries
1/17Longfellow papers provenance
informationundated1/1Correspondence from Marianne Preble
Longfellow to her son Stephen Longfellow18481/2Correspondence from Marianne Preble
Longfellow to her husband Stephen Longfellow1848-18491/3Correspondence from William Pitt
Preble to his son-in-law Stephen Longfellow18491/4Correspondence from Marianne Preble
Longfellow; correspondence to Marianne Preble Longfellow Fuller1830s, 1857,
18851/5Correspondence to Marianne Preble
Longfellowundated1/6Correspondence to Ellen (Nell)
Theodora Longfellow from her father Stephen and from her aunt1825, 1844,
1900-19011/7-8Invitations from the Portland Rifle
Company and Lady Bagot to Marianne Preble Longfellow1811,
undated1/9Sketches of a man and of a castle
by Ellen (Nell) Theodora Longfellow1884,
undated1/10Holograph copies of poems, Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow's will, and a newspaper clipping1901-1902,
undated1/11Calling cards, correspondence,
genealogical notes, financial notes, copy of Stephen Longfellow's (1776-1849)
last will and testament, and family record from the Pitt Preble Family bible
(includes record of William Pitt Preble's ancestors from 1747)1810, 1848-1849,
undated1/12Marianne Preble (Longfellow)
Fuller's address book from her time in Washington DC18591/13-14Marianne Preble Longfellow's diary
from her time in Europe, recipe book, and copybooks1830-1832,
1844-18451/15-16Transcriptions of correspondence in
the collectionundated