The Eaton Portrait
By permission of Houghton Library, Harvard University: 61Z-4
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This portrait of Herman Melville by Joseph Oriel Eaton, May 1870,
was commissioned and presented to the family by Melville's brother-in-law, John Hoadley
(Hershel Parker, Herman Melville: A Biography, Vol. 2, 703-4).
By permission of the Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Call Number: *61Z-4
Title: Herman Melville [graphic] / JOEaton.
Author: Eaton, Joseph Oriel, 1829-1875, artist.
Owning Repository: Houghton Library - Harvard University - Modern Books and Manuscripts
(>1800) Hollis Number: 008652152
Articles
Melville and Rome: Call for Papers
Piranesi's Arch of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, from Melville's print collection, by permission of owner.
Mystic Seaport NEH 2010 Summer Institute
The 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan berthed at Mystic Seaport Museum." Photo courtesy of Mystic Seaport Museum.
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Upcoming Events
| 19 May 2018 Exhibit: Frank Stella Unbound - Literature and Printmaking |
| 27 May 2018 New Book: Herman Melville and the Politics of the Inhuman |
| 30 May 2018 Exhibit: Martin Machado: Fluid State |
| 15 Jun 2018 Play: Israel Potter - "Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter" |
| 28 Jun 2018 Dance - Leviathan - James Wilton Dance |
| 14 Jul 2018 Exhibit: Grand Panorama - NBWM |
| 01 Aug 2018 Melville's Birthday |
| 03 Aug 2018 Melville Hands On Tour |
| 09 Aug 2018 Play: Moby-Dick |
| 28 Sep 2018 Melville's passing |
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Fellowships and Scholarships
Melville Society Archive
Walter E. Bezanson Fellowship
The Melville Society, under the auspices of the Melville Society Cultural Project in New Bedford, offers an annual fellowship to help a scholar undertake research on Herman Melville at the Society’s Archive in the Research Library of the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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New York Public Library
Short-term Research Fellowships
Graduate students or other affiliated academics whose work would benefit from visiting the Manuscripts and Archives Division to view collections such as the Gansevoort-Lansing collection, and Duyckinck family papers are encouraged to apply.
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Links
Woodlawn Cemetary
Woodlawn Cemetary - final resting place of Herman, his wife, Elizabeth, and other family members. Click here to view photos of the gravesites.
125th Anniversary Celebration
A celebration of Melville's life at Woodlawn Cemetary on the 125th anniversary of his passing.
Lansingburgh Historical Society
Melville lived for nine years in this Lansingburgh house. It was here that he wrote Typee and Omoo.
Berkshire Historical Society
Melville's Arrowhead home and farm in Pittsfield, MA where he wrote Moby-Dick and lived for most of the 1850s.