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A poem by Edward Hitchcock about Orra White Hitchcock written sometime prior to their marriage.

A drawing of a type of rose by Orra White Hitchcock. The drawing shows two flowers, several leaves, and two buds or fruits along the stem, which is thorny. Orra White has written "Lesson 5th" in the bottom right corner. The artwork is housed in a mat…

A 401-line poem in verse by Edward Hitchcock on the subject of the study and humility of science, which Hitchcock presented to the Alexandrian Society at Amherst College in 1843. The poem also deals with the concept of the relationship between…

A poem by Edward Hitchcock on the subject of the golden calf idol worshipped in the Hebrew Bible. Hitchcock uses the symbol of the golden calf to discuss the general idea of idolatry.

A watercolor drawing of viola tricolor by Orra White Hitchcock with a faded caption at the bottom of the sheet. The drawing features four flowers (three in full bloom) along a stem with many leaves. The bottom left corner of the paper is torn. The…

A poem by Edward Hitchcock on the refuge of God after loss, written in part from the perspective of a widow and her orphans wailing over the loss of the husband and father.

Disbound printed title page of Edward Hitchcock's "Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts"

Two versions of a poem by Edward Hitchcock that appears to be about moving on in life after graduation, using the ocean as a metaphor for life.

A painting of four leaves in autumnal colors by Orra White Hitchcock, possibly done in pastels. The top three leaves are all leaves from the sassafras tree, which can have three-lobed leaves, mitten-shaped leaves, and simple leaves. Two fruits of the…

A fragment of a poem by Edward Hitchcock in which the poet laments being unable to gaze upon the sights he once could see, especially the stars and planets.